Teresa Alaniz Author

Teresa Alaniz works as a Design Director and Strategist in a boutique consultancy company in Italy. She supports companies of small to big sizes in digital transformation applying design and agile methodologies to internal operations of the companies, or external markets to understand their dynamics. She received her PhD in Management Engineering from the University of Padua (Italy). The focus of her research was the development of a process to envision emotion-focused new product ideas. She was a Professor at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Mexico), teaching courses on creativity and innovation, user experience, and entrepreneurship. 

Stefano Biazzo is Professor of Innovation Management at the University of Padua (Italy). He has published extensively both in national and international journals on product innovation and organizational innovation issues. Stefano Biazzo has over 20 years of experience in organizational change management, focusing on developing and disseminating concepts, methodologies, and tools to enhance firm performance through the adoption of innovation and foster continuous improvement. He has recently published with Springer “Product Innovation: Intelligence, Discovery, Development” (with Professor Roberto Filippini) and “Digital Business Models for Industry 4.0” (with Professor Carlo Bagnoli et al.).