Open Tech Calendar

Making Innovation Everyone's Business
Keynote speaker: MOK, Founder of The Innovation Beehive

Date: Thursday 15th February 2018
Time: 17:45 - 21:00
Venue: The Hide, Scotland Street, Sheffield, S3 7AA

MOK founded The Innovation Beehive in 2008 "to release the creative potential of people at work." He has visited and worked with some of the world's most innovative businesses and identified the four key elements they all share - The Innovation Ecosystem.

Join our next MD Club regional networking event to hear how you can take these four elements, learn form the likes of Google, W L Gore and Hasbro, to create sustainable innovation in your business and improve employee engagement, enhance customer experience and deliver growth.

Following the talk attendees have the option to stay for complimentary food and take some time to network with other regional business leaders and academics from both Universities.


Agenda:

5.45pm – Registration and arrival drinks
6.15pm – Welcome from Sheffield Hallam University
6.25pm – Making Innovation Everyone’s Business: MOK, Founder, The Innovation Beehive
6.55pm – Q&A: Facilitated by Keith Jackson, Founder & CEO, 8-Q Ltd
7.15pm – Closing remarks from the University of Sheffield
7.25pm – Street-food buffet, drinks and networking opportunity
8.30pm – Event close


Keith Jackson, Founder and CEO of 8-Q Ltd. will share his experiences of working with MOK to stimulate innovation in business. Keith has a wealth of experience in a wide range of senior leadership roles. He advises and supports directors with strategic change, helping to transform business through the development of people, changing the organisation’s culture and advancing quality and customer delight. Keith is a Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield and an Institute of Directors UK Director of the Year.