The Innovation Show

The Innovation Show

By Aidan McCullenBusinessTechnology
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The Innovation Show episodes

  • EP 101: Get to The Point with author and strategic communications trainer Joel Schwartzberg

    We live in a world where the art of communication has become more important than ever, yet very few of us are taught how to communicate.

    Joel Schwartzberg is a strategic communications trainer. The biggest obstacle he's come across—one that connects directly to nervousness, stammering, rambling, an epic fail is that most speakers and writers don't have a point.

    They typically have just a title, a theme, a topic, an idea, an assertion, a catchphrase, or even something much less.

    This show is about how to identify your point, leverage it, stick to it, and sell it, and train others to turn their biggest fear into their greatest strength, and be the best champions of their greatest ideas.

    You can find out about Joel and his work here:

    https://www.joelschwartzberg.net/gettothepoint

    55 min
  • EP 100: Creative People Must Be Stopped: 6 Ways We Kill Innovation with David Owens
    Creative People Must Be Stopped: 6 Ways We Kill Innovation (Without Even Trying) with author David A. Owens, Professor for the Practice of Management and Innovation and Faculty Director, VU Accelerator-Summer Business Institute
    If you pick up a book on innovation or creativity, it is often written from an expertise-in-one-area perspective. This isolates other elements which may be much more relevant to your challenge.
    Professor David Owens has written this accessible book for everyone breaking the silos of discipline to give a rounded framework useful to all fields. This is a must listen for corporate innovators, leaders and innovators of any kind.
    We discuss:
    The six constraints of innovation.
    The challenges of silos How we are constrained individually, in groups and in society.
    The challenges of expertise and the opportunities of true diverse thinking.
    You can find out more about David and his work here: https://creativepeoplemustbestopped.com/
    You can buy his book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-People-Must-Stopped-Innovation/dp/1118002903/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
    50 min
  • EP 100: Creative People Must Be Stopped: 6 Ways We Kill Innovation (Without Even Trying)

    If you pick up a book on innovation or creativity, it is often written from an expertise-in-one-area perspective. This isolates other elements which may be much more relevant to your challenge.

    Professor David Owens has written this accessible book for everyone breaking the silos of discipline to give a rounded framework useful to all fields. This is a must listen for corporate innovators, leaders and innovators of any kind.

    We discuss:

    The six constraints of innovation.

    The challenges of silos How we are constrained individually, in groups and in society.

    The challenges of expertise and the opportunities of true diverse thinking.

    You can find out more about David and his work here: https://creativepeoplemustbestopped.com/

    You can buy his book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-People-Must-Stopped-Innovation/dp/1118002903/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

    50 min
  • EP 99: Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future - Martin Ford
    “A great many college-educated, white-collar workers are going to discover that their jobs, too, are squarely in the sights as software automation and predictive algorithms advance rapidly in capability.” - Martin Ford
    Martin Ford is a futurist and the author of the New York Times bestselling "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future" (winner of the 2015 Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award and translated into more than 20 languages) and "The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future," as well as the founder of a Silicon Valley-based software development firm. He has over 25 years experience in the fields of computer design and software development. He holds a computer engineering degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and an MBA degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.
    We talk: The perfect storm of technology, climate change and technological unemployment
    The automation wave Automation replacing human brains as well as brawn Exponential Growth and Moore's Law
    Universal Basic Income
    Job Stagnation
    Economic Singularity
    Technological Unemployment
    His upcoming book 'Architects of the Artifical Intelligence Revolution'
    46 min
  • EP 99: Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future - author and futurist Martin Ford

    "A great many college-educated, white-collar workers are going to discover that their jobs, too, are squarely in the sights as software automation and predictive algorithms advance rapidly in capability." ― Martin Ford

    Martin Ford is a futurist and the author of the New York Times bestselling "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future" (winner of the 2015 Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award and translated into more than 20 languages) and "The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future," as well as the founder of a Silicon Valley-based software development firm. He has over 25 years experience in the fields of computer design and software development. He holds a computer engineering degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and an MBA degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

    We talk:

    The perfect storm of technology, climate change and technological unemployment

    The automation wave Automation replacing human brains as well as brawn

    Exponential Growth and Moore's Law

    Universal Basic Income

    Job Stagnation

    Economic Singularity

    Technological Unemployment

    His upcoming book 'Architects of the Artifical Intelligence Revolution'

    46 min
  • EP 98: The Distracted Mind, Attention, Focus, iDisorders with Larry D. Rosen PhD

    "It is time we focus less on our hardware and more on our humanware." - Larry D. Rosen PhD. Dr Larry Rosen is the best-selling author of multiple books including ones we will talk about today: iDisorder and The Distracted Mind, which touch on the disorders we are experiencing, amplified by technology and why we are behaving the way we do.

    We talk:

    The state of distraction

    The increasing anxiety experienced

    The multitude of scientific studies on attention spans iDisorders and how anxiety has surpassed depression and the no.1 disorder for the youth

    Why we keep checking our phones

    The tools and strategies to counteract poor attention and focus

    Sleep deprivation and sleep debts

    How napping is not enough

    How our brain works and how it flushes toxic chemicals

    Strategies to sleep better

    Music can help us calm down

    How psychological problems form in technology

    The attention economy and social networks

    How parents can counteract iDisorders in their children

    How parents can counteract their own iDisorders

    The effect of first-person shooter games on the mind

    The multitasking myth Instant gratification in children

    The challenge of single screening

    The current challenge of focus

    More about Larry Rosen and his books here: http://drlarryrosen.com/topics/books/

    Talks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivyQtk-5OZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0OqA0pmAag&t=2s

    Psychology Today Blog: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/experts/larry-d-rosen-phd

    51 min
  • EP 97: Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything
    Space Elevators, Asteroid Mining, Buckets of programmable matter, à la carte physical features and printable houses. We are joined by authors of 'Soonish', Dr Kelly and Zach Weinersmith.
    Dr Kelly Weinersmith works in the BioSciences department at Rice University, and is the co-host of; Science . . . Sort Of, a top-rated science podcast. Her research has been featured in the Atlantic, National Geographic and BBC World.
    Zach Weinersmith is the creator of the popular webcomic, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. His work has also been featured in a variety of publications, including the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, Slate and Forbes.
    In this action-packed show, we talk about:
    Space elevators
    Asteroid mining
    Fusion Power
    Programmable matter
    Ethical questions
    Buckets of stuff
    Inexpensive Construction
    Robots v humans
    3D Printed houses
    Synthetic Biology
    Genetics
    DNA manipulation
    Crisper cast 9
    Made to order looks for your kids
    J Craig Venter
    Brain Interfaces
    Improving memory and cognitive ability
    Find out more about Kelly and Zach here: http://www.weinersmith.com/ https://smbc-comics.com/soonish/
    38 min
  • EP 97: Soonish Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything

    Space Elevators, Asteroid Mining, Buckets of programmable matter, à la carte physical features and printable houses.

    We are joined by authors of 'Soonish', Dr Kelly and Zach Weinersmith.

    Dr Kelly Weinersmith works in the BioSciences department at Rice University, and is the co-host of Science . . . Sort Of, a top-rated science podcast. Her research has been featured in the Atlantic, National Geographic and BBC World.

    Zach Weinersmith is the creator of the popular webcomic, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. His work has also been featured in a variety of publications, including the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, Slate and Forbes.

    In this action-packed show we talk about:

    Space elevators

    Asteroid mining

    Fusion Power

    Programmable matter

    Ethical questions

    Buckets of stuff

    Inexpensive Construction

    Robots v humans

    3D Printed houses

    Synthetic Biology

    Genetics

    DNA manipulation

    Crisper cast 9

    Made to order looks for your kids

    J Craig Venter

    Brain Interfaces Improving memory and cognitive ability

    Find out more about Kelly and Zach here: http://www.weinersmith.com/ https://smbc-comics.com/soonish/

    38 min
  • EP 96: Start Reverse with André Wiringa

    Experience is the new battlefield. Satisfaction is not enough anymore. Customer experience is the main driver of future loyalty and will turn your customers into raving fans.

    Our guest is Chief Xperience Officer (CXO) and Managing Partner at Solutions Unlimited. He is the author of the wonderful book Start Reverse.

    In this must-listen chat, Andre tells us about the philosophy of starting in reverse, of flipping marketing on its head to become "customering".

    Customering means starting with the customer every touchpoint of your brand. Andre tells us this means empowering your people and including them as main vehicles to the customer.

    We talk experience economy, in-store experience, business as theatre, leaders as directors and workers as cast members.

    We chat about the purpose economy, including how we must have our own personal purpose to align with that of an organisation.

    Andre tells us about EPIC leadership, reverse leadership, game-changing brands, game-changer principles and thinking in 5D. This is an awesome interview.

    "There are no markets; there are only customers! Therefore, we must stop marketing in all of its manifestations. Think reverse and start customering."

    Find out about Andre and the book here:

    http://startreverse.com/product/reverse-journey-book-2/

    47 min
  • EP 95: How to Communicate Thanks and Appreciation in the Workplace with Dr Paul White

    In this eye-opening chat, we realise how we can improve our company by changing our language.

    We look at the problems, there are a lot of them:

    90% of American Companies have a recognition programme Yet, most workers receive no recognition!

    The No.1 reason people leave their jobs is not feeling appreciated 67% say more motivated by praise than anything else Labour turnover is one of the significant causes of declining productivity and sagging morale

    Visible costs to turnover:

    • Termination
    • Advertising
    • Recruitment
    • Candidate travel
    • Interviews
    • Assignment
    • Orientation
    • Relocation

    More importantly, we explore the solutions with the 5 languages of appreciation:

    • Words of Affirmation
    • Quality Time
    • Acts of Service
    • Tangible gifts
    • Physical Touch

    Enjoy and find out more about Dr Paul White here: http://www.drpaulwhite.com/

    41 min

About The Innovation Show

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The Innovation Show is a business innovation podcast hosted by Aidan McCullen, recipient of the 2025 Thinkers50 Innovation Award and author of Undisruptable. Each week Aidan interviews the authors, researchers and practitioners reshaping how organisations think about innovation, leadership, change and reinvention.

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