How success can kill innovation—and how to fix it | Josemaria Siota | TEDxIESEBarcelona

Successful companies are often assumed to be good at innovation, but the talk argues that the same systems that drive performance can also block new ideas. Drawing on nearly a decade of research and cases from BMW, Adidas and LG, it looks at how organizational walls form and how building the right bridges can turn them into growth opportunities. The talk was given at TEDxIESEBarcelona and is presented by speaker Josemaria Siota, Executive Director of IESE Business School's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center.

• Why success can work against innovation inside established companies
• Cases from BMW, Adidas and LG drawn from nearly a decade of research
• Building bridges to turn organizational walls into growth opportunities

We tend to believe successful companies are great at innovating. But what if success itself quietly works against it? Drawing on nearly a decade of research and cases from companies such as BMW, Adidas, and LG, this talk shows how the systems that drive performance can also block innovation, and how building the right bridges can turn organizational walls into growth opportunities. Josemaria Siota is the Executive Director of IESE Business School's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center, a designated Expert in Corporate Venturing at the World Economic Forum, the European Commission, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, a Management Board Member in several consortiums, and a Harvard Business School alum. He leads cutting-edge research on open innovation, corporate venturing, technology transfer, and scaleups working around the world with successful Chief Innovation Officers and top-tier academics, to create a positive impact in society. He has published books and studies on these topics for Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, McGraw-Hill, Springer, and more. He spoke at conferences in Stanford GSB, Mobile World Congress, Web Summit, Africa CEO Forum, NextRise, to name a few. His work has received mentions in media such as Bloomberg, Forbes, and Sifted (Financial Times). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx