Victor Newman
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Knowledge Activist |
| Location | Canterbury, Kent |
| Introduction | Chief Innovation Officer: Institute for the Study of Zombie Organizations, CIO Milamber Consulting, Mentor to Social Innovation Lab Kent (SILK), Author, featured in the WSJ, contributed to HBR, and is on several Advisory Boards. His “Knowledge Activist’s Handbook” has been cited as the “best management book within the last ten years”. Head of Innovation Strategy, Technology Strategy Board (2008/9); As Pfizer’s Chief Learning Officer (2000-2005), influenced the Innovation Surge within Global R&D. His recent innovation consulting includes financial services, regulatory organizations, manufacturing, biopharmaceuticals, foreign government national innovation development strategies, manufacturing and telecoms. He is the inventor of several fast innovation techniques, has recently been applying his Innovation Leadership Model with CEO mentoring groups and prototyping Open Innovation strategies based on collaborative alliances with the University of Greenwich Business School. Victor is a Visiting Professor in Knowledge and Innovation Management to both Greenwich and OU Business Schools, and has served as a special forces reservist. |
| Interests | My family, Coaching Rugby, walking and running cross-country, counter-cultural thinking and innovating. |
| Favorite movies | Nikita, The Nest, Mystery Men, The Italian Job, Dog Soldiers, Brotherhood of the Wolves, Slap Her She's French. |
| Favorite music | Handel, Mozart, Purcell, Hall & Oates, Todd Rundgren, Bowie, Gilbert & Sullivan |
| Favorite books | Aubrey's "Brief Lives", Andy Grove's "Only The Paranoid Survive", Clive Woodward's "Winning", Phillip Kerr's "Berlin Trilogy". |