Post by Marco Prehn

Honoured to be part of the IMP "Family" as Senior Advisor and having participated in the IMP Executive Insights 2025🚀 Together with IMP & Open Strategy, we looked at companies which are unlocking potential that no single company can achieve alone. Keyword: cross-industry innovations! But first things first… Inspired by Nils Müller's visions of the future, supported by compelling practical examples (Würth x Danfoss x Wago with Hans Peter Trehkopf, Carbon 3D x Oechsler with Gerd Manz & Matthias Weisskopf, ZKW x Swarovski x BMW with Udo Hornfeck & Hannes Erler, Circular Valley x Aptiv x Energenta x Roeber with Andreas Mucke, Evonik x BMW with Patrick Gloeckner, Bosch x BASF with Pavlo Ilyin & Jorge von Kostrisch), 65 companies are embarking on a process moderated by experienced IMP Senior Advisors to identify attractive future value propositions and leverage their potential, either alone or together with other companies, including those from outside their industry. The common thread is an Open Strategy mindset and effective Open Strategy tools for identifying attractive SPOTS and successfully managing the complexity of co-innovations with the goal to continuously expand the base of participating companies. If you would like to learn more – and also be part of the initiative, please send IMP a short note (directly to Tanja Heckmann or by email: [email protected]). Looking forward to the continuation of the cross-industry innovations initiative and another great IMP Executive Insights 2026.