The Innovative Executive

Bella Rushi
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The Innovative Executive is a show that tackles the importance of innovation to create new growth opportunities. It focuses on 3 main areas: Rethinking your business models, collaboration, and leveraging technology. Our guests are industry experts who share powerful insights and deliver practical theories. We explore how innovative executives are driving their businesses forward by looking to focus on innovation that comes from customer priorities and new market opportunities. Furthermore, the show examines innovation capabilities that have made them successful and the mindset that’s needed to deal with uncertainty.

  1. Humber College- Fostering Polytechnic and Innovation to Solve Problems

    06/02/2022

    Humber College- Fostering Polytechnic and Innovation to Solve Problems

    The future of work is changing. But over time organizations are building new competencies by growing different functions to impact long term development and professional impact.  Today, the economy relies on colleges and universities to train students to be the next generation of workers with practical skill sets.  Humber College is training the next generation of workers and positioning Ontario to meet the demands of the labor market now and into the future. Dr. Ginger Grant discusses how her organization is creating an innovation culture, increasing engagement, optimizing processes to boost productivity and retention. What we cover in this episode: 01:50 Shifting culture in academics 09:30 What innovation management assessment uncovers  16:10 Polytechnic and innovation to solve community problems 19:50 Talent management  21:56 Global partnerships – work integrated learning Follow  Dr. Ginger Grant Follow Me: LinkedInInstagramOrder a copy of my book: The Innovative Executive Leading Intelligently in The Age of Disruption What is “The Innovative Executive” Podcast? Insightful conversation with business and thought leaders who share knowledge and stories about project selection and company growth.  With a focus on Rethinking your business model, innovation and collaboration and leveraging technology.  You’ll learn how to strengthen your innovation capabilities.

    27 min
  2. Nintendo - Customer Experience and Innovation

    05/26/2022

    Nintendo - Customer Experience and Innovation

    It’s no secret that technology is driving innovation in the gaming industry today.  There are over approx. 3.1 billion gamers across the globe.  The gaming industry has increased focus on not only for gamers, but for game developers and publishers.  Investments are made around cloud gaming, subscription service and cross- platform play to enable access anytime, anywhere.  To learn more about the gaming ecosystem, I spoke to Brian Cheney, former CIO of Nintendo Americas about how the gaming industry creates interactive user experience, global reach and the social and shared connections it generates.  The gaming industry is so huge that the number of viewers actually exceed the number of online players.  And it’s predicted that the gaming industry is going to overtake the movie and entertainment industry. What we cover in this episode: 3:25 Did not see new markets with barriers but as requirements 6:40 Feedback from local perspectives 7:24 Corporate strategy – embrace your legacy and customer base that keeps up with your        consumer 09:09 Gaming industry predictions and market trends around social content 11:23 Animal Crossing – ongoing engagement and longevity after 20 years 13:26 Innovation is a necessity in the gaming industry and creating a pipeline of products 14:32 Big I and small “i” Innovation, our organization supported both 17:50 Understand the user to create a better experience and not for new products Follow  Brian Cheney Follow Me: LinkedInInstagramOrder a copy of my book: The Innovative Executive Leading Intelligently in The Age of Disruption What is “The Innovative Executive” Podcast? Insightful conversation with business and thought leaders who share knowledge and stories about project selection and company growth.  With a focus on Rethinking your business model, innovation and collaboration and leveraging technology.  You’ll learn how to strengthen your innovation capabilities.

    25 min
  3. When You’re Not Innovating Enough- and What to Do About it

    05/19/2022

    When You’re Not Innovating Enough- and What to Do About it

    In today’s episode, I share Chapter 6 from my book - When You’re Not Innovating Enough- and What to Do About it.  The chapter discusses the following: How bigger goals can create a culture that’s dynamic and full of energy.Innovations are natural outgrowth of experimentation and iteration.Focusing on radical innovation enables companies to stay ahead of competitors by anticipating what customers will want next.Innovation is not only a matter of survival but also necessary for sustainable growth.  Follow Me: LinkedInInstagramAuthor websiteOrder my book: The Innovative Executive Leading in the Age of Disruption What is “The Innovative Executive” Podcast? Insightful conversation with business and thought leaders who share knowledge and stories about project selection and company growth.  With a focus on Rethinking your business model, innovation and collaboration and leveraging technology.  You’ll learn how to strengthen your innovation capabilities.

    15 min
  4. Find out what Bella Rushi has to say about her new book

    05/12/2022

    Find out what Bella Rushi has to say about her new book

    In today’s episode, I share an overview about my book The Innovative Executive Leading Intelligently in the Age of Disruption.  What does it mean to become an Innovative Executive?  I also share my favorite stories to discuss from the book and some topic questions that are addressed in the book. Follow Me: LinkedInInstagramPre-order my book: The Innovative Executive Leading in the Age of Disruption What is “The Innovative Executive” Podcast? Insightful conversation with business and thought leaders who share knowledge and stories about project selection and company growth.  With a focus on Rethinking your business model, innovation and collaboration and leveraging technology.  You’ll learn how to strengthen your innovation capabilities.

    6 min
  5. Innovation through Anthropology

    05/05/2022

    Innovation through Anthropology

    Consumers often struggle to articulate their needs and data contains gaps that can be difficult to identify without seeing consumers conducting tasks in-context.  The focus often lies in what the anthropologist notices that the consumer may not have thought to demonstrate.  More companies are taking an anthropological approach to their business because they understand that qualitative research skills are essential to making sense of the big data. An Anthropologists lens helps you to framing or reframing your work in a way that makes sense to stakeholders and overturn any misconceptions.  In the show I talk with Mike Youngblood who bridges the gap between big data and the consumer. We dive into inhibiting Factors of Innovation, Rethinking About Your User Design Framework, how to Capture Observations and setting Goals & Thinking Systemically.   What we cover in this episode: 03:20 Corporate anthropology on the rise 05:34 Anthropologist mindset- reflectiveness 08:19 Four inhibiting factors of innovation 12:30 Rethinking about your user design 16:14 framework to capture observations 21:13 Goal is not to have data points but understand what it means 23:32 holistic thinking/ systems thinking when solving for sustainability Follow  Mike Youngblood Follow Me: LinkedInInstagramPre-order my book: The Innovative Executive Leading in the Age of Disruption What is “The Innovative Executive” Podcast? Insightful conversation with business and thought leaders who share knowledge and stories about project selection and company growth.  With a focus on Rethinking your business model, innovation and collaboration and leveraging technology.  You’ll learn how to strengthen your innovation capabilities.

    31 min
  6. Get More Creativity at the Executive Level

    04/28/2022

    Get More Creativity at the Executive Level

    In 1970’s  Pepsi introduced the Pepsi Challenge Campaign-“ let your taste decide”, the blind taste test that would run all over the world. Pepsi used “experience marketing” and became the largest selling consumer packaged goods in America. Fast forward to today, building customer experience is still critical today for long-term success. It's one of the core capabilities of innovation that companies need to have in order be successful and it can only happen through creativity—the kind where you're making connections with emotions –both in B2C experiences as well as B2B.   My guest Adam Morgan shares his passion to get more creative leaders at the board room and c-suite level to bridge the gap in scaling teams, finding insights and scaling your business.  He dives into his experience on mapping an entire journey, building trust in an unfamiliar experience, and telling stories and expanding accessibility. What we cover in this episode: 01:55 Using storytelling for long sales cycle 04:55 building trust with users 07:41 collaboration with your customers 10:37 creative leaders care about emotional experiences 16:42 Digital transformation during the pandemic 22:47 Creativity improves the bottom line 25:11 Data, logic, creativity and emotion- Repeat Follow  Adam Morgan Follow Me: LinkedInTwitter: @bellasymmetri04InstagramPre-order my book: The Innovative Executive Leading in the Age of Disruption What is “The Innovative Executive” Podcast? Insightful conversation with business and thought leaders who share knowledge and stories about project selection and company growth.  With a focus on Rethinking your business model, innovation and collaboration and leveraging technology.  You’ll learn how to strengthen your innovation capabilities.

    31 min
  7. The Reasoning of Entrepreneurial Experts

    04/21/2022

    The Reasoning of Entrepreneurial Experts

    A very few serial entrepreneurs are natural innovators. They use "effectual logic" to explore new opportunities and constantly learn how they can reimagine themselves for their business models or ideas to be more effective. They have strong innovation capabilities that include idea generation, clear vision, can quickly identify real need in the market, testing and relationship building. The process includes finding the right talent who are willing to take on challenges at every turn; reframing business models, (and sometimes even creating their own), understanding key differences between trends versus fads, testing and experimenting ideas based off data analysis throughout development stage.  My guest Alex Mashinsky shares his successful journey with radical innovation, his purpose driven mindset and commitment to do good for communities.  What we cover in this episode: 5:07 Using Effectual logic  8:39 Aligning soft skills and finding talent 11:02 Creating business model around new paradigm shifts 12:16 Being community-centric first 13:44 Learnings from failed ventures 17:07 Changing customer behavior for new adoption 21:20 Purpose and alignment leading to success Follow  Alex Mashinsky Follow Me: LinkedInTwitter: @bellasymmetri04InstagramPre-order my book: The Innovative Executive Leading in the Age of Disruption What is “The Innovative Executive”? Insightful conversation with business and thought leaders who share knowledge and stories about project selection and company growth.  With a focus on Rethinking your business model, innovation and collaboration and leveraging technology.  You’ll learn how to strengthen your innovation capabilities.

    27 min
  8. Harness Data to Prioritize Opportunity

    04/14/2022

    Harness Data to Prioritize Opportunity

    The future of business lies in data-driven decision making. On the show, we discuss how companies are using their insights from big data to generate better decisions faster and at scale about operations as well as customer satisfaction —all while rethinking traditional processes for success!  The real value lie in generating insights that prioritize opportunities which lead them toward financial and business performance improvements. Tushar Nadkarni shares insights to make smarter decisions, rethink processes, and modify the portfolio of products and services. What we cover in this episode: 04:15 Building foundation around data and driving insights 08:56 Digital growth and training automation  15:27 Prioritizing new growth opportunities 17:11 What to focus on when there is no pattern, no data, no playbook 20:58 Continue testing and experimenting after the first set of data Follow  Tushar Nadkarni Follow Me: LinkedInTwitter: @bellasymmetri04InstagramPre-order my book: The Innovative Executive Leading in the Age of Disruption What is “The Innovative Executive”? Insightful conversation with business and thought leaders who share knowledge and stories about project selection and company growth.  With a focus on Rethinking your business model, innovation and collaboration and leveraging technology.  You’ll learn how to strengthen your innovation capabilities.

    31 min
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The Innovative Executive is a show that tackles the importance of innovation to create new growth opportunities. It focuses on 3 main areas: Rethinking your business models, collaboration, and leveraging technology. Our guests are industry experts who share powerful insights and deliver practical theories. We explore how innovative executives are driving their businesses forward by looking to focus on innovation that comes from customer priorities and new market opportunities. Furthermore, the show examines innovation capabilities that have made them successful and the mindset that’s needed to deal with uncertainty.

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