Episode 27: Innovation in Public Utilities with Giorgio Pauletto

Our guest today is Giorgio Pauletto. Giorgio is Head of Strategy and Innovation at SIG, the Industrial Services of Geneva. SIG is Geneva’s public utility company, providing water, energy and telecommunication services to the canton of Geneva.

Giorgio studied management sciences and engineering at Stanford, got a doctorate in econometrics at the university of Geneva and was a visiting fellow both at the Hoover institution in Stanford and then at Yale.

Before joining SIG, he worked as a Technology, Strategy and foresight advisor for the state of Geneva. 

Today we will be talking to Giorgio about  how to foster innovation within a large public utilities company and the challenges that one faces. And we will also talk about how to get a glimpse into the future through foresight also known as future studies.

Referenced on the show:

The Corporate Startup, Tendayi Viki

Black Swan, Nassim Taleb

Looking at Mindfulness, Christophe André