Title: Design Thinking and Adoption of Advanced Technologies in Products or Services
Abstract: Researchers and Scientists are rightly focused on pushing the boundaries of their specialty domains. However, not all the new technologies and research patents, resulting from their hard work, make their way into successful products or services. So what are the key considerations when it comes to successful commercialization of technologies? In this talk, the speaker will explore how Design Thinking can serve as an important framework for answering this question.
Bio: Dr Alexander Chan (Alex) started his academic career at Cardiff University in the UK after completing his PhD in Artificial Intelligence in 1996. In the late 1990s he joined the mobile technology industry. For over 15 years he took a series of senior roles in sales and marketing with leading British and European companies.
From 2004 and 2011, Alex was VP of Sales for Asia Pacific based in Beijing with annual sales revenue in excess of €40 million.
The customers managed by Alex included well-known multinationals such as Google, Samsung, LG, Nokia, Motorola, Microsoft, Toshiba, Panasonic, HTC, Lenovo, Huawei and China Mobile.
Alex joined HKU SPACE in 2014 and he became Head of Centre for Management and Innovation at Institute for China Business. He was Principal Lecturer at HKU SPACE specializing in teaching and providing corporate training in Management, Strategy, Leadership and Innovation.
In the past 5 years, Alex has provided teaching and training to over 1,200 business executives in Mainland China. New Oriental, Jabil, Lenovo, Novo Nordisk and IKEA are among the illustrious client companies that he has served. In Hong Kong, he has provided corporate training, on wide ranging topics from management, strategy, sales, innovation, digital transformation to Design Thinking, to organisations such as Estee Lauder, Bank of Singapore, Delta Asia, Sears, ICBC, Haitong International and Chow Tai Fook.
He now runs his own consulting firm Brainy Alliance based out of Hong Kong.
The clients that he has served in Hong Kong include：
Estee Lauder,Bank of Singapore,Haitong,Construction Bank,Delta Asia,Chow Tai Fook, Sino Land
Clients in China include：
New Oriental,Jabil,Lenovo,Nova Nordisk,IKEA,Bank of Gansu
Location: This event will be streamed via Zoom. Link will be provided following registration.
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