SUSANNE JUSTESEN
Susanne Justesen is head of the Organizing Committee - and is in charge of developing an innovative and groundbreaking conference content and learning
In september 2007 Susanne Justesen finalised her PhD at Copenhagen Business School (dk) where she studied innovation processes in seven multinational corporations. The focus in her research is the need for diversity - and the threat of homogeneity - amongst employees in creating and sustaining corporate innovation.
Besides her academic work, Susanne is also working as innovation advisor in innoversity, where she assists clients in benefitting from diversity in innovation. Susanne writes her own column about innovation and diversity in the Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende; and organizes the international bi-annual conference "innovating with diversity".
In all of these settings, Susannes role is centered on breaking, crossing and spanning the boundaries between disciplines, cultures and differences so as to benefit from this diversity in corporate innovation.
Susanne Justesen has been working with a range of different organizations and clients on how to become better at innovating with diversity; primarily in Denmark but also in Europe and in the us. Noteworthy among these are Procter & Gamble, Ibm, Kraft Food, Ecci (uk), lego, Arla Foods, Deloitte, Danish Design Center, Novozymes, Novo Nordisk, Leo Pharma, Danske Bank, Tdc, Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Jyske Bank and Pfizer.
In september 2007 Susanne Justesen finalised her PhD at Copenhagen Business School (dk) where she studied innovation processes in seven multinational corporations. The focus in her research is the need for diversity - and the threat of homogeneity - amongst employees in creating and sustaining corporate innovation.
Besides her academic work, Susanne is also working as innovation advisor in innoversity, where she assists clients in benefitting from diversity in innovation. Susanne writes her own column about innovation and diversity in the Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende; and organizes the international bi-annual conference "innovating with diversity".
In all of these settings, Susannes role is centered on breaking, crossing and spanning the boundaries between disciplines, cultures and differences so as to benefit from this diversity in corporate innovation.
Susanne Justesen has been working with a range of different organizations and clients on how to become better at innovating with diversity; primarily in Denmark but also in Europe and in the us. Noteworthy among these are Procter & Gamble, Ibm, Kraft Food, Ecci (uk), lego, Arla Foods, Deloitte, Danish Design Center, Novozymes, Novo Nordisk, Leo Pharma, Danske Bank, Tdc, Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Jyske Bank and Pfizer.