Azim Pawanchik is a leading expert on innovation in Asia, specializing in innovation strategy, open innovation, and innovation analytics. He has served as a consultant to major corporations and government agencies across industries in developing and executing innovation strategies and managing innovation systematically. He has coached and overseen many innovation-related projects on strategy development, corporate culture change, organizational realignment, and mergers and acquisitions, working with staff levels from managers to board members. This is complemented by rich experience in building the capability and capacity of organizations to innovate and transform in many developing countries.
Azim is a respected innovation thought leader who has been an invited speaker on the topic in Europe, the Middle East, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Australia. He has co-authored three books on innovation, with the latest being Changing the Dynamics and Impact of Innovation Management. A Systems Approach and the ISO Standard. He has also written extensively on the role of the board of directors in driving innovation, the impact of digitalization, and most recently on reimagining work in the new norm (postpandemic): exploring the concept of the exponential workplace.
An entrepreneur at heart, Azim was the driving force in developing Asia’s first digital innovation management software for enterprises. Combining predictive analytics, machine learning, gamification, and behavioral economics, the software has the cognitive capability to accelerate and embed innovation in organizations.
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