I support corporates in all activities focusing on INNOVATION: 
Creating new ideas and transforming them into businesses, products, or services.

IDEATION
With my help, you and your employees will come up with new ideas to move your business forward.

INNOVATION SPRINTS
I support your team in the concrete implementation of ideas from project planning all the way to the market.

INNOVATION STRATEGY
Together we develop an innovation strategy to lead your company into the future.

INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM
I assist in building an innovation culture and an innovation ecosystem, which fosters creative work and implementation of innovation in your company.

INNOVATION TRAINING
I train your employees to enable them to perform better innovation activities.


My background: 

I am a digital native with over ten years of experience in the field of innovation. I support companies in implementing innovation strategies and new business models. I catalyze ideas from corporate leaders in the areas of strategy and innovation and provide advisory from the initial thought to market entry.

I have studied computer science and business administration with a focus on human-computer interaction and management accounting at RWTH Aachen University. I continued as a scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT. I hold a Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in computer science and founded a start-up for algorithmic sports performance analysis based on big data.

Furthermore, I hold several teaching positions at the TU Munich, TH Cologne, and TU Dortmund. 

Dr. Nils Jeners

10 HBR articles 
to shape how you think about corporate innovation.

Some are 35 years old. All of them still hit.
Harvard Business Review has been a source of inspiration for decades. Not because they invented innovation. But because they gave language to what practitioners were struggling to articulate.

Here's my reading list:

Here's the updated version with links included:

10 HBR articles that shaped how I think about corporate innovation.
Some are 35 years old. All of them still hit.
Harvard Business Review has been a source of inspiration for decades. Not because they invented innovation. But because they gave language to what practitioners were struggling to articulate.
Here's my reading list:

𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼
Nagji & Tuff, 2012
👉 https://dripl.ink/XCx67

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
O'Reilly & Tushman, 2004
👉 https://dripl.ink/q4LKV

𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆
Kim & Mauborgne, 2004
👉 https://dripl.ink/JKDGY

𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘀
Kanter, 2006
👉 https://dripl.ink/6CpCP

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Drucker, 2002
👉 https://dripl.ink/Au9Bm

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
Christensen et al., 2015
👉 https://dripl.ink/89gte

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝗨𝗽 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴
Blank, 2013
👉 https://dripl.ink/ieH0v

𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀' "𝗝𝗼𝗯𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗲"
Christensen et al., 2016
👉 https://dripl.ink/TBmQG

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Prahalad & Hamel, 1990
👉 https://dripl.ink/V4bN8

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆
Pisano, 2015
https://dripl.ink/2rjB0

Classic doesn't mean outdated. It means the problems they describe keep recurring.

70-20-10 portfolio allocation. Explore vs exploit. Jobs to be done. Core competences. These concepts still show up in every strategy workshop I run.

Have a good read on a Sunday morning.

What's your favorite HBR piece on innovation?

Strategy & Innovation • I help companies decide what’s next • AI-powered, human-driven • Strategy Advisor • Facilitator • Executive Coach • Keynote Speaker

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Everyone talks about "crossing the chasm" as an innovation problem.

Early adopters on one side. Mainstream on the other.

But most innovation projects never get there.

They die earlier.

Not because customers reject them.
Because someone internal does.

The real chasm is not adoption.
It is ownership.

Builders 
→ interested colleagues 
→ skeptical managers 
→ committed sponsors

That is the path. And most projects get stuck somewhere in the middle.

No sponsor, no scale.

Where did your last project lose momentum?

I've spent 25+ years solving complex technology challenges and building teams that deliver meaningful business results. What drives me is the intersection of great technology, strong teams, and business impact.

At STEMCELL Technologies, I led the technology transformation that supported ~4x revenue growth from $160M to $560M+ while scaling from 900 to over 2,000 employees globally. As CIO, I built our IT function from 26 people to 200+ professionals, consistently maintaining 85%+ engagement scores. I'm passionate about team building because I've seen firsthand that the right people, given the right tools and culture, can achieve extraordinary outcomes.

I believe in being pragmatic about technology choices while ambitious about business outcomes. I focus on building strong teams, delivering measurable ROI, and ensuring our technology investments solve real business problems. 

The most important lesson I've learned is that successful digital transformation isn't just about technology —it requires thoughtful organizational design, effective change management, and genuine partnership with business leaders who understand they own the transformation, not just IT.

Operational transformation delivering $30M+ in improvements:
- Sponsored cross-functional S&OP initiative: 40% inventory turn improvement, 20% cash conversion cycle reduction, >$25M inventory decrease
- Orchestrated multi-year SAP transformation from legacy systems to SAP RISE, standardizing global operations and improving agility
- Deployed intelligent automation and AI: $6.5M+ in productivity gains, up to 85% reduction in manual processing
- Advanced cybersecurity maturity from 1.0 to 3.5, substantially reducing organizational risk 

Platform innovation that enables scalability:
- Architected cloud-first enterprise data platform on AWS and Snowflake, enabling real-time insights across the business
- Leveraged Mulesoft to create seamless connectivity across Salesforce, SAP, Workday, and AWS
- Modernized development practices with DevOps, low-code platforms, and agile delivery, accelerating time-to-market
- Led technical integration of 3 acquisitions

Technology leadership that creates competitive advantage:
- Developed ML-based tools for scientific workflows, delivering productivity improvements and revenue opportunities
- Led technology architecture for BC Hydro's province-wide smart metering infrastructure project

I enjoy connecting with technology leaders, executives navigating digital transformation, and others who are passionate about building high-performing teams in complex environments.

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