Episodes
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In this episode of The Innovation Quotient, supported by Philip Morris International, host Andrew Staples, Editorial Director of Economist Impact Initiatives, and his guests discuss how to create innovation hubs with a focus on Thailand. Our guests Dr. Krithpaka Boonfueng, Executive Director of the National Innovation Agency in Thailand and Dr. Supachai Kid Parchariyanon, CEO and Co-founder of RISE - Corporate Innovation Powerhouse discuss the contributing factors for Thailand’s thriving innovation ecosystem such as multistakeholder collaboration.
Economist Impact, an arm of The Economist Group, works with organisations globally to further their mission.
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In this episode of The Innovation Quotient, supported by Philip Morris International, host Andrew Staples, Editorial Director of Economist Impact Initiatives, and his guests speak about the clean energy transition, focusing on the innovation ecosystem of the United Kingdom and the United States. Our guests Daisy Powell Chandler, Partner and Head of Energy and Environment at Public First and David Burns, Vice President for Clean Energy at Linde speak about the innovation opportunities in the clean energy space and ways to overcome the challenges to accelerate the transition.
Economist Impact, an arm of The Economist Group, works with organisations globally to further their mission.
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In this episode of The Innovation Quotient, supported by Philip Morris International, host Andrew Staples, Editorial Director of Economist Impact Initiatives, and his guests speak about the role of financial technologies in driving financial inclusion in Africa and India. Our guests Hardika Shah, Founder and CEO of Kinara Capital and Patrick Saidu Conteh, CEO of Africa Fintech Network touch upon the importance of multistakeholder collaboration, digital infrastructure and literacy and gender equality.
Economist Impact, an arm of The Economist Group, works with organisations globally to further their mission.
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In this episode of The Innovation Quotient, supported by Philip Morris International, host Andrew Staples, Editorial Director of Economist Impact Initiatives, and his guests speak about the role of education systems in fueling innovation. Our guests Andreas Schleicher, Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills at OECD and Pilvi Torsti, Director of the European Training Foundation discuss topics such as future-oriented skills training and lifelong learning as well as incorporating inclusivity and equity into education systems.
Economist Impact, an arm of The Economist Group, works with organisations globally to further their mission.
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In this episode of The Innovation Quotient, supported by Philip Morris International, host Andrew Staples, Editorial Director of Economist Impact Initiatives, and his guests speak about the digital economy, focusing on South Africa’s ecosystem. Our guests Nobukhosi Dlamini, Executive Director at Girls in FinTech Foundation and Marlon Parker, Founder at RLabs discuss the importance of people-centricity and empowering local communities to drive innovation for socioeconomic progress based on their experiences in South Africa’s digital economy.
Economist Impact, an arm of The Economist Group, works with organisations globally to further their mission.
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In this episode of The Innovation Quotient, supported by Philip Morris International, host Andrew Staples, Editorial Director of Economist Impact Initiatives, and his guests discuss collaboration, particularly in Canada. Our guests Dr Alina Turner, CEO and Co-Founder of HelpSeeker Technologies and Dr Claudia Krywiak, President and CEO at Ontario Centre of Innovation discuss what it takes to build an enabling environment for collaboration building on their professional experiences in Canada, the top performer for the collaboration indicator.
Economist Impact, an arm of The Economist Group, works with organisations globally to further their mission.
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In this episode of The Innovation Quotient, supported by Philip Morris International, host Andrew Staples, Editorial Director of Economist Impact Initiatives, and his guests discuss innovation in leadership culture, particularly in the Philippines. Our guests Professor Vibha Gaba, The Berghmans Lhoist Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurial Leadership, and Jimmy L. Thai, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Primer Group of Companies talk about what it takes to encourage a culture of innovation in the organisation through leadership both from a theoretical and practical perspective.
Economist Impact, an arm of The Economist Group, works with organisations globally to further their mission.
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The Innovation Quotient examines global innovation ecosystems across 40 countries. The research findings can guide key stakeholders to identify gaps and opportunities in their innovation ecosystems. In this episode of The Innovation Quotient, supported by Philip Morris International, host Andrew Staples, Editorial Director of Economist Impact Initiatives, and his guests unpack The Innovation Quotient's key findings.
Our guests Pantelis Koutroumpis, the Director of the Oxford Martin Programme on Technological and Economic Change, and Samuel Dreith, Senior Analyst at Economist Impact and member of The Innovation Quotient research team, talk about the key research findings, touching upon collaboration, artificial intelligence, new globalisation and climate change.
Economist Impact, an arm of The Economist Group, works with organisations globally to further their mission.
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The Unites States receives a relatively high score in The Innovation Quotient. However, there is still a lot of room for improvement. In this episode of The Innovation Quotient, supported by Philip Morris International, host Andrew Staples, Editorial Director of Economist Impact Initiatives, and his guests talk about the Innovation Quotient's key findings regarding the United States.
Our guests Eric Lightfoot, Area Vice President at DataRobot, and Lee Rainie, Director, Internet and Technology Research at Pew Research Centre, discuss the role of tertiary education, labour laws and markets as well as the future of skills in enabling innovation.
Economist Impact, an arm of The Economist Group, works with organisations globally to further their mission.
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What would it take for the United Kingdom to build an innovation ecosystem that cultivates the future of skills and technology? In this episode of The Innovation Quotient, supported by Philip Morris International, host Andrew Staples, Editorial Director of Economist Impact Initiatives, and his guest dive deeper into the Innovation Quotient's key findings about the United Kingdom. Our guest Ash Arora, Partner at LocalGlobe speak about the artificial intelligence innovations and education's role in creating an enabling ecosystem to catalyse progress.
Economist Impact, an arm of The Economist Group, works with organisations globally to further their mission.
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What does an innovation process look like and how can we analyse its enabling environment? In this episode of The Innovation Quotient, supported by Philip Morris International, host Andrew Staples, Editorial Director of Economist Impact Initiatives, and his guests talk about the methodology of The Innovation Quotient, a new research initiative from Economist Impact.
Our guests Noa Gafni, Adjunct Professor of Sustainability Management at Columbia University and Social Innovation Fellow at the University of Cambridge, and Vaibhav Sahgal, Principal for Economist Impact’s policy and insights practice, discuss the different components of an innovation ecosystem and how they enable, or retard, socioeconomic progress.
Economist Impact, an arm of The Economist Group, works with organisations globally to further their mission.
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How can we ensure innovation drives socioeconomic progress? In this episode of The Innovation Quotient, supported by Philip Morris International, host Andrew Staples, Editorial Director of Economist Impact Initiatives, invites his guests to discuss artificial intelligence, technology ethics and to review the key findings of The Innovation Quotient, a new research initiative from Economist Impact. With guests Anders Sandberg, senior research fellow at Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute, and Father Paolo Benanti, AI advisor to Pope Francis and professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
Economist Impact, an arm of The Economist Group, works with organisations globally to further their mission.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
