Podcasts about scale innovation

To improve the world, we don't need more of the same. We need you—your unique way of seeing, doing, and building things.In this episode, Kameale Terry, CEO and co-founder of ChargerHelp, shares how to build and lead a business from scratch to transform society despite extreme headwinds:America is an idea—if it's broken, build the missing parts. Your voice is not optional.Put your resourcefulness to work when the ecosystem is fragmented, find the backdoor and capitalize on itHire for the real game. Kameale's first hire? Government affairs, because innovation needed rules.Prove the invisible. Pay for the data early → moat, credibility, and sales leverage.Design systems where humans win. Pair blue-collar skill with AI to raise wages, not erase jobs.Self-care = capacity. Let grief, loss, and doubt sharpen your mission.Her approach is a blueprint: inner conviction + unique approach to innovation → outer systems change.If you've ever doubted whether your perspective belongs, this conversation will rewire you.About Kameale's story: ❤️‍

Innovation in agriculture doesn’t start in the field — it starts with ideas, support, and the right environment to grow. That’s the focus of Cultivator, a Regina-based tech incubator powered by Conexus Credit Union, which is helping entrepreneurs scale ag-focused startups from the Prairies to the global stage. With a goal of guiding 250 companies... Read More

In today's episode, Kimberly Zhang sits down with Anré Williams, Senior Executive Advisor at American Express and former CEO of American Express National Bank. Anré reflects on his 35-year journey at American Express—leading global merchant services, digital innovation, and banking operations—while offering an inside look at how to drive transformation in a legacy financial institution. Tune in to hear about: • Key lessons from leading large-scale digital initiatives in highly regulated environments • How to balance innovation with compliance and customer trust in a changing financial landscape • Anré's perspective on the future of AI, embedded finance, and what it takes to build resilient, forward-looking financial services

Innovation does not scale on size alone. It accelerates on the connective threads of an ecosystem, from curated founder groups to open networks and through shared stories and honest champions. Brian Hall, incoming President of the Austin Chapter of Entrepreneurs' Organization, joins us to explore what actually drives trust, access, and scale in a thriving tech hub.Episode HighlightsRole of Ecosystem Connective TissueFounder Forums and Peer AccountabilityThird Rooms vs Third SpacesDepth Over Volume in RelationshipsTime Scarcity in Founder SupportWhy Healthy Ecosystems ScaleNavigating Fragmentation in AustinGatekeeping and Startup AccessScaling Founder InfrastructureWhat's Next Austin? “Healthy things grow. And that starts with an individual, but then it goes to the city and beyond.”Episode LinksBrian Hall: LinkedIn, X/TwitterEO Austin; Traverse Legal; TraverseGC; TraverseConcierge -------------------Austin Next Links: Website, X/Twitter, YouTube, LinkedInEcosystem Metacognition Substack

We want to hear from you! Email us at BCGInHerEllement@bcg.com with a voice memo describing your In Your Ellement moment. We might feature your story in an upcoming episode!***Pritha Mehra is the Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President of the U.S. Postal Service, where she leads the digital transformation of a network that delivers more mail than any other postal service in the world.In this episode, Pritha shares with co-host Suchi Srinivasan how the USPS adopts cutting-edge technologies while staying true to its public mission. Pritha also explains why her colleagues call her “anti-complexity,” and how simplicity is often the key to scaling innovation.[01:21] The True Scale of the USPS[02:02] Anti-Complexity Approach[04:08] Encouraging Adoption of New Tech[06:07] AI at the USPS[08:28] Creating a Culture of Curiosity[12:14] Job Hopping Internally[15:10] Want a Promotion? Speak Up[19:47] Pritha's Crowning Moment[22:39] ReflectionsLinks:Pritha Mehra on LinkedInKamila Rakhimova on LinkedInSuchi Srinivasan on LinkedInAbril Villarreal Garcia on LinkedInAbout In Her Ellement: In Her Ellement highlights the women and allies leading the charge in digital, business, and technology innovation. Through engaging conversations, the podcast explores their journeys—celebrating successes and acknowledging the balance between work and family. Most importantly, it asks: when was the moment you realized you hadn't just arrived—you were truly in your element?About The Hosts:Kamila Rakhimova is a fintech leader whose journey took her from Tajikistan to the U.S., where she built a career on her own terms. Leveraging her English proficiency and international relations expertise, she discovered the power of microfinance and moved to the U.S., eventually leading Amazon's Alexa Fund to support underrepresented founders.Suchi Srinivasan is an expert in AI and digital transformation. Originally from India, her career includes roles at trailblazing organizations like Bell Labs and Microsoft. In 2011, she co-founded the Cleanweb Hackathon, a global initiative driving IT-powered climate solutions with over 10,000 members across 25+ countries. She also advises Women in Cloud, aiming to create $1B in economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs by 2030.Abril Villarreal Garcia is a first-year associate at BCG where she has done projects in Private Equity, Climate & Sustainability and Social Impact. She grew up in Monterrey, Mexico and lived for a few years in the Houston area. She studied International Politics at Georgetown University with a focus on culture. She is passionate about pursuing a career that gives her financial independence and stability while also making an impact.Subscribe to In Her Ellement on your podcast app of choice to hear meaningful conversations with women in digital, business, and technology.

At Google Cloud Next 2025, Google Cloud VP and CTO Will Grannis joins Bob Evans to explore how AI is reshaping enterprise technology. Grannis shares how Google Cloud's OCTO team works with customers on complex challenges, using DeepMind research, next-gen TPUs, and AI-native infrastructure, while noting the fading line between B2B and B2C and the cultural changes needed to adapt.Inside Google Cloud's AI Strategy Google Cloud Is AI-Native at Its Core: Grannis says that Google Cloud's approach to AI is foundational. The organization's mindset, shaped by Google's long-standing leadership in AI, infuses every layer of its stack, from infrastructure to user interfaces. With a legacy of deploying machine learning at scale for over a decade, Google Cloud doesn't just offer AI tools—it helps customers reimagine their businesses through AI-native thinking, using products like DeepMind and innovations born across Google's consumer ecosystem.The OCTO Team Solves the Hardest Problems with Customers: Grannis leads the Office of the CTO (OCTO), a team he jokingly calls “the nerdy Navy SEALs.” They tackle highly complex, unsolved customer challenges that can't be addressed by existing products. Rather than building solutions in isolation, they co-create alongside customers. They start with business outcomes and design backward.Multi-Modality and Multi-Agent Systems Are the Future: Looking ahead, Grannis predicts that multi-modal AI, i.e. models that process images, text, speech, and even scent, will become the standard. He also foresees a shift from single-function agents to “agentic workflows” powered by multiple orchestrated AI agents. Google is prototyping orchestration with projects like Astra, that signal a future where AI is not only intelligent but contextually aware and collaborative.The Big Quote: “People . . . spend a lot of time just trying to take a PDF and analyze it. It seems very true. It is a pain . . I think that's one reason why a NotebookLM or a product like that has been so popular because it really attacks like the heart of what people hate doing at work. [AI] puts them in the driver's seat. They can ask questions, they can do analysis.”Learn more:Check out OCTO, NotebookLM, and Google Cloud.

In this episode of Crazy Wisdom, I'm Stewart Alsop, and my guest is Nathan Mintz, CEO and co-founder of CX2. We explore the fascinating world of defense technology, the evolution of electronic warfare, and how consumer tech is reshaping the battlefield. Nathan shares insights from his experiences, including his work with CX2, a company focused on building affordable, scalable electronic warfare systems for modern conflicts. We also touch on military tech's impact on broader societal trends and dive into the complexities of 21st-century warfare. You can find more about Nathan and CX2 at CX2.com. Nathan also writes on his Substack, Bow Theseus, which you can access via his LinkedIn.Check out this GPT we trained on the conversation!Timestamps00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome00:23 The Gundo vs. El Segundo Debate01:32 Tech Hubs in the US: San Francisco vs. LA02:41 Deep Tech and Hard Tech in Various Cities04:59 Military Tech: Software vs. Hardware09:54 The Rise of Consumer-Scale Warfare13:32 Nathan Mintz's Background and Career22:17 The Evolution of Military Strategies26:57 The Evolution of Air Combat Tactics28:29 Vietnam War's Impact on Military Strategy29:23 Asymmetric Warfare and Modern Conflicts31:43 Technological Advances in Warfare34:16 The Role of Drones in Modern Combat38:38 Future of Warfare: Man-Machine Teaming45:13 Electronic Warfare and CX2's Vision46:44 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsKey InsightsThe Rise of Consumer-Scale Warfare: Nathan Mintz discusses how warfare has reached a "consumer scale," with small, affordable, and widely available technologies like drones playing a massive role in modern conflicts. In Ukraine, for instance, inexpensive drones are regularly used to take out much larger, multi-million-dollar military assets. This shift shows how accessible tech is transforming the nature of warfare.The Importance of Spectrum Dominance: A central theme of the conversation is the increasing importance of controlling the electromagnetic spectrum in modern warfare. Mintz explains that the ability to maintain secure communications, disrupt enemy signals, and ensure the operation of autonomous systems is critical. As battlefields become more technologically complex, controlling the spectrum becomes as important as physical dominance.Hard Tech's Role in Military Innovation: Nathan highlights the growing importance of hard tech—physical hardware solutions like satellites, drones, and electronic warfare systems—in the defense industry, especially in regions like LA. While software has dominated in areas like San Francisco, LA has become a key hub for aerospace, space tech, and hard tech innovations, crucial for the future of defense technology.Dual-Use Technologies in Defense: A significant insight is the role of dual-use technologies, where products developed for consumer or commercial markets are adapted for military use. Technologies like drones, which have everyday applications, are being repurposed for the battlefield. This shift allows for more cost-effective, scalable solutions to military challenges, marking a departure from traditional defense industry practices.The Future of Manned-Unmanned Teaming: Nathan describes how the future of military operations will involve manned-unmanned teaming, where humans will act as "quarterbacks" managing a fleet of autonomous drones and systems. This strategy is designed to leverage the strengths of AI and automation while keeping humans in the loop to make critical decisions in contested or unpredictable environments.Electronic Warfare as a Key Battlefield Domain: One of Nathan's key points is that electronic warfare is becoming a primary battlefield domain. Modern warfare increasingly involves not just physical attacks but also the disruption of enemy communications, navigation, and targeting systems. This form of warfare can neutralize advanced technologies by jamming signals or launching cyber-attacks, making it a vital aspect of future conflicts.Innovation in Warfare through Startups: Nathan discusses how small defense tech startups like CX2 are becoming crucial to military innovation. These companies are building nimble, affordable solutions for modern challenges, contrasting with the traditional defense contractors that build massive, expensive systems. This shift allows for quicker development and deployment of technologies tailored to the changing face of warfare.

This episode of the D-Suite delves into the complexities of managing innovation in data and analytics, with a special emphasis on AI projects. The discussion provides valuable insights for data and analytics leaders on understanding the importance of aligning innovation with business priorities, focusing on value over tools or techniques, and exploring new ways of funding potentially high-return initiatives. The main topics covered include:The need for chief data and analytics officers (CDAOs) to strike a balance between delivering immediate results and investing in innovative projects that may have longer-term payoffsConstantyn's unique approach of running his team like a startup within a large corporation, focusing on delivering value and gaining stakeholder buy-inThe role of change management, communication and talent management in innovationConstantyn Chalitsios is the chief digital officer at Westlake, leading the AI and digital program driving digital innovations to reimagine products and processes. Constantyn has over 30 years of industry experience and expertise in manufacturing, R&D, engineering and supply chain. He holds master's degrees in electronics and robotics, along with an MBA in finance and nine patents in applied nuclear physics applications.Michael Gabbard is senior director for Gartner's data and analytics leadership and value research team. He focuses on major operational concerns for the office of the CDAO, including strategy development, operating model design, organizational structure, delivery model, information architecture and business architecture for data and analytics. Michael helps Gartner clients develop and maintain operational excellence for their data and analytics functions. Please subscribe and share the episode with your colleagues. Thank you for listening. Gartner Podcasts are a production of Gartner, the world's leading research and advisory company. Equipping executives across the enterprise with indispensable insight, advice, and tools to achieve their mission critical priorities. You can learn more at Gartner.com. All content in Gartner Podcasts is owned by Gartner and cannot be repurposed or reproduced without Gartner's consent. Gartner is an impartial, independent analyst of business and technology. This content should not be construed as a Gartner endorsement of any enterprise's product or services. All content provided by other speakers is expressly the views of those speakers and their organizations.

The Rapid Sustainment Office is charged with finding innovative solutions and looking for opportunities to apply them across the Air Force enterprise.

This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to provide researchers, medical practitioners, and software developers the underlying foundation to interpret, analyze and build brain activity products and services. My guest is Yair Levy, CEO of Brain.Space. Yair is a tech entrepreneur with extensive experience in the international business development of technology-oriented companies. His tenure at Mul-T-Lock, where he was responsible for the development and introduction of their ENTR product, provided him with experience in corporate management, upstream and downstream marketing, product management & innovation & execution. The product was revolutionary in its category. In May 2018, he co-founded Brain.Space, a startup that's literally opening the doors to the secrets of our brain. It's on a mission to overcome humanity's biggest health, societal and commercial challenges through Data-Driven Brain InsightsTM. And this inspired me, and hence I invited Yair to my podcast. We explore the opportunity to leverage brain insightsTM as a source of innovation. Yair explains his vision and defines the vision that has enabled them to achieve the unimaginable. He shares his big lessons learned in building his organization and what it took to establish a culture that's about support, critical feedback, and working together to move mountains. Last but not least, he provides his advice on building a technology business that the world talks about. Here's a quote from him "To analyze people, you need to have diversity, you need to have big data, you need to have a lot of people. I'm not talking about hundreds or 1000s, you need to have millions of samples in order to really understand what's happening in the brain. Let me give you an example, of what happened in the heartrate industry, when in the past, you had to have a special tool to stick to the chest. And nowadays, you have a watch that is monitoring your wrist, and you have a heart rate analysis out of the cloud. So eventually, this is what we're going to do in the brain." During this interview, you will learn four things: That achieving amazing achievements is about three things: Strong belief. Big Dream. And never look back. What is the secret sauce of creating a good entrepreneurial venture Where to find the best playground for your team of engineers to learn and what to aim for to achieve the goals How to create the balance in your team to keep thinking out of the box, stabilize thoughts and create successful innovation For more information about the guest from this week: Yair Levy Website Brain.Space Subscribe to the Daily Value Inspiration Stressed by the thought of 'not enough' traction? Eager to know how to remove the roadblocks that slow down your entire SaaS business? Then Subscribe here It's a short daily reflection on how to shape a B2B SaaS business your customers would miss if it were gone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Communication is two-way. So it's much about listening to understand what matters to them, not just telling.” This week on Be Customer Led with Bill Staikos, Amy Radin joins us for an insightful conversation. She is a member of the Global Board of Directors at the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. In her corporate career, Amy championed the use of customer data and technology, devising novel solutions to create new sources of value. Her accomplishments include overseeing the digital transformation of Citi Cards, a $5BB P&L, driving five years of double-digit adoption growth, and establishing a corporate venturing unit to promote mobile peer-to-peer payments in anticipation of new trends. She also demonstrates her competence at AXA US by developing consumer data analytics and digital marketing strategies and rebranding the company. [01:37] Board's Responsibility – Sharing her background, Amy discusses the board's responsibility in defining leadership and the customer experience they wish to give and the extent to which boards should delve into these topics.  [08:59] Advice – Amy describes how she would advise them regarding board engagement if she were sitting down with a CXO or CCO.  [15:28] Get Ahead – Amy discusses a few aspects of the customer and employee experience that boards or CEOs/founders may need to address in the next year or two.  [22:23] Scale-up - Amy highlights what founders should consider in terms of customer or employee experience while transitioning from startup to growth and scalability.  [25:55] Customer Feedback - Amy addresses whether more businesses and startups should pay closer attention to the numerous signals available, such as direct customer feedback. [30:03] Customer-Focused Change - Amy explains her recommendation strategy for influencing senior-level decision-makers to create customer-centric change. [33:56] Amy's inspiration – Amy mentions the leaders she admires and the sources of her motivation. Resources: Connect with Amy: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyradin/ (linkedin.com/in/amyradin/) Amy's website: https://amyradin.com Amy's Book Mentioned in the Episode: The Change Maker's Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38747877-the-change-maker-s-playbook?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=c5ypZrTTrF&rank=1 (goodreads.com/book/show/38747877-the-change-maker-s-playbook?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=c5ypZrTTrF&rank=1)

Amy Radin, the author of The Change Maker's Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company, serves on the board of directors for the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. She wrote for FM magazine on how CFOs can enable innovation in late 2020. And, in early 2021, Radin was a guest on the FM podcast to discuss establishing innovation metrics. Innovation and metrics are the topic for this episode, in which Radin talks about how innovation principles can play a role in an organization's financial planning and analysis (FP&A) functions. In two weeks at AICPA & CIMA ENGAGE 22, Radin is co-presenting with Tom Hood, CPA/CITP, CGMA, executive vice president–Business Engagement and Growth for the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants.

The Rapid Sustainment Office was established just 4 years ago with the charge to create a pathway for innovative ideas to impact the sustainment enterprise and dramatically improve Air Force readiness. When Rodney Stevens came on board as Deputy Program Executive Officer some 6 months ago, he found an organization just hitting its stride.

Emilie Smith, the CEO of ExO Works, is in the business of transforming business with a purpose. Her motto is to accelerate technology adoption into society; exactly how a few developers started companies like Google, Airbnb, Uber, and Facebook and eventually defined today's way of life, transforming many things in their ways.    In this episode, Emilie shared how her company helps clients to innovate and scale fast. Companies with all the data and the system fail to innovate because the culture of open communication may be lacking, and how companies fail to hire the right people. Changing people's minds and ideologies is very hard and dangerous for companies, especially post-pandemic when people started rethinking their careers during the pandemic.    Please listen in to learn more about the exciting projects Emilie and her team are working on currently solar, batteries, and green energy.    Connect with Sohail Hasnie: Facebook @sohailhasnie Twitter @shasnie LinkedIn @shasnie ADB Blog Sohail Hasnie

Host Ron Glozman speaks with Amy Radin, Author of “The Change Maker's Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company”, about seeding innovation with a purpose, accelerating the ability to gain competitive advantage, deepening customer relationships and successfully adapting to new market and customer expectations. Follow Chisel AI: website: www.chisel.ai LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/ChiselAI Twitter: twitter.com/chiselai Facebook:www.facebook.com/ChiselAI

In this episode, report author Henry Harteveldt joins Jim in the studio to discuss the study's key findings. Listen to this new episode and find out more about:Why ''airlines should get serious about retailing''The need for airlines to be in control of their destinyHow busting down the organizational silos will help airlines innovate by focusing on action“Let's talk about the little ‘i' in innovation - you can make small tweaks and have really big gains, particularly on customer-facing initiatives,” Jim Davidson, CPO at Accelya Group, in conversation with Henry Harteveldt.This interview with Henry Harteveldt was recorded in March 2021.

In this episode, we’re talking to Amy Radin, an award-winning author, innovator, and corporate strategist. She was the Chief Innovation Officer for Citibank and E-Trade and was responsible for their early digital transformation. In our interview, we talk about how to innovate successfully, whether you’re at a startup or Fortune 500 company. Amy shares the connection between successful innovation and understanding your customers’ emotions and motivations, how to spot opportunities for innovation in your company, and how to make sure your ideas don’t get stuck in the quagmire of corporate bureaucracy. Find Amy's book The Change Maker's Playbook and learn more about her innovation strategies at amyradin.com.Amy's Customer Obsessed Pick: The Hill We Climb by Amanda GormanAbout Amy RadinAmy is a highly experienced, down-to-earth, visionary, and pragmatic innovation expert. She was Citi’s first Global Chief Innovation Officer, and also held executive marketing positions at American Express and AXA. She now works with leaders faced with the imperative to innovate, helping them pursue new sources of growth and value while reducing the inevitable risks.Amy has had the unique opportunity to lead or advise on digital, marketing, and innovation transformations at Fortune companies, privately-held middle-market businesses, early-stage startups and not-for-profits. She has produced results with a customer-focused, collaborative mindset and a willingness to question and depart from the status quo when what worked in the past constrains creating the future.Through her diverse experiences, Amy has created and pressure-tested the Seek, Seed, and Scale framework.What sets Amy apart is her understanding of the reality of organizational culture and complexity, and her realistic approach to what innovation success requires. She uniquely lays the path between market need and the internal mechanisms to deliver.The Change Maker’s Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company is newly available in paperback, as well as hardcover, e-book and audio formats. In both the Playbook and as a keynote speaker, Amy shares her tremendous expertise and perspective, with her characteristically authentic voice, on what it takes to identify and create new sources of value and growth for any organization’s stakeholders.Amy is a graduate of The Wharton School and Wesleyan University. She lives in the New York City metro area.

When Earl Tupper invetned 'Tupperware' he pulled off some impressive product and process innovation, turning waste from oil refining into bright housewares with a powerful seal which made them perfect for storing food.  Yet the product didn't really sell - until he encountered Brownie Wise and her sales magic.  At the heart of this fascinating success story of scaling innovation is the Tupperware party sales model - essentially setting out the basis of what we recognise today as 'social marketing' via networks.This podcast ezplores the story; you can find a transcript here.

Innovation guru and author Bryan Mattimore debunks some myths about innovation and gives us ideas for how organizations large and small can innovate reliably, and profitably.

Barry O’Reilly is pleased to welcome Secil Tabli Watson, Executive Vice President for Digital Solutions for Business at Wells Fargo. In this week’s show, Barry chats with Secil about the techniques she uses to drive innovation in both retail and business banking environments. She shares the lessons she unlearned in the process and how to bring product management principles into a large organization in a way that drives innovation. First Lesson: Speak The Customer’s Language Secil’s first assignment as a digital channel manager 18 years ago was to make Wellsfargo.com into a buying site. She focused on language that was customer-focused, rather than the bank-centric. “We brought in the capabilities and the competency of doing user research and understanding customer tasks and understanding their behaviors and motivators and really putting that into the language,” she says. In addition, they transformed the architecture of the website so that it was more customer driven. [Listen from 1:55] Staff People to Outcomes Not Products If you’re struggling to move from project-based teams to outcome-based ones, Secil advises that you reframe how you think. This was a critical unlearning for her, she remarks. She shares an example of how she recast her thinking about a project from product to outcome, as a result of which her team was able to see themselves as responsible for a broader outcome, and partner with other departments to make it happen. She advises listeners to break the project into phases with quick wins, and gives insight into how to create cross-functional teams with as little awkwardness as possible. “If you ask a little bit at a time from people, they're more willing to help,” she points out. [Listen from 6:50] B2B Customer Relationships Are Deeper Businesses with B2B customers can develop deeper relationships with them. Because their B2B customers are fewer in number, Secil says, they are able to communicate on a more intimate level over a longer period of time. She asks her B2B customers, “How do you feel?” because it elicits deeper answers. “And I'm also then able to ask the question, Why?” Secil remarks. “I can ask the question as many times as I want to try to get down to a deeper meaning and a deeper need or a desire or a business problem that the customer may be having.” She and Barry discuss why co-creating with your customers - as counterintuitive as the idea appears - is their favored approach. “It builds more trust and actually derisks more of your relationship,” Barry comments. [Listen from 15:20] It Only Takes 10 “...it doesn't take more than 10 people to do things but you have to get the right 10 people,” Secil argues. Her job, as she sees it, is to figure out what to do differently so she can identify those 10 people quickly in her large organization environment. Barry comments that if more companies adopt this approach they would see greater success. [Listen from 29:35] OKRs are not for Compensation Secil and Barry agree that while measuring performance is important, performance metrics should not be tied to compensation, as pay for performance inhibits innovation. Secil believes that the team should win together and learn together; they should not compete against one another. “There is nothing more we could do to make a better team other than enable them to learn,” she says. [Listen from 36:00] Looking Ahead Secil is excited about the current trend to apply product management principles and skills in atypical areas, such as for thinking through outcomes and tactics for diversity and inclusion efforts. Barry comments, “I think everybody can take these principles and methods and apply them to build better experiences for people.” [Listen from 43:35] Resources Secil Tabli Watson on LinkedIn

While companies were preparing for a snow day, what they got was an ice age. I don’t know a single financial institution or fintech whose business continuity plan anticipated the full scope of the pandemic. With so much uncertainty in the world, how can organizations prepare for the next hurdle 2020 throws their way? Enter Lindsay Davis’ Pandemic Playbook; this guide addresses these operational pain points and provides the navigational framework that many leaders need. Then, Jason Henrichs is joined by someone that has helped many financial institutions get out of the stone age. Amy Radin is a trailblazer in the financial services industry, serving as one of the first innovation leaders across several of the largest players in financial services. She packs all of this knowledge and experience into The Change Maker’s Playbook: How to Seek, Seed, and Scale Innovation in Any Company. Amy’s playbook has everything you need to break down barriers within your organization.

While companies were preparing for a snow day, what they got was an ice age. I don’t know a single financial institution or fintech whose business continuity plan anticipated the full scope of the pandemic. With so much uncertainty in the world, how can organizations prepare for the next hurdle 2020 throws their way? Enter Lindsay Davis’ Pandemic Playbook; this guide addresses these operational pain points and provides the navigational framework that many leaders need. Then, Jason Henrichs is joined by someone that has helped many financial institutions get out of the stone age. Amy Radin is a trailblazer in the financial services industry, serving as one of the first innovation leaders across several of the largest players in financial services. She packs all of this knowledge and experience into The Change Maker’s Playbook: How to Seek, Seed, and Scale Innovation in Any Company. Amy’s playbook has everything you need to break down barriers within your organization.

In this episode of the Iron Sharpens Iron Movement, Jim Hotaling interviews Amy Radin. Amy is a nationally recognized Fortune 100 Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, advisor and investor, board member, and thought leader on how to deliver innovation for sustainable, business-changing impact. She has been at the forefront of rewiring brands for growth, and now applies her expertise working with executives to reduce the uncertainty, ambiguity and uncertainty, and realize the benefits of innovation. She built a track record of success moving ideas to performance at Citi, American Express, E*TRADE and AXA. The Change Maker’s Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company is Amy’s first book and captures her field-tested experience as the top executive accountable for achieving innovation results under varied, complex and rapidly changing conditions. Visit http://ironsharpensiron.fm for show notes and more exclusive content.

2 short posts from Kara Goldin where she shares how to scale innovation to your team and what your online language says about you as a brand.   Episode 709: How To Scale Innovation To Your Team AND What Your Online Language Says About You as a Brand by Kara Goldin   Kara Goldin is the founder and CEO of hint inc., the San Francisco-based healthy lifestyle company, best known for hint water and most recently, hint sunscreen. Kara has been an operating-entrepreneur growing hint to a brand worth hundreds of millions of dollars. She's created a purpose driven business focused on the end consumer.   The original posts are located here: &   and  With the SendPro Software, you can compare shipping rates between carriers, plus save 40 percent off USPS Priority Mail shipping and get 5 cents off every letter you send. Try it FREE for 30 days and get a FREE 10 pound scale when you visit

(Replay of Nov 20, 2018 episode) Amy Radin is the author of The Change Maker’s Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company. She was previously a Senior Executive at American Express, Citi, and ETrade. Amy’s experience includes leading the digital transformation of Citi’s credit card business ($5b bottom line). Today, Amy enjoys being on the outside of big companies and startups, to help connect the dots between growth aspirations and outcomes. Amy and Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation founder, discuss startup and corporate collaboration, measuring innovation, and the future for financial services. Key Takeaways in Brian Ardinger’s Interview with Amy: - The human condition is set up to stop things that haven’t happened before. - Big companies have everything they need, but can’t see the near-term value of innovation. Startups bring speed and agility but lack understanding of scale. Magic is when they can work together. - To “seed” ideas, take concepts and put them out to potential users. Then use the project to translate user reaction into a business model. The mistake is trying to predict too closely what people will do. - To kill innovation is to apply traditional metrics to ideas. Can’t expect results immediately. Instead ask, what are assumptions to get x% of market share. As you move forward, refine your benchmarks and results. - To be customer-centric, understand needs that make economic sense. What’s the problem we want to solve for the people we want to serve? - Basic business model for financial services hasn’t changed. Innovation is happening on the front end, but little is happening on the back end. Finance companies are asking the same questions as 15 years ago. - Innovation is solvable. It’s not a pipe dream, even in the most complex organizations. It’s all about execution. - Utilize the Seek, Seed, Scale framework. BONUS: DOWNLOAD FREE TOOLS at www.amyradin.com/insideoutside, including concepts from her book, an infographic on Seek, Seed, Scale framework. and take a quiz about your innovation readiness and ideas where you can personally focus. If you liked this podcast, you might also like: Ep. 148 – Francesca Gino, Harvard Professor and Author of Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break All the Rules in Work and in Life Ep. 138 – Mural’s Ajay Rajani on Building a Portfolio Career Ep. 123 – Gatorade’s Xavi Cortadellas on Breakthrough Innovation GET THE LATEST RESOURCES Get the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HERE   For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

(Replay of Nov 20, 2018 episode) Amy Radin is the author of The Change Maker’s Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company. She was previously a Senior Executive at American Express, Citi, and ETrade. Amy’s experience includes leading the digital transformation of Citi’s credit card business ($5b bottom line). Today, Amy enjoys being on the outside of big companies and startups, to help connect the dots between growth aspirations and outcomes. Amy and Brian Ardinger, Inside Outside Innovation founder, discuss startup and corporate collaboration, measuring innovation, and the future for financial services. Key Takeaways in Brian Ardinger’s Interview with Amy: - The human condition is set up to stop things that haven’t happened before. - Big companies have everything they need, but can’t see the near-term value of innovation. Startups bring speed and agility but lack understanding of scale. Magic is when they can work together. - To “seed” ideas, take concepts and put them out to potential users. Then use the project to translate user reaction into a business model. The mistake is trying to predict too closely what people will do. - To kill innovation is to apply traditional metrics to ideas. Can’t expect results immediately. Instead ask, what are assumptions to get x% of market share. As you move forward, refine your benchmarks and results. - To be customer-centric, understand needs that make economic sense. What’s the problem we want to solve for the people we want to serve? - Basic business model for financial services hasn’t changed. Innovation is happening on the front end, but little is happening on the back end. Finance companies are asking the same questions as 15 years ago. - Innovation is solvable. It’s not a pipe dream, even in the most complex organizations. It’s all about execution. - Utilize the Seek, Seed, Scale framework. BONUS: DOWNLOAD FREE TOOLS at www.amyradin.com/insideoutside, including concepts from her book, an infographic on Seek, Seed, Scale framework. and take a quiz about your innovation readiness and ideas where you can personally focus. If you liked this podcast, you might also like: Ep. 148 – Francesca Gino, Harvard Professor and Author of Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break All the Rules in Work and in Life Ep. 138 – Mural’s Ajay Rajani on Building a Portfolio Career Ep. 123 – Gatorade’s Xavi Cortadellas on Breakthrough Innovation Find this episode of Inside Outside Innovation at insideoutside.io. You can also listen on Acast, iTunes, Sticher, Spotify, and Google Play. GET THE LATEST RESOURCES Get the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HERE   For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

One of the hurdles with innovation is having the idea and getting it off the ground. The SCALE Challenge (Supply Chain And Logistics Enterprises), run by the Centre for Advancing Innovation and Rosemarie Truman will help you shortcut this and could lead to new, astonishing, disruptive businesses. The post 034: SCALE Innovation Challenge with Rosemarie Truman appeared first on OB&Co.

Any leader in any size company, no matter the size or sector, feels the pressure to innovate, find new ideas and business models, and create enduring customer value. There is no one formula or set process to find and execute the ideas that achieve these goals; customers set moving targets, shareholders are unforgiving and demanding, and society expects companies to care about much more than the bottom line. The answer to the dilemma every business faces today is that innovation is exhilarating, rewarding and even fun when it is approached as a unique challenge, but it can also be polarising, unpredictable, and scary. Success requires that leaders rethink how they lead innovation. Leaders know they must set aside preconceived notions of what works, and look to those who have already walked in their shoes. Change makers are few in number, and are worthy of encouragement and support. They want to create and deliver value, bring together teams to solve big problems, seize opportunities, and make a difference. Treading water is not an option for them. They want to succeed for themselves, their communities, friends and loved ones, and for the broader stakeholder ecosystem. Theirs are hard-won achievements. We welcome the author of the focus of today's episode: The Change Maker's Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company, Amy Radin. We talk about: Changemaker Frameworks for Change How to seek innovation How to overcome resistance How to seek support Seeding Scaling How to embed change Building Support The Army of the Willing Building an External Network Intrapreneurship Resourcefulness Positioning Purpose If established enterprise incubate and launch new business models More about Amy here: www.amyradin.com

Have you ever wondered why innovation processes seem to be so complex, almost hard to follow? That’s because people often complicate processes unnecessarily when they are afraid or unsure of what to do. Lucky for us, Amy Radin has a simple but powerful framework that you can use to become a change maker, too.   Amy Radin is not just a nationally recognized Fortune 100 Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, adviser and investor, board member, and thought leader on sustainable innovation, but is also the author of The Change Maker’s Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company.   In this fast-paced interview, Amy unleashes a wealth of information about innovation. She explains what it means to be a change maker, who can be a change maker, and what it takes for changemakers to succeed (Hint: They can’t do it alone; it’s all about collaboration!). Amy takes us through the different stages of innovation in her Seek-Seed-Scale model, shares some tips on how to maintain innovation through the different stages, and really drives home the role of empathy in the age of technological advancement. At the end of the day, it’s really all about how you make your user feel and connect with them at an emotional level.   If you are ready to: get buy-in from key decision makers on your next big idea be a high-impact, high-value member that ignites change foster a culture of innovation where everyone on your team is bringing innovative ideas that tackle challenges and seize opportunities... Join us on LaunchStreet — gotolaunchstreet.com   Mentioned in This Episode: Amy Radin Amy Radin on Twitter Amy Radin on LinkedIn The Change Maker's PlaybookHow to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation In Any Company, by Amy J. Radin Seek Seed Scale Infographic Basecamp Return on Empathy: The New ROE, by Amy Radin Snapple Honest Tea  IQE Pro Innovation Toolkit IQE Pro Innovation Toolkit: Team Edition  

Amy Radin has been at the forefront of rewiring brands and has built a track record of success moving ideas to performance. A Fortune 100 Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, advisor and investor, board member, and thought leader, Amy has worked with giant brands like American Express, Citi, E*TRADE, and AXA. She recently added "author" to her resume with the publication of her new book, The Change Maker's Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company. In this episode, Amy shares what it takes to be a great innovator, as well as what often stands in the way of new ideas. Listen in to learn what goal to keep in mind when looking for insights into innovation, what companies should be focusing on but rarely do, and what it really means to be customer centric. You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: http://bit.ly/2Co7N47 

Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you the next episode of... The Everyday Innovator with host Chad McAllister, PhD. The podcast is all about helping people involved in innovation and managing products become more successful, grow their careers, and STANDOUT from their peers. About the Episode: Could it be that innovation is simple? I did say simple, not easy. The two words are often confused. A completed activity can be viewed as simple when the processes involved are known. No one that has been on innovation projects would say it was easy. The activities and processes that allow us to uncover a customer problem or invent a new technology, develop solutions, and ultimately launch products customers love are challenging, but they are not a mystery. We discuss them on this podcast frequently. Several frameworks exist to help make what is certainly not easy approachable and ultimately simple. Our guest shares a 9-part framework she used as a Fortune100 Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer. With it, you might see how innovation can actually be simple. Our guest is Amy Radin, a nationally recognized thought leader on how to deliver innovation for sustainable, business-changing impact. The framework we’ll discuss is also the topic of her new book, The Change Maker’s Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company.s

Amy Radin is the author of The Change Maker's Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company. She was previously a Senior Executive at American Express, Citi, and ETrade. Amy's experience includes leading the digital transformation of Citi’s credit card business ($5b bottom line). Today, Amy enjoys being on the outside of big companies and startups, to help connect the dots between growth aspirations and outcomes. Key Takeaways in Brian Ardinger's Interview with Amy:  - The humancondition is set up to stop things that haven’t happened before.  - Big companies have everything they need, but can’t see the near-term value of innovation. Startups bring speed and agility but lack understanding of scale. Magic is when they can work together. - To “seed” ideas, take concepts and put them out to potential users. Then use the project to translate user reaction into a business model. The mistake is trying to predict too closely what people will do.  - To kill innovation is to apply traditional metrics to ideas. Can’t expect results immediately. Instead ask, what are assumptions to get x% of market share. As you move forward, refine your benchmarks and results. - To be customer-centric, understand needs that make economic sense. What’s the problem we want to solve for the people we want to serve? - Basic business model for financial services hasn’t changed. Innovation is happening on the front end, but little is happening on the back end. Finance companies are asking the same questions as 15 years ago.  - Innovation is solvable. It’s not a pipe dream, even in the most complex organizations. It's all about execution.  - Utilize the Seek, Seed, Scale framework.  DOWNLOAD FREE RESOURCES at www.amyradin.com/insideoutside, including concepts from her book, an infographic on Seek, Seed, Scale framework. and take a quiz about your innovation readiness and ideas where you can personally focus.  If you liked this podcast, you might also like Ep. 103- Andi Plantenberg on Entrepreneurial Capabilities in Teams, Ep 37- Josh Seiden/Jeff Gothelf of Sense and Respond , and Ep 34- Laura Klein with Lean Startup for Product Design. GET THE LATEST RESOURCES Get the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HERE For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Amy Radin is the author of The Change Maker's Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company. She was previously a Senior Executive at American Express, Citi Group, and eTrade. Amy's experience includes leading the digital transformation of Citi Group’s credit card business ($5b bottom line). Today, Amy enjoys being on the outside of big companies and startups, to help connect the dots between growth aspirations and outcomes. Key Takeaways in Brian Ardinger's Interview with Amy:  - The human condition​ is set up to stop things that haven’t happened before.  - Big companies have everything they need, but can’t see the near-term value of innovation. Startups bring speed and agility but lack understanding of scale. Magic is when they can work together. - To “seed” ideas, take concepts and put them out to potential users. Then use the project to translate user reaction into a business model. The mistake is trying to predict too closely what people will do.  - To kill innovation is to apply traditional metrics to ideas. Can’t expect results immediately. Instead ask, what are assumptions to get x% of market share. As you move forward, refine your benchmarks and results. - To be customer-centric, understand needs that make economic sense. What’s the problem we want to solve for the people we want to serve? - Basic business model for financial services hasn’t changed. Innovation is happening on the front end, but little is happening on the back end. Finance companies are asking the same questions as 15 years ago.  - Innovation is solvable. It’s not a pipe dream, even in the most complex organizations. It's all about execution.  - Utilize the Seek, Seed, Scale framework.  DOWNLOAD FREE RESOURCES at www.amyradin.com/insideoutside, including concepts from her book, an infographic on Seek, Seed, Scale framework. and take a quiz about your innovation readiness and ideas where you can personally focus.  For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

We are glad to present to you a special edition of our business of collaboration podcast. During three podcasts we will interview 3 keynote speakers and delegates of the ISPIM conference in Fukuoka, Japan on the second to the fifth of December. ISPIM is the International Society for Professional Innovation Management. Its members represent many sectors, […] The post PODCAST ISPIM FUKUOKA: CEO Russell O’Brien Discusses How to Create a Large scale Innovation Ecosystems appeared first on KNOWCO by collabwith.

Guest 1: Rajeev Ravindran Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Ryder System Lack of systems leads to crisis. Overstaffing causes additional coordination. And improper organization results in excessive meetings. How are you preparing before launching innovation in your organization? Are you leaning back and rethinking people, processes, and tools to scale your efforts?

Running a lemonade stand may be the most entrepreneurial project that students get to experience. But increasingly, schools leaders want to take the spirit of these old-fashioned projects and create more—and more meaningful—opportunities for students and teachers alike to think creatively and build skills that will prepare them for future careers. In districts like Boston Public Schools, officials have set up new teams devoted to “innovation,” to rethink everything from professional development and instructional design to class schedules and school culture. These efforts are often lumped into one overused term: “innovation.” (But what does it really mean?) EdSurge recently sat down with Sujata Bhatt, managing partner of innovation at Boston Public Schools, to learn more about what exactly a district innovation job entails, and what it takes to get people to not only adopt an innovator's mindset, but also execute on new ideas.