Tendayi Viki
Tendayi Viki is a scholar, author and business consultant who is known for his thought leadership and consulting work on strategy and innovation within large companies. He is the author of The Corporate Startup and The Lean Product Lifecycle.
Early Life
Tendayi Viki was born in 1974 in Harare, Zimbabwe. He went to primary school and high school in Harare and Marondera. He then went to the University of Zimbabwe to study Psychology. After graduation, Viki received a scholarship from the Beit Trust to study in England. He obtained an MSc and PhD in Psychology from the University of Kent. He was then appointed as Lecturer at the University of Kent in 2003 and promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2008. In 2009, Viki spent a year as a Research Fellow at Stanford University . Upon his return to England he studied for his MBA at the University of Kent, which he obtained in 2013.
Career
Tendayi Viki’s career as an innovation consultant began at Pearson, the FTSE 100 global education company. While he was there, he was part of a team that designed Pearson’s Product Lifecycle which is a bespoke innovation framework for the company . The Product lifecycle team won the award for Best Innovation Program 2015 at the Corporate Entrepreneur Awards in New York . Viki is now the founder and principal consultant at Benneli Jacobs, and works with large companies to help them develop their innovation ecosystems.
Publications
Tendayi Viki is an author who writes about strategy and innovation management in large corporates. In addition to his own blog, Viki is a contributing writer for Forbes . He has also also published two books on strategy and innovation in established companies:
The Corporate Startup
In 2017, Viki published The Corporate Startup: How Established Companies Can Develop Successful Innovation Ecosystems (Vakmedianet) . The book was co-written with Dan Toma and Esther Gons. The book outlines five principles that large companies can use to develop their internal innovation capabilities. Rather than just focus on training product teams how to do innovation, the book argues that companies must also change how they manage innovation and develop strategy.
The Lean Product Lifecycle
Also published in 2017, The Lean Product Lifecycle (Pearson) provides an intimate description of the innovation process that the product lifecycle team developed for Pearson between 2013-2016. The book was co-written with Craig Strong and Sonja Kresojevic. The book outlines the six key stages in the Lean Product Lifecycle (Idea, Explore, Validate, Grow, Sustain, Retire), the key product development activities that should be done at each stage and the key investment management decisions that companies should make on products along their journey to success.
Early Life
Tendayi Viki was born in 1974 in Harare, Zimbabwe. He went to primary school and high school in Harare and Marondera. He then went to the University of Zimbabwe to study Psychology. After graduation, Viki received a scholarship from the Beit Trust to study in England. He obtained an MSc and PhD in Psychology from the University of Kent. He was then appointed as Lecturer at the University of Kent in 2003 and promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2008. In 2009, Viki spent a year as a Research Fellow at Stanford University . Upon his return to England he studied for his MBA at the University of Kent, which he obtained in 2013.
Career
Tendayi Viki’s career as an innovation consultant began at Pearson, the FTSE 100 global education company. While he was there, he was part of a team that designed Pearson’s Product Lifecycle which is a bespoke innovation framework for the company . The Product lifecycle team won the award for Best Innovation Program 2015 at the Corporate Entrepreneur Awards in New York . Viki is now the founder and principal consultant at Benneli Jacobs, and works with large companies to help them develop their innovation ecosystems.
Publications
Tendayi Viki is an author who writes about strategy and innovation management in large corporates. In addition to his own blog, Viki is a contributing writer for Forbes . He has also also published two books on strategy and innovation in established companies:
The Corporate Startup
In 2017, Viki published The Corporate Startup: How Established Companies Can Develop Successful Innovation Ecosystems (Vakmedianet) . The book was co-written with Dan Toma and Esther Gons. The book outlines five principles that large companies can use to develop their internal innovation capabilities. Rather than just focus on training product teams how to do innovation, the book argues that companies must also change how they manage innovation and develop strategy.
The Lean Product Lifecycle
Also published in 2017, The Lean Product Lifecycle (Pearson) provides an intimate description of the innovation process that the product lifecycle team developed for Pearson between 2013-2016. The book was co-written with Craig Strong and Sonja Kresojevic. The book outlines the six key stages in the Lean Product Lifecycle (Idea, Explore, Validate, Grow, Sustain, Retire), the key product development activities that should be done at each stage and the key investment management decisions that companies should make on products along their journey to success.
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