Better Innovation

We're launching our new miniseries with a bang. In episode 1 of COVID-19 and Crisis Innovation , Jeff is joined by Sienna Leis from the Covid Safe Paths initiative emanating from MIT. Sienna, a graduate student at the Harvard Kennedy School, along with a few hundred volunteers within this Safe Paths movement, have created a solution to help slow the spread of Covid-19.   Jeff and a team from EY ar...

Until COVID-19 is behind us, not much else matters. Who's getting us going again? What will it look like when we do? How can this change the world for better? We have decided to pause our Artificial Intelligence theme for Season 3, and spend the coming months focused on COVID-19 and Crisis Innovation. We're talking to the people innovating for the next phase of this crisis and beyond; the people w...

We've all heard of the so-called "sin taxes" on items like cigarettes and soda. When these harmful products become more expensive, consumption naturally decreases. What if we tried the same approach with fossil fuel consumption producing carbon emissions?    This special throwback episode features Jeff's 2016 TEDx talk that was the impetus for Better Innovation , focused on citizen activism and th...

Every January, The World Economic Forum holds its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The goal is to improve the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas. As part of our "Davos Talks 2020 " series, Jeffrey Saviano is bringing us 6 episodes from and inspired by his time in Davos.  Government agencies...

Every January, The World Economic Forum holds its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The goal is to improve the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas. As part of our "Davos Talks, 2020 " series, Jeffrey Saviano is bringing us 6 episodes from and inspired by his time in Davos.  As new technologie...

Every January, The World Economic Forum holds its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The goal is to improve the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas. As part of our "Davos Talks 2020 " series, Jeffrey Saviano is bringing us 6 episodes from and inspired by his time in Davos.  Government agencies...

This week, we're back to our regularly scheduled artificial intelligence programming with Navroop Sahdev, economist, futurist, Founder & CEO of the Digital Economist. Navroop is obsessed with complex systems, and the power of technological convergence to make better sense of those complexities. Navroop's work with complex systems is heavily influenced by the natural laws of biology. Rather than st...

We talk to a lot of great minds on this podcast, and we always try to ask each guest what they're reading. In this special mini-episode, you'll hear about some of the books that inspire and inform our guests—and hopefully get a few gift ideas for the readers on your list.

For this episode, we're going to take a quick break from Season 3's theme of Artificial Intelligence to bring you something very special. Kate Barton, EY's Global Vice Chair of Tax, takes over hosting duties. Kate recently attended "The Nantucket Project", where she had the opportunity to interview Phaly Pichota, CEO and Cofounder of Cibus Health and Jessica Orkin, President of SYPartners.    The...

Emerging technologies like AI and blockchain have the potential to transform industries and entire economies — so where do governments come in? Jeff breaks it all down with Minister Ivan McKee, the Minister for Trade, Investment, and Innovation in Scotland.   Minister McKee plays a critical role in building an inclusive tech ecosystem for the public and private sectors. He and his colleagues have...

"What's the relationship between AI and leadership?" This week, we bring you Part 2 of Jeff's conversation with Dr. Tommy Weir: self-described leadership nerd, Founder and CEO of enAIble and author of Leadership Dubai Style: The Habits to Achieve Remarkable Success .    How do you measure productivity? Do you judge your workforce/team as a whole? Is it based on intuition or, worse, hearsay? Tommy'...

"What's the relationship between AI and leadership?" This week, Jeff is joined by Dr. Tommy Weir, self-described leadership nerd, Founder and CEO of enAIble and author of Leadership Dubai Style: The Habits to Achieve Remarkable Success . An ardent skeptic just a few years ago, Dr. Weir walks through his journey from learning to understanding leadership, to learning to understand AI to learning how...

And we're back! In the premiere of season 3, Jeff begins our season-long focus on Artificial Intelligence with Bob Suh, Founder and CEO of OnCorps and a powerhouse of AI expertise. Bob looks at how human patterns of overconfidence, insecurity and self-denial get programmed deep into the systems we've designed to improve our decision-making. What happens when AI automates a mistake? As we move into...

On this mini-sode teaser, Jeff reveals our theme for the show in Season 3 . . . Artificial Intelligence. AI has been a central topic on the show over the first two seasons with quite a few guests discussing new AI capabilities and where the technology is headed. But now, in this cultural and business environment dominated by AI, it's the perfect opportunity to dive deep into how AI will shape our...

Are lawyers ready for the legal sector to be transformed? This week, Jeff is joined by EY Global Law Leader Cornelius Grossman at the Advanced Technology Tax Lab to discuss the future of law, the legal profession and how technology is being applied to it. After a first wave of overpromises and disappointments, the legal sector is starting to see the real fruits of artificial intelligence and platf...

Oh the places you'll go! Oh the places you'll go!  Over the course of two seasons of the Better Innovation podcast, Jeff has had the privilege of interviewing some of the brightest innovation minds in our world today. As season two winds down, we bring to you a compilation of some of the best advice that our guests have given over the past episodes. Think of it as our version of a commencement spe...

"What ever happened to Tucker and his book?" In this episode, Jeff is rejoined by the show's second-ever guest, Tucker Marion, along with his writing collaborator, Sebastian Fixson, to discuss their book and its impact on business-led transformation. The Innovation Navigator looks at a world filled with disruptors and the disrupted, where the digitization of innovation and a culture of collaborati...

Is an AI winter coming? In this episode, Jeff is joined by Nigel Duffy, EY Global Artificial Intelligence leader, to talk about the state of AI technology today and how we can better prepare for its future. Over the last few decades, hype around AI has swelled and deflated as our imagination has been sparked by the idea that we're inching closer to machines imitating human intelligence – we call t...

This week, Jeff recorded LIVE at the EY Innovation Realized Summit in Boston. In this episode, Jeff chats with Emilie Sydney-Smith, CEO of ExO Works and one of the event's co-facilitators. Sydney-Smith is an expert on disruption theory and works with many organizations around the world to spot areas of disruption vulnerability – and take meaningful action. Join us for a powerful discussion on the...

This week, Jeff recorded LIVE at the EY Innovation Realized Summit in Boston. In this episode, Jeff sits with the event's keynote speaker: Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering and Founder of Thrive Labs. Parker shares insights in her book on the importance of in-person connections and how meeting with purpose can lead to disruptive and inspiring realizations. Join us for a fresh perspectiv...

World Economic Forum special: Jeff talks blockchain with Dennis Post, EY Tax Partner and leader of Blockchain solutions for the EY Global Advanced Technology Tax Lab. Post discusses the remarkable advancement in blockchain development, and how this progress is creating a myriad of possibilities for new applications in the field of taxation. Have a question for Jeff? Find him on Twitter @JeffreySav...

World Economic Forum special: Jeff chats with Thomas Hardjono, Chief Technology Officer for the MIT Connection Science Lab, about the notion of homomorphic encryption and how the tokenization of assets is creating new opportunities to protect and securitize data. As the definition of "asset" expands, could we see a future where tax becomes tokenized too? Have a question for Jeff? Find him on Twitt...

World Economic Forum special: Jeff catches up with Daniel Peled, Co-Founder of Orbs, a startup promoting a public blockchain that scales base-layer protocols. Peled shares his insight on the importance of infrastructure in the future of public (and private) blockchains and the unique start-up culture in his home country of Israel. Have a question for Jeff? Find him on Twitter @JeffreySaviano Watch...

World Economic Forum Special: Jeff is joined by Greg Medcraft, Director of Financial Enterprise Affairs with OECD. Greg and Jeff examine how blockchain and artificial intelligence are being utilized by governments around the world to fight corruption, standardize operations and decrease costs and risks.  Have a question for Jeff? Find him on Twitter @JeffreySaviano Watch Jeff's talk from the World...

World Economic Forum Special: Jeff and Fabio Zoffi, President and Executive Chairman of ORS Group, discuss how far artificial intelligence has come and how an influx of data is creating a wave of new possibilities. Zoffi looks at how AI's next evolution will help organizations enhance decision-making, planning and optimize operations that once seemed too complex to automate. Have a question for Je...