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Shift

by Moves The Needle

"The only way you survive is you continuously transform into something else. It's this idea of continuous transformation that makes you an innovation company.” -Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM. Organizations that understand this thrive. Those that don’t, quickly become obsolete. In this podcast we’ll interview leaders responsible for igniting and scaling entrepreneurial action within their organizations so that you can drive the change your organization wants and needs.

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Episodes

  1. Diversity in The Boardroom, with Jocelyn Mangan

    In this episode, Jocelyn Mangan, CEO of Him for Her, joins us to discuss how her social impact enterprise is building the boardroom of the future by addressing the gender gap in for-profit boardrooms to increase diversity. Him for Her’s unique approach overcomes the networking gap responsible for...

  2. Painting the Art of the Possible, with Brad D. Smith

    Brad D. Smith, Executive Chairman of the Board of Intuit shares his lessons in leadership and the role of a CEO in nurturing innovation. He talks about authentic leadership, serially disrupting yourself, the importance of creating a learning environment where people treat success and failure the...

  3. Survival Of The Fastest: Innovation In Healthcare, with Stephen Ranjan

    Stephen Ranjan, Vice President of New Product Development at Roche Diabetes Care shares how leaders and teams there are overcoming the unique challenges of innovating in healthcare despite the global pandemic. He shares how they built new capabilities to explore the needs of underserved customer...

  4. Creativity of Small Businesses During Hard Times, with Bennett Blank

    Bennett Blank, Innovation & Transformation Leader at Intuit, shares his observations on the creativity of small businesses during hard times. He also discussed the grass-roots activation of Innovation tools at Intuit to help small businesses get through this pandemic.

  5. Learning & Innovating for Customers with Michelle Brigman

    In this episode, we are joined by Michelle Brigman, Director of Customer Experience at 7-Eleven. Michelle shares how, in the face of the global pandemic, 7-Eleven quickly shifted to ensure their over 68,000 store owners and franchisees could continue to meet their customers’ needs. She also...

  6. Learning from Customers is "Messy," with Steve Portigal

    Steve Portigal, Author, Speaker, and Customer Research Expert, shares how to drive innovation using the power of strategic customer insights. He reminds us that learning from customers is “messy” because we are complex beings. In order to go deep while interviewing customers, you should have...

  7. QuaranTEAMING, Tatchos, & Caring for Your Customers During Adversity, with Katie Hanson

    Katie Hanson, Director of Product Management at Benefitfocus, shares how her company quickly adapted to help their customers find affordable benefits during this global pandemic, and how it led to the creation of a new offering. She also talks about the importance of supporting her team during...

  8. Transforming Diabetes Care Commercialization, with Moritz Hartmann

    Learn how Roche Diabetes Care used Agile, Lean Startup and Design Thinking to reinvent themselves to better address disruptive forces in Diabetes Care. Moritz Hartmann, head of the commercialization for EMEA/LATAM shares his leadership lessons learned throughout this journey driving…

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  9. Evidence-based Portfolio Management

    To transform your organization you must quickly re-shape one of the foundational capabilities of your interdependent system, Portfolio management. Key take-aways Must keep our innovation initiatives tied to the corporate strategy through our portfolio management processes A portfolio review is…

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  10. Invention VS Innovation and the 4th Industrial Revolution

    In this episode of Shift, we link up with Arthur Daemmrich, Director of the Lemelson Center for the study of invention and innovation at the Smithsonian Institution, to discuss the differences between innovation and invention, and whether or not we have truly entered the fourth industrial...

  11. Beyond the Hype: Winning with Customer Experience

    World class companies are winning...and they are losing. By now, we’ve all heard all of the buzzwords: Product Experience, Marketing Experience, User Experience, but what about Customer Experience? Understanding Customer Experience and how to create delightful experiences for your customers still...

  12. Keys to Successful Coaching with George Ankomah

    Award-winning lean innovation coach and entrepreneur George Ankomah keeps his teams motivated through all obstacles and inspires them to consistently raise the bar for performance and success. Like all coaches, he must also keep growing personally and professionally and make sure his techniques…

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  13. How Dunkin' Brands Created a Diverse Innovation Team

    Understanding the key to finding the next growth opportunity for your company means you need to start with the right people. However; knowing how to build an inclusive team that best represents your customer takes time, energy and expertise. As the Vice President, Brand & Culinary Innovation at...

  14. Football to Finance - Putting a Spotlight on Innovation in the Enterprise

    It’s no secret that Financial companies and banks are heavily regulated, highly fragmented. These factors make the journey to innovation more difficult. As the Innovation Manager for Rabobank, Koen Bosma is taking on this incredible challenge. In the latest episode, Koen shares his experiences in...

  15. How to Create a Built to Last Innovation Program in the Enterprise

    How can design thinking and lean methodology could help grow your company? This week, Dan Kaiser shares insights and important perspective that he has gained during his successful launch of the CUNA Innovation Center. In the latest episode, Dan shares his expertise in answering the following key...

  16. Breaking Down Barriers: Key Areas for Growth in Healthcare

    In this week’s podcast, Roy Rosin demystifies barriers to growth and how key behaviors can break down these barriers in large, successful healthcare companies. As Chief Innovation Officer for Penn Medicine, he shares unique insights about his role in creating and inspiring recent initiatives such...

  17. How to Create World Class Coaches from Within with Jeremiah Gardner

    In our very first episode of the Innovation Coach Spotlight Series, we caught up with Jeremy Gardner to some key questions about how organizations can foster and empower their innovation coaches to create sustainable innovation transformation from within. Beyond the buzzwords and script, Jeremiah...

  18. Exploring The Corporate Startup with Dan Toma

    In this Episode, MTN co-founder Aaron Eden hosts entrepreneur and intrepreneur, Dan Toma. As an entrepreneur, Dan has been involved with high-tech startups globally. Over the last few years he’s been primarily focused in the enterprise and has worked with companies like DT, Bosch, Jaguar and...

  19. Preparing Your Company For an Enterprise Transformation with James Carbary and Aaron Eden

    In this episode, MTN Co-Founder Aaron Eden is interviewed by James Carbary of Sweet Fish Media on their B2B Growth podcast. We narrow in on how marketing professionals can support innovation transformation in their own organizations. Key areas of focus from this discussion were how marketing...

  20. The Tables Turn - An Interview with Moves the Needle Co-Founder, Aaron Eden

    In today’s episode, the tables turn and my frequent co-host and MTN Co-Founder, Aaron Eden, is the interviewee. We cover many of the most pressing topics that come up time and time again when folks try to drive innovation within their organization. This is an all-around great episode including…

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  21. Using Comic Books to Build Leadership Buy-In with Kyle Nel

    In today’s episode, my co-host, Aaron Eden, and I are really excited to have our guest, Kyle Nel. Kyle is the Executive Director of Lowe's Innovation Labs and has a very unique approach toward innovation which was fun to explore in this episode. They leverage a narrative-driven approach that uses...

  22. Innovating the Core Business and IT Function with Ryan Staggs of HCA

    We’re really excited today to have our guest, Ryan Staggs. Ryan is the Assistant Vice President of Integration & Mobility Services at the Hospital Corporation of America. Ryan’s work revolves heavily around increasing innovation within the the IT department and making it more nimble and…

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  23. Ending Hunger using Lean Innovation with Vanessa Moore from the San Diego Food Bank

    In today’s episode, we’re really excited to have with us Vanessa Moore, the VP of Programs and Operations at the San Diego Food Bank. They are striving to end hunger in their area by serving over 370,000 individuals every month. Not too long ago, they went through one of our Lean Innovation...

  24. Innovation within Compliance Departments and Legal Services with Stephen Poor

    As an intrapreneur, dealing with compliance can certainly be a hurdle to overcome. In today’s episode, Moves the Needle CEO Brant Cooper and I are excited to have Stephen Poor talk about how compliance departments can better enable innovation and how law firms can be more innovative. Stephen is…

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  25. Innovation Practices within a $20 Billion Defense Company

    John leads the empowered innovation program within BAE, which is a nearly $20 billion multinational defense, security and aerospace company. In the episode we dive into how they’ve organized their innovation strategy into 4 operational buckets and how they not only identify new products, but...

  26. Recruiting and Retaining Millennial Talent

    Millennials play a vital part in the workforce of today and tomorrow. Yet per HBR's article, What Do Millennials Really Want at Work? The Same Things the Rest of Us Do, ‘it’s likely that companies pursuing millennial-specific employee engagement strategies are wasting time, focus, and money'.…

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  27. Lean Innovation within a Non-Profit and Social Impact Context

    In this episode, we’re really excited to have Cholpon Rosengren, Director of Family Support at United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona, on the show together with my co-host and leader of our Non-Profit and Social Impact programs and services Heather Hiscox. In this episode, we'll discuss: - How...

  28. Lessons Learned Doing Mergers & Acquisitions

    Usually we're focused on helping you create innovation from within, yet M&A’s play an integral role in a well rounded innovation strategy. In today’s podcast episode we’re excited to switch things up and focus on lessons learned doing mergers & acquisitions. Some of the key topics we cover in…

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  29. The Interpersonal Side of Innovation with Tony Cooper and Kyle McCray

    When trying to transform organizations to become more innovative, it’s easy to forget about the interpersonal side and get caught up in the process. In today’s episode we dive into just that: how can you better understand your colleagues’ preferred styles of communication and leadership, so you…

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  30. Best of 2016

    Today’s episode may be our best one yet (and no, I don’t say that every time). In this episode, we go through some of the most powerful snippets from all of our podcasts in 2016. In it we have clips from the Operations Lead at Spotify, an Innovation Leader at Intuit and much more. The topics we...

  31. Host Chat #1: Practical Tips, Tactics and Stories with Brant Cooper and Aaron Eden

    Today’s episode is hands down one of my favorites as it’s filled with practical tips, tactics and stories to building a more entrepreneurial organization. It’s our first time doing a host chat, where I’m joined by the Moves the Needle Co-founders, Brant Cooper and Aaron Eden. In it, we cover…

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  32. 100 Startups in 100 Days with Intuit Innovation Leader, Bennett Blank

    In today’s episode, Aaron Eden and I are really excited to have Intuit Innovation Leader, Bennett Blank join us as Aaron and Bennett talk us through their journey of 100 Startups in 100 Days at Intuit. We also dive into how 100 Startups in 100 Days has evolved since then as Moves the Needle has...

  33. Being an Effective Intrapreneur featuring Simeon Sessley

    In today's episode we're honored to have our guest and Moves the Needle executive advisor Simeon Sessley. Prior to becoming the Director of Strategic Programs at World 50, Simeon played a paramount role in the development of GE Fastworks internal coaching community. Along with my co-host Brant...

  34. M&As as a Catalyst to Cultural Change and Growth with Zakaria Ghassouli, People, Finance & Strategy Director at Avito

    Ghassouli, People, Finance & Strategy Director at Avito, talks us through how he proactively used the M&A he went through with Avito as an opportunity to create a better culture after taking the passive approach began to lead to some problems. In the episode dive into: How he created workshops to...

  35. Scaling Innovation and the Product Lifecycle Framework with Sonja Kresojevic, VP of Product Lifecycle at Pearson

    In today’s episode we’re excited to have Sonja Kresojevic, the VP of Product Lifecycle at Pearson. In the episode we cover: - How teams leverage the product lifecycle framework to focus on the right things at the right time. - How Pearson funds different early stage projects based on stage…

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  36. Metrics and Values for Scaling Innovation with Bennett Blank, Innovation Leader at Intuit

    In this episode, we’re honored to have Bennett Blank, Innovation Leader at Intuit, talk about how Intuit has spread innovation thinking throughout the entire organization. Bennett is a Lean Startup in the Enterprise veteran so you’re in for a treat. Here’s some of the key things we talk about…

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  37. Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture in the Public Sector with Kelly McAdoo, City Manager of City of Hayward

    In this episode, we interview Kelly McAdoo, the City Manager of the City of Hayward. We cover lots of ground, including deep dives into topics like: How Kelly has been driving impact through creating an entrepreneurial culture within a bureaucratic organization. How City of Hayward has been able…

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  38. Creating an Ambitious Culture and Fending Off Disruption with Neal Cross, CIO of DBS

    In this episode, Aaron Eden (MTN Co-Founder and COO) and I interview Neal Cross, the Chief Innovation Officer of DBS. DBS is a bang headquartered in Singapore that generated $11 billion in revenue and $4.5 billion in profit last year. They know the finance landscape is changing rapidly, and as a...

  39. How Giants are Banding Together to Innovate with Jason Harris, Dir. of Corporate Marketing at UI Labs

    In this episode we’re excited to have Jason Harris, Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications for UI LABS. UI LABS is a first-of-its-kind innovation accelerator, addressing problems too big for any one organization to solve on its own. The challenges we are addressing in manufacturing and...

  40. How Spotify Continues to Innovate with Simon Marcus, VP of Ops at Spotify

    In our first episode, we're thrilled to interview Simon Marcus, the VP of Operations at Spotify. As part of the leadership team at Spotify, Simon has played a pivotal role in the development of Spotify Rhythm, Spotify's internal innovation program. Prior to Spotify, he was Chief Operating Officer...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

"The only way you survive is you continuously transform into something else. It's this idea of continuous transformation that makes you an innovation company.” -Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM. Organizations that understand this thrive. Those that don’t, quickly become obsolete. In this podcast we’ll interview leaders responsible for igniting and scaling entrepreneurial action within their organizations so that you can drive the change your organization wants and needs.

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Moves The Needle

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"The only way you survive is you continuously transform into something else. It's this idea of continuous transformation that makes you an innovation company.” -Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM. Organizations that understand this thrive. Those that don’t, quickly become obsolete. In this podcast we’ll...

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