How Open Innovation Fueled Evoqua’s Resurrection: Steal that Growth Template!

Featured - Ann Perreault & Joshua Griffis - Open Innovation - Evoqua Water Technologies

Let’s unpack Evoqua’s intricate approach to Open Innovation – a strategy that significantly optimizes technological adoption and capital efficiency. We’ll get an expert breakdown, offering insights into strategic intellectual property development, the nuances of their merger and acquisition strategies, and why the Product Vitality Index should become your next key performance indicator:

with πŸŽ™οΈ Ann Perreault – Vice President for Strategic Marketing & Growth at Evoqua Water Technologies

with πŸŽ™οΈ Joshua Griffis – Director of Technology & Innovation at Evoqua Water Technologies

πŸ’§ Evoqua is a global leader in helping municipalities and industrial customers protect and improve the world’s most fundamental natural resource: water

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Growing 10 Wonder Kids from 5 to 50 Clients with 0 Equity: Xylem’s Weirdest Move?

Featured 2 - Max Storto - Xylem Innovation Labs - Growing 10 Wonder Kids from 5 to 50 Clients with 0 Equity! Xylem's Weirdest Move?

You may recall how we covered the Xylem Innovation Labs’ inception last year with Sivan Zamir, which led to many questions as to how they actually work! Let’s open the hood and explore how Xylem scouts the best prospects, multiplies their commercial references by 10 and propels them to new heights all of that… without taking any equity. Crazy? Let’s review:

with πŸŽ™οΈ Max Storto – Lead Innovation Analyst at Xylem Innovation Labs

πŸ’§ Xylem is one of the largest water and wastewater technology company globally and follows the simple motto: “Let’s solve water”

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Will AI Prompt Us To Build A Sustainable Future?

Featured - Will AI Prompt Us To Build A Sustainable Future?

Is AI a force for good or a double-edged sword? In this comprehensive look, we’ll discuss everything from the ethics of AI to its transformative role in sustainability. Are you ready to understand the complexities of an “AI Sustainable Future?” Let’s dive right in:

with πŸŽ™οΈ Alice Schmidt, MBA lecturer, Adviser to the European Commission, and non-profit organizations like Extinction Rebellion, Protect our Winters, and Chair of the Board of Endeva e.V.

with πŸŽ™οΈ Claudia Winkler, CEO, and co-founder of Goood Mobile, Europe’s first B-Corp Certified telecom provider, and a Founding Partner of Adjacent Possible Network.

πŸ’§ Alice and Claudia had been with us for their first book “the Sustainability Puzzle,” and are back for an in-depth exploration of the AI world and its potential impact on Societal Progress and a Sustainable Future. Which is the topic of their second book: Fast Forward, written with Florian SchΓΌtz and Jeroen Dobbelaere.

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The Bill Gates Jewel that Pivoted from Water to Chemical Free Lithium Refining

Featured 2 - Saad Dara - Mangrove Lithium - Lithium Refining Without Chemicals By a Bill Gates Scale Up

Mangrove Lithium started as a Water Technology play, yet it rapidly became evident that Lithium refining was an even stronger product market fit! Mangrove’s clever pivot was rapidly rewarded with a powerful business angel: Breakthrough Energy Ventures. What’s so sexy about electrochemical lithium refining that it attracted Bill Gates? Let’s explore:

with πŸŽ™οΈ Saad Dara – CEO and Founder of Mangrove Lithium

πŸ’§ Mangrove Lithium produces battery-grade lithium hydroxide or carbonate from a wide array of raw sources

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How to Foster Innovation and Agility when you’re the World’s Largest Water Company

Featured - Glenn Vicevic - Veolia Water Technologies and Solutions - Keeping the Innovation Pace as a World's Largest Water Company

Everybody wants to be the big dog one day! But how do you ensure staying on top once you’ve secured the number 1? That’s what we explore today, as we prove innovation to be key, at the intersection of membrane filtration, digital twins, and sustainability. Let’s wander the ever-evolving landscape of the global water industry and its pressing challenges, with a very special guide:

with πŸŽ™οΈ Glenn Vicevic – CTO at Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions

πŸ’§ Veolia WTS provides Industry-leading water technology and process expertise to solve the toughest water, wastewater, and process challenges

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