Distinguished Guest Lecture Series
Innovation and Digital Disruption
By Lemuel Lasher, President, Global Business Solutions Group (GBS) and Chief Innovation Officer, Computer Sciences Corporation
Abstract
Lemuel Lasher will share his insight about innovation and enterprise, and the technologies that are most likely to digitally disrupt business models. Key concepts that will be discussed include:
• What is Innovation, and what is the Innovation paradox?
• What are the operating model implications of an Open Innovation eco-system?
• What is end-user Innovation?
• What are deliberate and emergent strategies for Innovation, and how can a company turn ideas into products or business solutions?
• What is the role of intellectual capital management in an Innovation strategy?
What are Next Practices and how are they discovered?
Biography
Lemuel Lasher is President of Global Business Solutions Group (GBS) and Chief Innovation Officer of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), a leading global consulting, systems integration and outsourcing company.
In his role as CIO of Computer Sciences Corporation, Lemuel is responsible for the five global units of the company’s Office of Innovation: the Leading Edge Forum, Research Network, Global Solutions Organization, CSC Collective Intelligence and Knowledge Management & Enablement.
As Group President of GBS, Lemuel oversees CSC’s regional Consulting and Systems Integration business in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific region.
Prior to joining CSC in 1990 as Director of Commercial Program Development for Network Integration, Lemuel held various vice-presidential and executive positions with companies including Integrated Software Resources, Deca Group, Aitta, Investment Seminars and Elan Vital.
If you would like to attend the event, please register online or email icbs.events@imperial.ac.uk.