Angela Jenner - Transformation Director of BT - Innovation is all about a culture of curiosity by CIONET

What does GSD mean and what are the processes that BT implements in order to organize Innovation? Watch this interview and find out 👉🏼 https://youtu.be/_oDE9NsWLxQ

In this #LeadershipDeepDive episode, Angela Jenner, Transformation Director of BT, talks with Hendrik Deckers about Open Innovation and her 20+ years journey of delivering technology.

„I think that at the heart of innovation is having a culture of curiosity”, Angela says and stresses the importance of collaboration, empowerment, diversity and inclusion.

Learn from Angela on how to organize Innovation:
✅ ensure close collaboration between the applied research team and the delivery arms of the organization
✅ bring together customers and suppliers to work with engineers and solve problems together
✅ facilitate smooth agile transformation
✅ enable hybrid process by mixing agile with traditional delivery of products and services

Throughout this conversation, Angela also shares her view on 5G and real lifetime values it can bring to our everyday activities. Dive into this interview to learn and be inspired by Angela Jenner!

Table of contents:

01:22 | Introduction and Angela’s background

03:36 | About BT

04:45 | Current challenges and drivers for change

06:56 | Open Innovation

10:58 | Innovation Culture

12:47 | Implementing cultural change

16:22 | Evolving leadership style

18:53 | Open Processes - organizing Innovation

22:41 | BT’s strategy and vision

24:33 | Open Technology

31:28 | BT’s operating model

32:44 | Angela’s role at BT

35:31 | Angela’s management style

38:59 | BT’s leadership development program

43:31 | What drives Angela?

44:35 | MBTI: the Protagonist

51:22 | Personal mantra & core values

55:33 | Best moment in life & the most brilliant failure

59:54 | Advice for people starting out