The Innovation Engine Podcast

Seth Berenzweig and Frank Gulino of Berenzweig Leonard and Clyde Findley of Cloudigy Law join us on this week's episode of the podcast to talk about innovation and the law. We discuss whether patents mean anything anymore, get a primer on the net neutrality debate, and talk about the broken nature of the government procurement process for projects like Healthcare.gov and countless more. Berenz...

The most obvious candidates aren't always the best when it comes to innovation in a business setting. Jeffrey Phillips of OVO Innovation joins us to discuss common traits of the most successful innovators, how to spot the true innovators in your midst, and what's at stake for your organization. Jeffrey is the author of "Relentless Innovation: What Works, What Doesn't - And What Tha...

What are some of the common roadblocks on the path to innovation and how can companies get past them? That's the question we look to Tom Agan to help answer on the 15th episode of "The Innovation Engine" podcast. Tom is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Rivia, a global innovation and brand consultancy with clients across an array of industry verticals. Tom writes regularly about innov...

How can companies and individuals employ design thinking to fuel innovation and creativity? Dr. Leticia Britos Cavagnaro, Deputy Director of the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) at Stanford University & Lecturer at Stanford's d.school, joins us for the 14th episode of "The Innovation Engine" podcast to answer this question and many more. Listen to...

How can companies formulate a long-term blueprint for innovation, and what should one look like? Rowan Gibson, internationally acclaimed speaker and bestselling author of Innovation to the Core and Rethinking the Future, joins us to answer those questions and more on the 13th episode of The Innovation Engine podcast. 

Openness and innovation are 2 words that we often hear mentioned in the same breath. Why is being "open" so crucial for companies and individuals looking to boost their innovation capacity, and how can you ensure openness between individuals, departments, and teams? Russ Schoen of Foursight and Mindgarden Innovation joins us on the 12th episode of the podcast to help answer these questions...

  Why is process so vital for driving innovation and keeping companies on the path to sustained profitability? That's the topic of discussion on the 11th episode of The Innovation Engine podcast, with in-studio guest Dr. Mahesh Joshi, Director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program at George Mason University. 

For a very special episode of the Innovation Engine podcast, we walk the floor of the 2014 NAB Show to speak with companies demoing innovative products that could fundamentally change the way content is consumed, distributed, and shared. From multi-screen viewing to using drones to record news footage, hear how companies like AccuWeather, Verizon, DTS, and several others are poised to launch innov...

  Jessica Hall, Director of 3Pillar's Innovate Practice, joins us on the 9th episode of "The Innovation Engine" podcast to discuss content monetization, the workshop on that subject she'll be presenting at the NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 9th, and why prototyping can be the best way to test out innovative new ideas. 

Business model innovation is the topic of discussion on the 8th episode of the The Innovation Engine podcast. Mike Maddock, Founder & CEO of Maddock Douglas, joins us to discuss real life examples of companies who have undergone business model innovation, what to ask yourself if you find it's time for your company to change its business model, and much more. Since 1991, Maddock Douglas has...

How important are a company’s leaders to ensuring that innovation prospers within their organizations? New & Improved CEO Bob Eckert joins us to talk about the impact C-level executives have on innovation within companies, the importance of continual training for executives and other employees, the benefits it can have for employees in areas of life that extend far beyond the workplace, and th...

Gregg Fraley of KILN Ideas joins us for the 6th episode of "The Innovation Engine" to discuss Creative Problem Solving (CPS), how to strike the necessary balance of science & creativity to drive innovation, and the importance of measuring innovation. Gregg is an internationally-known speaker who has presented at conferences including TEDxNASA, TEDxStorment, FUSE, and the Creative Probl...

Jon Fawcett of [Fuse] Chicken  and Fawcett Design joins us to talk about building innovative physical products. [Fuse] Chicken which was hatched on the strength of a 2012 Kickstarter campaign that raised more than $200,000, makes iPhone and Android accessories like  TŌGŌPOWER  and Une Bobine . Among the topics we discuss on this episode of the podcast are the benefits of innovative marketing, crow...

Everybody has ideas, and plenty of them. Humans have on average 50,000 thoughts every day. How do you go from ideas to innovation? And how can you generate more, better ideas? Keith Harmeyer, co-author of "SmartStorming: The Game-Changing Process for Generating Bigger, Better Ideas" and co-founder of SmartStorming , comes on the podcast to talk about those topics and more.

On the third episode of the podcast, we talk with the Center for Creative Leadership 's Jonathan Vehar  about how organizational leaders can establish a culture of innovation. Jonathan Vehar is a Senior Faculty Member at the Center for Creative Leadership. He has advised companies like Clorox, Disney, GE, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft, Pfizer, and Volvo on how to help their workforces become mo...

The 2nd episode of The Innovation Engine Podcast, in which we discuss how the Internet, infrastructure advancements, decreased barriers to entry, and the onset of agile has fueled innovation throughout the business landscape. Starring our very first guest, 3Pillar’s Dan Klaussen. 

The first episode in 3Pillar Global's "The Innovation Engine" podcast, in which we discuss our raison d'être, whether innovation is an overused word in the business world, look back at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, and attempt to answer the age-old question, "Is innovation something you can taste?"