John is currently the executive-in-residence at Harvard Business School’s Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH), which studies AI and Workforce Transformation strategies, and founder and CEO of Open Assembly, a company that provides content, community, and strategic advising to organizations, people, and platforms to co-create the future of work.

Recently, he has been leading a global industry coalition made up 4000 global leaders in the open talent and innovation industry to start a non-profit trade association, The Center for the Transformation of Work with the goal of Transforming work for a billion people by 2025.

In his past life, John was the chief innovation officer of Havas, when Havas purchased his open advertising agency, Victors & Spoils, in 2015. Winsor founded V&S after introducing the advertising world to the practice of co-creation in his role as vice president and executive director of strategy and innovation at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky. Winsor had merged his company Radar Communications, the world’s leading open strategy and research company, with CP+B back in 2007. Other companies Winsor founded include Sports & Fitness publishing, sold to Conde Nast, and the Gravity Games, sold to NBC.

John's most recent book was, “Open Talent: Leveraging the Global Crowd to Solve Your Biggest Challenges,” published by Harvard Business Press.

He is also the author of “Beyond the Brand,” “Spark,” “Flipped,” and the best-selling “Baked In,” winner of the 2009 800-CEO-READ Business Book Award in marketing. Winsor is also an advisor to the Digital Initiative at Harvard Business School, and a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, The Guardian, Forbes and Digiday.

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 Jayshree Seth is a Corporate Scientist at 3M and currently holds 80 patents for a variety of innovations, with several additional pending. She joined 3M in 1993 after an MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University, New York. She is a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient from her alma mater REC Trichy India, now NIIT Trichy, where she earned a B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering.

Jayshree was appointed 3M’s first ever Chief Science Advocate in 2018 and is using her scientific knowledge, technical expertise and professional experience to advance science, communicate its benefits and the importance of STEM fields to drive innovation.

She is also a member of Carlton Society which is the 3M Science and Innovation “Hall of Fame.” Jayshree is the fourth woman and first female engineer to be inducted. In 2020, she was awarded Society of Women Engineers (SWE) highest Achievement Award. She is also the first-ever winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the new Female Thought Leaders of the Year – category in the 18th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business in 2021. In 2025 she was named to the prestigious Thinkers50 Radar list featuring 30 people those whose ideas will help shape the future of orga

Carla is a global health practitioner with 15 years of experience working on the stubborn issues that keep poor people in poverty. Her passion is to apply problem-solving approaches from human-centred design, behavioral insights, and the private sector to the development and humanitarian sector. She has worked in markets disrupted by the Ebola outbreak in Liberia and the earthquake in Haiti where the need for health services was heightened, client behaviour was fluid, and best practices were uncertain. These are the conditions under which she thrives: where scrappy, bold initiatives can save the day or yield important insights when they fail.

Her leadership roles have ranged from country director of a team of 154 colleagues during an Ebola outbreak to regional technical advisor for human-centered design and social marketing in Southern Africa. She has worked on products, such as HIV self-testing kits and micronutrient-enriched porridge, and services like male circumcision and community warehouses for smallholder families. She has a knack for finding and cultivating her colleagues' hidden skills and uncovering the important details that influence what makes for a satisfying client experience. She tells good stories and works towards a world where people most affected by crisis and poverty have to power to shape their own future.

See how she’s driving real-world impact through open innovation on the Wazoku Crowd. 👉 International Rescue Committee Showcase

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Harry is a career-long specialist in generating and applying innovation. Passionate about innovation to solve the hardest problems in seafreight and humanitarian causes.

Three times a key member of the leadership teams of early-stage technology companies that aggressively innovated, including once as a co-founder. Two grew from pre-revenue to enterprise values over $100 million. Domain expertise in the automation of the logistics of container shipping, global trade and export/import. 

He has had direct management roles in corporate strategy, sales, marketing, business development, product management, channel sales, field operations, consulting, software development, finance, and mergers & acquisitions.

Harry's specialties include: Expert in raising external funding and positioning companies for strategic sale or investment - Directed and participated in raising over $100 million of venture and private equity investment.

Learn more about Harry’s work at Seafreight Labs and how innovation is driving solutions in humanitarian challenges: https://www.seafreightlabs.com/

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Tim helps large companies overcome internal hurdles to ignite externally sourced open innovation and technology acquisition, and facilitate technology transfer deals.

He spends significant time delivering a wide range of IP and open innovation consulting services to clients, from open innovation system diagnostics to detailed technology and technology need evaluations to deal-assessment and execution.

In addition to hands-on experience, Tim has an educational background in the IP industry including a Masters Thesis which recommended improved licensing strategies for technology licensing out of universities.

Read Tim's ebook Unlocking Impact from Open Innovation here

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Paul Hobcraft is a globally recognized expert in business ecosystem innovation and design, ranked among the top 50 global thinkers in Ecosystems and Renewable Energies. With extensive international experience spanning Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Paul helps organizations navigate the complexities of ecosystem-driven innovation and unlock new growth opportunities.

Drawing from his hands-on experience leading global businesses across consumer goods, specialty chemicals, and industrial products, Paul now serves as a strategic advisor helping companies harness the power of business ecosystems, collaborative innovation, and co-creation. His practical approach combines deep ecosystem expertise with real-world business savvy, enabling organizations to stay ahead in rapidly evolving markets.

Based on his 14 years in Asia and leadership roles across multiple continents, Paul brings unique cross-cultural insights to help businesses design and implement successful ecosystem strategies. As a "transition to business ecosystems and innovation advocate," he guides organizations through the challenges of ecosystem adoption while fostering sustainable innovation and growth.

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Mike Todasco spends his days thinking about how AI will change how we create
Using generative tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney, and the ever-growing slate.
He used to work at PayPal, focused on innovation 
Where he evangelized creativity to employees of every nation.
At PayPal he also had many roles in the field of product 
From management to marketing to launch, which was a bit chaotic.
Previously, he founded a company, Sketch Maven 
Where long start-up nights turned his appearance to unshaven.
Prior to his career in tech, he was in finance and accounting you see
Starting his career at the company with a meatball logo, GE.
He has an MBA from Berkeley and a BS from Illinois 
And occasionally teaches leadership to mature girls and boys.
Mike has also been granted over 100 US utility patents.
And if you don't like his rhymes, you're on his list of enemy combatants.
Overall Mike tries to be a very helpful guy,
And while he uses the tools, he did not write this with AI

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Called ‘The Reinvention Guru’ (In Ventures magazine) and ‘The Queen of Reinvention’ (TEDx Navasink), Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva is a business owner, educator, speaker and author -- specializing in reinvention.

 Nadya has helped such organizations as The Coca-Cola Company, ENRC PLC, IBM, CISCO, Erste Bank, Henkel, Knauf Insulation, Vienna Insurance Group and many others to reinvent their products, processes, and leadership practices.

 She served as the Coca-Cola Chaired Professor of Sustainable Development at IEDC- Bled School of Management, an executive education center based in the Slovene Alps, where she continues to teach courses in leadership, strategy, change management, design thinking, and sustainability. In addition to IEDC, Nadya has taught in other business schools, including CEDEP-INSEAD (France), Case Western Reserve (USA), and IPADE Business School (Mexico).

 As a speaker, Nadya has shared her insights with audiences worldwide through keynotes, panel presentations, and workshops. She has delivered three TEDx talks in Austria, Slovenia and the US. Over 100,000+ professionals saw Nadya speak publicly.

 As an author, Nadya has written two books (“Embedded Sustainability: The Next Big Competitive Advantage” in 2011 and “Overfished Ocean Strategy: Powering Up Innovation for a Resource-Deprived World” in 2014) and contributed to five others. In an effort to reinvent corporate approaches to sustainability strategy, Nadya and her co-author Chris Laszlo coined the concept ‘embedded sustainability’, which was virtually non-existent when they started in 2009. Today, it produces 25+ million Google search results and has become a staple for corporate sustainability efforts.

Learn more about how Wazoku's Total Innovation platform supports businesses in driving sustainable, transformative change at Wazoku. 

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Gijs van Wulfen (1960, based in Greece of Dutch origin) is a well-known global authority and trusted advisor on innovation, inspiring speaker, author of three innovation bestsellers, one of the top ten worldwide innovation bloggers, and a LinkedIn Influencer with 325.000+ followers.

He is very driven to jump start innovation, because organisations struggle with the start of innovation in their day-to-day hectic business. He is a business economist with a master’s in management consultancy. During his career of thirty years, Gijs has worked as a fast-moving consumer goods marketer, a boardroom consultant, a large group facilitator and as a keynote speaker. Through his informal personal style, infectious enthusiasm and persuasiveness he gets people to move beyond their borders to make their organization innovative again.

Gijs is also the author of the innovation bestseller “The Innovation Expedition”, which has been published in English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Turkish, Dutch, Chinese and Japanese. Gijs furthermore founded the FORTH innovation method, which provides structure to the chaotic start of innovation, while still fostering creative thinking. The FORTH method helps businesses to generate well-constructed new product, service, and business model concepts. To date the FORTH innovation method has been implement in 100+ businesses in Asia, Europe, Africa and North – and South America.

Gijs van Wulfen is renowned for his structured approach to initiating innovation, notably through his FORTH innovation method. Wazoku offers resources that align with his methodologies, focusing on structured innovation processes and fostering a culture of innovation.

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This whitepaper outlines key components essential for a robust innovation strategy, emphasizing the importance of structured processes and clear objectives—principles central to the FORTH method.

Ian is the Innovation Lead at Expedition Engineering. Building on his networking skills and interest in new technologies Ian is working to connect people and teams to deliver amazing outcomes for our clients. Ian's primary focus at the moment is developing ways to accelerate the scale up and adoption of innovations as we aim for net zero carbon.
 
 Ian’s experience in the Water sector focused on project delivery on water company framework contracts in the UK. Through building and leading network modelling teams Ian has worked with all major UK water service providers.

Ian is Convener for the Water Innovator Alliance a community acting as a hub and network for innovators, startups, scaleups and new to the water sector organisations to meet, share idea, challenges and opportunities.

 👉 Discover past innovations and approaches in the UK Water Sector

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Tom Goodwin is a writer, speaker and advertising and media provocateur and consultant. He has been voted a top 10 voice in Marketing by LinkedIn, one of 30 people to follow on Twitter by Business Insider, and a 'must follow' by Fast Company. An industry commentator on the future of marketing and business, he is a columnist for TechCrunch and Forbes and frequent contributor to The Guardian, GQ, Ad Age, Wired, Ad Week, Inc, MediaPost & Digiday. He is based between London, England, and New York City in the United States.

He is author of Digital Darwinism which shines a light on the future by exploring technology, society and lessons from the past so you can understand how to adapt, what to embrace and what to ignore. Tom Goodwin proves that assumptions the business world has previously made about "digital" are wrong: incremental change isn't good enough, adding technology at the edges won't work and digital isn't a thing - it's everything. If you want your organization to succeed in the post-digital age, you need to be enlightened by Digital Darwinism.

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Greg Satell is the Co-Founder of  ChangeOS, a transformation and change advisory. He is an international keynote speaker and bestselling author of Cascades: How to Create a Movement that Drives Transformational Changeand Mapping Innovation. His work has appeared in top publications like Harvard Business Review and Forbes.

As a Lecturer at Wharton, entrepreneur, and global executive, Greg helps organizations overcome resistance to change. He is recognized as a top innovation blogger and a leading digital transformation influencer. 

You can find Greg’s blog at www.DigitalTonto.com, check out his LinkedIn profile

For more insights into fostering innovation and transformation within organizations, check out this report on the importance of systems thinking in corporate innovation. 

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Runar is CEO at YunoJuno, one of the most impactful companies to come out of the UK in recent years. Runar was previously the CEO of Depop (sold to Etsy for $1.6bn), scaling the company through multiple funding rounds from early stage startup to market dominance in the UK and successful expansion into US with millions of users. 

Prior to Depop, Runar was part of the founding team that built mobile social network ZYB and successfully sold it to Vodafone Group where he went on to hold several leadership positions including the group’s Global Head of Product. Runar enjoys building and expanding community-driven companies that drive positive change. At YunoJuno he is championing flexibility and empowerment as the future of work.

If you're inspired by the insights on innovation and scaling shared in this podcast, discover how Wazoku helps organizations turn ideas into action. Learn more about the importance of systems thinking in corporate innovation by visiting this resource, and see how Wazoku supports businesses in building vibrant innovation ecosystems.

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Balaji is a Product, P&L and Innovation leader with extensive experience ideating, incubating, developing customer-centric products and operating innovative product businesses. Deep industry expertise in Life Sciences, Healthcare, Innovation, Future of Work and Contingent Workforce. Currently teach product innovation and intrapreneurship at Harvard and Stanford.
 
 His work has been recognized in a series of Harvard Business School case studies focused on helping executives build non-traditional businesses within large companies. He frequently teach seasoned professionals to sophomores at Harvard, Stanford, Wharton among others on how to think about this process while maintaining personal identity and a sense of agency in the process.
 
Additionally, Balaji supports his wife, Meghna, as she starts her own company (Butterfly Voyage), tries to load the dishwasher properly (good luck wine glasses), and builds insanely awesome Legos with his daughter!

Balaji's expertise aligns with Wazoku's work in the healthcare and life sciences sector, where innovative thinking and customer-centric approaches are essential. Wazoku has supported organizations in this space by helping them leverage innovation to address complex challenges, enhance patient care, and streamline operations. To learn more about how Wazoku has helped drive innovation and growth in the health and life sciences sector, visit this page on Wazoku's website. 

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Steve Rader serves as the Program Manager of NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) and the NASA Tournament Lab (NTL), which are working to infuse challenge and crowdsourcing innovation approaches at NASA and across the federal government. CoECI focuses on the study and use of curated, crowdsourcing communities that utilize prize and challenge-based methods to deliver innovative solutions for NASA and the U.S. government. 

In 2015, Steve was named as one of 20 Challenge Mentors for U.S. Government Services Administration’s (GSA) Prizes and Challenges government-wide community of practice. Steve has worked with various projects and organizations to develop and execute over 100 different challenges. He speaks regularly about NASA’s work in crowd-based challenges and the future of work both publicly and internally to the NASA workforce to promote the use of open innovation tools.

Steve has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Rice University and has worked at NASA’s Johnson Space Center for 33 years. Prior to joining CoECI/NTL, Steve worked in mission control, flight software development for the Space Shuttle and International Space Station, command and control systems development for the X-38, and led the Command, Control, Communications, & Information (C3I) architecture definition for the Constellation Program.

To see how organizations like NASA have successfully used Wazoku's platform to solve complex problems, check out their customer stories on forecasting solar events and improving the performance of Kevlar. If you’d like to speak with someone about starting a challenge of your own or learn more about how Wazoku can help you, request a demo here. 

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Nathalie Nahai’s background in human behaviour, web design and the arts offer a unique vantage point from which to examine the complex challenges we face with the rise of Generative AI today.

Described as “a rare polymath with deep expertise in tech, marketing and psychology”, Nathalie draws upon a rich background in human behaviour, web design and the arts, to offer a unique vantage point from which to examine the complex challenges we face today. Having studied psychology and worked as a web designer early in her career, her frustration at the lack of a comprehensive framework through which to understand online behaviour, led her to write what has since become an international best-seller, Webs Of Influence: The Psychology of Online Persuasion (Pearson).

Adopted as the go-to manual by business leaders and universities alike, Webs Of Influence has been translated into 7 languages, and alongside her new book, Business Unusual: Values, Uncertainty and the Psychology of Brand Resilience, serves as the cornerstone for Nathalie’s work with clients including Google, Accenture, Unilever and Harvard Business Review, among others. A popular speaker, consultant and facilitator to Fortune 500 companies, Nathalie has lectured at some of the world’s most prestigious institutions (from Cambridge and UCL universities, to Lund and Hult business schools), and her experience as a skilled communicator has seen her present at SXSW, host the Guardian Changing Media Summit and hold main stage interviews at the Web Summit.

Learn More: Ethical AI Innovation: Insights from Natalie Nahai - Wazoku

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Welcome to our podcast, where we dive deep into the world of innovation with the help of expert Stephen Shapiro. Stephen is a renowned innovation advisor who has dedicated his career to helping leaders and teams tackle complex business challenges and improve their innovation models and cultures.

After publishing his groundbreaking first book, "24/7 Innovation" in 2001, Stephen left Accenture to become a full-time innovation speaker and advisor. Since then, he has published six books, including his latest, "Pivotal", released in 2024, and "Invisible Solutions" in 2020. Stephen has spoken in 50 countries and works with major companies like 3M, P&G, Marriott, Nike, and Microsoft to enhance their innovation practices through keynotes and advisory services.

In our first episode, we chat with Aiden McCullen about total innovation—what it is, why it matters, and how to achieve it. Check it out here.

For more resources and insights on innovation, be sure to explore related tools like the Wazoku platform, which supports the innovation processes Stephen champions.

Visit Stephen's website for more information, or connect with him on LinkedIn.

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Join Simon Hill, CEO of Wazoku, in an insightful conversation with Bea Schofield, an expert in Challenge Driven Innovation and co-author of the Corporate Explorer Fieldbook. Currently leading Corporate Exploration and Innovation at Lloyds Banking Group, Bea brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in driving innovation within large organizations.

In this episode, Bea shares her professional journey, starting with her academic achievements, including a strategic innovation degree from Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford and an MSc in African Studies from the same institution. Her career path, marked by various influential roles, has shaped her innovative approach in the corporate world.

The discussion delves into the concept of Challenge Driven Innovation (CDI), where Bea explains its significance and practical application in today’s business landscape. Learn about Bea’s role as an advisor on CDI and how she implements these principles at Lloyds Banking Group. For those interested in further reading, check out the Wazoku resource on CDI: Organizing for Innovation.

Discover the current innovation projects at Lloyds Banking Group, led by Bea, and the strategies she employs to overcome challenges and foster a culture of exploration and innovation. Bea’s insights from the Corporate Explorer Fieldbook provide valuable lessons for corporate innovators, emphasizing practical approaches and key takeaways from the book. For more details, explore the Corporate Explorer Fieldbook: Corporate Explorer Fieldbook.

Looking ahead, Bea shares her thoughts on the future of corporate innovation, emerging trends, and technologies that will shape the industry. Aspiring innovators and corporate leaders will find her advice on cultivating a culture of innovation particularly inspiring.

Tune in for a thought-provoking episode filled with actionable insights, practical examples, and strategic advice from one of the leading voices in corporate innovation. Don't miss the opportunity to connect with Bea Schofield on LinkedIn: Bea Schofield LinkedIn.

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This podcast, over two parts, digs into how Kyle designed, built, and now leads ExxonMobil's corporate-wide open innovation program. He built a high-impact capability from a standing start in less than eighteen months, helping teams across the company solve some of the most challenging problems and explore new opportunity generation strategies by leveraging external resources. In the second episode, we dig into lessons learned, scaling, and so much more.

For more insights on organizing for innovation and the benefits of crowdsourcing, check out this resource.

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Simon Hill, CEO & founder, Wazoku
Kyle Basler- Reeder, Open Innovation Leader, Exxon Mobil

This podcast over two parts digs into how Kyle designed, built, and now leads ExxonMobil's corporate wide open innovation program, building a high impact capability from a standing start in less than eighteen months, helping teams across the company to solve some of the most challenging problems and explore new opportunity generation strategies, leveraging external resources. This innovative approach is highlighted in Wazoku's article, showcasing the strategic implementation and success of the program. In the first episode, we dig into the background and foundations for success. In part two, we dig into lessons learned, scaling, and so much more.

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Simon Hill, CEO & founder, Wazoku
Kyle Basler- Reeder, Open Innovation Leader, Exxon Mobil

We're delighted that our inaugural guest is Aidan McCullen.  

Aidan is the host and founder of the  Innovation Show, the most subscribed to innovation podcast, which boasts Bill Gates as a listener and advocate and features on Irelands national broadcaster RTÉ . 

He reinvented himself after a 10-year career after rugby with over 100 caps for Leinster, Toulouse and London Irish and is a full Ireland Rugby International.

Aidan speaks and runs workshops globally on disruption and change for organisations such as Mastercard, Epic Games, Endemol Shine Group, Agilent Technologies, CBC Canada and Toyota and in industries from Pharma to Fintech.

Aidan is the author of the book, “Undisruptable: A Mindset of Permanent Reinvention for Individuals, Organisations and Life” which features a Foreword by Visa founder and CEO Emeritus, Dee Hock.

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Discover how Wazoku's strategic update for 2024 is revolutionizing innovation with their new interconnected suite of tools, enabled by AI and crowd intelligence.

Read the full blog to learn more!

Welcome to "Total Innovation," the podcast where I explore all the different aspects of innovation, transformation and change. From the disruptive minds of startup founders to the strategic meeting rooms of global giants, I bring you the stories of change-makers. The podcast will engage with different voices, and peer into the multi-faceted world of innovation across and within large organisations.

I speak to those on the ground floor, the strategists, the analysts, and the unsung heroes who make innovation tick. From technology breakthroughs to cultural shifts within companies, I'm on a quest to understand how innovation breathes new life into business.

Join me as we explore the narratives of those shaping the market, those writing about it, and those doing the hard work. This is "Total Innovation," where every voice counts and every story matters. 

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