Join host Ian Bergman in a captivating conversation with Jeffrey Diwakar, a seasoned innovator and leader in the corporate world, as they delve into the realms of corporate innovation, technology, and the future of the industry.
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"A startup is a group of people united by an idea, not just striving to follow the rules and grow and get paid a salary. This is actually where unicorns are born." - Aleksandr Kravchenko
E.38 - Angela Lim: Founder Market Fit
"I think as we continue to go on this journey, the more conviction I have about what we're doing." - Dr. Angela Lim
E.37 - Carolyn O'Hare: Organic Growth
"Try your best to drop ego early and be ready to have all of your preconceived notions and all of your ideas questioned constantly and be willing to listen to the questions to find which ones are worth keeping and worth throwing away." - Carolyn O'Hare
E.36 - Don Cox: The Risk Lens
"I've always found that being reactive is so much harder than being proactive." - Don Cox
E.35 - Latrice Barnett: Rock Star
"I get more fulfillment in my everyday life when I can think about the art, the giving back, the human element of the work that allows me to show up my best..." - Latrice Barnett
E.28 - Neha Sampat: Software Sommelier
“Let the technology solve that problem so that people can do things that make their experiences more innovative.” - Neha Sampat
E.24 - Adam Odessky: Riding a Lion
"There are going to be a lot more remote-only startups that are going to form with some of the best people all around the world." - Adam Odessky
E.22 - Brad Henrickson: Digging Deep
"If you really want to think about innovation and technology, start by thinking about what it is that you want to bring into the world." - Brad Henrickson
E.21 - Ian Bergman: Ahead of the Curve
"Look outside for a bunch of ideas as well as look inside and then put them together and see what happens." - Ian Bergman
E.13: Jez Humble: Continuous Innovation
"All you can do is behave the way you expect other people to behave and live your own values and hope that other people see that and are inspired by that." - Jez Humble
E.10 - Laura Merling: Driving the Future
"No matter what you're selling, who you're selling to, or what you're making it for, you have to think about who the buyer is. What do they look like today? And what do they look like tomorrow?" - Laura Merling
E.09 - Jesper Frederiksen: Window To Innovation
"Follow your gut feelings and your intuition. Have a piece of passion and curiosity. With that I think you can drive tremendous results and very satisfying results both for yourself as well as for the companies, the clients, the customers, and the colleagues that you work with." - Jesper Frederiksen
E.08 - Alan Boehme: Next Stop, Space!
"You want to keep them motivated, you want to keep them moving forward, but at the same time you want to make sure that they understand that there are lessons to be learned and they should listen. People get too close to what they're passionate about and sometimes ignore all the facts." - Alan Boehme
E.07 - Cindy Alvarez: Discovering Customers
"When you have intellectual work, you're not always going to have good intellectual days. Sitting there and trying to make it happen is just burning out something that we don't have an endless capacity for. If you're not doing great work today, forget it, go for a walk." - Cindy Alvarez
E.06 - Sam Ramji: Seeds of Change
"We will slowly uncover what is actually special about being people. I think that's our ability to love, it's our ability to create, our ability to connect with each other." - Sam Ramji
E.02 - Jeanne Morain: Transformation Pioneer
"It's important that you find those change agents. Because they exist. In every pocket, in every group. There's always those that aspire for a little bit more." - Jeanne Morain
E.01 - Mike Dolbec: Venture Industrialist
"You can't believe everything you read, see, or hear at first glance. Just because we're pattern-matching animals doesn't mean that your conclusion is accurate. It just means you matched some pattern. That pattern may or may not be useful at all." - Mike Dolbec