Best ITONICS Podcasts (2025)

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224: Mandates, Metrics, and Momentum: How Enterprises Innovate with Itonics 38:59

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Mandates, metrics, and momentum decide whether great ideas ever reach the boardroom. In this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Jonathan Livescault, Managing Director at Itonics, to unpack how enterprise innovators move from hunches to hard results. Jonathan shares the origin of Itonics’ “Big Picture” framework, built to g…

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223: Tech for Good: Consumer Reports’ Fight for Digital Consumer Rights 48:16

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I sit down with two innovation leaders from one of America’s oldest and most trusted consumer brands. Leah Fischman Hunter, Director of the Innovation Lab, and Ginny Fahs, Director of Product R&D at Consumer Reports, join me to unpack how a 90-year-old nonprofit is building modern tools for an online world filled with AI hype, dark patterns, and da…

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222: How Hensel Phelps is Diverging from the Construction Pack with New Innovation Strategies 33:53

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In this episode of The Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Thai Nguyen, Managing Director of Diverge, the corporate venture and innovation arm of Hensel Phelps. With more than 20 years of experience in architecture and construction, Thai is charting a bold new path for the built environment by reimagining how disruptive solutions are disc…

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221: How to Use “Inception” Strategies to Win Over Stakeholders And Create Quick Wins 40:11

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This week, I sat down with Naftali “Naf” Jaman, a man whose career has stretched from engineering roles in the U.S. Air Force to leading open innovation programs for global giants like GM, Airbus, and LG Electronics. Along the way, he has helped launch startups in automotive safety, advised aviation and space ventures, and worked at the crossroads …

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220: How Medical Innovation Really Works: Friction, Failure, and Forward Motion 44:09

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On this episode of The Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Dr. William Pao, physician scientist, former Chief Development Officer at Pfizer, and author of Breakthrough – The Quest for Life-Changing Medicines. His journey into medicine began with the loss of his father to cancer when he was just 13 years old, a moment that shaped his life’…

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219: How 3Daughters is Changing Women's Contraceptives for Better 45:14

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In this episode of The Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Mary Beth Cicero, co-founder and CEO of 3Daughters, a clinical development company determined to transform women’s healthcare. Mary Beth has spent more than forty years in executive leadership, marketing, and business development, devoting most of her career to contraception, fert…

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218: How Venture University Teaches Corporate Giants to Innovate 45:18

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What does it take for corporate innovators to stop killing startups and start working with them productively? In this episode of The Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Andy Goldstein, Partner at Venture University, to unpack how large companies can finally bridge the gap between venture capital and innovation that delivers results. Andy …

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R&D like an Athlete - David Kaufman @resideo 49:06

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Join Dr. Christian Mühlroth as he sits down with David Kaufman, a six-time USA Triathlon All-American and Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at Resideo. Discover what it takes to complete over 100 triathlons while leading corporate innovation programs. David shares insights on managing risk, fostering a culture of innovation, and the parallel…

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217: The Babson Research that Shows How Successful Corporate Innovation 50:56

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This week on The Innovation Storytellers Show, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Gina O’Connor, Professor of Innovation Management at Babson College. If you're in the corporate innovation space and feel like you're spinning your wheels or chasing moonshots that never lift off, this episode is for you. I first heard Gina speak at …

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216: How Austin is Innovation’s Newest Hot Spot 42:45

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What does it take to turn an entire city into a thriving innovation hub? In this episode of The Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Callie Taylor, Vice President of Economic Development at Opportunity Austin, to explore how Austin, Texas, evolved from a creative, music-fueled city into one of the world's fastest-growing innovation ecosyst…

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215: How Microsoft Garage Harnesses the Innovative Power of 70,000 49:20

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What if getting your big idea across the finish line wasn't about pitching harder, but about thinking like a storyteller… or a mastermind? In this episode of The Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Ed Essey, Director of Business Value at The Microsoft Garage, to uncover the surprising mechanics behind one of the most successful innovation…

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214: Does Corporate Innovation Actually Create Real Innovation? 47:22

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Do corporate innovators truly innovate, or are they trapped inside systems that make real transformation impossible? On this episode of The Innovation Storytellers Show, I speak with Elliott Parker, CEO of Alloy Partners and author of The Illusion of Innovation. Drawing on decades of experience launching startups with High Alpha and advising Fortun…

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213: How She Unlocked Incredible Process Innovation at Southwest Airlines & the DoD 31:19

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What does it really take to fix a billion-dollar bottleneck inside a company famous for saying no to new spending? And how do you translate that same problem-solving into one of the world’s largest bureaucracies? This week, I sat down with Danielle McCormick, Founder of Immersive Insights, whose talent for turning messy systems into high-performanc…

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212: NASA Retiree and Leader/Speaker on Open Innovation, Open Talent, and the Future of Work 48:10

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Steve Rader returns to share how open innovation has transformed from an experiment to a mission-critical tool inside NASA and beyond. As a newly minted retiree from NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation, Steve unpacks how crowdsourcing and challenge-based problem-solving went from fringe ideas to proven ways of tackling complex …

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211: How the Blue Horizons Is Innovating the USAF from the Inside Out 49:33

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What does it take to shake up one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world from the inside out? On this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show, I invite you to buckle up for a conversation that dives straight into the heart of how the US Air Force is building a homegrown culture of audacious innovation through its Blue Horizo…

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210: How Therapy Brands Hit a $1.25B Exit in Alabama And Grew the Innovation Ecosystem 47:47

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In this episode, I sit down with Shegun Otulana, founder and former CEO of Therapy Brands. His journey from arriving in Birmingham, Alabama at 18 to leading one of the largest software exits in the state's history is nothing short of remarkable. Shegun opens up about his early days, the lessons learned from failure, and the moment his wife encourag…

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The Future of Defense Innovation - Dave Brewer @ InnoTECH 47:04

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In this conversation, we explore the intersection of military experience, technology, and leadership through the lens of Dave Brewer, a retired Air Force officer. He shares insights on burnout, the importance of enjoyment in work, and the evolving landscape of defense innovation, particularly in space strategy. The discussion delves into misunderst…

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209: How Stanford University Is Inspired By Nordic Sustainability Methods 31:19

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In this special episode of Nordic Visionaries, I'm joined by Lincoln Bleveans, Senior Sustainability Executive at Stanford University. He is leading one of the most ambitious real-world experiments in climate innovation happening anywhere in the United States. If you've ever wondered what it would take to turn sustainability from a pledge into dail…

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208: How BIG Is Architecting Sustainable Structures from Earth to the Moon and Back Again 49:39

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In this special Nordic Visionaries edition of the Innovation Storytellers Show, I am joined by one of the most influential architects of our time, Bjarke Ingels, founder of BIG, Bjarke Ingels Group. From reimagining the clean port of Copenhagen to designing the first permanent human habitat on the Moon, Bjarke’s work challenges conventional thinkin…

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207: Beyond Profit: How Gen Z Leaders Are Creating a Circular & Sustainable 39:39

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What does building a business with climate responsibility at its core look like, not as an add-on but as a starting point? In this episode of Innovation Storytellers Show, we're heading to the Nordics to meet two young leaders who are challenging the status quo around what it means to be a sustainable business. This is part of our special "Nordic V…

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206: The Icelandic Blueprint: How Videntifier and NATO Innovation Fund Are Shaping a Safer, Smarter Future 43:12

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In this episode of Innovation Storytellers, part of our Nordic Visionaries Pocket Podcast series, we explore that connection with Ari Jónsson, COO of Identifier Technologies and Director at the NATO Innovation Fund. Ari’s journey began with a PhD in AI at Stanford in the early 90s, when artificial intelligence was far from mainstream. What started …

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Inside Lean Startup: What Actually Works in Big Companies - Ben Hefele @Lean Startup Co. 44:23

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In this conversation, Ben Haefle, CEO of Lean Startup Co., discusses the realities of corporate innovation, emphasizing the importance of core innovation over disruptive innovation. He explains the Lean Startup methodology, focusing on strategic alignment, milestones, team roles, governance, and culture. The discussion also touches on the concept o…

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205: Regulating the Future: Innovation, AI, and Global Tech Power 36:03

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What does it mean to innovate with principle in a world of complexity, volatility, and accelerating change? This week, I spoke with Anu Bradford, Professor of Law, Director of European Legal Studies Center, Columbia Law School. As part of our Nordic Visionaries series, Anu brings a timely and thought-provoking perspective on the intersection of inn…

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204: How Nordic Data Centers Supercharging New Energy Source to Power AI 39:28

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This week I was thrilled to speak with Peder Naerboe, Founder and Owner of Bulk Infrastructure, for my Nordic Visionaries series. I’ve known about data centers for years, but Peder totally reframed them for me as “power refineries,” where Norway’s abundant clean energy can be converted into digital form right at the source. By placing data hubs nex…

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203: How TOMRA is Rethinking the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Paradigm 37:49

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What will it take to move beyond the traditional recycling conversation and into a future where circularity is a business imperative, not just a sustainability slogan? In this episode of Nordic Visionaries, I speak with Tove Andersen, President and CEO of TOMRA, a company founded in Norway that has been working on circular economy solutions for ove…

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202: How Nordic Capitalism Prioritizes Profit and Climate for A More 54:19

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What if the key to creating a more sustainable future lies not in reinventing capitalism entirely, but in looking at how it already works elsewhere? In this episode of Nordic Visionaries, a special series inside the Innovation Storytellers Show, we welcome Dr. Robert Strand, Executive Director of the Nordic Center at UC Berkeley and Associate Profe…

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How GRAMMY Winners Are Really Chosen - Panos A. Panay @The Recording Academy 41:01

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The truth behind the Grammy Awards 🏆 What does it really take to win? How are nominees selected, and what role does AI play in music today? Panos A. Panay, President of the Recording Academy, reveals everything - from the intense behind-the-scenes orchestration of music’s biggest night to how technology and creativity intersect. Get insider access …

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201: How Global Hackathons are Accelerating Sustainable Tech 39:49

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This week I was delighted to sit down with Ann Molin, CEO & Secretary General of Hack for Earth, for an in-depth conversation on how citizen-led innovation can tackle global challenges. Ann, a psychologist by training, first fell in love with hackathons while working on the Swedish Government’s Hack for Sweden initiative, where she realized that br…

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200: How To Turn Banking Customers Into Sustainability Champions 52:33

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In this opening installment of Nordic Visionaries, I introduce a fresh series spotlighting entrepreneurs, creators, and advocates at the crossroads of innovation and sustainability throughout the Nordic countries. My first guest, Mathias Wikström, sheds light on how cultural values shape our approach to protecting nature and why weaving sustainabil…

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199: What the US Navy Can Teach us about Executive Leadership 43:46

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Have you ever considered the role that discipline, trust, and storytelling play in shaping truly innovative leaders? In this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show, I'm honored to welcome Miles Garrett, a veteran leader, author, and former Executive Officer of the nuclear-powered submarine USS Cheyenne. Drawing from his extensive 25-year caree…

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198: How to Put Trust At the Center of People First Innovation Equation 40:16

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Can innovation truly succeed without trust, integrity, and the right team behind it? In this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show I welcome Tracy Nolan, Senior Vice President of MarketPoint at Humana, for an insightful discussion on what it really takes to lead big ideas and bold changes. Tracy shares how her journey began in an unexpected p…

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197: How the Automotive Industry is Democratizing AI from the Technicians to the Top 42:56

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What happens when AI meets automotive repair? Can technology bridge the growing knowledge gap between seasoned mechanics and the next generation of technicians? And how will the “Right to Repair” movement reshape how vehicles are maintained in the future? In this episode of Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Eric West, Chief Growth Offic…

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196: What Innovators Can Learn from Music’s Biggest R&B Breakthroughs 46:21

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What if the songs artists love the least become the ones fans can’t live without? In this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Amani Roberts, DJ, professor, author, and creative powerhouse, to explore where real innovation happens in the music industry—beyond technology, beyond distribution, and deep into the creative proces…

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195: How HealthcarePoint is Using Big Data to Transform Clinical Trials 34:16

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What happens when big data meets healthcare innovation? In this episode of the Innovation Storyteller Show, Susan Lindner talks with Tina Posey, CEO of HealthcarePoint, about how data is transforming clinical trials and reshaping healthcare on a global scale. Tina shares her journey into healthcare innovation, sparked by the events of 2020, and how…

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194: How Breakthroughs in Batteries are Supercharging the EV Revolution 25:41

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The way we power the world hasn’t fundamentally changed in decades—until now. In this episode of the Innovation Storyteller Show, I speak with Dr. Moshiel Biton, CEO and co-founder of Addionics, a company reshaping the battery industry with 3D current collector technology. Dr. Biton shares his unconventional path into the battery space, reflecting …

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193: How Siemens Transforms Its Culture to Drive Innovation Further 44:51

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Why do so many groundbreaking ideas stall before they even get started? In this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Podcast, Dr. Stefan Dietrich, Senior Advisor in Innovation and Digital Transformation, exposes the real obstacles that prevent innovation from thriving inside organizations. Dr. Dietrich shares his experiences leading digital trans…

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192: How The Resilience Plan Supports Innovation Leaders & Change Makers 37:40

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How do you keep pushing forward when faced with constant setbacks, resistance, or uncertainty? For innovators and leaders, resilience isn't just a nice-to-have—it's essential. But resilience isn't simply enduring; it's about having a plan to navigate challenges and become stronger. In this episode of Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Dr…

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191: How RTI International Builds a Global Culture of Innovation 44:03

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Innovation is often seen as a function of big ideas and long-term investments, but in today’s fast-changing world, organizations must rethink how they approach problem-solving and experimentation. In this episode, I sit down with Shellery Ebron and Annice Kim from RTI International to discuss how one of the world’s most respected research organizat…

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190: How AXA’s Risk Management Turns Impossible to NOW Possible 40:51

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What if risk management wasn’t just about avoiding failure but enabling innovation? In this episode of Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Rose Hall, Former SVP, Head of Innovation, Americas at AXA, to explore the critical role of risk management in pushing innovation forward. While most people see risk and innovation as opposing forces, …

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189: How Hershey’s is Putting the Sweet and Salty in Product Innovation 37:51

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In this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Charlie Chappell, Vice President of Innovation, Research & Development at The Hershey Company, to explore what it takes to innovate in one of the world’s most beloved brands. Charlie’s journey is nothing short of fascinating, from his start in R&D at Kimberly-Clark, earning patent…

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Innovation at the Crossroads: Strategic Choices in Disruption - Scott Brinker @Hubspot 38:13

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"Why are we trying to fight all of this?" The pace of technological advancement outstrips our ability to adapt, a phenomenon captured by MarTec's Law. In this episode, Dr. Chris Mühlroth and Scott Brinker, VP of Platform Ecosystem at HubSpot delve into the complexities of technological advancement and its implications for organizations. They discus…

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188: How to Bridge the Gap Between Startups and Corporate Innovators 36:29

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What does it take to build a seamless connection between the agile world of startups and the structured environments of corporate innovators? In this episode of Innovation Storytellers, I had the pleasure of speaking with Trena Blair, Founder & CEO of FD Global Connections, who brought her extensive expertise to the table in exploring how to bridge…

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187: The Old and New Rules of Successful Innovation 41:53

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Over the holidays, I am reflecting on one of my most downloaded episode of 2024 with my innovation guide and intellectual beacon, Peter Temes. In this episode, Peter and I journeyed through the intricacies of turning strategies from mere visions into tangible realities. We dissect the critical elements that transform a company’s strategy into a com…

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186: How the WHO Innovation Hub is Changing Global Health Outcomes 39:23

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I reflect on my most downloaded episode of 2024 with Louise Agersnap, the Head of WHO Innovation Hub, part of the Digital Health and Innovation Department. We enjoyed a thought-provoking discussion on the transformative initiatives happening at the World Health Organization. With over 20 years of experience in global health development and innovati…

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185: What’s the Future of Customer Experience with AI? 44:00

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What does it take to thrive in a world where AI is redefining customer experience and business innovation? On this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show, I had an incredible conversation with Jim Harris, bestselling author and globally renowned speaker on disruptive innovation, to explore how businesses can adapt to a rapidly evolving future.…

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The Future of Aging: Are We Ready for This? - Dr. Aubrey de Grey @LEV Foundation 54:45

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Join renowned aging researcher Dr. Aubrey de Grey in an enlightening conversation about the science and societal impact of anti-aging technologies. Explore the concept of aging as a medical problem, the interplay of genetics and lifestyle, and groundbreaking research at the LEV Foundation aimed at reversing the effects of aging. Discover how biolog…

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184: How Corning International is Manufacturing Innovation in New Markets 33:12

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What role do trust, cultural understanding, and collaboration play in global innovation? In this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Gökhan Doran, Division VP and General Manager at Corning International, to uncover the keys to navigating the complexities of international manufacturing and partnerships. From Brazil to Niger…

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183: Taking Innovation Women to the Stages 44:16

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On this episode of Innovation Storytellers Show, I’m joined by Bobbie Carlton, an award-winning marketing, PR, and social media professional who is transforming the way we think about public speaking, storytelling, and women’s visibility in innovation. As the founder of Carlton PR & Marketing, Mass Innovation Nights, and Innovation Women, Bobbie ha…

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182: How 17 Songs on the UN’s SDGs and AY Young Will Save the Planet 40:22

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Have you ever wondered what it takes to use creativity to drive global change? In this episode of the Innovation Storyteller Show, I had the absolute pleasure of speaking with AY Young, CEO and flagship artist of the Battery Tour. AY is not your average musician—he’s redefining how we think about performance, energy, and sustainability. As someone …

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181: How to Use AI in Innovation for Massive Productivity Gains 33:08

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In this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Dr. Mark van Rijmenam, a Strategic Futurist and Global Keynote Speaker known for his expertise in emerging technologies like AI, blockchain, and the metaverse. Mark and I first connected at the Global Speakers Federation Conference in Bali, where his keynote on digital transformat…