The Innovative Executive
The Innovative Executive is a show that tackles the importance of innovation to create new growth opportunities. It focuses on 3 main areas: Rethinking your business models, collaboration, and leveraging technology. Our guests are industry experts who share powerful insights and deliver practical theories. We explore how innovative executives are driving their businesses forward by looking to focus on innovation that comes from customer priorities and new market opportunities. Furthermore, the show examines innovation capabilities that have made them successful and the mindset that’s needed to deal with uncertainty.
Episodes
17 episodes
Humber College- Fostering Polytechnic and Innovation to Solve Problems
The future of work is changing. But over time organizations are building new competencies by growing different functions to impact long term development and professional impact. Today, the economy relies on colleges and universities to tr...
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Episode 16
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27:05
Nintendo - Customer Experience and Innovation
It’s no secret that technology is driving innovation in the gaming industry today. There are over approx. 3.1 billion gamers across the globe. The gaming industry has increased focus on not only for gamers, but for game developers a...
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Episode 15
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24:31
When You’re Not Innovating Enough- and What to Do About it
In today’s episode, I share Chapter 6 from my book - When You’re Not Innovating Enough- and What to Do About it. The chapter discusses the following:How bigger goals can create a culture that’s dynamic and full of energy....
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Episode 14
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15:04
Find out what Bella Rushi has to say about her new book
In today’s episode, I share an overview about my book The Innovative Executive Leading Intelligently in the Age of Disruption. What does it mean to become an Innovative Executive? I also share my favorite stories to discuss fr...
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Episode 13
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6:01
Innovation through Anthropology
Consumers often struggle to articulate their needs and data contains gaps that can be difficult to identify without seeing consumers conducting tasks in-context. The focus often lies in what the anthropologist notices that the consumer ma...
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Episode 12
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30:34
Get More Creativity at the Executive Level
In 1970’s Pepsi introduced the Pepsi Challenge Campaign-“ let your taste decide”, the blind taste test that would run all over the world. Pepsi used “experience marketing” and became the largest selling consumer packaged goods in America....
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Episode 11
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31:11
The Reasoning of Entrepreneurial Experts
A very few serial entrepreneurs are natural innovators. They use "effectual logic" to explore new opportunities and constantly learn how they can reimagine themselves for their business models or ideas to be more effective. They have strong inn...
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Episode 10
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27:08
Harness Data to Prioritize Opportunity
The future of business lies in data-driven decision making. On the show, we discuss how companies are using their insights from big data to generate better decisions faster and at scale about operations as well as customer satisfaction —all ...
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Episode 9
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30:35
Don’t Fear Success - A Conversation with Dr. Ruth Gotian
What does it take to be a successful leader in this new age of disruption? We all have different ideas about what makes up the best company, but as trends shift and technology advances there are some things that will never change. The best l...
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Episode 8
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22:00
Over 40% Growth During Pandemic
Leaders who fail to think broadly will be left behind. Unless they can think flexibly and see organizations from multiple angles, they will be unable to deal with the full range of issues they inevitably encounter. Catherine Von Burg CEO ...
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Episode 7
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29:01
The Most Innovative Folding Bike Ever
The folding bike market is booming with new innovations and sustainability at play. Brompton bicycle has been a major player in the global market for over three decades with their innovative products and aligning everything R&D tea...
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Episode 6
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19:05
Discover the Latest Trends and Insights from Contract Manufacturing
Contract manufacturing has grown into an integral part of product development. In this week’s podcast, we discuss several leading practices while working with contract manufacturing which entails idea generation to production processes, decisio...
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Episode 5
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19:18
How Smart Brands are Engaging Gen Z and Millennials
Today I’m joined by Candace MacDonald, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Carbonate, Inc. Her agency helps clients with brand strategy and Integrated Marketing Communications for the Hospitality Industry.Candace is a brand s...
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Episode 4
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23:36
Innovating on Behalf of Your Customers
The struggle for clarity in organizations is a constant one. The organizational strategies created by leaders are often vague and ineffective. They result in inefficient company that is not coherence with its own structure and don’t kn...
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Episode 3
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27:32
Cornerstone of Leadership: Simplifying the Complexity
Many organizations are struggling to respond and create the necessary plans to a better future. Business leaders can start by defining long-term goals, listening to customers and their organization, and create openings for dialo...
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Episode 2
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23:28
