Episodes

Feb. 7, 2022

Change Management with Vali-Maria Bluma

Vali Maria Bluma is the Transformation Office Lead in Operations Excellence at Evonik, one of the world’s leading specialty chemical companies. Her specialties include lean management, change manageme
Jan. 31, 2022

When Agile Gets Physical with Katherine Radeka and Kathy Iberle

Katherine Radeka is the Founder and Executive Director of the Rapid Learning Cycles Institute, helping Rapid Learning Cycles Certified Professionals use the framework to get their ideas to market fast
Jan. 24, 2022

Corporate Start Ups with Esther Gons

Esther Gons is the CEO and Co-founder of GroundControl, the reporting tool and software platform for disruptive corporate innovation. She is the co-author of The Corporate Startup and Innovation Accou
Jan. 17, 2022

Dual Innovation with Ralph-Christian Ohr

Dr. Ralph-Christian Ohr is a corporate innovation expert and the Founder and Managing Partner at Dual Innovation, a company specializing in modern innovation and management approaches to future-proof
Jan. 10, 2022

The Need for Innovation Management Systems

When we talk about systems, we are discussing a process and the software application that enables it. There are a glut of reasons why having an effective system is beneficial. Primarily, it has been p
Jan. 3, 2022

Innovation Themes from 2021

Last year was an excellent year for Innovation Talks. We launched the podcast to discuss topics around innovation, providing value to you, our listeners. We brought in guests and experts—including pra
Dec. 27, 2021

Encore: The Process of Product Management with Steve Johnson

Steve Johnson is a speaker and product coach consulting on modern methods that move ideas to market. He is the author of Turn Ideas Into Product and has served as an advisor and executive for technica
Dec. 20, 2021

A Zero-Based Approach to Stage-Gate®

Stage-Gate® is a risk management methodology that allows you to bring winning products to market. There are several concepts of stages and gates, and gates are where the decision is made to continue t
Dec. 13, 2021

Innovation Topics with Peter Fürst

Peter Fürst is a managing partner for Five i’s Innovation Consulting and Qualify Your Innovation with more than 20 years of experience in idea generation, new product development and innovation, Agile
Dec. 6, 2021

Ambidexterity

Noel Sobelman is the Principal at Change Logic, where he works with corporate leadership to accelerate new growth business and core business vitality. Noel has led venture programs that received natio
Nov. 29, 2021

Realm of Sustainability

Jeffrey Whitford is the Head of Sustainability, Social Business Innovation, and Life Science Branding at MilliporeSigma. During his 17 years with Sigma-Aldrich and MilliporeSigma, Jeffrey has develope
Nov. 22, 2021

EIM vs PPM

Mike Bauer is Sopheon’s Chief Product Officer, responsible for Sopheon’s product vision and roadmap, overseeing product marketing, user experience, and product management. He has more than 30 years of
Nov. 15, 2021

Agility in Innovation

Kathy Iberle is the Owner and Principal Consultant of Iberle Consulting Group—providing advice, workshops, assessments, and training on solving process problems for faster product development. Kathy p
Nov. 8, 2021

Rapid Learning Cycles

Katherine Radeka is the Founder and Executive Director of the Rapid Learning Cycles Institute, which helps teams expedite the process of getting their ideas to market. Katherine is the author of three
Nov. 1, 2021

Product Led Growth

John Mansour is a thought leader, product management and product marketing trainer, and coach. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of Proficientz, where he brings 25 years of experience in sales, c
Oct. 25, 2021

Enabling the Next Generation to Innovate Family Businesses

Dr. Nadine Kammerlander is a Professor of Business at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, one of the leading business schools in the world. She was previously a Consultant at Mckinsey & Company
Oct. 18, 2021

Evidence-Based Innovation Portfolio Management

Noel Sobelman is the Principal Innovation Practice Leader at Change Logic. He has worked in portfolio management, growth strategy, innovation capability building, ecosystem development, digital enable
Oct. 11, 2021

RE:Think Innovation with Carla Johnson

Carla Johnson is a marketing and innovation strategist, author of ten books, and keynote speaker. She has partnered with leaders and Fortune 500 brands to train thousands of people to rethink the work
Sept. 27, 2021

Sustainable Innovation Through Green Chemistry

Amy Cannon is the Executive Director, Co-Founder, and Green Chemistry Education Advocate at Beyond Benign, a company providing educators with tools, training, and support. Amy also has experience as a
Sept. 20, 2021

Circular Economy in the Chemical Industry

HC Eppich is the Business Development Director for Sopheon. He speaks to businesses across various industries, guiding them toward more significant revenues with a future-proofed portfolio. Previously
Sept. 6, 2021

Corporate Start Ups and the Importance of Entrepreneurial Thinking

Sean Ammirati is a distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business. But teaching is only one of the many hats Sean wears in his profession
Aug. 30, 2021

Necessity for Innovation Accounting

Esther Gons is the Founder and CEO of GroundControl. She is an entrepreneur, mentor, international speaker, and the author of The Corporate Startup: How Established Companies Can Develop Successful In
Aug. 23, 2021

Innovation Centers: Merging Corporate and Higher Ed Needs

Dr. Ketaki Desai is the Vice President of Business Development at the Ontario Centre of Innovation. Before moving to Ontario, she was the Director of Strategy at UPMC Enterprises and an Adjunct Profes