Innovating Leadership: Shorts

Dr. Reza Soltanzadeh points out that, while 828 million people go hungry every night worldwide, 1.2 billion are malnourished. And he feels that can be solved using American manufacturing excellence, producing high quality foods at low price points to feed those in need.

Our full interview with Dr. Soltanzadeh is available on YouTube at https://bit.ly/BorealisFoods-YT, or on our podcast host at https://bit.ly/BorealisFoods .

As businesses adopt AI, ethical questions arise about its use: generating misinformation and disinformation are only the beginning! What do you do in the gray zone, where the ethics aren't obvious? Competent Boards CEO Helle Bank Jorgensen says one solution is to take it to your board of directors; after all, it's their job to ask questions. Listen to our full interview with Helle about the risks businesses face -- and how a competent board helps you face them -- in our podcast on Podbean at https://bit.ly/BoardBalance. 

Change is scary — especially in the restaurant business, where routine and consistency are often the root of success. But Donatos Pizza CEO Tom Krouse explains the key roles of a leader to smoothly incorporate innovation. Number one: communicate! When your people understand WHY change is needed, they're more likely to accept it.

This is an excerpt from our full interview with Tom. Check out the complete interview on Podbean at https://bit.ly/LeadingLove or on YouTube at https://bit.ly/LeadingLove-YT .

Beverley McLachlin -- former Chief Justice of Canada's Supreme Court -- points out that leadership requires more of judges. Their decisions change people's lives. Their leadership principles are solid behaviors for ALL leaders: chiefly, leading by listening carefully to all present, but also considering multiple ideas, and taking the perspective of each person involved before making a decision. Listen to our full interview with the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin in our podcast. It's here on YouTube in our "Full Interview" playlist (here's a shortcut: https://bit.ly/JudicialLeadership-YT ) or on Podbean at https://bit.ly/JudicialLeadership .

Physicist Julius Sumner Miller used to say failure doesn't exist in science because you learn from EVERY outcome.

As guest Beryl Tomay reveals, the culture at Amazon is similar. She started there as an intern, and rose to Vice President. We all make mistakes, and she had her share of stumbles -- but the workplace was supportive, with both she and the company learning and growing. That's a key element to successful innovation!

Learn more in our full interview with Beryl. It's on your favorite podcast platform, on YouTube at https://bit.ly/ResilientOne-YT , and on Podbean at https://bit.ly/ResilientOne .

Watching AI anxiety turn into excitement is one of the things Suchi Srinivasan of Boston Consulting Group loves about her work. Despite the doomsayers, AI (usually!) makes work more positive; salespeople, for example, can work more on relationships instead of paperwork. For more on Suchi's real-world experience with AI in the workplace, check out our full interview with her. Look for "Humans in the Loop" on YouTube in our full interview playlist (here's a shortcut: https://bit.ly/AIBizModels-YT ), or listen to our podcast on Podbean at https://bit.ly/AIBizModels .

Futurist Matthew Griffin ponders what CEOs should be thinking about in light of the facts that they have less direct control of their companies, many believe their organizations will be in bad shape within a decade, and the average CEO tenure is only about half of what it used to be! This is but a small snippet of a full fascinating interview with Matt. Hear the full episode on our website at https://bit.ly/BizFuture-ILI -- or right here on YouTube at https://bit.ly/BizFuture-YT .

Robots are coming into their own. From the narrowly programmed industrial 'bots a generation ago, today's robots can perceive the world around them and change how they react. The key, according to Tye Brady -- the Chief Technologist of Amazon Robotics -- is AI. And human safety is improving in the process! For our full interview with Tye, pop over to our podcast at https://bit.ly/DeliveringtheFuture , or check our audiogram of the interview right here on YouTube at https://bit.ly/DeliveringtheFuture-YT2 .

If there's one key quality behind Amazon's success, it's a deep culture of innovation. Prime Air is one division with innovation at its very core -- and VP David Carbon reveals the questions he asks through any new project to ensure his team's innovative edge stays razor sharp. This is an excerpt from a trio of in-person interviews we conducted during Amazon's Delivering the Future event. You can hear the full interview in our podcast at https://bit.ly/DeliveringtheFuture

Being vulnerable is really another way of being honest with yourself: not just being aware of your emotions, but WHY you're feeling them. Knowing you're angry is one thing, but knowing why you're angry leads to solutions...and better leadership. In this excerpt from our interview, Jacob Morgan explains further. You can hear the full interview here on YouTube at https://bit.ly/VulLeader-YT2 , and on our podcast homepage at https://www.innovativeleadershipinsti... .