In order to better understand the process of innovation, we need to understand that ideas are not part of the problem - the execution and follow-through are!That's why we brought Brandon Rowberry on the show - a corporate innovation veteran and a highly skilled investor, who've sat on both sides of the pitch table hundreds of times and transformed many corporations into innovation machines. 🔥Brandon worked as 👏 a GM for Innovation at Circuit City (one of the companies from Jim Collins's book Good to Great), 👏 Vice President Innovation Development at the largest healthcare group in the world - UnitedHealth Group, 👏 Vice Chair at Mayo Clinic, and most recently 👏 leading Strategy and Planning for Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.Tune in to learn about:- Fear and personal resistance to business innovation- What role culture and talent management play in the innovation process- How to measure the innovation output- Best investment options in the UAETIMESTAMPS:00:00 - Highlights00:15 - Intro01:04 - Spending free time in UAE04:19 - Singing with Andrea Bocelli06:18 - 2020 recap08:19 - Corporate innovation experience12:03 - Entering healthcare field13:40 - Culture & talent management15:45 - Collapse of Circuit City 20:59 - Biggest mistakes leading to collapse22:40 - Building resilience26:32 - Importance of constant learning30:38 - How to implement innovation33:33 - Humble leadership35:32 - Figure out innovation strategy38:55 - Tips for corporate innovation41:58 - The biggest fears in the innovation process43:58 - The winner's elevator pitch45:57 - Ideas vs. execution48:58 - Lab of innovations50:31 - How to measure the output55:33 - Venture building as part of corporate innovation01:00:33 - Best investment options in UAE1:04:49 - OutroHost: Vuk ZlatarovGuest: Brandon RowberryProduction: Creitive (https://www.creitive.com) & Evans Media (https://evansmedia.net)Follow our guest:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonro...Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandonrowberryLISTEN TO THE PODCAST:SoundCloud - bit.ly/SC_TheChangeOfficerApple Pocasts - bit.ly/Apple_TheChangeOfficerGoogle - bit.ly/Google_TheChangeOfficerSpotify - bit.ly/Spotify_TheChangeOfficerCONNECT WITH US:Website - https://www.thechangevlog.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thechangeof...LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-...Facebook - https://web.facebook.com/TheChangeOff...Twitter - https://twitter.com/changeofficer_