Innovators on Tap

Innovators on Tap

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Innovators on Tap episodes

  • A Journey, Not A Destination

    Welcome to the last episode of Season 2 of Innovators on Tap!

    This season explored many of the concepts outlined in Chuck’s new book The Innovator’s Spirit.

    On the final episode of the season, we reaffirm that innovation is a lifelong journey, not a simple destination, and we distill the 12 previous episodes into the beliefs that make up the Innovator’s Spirit.

    If you have an opinion on these topics, please feel free to email us through the contact page. The best ideas often stem from the intersection of different points of view.

    You can follow the podcast and host Chuck Swoboda on Twitter for further exploration and discussion on innovation.

    16 min
  • Focus The Mind

    Welcome to Season 2 of Innovators on Tap!

    This season will explore many of the concepts outlined in Chuck’s new book The Innovator’s Spirit.

    On episode 13, we continue our journey to uncover your innovator's spirit as we explore how to focus the mind.

    We’ll start by debunking the multitasking myth and recognize it for what it really is - the enemy of the focus needed for innovation. We’ll help you see how a crisis can help focus your team and give you some ideas as to how you can create a distraction free environment, embrace your underdog status, and leverage rivalries to give your team that extra something needed to do what others say can’t be done.

    If you have an opinion on these topics, please feel free to email us through the contact page. The best ideas often stem from the intersection of different points of view.

    You can follow the podcast and host Chuck Swoboda on Twitter for further exploration and discussion on innovation.

    13 min
  • Don't Wait For Perfection

    Welcome to Season 2 of Innovators on Tap!

    This season will explore many of the concepts outlined in Chuck’s new book The Innovator’s Spirit.

    On episode 12, we continue our journey to uncover your innovator's spirit as we explore how to stop waiting for perfection.

    We’ll help you understand the emotional side of perfectionism, why being directionally correct is good enough, and how to use perfect as inspiration - but not a destination.

    If you have an opinion on these topics, please feel free to email us through the contact page. The best ideas often stem from the intersection of different points of view.

    You can follow the podcast and host Chuck Swoboda on Twitter for further exploration and discussion on innovation.

    The episode is also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever else you listen to podcasts. Enjoy!

    15 min
  • Go Beyond Best Practice
    Episode 11 of season 2 continues our journey to uncover your innovator's spirit as we explore how to go beyond best practice.
    We start with helping you see the boundary conditions created by conventional thinking, explain how they fundamentally get in the way of innovation, and then we look at how you can keep yourself from getting caught in the trap created by these practices.
    15 min
  • Be Unafraid Of Failure
    Episode 10 of season 2 continues our journey to uncover your innovator's spirit as we explore how risk and failure relate to innovation.  
    We start by asking you to openly think about failure.  We then explore how innovation and risk are fundamentally related and give you some ideas on how to reframe your own perspective on failure.  And finally we talk about how creating a crisis might be the best way to inspire your team to embrace risk.
    15 min
  • Do What They Say You Can't
    On episode 9 of season 2, we explore how to take what others consider impossible, and make it possible. We explain how experts often get in the way of innovation and we’ll show you how you can overcome the three primary obstacles to innovation that are likely to get in your way.
    15 min
  • The Customer Doesn't Know
    For episode 8 of season 2, we explore how the customer doesn’t really know what they want, how to use customers to identify problems but not come up with solutions, and why you shouldn’t complain about problems because problems are the definition of business.
    14 min
  • There Is No Box
    On episode 7, we explore how the term “think outside the box” came to be, how to avoid the trap of thinking there is a box, and the importance believing anything is possible, getting rid of your backup plans, and being comfortable with different perspectives.
    Tim Ferriss Podcast w/ Jim Collins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCN8MQ4NWy8
    David Foster Wallace "This is Water": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms2BvRbjOYo
    15 min
  • Innovation Is Messy
    For the 6th episode of Season 2 of Innovators on Tap, we explore why innovation is messy, how disorganized environments often inspire creativity, the power of getting your hands dirty, and why making it personal is an incredibly effective motivational tool.
    13 min
  • BONUS: The Power of Social Innovation w/ Keith Stanley and Rana Altenburg
    This episode is a replay of a previous episode with Keith Stanley and Rana Altenburg about the Near West Side Partners. We are replaying the episode due to the clear and urgent calls for social change that have happened over the past month and particularly the last week. This episode has a brand new update from Keith on the current state of the Near West Side Partners. Enjoy!
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    We sit down with Rana Altenburg, President, and Keith Stanley, Executive Director, of the Near West Side Partners to discuss the origin story of this group driving change in the Near West Side of Milwaukee, the successes and learnings from the endeavor so far, and the tension that exists while guiding change.
    27 min

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Innovators on Tap is a podcast that encourages you to challenge the status quo, think about what’s possible, and pursue the impossible.