by Jacques Knight | Nov 26, 2015 | INNOVATION
There are a lot of accelerators out there, and Presans has its eye on startup ecosystems. Earlier this month, the HEC Advanced Technology Group, the board of which Albert Meige is a member of, organized a conversation on the value proposition and business model of...
by Jacques Knight | Nov 26, 2015 | INNOVATION
The SEB Innovation Forum is a biennial two day company event gathering 250 people from all kinds of functions and places. Prototypes, secret projects, and conferences. Albert Meige was invited to deliver a speech on “open innovation in a digital world”. He got a...
by Albert Meige | Oct 20, 2015 | INNOVATION
Our long-time partner, the École Polytechnique, is currently putting in big efforts on the innovation and entrepreneurship front. Because Presans owes a lot to Xavier Michel, its former Managing Director, François Plais, head of tech transfer, and Pascal Chabert,...
by Albert Meige | Oct 1, 2015 | INNOVATION
The date is September 21, 2015. I am once again in Lyon to work with a client on a cutting edge technology project. I use this as an opportunity to drop by our friends at Groupe Seb and pay the SEBLab my first visit. Three components leave an impression on me: the...
by Albert Meige | Sep 23, 2015 | INNOVATION
Article initialement publié dans le revue Pétrole & Gaz Informations n° 1837 (Juillet/Août 2015). Nous avons interviewé plusieurs dizaines de patrons de l’innovation, de la R&D, de la stratégie, du marketing de grands groupes pour l’écriture de notre dernier...
by Albert Meige | Sep 20, 2015 | INNOVATION
In just a few decades, advanced knowledge has become a commodity. For innovative companies it is safer, cheaper and most importantly much faster to assemble external bricks (knowledge, technologies or talents) to put superior products on the market. Beyond the hype,...