The Innovation Room

Send us a textInnovation is messy, chaotic, and out-of-the-box, or is it? Our CEO, Somayeh Aghnia is in The Innovation Room with Dr Jo North, the Managing Director of The Big Bang Partnership Ltd, discussing ‘3 Big Barriers to Innovation’ and how to break through them.Let's find out what's stopping you from evolving your business with innovation. 

Send us a textThe modern world is a complex beast, and no one mind can hope to tame it. The beast is constantly expanding the liminal spaces that leaders need to navigate.   Somayeh Aghnia, Geeks CEO has a special guest in The Innovation Room. A storyteller. Someone who can turn light into heat. And he has some very powerful suggestions on dealing with the beast. Please join her the Innovation Room with Lazar Dzamic, former head of Brand Strategy for Google Zoo (NACE) in London, Associate Professor at Business School Lausanne (BSL) and associate lecturer at School of Economics and Business in Ljubljana, PwC's Mini MBA Academy and Goldsmiths University in London.

Send us a textIn this special edition of The Innovation Room, join Somayeh and other elves, Lindsay and Matt as they discuss all the great Innovations they've seen in 2022. Listen now as we (literally) wrap-up 2022

Send us a text“Innovation is crucial to the UK building back better. Boosting innovation in the private sector is an essential part of the UK’s future prosperity. We are calling on businesses to invest in innovation, getting British firms to the front of the pack.” This is from the UK Innovation Strategy Document, published by the government. It goes on to say: “The UK Innovation Strategy sets out the government’s vision to make the UK a global hub for innovation by 2035.” This is an ambitious vision, certainly a promising way to grow the economy to a thriving leading one protecting the future generations prosperity. But can the UK be a Leading Tech Nation? Tune in to the Innovation Room, Episode 20 to hear Rashik Parmer, Group CEO of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT discussing this with Somayeh, CEO of Geeks.

Send us a textHaving a strong competitive advantage in the market is what makes businesses thrive, especially in challenging times such as the upcoming recession. To break through the barriers of these challenging times, changemakers need to focus on their business's operational models and look for opportunities to innovate.In Episode 19 - Market Leaders: Dare or Die, our CEO Somayeh Aghnia invites Kate Fletcher, a coach, mentor, and chairwoman of scale-up businesses put forward the three crucial value disciplines and shed light on how each contributes to building a promising business with the potential to sustain growth during the recession.

Send us a textBehaviours are unpredictable, therefore, so is the economy. With a recession looming, how do we utilise innovation and technology to counter it? Somayeh picks the brains of our guest Roger Martin-Fagg, behavioural economist and a true expert in his field. This is a mindblowing session, you do not want to miss it! 

Send us a textThe world of business is changing fast. Sustainability is no longer an option for many companies, but a business imperative. The finance industry, like others, is undergoing a massive shift towards being more sustainable. In the latest episode of #TheInnovationRoom, Lindsay discusses the major drivers behind sustainability in finance with Chris Tweed, CEO of Tweed Wealth Management, and Sam Turner, Head of Responsible Investment at St. James’s Place Wealth Management. 

Send us a textInnovation, innovation, innovation. There is certainly a lot of talk about this vague concept. Some even say innovation is the most ambiguous business process there is. For example, what does innovation really mean in the tech world? How can companies valuate it? And how can it be sustained?In this episode of The Innovation Room, Somayeh sits down with Sat Sanghera, CEO of IP Integration, to talk about those questions and more.

Send us a textWe’ve talked a lot about innovation and the issues surrounding it on this podcast, but we’ve never really delved into the possibility of achieving innovation through acquisition. In this episode of the Innovation Room, our COO, Lindsay Jessup will discuss some burning questions regarding that matter with Andrew Fahey, an experienced commercial leader and Chief Executive Officer at Brookson Group.

Send us a textPreviously, we've discussed the importance of directing innovation in order to make it a sustainable and ever-present part of your business. But is there a way to actually measure how successful you are at achieving that goal? The solution is using a North Star metric. In this episode of the Innovation Room, Somayeh sits down with our Director of Product Design Elliott Prince, to tell you all about what that is (and what it isn't) and how you can discover your very own North Star. https://www.geeks.ltdhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/geeks-ltd/