In the final interview of Season 1 of the Labs we circle back to a finance company that has setup innovation outpost to the center of gravity for innovation - Silicon Valley. In an interview with Raphael Bord and Jonathan Cottrell we understand how corporates need to get close and pay effort to build successful prototypes together with startups.

In episode 8 we have the great honor of interviewing someone from the lab that has brought as many of the most impressive innovations of recent years. Actually, Bell Labs itself is an institution with a history exceeding 100 years and currently employs more than 1000 PhDs actively doing research. It was a great honor to interview Alessandra Sala about how this remarkable innovation lab works.

In the 7th episode of the Labs podcast we go back to financial institutions working their way across the seas of transformation. Banco do Brasil is a market leading bank in Brasil that has set up camp in Silicon Valley to be able to accelerate transformation. Hear the story from Vilma Gruttner who is running strategy, innovation and the Silicon Valley collaboration from Sunnyvale.

In the sixth episode of the Labs podcast we have a chat with Sammeli who has been innovating in pharmacy throughout his career. Now he is running the X Lab, which covers anything Orion does that doesn't exist yet. Pharmacy is changing, like everything else going from blockbusters medicine to precision medication. Understanding customers and technology (e.g. genomics and AI) matters more than ever as this transformation takes place.

This is the episode 5 of the Labs podcast. Transformation from physical to digital is real, even in industries that seem to be unlikely to go digital. Stora Enso sees the changes as an opportunity to improve the business and is making great progress. Join us for a discussion with Antti Vuolli with Stora Enso.

To be relevant, innovation needs to solve real problems and deliver concrete results. In this episode with Juan Martin from RBC, we dig a bit deeper on their journey in building innovative products like Nomi.

How do the world leading advertising agencies benefit from doing innovation at an arms length? In this episode we're getting to know how someone who spent her early career working with and for startups uses her skills for the benefit of an incumbent in advertising.

In this episode we're discussing with Janne Lautanala who works in Wärtsilä's Digital Foundry in Singapore. How can a company dating back to 1834 renew itself? Let's find out.

During a conversation with Stefan Jeker from RAI LAB we learn that one of the reasons for having an innovation lab is to inspire the rest of the organization to think differently.

This is the prologue to Labs Podcast season 1 (maybe *the best* and last season for this podcast, who knows).