Industry Innovations at Microsoft Part 2

In this part 2 of 2 episode, I'm speaking with Rimes Mortimer, General Manager of Industry Innovation for Microsoft. We get to know Rimes and his background in building architecture and how that translates into the technology world. We also dive into how Rimes views innovation with both Microsoft customers and innovating within  the company to help product teams.

Chapters

• 3:56 Hyper-personalized experiences
• 5:15 How does Rimes pick the right innovation investments
• 11:16 Fail fast!
• 12:55 Lessons from the real-world
• 16:01 COVID implications on innovation
• 17:49 Industry Innovation initiatives
• 21:54 Innovation surprises
• 24:59 How do you get clients to innovate?
• 28:34 A startup within Microsoft
• 31:20 How do you measure the success of innovation?
• 35:26 Advising Microsoft product groups
• 37:29 The importance of communication to innovation
• 39:34 It's not all about the tech, business acumen is essential
• 42:03 Top innovation lessons
• 45:41 Role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) in innovation
• 47:48 Do let PowerPoint be a crutch