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Event Hosted Events Mar 25, 2025

Special Lecture by INSEAD Professor Ben Bensaou: “Built to Innovate” – A Different Innovation Narrative

Date:Apr 28, 2025 18:15 〜 19:45

Place:Lecture Room 3, 3rd Floor, Research Bldg. No.2

【Event Number】
20250004

・This event is subject to the point system.
After registering and participating on the day of the seminar, please email your “Impressions” in about 100 words within 3 days of the seminar to the following address. (Any format is acceptable)
Green Entrepreneurship Research Endowed Chair (Sano)
sano.tomoko.5e*kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please change *to@)


【Brief Overview】
Join Professor Ben Bensaou (INSEAD)—Thinkers50 Innovation Award winner and trusted advisor to top global companies—as he shares practical frameworks and real-world case studies on how organizations can make innovation a systematic and sustainable practice.

This seminar celebrates the publication of the Japanese edition of “Built to Innovate” co-translated by Professors Masaru Karube and Jin-ichiro Yamada.

Are you facing any of the following challenges?
●Innovation doesn’t take root in your organization.
●Middle managers struggle to support new ideas.
●New business initiatives often stall or fail to scale.

Speakers:
Ben Bensaou (Professor, INSEAD, Author of “Built to Innovate”)
Jin-ichiro Yamada (Professor, Kyoto University, Co-translator of “Built to Innovate” – Japanese Edition)

【Eligible Person】
Kyoto University GSM students, faculty, and the general public

【Venue】
Kyoto University, Research Building No. 2, 3F, Lecture Room 3

【Language】
English lecture, Q&A in Japanese & English

【Leading Person】
Jin-ichiro YAMADA Professor
Masaru KARUBE Adjunct Professor

【Admission fee】
No

【Registration】
Please register via the Google Form below:
https://forms.gle/otx6TTEz7avD3XfBA

【Contact】
Green Entrepreneurship Research Endowed Chair (Sano)
sano.tomoko.5e*kyoto-u.ac.jp (Please change *to@)