McKinsey Innovation

The Committed Innovator

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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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A conversation with board director Ireena Vittal 04.02.2022 45:01

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, especially in emerging economies. Today, she is one of India’s top advisers on...

A conversation with Neal Gutterson of Corteva 04.02.2022 32:38

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 the transformation he led following a spinoff from DowDuPont to bring toget...

A conversation with Anjali Sud, CEO of Vimeo 04.02.2022 32:11

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 features interviews with leading innovators across a range of sectors. See w...

An interview with Salesforce’s Simon Mulcahy 04.02.2022 23:53

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 customers. See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

A conversation with Kellogg Company’s Nigel Hughes 04.02.2022 28:25

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 of the CPG industry’s approach to innovation and how Kellogg itself is bei...

A conversation with investor Kevin O’Leary 04.02.2022 29:02

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 series Shark Tank, shares his bets on innovation’s next frontier. See www....

A conversation with Beth Comstock 04.02.2022 28:41

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 businesses, markets and service models. She recently published Imagine It Forward: Courage, creativity,...