A Sherpa's Guide to Innovation

Ben Tingey & Jay Gerhart
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Are you looking to better understand and apply innovation theories, methods, and tools? Do you need to think about your business or industry in a different way? Join the Sherpas as they conduct spirited conversations and tell compelling stories to guide you along your innovation expedition. Get your gear ready! Business Model Innovation, Human-centered Design and Strategic Partnerships @SherpaPod @HealthPodNet Music Credit: Aurus Audio

  1. E115: Heartspeak and Human Connection with Nick Adkins of Pinksocks Life

    12/10/2025

    E115: Heartspeak and Human Connection with Nick Adkins of Pinksocks Life

    Ben & Jay return after three years for a special edition! Just in time for the holiday season, Nick Adkins joins your Sherpa hosts to discuss his new book Pinksocks - How a Pair of Socks Became a Symbol of Love and Connection. As co-founder of Pinksocks Life, Nick has led a 10-year old international movement promoting empathy, love and human connection. How to find Pinksocks in the wild with happy smiley people: Pinksocks on Instagram Pinksocks on Facebook Support the show

    38 min

  2. 11/23/2022

    E114: Bob Moesta - Learning to Build Through 847 Notebooks

    Ben and Jay welcome back the one and only Bob Moesta for a record 4th episode.  Bob is a founding father of Jobs to Be Done theory, CEO of The ReWired Group (which has a great new website) and author of the recently published Learning to Build: 5 Bedrock Skills of Innovators and Entrepreneurs.  Hear Bob talk about why he wrote the book, a couple of non-JTBD topics from the book, and what he's focusing on in his remaining 1,890 days.  Yes, it's morbid, but it will be explained.  And hopefully it's much longer than that. Learn about another of Bob's mentor's, David T. Lord here, and his book The Visual System of Work here. All Things Twitter, while it lasts: Bob Moesta A Sherpa's Guide to Innovation Ben Tingey Jay Gerhart Support the show

    54 min

  3. 10/19/2022

    E113: Perry Klebahn - The Practice of Ideaflow

    For our penultimate episode of 2022, we interview Perry Klebahn about his soon-to-be-published book Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric that Matters, co-authored with Jeremy Utley. Perry is an Adjunct Professor and Director of Executive Education at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design--the d.school--at Stanford University. Prior to his role at the d.school, Perry was CEO of Timbuk2 and COO of Patagonia. He's also an avid surfer. Perry posits that innovation is not an event, a workshop, a sprint, or a hackathon, but rather the result of mastering ideaflow. Put simply, ideas / time = ideaflow. When applied, ideaflow is an effective approach to problem-solving that reduces effort, minimizes risk, and magnifies results. To illustrate this concept, Perry shares personal stories of when he has (and hasn't) applied ideaflow to gnarly business problems, and how he, Jeremy, and the d.school team promulgate this approach to their students, startups, and large corporations.  "Once you fully understand what ideas are, where they come from, and how to separate the winners from the losers, you can finally put that lightning rod down and start making lightning." Pre-order Ideaflow today and learn more by visiting ideaflow.design/. On Twitter: @SherpaPod @JayGerhart @TheBenReport @jeremyutley Support the show

    49 min

  4. 09/07/2022

    E112: Mona Baset - Translating Marketing, Technology, and Innovation

    Ben & Jay reconnect with a former colleague and friend of innovation, Mona Baset, Vice President, Digital Services at Intermountain Healthcare.   During her career prior to Intermountain, Mona has held a variety of leadership positions in marketing and technology at Atrium Health and Bank of America.  While at Atrium Health, she participated in the very first cohort of the Innovation Engine's Catalyst Program, a hands-on design thinking course featured in Episode 35: Catalyzing an Environment of Innovation.  Today, Mona leads digital engagement strategy and transformation, including the development and implementation of the digital technology road map at one of the country's leading and most respected health care systems.  Hear Mona talk about her career journey, enhancing the health care consumer experience, and the importance of design thinking in her approach. All Things Twitter: A Sherpa's Guide to Innovation Ben Tingey Jay Gerhart Support the show

    43 min

  5. 08/10/2022

    E111: Ruth Hartt - An Opera Singer Walks Into a Think Tank and Meets a Theory

    Ben & Jay dig again into Jobs to Be Done, this time from a fascinating perspective with Ruth Hartt, Chief of Staff to the President at the Christensen Institute and creator of Culture for Hire.  Ruth, a former opera singer and vocal teacher, is passionate about bringing customer-centric innovation to arts marketing.  Classical music audiences have declined nearly 50% since 1997.  Hear how Ruth applies Jobs to Be Done theory to help arts organizations reverse this trend and expand their notion of their audience and how reach them.  The Art of Relevance by Nina Simon All Things Twitter: Ruth Hartt A Sherpa's Guide to Innovation Ben Tingey Jay Gerhart Support the show

    47 min

  6. 07/20/2022

    E110: Talking Jobs to be Done Philosophy with Scott Burleson

    Ben & Jay have a fun Jobs to Be Done deep dive with Scott Burleson, Senior Vice President at the AIM Institute, a company on a mission to change B2B innovation.  Scott is an expert in Outcome-Driven Innovation, with deep product management and innovation experience at John Deere and Strategyn.  He is author of The Statue in the Stone: Decoding Customer Motivation with the 48 Laws of Jobs-To-Be-Done Philosophy and co-host the the Product Quest podcast. Hear Scott talk about why he views Jobs to Be Done as a philosophy, why value propositions present us with a paradox, and his attempt to break JTBD through a dialogue about chicken wings and chicken tenders. Alchemy - the Rory Sutherland book Scott references All Things Twitter: Scott Burleson (@newproductdog) A Sherpa's Guide to Innovation Ben Tingey Jay Gerhart Support the show

    48 min

  7. 06/29/2022

    E109: Kapil Kane on Helping Inventors Become Intrapreneurs

    Ben & Jay venture into technology, invention and intrapreneurship with Kapil Kane, Director of Innovation for Intel Corporation in China.  Kapil co-founded and leads GrowthX, an award-winning corporate - startup accelerator that has launched multiple new businesses generating $400M+ in projected revenues through bottoms-up innovations in areas of AI, IOT, 5G & new silicon technology.  Hear about how Kapil developed this platform for inventors, as well as his experiences at Apple in the days of Steve Jobs. View Kapil's TEDx talk The Sherpas on Twitter: A Sherpa's Guide to Innovation Ben Tingey Jay Gerhart Support the show

    38 min

  8. 06/08/2022

    E108: Michele Hansen - Deploying Empathy with Your Customers and in Your Life

    Ben & Jay are joined by Michele Hansen, author of Deploy Empathy, A Practical Guide to Interviewing Customers.  Michele is co-founder of Geocodio, an indie SaaS, and co-host of the Software Social podcast.  Hear about Michele's journey from sending interview tips to founders by email to a newsletter to a book, her aspiration for the book, and about being a fan of Jobs to be Done. All Things Twitter: Michele Hansen Deploy Empathy Software Social podcast A Sherpa's Guide to Innovation Ben Tingey Jay Gerhart Support the show

    45 min
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Are you looking to better understand and apply innovation theories, methods, and tools? Do you need to think about your business or industry in a different way? Join the Sherpas as they conduct spirited conversations and tell compelling stories to guide you along your innovation expedition. Get your gear ready! Business Model Innovation, Human-centered Design and Strategic Partnerships @SherpaPod @HealthPodNet Music Credit: Aurus Audio

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  • Creator
    Ben Tingey & Jay Gerhart
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2025
  • Episodes
    119
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 A Sherpa's Guide to Innovation
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