Ed Essey

Join Ed Essey, Director of Business Value at Microsoft Garage, as he discusses how to transform ideas into tangible business outcomes. He shares insights on scaling the Garage from 12,000 to 80,000 participants and the importance of aligning concepts with executive sponsorship. Ed introduces the Garage Growth Framework, emphasizing the need to avoid innovation theater and focus on genuine value. He also teases his upcoming book, The Inside Job, where he likens the role of corporate innovators to strategic heist planners for driving meaningful change.