S2/EP7 The Last Mile of Innovation with Anuar Ouali Alami & Rahim Gulamali

Why should you listen? The Last Mile of Innovation is the final step between launching your innovation, and the final step towards really achieving the benefits. Innovation should include the return on investment. We look at the GTM strategy, Revenue Generation, Cost reductions, etc., etc. This part is often seen by innovation teams as the least interesting part. This is the part where your people, organization, and clients turn the concept into value. Many organizations face challenges in the last mile of innovation. In this episode Anouar shares her experience from the aviation sector, which is applicable to all types of organizations, looking to innovate their business Best Practices and talking points in this podcast: What is The Last Mile of Innovation? What foundations do we need to set for the organization? What should we expect from our people? How to transition from a siloed approach to an organizational drive! What it takes to make innovations successful (in the last mile) About Anouar Ouali Alami Anouar Ouali Alami is a Ground Handling Executive who, during more than 20 years, successfully led different frameworks from PMO to IT and Resource Management in the aviation field. She holds an Engineering degree in Automation and Industrial IT and a master’s degree in aviation management. Anouar began her career in Royal Air Maroc where she implemented various projects and led operational departments, she then moved to the middle east and joined Qatar Airways where she built a business unit specialized in E2E resource management, she build strategic and tactical planning processes control 70% of company’s cost ., she also led Project management office department and delivered more than 20 Transformational projects. In 2017, Anouar was appointed VP of IT and Planning. During 3 years, Anouar designed and implemented an IT Governance and Strategy to enable business innovation and growth for Aviapartner Group and led diverse transformation programs across 6 European countries. Anouar is the founder and CEO of Anfa Square, a company delivering Aviation consultancy in Digital and Business transformation and Enterprise innovation management programs. About Rahim Gulamali, Co-Founder at DnA Executive Network BCN, Executive Transformation Mentor, and Co-Founder Content2Click Rahim has over 20 years of executive experience, primarily supporting organizations in their transformational journeys. (former) clients acknowledge him as someone who engages the whole organization and enables them to elevate the journey towards success with passion and a smile. He partners with peers to solve business challenges through the DnA Co-Creative Executive Network, Mentors Executive Teams and enables the network to build meaningful business relationships. How to connect with us? Anouar Ouali Alami: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anouar/ The Innovation Journey: https://www.theinnovationjourney.com/ The Creative side of Anouar: https://www.anouaroualialami.com/ Rahim Gulamali: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gulamali/ DnA Scheduler via https://meetings.hubspot.com/dna/gulamali Enjoy the podcast!