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421 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsConversations with Everyday Innovators that reject the status quo, think differently, and make a positive difference in their world. No blah blah “experts” hawking their hypothetical BS here. These are real people, real experiences, and real results. Tamara and her guests bring a fresh approach to innovation, making it accessible to everyone, at any time. This podcast is for people that know that life is too crowded, cluttered, and competitive to be mediocre, and are ready to ignite innovation, influence others, and make a massive impact by tapping the power of their innovative minds.
Tamara Ghandour is the pioneer in human-centered innovation, the creator of the proprietary, research-based Innovation Quotient Edge assessment (the only tool that helps people discover their Everyday Innovator style), curator of Everyday Innovators Digital Magazine (innovation tools at your fingertips), sought after keynote speaker, author, and mom of two teenage boys and one oversized dog that loves to spoon. Her big goal is to unleash one million Everyday Innovators into the world.
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1824: Innovation in Large Companies with Alex Goryachev
May 28, 2019 09:00 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBHave you ever wondered what it takes to drive innovation when you’re just one person in a large organization? With bureaucracies, processes, and roadmaps of ‘this is how it’s done’ already laid out, how can you — really — think outside the box and disrupt? Today’s guest, Alex Goryachev, is jammed packed with wisdom on how you can strive for innovation when you’re just one person. Alex is the Senior Director of Innovation Strategy at Cisco. With over 20 years of experience, Alex has mad...
1823: Pivot, Disrupt, Transform with Marcia Daszko
May 21, 2019 09:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBIn so many aspects of life and business, the traditional ways of doing things are gone, or will soon make you irrelevant. That’s why it’s essential in business today to pivot, disrupt and transform — three concepts that can be as scary as they are invigorating. Marcia Daszko joins me to break down what exactly that means for you and your company. Marcia is one of the world's leading business strategists who has worked with Fortune 500 corporations and private start-ups for over 20 years. S...
1822: Lifting Others with Paresh Shah
May 14, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBDo you ever wonder what it takes to shine in a way that lifts others around you? Being able to inspire the people you work with to take action, or take on a new project, or to say 'yes!' to buy into your new idea — that's the key to innovation and success. That’s what Paresh Shah is all about, and he joins me to share more about his unique brand of innovation. Paresh is the founder of Lifters Academy, where he works with Lifters to elevate their teams, organizations, clients, and commu...
1821: Data Driven Innovation with Doug Hall
May 07, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBInnovation is not something that should be limited to one team or department in an organization. Innovation is also not something that should be a risky gamble that cannot be evaluated or reproduced. That’s why we need innovation that’s driven by science and data, and operating systems that allow for constant, continual innovation. And Doug Hall is just the expert to speak on this topic. Doug Hall is one of the founders of Eureka Ranch Innovation Engineering Institute and Brain Brew Wh...
1820: Changing Leadership Dynamics with Kevin Kruse
April 30, 2019 09:00 - 48 minutes - 45.3 MBAre you a leader who is still following leadership principles from decades ago? Believe it or not, having an open door policy or treating the star performer on your team the same as the guy who is always late and never hits his sales targets may not be a good thing — for you, your team, and innovation! The dynamics of our teams have changed, but the leadership rules have not. Thankfully, Kevin Kruse recognized the need for new principles to guide leaders, and today we’re digging right into h...
1819: Finding Innovation in the Gaps with Jack Haldrup
April 23, 2019 09:00 - 35 minutes - 33 MBIt takes a certain kind of person to see opportunities where others see only gaps — the instinctual risk taker. Lucky for men all around the world, Jack Haldrup is one, and when he saw that the marketplace was missing a natural, skin-nourishing soap targeted at men, he stepped up to fill that need. Just over six years ago, Jack founded Dr. Squatch Soap Co., a company that produces healthy, all natural and nourishing hygiene products targeted at the male demographic through funny brandi...
1818: Limitation is an Invitation to Innovate with Skip Prichard
April 16, 2019 09:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBIn today’s fast-paced world, the ability to reinvent or change the trajectory of your business to keep up with change is critical. It’s particularly important when we hit that plateau in business or life cycles, and many of us are struggling with changing marketplaces where we are being squeezed and pushed. Skip Prichard joins me to talk about some of the mistakes that we may be making and how to overcome them. Skip is an accomplished CEO and a growth strategist with an impressive track re...
1817: Learning Lessons from the Market with Matt Cohen
April 09, 2019 09:00 - 46 minutes - 43 MBInnovation is not always just about creating a totally new product. Sometimes, it can be just finding an unmet need in the marketplace and a way to improve a product that can be a gamechanger. If you’re a parent, you might have experienced the frustration and struggle of packing a nutritious and tasty lunch box for your child. If you’re Matt Cohen, you take that frustration and turn it into a solution for parents across the country. Matt is the founder of KidFresh, a company that provides ...
1816: Do Less, and Be More Effective with Ari Meisel
April 02, 2019 09:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBAre you confusing “things that need to get done” with “busywork that makes you feel productive”? How can you use your time better, work smarter to get the right things done, and have more space to be innovative? Ari Meisel has some strategies to help you with less doing, and being more effective! Ari is a self-proclaimed Overwhelmologist, and the founder of Less Doing, where he teaches people how to optimize, automate, and outsource everything in their lives in order to be more effecti...
1815: How Humor Can Unleash Innovation with Scott Dikkers
March 26, 2019 09:00 - 50 minutes - 47.2 MBIf you’ve ever read The Onion, chances are you’ve had a good laugh that’s brought tears to your eyes. But what’s the key to good humor? And how is being a good comedian related to being a good innovator? Scott Dikkers, one of the founders of the very first ever fake news newspaper, The Onion, joins me to teach us just how to write funny. The Onion, created in 1988 by Scott and two friends, launched their website in 1996, making it the world’s first humor website. Since his time at The ...
1814: Seek, Seed, and Scale Innovation with Amy Radin
March 19, 2019 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBHave you ever wondered why innovation processes seem to be so complex, almost hard to follow? That’s because people often complicate processes unnecessarily when they are afraid or unsure of what to do. Lucky for us, Amy Radin has a simple but powerful framework that you can use to become a change maker, too. Amy Radin is not just a nationally recognized Fortune 100 Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer, adviser and investor, board member, and thought leader on sustainable innovation,...
1813: Business Insights through Music with Roger Nierenberg
March 12, 2019 09:00 - 43 minutes - 40.4 MBThey may sound completely unrelated, but an orchestra can actually teach us a lot about a business. By creating an unforgettable learning experience for teams and organizations through The Music Paradigm®, Roger Nierenberg helps them get new insights about the business. Roger Nierenberg is a conductor who leads The Music Paradigm, an innovative and immersive demonstration of the fascinating and unexpected organizational dynamics of an orchestra. In each individually tailored session, p...
1812: The Power of Beautiful Questions with Warren Berger
March 05, 2019 10:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBWhat drives innovation is often not the answers, but the questions we ask. These are not the questions that you’ve always been asking or the questions that keep you stuck, causing endless frustration. The questions that drive innovation are Beautiful Questions — questions that lead to new paths of thinking and hence, new solutions. Warren Berger joins me to tell us all about beautiful questions. Warren Berger is a journalist, speaker, and the author of the books A More Beautiful Question, ...
1811: Make Your Message Count and Get Buy-in for Your Ideas with Joel Schwartzberg
February 26, 2019 10:00 - 43 minutes - 40.7 MBHalf the battle of innovation is coming up with ideas and thinking differently about what's in front of us. The other half is communicating that idea effectively to get buy-in, and that’s where lots of us stumble. Joel Schwartzberg helps people like us remove the barrier to buy-in with effective communication by getting to the point, sharpening our message and making your words count. Joel Schwartzberg has been teaching effective presentation techniques to clients including American Ex...
1810: How to Gain Velocity in Your Business with Jack Bergstrand
February 19, 2019 10:00 - 40 minutes - 38 MBOrganizations these days are all about being nimble and innovative, but it is just as important for them to make the right decisions and move in the right directions. Balancing being stuck in analysis paralysis against reckless implementation can be tricky. Jack Bergstrand helps companies do just that and gain velocity in their business to move forward, with speed AND direction. Jack Bergstrand is the founder of Consequent Business Strategy Consulting and Brand Velocity, where he works...
1809: How to Shift Ahead with Allen Adamson
February 12, 2019 10:00 - 38 minutes - 36 MBAs business owners, we all want success — but how do you go about achieving success? Even more critically, once you are successful, how do you maintain that level of success? The answer is almost certainly innovation and staying ahead of the curve, but history is full of examples of companies that failed to innovate, including Kodak, Blockbuster, and Sears. Allen Adamson, the author of Shift Ahead, joins me to talk about why success can be your biggest golden handcuffs, and how to encourage ...
1808: How To Innovate In a World Driven By Speed, Ease, and Convenience With Shep Hyken
February 05, 2019 10:00 - 58 minutes - 54.1 MBAs consumers, we pay a lot for convenience. We want it faster, at our doorsteps, easier to handle… you get the point. So how do you innovate in a world driven by speed and ease? In a lot of ways. Inside LaunchStreet guest Shep Hyken shows why disruption and loyalty are important to success and how to innovate in a customer-oriented world. We dig into the six principles in his book, The Convenience Revolution, and how to implement them to innovate and stand out. Key Takeaways: [3:04]...
1807: What GE's FirstBuild Innovation Lab Teaches Us About Successful Innovation With Taylor Dawson
January 28, 2019 18:03 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBWhy do so many innovations fail? The most recent stat I read claims that 97% of new product ideas fail before they hit the one-year mark. Those are pretty low odds. But, not for Taylor Dawson, co-founder of GEs First Build Innovation Lab. They had a high rate of success, especially given they were operating inside a large system with lots of processes and bureaucracies. Taylor stopped by Inside LaunchStreet to share with us how to increase your success rates and drive innovation that sticks ...
1806: How Diversity In People and Thinking Leads To Innovation, With Kelly McDonald
January 22, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBIdeas that come from birds of a feather tend to die. Having the same people, with the same background, all looking at the same information isn't going to make that magical innovation genie appear. But, ideas that come from diversity in thinking, thrive. Marketing, consumer trends, and business expert Kelly McDonald shares with Inside LaunchStreet how to build a real culture around diversity. We all know the ‘why’ but Kelly digs into the ‘how’ and the business impact of the how. Key Tak...
1805: Pushing Against A Legacy Industry To Drive Innovation with Brian Benstock
January 15, 2019 10:00 - 47 minutes - 47.9 MBWant to know what it’s like to push the boundaries of an industry? To do what others are afraid to do? And to see the payoff a willingness to change and innovate? Me too! That’s why I had Brian Benstock of Paragon Honda on Inside LaunchStreet. He’s in the auto sales field, which hasn’t changed in longer than I can remember. But his business has and customers are flocking to him and competitors are trying to catch up. This is a great lesson in what’s possible, even in legacy industries. ...
1804: The Power Of Grit with Angela Duckworth
January 08, 2019 10:00 - 45 minutes - 45.8 MBDo you ever wonder why some people succeed and some don’t — especially when they seem to start out on an even playing field? Well, that’s exactly what our Inside LaunchStreet guest, Angela Duckworth, wondered and took the time to research. She studies everyone from CEOs to West Point cadets. Can you guess the factor that led to those that made it and those that didn’t? It’s not intelligence, resources or skill. It’s grit. Turns out it’s more important that we think. What a great way to kick ...
1803: Innovation Lessons from the epic Crystal Pepsi Failure with Kyle Murray
January 01, 2019 10:00 - 47 minutes - 47.6 MBLearning from failure is integral to innovation. And it’s best if it’s someone else’s. It’s a free lesson. And that’s exactly what Kyle Murray did with the epic failure back in the day of Crystal Pepsi. He dug deep to understand why it failed and how we can learn the most valuable lessons from their experience. We talked about how you should never assume customers understand the why behind your innovation, why out-innovating your customer is one the biggest traps you can fall into and what b...
1802: Best Innovation Interviews of 2018 With Tamara Ghandour
December 25, 2018 03:47 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBIn this episode, I pull out five clips from a range of incredible innovators that have stopped by and shared their brilliance on Inside LaunchStreet in 2018. They range from an Intrapreneur shaking up his large, bureaucratic company, a Silicon Valley pitch expert, a master investor, a pair of rocking entrepreneurs that have built an empire and someone that trained under the management guru, Peter Drucker. These clips highlight just some of the nuggets of gold shared in our interviews.
1801: What To Do To Stay Relevant In The Exploration Age With Greg Satell
December 18, 2018 10:00 - 48 minutes - 49 MBWe’ve entered a new era. One that requires us to solve challenges we’ve never seen and explore solutions we’ve never created. If you are like me, sometimes it’s hard to wrap your head around it. And that’s why I had Greg Satell on Inside LaunchStreet. He is the author of Mapping Innovation: A Playbook For Navigating A Disruptive Age, a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and INC and a sought-after innovation thought leader. We talked a lot about how we are moving from the age of i...
1800: The Empowered Workplace And Creativity With Shama Hyder
December 11, 2018 10:00 - 37 minutes - 38.4 MBLet's face it — trying to be innovative in a workspace that feels boring and stiff is hard. Yet, that's what most of us face every day — a workplace that keeps you siloed and doesn't help you think differently. I find it super frustrating so I brought on Shama Hyder to talk about the Empowered Workplace and the new frontier in employee and customer experience. She’s an author, business owner and was called the “Millennial Master of the Universe” by FastCompany.com. Key Takeaways: [1...
1799: Sometimes You Have To Think Small To Win Big With Heather Kluter
December 04, 2018 10:00 - 47 minutes - 47.6 MBHave you ever wondered how to take your team or organization from no or low levels of innovation to high levels? How to get people to buy into the idea that innovative thinking and processes are important to success? Heather Kluter, innovation thought leader, did that at Hyundai and she’s here on LaunchStreet sharing her experience and how she helps companies continue to think big. We talk about how to break down silos, the “not-creating-here” mentality that kills innovation, and why doing s...
1798: How To Make Innovation Culture A Real Thing with Yoram Solomon
November 27, 2018 10:00 - 46 minutes - 47.2 MBHave you ever wondered what you need to build a real culture of innovation? I'm not talking about ping pong tables and trust falls. I’m talking at the base level or culture. The invisible glue that makes it happen. Well, thanks to our guest Yoram Solomon, it’s not so invisible to us anymore. In fact, it’s quite tangible. Yoram is the founder of the Innovation Culture Institute. He has published 8 books, 22 patents, more than 200 articles, and was one of the creators of Wi-Fi and USB 3.0. He ...
1797: Breaking The Traditional Business Models To Create New Ones In Education With Alexander Lowry
November 20, 2018 10:00 - 29 minutes - 31.3 MBMany of us struggle with the roadblocks of bureaucracy and legacy thinkers squelching innovation. Whether we work in corporations, for ourselves or as our guest does, in the behemoth that is higher education, we have to figure out how to navigate the system in order to drive innovation forward. Today’s Inside LaunchStreet guest, Alexader Lowry, has some experience in this so I asked him, “Hey, how do you pivot in an industry that wants to stay the course?” Last year he left J.P. Morgan in Ne...
1796: Avoiding The One Big Mistake That’s Killing Team Innovation With Tamara Ghandour
November 13, 2018 10:00 - 23 minutes - 25.5 MBAs a leader, you’ve probably been given the mandate to build a culture of innovation with your team. So you go back, have a great pep talk, tell your team to be more innovative and even give them a process. But very quickly you realize that efforts are fizzling out or even failing. That’s probably because you are making the one big mistake leaders make that is killing innovation — you expect your entire team made of diverse people to innovate in the same way. If you want to encourage innovat...
1795: Building Trust To Overcome Disruption In Your Marketplace with Braden Kelley
November 06, 2018 10:00 - 44 minutes - 44.9 MBDoesn’t it feel like change is the word of the year?! We talk so much about the accelerated rate of change; how technology, competition, launching new products and services are constantly changing. But what about the customer, where do they fit in? And this is why I had Braden Kelley on Inside LaunchStreet. He is an innovation thought leader, the genius behind the Innovation Excellence website and he has a range of innovative tools. He talked to me about how the biggest challenge we face isn...
1794: Using A Growth Hacking Mindset To Drive Innovation with Taylor Ryan
October 30, 2018 09:00 - 39 minutes - 40.6 MBHave you ever noticed how we attach traditional milestones to innovation? As today’s guest points out, it’s like putting a fast fish on land and expecting it to still be fast. In this episode of Inside LaunchStreet, growth hacking and start-up junkie and CMO of valuer.ai, Taylor Ryan talks to us about how growth hacking is a way to innovate and why innovation advocates are important. We also delve into the mistakes we make around creating benchmarks and how to avoid them. Key Takeaways...
1793: How Amazon Is Changing How You Shop And Do Your Job With Penny Sansevieri
October 23, 2018 09:00 - 42 minutes - 43.6 MBWe all talk about how Amazon has become this global force that is changing how we shop for everything from books to now food. I wanted to dig a little deeper into the Amazonification of the world so I brought in Penny Sansevieri, CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc. (AME) and Adjunct Professor at NYU. She is a best-selling author and internationally recognized book marketing and media relations expert. She knows the industry. We talk about Amazon from an industry and personal le...
1792: How Breaking Old Habits And Creating New Ones Is The Key To Harnessing Change with Gabe Shaoolian
October 16, 2018 09:00 - 44 minutes - 44.7 MBYou know what feels hard? Change. In this episode of Inside LaunchStreet, I interview Gabe Shaoolian, digital marketing, and business development expert who started an agency as a one-man show and grew it to a mid-size global digital agency with over 250 full-time employees. He works with clients big and small that are trying to manage change. We talk about how the hardest part of innovation and change is breaking old habits to create new ones. How it takes more than the change itself but co...
1791: How Taking The Complexity Out Of Business Can Lead To Massive Success With Matt Scanlan
October 09, 2018 09:00 - 46 minutes - 47.2 MBHave you ever wondered why some businesses are so complex? And if they even need to be? I mean, is that complexity even necessary? Me too. And so did Matt Scanlan, CEO, and co-founder of Naadam. They make cashmere sweaters and apparel. He took an amazing journey to Mongolia’s Gobi Desert and purchasing 40 tons of cashmere with $3 million cash packed in plastic bags. His company pulls out the complexity or as he’d say the unnecessary fat. He didn't create a disruptive product, he created a di...
1790: Lessons On Launching Innovation From Wildly Successful Lenny and Larry’s Cookies CEO Apu Mody
October 02, 2018 09:00 - 44 minutes - 45.2 MBEarly adopters. They are the ones that are willing to try your new-to-the-world idea and if they like it, they spread it in their communities like wildfire. No one knows this better than Apu Mody, CEO of Lenny and Larry’s. Have you had one of their high-protein delicious cookies? On Inside LaunchStreet, Apu and I talk about early adopters, why success isn’t an overnight phenomenon and how you need to train your customer when you have a breakthrough product. He also shares something that I th...
1789: Finding Innovation In Declining Categories with Kodiak Cakes Owners Joel Clark and Cameron Smith
September 25, 2018 09:00 - 47 minutes - 47.4 MBAre you looking for innovation in the wrong place? Our guests on Inside LaunchStreet, Joel Clark and Cameron Smith, owners of the knocking it out of the park food brand Kodiak Cakes, think we might be. In fact, they grew Kodiak from a boutique to a $100 million business. The key? They look at categories in decline as an opportunity versus chasing high growth areas that we think we want to jump into. Definitely a mindshift and there’s proof to back it up. We talk about managing doubt from oth...
1788: Being In The Pursuit Of Greatness Every Day With Don Yeager
September 18, 2018 09:00 - 54 minutes - 54.6 MBEver wonder how “the greats” do it? Me too. That’s why I had motivational speaker, business coach, and 11-time New York Times Best-Selling author Don Yeager on Inside LaunchStreet. He began his career as a writer for The San Antonio Light, and the Dallas Morning News until he became an Associate Editor for Sports Illustrated in 1996, where he worked for over ten years. You’ll appreciate how he defines greatness in a way that actually includes everyday people like you and me. His story about ...
1787: What To Do When The World Moves Faster Than Your Company’s Processes With Lewis Lin
September 11, 2018 09:00 - 40 minutes - 41.5 MBSo, what do you do when the world moves faster than your company’s processes? Aren’t a lot of us facing that? Innovators dealing with systems that feel like they are working against us? That’s why I had Lewis Lin, CEO of People Maven, on Inside LaunchStreet. He took an outdated, legacy process, in this case, HR, found the broken parts and fixed it. And with People Maven, he found a way to leverage our hyper-connected world to your benefit. We dig into their company values which are a big par...
1786: How Culture Is Your Greatest Differentiator And Risk With Ryan McCarty
September 04, 2018 09:00 - 49 minutes - 49.8 MBYou can have the best product in the world but if the customer doesn’t feel connected to you, they don’t buy from you. And that’s why I interviewed this guy — Ryan McCarty — on Inside LaunchStreet. He is an author, speaker, and the co-founder of Culture of Good, Inc. Building upon the success of his award-winning program at TCC Verizon, Ryan and TCC Verizon CEO Scott Moorehead created Culture of Good to teach for-profit companies how to operate with the soul of a non-profit. We talk about ho...
1785: Taking the Leap as an Entrepreneur With David Gee
August 28, 2018 09:00 - 36 minutes - 41.6 MBI’ve had a lot of conversations with you all about taking the leap into entrepreneurship — so I thought I’d bring on David Gee, the author of The Corporate Refugee Startup Guide and an entrepreneur himself. He wrote the book because of his experience of taking the big leap into that vast unknown. So whether you are looking to actually take that leap or just to be more entrepreneurial inside your organization, you’re going to get a lot out of this conversation — especially when we talk about ...
1784: How Harnessing Change Begins With Knowing How You Innovate With Anthony Lambatos
August 21, 2018 09:00 - 33 minutes - 34.8 MBThis is the third part of the three-part series with Anthony Lambatos of Footer’s Catering and the IQE partner. In this conversation, we take a slightly different approach. Because Anthony is so well-respected in the events and hospitality world, he often gets asked to speak at conferences and consult other companies on how to achieve the growth that he has. Every time he does that, he speaks about the importance of innovation and power of the IQE assessment to help you make innovation tangi...
1783: How To Pitch Anything To Anyone With Oren Klaff
August 14, 2018 09:00 - 56 minutes - 55.8 MBYou’ve heard me say it before. Having an innovative idea is only half the battle. The other half is getting buy-in for your ideas. Many brilliant innovations come to a dead stop at the presentation phase. It got me thinking, “What are we doing so wrong?” So I asked Oren Klaff, author of Pitch Anything and Director of Capital Markets at investment bank Intersection Capital, onto Inside LaunchStreet. His book breaks down how he gets people to sign over multi-millions of dollars on his idea pit...
1782: Getting Rid Of Head Trash And Making Space For Creativity With Matthew Ferry
August 07, 2018 09:00 - 44 minutes - 45.1 MBHead trash! It's what keeps most of us down in the status quo dumps. In fact, have you ever noticed that the louder your mind is, the worse the head trash? And it's always negative and that negativity squelches creativity. With that in mind, I asked Matthew Ferry, coach to thousands of top performers to achieve Enlightened Prosperity and author of 7 Steps to Happiness and Success, to be on Inside LaunchStreet to talk about how to have a quiet mind and an epic life. We dug into how being tune...
1781: The Power Of Story With Marc Gutman
July 31, 2018 09:00 - 47 minutes - 47.5 MBStory matters. In fact, research has shown that as humans we are more likely to believe, buy in and take action when there is story involved. it’s powerful for relationships and for business. Whether you sell a business service or a consumer product, you need story. That’s why I had Marc Gutman, founder of WildStory (Story Editor for Oliver Stone’s Illusion Entertainment) on Inside LaunchStreet. He applies his Hollywood story experience to business. We talk about how to craft a compelling st...
1780: How Knowing How You Innovate Is The Difference Between Incremental and Transformative Results With Anthony Lambatos
July 24, 2018 09:00 - 31 minutes - 33.5 MBIt’s time to dig into how to give people the knowledge and room to innovate so you can gain the edge and win. This is part two of three with Anthony Lambatos, president of Footer's Catering and IQE partner. On Inside LaunchStreet, we talk about how expecting all of us to innovate the same way sets us all up for failure, how it's not one person's job to contribute to innovation and why understanding his own power triggers (Tweaker — Collaborative) has helped him build his business. He shares ...
1779: How To Shake Up A Legacy Industry By Removing The Unnecessary Complexity With Rob Levin
July 17, 2018 09:00 - 45 minutes - 45.9 MBIn innovation, we often talk about launching an idea but we don’t spend nearly enough time talking about sustaining and growing our ideas, or businesses. In fact, that's where the failure happens. For this episode of Inside LaunchStreet, I wanted to bring to you insights not just on launching but on sustaining, growing and scaling your brilliant ideas, both inside organizations and as entrepreneurs. With that, I talked to Rob Levin of PrintFly. You may know them as RushOrderTees.com or Colle...
1778: What Thousands Of Entrepreneurs Teach Us About Success With JJ Ramberg
July 10, 2018 09:00 - 38 minutes - 39.5 MBYou know, being entrepreneurial and growing a business is tough work. It got me thinking, what are those either big mistakes or smart decisions entrepreneurs make time and time again? I mean, we aren't reinventing the wheel every time right? With that question, I brought JJ Ramberg onto Inside LaunchStreet. You probably already know who she is... host of MSNBC’s “Your Business,” which focuses on business and entrepreneurship and she is the founder of Goodshop.com. She is also author of the b...
1777: Making Innovation Tangible And Results Driven With Anthony Lambatos
July 03, 2018 09:00 - 36 minutes - 37.6 MBPart one of my conversation with Anthony Lambatos, President of Footers and IQE Partner. We do things a little differently for this episode. Anthony and I go deep into how to make innovation tangible. He shares how the rewards programs, voluntary committees, and the IQE assessment help him make innovation something that happens every day. We also talk about how setting expectations around the J-curve of innovation helps ensure the naysayers don't win and recognizing the power in the 80% rule...
1776: How To Launch An Innovative Product In A Traditional Industry With Jonah Lupton
June 26, 2018 09:00 - 40 minutes - 41.3 MBThere are many factors that make or break the success of a new idea, especially an innovative one that bumps up against a traditional industry. There are two big factors I wanted to address with our guest today, Johan Lupton, creator of SoundGuard, soundproof paint. First, how to solve a big enough problem that you create a massive market for your product, and second how to actually leverage instead of fighting the traditional players in the industry. We dig into Jonah’s mistakes, successes,...
1775: Using Structure To Foster Innovation, Not Hinder Innovation with Michael Arena
June 19, 2018 09:00 - 42 minutes - 43.3 MBStructure and innovation — can they work hand in hand? Can a big company teach us more entrepreneurial spirits about innovation? Michael Arena, Chief Talent Officer at General Motors talks about just that. He shared how he thinks differently about his work and what GM does to stay innovative, as well as his mantra "positively disrupt or be disrupted." We also talk about the importance of scaling and why that matters no matter your size. Whether you feel like you are a cog in a big wheel or t...