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title: Align everything with your vision - Donal O'Connell on IP Strategy
description: CEO Dylan Dryden interviews IP strategist Donal O’Connell on aligning business vision with IP strategy, Nokia’s rise and fall, and maximising innovation.
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 20 August, 2024

# Align everything with your vision - Donal O'Connell on IP Strategy

[Dylan Dryden, CEO & Co-Founder](https://www.intanify.com/insights/author/dylan-dryden)

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Our CEO, Dylan Dryden, sits down with Donal O’Connell, who is a renowned IP strategist and a former VP of R&D and Director of IP at Nokia. During his time Nokia was the undisputed industry leader with a 40% market share.

With his wealth of experience, Donal dives into how aligning your business vision with your IP strategy is key to long-term success.

They cover how to build effective collaboration whilst protecting IP; what small companies and teams need to do to maximise the power of their innovation; where Nokia went wrong - and more.

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