Our way of working may have been disrupted by recent events, but we notice we’re being more creative than ever! Tapping into employees’ innovative potential through our latest Paint the Future challenge is going to make us even stronger. 💪 #AkzoNobel#PaintTheFuture#Innovation
#PaintTheFuture is going places! Our CEO Thierry Vanlancker just shared the exciting news that Brazil 🇧🇷 will host the first regional Paint the Future startup challenge in 2020! The announcement at #Abrafati2019 is part of our ongoing call for collaboration. #PTF19#Innovation
With he weekend around the corner and for all those DIY’ers ready to take on your next paint job... Meet AkzoNobel’s Color of the Year for 2020: Tranquil Dawn. Learn more on how you use it in your space. : https://t.co/UeVYLe4uEX https://t.co/ihB0qwz5xl
The @letspaintfuture story has only just begun. Learn more about the startups that will be continuing their collaborative journey to paint the future with AkzoNobel and challenge partner @KPMG: https://t.co/JENduUOQNb #PTF19#PaintTheFuture#Innovation#Startups
Our first successful day of this three-day journey ends with an intimate dinner at the beach in Noordwijk. We’re looking forward to tomorrow and the working sessions hosted at the Amstelveen offices of KPMG, our challenge partner. #PTF19#PaintTheFuture#Innovation#Startup
The shortlist is here! More than 20 startups from around the world will be "painting the future" with AkzoNobel at our Paint the Future accelerator event in May. Have a look at the innovative solutions that could be game changers for our industry: https://t.co/Aef41Lwh1e
Naturally our Global Innovation Director at the AkzoNobel Incubator takes a spot on our @letspaintfuture jury! Good thing nothing gets Menno van der Zalm going like innovation partnerships. https://t.co/hm2UDpMGm1 #PaintTheFuture
The importance of #innovating in new ways and doing this together with people who think and act differently. The #CTO of @AkzoNobel@klaasnr43 speaks about changing the #paints & #coatings industry making the world a better place to be. #startups#scaleups https://t.co/LVwwrDKcBB
We’re excited that Klaas Kruithof, Chief Technology Officer at AkzoNobel, will be leading the @letspaintfuture jury. He’s beyond passionate about innovation in paints and coatings! https://t.co/yj58ZdltGP #PaintTheFuture
Submissions will close on March 1, 2019 – so be fast! Submit your solution to one of our challenges at https://t.co/TENKMSj71H before the deadline and make the world your canvas! #PaintTheFuture#startup#innovation#business#paints#coatings
Innovation should be treated like a profession, just like marketing or finance.
Else, it will always remain a “Friday afternoon” or “20% of your time” thing.
Is that really how we want to treat “inventing the future”?