NextGen – Session & Excursion
Innovations for the Future
Innovation is a crucial issue for any organisation! But how can companies create real centres of innovation and creativity inside their corporate structures? Can businesses innovate without losing their identity?
In this event for the next leaders, we exploreed what it means to have centres of innovation inside an organisation, how they have to be managed to be effective and how they can benefit the family business. Speakers from various industries shared their thoughts and in interactive group sessions, the participants reflected on the makings of future-oriented teams.
See some insights from this session in our Media Gallery!
SPEAKERS
- Ms. Summer Nasief, HealthCare & LifeSciences Industry Executive, IBM, KSA
- Ms. Abeer Sultan, Brand Manager Enhance, WJ Towell Group, Oman
- Ms. Areej Sultan, Internal and External Communications Executive, Enhance, WJ Towell Group, Oman
- Mr. Sultan Sultan, Supply Relations Manager, WJ Towell Group, Oman Embedding Innovation, Oman
- Mr. Mohammed Al Majdouie, Manager, Business Development, Almajdouie Holding, KSA 
EXCURSION
As part of the program we visited the 3M Innovation Centre in Dubai. 3M is an over 110 year old company that currently employs around 80’000 employees and in 2014 spent 1.7bn USD on Research and Development of new products.
This exclusive visit took us behind the scenes of one of the world’s leading corporate innovators and helped us understand what it takes to become a leader in this field.
WHO ATTENDED?
The workshop was aimed at NextGen members of family businesses from across the MENA region who have an interest innovating within their family business.
WHERE?
Dubai, UAE