Michael Johnson
Michael was the founder and senior partner in an award
winning consulting firm, Michael Johnson & Associates (MJ&A). The firm specialised in advice concerning industrial R&D, taxation, venture capital and strategic planning. It achieved market leadership in a couple of fields, successfully competing against far larger organisations.
Over 15 years of running MJ&A, Michael came to an understanding of the innovation community – members, concerns, needs – and the role that innovators play in the broader economic community.
In thinking about placing his own firm on the internet, Michael became aware that there was no space on the net dedicated to the needs of the innovation community.
In 1998 Michael sold MJ&A and took some time out to sail and cycle around the world and to think about how the power of the internet could best be harnessed for the benefit of the innovation community. In late 1999 Michael met Dominique Purcell who had independently arrived at many of the same conclusions – and iiiglobal was born.
Michael was educated in UK and Australia, has degrees in law and philosophy and has written books and commentaries on innovation issues. He has served as executive and non-executive director of a number of innovation companies as well as on government panels and university foundations.
Dominique Purcell
Dominique has had a long time involvement in the innovation community in her roles in the telecommunications industry. Her latest role was with Nokia as Group Manager, Global Futures in a corporate planning group. This cutting edge role was designed to influence and impact the longer term planning processes in vision and strategy, concept creation and new ventures. Her knowledge and experience brought the study of futures and the future industry directions relevant content into the Nokia planning contexts and processes.
The past 12 years have seen Dominique hold product management, marketing, concept creation, strategy roles within Nokia and other high technology companies. Dominique has a Master of Science degree from Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration and started her doctorate research in 1999, researching innovation and knowledge creation in the Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research in Helsinki.
Dominique has authored and influenced many works, mainly inside Nokia. Additionally, she contributed to “Future Histories” published by Horizon House in 1997.
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