Future Squared with Steve Glaveski

‍Those of you familiar with this podcast would know I’m a big fan of Dave McClure and his Pirate Metrics approach to customer acquisition - well, Dave is the founder of 500 startups, the venture capital seed fund and accelerator based in the Valley that has invested in more than 1500 companies across more than 50 countries.

In this episode, I speak with Arnaud Bonzom, Director of Corporate Innovation at 500 Startups. Arnaud’s recent report on How do the World’s Biggest Companies Deal with the Start­up Revolution? (goo.gl/UEmt4i) details the bullish efforts by Multinational Corporations to engage start­ups and leverage on their capabilities.

Prior to 500 Startups, Arnaud was part of INSEAD, where he was responsible for facilitating interactions between MBA students/alumni and the Entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Arnaud also developed the Asia Funding / M&A Newsletter & Singapore startup ecosystem and entrepreneur toolbox.

 

Topics Discussed:

- How large corporations are engaging startups

- Challenges of corporate startup partnerships

- How software companies are disrupting industries not synonymous with software

- The hierarchy of needs for corporate innovation

- The Singaporean and Southeast Asian startup and innovation ecosystems

 

Show Notes:

- ArnaudBonzom.com

- Asia Funding / M&A Newsletter: eepurl.com/b2G18D

- Singapore startup ecosystem and entrepreneur toolbox: bit.ly/SingaporeEcosystem

- Arnaud on Twitter: @aurnaudbonzom

- 500 Startups Report on How The World's Biggest Companies Deal With The Startup Revolution: http://698640.hs-sites.com/500corporations

 

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In this episode of Fast Fix Friday, I cover a topic that is the bane of existence for many a corporate employee which is getting buy-in for corporate innovation, or just getting buy-in for trying different things in general...how do you go about doing this, especially when decision-makers appear to be set in their ways?

In this episode, I walk you through, 13 strategies you can begin to experiment with in your workplace starting with #1, hacking the culture.

Excuse the lisp, it's totally my mic's fault! (externalising, I know)

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Maggie brings more than 12 years of innovation management, market insight analysis and business strategy experience in the financial services sector. Now working for Spigit and based in Chicago, she consults Spigit’s key clients on successful social ideation challenges to engage their workforce and customers to solve priority business issues. She brings creativity and insight to understand the unique business needs of each organization while integrating with the overall strategy.

Spigit is the world’s leading idea management and innovation platform. Maggie is an innovation thought leader with proven ability to surface actionable insights based on market research and trends.

Regularly selected by executives as an effective change agent that champions new teams and projects and consistently drives rapid assimilation and delivers results. Demonstrated leadership in strategic consulting to align key initiatives with corporate strategy and provide structure for successful implementations.

 

Topics Discussed:

- How to increase employee engagement

- Measures of engagement

- The role of innovation in employee engagement

- How to engage and retain Gen Y employees

 

Show Notes:

Spigit.com

Maggie's Linkedin - www.linkedin.com/in/maggieriad

Maggie's Twitter - @maggieriad

 

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Leslie Barry is currently the head of innovation at Sportsbet, Australia’s largest online bookmaker with $117M operating profit / 79.4 million pounds in 2015.

He was previously the head of innovation at Thoughtworks Australia, was the General Manager of Professional Services at Dimension Data Australia and has also founded several companies including Exertack, a health and fitness tracking business acquired by Techstars alumni Gyminee in 2008 and GetViable, an an online innovation platform sold to Hong Kong-based BigColors in 2011.

He is an advisor to several startups including Scanned, CrowdsourceHire, he mentors this year’s intake at the Slingshot startup accelerator and also maintains a personal journal of his innovation journey at InsideInnovation.co.

I’ve had the opportunity to meet with hundreds of innovation managers across a range of companies and speak with countless thought leaders on the topic, and Leslie is one guy who just gets it. To put it simply, Leslie avoids innovation theatre at all costs and has very little appetite for bullshit.

In his brief time at Sportsbet he has already had a profound impact on the way the company approaches innovation, culminating recently with the ideation, design,  development and release of a product in just 12 weeks - unheard of in the company previously.

What makes it all the more impressive is that in 2015 Sportsbet’s revenues grew by 54% so navigating internal politics, when things are rosy and stakeholders might see little reason, on the surface, to change the way they do things.

As you will all know if you’ve listened to this show before, I am a massive advocate for the benefits of health and fitness, of both body and mind, on productivity, and we’ll also dive into Leslie’s approach to staying on top of his game.

 

Topics Discussed:

- AI and the threat of human extinction

- Why an organisation like Sportsbet needs to innovate

- How to get buy-in from senior stakeholders and IT

- How to avoid innovation theatre

- Why Leslie says he won't have a job at Sportsbet in 2 years

- How to effectively partner with startups

- Leslie's 'fail button'

- What excites Leslie about the next ten years in tech

 

Show Notes:

Leslie's Twitter - @lesliecbarry

Leslie's Blog - InsideInnovation.co

Leslie's Linkedin - www.linkedin.com/in/lesliebarry

Sportsbet's e-sports experiment - respawn.sportsbet.com.au

 

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‍Thank you listeners, we've just turned 50...episodes that is, and to celebrate, I've put together a list of the 50 most memorable lessons from the first 50 episodes!

Oftentimes, we read books and blogs, we listen to podcasts and audiobooks, we watch keynotes and take part in workshops, we umm and ahh, but despite all of the investment in consuming this knowledge, we rarely take the time to reflect and truly digest the knowledge so that we can become better at applying these insights.

Taking time out to reflect on what you’ve just consumed and perhaps scribble some notes down is kind of like eating the right thing after a workout to maximise your results - it’s an incredibly powerful tool when it comes to retention and application of key insights.

Over the past six months I’ve been fortunate enough to interview a number of thought leaders on the topic of corporate innovation, entrepreneurship and self improvement, culminating with episode 50.

To celebrate this milestone, I took some time out to reflect on some of the best lessons from my podcasting journey and have prepared a list of the 50 most memorable lessons, as the ones that stick with you are usually the best.

You can download the entire list at collectivecamp.us/blog/50lessons

Why? Listen to find out! :)

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Collective Campus recently hosted an event called Disrupt the Public Sector, as part of the Australian Government’s Innovation Month 2016. The event saw over 100 public servants making their way to pack our event space in Melbourne’s CBD - they heard from a number of thought leaders talk innovation in Government - why it’s important, what it looks like, what the barriers are and how we might navigate these barriers.

I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to speak on the topic of an Agile Government and how transforming the way government thinks and moves begins with being more self-aware and ownership of our daily actions, both great and small.

I touched on a number of topics in this talk such as bottom-up innovation including various examples of how employees are driving change and how to get buy-in from the top in Government.

So this episode is a little bit different - the audio quality might not be as great as our usual episodes, as this was recorded live before an audience, but having received lots of positive feedback post the
talk, I thought that sharing it with listeners of Future Squared would provide a lot of value.

Even if you don’t work for Government, the concepts I discussed in this talk are just as relevant in a large enterprise as they in many startups.

By now you’ll know I’m a big fan of experimentation, so consider this episode an experiment of sorts, reliant on you the listener to validate or invalidate the assumption that people want to hear this kind of content! if you’d like to hear more of these midweek specials, then I’d love to hear from you - you can email me at [email protected] or hit me up on twitter @steveglaveski

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I speak to Chris Kutarna, a two-time Governor General's Medallist, a Sauvé Fellow and Commonwealth Scholar, and a Fellow of the Oxford Martin School with a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford.

A former consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, then entrepreneur, Chris lived in China for several years, speaks Mandarin, and remains a regular op-ed contributor to one of China's top-ranked news magazines. (He lived in Australia and New Zealand for several years, and still cannot surf.)

He is the co-author of The Age of Discovery - Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our Reneissance, which shows how we can draw courage and wisdom from the last Renaissance in order to fashion our own golden age out of this New Renaissance.

Whether we’re seized by Gutenberg or Zuckerberg; the discovery of the Americas or the rise of China; copperplate or silicon etching; —a Renaissance moment, we’re told, then and now, forces humanity to give its best just when the stakes are highest.

Age of Discovery navigates the crises of our time and helps us all define a legacy that the world will still celebrate half a millennium from now.

 

Topics Discussed:

- Will artificial intelligence liberate us or destroy us?

- What is the role of Government in a rapidly changing technological and economic landscape?

- What happens when the world’s concentration of wealth becomes centralized in one place such as Silicon Valley?

- What the implications of an increasingly connected world are?

- What Brexit and the rise of Donald Trump really mean?

- What we, as a people, need to do to ensure our longevity as a species?

- Does policy need to be re-written to adapt to these changing times?

- Are we facing a productivity paradox whereby the next generation will need to suffer and adjust to changes in order for subsequent generations to reap the rewards?

 

Show Notes:

Chris' Twitter - @chriskutarna

Chris' LinkedIn - uk.linkedin.com/in/moniker

Ian Goldin's Twitter - @ian_goldin

Get the book - https://amzn.to/2zmWdWg

 

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This Fast Fix Friday is all about your ego and why you should kill it! If you’re looking to identify new opportunities, have meaningful conversations, build better relationships, innovate and create real value in the world then the one thing that is almost sure to get in the way is ego. Why? Listen to find out! :) Listen on iTunes: goo.gl/sMnEa0 Listen on Stitcher: www.stitcher.com/podcast/future Like us? It'd make our day if you took 1 minute to show some love on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud by subscribing, sharing and giving us a 5 star rating. To sign up to our mailing list head to www.futuresquared.xyz For more information on Collective Campus, our innovation hub, school and consultancy based in Melbourne, Australia, check out www.collectivecamp.us

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Max Kelly is currently Managing Director of Techstars London. Techstars is the world’s leading accelerator programme for early stage start ups, having incubated over 800 companies and developed corporate accelerator programs for the likes of Barclays, Nike and Disney to name just a few.

Prior to Techstars, Max spent 12 years at Virgin where he was responsible for the strategy of the group and for starting new companies:

- Virgin Insight - delivered big data consultancy to all the Virgin companies

- Virgin Mobile USA - grew to revenues of $1bn within 18 months

- Virgin Mobile Canada - voted best Canadian network in its launch year

- Virgin Healthbank - freezing stem cells cryogenically

These companies exited for more than $500M for Richard Branson.

Alongside his Virgin commitments, Max also co-founded lastsecondtickets.com which was successfully sold in 2014.

 

Topics Discussed:

- corporate startup relationships

- fintech and blockchain

- Brexit

- why Techstars success rates hover around 90%

- what Techstars looks for in startup founders and teams

- aligning corporate and startup expectations and metrics

 

Show Notes:

Techstars.com

LinkedIn - au.linkedin.com/in/maxkelly

 

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This Fast Fix Friday covers off on all of the different books, podcasts and other resources that have made me and can make you a better professional and person in general.

Whether it be business, beliefs, biographies or body, these books don't leave any stones unturned in helping you to sharpen your sword and become the best you you can be!

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