Today's Superpower: Building Networks

Mikel's mission is to change this mindset by championing collaboration and networking—to own today's superpower.

Mikel Mangold is a French-German, Germany-based corporate innovator, building ventures and forming partnerships for the Venture Lab at NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD. He previously worked for Bayer G4A Digital Health Start-Up Accelerator and the Bayer CoLaborator Biotech Start-Up Incubator in San Francisco. He is the co-author of the academic paper: What Corporates Can Do to Help an Innovation Ecosystem Thrive -- and Why They Should Do It, co-host of The Ecosystem Show, advisor, and mentor. Mikel creates positive change through networks.

Technological and other advances are inhibited by the conservative mindset still held by many. This results in an inability to deal effectively with the uncertainty and ambiguity of the modern era.