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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.

  1. The Committed Innovator: Keeping up with AI and deploying it as it evolves

    5. FEB.

    The Committed Innovator: Keeping up with AI and deploying it as it evolves

    Adopting AI remains a challenge for most, and the fact that the world of AI is advancing soincredibly rapidly doesn’t help. Nathaniel Whittemore aims to make both adoption andkeeping up with change a lot easier. He is the founder and CEO of Superintelligent, the AIenablement platform that offers interactive tutorials that provide practical AI education andclear paths to business solutions. And is also the host of the podcast, AI Daily Brief, thatseeks to keep its listeners up to date with AI as it evolves. In this episode of The CommittedInnovator, McKinsey innovation leaser and senior partner, Erik Roth, speaks with Whittemoreabout the intersection between Whittemore’s two companies, the challenges of adopting andscaling AI for enterprises, and what he sees in store for AI in 2026. This is an editedtranscript of their conversation. You can follow the series on your preferred podcast platform. Related content Taking fear out of innovationThe essentials of innovationReconfiguring work: Change management in the age of gen AI See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

    34 Min.
  2. The Committed Innovator: Enabling and harnessing the innovation process

    17.12.2025

    The Committed Innovator: Enabling and harnessing the innovation process

    Miro founder and CEO Andrey Khusid discusses the inspiration behind what started as a digital whiteboard and has evolved to become an AI innovation workspace. Of the many challenges of innovation, enabling members of a team to share and capture their new ideas so they can build on them collaboratively, quickly, and easily is a perennial source of drag. The need to do so remotely inspired Miro founder and CEO Andrey Khusid to start the online whiteboard platform used for brainstorming, planning, and team collaboration. Today the company has evolved into an AI-driven innovation workspace. In this episode, McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth speaks with Khusid about the problem Miro seeks to solve, the process of scaling the business, and what is next for the company in the age of generative and agentic AI.   Related reading: The eight essentials of innovation  Taking fear out of innovation Fear factor: Overcoming human barriers to innovation See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

    38 Min.
  3. The Committed Innovator: Taking on the challenge ocean pollution from plastic with Boyan Slat

    17.11.2025

    The Committed Innovator: Taking on the challenge ocean pollution from plastic with Boyan Slat

    The Ocean Cleanup's Boyan Slat discusses the promise and challenge of technological innovation at planetary scale. The problem of ocean pollution from plastic waste is growing and intractable, and can feel insurmountable to many consumers. For Dutch innovator Boyan Slat, however, not only is the problem solvable, it’s an imperative. In addition to harming habitats and wildlife, improperly discarded plastics can cause health problems for humans. The founder and CEO of Rotterdam-based The Ocean Cleanup, Slat seeks to both clean up the worst of plastic pollution in oceans, and to stop the flow of plastics from rivers into oceans. McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth speaks with Slat about the challenges of starting and evolving The Ocean Cleanup, how the organization has found success, and what it takes to continue the effort. See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

    32 Min.
  4. Restaurateur John McDonald offers a grounded approach to hospitality

    09.04.2025

    Restaurateur John McDonald offers a grounded approach to hospitality

    In this episode of The Committed Innovator, we talk with John McDonald, the founder and CEO of Mercer Street Hospitality, which owns Lure Fishbar in New York City and Chicago, among other restaurants and bars. McDonald spoke with McKinsey Senior Partner and innovation leader Erik Roth about maintaining success and equilibrium in the notoriously difficult hospitality industry. Related insights: What’s on the menu? Revenue growth techniques for restaurants Cooking up extraordinary growth for restaurants during a downturn Taking fear out of innovation How to take the measure of innovation Fielding high-performing innovation teams Explore our collection of Committed Innovator episode transcripts on McKinsey.com: Strategic Growth & Innovation  See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

    34 Min.
  5. Closing the gap between innovation and go-to-market, with AWS’s Jelena Joffe Weil

    12.02.2025

    Closing the gap between innovation and go-to-market, with AWS’s Jelena Joffe Weil

    McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth speaks with Jelena Joffe Weil, the founder and worldwide leader of the Venture Innovation program at AWS, Amazon’s cloud computing arm, about how AWS works to close the gap between innovation and go to market for start-ups and large enterprises. The global hyperscaler is known for helping businesses grow and scale rapidly, but it also helps start-ups and established enterprises find each other to engage in open, or collaborative, innovation. Related insights: Driving innovation with generative AI Taking fear out of innovation How to take the measure of innovation Fielding high-performing innovation teams Explore our collection of Committed Innovator episode transcripts on McKinsey.com: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/inside-the-strategy-room-podcast/strategic-growth-and-innovation Discover our latest insights and join more than 92,000 influential professionals who are part of our LinkedIn community: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/mckinsey-strategy-&-corporate-finance See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

    32 Min.
  6. Child and adolescent mental health as proving ground for innovation

    22.10.2024

    Child and adolescent mental health as proving ground for innovation

    In this episode of The Committed Innovator, McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth speaks with the founder, president, and medical director of the Child Mind Institute in New York City, Dr. Harold Koplewicz. At a time of increasing concerns globally about child and adolescent mental health, the institute is working to use advanced imaging technologies and AI to help revolutionize diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric illness, and psychological and learning disorders.  See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

    35 Min.
  7. Helping India’s e-commerce leapfrog into the future

    21.08.2024

    Helping India’s e-commerce leapfrog into the future

    McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth speaks with Shiprocket cofounder and CEO Saahil Goel about how he built his e-commerce logistics company into a highly successful platform that is helping launch new entrepreneurs all over India. See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

    38 Min.
  8. March Capital’s Wes Nichols talks about innovating on the frontlines of technological change

    24.06.2024

    March Capital’s Wes Nichols talks about innovating on the frontlines of technological change

    Rapid technological innovation heightens opportunity for investors. Serial entrepreneur and investor Wes Nichols shares the factors he looks for in but choosing the right start-ups and entrepreneurs to back. Nichols is best known for starting MarketShare, the marketing resource allocation software solution. Today he is a partner at March Capital, the growth-stage venture capital firm that focuses on enterprise technology companies. See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

    35 Min.
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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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