Podcasts

Bye for Now

Sopheon — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Today, Paul reflects on his journey as an innovation evangelist and shares the valuable lessons he's learned over nearly four decades in the industry. He expresses gratitude to his listeners, guests, and colleagues while recounting the significant milestones that have shaped the Innovation Talks series. This introspective episode serves as a heartfelt farewell as Innovation Talks closes its podcast run, leaving a legacy of knowledge and insight for innovators worldwide.

Golden Rules for a Sustainable Business with Jim Fava

Sopheon — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Jim Fava is the recently retired Executive Director at Anthesis Group, which supports businesses and governments in understanding and navigating the risks and opportunities they face. Throughout his career, Jim has provided invaluable guidance, tools, and expertise on strategies and actions that enable organizations to operate in a more environmentally responsible and sustainable manner. Renowned as the "father of modern-day life cycle assessment," he has devoted his career to advancing and promoting the practice and application of life cycle information worldwide. His efforts have contributed significantly to supporting global decision-making processes. Notably, he led the United States delegation responsible for shaping the first generation of ISO LCA standards. Moreover, Jim co-founded influential organizations such as the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, Five Winds International, and the Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle Innovation (FSLCI).

Reimagining tomorrow with futurist Thomas Frey

Sopheon — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Today, Paul has an enlightening conversation on the future of technology and innovation with futurist Thomas Frey to explore how emerging technologies, robotics, and biotechnologies are poised to reshape our lives. Diving into the potential evolution of entertainment, healthcare, quantum computing, and the role of personal bots, they offer a glimpse of a future where technology redefines human potential.

Sustainable Innovation: Integrating Value Creation, Project Discipline, and Collaboration with Neil Hawkins

Sopheon — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Today, Paul and Neil Hawkins discuss integrating sustainability into corporate innovation, focusing on blending value creation, project discipline, and collaboration to achieve long-term sustainability goals. An industry expert, Neil discusses his strategies and experiences from his extensive career promoting sustainable business practices.

How do we move forward deploying AI for New Product Development with Bob Cooper

Sopheon — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Today, Paul and guest Bob Cooper look deeply into the deployment of artificial intelligence in new product development. The discussion revolves around the challenges of successfully implementing AI projects, the high failure rates, and the potential solutions to overcome these hurdles. They also discuss how AI transforms product innovation and process improvements across various industries, with insights drawn from Bob Cooper's extensive research and practical experiences.

Innovation and defense with Colonel Eddie Corrigan

Sopheon — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Colonel Eddie Corrigan is the Assistant Head of the UK Ministry of Defense's division of Concepts, Strategy, Force Development, Doctrine and Lessons Defense Logistics. With over 33 years of tactical, operational, and strategic experience across a number of logistics and supply chain activities in the defense and global context, he has delivered logistics effects and outputs – including supply, distribution, movements, information services, and infrastructure – around the world. From 2007 to 2010, Eddie served in the Royal Logistics Corps where he was responsible for the Supply and Distribution of all supplies to a military force of over 10,000 people as well as commanding a regiment of 600 people.

The leadership trap: Balancing identity with customer-centricity with Alex Slawsby

Sopheon — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Today, Paul discusses the intricacies of corporate innovation and explores the challenges and successes in the mobile technology market of the early 2000s. Alex Slawsby, Chief Growth Officer at Innolead, joins in this enlightening discussion and introduces listeners to the upcoming Impact conference in Boston. The conference, aimed at corporate innovation leaders, will feature sessions on AI, collaboration, digital transformation, and much more.

Innovation leadership 101: How Chief Innovation Officers shape culture and drive change with Alex Slawsby

Sopheon — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Alex Slawbsy is the Chief Growth Officer of InnoLead, an organization that creates content, events, and tools to help the world's largest network of corporate strategy, innovation, and R&D leaders drive change more successfully. Over the past 20 years, Alex has dedicated his time to researching, teaching, guiding, and leading corporate innovation strategy development, capability building, and new business incubation. Before InnoLead, Alex served as the Director of Innovation at Embraer-X and an innovation consultant for several years for organizations including Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation consultancy, Innosight. Alex holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Brown University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

AI-Powered innovation with George Young

Sopheon — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 05:00:00 GMT

In this week's episode, we explore AI-powered innovation and its transformative effects across various industries. Together with George Young, we dismantle the limitations and potential of artificial intelligence and machine learning in predicting outcomes. George explains these technologies' ongoing disruptions, especially within the consumer packaged goods sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, and underscores the rising importance of sustainability in modern manufacturing.

Mastering rapid change with Futurist Langdon Morris

Sopheon — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 05:00:00 GMT

Langdon Morris is a globally recognized futurist, innovation expert, and strategy consultant with a career transition into innovation dating back to 1998-99. As the founder of Innovation Labs in 2001, he has played a crucial role in establishing innovation departments and providing essential teaching and training for organizations worldwide. Langdon has authored several influential books on innovation and strategy, and his work has been instrumental in helping businesses and governments understand the consequences of their choices and prepare for future challenges. His extensive portfolio includes collaborations with major corporations and organizations like UNICEF, all aimed at shaping the future through a blend of strategy and innovation.