🧬 Shekhar Mitra - InnoPreneur & P&G - Part 4 | Finding Foundational Intrapreneurship at P&G | Early Innovation in Drug Discovery & Development | Community & Diversity Leadership in Arts & STEM

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Part 4 of 4.

My guest for this week’s episode is Shekhar Mitra, former Senior Vice President of Global Innovation and Chief of Innovation at Procter & Gamble and current President and Founder of InnoPreneur, a strategic advisory firm that enables development of innovation capabilities, ideation, and organizational development for Fortune 500 corporations and new ventures.

Prior to InnoPreneur, Shekhar spent 29 years at Procter & Gamble where he worked his way up from staff scientist to Senior Vice President of Global Innovation and Chief of Innovation, becoming a part of P&G's top leadership team and a member of the CEO's Global Leadership Council. Shekhar’s time at P&G paints a successful entrepreneurial road map for those looking to learn, grow, and innovate within large corporations.

Post retirement from P&G, Shekhar spent several years as a board member and strategic adviser to several Fortune 500 corporations, new ventures, and private equity companies developing transformational new ideas, business strategies, and organization capabilities to drive growth.

Join us this week and hear about:

Shekhar’s experience at Procter & Gamble and the intrapreneurial opportunities he found there, sharing how these experiences laid the foundation for his future endeavors as an entrepreneur and mentor.
His involvement in developing an innovative drug from natural sources.
His involvement in new ventures, from a company creating an innovative mouth piece to a plant extract rejuvenating mitochondria
His work with the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers, highlighting his commitment to community, diversity, creativity, and leadership in both the arts and STEM fields.

Shekhar’s an expert with an exceptional track record in creating and developing game changing technology platforms and formulating disruptive innovation strategies, whose extensive background in R&D offers unique insights that listeners can benefit from. Please enjoy my conversation with Shekhar Mitra.

Timestamps:

00:28 Intro

02:10 Leaving P&G, joining different boards, and honing in on a new role

05:49 Shekhar’s goals while working with breakthrough ventures as an advisor

07:45 Shekhar and his wife’s involvement with the Cincinnati Art Museum

14:50 Co-founding the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE)

19:18 Shekhar’s mission as a SASE co-founder

22:08 Creating new opportunities for jobs, training, and intrapreneurial roles

26:46 Future plans for InnoPreneur, new learnings as an advisor, and Shekhar’s involvement in developing drugs from natural sources

31:55 Closing questions: Shoutouts and advice to 21-year old self

40:35 Outro

Find Our Guest, Shekhar Mitra, at this link:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shekhar-mitra-ph-d-4b427b47/