Influencing Your Innovation Potential

Steve Todd is a Distinguished Engineer for EMC Corporation who knows how to generate over 140 patent applications and billions of dollars in revenue. In this interview, he provides tips on how to tap into expertise outside of your organization, build influence, limit meeting participation, collaborate virtually, and encourage global student collaboration. Steve believes that some organizations struggle with identifying and tapping into the expertise of individuals outside of their organizations. He suggests encouraging employees to go outside of their teams to learn and collaborate. Steve provides easy-to-remember formulas for innovation, productivity, initiative, and collaboration. In his view, it is important to limit meeting participation and collaborate through a corporation's social media toolsets to save time and resources. He also stresses the importance of global student collaboration to encourage innovation to the fullest in the future workforce.