The Next Great Thing

Andrew interviews Scott Kirsner, CEO and co-founder of Innovation Leader, an online resource helping change-makers at large organizations deliver real impact. Scott's organization has interviewed numerous executives, visited innovation labs of all kinds, and chronicled patterns and insights in publications including Wired Magazine, Variety, Fast Company, Variety, and The New York Times.

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Today’s guest is Make Wehde, the Chair of the Mayo Clinic division of engineering. Mark is the executive leader of a team of engineers, software developers, and project managers working on product discovery and delivery of solutions to healthcare problems. Andrew speaks with Mark about Mayo’s unique approach to innovation, technology as the great enabler and shaper of better healthcare, and forecasting how the future of medicine might look.

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When Patrick Baron learned about cryptocurrency from a colleague at a retail bank in 2013, his intrigue sparked a timely exploration of the technology and its potential applications. Several years, prototypes, and iterations later, Patrick is now leading his own three-fold charge in the rapid-emerging realm of crypto; as a steward of Celo Community Fund, GP at Vladiator Capital, and founder of blockchain non-custodial money market, Moola Market, Patrick is materializing his vision of building impactful technology that democratizes access to yield and credit. 

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Andrew welcomes Kayte Compton and Kelley Naylor, creative strategy designers at Insidesource, a global furniture dealer and workplace innovator reimagining how companies work. 

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Andrew speaks with Alexis Wichowski, the Deputy Chief Technology Officer of Innovation for the City of New York, and author of The Information Trade: How Big Tech Conquers Countries, Challenges our Rights, and Transforms our World.  She’s also an associate professor at Columbia University, where she teaches media, government, & technology. 

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Today's guest is Shashi Jain, an Innovation Manager at Intel who explores new applications for Internet of Things and Machine Learning. While Shashi draws on Lean Startup and design thinking to cook innovation, he's also developed his own methodology: The Startup Ladder.

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We interview Benjamin Maxim, the Assistant Vice President of Digital Strategy and Innovation at MSU Federal Credit Union who started his career in innovation at the ground level - as a developer.  Our conversation spans how experimentation works in a large organization, various approaches Ben’s enacted through his role, and what’s next in fintech. 

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Nigel Simpson, former influential technologist at The Walt Disney Company,  joins us for a conversation about how he used his ten-year role to make strategic shifts in company policy to empower collaboration and enable innovation. We discuss what did and didn't work at Disney, the power of open source, and what it means to be a technology rebel. 

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A conversation with Luke Chatelain, former VP of Innovation and Digital Product at West Elm, about the agile approach and adaptive mindset he's used to 'work with ambiguity' and build some killer products for brands like West Elm, Nike, and more.

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Erick Hachenburg is a serial entrepreneur who's been at the helm of several big acquisitions, most recently that of Tenor by Google. We sit down to talk about startup innovation, acquisitions, and his journey through Silicon Valley. 

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