Podcasts about innovation science

893: As the future of work continues to evolve, executives must keep pace with not only technological advancements but also talent strategies, learning to leverage both internal and external talent to succeed as a global enterprise. In this episode, Peter High interviews John Winsor, Executive in Residence at Harvard Business School's Laboratory for Innovation Science and founder and CEO of Open Assembly, about his latest book, 'Open Talent,' and the strategies he has developed for leveraging global talent pools, including freelancers, internal talent clouds, and open innovation contests. John shares his journey from founding an open talent company in the '90s to leading innovation at Havas and exploring the future of work with AI and digital transformation. He offers insights into the challenges large organizations face in adopting new business models and emphasizes the importance of culture in a networked organization. Finally, John looks ahead at how AI and technology, more broadly, can play a role in the framework of 'open talent.'

893: As the future of work continues to evolve, executives must keep pace with not only technological advancements but also talent strategies, learning to leverage both internal and external talent to succeed as a global enterprise. In this episode, Peter High interviews John Winsor, Executive in Residence at Harvard Business School's Laboratory for Innovation Science and founder and CEO of Open Assembly, about his latest book, 'Open Talent,' and the strategies he has developed for leveraging global talent pools, including freelancers, internal talent clouds, and open innovation contests. John shares his journey from founding an open talent company in the '90s to leading innovation at Havas and exploring the future of work with AI and digital transformation. He offers insights into the challenges large organizations face in adopting new business models and emphasizes the importance of culture in a networked organization. Finally, John looks ahead at how AI and technology, more broadly, can play a role in the framework of 'open talent.'

John Winsor, Executive in Residence at Harvard Business School's Laboratory for Innovation Science and co-author with Jin Paik of the national bestselling book Open Talent: Leveraging the Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges on strategies for harnessing the potential of the global talent pool to address major business challenges and enhance organizational success. A prominent figure in strategic marketing and product innovation, John argues that the future of work is a combination of micro-entrepreneurs and freelancers rather than full-time company employees. As a result of open networks, companies will have to reimagine themselves as open workplaces with leaders driven by an abundant mindset. And in a fast-moving, fluid world, it's the talent in the cloud that will perform tasks and skills, using cognitive surplus across the globe to get the work done.

In this episode of the Future Work/Life podcast, I speak with John Winsor, formerly an advertising founder and exec and now a pioneer, entrepreneur and thought leader on open talent.John is the Executive in Residence at Harvard Business School's Laboratory for Innovation Science, founder and Chairman of Open Assembly, and the author of his sixth book Open Talent: Leveraging a Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges, co-authored with Jin Paik.TALKING POINTS:Journey to Open Talent: John shares his transition from traditional advertising to embracing open talent, driven by necessity and entrepreneurial spirit.The concept of Open Talent: The benefits of Open Talent and the freelance workforce over traditional employment models.Work culture: How open talent influences work culture, requiring a shift in mindset among leaders and managers.Micropreneurs & AI: John discusses how AI reshapes jobs, and why now is the time for micropreneurs to thrive.Adaptation: The challenges traditional industries face in adopting open talent strategies and how forward-thinking companies benefit from this flexibility.LINKS:John's LinkedInOpen Talent: Leveraging a Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges Interested in me sharing insights on these topics with your team? Book me to speak with your team.Ollie's LinkedInFuture Work/Life NewsletterWork/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fear, is out now. You can order your copy HERE (UK) or HERE (US). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The rapid pace of technological change is making a big impact on hiring. Some organizations are dynamically securing freelance workers through platform apps like Upwork and Freelancer. Other companies are investing heavily in work enabled by artificial intelligence. John Winsor and Jin Paik say these structural changes call for a reimagining of your talent strategy — one that is open to flexible, project-based work for talent inside or outside your organization — and they explain how to go about it. Winsor is the founder and chair of Open Assembly and an executive-in-residence at the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard. Paik is a cofounder and managing partner at the AI consultancy Altruistic and a visiting research scientist at Harvard Business School. Together, they wrote the book Open Talent: Leveraging the Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges and the HBR article "Do You Need an External Talent Cloud?"

  In the latest episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with John Winsor, Founder and Chairman of Open Assembly, to examine the intricacies of the future of work. John, who is an authority on open talent and innovative work models, brings decades of experience and wisdom to the conversation.   Winsor is not a stranger to groundbreaking ideas. He has served as an executive in residence at Harvard Business School's Laboratory for Innovation Science and is currently writing his sixth book, "Open Talent: Leveraging a Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges." His expertise places him at the crossroads of innovation, disruption, and storytelling—my favorite trifecta.   John details how work as we know it is undergoing a radical transformation. Traditional office settings and 9-to-5 commitments are giving way to a more dynamic, fluid, and global workforce. He challenges businesses to rethink how and where they source their talent, suggesting that the next genius addition to their team might not be within the "four walls" of their office. Instead, he introduces the concept of a digital aggregation platform that reduces the friction associated with adopting open talent and freelancing models, facilitating a seamless transition to more adaptive and efficient working modes. John's work also has a broader societal ambition. He recently co-founded a global industry coalition, the Center for the Transformation of Work, which aims to revolutionize the workplace for a billion people by 2025. It's a lofty goal that magnifies the scale and urgency of the changes we are witnessing in workspaces and workstyles. This episode is a compelling narrative that combines John Winsor's strategic foresight with my expertise in storytelling to paint a vivid picture of what the future could, and perhaps should, look like for businesses and professionals alike. To add a touch of intrigue, John also teases an upcoming excerpt in the Harvard Business Review and discusses his forthcoming book set to be published in 2024. All said and done, this episode is an invaluable resource for leaders and thinkers who are willing to challenge traditional notions and are hungry for a glimpse of what the future of work holds.  

Simon Harris, Minister for Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science in the Irish Government. Wicklow Fine Gael TD joined Anton to discuss the budget, student accommodation, additional veterinary and medicine places and more.

To stay up to date checkout ⁠⁠thestartupproject.io⁠⁠ & follow Nataraj on twitter: @natarajsindam In this episode Nataraj spoke to Taylor Black who co-founded Fizzy Inc. Post Fizzy Taylor worked at Innovation Science Fund & currently works as a Principal Product Manager at the Office of the CTO Incubator at Microsoft. Full Conversation includes: Starting a company during law school Running a WordPress server farm Why WordPress still dominates internet? Working at Innovation Science Fund Running innovation sessions attended by Entrepreneurs, Nobel laureates, Scientists & Bill Gates Fundamental technology breakthrough in Metamaterials Funding Starlink competitor Incubator inside Microsoft for the Office of the CTO Measuring Innovation inside large organizations You can connect with Taylor here on LinkedIn. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/startupproject/message

TODAY'S GUEST   Dr. Hila Lifshitz-Assaf is an Associate Professor at NYU Stern. She is also a faculty associate at Harvard's Lab for Innovation Science. Her work received the prestigious INSPIRE grant from the National Science Foundation, has been recognized to have a strong impact on industry, and has been taught at a variety of institutions around the world including MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, London Business School, Columbia, and Carnegie Mellon.   Hila spent 3 years at NASA, studying their adoption of open innovation processes, which led to many insights and an award-winning dissertation and paper. She continues to investigate new innovation processes such as crowdsourcing, open source, open online innovation communities, Wikipedia, hackathons, makeathons, etc.   EPISODE SUMMARY   In this conversation we discuss: [2:47] Covid situation, teaching remotely. [4:41] Leading COVID-19 hackathons, open innovation. [10:37] Crisis as impetus for change. [14:21] Developing curiosity in early childhood. Questioning boundaries. [19:01] Pre-academic career: law, consulting, listening to people and seeing their psychology as business drivers. [25:27] Getting interested in innovation, innovation as the "Big Question" of business. [28:25] Working with NASA, NASA's culture. [40:22] Open innovation study at NASA. [48:01] How peoples' identity can hold innovation back. [53:28] Growth mindset & belief. [55:34] The pace of change. [57:30] The causes of dysfunction. [1:01:09] Embracing a little chaos. [1:12:14] Bias towards action. [1:14:10] Remote work & creativity. [1:22:05] Managing for creativity. [1:30:24] A short sermon for creative managers.   EPISODE LINKS Hila's Links

Technological advances have opened new frontiers for consumer products and services that seek to improve wellbeing. For example, the mobile meditation app Calm has helped millions of people experience better sleep and reduced anxiety. Joining us for this episode is Dr. Jennifer Huberty, an accomplished behavioral research scientist who has worked with Calm and other technology companies to bridge the gap between science and innovation and take a digital approach to change behavior and improve wellbeing. Today, she has her own consulting business and serves as a fractional Chief Science Officer to digital health companies. In this episode, Dr. Huberty offers some insight into how the companies she chooses to work with align with her personal values, the roles that courage and curiosity play in her selection process, and why community-based participatory research is crucial for young scientists. We also touch on the value of non-traditional partnerships, the important perspective Dr. Huberty has gained from viewing public health from an industry standpoint, and more. Bringing together innovation, science, and entrepreneurship, today's conversation will inspire you to follow your passion, no matter how unconventional it might seem! So, be sure to tune in today.   PHEC Podcast Show Notes: https://www.drchhuntley.com/podcast  DrCHHuntley Consulting https://www.drchhuntley.com/consulting  Public Health Consulting & Entrepreneurship EXPO http://publichealthexpo.com/

New laws against crime, resignations and walk out, and more with Minister Simon Harris Minister for Justice & Minister for Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation & Science in the Irish Government.

We take a look back on the stories of the week with our Friday Forum. Joining Pat was Neale Richmond Fine Gael TD for Dubin-Rathdown and spokesperson on European Affairs, Sinn Fein Mayo Sinn Féin TD & Party's Spokesperson for Higher and Further Education, Research, Innovation & Science and also Philip Ryan Political Editor with the Irish Independent.

#digitaltransformation #businesstransformation #enterpriseai On this episode of CXOTalk, Dr. Karim R. Lakhani from the Harvard Business School explains how established organizations can develop the enterprise AI, digital transformation strategy, and leadership capabilities needed to transform and compete in a cloud-based world.Dr. Lakhani is the co-founder and chair of the Digital, Data & Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard, founder and co-director of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, and the principal investigator of the NASA Tournament Laboratory. He is also the co-founder & co-chair of the Harvard Business Analytics Program, a university-wide online program transforming executives into data-savvy leaders.The discussion includes these topics:About Karim Lakhani at the Harvard Business School● On AI business strategy● On the historical uniqueness of AI transformation● On the importance of ecosystems and data in being competitive with enterprise AI● On practical advice for business process transformation and AI● On the challenge of enterprise architecture strategy and transformation with AI● On marketing personalization using data and algorithms● On the business process challenges of digital transformation● On the challenge of bias in AI datasets● On economic displacements caused by AI● Advice for business leadersWatch on the CXOTalk site: https://www.cxotalk.com/episode/business-transformation-how-become-ai-companySubscribe: www.cxotalk.com/nominateKarim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He is the co-founder and chair of the Digital, Data & Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard, founder and co-director of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, and the principal investigator of the NASA Tournament Laboratory. He is also the co-founder & co-chair of the Harvard Business Analytics Program, a university-wide online program transforming executives into data-savvy leaders.Karim has published over 150 scholarly articles and case studies and is known for his original scholarship on open innovation and has pioneered the use of field experiments to help solve innovation-related challenges while simultaneously generating rigorous research in partnership with organizations like NASA, Harvard Catalyst, and The Broad Institute. He co-authored Competing in the Age of AI (2020), an award-winning book published by the Harvard Business Review Press. He has developed six online-courses that have educated thousands of executives on AI strategy, technology-driven transformation, and entrepreneurship.Karim is an advisor to senior executives at leading companies. He serves as an Academic Partner at Flagship Pioneering, member of the Board of Directors of Mozilla Corporation and VIDEA Health, and an advisor to several AI-based startups. He is the co-founder of Aspire Institute, a non-profit that aims to transform the lives of first-in-family college students worldwide.Karim was awarded his Ph.D. in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also holds an SM degree in Technology and Policy from MIT, and a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Management from McMaster University in Canada. He is a recipient of the Aga Khan Foundation International Scholarship and a doctoral fellowship from Canada's Social Science and Humanities Research Council.

Today's guest is Dr. Luca Cottini, a scholar, associate professor at Villanova University, and the host and creator of the YouTube show Italian Innovators. Although trained as a classical philologist and cultural historian, his interests go beyond Italian art throughout history. Through his show, Dr. Cottini explores the present artistic contributions of Italy through entrepreneurship and innovation across multiple disciplines. His books include The Art of Objects: The Birth of Italian Industrial Culture and a monograph on Italo Calvino.Dr. Cottini joins us to discuss the following:What attracted Dr. Cottini to study design and innovation.His thoughts on Galileo being the father of modern science.How Italy's humanities-focused education influences science.How different ideas contribute to each other and create innovation.Some examples of encounters with Beauty that spurred innovation.Could aesthetic principles also hinder innovation? How?The role of beauty in the future of science.How to cultivate intellectual humility and drive in the face of failure.To learn more about Dr. Cottini's work, visit https://www.italianinnovators.com/Check out his book: The Art of Objects: The Birth of Italian Industrial Culture, 1878-1928https://www.amazon.com/Art-Objects-Italian-Industrial-1878-1928/dp/1487502834Visit his YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ItalianInnovatorsSupport us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/BeautyatWorkPodcastSupport the show

We take look back on the stories of the week with our Friday Forum. Joining Pat today was Senator Timmy Dooley Fianna Fail Seanad Spokesperson on Climate Action, Communication Networks & Transport, Rose Conway Walsh Sinn Fein Mayo Sinn Féin TD & Party's Spokesperson for Higher and Further Education, Research, Innovation & Science and Senator Marie Sherlock Labour Party Spokesperson on Employment Affairs, Media, Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht.

We take a look back on the stories of the week with our Friday Forum. Joining Pat this morning was Jim O'Callaghan Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin Bay South and the Party's spokesperson for Justice, Rose Conway Walsh Sinn Fein Mayo Sinn Féin TD & Party's Spokesperson for Higher and Further Education, Research, Innovation & Science and also Ivan Bacik Labour Party Leader and TD for Dublin Bay South.

Adam Hartung helps companies innovate to achieve real growth. He began his career as an entrepreneur, selling the first general-purpose computing platform to use the 8080 microprocessor while he was an undergraduate. Today, he has 20 years of practical experience in developing and implementing strategies to take advantage of emerging technologies and new business models. He writes, consults and speaks worldwide. His recently published book, Create Marketplace Disruption: How to Stay Ahead of the Competition (Financial Times Press), helps leaders and managers create evergreen organizations that produce above-average returns. Adam is Managing Partner of Spark Partners consultancy helping organizations grow and transform performance. Previously, he spent eight years as a Partner in the consulting arm of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC,) and he has been a consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and The Boston Consulting Group. Adam has also been an executive for PepsiCo and DuPont in the areas of strategic planning and business development. Adam is a leadership columnist for both Forbes and CIO magazines. He is a contributing editor for the International Journal of Innovation Science. He is regularly quoted in leading journals, including BusinessWeek, Huffington Post, MediaPost, ComputerWorld, Management Review and the Financial Post. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School with Distinction. Website: http://www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com or www.AdamHartung.com******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

John is currently the executive-in-residence at Harvard Business School's Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH) and founder and CEO of Open Assembly, a company that provides content, community, and strategic advising to organizations, people, and platforms to co-create the future of work. He was also vice president and executive director of strategy and innovation at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky. Winsor's books include “Beyond the Brand,” “Spark,” “Flipped, and the best-selling “Baked In,” winner of the 2009 800-CEO-READ Business Book Award in marketing, Winsor is an advisor to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Digital Initiative at Harvard Business School, and a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, The Guardian, Forbes and Digiday.

In this super insightful conversation with host Shiv Gaglani, Dr. Karim Lakhani breaks down the difference between “strong” and “weak” artificial intelligence, and how the healthcare world can not only adapt to it, but harness its full potential. But, he stresses, the system has some important groundwork to do before that can happen. “Process change is the biggest work that has to happen in healthcare, from discovery to the clinic and beyond. Otherwise, we're basically pouring digital and artificial intelligence asphalt over old cow-paths." As professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, founding director of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, and the Principal Investigator of the NASA Tournament Lab at the Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Lakhani is a powerful intellectual force in understanding AI, open-source software and crowdsourcing. He's also the author of the book Competing in the Age of AI. If you're curious about how artificial intelligence might transform the healthcare system, this is a can't miss opportunity to hear from a leading expert in the field.

Bryan Quoc Le, author, scientist, and food consultant discuss how he is helping many individuals, entrepreneurs, and startups in the southern agricultural arena. He discussed how food design in the environment helps individuals become healthy. He talked about how molecules are blended to create flavors and tastes in food. He discusses how plant-based replacements are combined and how consumers and businesses are becoming increasingly interested in plant-based meals. He discussed the advantages of onions and garlic. He discussed food safety, reusing food waste, and how consumers might benefit. He shared his thoughts on alternate proteins in mushrooms. He expressed his interest in Milan Umami and the identification of amino acids in taste and flavor. He also discusses the importance of sustainability in the food business to the environment.

Episode 40 is a milestone for the Desk Reject team in 2 respects. 1st, we recorded our entire episode in English - which will be our MO for the near future. 2nd, it's EPISODE 40!! And we have a very special guest, Jacqueline Ng Lane, former Post Doc at the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard and current Assistant Professor at Harvard Business School. In the first part of the episode, she will be sharing advice for grad students regarding: - What is a lab in Social Sciences - visiting abroad in general and the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard specifically - what the decision process was around starting a postdoc after her PhD - how life will change as an Assistant Professor - Whether you should apply as a visiting researcher or postdoc at one of Harvard's labs Thereafter, your usual hosts (minus Sophie who couldn't make it) discuss whether our opinion about embarking on a postdoc has changed in light of Jackie's input. Finally, Alexander has a more positive review of his stay abroad after several complaints regarding his last episode's resumé.

The Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail. Herle Burly-ites, Francois-Phillipe Champagne, Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry is with us today. Minister Minister Champagne was first elected as a Member of Parliament for Saint-Maurice—Champlain in 2015. He previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and Minister of International Trade. He is a businessman, lawyer, and international trade specialist with a special focus on the fields of energy, engineering, and innovation. Minister Champagne holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Montréal and a Master of Laws in American law from Case Western Reserve University. He also studied public and private international law at The Hague Academy in the Netherlands. But today we're going to talk about growth and jobs on the program. The future of auto manufacturing in this country. Energy transition. The impact of AI. And the importance, and the future, of broadband technology.Thank you for joining us on #TheHerleBurly podcast. Please take a moment to give us a rating and review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.Watch conversations from The Herle Burly on YouTube. 

In the 17th episode of our podcast "Made in Science", Prof. Alexander Brem is our guest. He is Professor for Entrepreneurship in Technology and Digitalisation and Director of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Science at the University of Stuttgart. We talk about what qualities a successful founder needs, how he himself went from founder to scientist and what major challenges companies will face in the future.

Chris Hunter is the Vice President of Collections & Exhibitions at the Museum of Innovation & Science in Schenectady, NY. He shares some of the most incredible stories about WGY's early years with WGY Morning Host Doug Goudie, including why WGY almost didn't happen and what brought Harry Houdini and Amelia Earhart to the station.

The way people work was changing long before the COVID-19 pandemic. But, the pandemic accelerated many changes including the employees wanting more flexibility and variety in their work. We continue our episode series on the labor and employment crisis with a conversation with John Winsor (MBA 1986). Winsor is the CEO of Open Assembly and an executive-in-resident at Harvard Business School's Laboratory for Innovation Science. He is working on a new book about the future of work. Winsor believes open talent is the way of the future.  The VOE Podcast is an extension of Voices of Experience, the signature speaker series at the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business. Keep tuning in each month for more business insights from Daniels' alumni voices of experience. Transcript Kristal Griffith:                Hello, and welcome to the VOE podcast. Jake Jensen:                     An extension of Voices of Experience. Amber D'Angelo:            The Signature Speaker Series at the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business. Kristal Griffith:                We are your hosts. Amber D'Angelo:            Amber D'Angelo. Jake Jensen:                     Jake Jensen. Kristal Griffith:                And I'm Kristal Griffith from the Daniels Office of Communications and Marketing. We'll be unpacking topics at the intersection of business and the public good with CEOs and other business leaders from the Daniels community. Let's dive in. Joining me today is John Winsor, CEO of Open Assembly and an executive in residence at Harvard Business School's Laboratory for Innovation Science. While we'll ask John about both of those titles, we are eager to hear about his thoughts on the future of work, since he's writing a book on the topic right now. John is a 1986 graduate of the Daniels College of Business receiving his MBA. John, welcome to the VOE podcast. John Winsor:                   Super excited to be here. Love to you. It was definitely formative in my years, especially as an entrepreneur. Kristal Griffith:                John, let's start with your background. You have more than 30 years of experience in entrepreneurship and leadership. You've been in charge of innovation strategy, marketing, advertising in the fitness space. Your background is very intriguing and very diverse. So talk a little bit about your journey becoming CEO of Open Assembly and what Open Assembly is. John Winsor:                    Open Assembly is essentially the commercial side of the laboratory. Based on the work, the lab's previous name was the NASA tournament lab. So we were focused on solving hard problems for NASA using open talent as a solution. And then I'm writing a new book with the guys at the lab. I'm not sure of the title. I think we're going to call it Open, Agile and Network, kind of the idea of open talent, agile process, and a networked organizations. Kristal Griffith:                Let's talk a little bit about this current labor and employment crisis as you know, right? John Winsor:                   Right. Kristal Griffith:               It's, people cannot find workers, but then workers also seem like they can't find jobs. So it's like a unique situation I feel in time. So talk about I guess, what's going on. What do you see happening in the world? And then it sounds like you and Harvard has some interesting ideas about solving it. John Winsor:                    Maybe, we'll see. We'll see if they're relevant. I mean, the world is changing so fast I think we have to think about how we build organizations, right? And so when you think about the movement from agricultural age to industrial age, it was for a while, it was very much apparent that there were new things that needed to be built, let's just say cars, right? But yet the way work got done, the organizational structure was very firmly rooted in kind of a communal agricultural point of view.

Adam Hartung helps companies innovate to achieve real growth. He began his career as an entrepreneur, selling the first general-purpose computing platform to use the 8080 microprocessor while he was an undergraduate. Today, he has 20 years of practical experience in developing and implementing strategies to take advantage of emerging technologies and new business models. He writes, consults and speaks worldwide. His recently published book, Create Marketplace Disruption: How to Stay Ahead of the Competition (Financial Times Press), helps leaders and managers create evergreen organizations that produce above-average returns. Adam is Managing Partner of Spark Partners consultancy helping organizations grow and transform performance. Previously, he spent eight years as a Partner in the consulting arm of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC,) and he has been a consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and The Boston Consulting Group. Adam has also been an executive for PepsiCo and DuPont in the areas of strategic planning and business development. Adam is a leadership columnist for both Forbes and CIO magazines. He is a contributing editor for the International Journal of Innovation Science. He is regularly quoted in leading journals, including BusinessWeek, Huffington Post, MediaPost, ComputerWorld, Management Review and the Financial Post. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School with Distinction. Website: http://www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com or www.AdamHartung.com ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Adam Hartung helps companies innovate to achieve real growth. He began his career as an entrepreneur, selling the first general-purpose computing platform to use the 8080 microprocessor while he was an undergraduate. Today, he has 20 years of practical experience in developing and implementing strategies to take advantage of emerging technologies and new business models. He writes, consults and speaks worldwide. His recently published book, Create Marketplace Disruption: How to Stay Ahead of the Competition (Financial Times Press), helps leaders and managers create evergreen organizations that produce above-average returns. Adam is Managing Partner of Spark Partners consultancy helping organizations grow and transform performance. Previously, he spent eight years as a Partner in the consulting arm of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC,) and he has been a consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and The Boston Consulting Group. Adam has also been an executive for PepsiCo and DuPont in the areas of strategic planning and business development. Adam is a leadership columnist for both Forbes and CIO magazines. He is a contributing editor for the International Journal of Innovation Science. He is regularly quoted in leading journals, including BusinessWeek, Huffington Post, MediaPost, ComputerWorld, Management Review and the Financial Post. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School with Distinction. Website: http://www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com or www.AdamHartung.com ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Adam Hartung helps companies innovate to achieve real growth. He began his career as an entrepreneur, selling the first general-purpose computing platform to use the 8080 microprocessor while he was an undergraduate. Today, he has 20 years of practical experience in developing and implementing strategies to take advantage of emerging technologies and new business models. He writes, consults and speaks worldwide. His recently published book, Create Marketplace Disruption: How to Stay Ahead of the Competition (Financial Times Press), helps leaders and managers create evergreen organizations that produce above-average returns. Adam is Managing Partner of Spark Partners consultancy helping organizations grow and transform performance. Previously, he spent eight years as a Partner in the consulting arm of Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC,) and he has been a consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers and The Boston Consulting Group. Adam has also been an executive for PepsiCo and DuPont in the areas of strategic planning and business development. Adam is a leadership columnist for both Forbes and CIO magazines. He is a contributing editor for the International Journal of Innovation Science. He is regularly quoted in leading journals, including BusinessWeek, Huffington Post, MediaPost, ComputerWorld, Management Review and the Financial Post. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School with Distinction. Website: http://www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com or www.AdamHartung.com******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Spark Partners prepares business leaders and entrepreneurs to think and execute like innovators.  We drive results in your business by teaching you to identify, classify, and develop innovations that will conquer your market.  Stay in front of market shifts by becoming part of our  SparkCom Innovator community, giving you insights, tools, and resources to gain the advantage and & help propel your business to greater success. ADAM HARTUNG: “Don't plan for what you know. Plan for what you don't know.” Adam is a world-renown expert on innovation, strategy, and change management. He has served on multiple boards, including Audit Chair for a NASDAQ traded company and has spoken at over 1,000 leadership events, both multi-company and single company, as a keynote speaker. Adam presents and leads workshops on how to achieve faster growth via higher levels of innovation. Since the emergence of innovation as a critical part of the strategy, Adam's accurate forecasts about market shifting trends and his predictions for industry-leading corporations has made him a frequent press interviewee regarding top tech companies, as well as the automobile, media and retail industry leaders.His insights into business growth and overcoming organizational obstacles have been featured in over 600 journals, including such notables as Inc, Adweek, Fortune, Washington Times – and multiple radio and television interviews.Adam was named “Top Leadership Columnist” for Forbes.com, with more than 90 million readers. He is a leadership columnist for CIO Magazine and a founding editor for the International Journal of Innovation Science. Adam has extensive international innovation management and P&L expertise and has advised corporations in the USA, Europe, Asia, and India.Adam received his Harvard MBA with distinction and offers three decades of top-tier management consulting credentials with Fortune 500 companies Manny Teran Manny is an award-winning business leader and entrepreneur with expertise in the areas of innovation, rapid technology deployment, sales, and marketing. Manny has applied his vast cross-market experience to launch hundreds of successful commercialization projects, support the growth of established businesses, and has helped many startups launch their companies to sustainable revenue. Manny is the founder and former CEO of Aztera, LLC, a technology development company, which he started in 2011 and quickly grew to a multimillion-dollar enterprise, working on novel technologies across medical devices, aerospace, and clean-energy markets.  In addition to Spark Partners, Manny is currently founder and CEO of SaiOx Inc, a medical device company focused on helping people breathe easier with respiratory distress issues, including COVID and COPD patients.  He coaches CEOs and founders in the areas of ideation, market adoption, and how-to effectively grow sales. Manny has served on multiple boards and has received multiple awards for his rapid company growth including Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, 40 under 40, Innovation & Impact Award, Copper Cactus Innovation Award, and the SBDC Success Award.Manny received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arizona and stays active in the community. 

Who is Fernanda Bordin? Fernanda is the Senior Manager for Innovation at Gerdau Next. The new business arm of Gerdau, the largest producer of long steel in Latin America. Before coming to Gerdau, Fernanda worked with open Innovation and data analytics at NASA via the laboratory of Innovation Science at Harvard and managed the business incubation program at Mercedes-Benz R&D North America. And now, AXII welcomes her to the community!

John Lawford, PIAC's Executive Director and General Counsel, explains merger review in Canada in light of the proposed Rogers-Shaw merger. What fun.Competition law basics are described but the real process of applying them to a deal by the Competition Bureau and the parties is covered, along with the roles of the CRTC and the Minister of Innovation Science and Industry in the Department of Industry, Science and Economic Development (ISED).This convoluted process has previously resulted in blocking 0 of 6 previous wireless mergers.  What do you think are the odds of stopping number 7?Consumers can have an effect and should express their views to all of these government bodies. PIAC will be as well, but the only real voice belongs to the consumers who buy and use wireless, Internet and other services of these large telecommunications companies.  Have your say!

“You've heard the government say they are not afraid of adjusting the measures that have rolled out. Getting money out there as quickly as possible was important, but there would be adjustments. I think that's what you've seen the government do the last number of weeks — they're not afraid of saying they need to tweak, add more programs, expand eligibility and change program parameters.”— Frances McRae

“Over the past few months, we've been working hand in hand with companies as they retool and rapidly scale up to produce critical equipment such as masks, face shields, ventilators, medical gowns and test kits. This is an excellent opportunity for Canadian innovators. As many of you may have heard, Minister Bains likes to say this often and loudly—our approach to personal protective equipment has been buy, buy, buy, build, build, build.”“We will need Canadian entrepreneurs to lead the way and we'll need angel investors to activate capital to support them. And while the innovation sector is playing a key role in the fight against COVID-19, we know that the economic shutdown has had a significant impact on early-stage companies. During these uncertain times, they are the kind of businesses that are facing supply-chain disruptions, cashflow issues, a collapse in demand and even an inability to maintain staff. What's more, because they are at the start-up stage, they likely do not qualify for other wage subsidies or liquidity measures. That's why we decided to inject $250 million in new funding into the National Research Council's Industrial Research Assistance Program to assist innovative early-stage companies that are unable to access existing COVID-19 business supports.”—Ali Ehsassi

Canadian Common Sense These are some of the things to keep in mind to help your families, friends, and communities to stay safe during this pandemic Chapter 1 How you can benefit from the Federal government’s Emergency Wage Subsidy The pandemic has negatively affected businesses big and small across the country. But how can business owners keep their heads above water? Guest: Kevin Milligan, Professor of Economics in the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia Chapter 2 The federal government today announced a plan to provide medical equipment to combat COVID-19 Many Canadian businesses are being asked to retool so that they may begin producing essential medical supplies, but how is the federal government planning to help those businesses? Guest: MP Navdeep Bains, Federal Minister of Innovation Science and Industry Subscribe to the Charles Adler Tonight podcast to hear more: https://curiouscast.ca/podcast/135/charles-adler-tonight/​

Episode 63: We spoke with Karim Lakhani, Professor at Harvard Business School and co-author of the new book: Competing In The Age of AI. We discuss how AI is disrupting all kinds of businesses, how companies should think about implementing AI, and the rise of the AI factory. Enjoy! More about Karim Karim Lakhani is the Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration and the Dorothy and Michael Hintze Fellow at the Harvard Business School. He is the founder and co-director of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, the principal investigator of the NASA Tournament Laboratory at the Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science, and the faculty co-founder of the Harvard Business School Digital Initiative. He specializes in technology management and innovation. His research examines crowd-based innovation models and the digital transformation of companies and industries. Lakhani is known for his pioneering scholarship on how communities and contests can be designed and managed to achieve innovative outcomes. He has partnered with NASA, Topcoder, and the Harvard Medical School to conduct field experiments on the design of crowd innovation programs. His research on digital transformation has shown the importance of data and analytics as drivers of business and operating model transformation and source of competitive advantage. He serves on the Board of Directors of Mozilla Corporation and Local Motors. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/besttechie/support

My guests today are Karim Lakhani and Marco Iansiti. Marco Iansiti, the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, also heads the school's Technology and Operations Management Unit and the Digital Initiative. Iansiti is an expert on digital innovation, with a special focus on strategy and business and operating model transformation. He advises Global 1000 companies on digital strategy and transformation and has conducted research on a variety of organizations, including Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, Amazon, Alibaba, and Google, among many others. Karim R. Lakhani is the Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration and the Dorothy and Michael Hintze Fellow at Harvard Business School. He is the founder and codirector of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, the principal investigator of the NASA Tournament Laboratory at the Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science, and the faculty cofounder of the Digital Initiative at HBS. He is also Chair of the Harvard Business Analytics Program. He specializes in technology management and innovation. The topic is their book Competing in the Age of AI: Strategy and Leadership When Algorithms and Networks Run the World. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: They show how reinventing the firm around data, analytics, and AI removes traditional constraints on scale, scope, and learning that have restricted business growth for hundreds of years. From Airbnb to Ant Financial, Microsoft to Amazon, research shows how AI-driven processes are vastly more scalable than traditional processes, allow massive scope increase, enabling companies to straddle industry boundaries, and create powerful opportunities for learning–to drive ever more accurate, complex, and sophisticated predictions. Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

“AI is the ‘runtime’ that is going to shape all of what we do.” –Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani show how reinventing the firm around data, analytics, and AI removes traditional constraints on scale, scope, and learning that have restricted business growth for hundreds of years. From Airbnb to Ant Financial, Microsoft to Amazon, research shows how AI-driven processes are vastly more scalable than traditional processes, allow massive scope increase, enabling companies to straddle industry boundaries, and create powerful opportunities for learning–to drive ever more accurate, complex, and sophisticated predictions. When traditional operating constraints are removed, strategy becomes a whole new game, one whose rules and likely outcomes this book will make clear. Iansiti and Lakhani: • Present a framework for rethinking business and operating models. • Explain how “collisions” between AI-driven/digital and traditional/analog firms are reshaping competition, altering the structure of our economy, and forcing traditional companies to rearchitect their operating models. • Explain the opportunities and risks created by digital firms. • Describe the new challenges and responsibilities for the leaders of both digital and traditional firms. This is an essential guide for rethinking how your firm competes and operates in the era of AI. Marco Iansiti, the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, also heads the school’s Technology and Operations Management Unit and the Digital Initiative. Iansiti is an expert on digital innovation, with a special focus on strategy and business and operating model transformation. He advises Global 1000 companies on digital strategy and transformation and has conducted research on a variety of organizations, including Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, Amazon, Alibaba, and Google, among many others. Karim R. Lakhani is the Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration and the Dorothy and Michael Hintze Fellow at Harvard Business School. He is the founder and codirector of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, the principal investigator of the NASA Tournament Laboratory at the Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science, and the faculty cofounder of the Digital Initiative at HBS. He is also Chair of the Harvard Business Analytics Program. He specializes in technology management and innovation.

How important are social constraints and information gaps about the labor market in explaining the low rates of female labor force participation (FLFP) in societies that are undergoing change, but have conservative gender norms? To answer this question, we conducted a field experiment embedded in a survey of female university students at a large public university in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We randomly provided one subset of individuals with information on the labor market and aspirations of their female peers (T1), while another subset was provided with this information along with a prime that made the role of parents and family more salient (T2). We find that expectations of working among those in the Control group are quite high, yet students underestimate the expected labor force attachment of their female peers. We show that information matters: relative to the Control group, expectations about own labor force participation are significantly higher in the T1 group. We find little evidence that dissemination of information was counteracted by local gender norms: impacts for the T2 group are significant and often larger than those for T1 group. These impacts are primarily driven by students who report wanting to share their responses with their parents. However, T2 leads to higher expectations of working in a sector that is more culturally accepted for women (education). With Monira Essa Aloud (King Saud University), Sara Al-Rashood (King Saud University), Ina Ganguli (University of Massachusetts Amherst) and Basit Zafar (Arizona State University) //Interview originally recorded on 11/8/2019. Ina Ganguli sat down with a CID Student Ambassador to discuss experimental evidence from EPoD sponsored work on the Labor Market Aspirations of Saudi Women. About the Speaker: Ina Ganguli is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Associate Director of the UMass Computational Social Science Institute (CSSI). Her primary research areas are labor economics and the economics of science and innovation. She holds a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University, a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University. She is a Research Affiliate of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard University (LISH) and a Research Fellow at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) at the Stockholm School of Economics. In 2018 she received the Russian National Prize in Applied Economics and previously received honorable mention for the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Dissertation Award. She has been a U.S. Embassy Policy Specialist Fellow in Russia, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan, a Fulbright Scholar in Ukraine, and a Bundestag International Parliamentary Program Fellow in Germany.

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development With An Armchair Discussion on the Future of Data in the Digital Economy: Minister Bains' Vision for Canada as a Global Leader in Trust, Privacy and Innovation The Honourable Navdeep Bains has been the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development since November 2015. He is the Member of Parliament for Mississauga–Malton and a member of Privy Council. Since he was first elected in 2004, he has served in various roles, including Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Paul Martin and critic for Public Works and Government Services, Treasury Board, International Trade, Natural Resources, and Small Business and Tourism. Minister Bains is a former adjunct lecturer at the University of Waterloo. He is also a former visiting professor at Ryerson University's Ted Rogers School of Management. His private sector experience includes several years at the Ford Motor Company of Canada. Minister Bains has a Bachelor of Administrative Studies from York University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Windsor. He also holds a Certified Management Accountant designation. He is a long-time resident of Mississauga, where he lives now with his wife and two children. Moderator: The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Panelists: Adam Felesky, CEO at Portag3 Ventures, Executive Chairman at KOHO Melissa Kargiannakis, Founder and CEO, skritswap Nicole Verkindt, Founder and CEO, OMX Sam Sebastian, President and CEO, Pelmorex Corp. *The content presented is free of charge but please note that the Empire Club of Canada retains copyright. Neither the speeches themselves nor any part of their content may be used for any purpose other than personal interest or research without the explicit permission of the Empire Club of Canada.* *Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the speakers or panelists are those of the speakers or panelists and do not necessarily reflect or represent the official views and opinions, policy or position held by The Empire Club of Canada.*

Adam Hartung   Adam Hartung: For 8 years, Adam was the No. 1 Leadership columnist for Forbes.com with over 50 million readers. He wrote the quarterly Strategy & Leadership column for CIO Magazine for 7 years, and he has been a contributing editor for the International Journal of Innovation Science since its founding in 2008. His columns boldly predicted the success of industry changers like Netflix, Amazon.com, Apple, Facebook and Tesla.  As well as the too often unexpected negative impact these disruptors had on former leaders like Sears, Tribune, Research in Motion – and many others who were unable (or unwilling) to adapt. Since the emergence of innovation as a critical part of strategy, Adam’s accurate forecasts about market shifting trends and his predictions for industry-leading corporations has made him a frequent press interviewee regarding top tech companies, as well as the automobile, media and retail industry leaders. His insights into business growth and overcoming organizational obstacles have been featured in over 600 journals, including such notables as Inc, Adweek, Fortune, Washington Times – and multiple radio and television interviews. Since 2004, Adam has been CEO and Managing Partner of Spark Partners, a strategy and transformation consultancy. In 2010, Adam became the founding CEO of Soparfilm Energy, a corporation that invested early in fracking for oil and gas production. Additionally, Adam has been Audit Chair for a NASDAQ traded tech company, and on the Board of Directors at several successful privately held companies, including Crosfield Electronics and Benchmark Technologies in the U.K., Biometric Access Corp. and Apex Interactive in the U.S. Adam is a Certified Board Leadership Fellow by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) where he is a regular speaker on risk management, and he is a certified financial expert by the SEC. He regularly provides board advisory services on the role of Directors in strategy and leading during periods of innovation upheaval. Adam was formerly a successful entrepreneur, an executive with PepsiCo and DuPont, and is a Boston Consulting Group alum. Adam received his MBA from the Harvard Business School with Distinction. He now travels globally giving keynotes, leading strategy and innovation management workshops, and coaching executives and boards on how to increase their success. Adam's website Listen to another #12minconvo 

Sahil interviews Karim Lakhani — Associate Professor at Harvard and Founder and Co-Director of their Laboratory for Innovation Science — to discuss his insights on Open Innovation and how it can be leveraged by institutions. This is a Partial Interview: http://sahilbadruddin.com/karim-lakhani-interview

We're good at research but not so good at developing the fruits of our research. A new plan seeks to lay out a road map for the next 13 years to maintain the country's quality of life and job security.

We're Only Human 7 - Eight Ways HR Can Drive Enterprise Innovation Host : Ben Eubanks Innovation is often discussed as an activity available only to a select few people or companies, but it is an incredibly powerful tool for companies, especially when we seek ways to use our HR influence to drive a culture of innovation.  In a research report published by the International Board of Innovation Science, Dennis Stauffer explored what separates wildly successful companies from the rest. "When those founders who scored highest on the Innovativeness Index were compared to those who scored lowest, the ventures of the high scorers averaged 34 times as much profit, 70 times as much revenue and employed 10 times as many people. They were also dramatically more likely to be one of the exceptionally high performers that investors call a home run." In this episode, Ben Eubanks discusses 8 key ways that HR leaders can create, reinforce, and drive innovative behaviors in the business. In addition, he covers two common ways that companies kill motivation and innovation with their human resources practices. Remember to subscribe to We're Only Human and alll the HR Happy Hour Podcast Network Shows on iTunes, Sitcher Radio, Podcast Addict, or wherever you get your podcasts. Just search for 'HR Happy Hour' to subsctibe and never miss a show.  

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development With The Innovation Agenda The Honourable Navdeep Bains is the Member of Parliament for Mississauga Malton and was appointed Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development on November 4, 2015. He has extensive parliamentary experience, having represented Mississauga Malton from 2004 to 2011. He served as Privy Councillor and Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Paul Martin and then as Critic for Public Works and Government Services, the Treasury Board, International Trade, Natural Resources, and Small Business and Tourism. Minister Bains was an adjunct lecturer at the Master of Public Service program at the University of Waterloo and a distinguished visiting professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University. His private sector experience includes several years at the Ford Motor Company of Canada. In addition to ties within the academic and business communities, he has held Director positions with social and cultural organizations within the non profit sector. He is the recipient of a number of awards recognizing his work in promoting diversity in communities. Minister Bains has a Bachelor of Administrative Studies from York University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Windsor. He also holds a Certified Management Accountant designation. He is a long time resident of Mississauga, where he lives now with his wife and two children. Speaker: The Hon. Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development *The content presented is free of charge but please note that the Empire Club of Canada retains copyright. Neither the speeches themselves nor any part of their content may be used for any purpose other than personal interest or research without the explicit permission of the Empire Club of Canada.* *Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the speakers or panelists are those of the speakers or panelists and do not necessarily reflect or represent the official views and opinions, policy or position held by The Empire Club of Canada.*

On May 22, EU Commissioner for Research Mrs. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn delivered the keynote speech at the graduation ceremony for almost 200 participants of the EU-China BMT Project’s Business Development Certificate Programme.