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March 30, 2007 - APQC Knowledge Transfer Session - Successfully Embedding Innovation
In Houston, at the American Productivity Quality Center (APQC), Dr. Desouza spent two days with group of senior executives discussing how to build innovation programs. A diverse group of organizations were present at the meetings, including: Accenture, BD, Boeing, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, Fisher-Price, Inc., Northrop Grumman Corporation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, Praxair Inc., Aramco Services Company, Siemens AG, U. S. Army, Army Research Laboratory, ARDEC, TARDEC, U. S. Department of State, U. S. Government Accountability Office, U. S. Navy, Carrier Team One, IBM, Air Products and Chemicals Inc.,Boston Scientific, Computer Sciences Corporation, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, and Hewlett-Packard.
Dr. Desouza had the distinct pleasure of giving opening and closing addresses at the meetings. The opening talk focused on strategic actions and issues that organizations need to consider while building sustainable innovation programs. To close the meeting, Desouza addressed how managers should turn ideas into action for business value.
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