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/brandonrowberry​LISTEN 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_​