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Leading through innovation: Making it happen & real!
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The session will be 4 hours in 2 blocks: first to get into the mindset and understand how we can disrupt in a fast changing world and a second session to move to action to create a plan on how to change the world positively and ambitiously, using design thinking.
IE Associate Professor Balvinder Singh Powar & Partner/Director at BOOSTER Space Industries/AERDRON, will be holding this session to discuss why innovation at a personal and professional level are important for success. He will talk about his experience in the Commercial Aerospace sector and touch on aspects of his core specialist areas: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Soft Skills/Attitude, Teambuilding and Conflict Management, to create an active, fun, lively and useful session where people can openly debate and test out various topics. His companies have developed their own Sub Orbital Space Platform and are also helping other companies with their cutting edge projects e.g. use of Innovative Vehicles/Drones (UAVs) for industrial applications, having won various important international prizes.
The session will be informative and participative with a final challenge to make positive and powerful change to a reality!
We look forward to seeing you there.
Event agenda:
16:30-16:45 Registration
16:45-17:00 IE welcome
17:00-18:30 Bootcamp part I
18:30-19:00 Power snacks
19:00-20:30 Bootcamp part II
Dress Business Casual
Where
657
Fredensborgveien 24 D , Oslo, Norway
Speakers
Balvinder Singh Powar
BOOSTER Space Industries / IE Professor
https://www.linkedin.com/in/balvindersinghpowar/
Balvinder is English of Indian origin, resident in Madrid, Spain. He is a Business & Finance graduate who also studied a Masters in Mediation from the University of London. He has extensive experience leading business, social, cultural, media and technology projects in Spain and internationally. His main skills include internal and external communications, creative & strategic input, business development & senior management, team leadership, relationship management & business mediation.
Balvinder is passionate about the importance of building strong and effective teams and enabling projects, which push boundaries. He is a strong advocate of self-empowerment and pro-activeness to achieve one´s goals, with his favourite quote being that of Mahatma Gandhi: “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
He is CEO at Learning Experience/ Ed Tech Company Unfoldwork.com and a Founding Partner, Board Member and Director at BOOSTER Space Industries and AERDRON, innovative international New Space/Aerospace projects/consultancies with important stakeholders globally. In 2015 he became a Business Mentor at “The Founder Institute”, one of the largest and most powerful start up networks in the world.
He is also an Adjunct Professor and Business Mentor at IE Business School and a qualified and experienced trainer, giving sessions on Leadership, Team Management and Motivation, Innovation Culture, Mediation/Conflict Resolution Skills & Entrepreneurship globally.
He has recently authored a book called "Going Digital" (2022 for Pearson group) about the Inner Secrets of Successful Business Innovation and Digital Change.