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January 11, 2022

Stop obsessing about 10x — 10% innovation is important too

Capgemini’s Pascal Brier shares four strategies to build a culture of innovation in a volatile world in part eight of #FutureProofonCulture


Thomas Brown

7 min read

Pascal Brier, group chief innovation officer at Capgemini, the global consulting, technology and outsourcing organisation, gave Sifted the lowdown on how he recently revamped the innovation function when he took on his role just over a year ago.

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Pascal Brier, chief innovation officer of Capgemini
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