讲座时间：9月29日（周一） 14:00-16:00

讲座地点：4号楼多功能报告厅（318）

主讲嘉宾：

Colin J. Hazley（PhD）, is an innovation researcher and consultant with deep expertise in knowledge-driven innovation, service development, and cross-disciplinary ecosystems. His academic contributions include pioneering research on customer-centric knowledge management, knowledge-intensive services (KIS) for the European Commission, and transdisciplinary innovation models at Aalto University. With practical experience across Finland, the UK, and the USA, he has helped companies and organizations accelerate innovation processes and shape innovation policy. Beyond academia, he contributes to mental health support and international technology transfer, bridging research with real-world impact.

讲座简介：

The lecture will provide an overview of what innovation is, how it is managed, some of the tools and techniques used by organisations to accelerate innovation, as well as a couple of brief case studies. The lecture will reveal the importance of harnessing and exploiting different domains of knowledge and expertise within any organisation, and the critical nature of demand-led innovation (market orientation, understanding customers needs).