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Are companies hindering their own innovation because of their culture or a fear of failure? In this lesson, Costas Papaikonomou, discusses how companies can maintain their entrepreneurial flair…
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Thoughts From A Grumpy Innovator
About Costas Papaikonomou
Costas Papaikonomou – is one of the founding partners of the Happen Group and since 1996 has worked across the globe in many areas of innovation, from strategy to design, from commercialisation to manufacturing.
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