Pushing Beyond the Obvious

Who is on the show today: In today’s episode, we have Dr. Dean Shroeder & Dr. Alan G Robinson, authors of the best selling book “Ideas Driven Organization”. Why are they on the show Dr. Alan G. Robinson, is an award-winning author, educator, researcher and consultant. He has co-authored six books, which have been translated into more than 20 languages. His specialties include managing continuous improvement, creativity, ideas and innovation lean production. He has advised more than 200 organizations in 25 countries. He is also  Professor at the Isenberg School of Management of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Dean M Schroeder, PhD, […]

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In today’s episode, we have Dr. Dean Shroeder & Dr. Alan G Robinson, authors of the best selling book “Ideas Driven Organization”.

Dr. Alan G. Robinson, is an award-winning author, educator, researcher and consultant. He has co-authored six books, which have been translated into more than 20 languages. His specialties include managing continuous improvement, creativity, ideas and innovation lean production. He has advised more than 200 organizations in 25 countries. He is also  Professor at the Isenberg School of Management of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Dean M Schroeder, PhD, knows management matters. It matters to people, and it matters to performance. His mission is to help organizations by leading them to experience the positive changes that happen through improving their management systems and techniques. He is also an award-winning author, consultant and scholar. He is the Herbert and Agnes Schulz Professor of Management at Valparaiso University in Indiana.

The best-selling book, Ideas Are Free, which they co-authored was voted the Reader’s Choice by Fast Company magazine and selected as one of the 30 Best Business Books of the Year by Soundview Executive Books.

We had a great conversation and I learnt a lot from both Dean & Alan.

You can find more information about the Ideas Driven Organization at their blog here.

You can also buy their book on amazon by clicking on the book image below. This is an affiliate link.

PS: The posts that i speak about in the conversation are:

Who is Jeffrey? In this episode, we host Jeffrey Baumgartner. He is an entrepreneur, artist, teacher, author and an innovation consultant and not  your typical Innovation consultant. He is the author of the book, “The Way of the Innovation Master” & “The Insane Journey” He is also the creator of a new & effective creative thinking methodology called “Anti-Conventional Thinking” as an alternative to traditional brainstorming methods. He also runs the Report 103, which is one of the longest running eJournal or blog on creativity and innovation in business. Why is he on the show He is not your typical […]

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Who is David Burkus David is the author The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies Generate Great Ideas. He is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, PsychologyToday and 99U. He is also the founder and host of LDRLB (pronounced “leader lab”), a podcast that shares insights on leadership, innovation, and strategy. Why is he on the show? He is an awesome person with lots of insights on how to be creative as an individual and innovate as a team. What are we talking about? In this episode, we talk about some of the most common myths of creativity and how these myths systematically affect […]

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Shashank P S, an investor with BVP India in Bangalore, joined in 2012. He focuses on investments in internet and mobile. Most recently, Shashank was co-founder of Atticous, a platform to power the online identity of businesses, where he handled strategy and business development. He has also served as a senior consultant at Zinnov Management Consulting. He worked with several technology majors looking to make a foray or expand their presence in India. In this episode, he shares his journey of how he became a VC at a young age of 25, his thoughts on the startup ecosystem in India.

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Shashank P S, an investor with BVP India in Bangalore, joined in 2012. He focuses on investments in internet and mobile.

Most recently, Shashank was co-founder of Atticous, a platform to power the online identity of businesses, where he handled strategy and business development. Shashank has also served as a senior consultant at Zinnov Management Consulting. He worked with several technology majors looking to make a foray or expand their presence in India. 

In this episode, we talk to Shashank, an investor with Bessemer Venture Parters. He shares his journey of how he became a VC at the age of 25, his thoughts on the start-up eco-system in India.

In this episode, we host Matt Heinz. Matt is President at Heinz Marketing and brings more than 15 years of marketing, business development and sales experience from a variety of organizations, vertical industries and company sizes. His career has focused on delivering measurable results for his employers and clients in the way of greater sales, revenue growth, product success and customer loyalty. In 2007, Matt began Heinz Marketing to help clients focus their business on market and customer opportunities, then execute a plan to scale revenue and customer growth. This episode in a way is very useful for sales leaders and […]

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In this episode, we host Paul Castain, who is the Vice President of Rock Star Development for Castain Training Systems,  where he works with organizations and individuals who want to sell more and sell better. He is also the founder of the LinkedIn group “Sales Playbook”, a group with more than 40000 members and one that is totally spam free. In this conversation, we talk about a lot of important topics for the sales executive and sales leaders: We talk about how taking action (starting Sales Playbook group on LinkedIn) has been one of the most important decisions that he […]

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