In this episode of SHIFT, we link up with Arthur Daemmrich, Director of the Lemelson Center for the study of invention and innovation at the Smithsonian Institution, to discuss the differences between innovation and invention, and whether or not we have truly entered the fourth industrial revolution.
Bennett Blank, Innovation & Transformation Leader at Intuit shares his observations on the creativity of small businesses during hard times and the grass-roots activation of Innovation tools at Intuit to help small businesses get through this pandemic.
Ryan Staggs is the Assistant Vice President of Integration & Mobility Services at the Hospital Corporation of America. In this episode, we dive into how Ryan increases innovation within the IT department and making it more nimble and responsive.
In this episode, we’re honored to have Bennett Blank, Innovation Leader at Intuit, talk about how Intuit has spread innovation thinking throughout the entire organization. Bennett is a Lean Startup in the Enterprise veteran so you’re in for a treat.
As an intrapreneur, dealing with compliance can certainly be a hurdle to overcome. In today’s episode, Moves the Needle co-founders, Brant Cooper and Aaron Eden are excited to talk to Stephen Poor about how compliance departments can better enable innovation and how law firms can be more innovative.
Stephen is the Chairman of Seyfarth Shaw, an international law firm comprised of over 900 lawyers.
In this episode we’re excited to have Jason Harris, Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications for UI LABS. UI LABS is a first-of-its-kind innovation accelerator, addressing problems too big for any one organization to solve on its own. The challenges we are addressing in manufacturing and smart cities are at the intersection of digital convergence: computing, big data, and the Internet of Things (IOT).
In today’s episode, we are really excited to host our guest, Kyle Nel. Kyle is the Executive Director of Lowe's Innovation Labs and has a very unique approach toward innovation which was fun to explore in this episode. They leverage a narrative-driven approach that uses story (and comics) as a strategic tool to map out the future for Lowe’s that they are working to bring to life. They then work backward to build that future, rapidly testing technology prototypes to solve everyday problems.
In the latest episode, Dan Kaiser of CUNA Mutual shares his expertise in answering key questions when it comes to creating breakthrough initiatives and launching an innovation center in large, successful insurance companies.
In the episode, we dive into how BEA Systems, a multinational aerospace, defense, and information security company has organized their innovation strategy into 4 operational buckets and how they not only identify new products but innovate on the core business.
We also talk about how they have done a fantastic job getting rid of the distance between the end customer and new product development teams amongst other things.
In this episode, we interview Kelly McAdoo, the City Manager of the City of Hayward. We cover lots of ground, including deep dives into topics like:
- How Kelly has been driving impact through creating an entrepreneurial culture within a bureaucratic organization.
- How City of Hayward has been able to drastically shorten the scoping process for new projects using Lean Innovation.
- How City of Hayward is redefining the way public sector entities should function in the 21st century.
In this episode, we interview Neal Cross, the Chief Innovation Officer of DBS. DBS is a bank headquartered in Singapore that generated $11 billion in revenue and $4.5 billion in profit last year. They know the finance landscape is changing rapidly, and as a result are on an inspiring journey towards not only creating an innovation group within the bank, but turning the entire bank itself into an innovation group.
It’s no secret that Financial companies and banks are heavily regulated, highly fragmented. These factors make the journey to innovation more difficult. As the Innovation Manager for Rabobank, Koen Bosma is taking on this incredible challenge. He is also leveraging his experience as a professional football player to foster team work, collaboration, and continuous learning.
When trying to transform organizations to become more innovative, it’s easy to forget about the interpersonal side and get caught up in the process.
In today’s episode we dive into just that: how can you better understand your colleagues’ preferred styles of communication and leadership, so you can work together in a way that they’ll be most receptive.
The San Diego Food Bank strives to end hunger and serve over 370,000 individuals every month. Not too long ago they went through one of our Lean Innovation Bootcamps tailored for Non-Profit and Social Impact organizations.We discuss their results with Vanessa Moore and how they changed the way the organization functions when it comes to creating new value.
In this episode we interview Simon at Spotify and cover how Spotify manages “bets," strategic decision making and execution with Spotify Rhythm
and more! He also shares how The Library Corporation coped with the disruption of library’s, how The Library Corporation introduced Lean Startup into their organization, and why the part time initiative model isn’t conducive to innovation
