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Kip Knight


“The Ultimate Killer App:
Business Innovation”




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Notes on Kip Knight

Why business is and always will be subject to “disruptive change”; why consumer needs don’t change but consumer behaviour does – and why it matters
The Battle of the Right Brainers vs the Left Brainers; why the innovation process is so diffi cult to manage and what you can do to dramatically improve it
The three key ingredients for successful product/brand innovation: Dramatic difference, compelling benefit and reason to believe (and some examples to prove it)
Why there’s no such thing as a “new” idea and how you can use this to innovate
Why it’s important to be counter-intuitive and how to let your customers help lead the innovation process in your company
Why it sometimes pays to be lucky – how some of the world’s greatest innovations were created by “accident” and how to take advantage of this
The overwhelming odds against new product success and the importance of “keeping the pipeline full”
How to Unleash Your Own Killer App: Top 10 tips on how to encourage innovation in your own company – and why it’s critical to your firm’s future

Kip Knight is currently vice-president of marketing for eBay, North America.

eBay is the world’s largest online shopping site with over 200 million users and sites in 33 countries. Kip has worked at eBay since 2002 in various marketing and general management roles in both the U.S. and international businesses, including regional vice-president and the head of international marketing and category management.

Kip started his career in marketing research at Burke Marketing Research in Cincinnati, Ohio and over the past 25 years has worked in over 80 countries around the world. He spent 10 years in brand management at Procter and Gamble in charge of various brands such as Ivory Soap and as well as working on the development and launch of various new food and beverage brands such as Olestra.







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