Your host, Alex Shevelenko, sits down with Nick Jane, CFA and CEO of IdeaScale, to unpack what it really takes to drive innovation inside large organizations. Nick shares his journey from academia and Wall Street to leading one of the most impactful platforms in idea management. Along the way, he highlights what slows innovation down—bureaucracy, unclear communication, and the loss of creative hunger—and how leaders can design systems that do the opposite.

Nick makes the case for passionate teams, clear structures, and fast feedback loops. He draws a sharp contrast between the rapid, decisive style of leaders like Elon Musk and the slower pace of publicly traded companies. The conversation also explores how innovation efforts often get stuck during implementation—and what to do about it.

Finally, we zoom out to explore how companies can create environments where ideas can not only be shared but acted on. Nick breaks down how to make innovation scalable, why collective intelligence matters, and how content—especially short-form—can help companies engage customers and employees alike.

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