Big companies moving fast
With 1.5 million sq. ft. of space in downtown Toronto, MaRS is North America’s largest innovation hub where ideas from health, cleantech, fintech and enterprise collide.
Jon Worren and his team mix startups, researchers, investors and big corporations across health, fintech, cleantech and enterprise businesses to get ideas flowing and make sparks fly.
When you support 17 regional innovation centres and with 6,000 startups registered in Ontario, designing programs everyone can use is an everyday challenge, says MaRS’s Jon Worren.
There’s something about being able to see, touch and feel technology, says Terry Stuart, Deloitte Canada’s Chief Innovation Officer. That’s what brings it to life at their Toronto Greenhouse.
Deloitte's ranks might be huge - they count almost 300,000 employees worldwide - but that puts them in a unique position to lead the charge on innovation, says Terry Stuart, Chief Innovation Officer at Deloitte Canada.
It's not enough to hire engineers and computer scientists to build tech, says Terry Stuart, Chief Innovation Officer at Deloitte Canada. That's why he and his team hire artists, storytellers, psychologists and more.
Deloitte's Greenhouse has its hands on a huge amount of tech, from robotics and AI to IoT and wearables. How do they make sure it's used for good? Chief Innovation Officer Terry Stuart explains.
Terry Stuart, Chief Innovation Officer, believes that companies need to not only embrace new technology, but understand what it really means for their business and society as a whole – even if it makes them uncomfortable.
Terry Stuart, Deloitte's chief innovation officer, learned these lessons while working alongside the up-and-comers: move quickly and collaborate, watch for new tech and co-create with customers from the beginning.
Cisco's Bill MacGowan leads a team of innovators dedicated to making our buildings smarter with leading-edge technology designed to solve big problems.