Creating innovation standards

Market Hunt

English - December 02, 2021 21:08 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MB
Entrepreneurship Business Education academic analysis business education entrepreneurship finance government marketing start ups supply chain Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: Using technology to feed the world

Episode Summary

What are innovation standards? How can you measure and manage innovation in organizations? What are keys to cultivating an innovative culture? Find out more in this episode.

Episode Notes

Interview Guest: Dr. Sorin Cohn, SO56008 Project Leader for Innovation Measurements at ISO - International Organization for Standardization

Check out the Ie-Knowledge Hub Video Case Studies on the International Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub.

Questions or feedback on our episode? Get in touch with show host Thierry Harris: [email protected]

Episode Research Questions:

What are the three fundamental innovation strategies and give us examples of how these are applied in real world settings?

What are some characteristics of an innovative culture in organizations?

What are the key projects of the ISO 56000 Innovation Management Standards?

Write to us at [email protected] and we'll post some of your answers on our website page.

Guest bio: Dr. Sorin Cohn

Dr. Sorin Cohn leads the International Standards Organization world team developing the ISO56008 standard on innovation operation measurements and metrics. He is Founder & CEO of Competitive Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship (c-IM&E) – a company providing innovation management tools and consulting services.

Dr. Cohn was the Chair of the Board of Startup Canada and several other companies. Sorin has led the research on innovation metrics and management for the Center for Business Innovation at the Conference Board of Canada.

Dr. Cohn was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for services to Canada.

Sorin has 40+ years international business & technology experience having been involved in most facets of “innovation management”: from idea to research and lab prototype, from technology to product, new business units, and then to market success on the global stage. He was the Managing Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa for a California optical access company. Early 2000’s, as co-founder and President Global Portfolio of the OrbitIQ global business accelerator, Sorin has been working with technology companies in North America, Israel and Europe to build their market strengths.

Prior to 2000, Sorin held executive positions with Nortel Networks and was Director for Exploratory Programs at BNR. He has developed new technologies, created R&D laboratories, started new product lines and initiated/managed new business units. Sorin has several essential patents and over 100 publications and presentations.

Dr. Cohn received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, an M.Sc. in Physics and an M.Eng. in Engineering Physics. He is providing innovation management workshops and lectures at Canadian, US, European and SE Asian Universities on business management and entrepreneurial innovation.

EPISODE LINKS

Dr. Sorin Cohn

Competitive Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship (c-IM&E)

Startup Canada

Conference Board of Canada

International Organization for Standardization

ISO 56000 Innovation standard

ISO 56008 Innovation Management - tools and methods for innovation operation measurements

ISO Technical Committees

ISO Standard development method

ISO Screw Thread Standard

ISO Circular Economy Standard