Mr Azim Pawanchik will deliver a guest lecture to MBA students on 'Embracing Constraints to Innovate: Creating a Culture of Innovation'. Key areas to be covered include the following:

• What is Innovation?
• Do we really need to innovate?
• Innovation 3.0: Constraints-Driven Innovation
• The 4Cs of Innovation: Conception, Creation, Conversion & Connection
• Creating a Culture to Innovate

Date: Sunday, 3 April 2011 (10.00am-12.00pm)
Venue: 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Kuala Lumpur Teaching Centre

Speaker's profile

Azim Pawanchik is the founder and Principal Consultant for Alpha Catalyst Consulting (ACC), a boutique innovation consulting company which he founded in 2000. Azim recently coauthored the book 'Leading InnovAsian: Embedding Innovation Culture in Malaysian Organizations'. He also initiated Project InnovAsian, a social innovation project aimed to increase the awareness of innovation and inculcate innovative culture & mindset amongst the corporate sector, public sector and university students. Azim has vast experience in culture change projects, mergers and acquisitions, organizational re-alignment and developing strategies for companies to innovate. Prior to founding ACC he worked for PPG, ICI and Alcom. He has consulted and worked with companies in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and in Middle East, such as Panasonic, DiGi, ABN AMRO, Shell, Technip, CCM, Petronas and many others. Azim received his MBA from Keele 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ (UK) and BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from 188体育网址_188体育在线-【唯一授权网站】@ Malaya.