International Innovation Expert To Speak in Tullamore
Published by Karen Cunningham in Saturday 27th March 2010
Atlantic Corridor is hosting a business breakfast with Langdon Morris of Innovation Labs in the Tullamore Court Hotel on Tuesday 13th April, starting at 7.30am. Innovation Labs, who are collaborating in the Irish market with O’KellySutton, strategic planning consultants , are recognized as one of the world’s leading innovation consultants and collaborative design facilitators.
Langdon Morris is known worldwide for his work in innovation, strategy, and collaboration methodologies. Recent clients that Langon has worked with include Novotel, NASA, Total Oil, SAP, Gemalto, the Federal Reserve Bank, Tata Group, France Telecom, Stanford University, the University of Minnesota Medical School, Cap Gemini, DuPont, Wipro, L’Oréal, Accor Hotels, and many others. He is Senior Practice Scholar of the Ackoff Center at the University of Pennsylvania; a Senior Fellow of the Economic Opportunities Program of the Aspen Institute; a member of the Scientific Committee of Business Digest, Paris, and a member of the Editorial Committee of The International Journal of Innovation Science. He has taught MBA courses in strategy at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris and Universidad de Belgrano in Buenos Aires. He is the author, co-author, or editor of six highly acclaimed books, with editions in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and French, as well as of numerous white papers and articles. His book “Permanent Innovation” has been described as “the perfect primer” and “the best book out there covering the core concepts of innovation.”Speaking about the event, Jackie Gorman, CEO of Atlantic Corridor commented : “Langdon Morris is one of the four founding partners of Innovation Labs, one of the world’s leading innovation consulting firms. Headquartered in Florida, Innovation Labs work on every continent with all kinds of companies and organizations, on a tremendous range of projects. This event is a unique opportunity to learn how business, organisations, education, even regions and countries who are in “Permanent Innovation” continue to prosper and grow around the world. We are delighted to host this event in Tullamore and provide the business community of the Irish Midland,s and beyond, with access to international expertise such as Langdon’s.” Chairperson of Atlantic Corridor John Flanagan also commented :”The recently published report of the Innovation Taskforce has stated quite clearly that we cannot continue to do business as we have done before. In order to remain competitive we must continue to be innovative and do business in ways that are smarter and faster. An Innovation Culture is the key to this and I would urge members of the local business community to come to this event and learn from one of the world’s top thinkers in the field of innovation.”This event is organized by Atlantic Corridor, a development agency, funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs Promoting Ireland Abroad Division to develop links for business and education between the Irish Midlands, the USA, Canada and North America. Those wishing to attend this event are asked to RSVP by Friday 9th April 4pm to info@atlanticcorridor.ie or phone 057 93 23902/04. Further information is available on www.atlanticcorridor.ie