An intrapreneur’s journey at Nissan: don’t create dinosaurs

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My Innovation Journey Part #1 - Don't Create Dinosaurs

First episode of John Ferguson's diary of his six-month secondment to the Nissan Innovation Lab in Paris, to explore the idea he had pitched for Nissan's Chairman's Innovation Award. Quoting Jurassic Park, he warns against building something just because we can; with his coaches, he starts with a Lean Canvas to check the problem, the customers and the value proposition before the solution.

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First published on LinkedIn on March 29, 2017. View the original post

Franck Debane helps large companies build new ventures with Forward Partners: about a hundred programmes in more than 50 companies since 2012. He wrote Passez en mode startup (Eyrolles, 2021) and organises the Lead Innovation Day.