Yasrine Ibnyahya, Inmarsat

HOW TO: MANAGE INNOVATION AS AN INTRAPRENEUR

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“The experimentation mindset means being very specific in designing innovation as if you’re designing a laboratory experiment. Test and measure your hypothesis, then reiterate.”
— Yasrine Ibnyahya

This week on CUTalks we are talking to Yasrine Ibnyahya, director of advanced concepts and technologies at Inmarsat. She has done an MBA at the Cambridge Judge Business School. Yasrine talks about her experience being an intrapreneur in the satellite industry and mentor to women in the industry. She also shares her portfolio-based strategy for championing innovative projects within the company to manage risk. Yasrine highlights some of the differences in creating innovation between large companies and startups. She gives advice to aspiring entrepreneurs who are still early in their career.

The podcast was produced by Carl Homer, Cambridge TV.

Jump to the following topics:

  1. The rocket scientist - 1:10

  2. Championing female-in-tech role models - 3:40

  3. How to design and manage innovation like a scientific experiment - 6:10

  4. Difference between large companies and startups - 13:12

  5. Recommendation to aspiring entrepreneurs - 22:50

  6. Ongoing projects in the space industry - 24:58

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