Episodes

Innovation is inherently a forward-looking practice and, as the world changes, so does the way we innovate. In the next decade, as the world encounters various challenges stemming from climate change, resource pressures, and global policy, companies will need to embrace disruption and develop an innovative culture that can react quickly and adapt to changing environments. But what do companies need to do this successfully? The 4,000 experts contributing to The Millennium Project have done extens...

Rich Mironov is a tech start-up veteran, writer, and coach for product leaders with four decades of experience in Silicon Valley's product management landscape. With his expertise, he’s led six start-ups to success. Rich occasionally acts as the interim VP of Products or CPO for software companies, lending his expertise to drive their success. With a passion for sharing knowledge, Rich has been an avid blogger on software product management since 2002. His influential insights and expertise have...

April Dunford is the founder of Ambient Strategy, a consulting firm that helps technology companies grow. She has led marketing, product, and sales teams at companies like IBM, Siebel, and Sybase. April's work is focused on early and growth-stage startups—recognizing that weak positioning can be the difference between success and failure. She also works with large global companies, helping them develop deeper positioning expertise in their product and marketing teams. April's best-selling book, ...

Rachel Wynn is a B2B SaaS product leader with over a decade of experience in product strategy. Rachel has a proven track record of bringing new products to market and managing complex enterprise products and has helped numerous clients think more strategically, de-risk decision-making, and find product-market fit faster. As an experienced product manager, she has worked at companies at various stages, from bootstrapped to venture capital-backed, private equity funded, and public. She has also ex...

Dan Olsen is a product management trainer, consultant, author, and speaker who has worked with both small startups and large public companies. He began his career designing nuclear-powered submarines and later transitioned into product leadership roles at Intuit and several startups. As a product management trainer and consultant with Olsen Solutions, Dan helps CEOs and product leaders build high-performing product teams that drive growth and innovation. His impressive list of clients includes G...

Charlie Widdows is a thought leader and the Acclaim Ideas Product Specialist at Sopheon. Charlie joined the team after Sopehon acquired Solverboard, an innovative idea management tool that he co-founded. With a passion for ideation that spans over a decade, Charlie empowers customers to harness the full potential of their ideas. He believes that impactful ideas can change the world and is committed to helping businesses transform their ideas into better, more profitable products. Charlie is not ...

Dan Adams is a B2B innovator with over 40 years of experience in the field. He is the founder and President of The AIM Institute and the author of New Product Blueprinting: The Handbook for B2B Organic Growth. As a chemical engineer, Dan holds numerous patents and innovation awards and has been recognized by the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Dan is a frequent keynote speaker and has delivered lectures at prestigious institutions—such as Wharton’s Executive MBA program—and leading universities...

Huub J.M. Rutten is the VP of Research and co-founder of Sopheon. Throughout his 20 years of experience in linguistics, communication, and innovation management, he has helped manufacturing, insurance, banking, aerospace, chemical, and healthcare businesses modernize their innovation management methodologies and software. Before joining Sopheon, Huub spent 15 years teaching linguistic disciplines and communication skills at various Institutions of higher education and universities in the Netherl...

Ulrike Laubner-Kelleher is a product management consultant and published author with over 20 years of experience advising companies of all sizes on how to successfully and efficiently bring their products to market. She empowers product managers and their teams with cutting-edge knowledge through training, masterclasses, and one-on-one mentoring. She has worked with over 100 companies, including UBS, ABL, RRC-Power Solutions, Elementar, Bystronic, Milwaukee Tools, JP3, and Scotiabank. Her missio...

Charlie Widdows is the Acclaim Ideas Product Specialist at Sopheon. As the co-founder of Solverboard, an idea management tool that Sopheon acquired, Charlie brings a wealth of experience in ideation to his current role. With the recent launch of Acclaim Ideas in 2022, Charlie is dedicated to assisting customers in harnessing the full potential of their ideas to generate better and more profitable products. He strongly believes that impactful ideas have the power to change the world. He gives bac...

Radhika Dutt is an entrepreneur, entrepreneur, product leader, and the author of the book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. Her expertise in building radical products has led her to advise a broad range of organizations from high-tech startups to government agencies in industries such as broadcast, media and entertainment, telecom, advertising technology, government, consumer apps, robotics, and even wine. Radhika is an advisor on product thinking to the Monetary ...

Huub J.M. Rutten is the co-founder and Vice President of Research at Sopheon. He has over 20 years of experience in linguistics, communication, and innovation management. He spent 15 years teaching linguistic disciplines and communication skills at universities in the Netherlands before moving into strategy development consulting and business process reengineering in various industries. Rutten is also an adjunct professor at the European Institute for Public Administration (EIPA), where he teach...

Randy Eager is the co-founder and CEO of SilisiumTech, where he helped innovate new processes to make solar electricity more affordable and accessible. SilisiumTech is the latest in a long string of companies Randy has founded, including Chement, ESTAT Actuation, and Aqualibrium. He has dedicated his life to launching new companies and helping early-stage entrepreneurs realize their innovative ideas. David Cerniglia is a full-stack software developer passionate about building new software produ...

Kevin Brady is a corporate and product sustainability expert specializing in improving organizations’ environmental, social, and financial performance. As the founder of Sustainable Enterprise Consulting, he has helped Fortune and Global 500 companies in diverse industries such as mining, energy, consumer goods, transportation, and retail. In 2012, he was recognized as a member of Canada’s Clean 16 for his achievements in clean capitalism. Kevin has written a number of books and reports, includi...

Dr. Ralph-Christian Ohr is Dual Innovation's founder and managing partner, which helps future-proof companies through innovation. He is a top voice on LinkedIn and Twitter and uses his platform to educate his readers about how to avoid "innovation theater" by making their innovation activities impactful. He also co-authored the book Scaling-Up Corporate Startups: Turn Innovation Concepts into Business Impact. Dr. Eva Budischin is Head of New Business Building and Innovation at Bosch Engineering...

You need an effective strategy to launch a new idea in your company. But once you have that strategy, where do you go from there? How you execute your strategy is even more important than the strategy itself; however, the execution phase is where most businesses fail. Of course, failure is always a risk when trying to innovate, but is there a way to minimize that risk? I think there are some common mistakes you can avoid when executing your own strategy. Today, I share eight tips you can implem...

Noel Sobelman, a leadership advisor from San Diego, California, helps established companies increase growth and productivity. Throughout his 35 years of professional experience, Noel has become an expert in innovation. He is also a writer and public speaker, sharing his expertise on how innovation can disrupt legacy systems. Noel is currently a partner at Accel Management Group, a business and consulting company that gives its clients data-driven competitive advantages. He specializes in working...

Mike Bauer is a leading product and strategy executive, business mentor, and the Chief Products Officer of Sopheon. He joined Sopheon in 2021 and has helped the company expand its SaaS solutions, which make it possible for companies worldwide to bring their innovative products to market. His experience in data communications, enterprise software, marketing automation, and big data led him to believe in the power of innovation. He graduated from Harvard Business School and Ohio State University a...

Robyn Bolton is a corporate innovation expert. She is the founder and Chief Navigator of MileZero, an organization that partners with business leaders and guides them through leveraging innovation to confidently and repeatedly grow revenue. Robyn began her professional career at Procter & Gamble, where she served as Brand Manager and was part of the team that launched the Swiffer and the Swiffer WetJet. She has collaborated with innovators at Nike, Medtronic, and Teachers Pay Teachers. Robyn hol...

Colonel Eddie Corrigan is the Assistant Head of the UK Ministry of Defense's division of Concepts, Strategy, Force Development, Doctrine, and Lessons Defense Logistics. With over 33 years of tactical, operational, and strategic experience across a number of logistics and supply chain activities in the defense and global context, he has delivered logistics effects and outputs – including supply, distribution, movements, information services, and infrastructure – around the world. From 2007 to 201...

Hugh Blethyn is a Senior Managing Consultant at Sopheon, responsible for all aspects of our implementation teams, including our overall client success, engagement performance, and the teams’ well-being. Hugh offers a wealth of knowledge, experience, and insight into digital transformation, business sustainability, and innovation. He holds a Bachelor's with Honors degree in Exploration Geology, Mineral Exploration Geology, and Management from Cardiff University, a Master's in Information Systems ...

Tami Reiss is a Product Leader Coach that guides product managers toward the success they deserve. For over 15 years, Tami has empowered product leaders and teams to advance toward their goals by focusing on their strengths. She has worked with many B2B Saas organizations and consulted with multiple companies, including JPMorgan, Aetna, Humana, and GTreasury. Tami is also a guest instructor for the Agile module in Kellogg’s online Product Management Bootcamp and the Technical Fundamentals for Pr...

Amy Cannon is the Executive Director, Co-Founder, and Green Chemistry Education Advocate at Beyond Benign, a company, that provides educators with tools, training, and support. Amy also has experience as a research scientist, consultant, analytical scientist, professor, and non-profit organization leader. She has the world’s first Ph.D. In Green Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts Boston and a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Saint Anselm College. Amy joins me today to discuss sust...

Have you ever been in a meeting, and the conversation jumps around? One minute you might be talking about an idea, and then all of a sudden, someone is expressing their feelings about the idea, and the idea is almost killed before you bring out the facts about it. Or, someone brings up another idea, and you jump over to it. You may end up leaving the meeting feeling like some great topics were brought up, but they were not adequately discussed, and the meeting drifted on, and never got back to t...