When did innovation get so complicated? | Tom Pullen | TEDxHECParis

Innovator and entrepreneur Tom Pullen takes us on a journey through history to show us that innovating isn’t really so hard – you just have to focus on the right things. After being trained in Design Thinking by Stanford University, Tom Pullen started his Executive MBA at HEC Paris in 2017, majoring in Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Shortly afterwards, he founded Innovinco, a start-up specialising in accelerating innovation within large established companies. In a career spanning 21 years, Tom has worked at major global corporations including Mars and Danone. He has driven business growth for iconic brands like Twix, Bounty and Badoit, as well as turning around the Evian brand in its largest market. In his capacity as the Global Innovation Director at Danone, he was responsible for the acceleration of innovation worldwide, creating numerous commercially successful, award-winning innovations in the process.

Tom is originally English, now half-French, and lives with his wife and 4 children in Versailles. He plays football (badly), tennis (better) and has completed many long-distance races including the London Marathon. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx