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The Devil's Advocate: Is it Good for Innovation?
Innovation is often lauded as the key to success in business. After all, staying ahead of the competition is hard if you're not constantly coming up with new ideas and ways to improve your products or services. But is every idea you come up with a good thing?
Collin Howlett of Vecima on the Pace and Sources of Innovation
Here is the last interview from my time at the Cable Tec-Expo Show in Philadelphia. Collin Howlett, the CTO of Vecima, joins us to discuss the acceleration of innovation in the cable industry. Predicting the future grows more challenging as the pace of innovation accelerates. Customers are deploying innovations at
Irresponsible Innovation
A few weeks back, I wrote an opinion piece for The Innovators Network titled, Innovation Hero Worship: FTX, Theranos, and the Media. The core of the article is my belief that the media has a responsibility to not feed into the hero worship of innovation leaders. But there is more
Asaf Matatyaou of Harmonic on Innovation Culture and AI
This is the third interview from my time at the Cable Tec-Expo Show in Philadelphia. Asaf Matatyaou, the VP of Solutions and Product Management for the Cable Access Business at Harmonic, joins us to discuss AI, data, and innovation culture. Consumer expectations have considerably shifted due to the impact of
Why Divergent Thinkers Will Always Win
Humans have always been thinkers. From the time early humans began to communicate, they used their brains to figure out how to survive and thrive. Over the years, humans have continued to use their brains to solve problems and create new things. To do this, humans have had to learn
Jordi Fernandez of BeneTalk on Innovating Stuttering
Jordi Fernandez, Founder and CEO of BeneTalk, joins the show to discuss the mobile app that provides a community for people who stutter. Jordi is a person who stutters and growing up, his parents and teachers didn’t understand how to approach it. At a young age, he engaged in
The Secret to Silicon Valley's Success
Whenever I'm speaking outside of California, I can usually expect an audience question about Silicon Valley. Such as — "What's the secret to Silicon Valley's success?" After all, this region is home to some of the world's most successful and innovative
Jan Ariesen of Technetix on Prioritizing Innovation
This is the second interview from my time at the Cable Tec-Expo Show in Philadelphia. Jan Ariesen, the CTO of Technetix, joins us to discuss how his organization’s prioritization of innovation, paired with the right team, helps them solve tomorrow’s problems. Jan Ariesen of Technetix on Prioritizing Innovation
Understanding and Improving Your Future Literacy
What is future literacy? Future literacy is the ability to look at the world and understand how it will change in the future. This can be a valuable skill that historically has not been on most people's radar screen. Most people don't think about the future
Matt Greeley of Brightidea on Long-Form Narratives of Ideas
Matt Greeley, the Founder and CEO of Brightidea, is on The Killer Innovations Show to discuss the launch of their new idea incubation tool, BrightIdea Memo. Matt has been involved in idea management systems (IMS) since their early days. In 2005, BrightIdea launched the first-ever online innovation platform. During my
