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After finishing his PhD at the TIM Group, Bálint Diószegi joined the Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Imperial College London in September, 2017. In his research, he focuses on the micro-level foundations of social networks and networking behavior. In our chat, Balint explained what reserch that he is currently working on and shared some personal learnings from his PhD period with the group.

Charles Baden-Fuller is the Centenary Professor of Strategy and leader of the Strategy Group at Cass.  He is well known for his work on networked organisations and the management of young high technology firms, particularly in drug development-biotechnology. In the seminar, he presented his work about generating and leveraging customer data assets and solutions business models. 

After eight years of great collaboration (MSc to postdoc!) Georg Windisch leaves the Tim group to continue his career at TUM. Yet, leaving the group ain't leaving the TIM-family. We wish Georg the very best of luck and we are all sure we'll see him again soon!!  

Gerard P. Hodgkinson is Vice Dean for Research of the Faculty of Humanities and Professor of Strategic Management and Behavioural Science at Alliance Manchester Business School (University of Manchester). Gerard shared his impressive work on the topic of impact in the field of management with the group.

Florian works at Spark Works AG where he consults corporations in the achievement of innovation, whether through design thinking or architecture. Moreover, Florian shared reflections about his personal fit with academia and industry, as well as the corresponding consequences for his personal career, with the group.

Working for the ETH Zürich Rector's Staff (Strategic Projects Group) in the function of a project manager, Barbara advocates social change in the area of ETH talent management. Likewise, Barbara shared her experience about the particularities in the collaboration between social and natural scientists. 

Axel presented his paper ‘Make, Buy, or Redesign’, co-authored with Stefano Brusoni and Luigi Marengo in a session on competition and new technologies at the Strategic Management Society Annual Conference.

Sonja Förster became a PhD-student at the TIM Group in 2013. Sonja dedicated her studies to the investigation of innovation team training and design thinking. She starts a new journey as a post-doctoral resercher at the Technische Universität München. Good luck Sonja and see you soon!