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The Knowledge Center for Innovation at the Technion (KCI), was established in 2008 by Prof. Miriam Erez, winner of the Israel Prize, with the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology to promote innovation in organizations.
KCI promotes innovation through a learning process, which combines managerial and technological knowledge, understanding of organizational processes, and their assimilation into the organization while developing teamwork, organizational structure, and a culture of innovation.
We see the innovation process as a journey – “the idea journey”, which is a multi-stage, non-linear process, with clear milestones. The journey begins with identifying the problem and defining the needs, through raising ideas for a solution, selecting the idea for implementation, promoting it in the organization, and then implementing it in practice and bringing the final product to the user. In each of these stages, there is room for innovation, which is expressed in new technology, new products, process innovation, and management innovation.
This model guides us in practice in a variety of activities that the Innovation Center initiates and leads, which combine exposure to knowledge, training, and the implementation of projects to promote innovation in the industry. On this site, you will find a reflection of most of our activities – we would be happy if you would join the developing community around them and take part in them
Limor is the manager of the Knowledge Center for Innovation. She is responsible for the center’s business development, maintaining and creating partnerships, coordinating and managing training programs, and developing customized programs to increase innovation in organizations. Limor has extensive experience in the employment field in marketing and innovation management positions. She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology and human services from the University of Haifa, and a master’s degree in business administration from Tel Aviv University. Her research focused on the management of success in the reality of the art-economics paradox.
Assistant Professor and lecturer at the center
Dr. Lazar is a graduate of the Technion Faculty of Industrial Engineering and Management. Her research focuses on the early foundations of driving entrepreneurship and innovation. Lazar is a member of the research team at the Technion Entrepreneurship Center (t-hub) and a research advisor at the Technion Knowledge Center for Innovation. Lazar is a co-founder of TEDxTechnion and has led strategic processes in a variety of organizations to promote entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as to support vulnerable populations in Israeli society. She is a graduate of the Ariane de Rothschild
program for doctoral students and has won the Taub Prize for outstanding research.
Budget and Administration Coordinator
Meital is the Budget and Administration Coordinator at the Center. Meital holds a Bachelor of Arts (with honors) in Economics and Management from the Open University of Israel. Meital Manages the center’s budgets with the Technion administration, lecturers, suppliers, and external organizations and is responsible for the logistical planning and production of the center’s events.
Project Manager
Hadas is third-year student at the Technion, studying Biomedical Engineering. She is also the manager of the student union’s social initiatives. At the center, she is responsible for managing data, content, and interfaces in the accelerator programs for entrepreneurs and the innovation management programs for organizations.
Marketing Project Manager
חדר 314, בניין קופר
חיפה, 32000
Room 314, Cooper building
Haifa, 32000