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The Committed Innovator
by McKinsey Innovation
Unsung heroes of innovation and deeply experienced innovators discuss their triumphs, trials, and lessons learned with Erik Roth, the global leader of McKinsey's Growth and Innovation practice.
Episodes
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The Committed Innovator: Why innovation competitions work
McKinsey holds an innovation competition every year; compelling evidence shows that most organizations can benefit from doing same. McKinsey & Company regularly holds an internal competition, the Innovation Olympics, in which our own teams bring their best business ideas to an internal…
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The Committed Innovator: Keeping up with AI and deploying it as it evolves
Adopting AI remains a challenge for most, and the fact that the world of AI is advancing so incredibly rapidly doesn’t help. Nathaniel Whittemore aims to make both adoption and keeping up with change a lot easier. He is the founder and CEO of Superintelligent, the AI enablement platform that…
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The Committed Innovator: Enabling and harnessing the innovation process
Miro founder and CEO Andrey Khusid discusses the inspiration behind what started as a digital whiteboard and has evolved to become an AI innovation workspace. Of the many challenges of innovation, enabling members of a team to share and capture their new ideas so they can build on them...
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The Committed Innovator: Taking on the challenge ocean pollution from plastic with Boyan Slat
The Ocean Cleanup's Boyan Slat discusses the promise and challenge of technological innovation at planetary scale. The problem of ocean pollution from plastic waste is growing and intractable, and can feel insurmountable to many consumers. For Dutch innovator Boyan Slat, however, not only is the...
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Restaurateur John McDonald offers a grounded approach to hospitality
In this episode of The Committed Innovator, we talk with John McDonald, the founder and CEO of Mercer Street Hospitality, which owns Lure Fishbar in New York City and Chicago, among other restaurants and bars. McDonald spoke with McKinsey Senior Partner and innovation leader Erik Roth about...
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Closing the gap between innovation and go-to-market, with AWS’s Jelena Joffe Weil
McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth speaks with Jelena Joffe Weil, the founder and worldwide leader of the Venture Innovation program at AWS, Amazon’s cloud computing arm, about how AWS works to close the gap between innovation and go to market for start-ups and large enterprises. The global...
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Child and adolescent mental health as proving ground for innovation
In this episode of The Committed Innovator, McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth speaks with the founder, president, and medical director of the Child Mind Institute in New York City, Dr. Harold Koplewicz. At a time of increasing concerns globally about child and adolescent mental health, the...
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Helping India’s e-commerce leapfrog into the future
McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth speaks with Shiprocket cofounder and CEO Saahil Goel about how he built his e-commerce logistics company into a highly successful platform that is helping launch new entrepreneurs all over India. See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
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March Capital’s Wes Nichols talks about innovating on the frontlines of technological change
Rapid technological innovation heightens opportunity for investors. Serial entrepreneur and investor Wes Nichols shares the factors he looks for in but choosing the right start-ups and entrepreneurs to back. Nichols is best known for starting MarketShare, the marketing resource allocation…
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Innovation in video gaming with Electronic Arts’ Chief Strategy Officer Mihir Vaidya
Innovation in online gaming requires keeping up with a broad mix of changes, including digital advances, audience desires, and artistic trends. In this episode of The Committed Innovator podcast, McKinsey innovation expert Erik Roth talks with Mihir Vaidya, the chief strategy officer of…
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American Red Cross chief innovation officer Sajit Joseph
Innovation in a not-for-profit context involves measuring success in terms of returns on mission, rather than returns to shareholders. In this episode of The Committed Innovator podcast, McKinsey innovation expert Erik Roth talks with Sajit Joseph, the chief innovation officer of the American Red...
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How Major League Baseball built an innovation machine
In this episode of The Committed Innovator, Major League Baseball’s Chief Operating and Strategy Officer Chris Marinak speaks with McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth about how the league is using fan feedback, experimentation, and data to change a game steeped in tradition and culture to reach...
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How Shopify approaches innovation
The e-commerce platform’s president, Harley Finkelstein, talks about the changing online retailing landscape. Even e-commerce platforms that help disrupt retail need to keep innovating. In this episode of The Committed Innovator podcast, McKinsey innovation expert Erik Roth talks with Shopify...
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How design thinking drives innovation
PepsiCo design chief Mauro Porcini talks about the role of humanity and authenticity in driving innovation. Innovation requires commitment. In this episode of The Committed Innovator podcast, McKinsey innovation expert Erik Roth talks with PepsiCo senior vice president and chief design officer...
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The core attributes of the innovative mindset
Successful innovators tend to follow certain practices. In this episode of The Committed Innovator podcast, McKinsey innovation expert Erik Roth talks with our global Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice communications director, Sean Brown, about the building blocks of innovation and how they…
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Working with start-ups
Corporate innovators often turn to Israel and its vibrant start-up ecosystem to meet their goals. In this episode of The Committed Innovator podcast, we continue our series on Israel, talking with innovators from three large organizations about how they approach their relations with start-ups.…
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The future of Israel’s start-up ecosystem
Israel’s start-up ecosystem is already a powerhouse—how can the country continue to scale it up? This episode of The Committed Innovator podcast is the second in a series on Israel’s vibrant start-up scene, and a continuation of McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth’s conversation with Avi Hasson...
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Israel’s start-up ecosystem
Two leaders of the world’s third-largest start-up ecosystem discuss how the tiny Middle Eastern country grows and supports a culture of innovation Despite its small domestic market, Israel has managed to build a vibrant start-up scene that competes with those of much larger countries. In this...
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A conversation with DBS’s Han Kwee Juan
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 26:47) > Singapore-based DBS Bank is known for having transformed itself from a local bank to a global leader and winner of multiple “best bank” titles. The bank has continued its evolution by focusing on digital transformation and building new digital...
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A conversation with Temasek’s Pradyumna Agrawal
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 27:13) > Pradyumna Agrawal is managing director for blockchain and venture building at Temasek, and as such is very active in searching out new use cases for blockchain and forming partnerships that can help bring products for this to market. In this...
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A conversation with Keho founder Tekla Back
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 30:33) > Disruptive food start-ups have increasingly grabbed headlines and the attention of large consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies. The plant-based keto snack company Keho is continuing this trend by offering its savory “real food” bites to a...
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A conversation with Loonshots author Safi Bahcall
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 49:49) > Companies looking to bring breakthrough innovations to life need the right organizational structures and incentives in place. In his book Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries (St....
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A conversation with Beth Comstock
Beth and Erik discuss how a tolerance for risk, patience, and thinking small (where funding is concerned) can lead to innovation breakthroughs. Beth is an innovation leader who spent almost three decades at General Electric, where for a time she headed GE Business Innovations that developed new...
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A conversation with investor Kevin O’Leary
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 29:02) > In this episode Erik Roth, who leads McKinsey’s global innovation practice, interviews Kevin O’Leary as part of our ongoing series on innovation. The Canadian entrepreneur, best known as one of the investors featured on the American reality TV...
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A conversation with Kellogg Company’s Nigel Hughes
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 28:24) > Nigel Hughes, head of R&D and Innovation at Kellogg Company, speaks with Stacey Haas, who heads up McKinsey’s Consumer Innovation practice, and Erik Roth, who leads McKinsey’s innovation work globally. Hear Nigel’s perspective on the evolution...
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An interview with Salesforce’s Simon Mulcahy
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 23:53) > In this episode Simon Mulcahy, Salesforce’s executive vice president and chief innovation officer, discusses the ways the COVID-19 crisis has reshaped the sales function, and how Salesforce orchestrates innovation inside the company and with...
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A conversation with Anjali Sud, CEO of Vimeo
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 32:11) > In this episode, Erik Roth, who leads McKinsey’s innovation work globally, talks with Anjali Sud, CEO of Vimeo, about her experience reinventing the online video platform’s business model. It is the fifth episode in our ongoing series, which...
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A conversation with Neal Gutterson of Corteva
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 32:37) > This episode explores innovation in the agriculture sector. Erik Roth, leader of McKinsey’s innovation work globally, talks with Neal Gutterson, who recently retired as CTO of agricultural chemical and seed company Corteva. Gutterson explains...
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A conversation with board director Ireena Vittal
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 45:01) > In today’s episode, Erik Roth, who leads our innovation work globally, discusses innovation in the context of developing markets with Ireena Vittal. Ireena has spent 30 years helping both multinationals and start-ups grow their businesses,...
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A conversation with Dometic’s Peter Kjellberg
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 26:15) > An innovation strategy has to be backed with resources and patient follow-through, says Peter Kjellberg, the guest on this episode of The Committed Innovator podcast. In a conversation with Erik Roth, who leads McKinsey’s innovation work...
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A conversation with Tanya Baker of Goldman Sachs Accelerate
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 33:21) > As the global leader of GS Accelerate, Goldman Sachs’ internal incubator that identifies, invests in, and develops new businesses, Tanya Baker has been instrumental in helping the financial services giant establish sustainable innovation...
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A conversation with Amy Brooks of the NBA
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 30:02) > The COVID-19 pandemic forced the National Basketball Association (NBA) to develop new ways to engage with fans. Amy Brooks is the NBA’s first chief innovation officer. She oversees innovation initiatives across four leagues—the NBA, the…
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Unsung heroes of innovation and deeply experienced innovators discuss their triumphs, trials, and lessons learned with Erik Roth, the global leader of McKinsey's Growth and Innovation practice.
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