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Gerard Harkin
​Head of Innovation


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With twenty-five years' experience in innovation in both consulting and commercial roles, an MBA and a degree in engineering, Gerard is a specialist in innovation and growth. 

He has worked with organisations of all sizes in over a dozen industries, building new propositions, businesses and products, enhancing business models, and facilitating innovation workshops with his practical and down-to-earth approach.
Gerard is one of the few commercially savvy innovation consultants with experience across a dozen industries, and exposure to all stages of the innovation process, from invention to building business cases, product launch and growth strategy.
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Clients have included: Johnson Matthey, L&G, Wood Group, ESB, E.ON, O2 Ireland, Novo Nordisk, Kraft, Rentokil Initial, Renault F1, Silansys, Macmillan Cancer Support and Failte Ireland. 
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Before starting 3inno in 2013, he held senior roles at two innovation consultancies in London and had a long career in the high-tech industry, where he lived and worked in the UK and the Netherlands (and still speaks a bit of Dutch!).  

He is heavily involved in supporting innovation in the Brighton area. For example, he has been a visiting lecturer on innovation management for the University of Brighton’s MBA program since 2008, and he is a guest blogger for Brighton Business School. For the past six years, he has mentored young entrepreneurs at Brighton College. He also formed the Brighton Innovation Network which is a forum for senior NPD/R&D/Innovation managers to share learning and discuss innovation. 
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Gerard is the author of Innovation Unplugged. Blending case studies from Philips, Dyson, Zipcar and Rolls-Royce, Innovation Unplugged provides practical advice on how innovation can power new growth. Gerard is also well-known for his contributions to other best-selling books, as well as writing over 100 articles on how to innovate successfully. He is the co-inventor of fourteen US patents for technology.

His latest venture, Innovation Confessions, was launched in July 2017. Innovation Confessions invites people to share lessons learned from innovation projects http://www.innovationconfessions.com/

Originally from Dublin, he moved to Brighton in 1996 where he lives with his wife and son.

Get in contact, email: Gerard@3inno.com
​Phone: +44 (0) 7979 146 458

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