Accelerate! With Andy Paul

Sean Sheppard is the Managing Partner at U.plus. Introducing innovation requires the specialized role of commercialization leaders, either to grow the innovation from within or to find a partner who can from without. Sean shares the attributes of such a leader and how their innovation operating model works. Their functional transformation is a subversive approach toward changing behaviors. They celebrate small wins so their partners can then tell the story to their own stakeholders and continue to get the resources to be successful. HIGHLIGHTS Commercialization leaders: An emerging role to fill a gap Portfolio-based approach towards venture-building Innovating Bridgestone and growing U.plus 600% Survive the recession by investing in your relationships QUOTES Innovation in big companies is both inside-out and outside-in Sean: "Outside-in means I have a problem, I think there's a startup out there that could solve it for me. So I go out and I scout and I try and find a startup that I can either buy from,