Beyond Innovation
The Beyond Innovation Podcast hosts frank conversations with leaders from B2B technology-driven organizations which make innovation a reality. Change-makers, complex problem solvers, designers, engineers, and strategists sit down with OCTO's founder, Justin Sirotin, to talk through their experiences and approaches to innovation, experimentation, leadership, strategy, systems thinking, and growth. You'll hear how they get comfortable with the uncomfortable, connect the dots, and embrace risk. Join us as we go Beyond Innovation to explore real-world examples, personal stories, and insights to inspire, entertain and inform.
Beyond Innovation
The Power of Corporate Innovation with Richard Heggie, CEO H Catalyst
In this episode, we speak with Richard Heggie, Investor and Founder CEO of H Catalyst. We discuss the evolution of the corporate view and engagement with startups through accelerators and open innovation platforms and why now might be a great time to partner with a large corporate.
Richard is an Investor and the Founder/CEO of H Catalyst based out of London. H Catalyst is a consultancy focusing on innovation, sustainability, and strategy. Richard is motivated by opportunity, growth, sustainability, innovation, and value creation. He describes himself as a visionary cat herder; building the team, the proposition, the momentum, focus and go to market strategy. He is currently involved in the development of an open innovation platform in smart manufacturing, Sixth Sense for Hexagon. He’s a passionate enthusiast for Life 2.0. Prior to this, Richard held several leadership roles within Barclays Business Banking, High Growth & Entrepreneurs, and Investment and Wealth Management.
Richard was recently appointed as an Associate in Entrepreneurship for the Cambridge Judge Business School.