Ep062 – Robert Wickham (Regional Vice President – Salesforce) on ecosystem strategy

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep062 – Robert Wickham (Regional Vice President – Salesforce) on ecosystem strategy August 15, 2017 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for episode 62 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is Robert Wickham, Regional Vice President, Innovation and Digital Transformation at Salesforce. Robert has had an interesting career to date – he studied Aeronautical engineering at MIT, before taking up a role within Management consulting at the Boston Consulting Group. He then left that that line of work to take up an audacious project of  launching a Low cost European airline within 6 months, this project was called Go Fly which was later sold in 2001 for $400M. He has since taken on senior roles at organisations such as Oracle before taking on his current role as the Regional Vice President for Innovation and Digital Transformation at Salesforce. In this interview we talk about  the ingredients of good storytelling, how to hire for resilience, creating a culture of innovation and the need to have an ecosystem strategy. PLAYBOOK MEDIA LIVE PODCAST WITH KATE MORRIS (ADORE BEAUTY) Show notes: Go Fly Salesforce Brian Lara MIT Winston Churchill George Orwell British Airways MAP Mark Benioff Robert Wickham (Twitter) Robert Wickham (Email) Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  [email protected] @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Other channels: Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Stitcher & Soundcloud http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Playbook_Ep062.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-moz-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea:-ms-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep062 – Robert Wickham (Regional Vice President – Salesforce) on ecosystem strategy appeared first on Startup Playbook.