Name
Bessant
First Name
John
Research Institution
Professor John Bessant, BSc., PhD.
Originally a chemical engineer, John has been active in the field of research and consultancy in technology and innovation management for over 25 years. He currently holds the Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Exeter University. In 2003 he was awarded a Fellowship with the Advanced Institute for Management Research and was also elected a Fellow of the British Academy of Management. He has acted as advisor to various national governments and to international bodies including the United Nations, The World Bank and the OECD.
He is a regular speaker at corporate events, conferences and centres such as Cranfield, the Irish Management Institute and the Scandinavian Management Institute. Consulting clients include Toyota, Novo-Nordisk, Lego, Morgan Stanley, Coloplast, Corus, Danfoss, GSK, Grundfos, Hewlett-Packard, Kumba Resources.
He is the author of 15 books and many articles on the topic and has lectured and consulted widely around the world. His most recent books include ‘Managing innovation’ (awarded the ‘best book’ prize by the European Association for Creativity and Innovation) and ‘High involvement innovation’ (both published by John Wiley and Sons).
Area of expertise
Discontinuous innovation, user-led innovation, design and innovation
Students going for a doctors degree
Contact
Relevant projects
- Discontinuous Innovation labs network, now in 12 countries and involving around 35 academic researchers and 170 firms, sharing experiences on delaing wiht discontinuous innovation. Some reports are available via the AIM website (www.aimreseaerch.org).
- Patient involvement in innovation design - working with major hospital on learnign across sectors about patient safety - a sort of 'recombinant innovation' approach
- Innovation brokers and connectors in open innovation.