Prof. dr. Paul Louis Iske: Chief Failure Officer (CFO) | Paul Iske | TEDxYouth@HNLBilthoven

Professor dr. Paul Iske is the Founder of The Institute of Brilliant Failures. In this TEDxtalk he speaks amongst other things about the fact that to be allowed to fail should actually be a human right. Paul Iske (1961) is Professor of Open Innovation & Business Venturing at Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics. He focuses on service innovation and social innovation, with Combinatoric Innovation as his speciality. Paul is founder and Chief Failure Officer of the Institute of Brilliant Failures, with the aim of understanding the complexity of innovation and enterprise. Paul obtained his doctorate in theoretical physics and subsequently worked at Shell, where he mainly brought together knowledge inside and outside Shell. Until 2015, he was Chief Dialogues Officer at ABN AMRO, responsible for activities in the field of (open) innovation. Paul Iske is a speaker and consultant in the fields of creativity, innovation, intellectual capital, knowledge management and entrepreneurship. He does this both in the private and (semi-)public sector in the Netherlands and abroad. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx