Agile Giants: Lessons from Corporate Innovators
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Episode 2: Ryan Thomas - Vice President, Innovation at the JM Smucker Company
Agile Giants: Lessons from Corporate Innovators
02/11/19 • 44 min
Host Sean Ammirati, Co-Founder and Director of the Carnegie Mellon Corporate Startup Lab, sits down with Ryan Thomas Vice President, Innovation at The J.M. Smucker Company.
As a leader of innovation within a $8B Food, Beverage & Pet company, Ryan provides great perspective. There's a ton of lessons here both for how to do innovation inside a consumer-facing brand like Smucker's, as well as just generally how large companies should approach these processes. You'll also see many similarities if you're a traditional entrepreneur to the lean startup methodology and design thinking.
Show Links:
Carnegie Mellon Corporate Startup Lab https://www.corporatestartuplab.com/
Learn more about Ryan https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-thomas-0960831/
Learn more about Sean https://www.seanammirati.com/
Episode 10: Beth Comstock - Author, Imagine It Forward and Former Vice Chair GE
Agile Giants: Lessons from Corporate Innovators
04/08/19 • 34 min
For this tenth episode of Agile Giants, we have quite a treat.
I'm joined this week by Beth Comstock. Beth is probably best known as the former Vice Chair of GE, specifically leading innovations. She wrote a really transparent book called Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change, which is a really interesting blend of a reflection on her time at GE, the good and the bad, almost a memoir, as well as a nice set of best practices and observations for corporate leaders responsible for innovation. We use her book as a jumping off point for the discussion, but I can't recommend strongly enough you pick it up yourself if you're interested in digging in further. It's available wherever books are sold.
Show Links:
- Imagine It Forward: Courage, Creativity, and the Power of Change (Amazon) (Barnes & Nobel)
- Beth's Personal Website
Episode 11: Jeff Sutherland Co-Creator of Scrum, Founder & Chairman Scrum, Inc
Agile Giants: Lessons from Corporate Innovators
04/15/19 • 38 min
Jeff's work has really had a profound impact on the way I approach a lot of problems. I remember when one of the companies I ran switched to Scrum (mSpoke) and it was like a light switch went on in the organization.
I can't really talk enough about how positive Scrum's impact was on that organization and a lot of the companies I've worked with since then.
It was really amazing to meet Jeff. He's a brilliant guy and I took away a ton from our conversation.
If you're thinking about how to operationalize Agile philosophies in your organization regardless of the size, I think Scrum is a great technique. And if you're already using Scrum, hopefully, there'll be new things you can learn from our conversation. I know there are a few things I've already changed in terms of how I recommend deploying Scrum based on this conversation.
Show Links:
Detecting Aigle BS: https://media.defense.gov/2018/Oct/09/2002049591/-1/-1/0/DIB_DETECTING_A
Episode 37: Q&A Season 2 Finale
Agile Giants: Lessons from Corporate Innovators
07/17/20 • 23 min
On the last episode of Season 2, we do another Q&A episode - focusing on specific questions you the audience have for me.
The questions fell into four categories:
- There were a lot of questions about this unprecedented time we're living in, and especially how it relates to the overall economy, companies commitment to innovation, and to education.
- I also got a few questions on one of the CSL, the Corporate Startup Lab tools, the Option-Gate.
- Next, not surprising, given the focus on corporate venture this season, I did have some questions around that as a strategy and how companies should think about CVC.
- And then the last topic was actually a personal one, but a number of you asked, about my professional plans between now and the start of season 3. I'll talk about some of my plans at the end of this episode, if that's interesting to you.
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Episode 14: Eric Chaniot - Cheif Digital Officer, Michelin
Agile Giants: Lessons from Corporate Innovators
05/09/19 • 33 min
On this week’s episode of Agile Giants, I’m joined by Eric Chaniot, the Chief Digital Officer of Michelin. Most people probably know Michelin as a tire company, but as you’ll hear in the interview, they actually have a number of different divisions focused on mobility.
Eric runs a group that’s responsible for digital transformation across each of these different divisions. Eric had some great perspective on innovation and transformative innovation.
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Episode 30: Innovation in Healthcare
Agile Giants: Lessons from Corporate Innovators
05/05/20 • 29 min
Optum is probably the largest software company that you've never heard of. It does over $100 billion a year in revenue, but is part of United Healthcare Group. United is one of the six largest companies in the United States and the largest health insurance company in the US.
On this week's episode of Agile Giants, I'm joined by Paul Nielsen from Optum. Paul has had a storied career as an entrepreneur and now has brought that mindset to Optum and United Healthcare. He's really a change agent internally and helping the company rediscover their entrepreneurial vision.
We've worked together on a number of projects (including the Optum Startup Studio we chat about on the episode). While I knew a lot about Paul and his role, it was a fun conversation about enabling change and driving innovation.
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Episode 5: Sylvia Vogt - President, Carnegie Bosch Institute
Agile Giants: Lessons from Corporate Innovators
03/04/19 • 36 min
On this week’s episode of Agile Giants, I sit down with Sylvia Vogt. Sylvia is the President of the Carnegie Bosch Institute, and a co-instructor of the leading innovation executive education course that I talked with last week at the beginning of Dennis Boecker’s interview.
Show Links:
- Tepper Executive Education Leading Innovation Course (the executive education course Sylvia & I teach together)
- About Damian Killen
- About The Carnegie Bosch Insitute
I enjoyed the entire interview, but particularly would call out:
- Her definition of innovation vs creativity (starting at 3:03)
- How different personalities approach creativity and innovation (6:43)
- How team leaders should approach innovation? (13:02)
- How culture impacts innovation? (26:34)
Episode 59: Navigating Innovative Collaborations with Joel Krikston of Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and Michael Meucci of Arcadia
Agile Giants: Lessons from Corporate Innovators
08/25/23 • 41 min
Episode description:
In this week's episode, join us as we uncover the dynamics and strategies behind fostering successful collaborations between established corporations and innovative startups in the digital health industry.
We delve into a real-world example of strategic partnership as we sit down with Joel Krikston, Managing Director at Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and Michael Meucci, CEO at Arcadia. Listen closely as they provide an invaluable roadmap to navigate the intricate terrain of corporate-startup collaboration -- both raising capital and value add beyond that capital.
Drawing from their 6-year partnership, Joel and Michael shed light on the intricacies of fostering symbiotic relationships between startups and seasoned corporate giants. We explore both parties' shared values, mutual goals, and their unyielding commitment to innovation.
This conversation perfectly encapsulates the theme that has threaded through the current season of Agile Giants. Tune in now and be inspired by their wisdom, experience, and a shared vision for a brighter future in healthcare and beyond.
Show links
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-krikston-06013618/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmeucci/
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/arcadia-io/
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Episode 26: Matt Carbonara - Managing Director, Venture Investing at Citi Ventures
Agile Giants: Lessons from Corporate Innovators
04/01/20 • 26 min
This week our conversation continues to focus on corporate venture capital. However, we go from Harvard Business School to a “serial CVC” as Matt has been at 3 different corporate venture groups — Comcast, Cisco and now Citi Ventures.
Matt has a great perspective from all three of those experiences and we also talk about specific things unique to the approach Citi Ventures takes given reporting structure and overall strategic objectives of the fund.
Show Links:
Citi Ventures Homepage
Episode 64: Improve your LLM Prompts: Decoding the TELeR Taxonomy with Santu Karmaker and Dongji Feng
Agile Giants: Lessons from Corporate Innovators
12/23/23 • 41 min
Episode description:
In this episode, we sit down with Santu Karmaker and Dongji Feng, creators of the TELeR Taxonomy. This pivotal framework is revolutionizing the way computer scientists benchmark complex tasks in Large Language Models (LLMs). Our conversation goes beyond the academic realm as we explore how the TELeR Taxonomy is not just a theoretical construct but a practical tool. I've personally leveraged this taxonomy to significantly enhance the prompts I'm crafting. Whether you're a researcher, developer, or just LLM-curious, this episode promises to offer valuable perspectives and strategies. As many of you know, I've frequently referenced the TELeR Taxonomy in past discussions. Now, I'm thrilled to offer you a firsthand account from the creators themselves. Prepare to be enlightened by their journey and vision for the future of LLMs.
Show links:
Access the TELeR Taxonomy paper here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.11430
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