This meeting gives us the chance to talk though the services and resources you can expect as a member, and to hear your interests, questions, and concerns. More importantly, it gives all of us the chance to introduce ourselves and get to know each other a bit.

This week our conversation will focus on the learning, team-building and partnership strategies that are emerging to support new ways and places of working, at scale. Harald Becker, partnerships leader for Microsoft's Modern Work Customer Co-Innovation team will share some of the significant new work emerging from MSFT, and the new applications of evolving technology platforms that are pulling all the pieces together

We are quite fortunate to have Daniel O’Brien, President of HTC Americas, presenting and leading a conversation over lunch. Taiwan-based HTC quickly grew a billion-dollar business as a smartphone pioneer, and then pivoted into one of the largest and most user-friendly Virtual Reality hardware and software developers in the world. Daniel will share an inside perspective on the firm’s growth, strategic pivots, and technology outlook. to RSVP, please email peter@iloinstitute.net

Please note you must register in advance to attend this meeting: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpdO-trTspHdaQ4vETsqDJV-c8CQwOe7az This session will feature insights from ILO's research on innovation in large organizations, and provide for an open forum for participants to ask questions of ILO's leadership. What does Amazon know about innovation that they keep under wraps? Why did NASA embrace open innovation -- and how? Who are the real winners and losers in adapting AI as an innovation engine? PLUS! ASK US ANYTHING about innovation in large organizations -- an open forum period during the call to ask ILO leadership and panel members anything you'd like.  See below to submit your question in advance. We’ll share what we’ve learned over 16 years of working with large organizations ranging from Xerox PARC and MIT to the US Navy, Nike, Pfizer, Toyota and NASA. Our small invitation-only gatherings have featured speakers around the conference table ranging from Nobel-Prize-Winning economists (Gary Becker, Joseph Stiglitz, Eric Maskin and others) to thought leaders including Clayton Christensen, Esther Dyson and Rita Gunther McGrath. We encourage you to submit questions in advance through this form: https://forms.gle/AhGuKRnHGeabQwvq9 If your question is selected, you will receive a free 30 day membership with ILO that entitles you to attend our member virtual gatherings and access our digital research library with over 200 reports, plus a free hardcopy of the book "The Power of Purpose" by Peter Temes.

This week we'll be discussing how disruptions - and new opportunities - in the times and places we work are affecting social ties among workers, and the impact this has on learning and innovation. We'll share insights from Microsoft, Amazon, the growth of religious and social movements, business communities like the network of certified Agile practitioners, and the history of organized baseball.

This week we'll take a deep dive into how large firms are adapting to the changing news about COVID. We will be joined by data-analytics guru Stephan Chase, who will share his latest insights and data on the current state of COVID and where we might be headed. Please contact Christian Hamilton at christian@iloinstitute.net to RSVP.    

We’ll gather in New York City, along with long-time NASA Chief Knowledge Officer Ed Hoffman, for a day of conversation with a focus on emerging technologies for enterprise learning and self-management. Please email peter@iloinstitute.net to RSVP

Zunera Mazhar, Deputy Director for Innovation at the FDIC and Karina Temirbulatova, head of EY’s Innovation Accelerator program, will join us in Washington DC, and present over lunch. Please send an email to peter@iloinstitute.net to RSVP

This week we'll explore the connection between sustainability as a discipline and innovation practices in large firms. DV Rao, the Chief Strategy Officer and head of innovation at CMS/Citizens Energy, will present, along with Globant's Elena Morettini. CMS is the state-wide public electricity and gas utility in Michigan, and Globant is the global digital consultancy, based in Argentina, which supports extensive technology functions for Google and many of the Global 2000. DV has been the driver behind CMS Energy's bold commitment to zero-out energy generation from coal by 2025. Elena is the global head of sustainable business for Globant. Both will offer practical, on-the-ground lessons and practices for making sustainability a reality in large firms.

Join us in San Diego, along with Eric Haller, Chief Data Officer for Experian for a day of conversation focused on building new businesses based on data. Please send an email to peter@iloinstitute.net to RSVP.

We’ll gather in Dallas along with the innovation leadership group at DFW airport. Please send an email to peter@iloinstitute.net to RSVP.