A Sherpa's Guide to Innovation

Ben & Jay have a lively conversation with Coonoor Behal, founder of Mindhatch, a creative consultancy that blends design thinking, organizational improv and innovation facilitation. Coonoor has had a fascinating career arc that spans entertainment, an NGO, a major consulting firm and now her own firm. Oh, and along the way, she happened to become an accomplished improv comedian and teacher! Coonoor talks in depth about how she brings improv skills and mindsets to organizations to help them innovate and enhance performance – and even how to hire the right people. And Ben shows some impressive improv skills!

Connect with Coonoor!
Mindhatch @mindhatchllc
Coonoor has a number of excellent articles you should check out on Medium

The Sherpas are on Twitter: @SherpaPod @TheBenReport @JayGerhart #InnovationEngine

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Welcome to the Bobcast! We’re thrilled to have our Jobs to be Done sensei, Bob Moesta, sharing his innovation wisdom across a wide range of topics. Bob is President and CEO of The ReWired Group, and one of the pioneers and principal architects of Jobs to Be Done theory. This fascinating conversation ranges from the next steps in his life journey, focusing more on teaching a full range of innovation skills – to his relationship with Clay Christensen – to how his family uses Jobs to be Done theory – to healthcare – and to memorable Jobs to be Done interviews. Wow. If you’re already a follower, you will love this – if you are not familiar with Bob, you will gain an appreciation for a truly brilliant innovator and a generous human being.

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There are a number of ways to learn from Bob. We encourage you to take advantage of all of them. Every single time you listen you will learn something valuable. Here are some: 

• The Rewired Group - Our Thinking
• JTBD Radio Podcast - Bob's podcast
• "No one wants a loan." 
• Stern Speakers Profile
• Bob has worked with Intercom. They liked Jobs to be Done so much, they wrote a book about it, and they have a great podcast too. Thanks Des Traynor! 
• Unpacking Customer Motivations
• Podcast interview with Scott Engler of The Talent Angle podcast

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Get your gear ready for this episode on digital innovation, courtesy of Skookum’s own Jason Rome and Michael Ifkovits, along with our summer intern and technophile Nkechi “NC” Nwoko. They share their stories as digital innovators about how to enable the experiences consumers want that nail the Job to Be Done through tech solutions. We cover a lot of ground—what a typical client engagement is like, customer discovery methods, agile vs. design thinking, healthcare’s future in a digital world, mass customization, and their favorite quotes and podcasts. “Simplify and go!” Skookum is an award-winning strategy, design, and development firm based in Charlotte, NC.

@Skookum @mifkovits @nc_nwoko @TheBenReport @SherpaPod

Better Health and Care for All
Evil by Design
NPR Podcasts
Worklife

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Dr. Zayna Khayat, Future Strategist with SE Health, joins Ben & Ann Somers on a wide-ranging conversation about the future of health and how to drive innovation. Before recently joining SE Health (formerly Saint Elizabeth Health Care), Zayna served as “Innovation Sherpa in Chief” at the REshape Health Innovation Centre at Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Yes, she is truly a Sherpa, so of course we are thrilled to have her as our first international guest!

Zayna has been on faculty of Singularity University’s Exponential Medicine stream since 2016. She is also an adjunct faculty with the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management in the Health Sector Strategy stream.

@ZaynaKhayat @SEFutures

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Your Sherpas enter unexpected territory when Jay has a transformative improv adventure at The Second City in Chicago – Improv & Innovation. Ben & Jay discuss how improv can help you be a better innovator and leader – and even bring it to life in the studio! Many, many thanks to The Second City Training Center, Second City Works & Kelly Leonard for mucho inspiration.

@SecondCityWorks @KLsecondcity @SecondCityChiTC

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Jay’s Medium posts about his experience at The Second City: 

• Part 1
• Part 2

Some examples of blending improvisation, innovation and design: 

• Collective Capital
• Mindhatch
• Think Like an Actor to Empower Breakthrough Innovation 

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We again welcome Innovation Provocateur David Phillips of Faster Glass to join our own Sherpa Elizabeth Watson to hear their insights on learning, teaching and practicing Design Thinking. Of course, you’ll hear about empathy, empathy, empathy – but how about design thinking as a risk mitigation approach? How did David & Elizabeth come to drink the Kool-Aid? Where have they succeeded – and failed? The first of many conversations we will have on human-centered design – enjoy!

@FasterGlass @ElizCLT @TheBenReport #ForwardFaster  

• IDEO
• Stanford d.school
• Catalyst Program

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Your on-the-spot correspondent Ben Tingey captures live reflections and insights from a star-studded Innovation Learning Network roster. Your Innovation Engine Sherpas were proud to co-host the ILN Spring 2018 in-person meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina with the Business Innovation Factory. Hear from participants as they experience “Risky Business”!

@ILNMuse @TheBIF
@SherpaPod @TheBenReport @JayGerhart  #InnovationEngine 

Our ILN podcast all-stars: 

• Terrence Hibbert, University of Mississippi Medical Center 
• Stacey Chang, Design Institute for Health 
• Michelle Ossman, Steelcase Health 
• Dennis Bolin, Health Plan Alliance 
• Tim Rawsom, ILN 
• Clint Hinman, Centura Health 
• Heather Kutschia, Kaiser Permanente 
• Meghan O’Brien, Sutter Health 
• Hiyam Nadel, Partners HealthCare 
• Chris McCarthy, ILN & Hopelab 
• Vlad Voiculescu, Former Health Minister of Romania 
• Ross Barker, Mars Petcare 
• Megan Moyer, Sutter Health 
• Will Kammerer, Business Innovation Factory 
• Cynthia Bazan, ILN 
• Ellie Krumpholz, ILN

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Was your mind blown when you heard some of the news that came out of the inaugural HLTH conference in Las Vegas? Join Lindsay Deneault, Michael Johnson, and Emilie McKenna and get an insider perspective as they talk about their first-hand experience attending the conference, how and when their minds were blown, and the emergence of unlikely organizational pairings that may become the norm. You can also learn why Michael is no longer shopping at Walmart. @LindsayDeneault @ghiafixer @TheBenReport @HLTHEVENT #HLTH2018 #HLTH2019 https://hlth.co/ https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/hlth-2018-what-happened-23andme-athenahealth-walmart/523190/ http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/geisinger-will-offer-dna-sequencing-routine-care-all-its-patients https://www.healthcare-informatics.com/article/payment/hlth-conference-former-cmmi-director-patrick-conway-looks-back-and-forward https://histalk2.com/2018/05/14/health-it-from-the-investors-chair-5-14-18/ 

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