AI Agents Podcast Dave Hengartner rready - How Employee Driven Innovation Transforms Corporate Ventures | EP79
Sep 25, 2025
Dave Hengartner, co-founder and CEO of rready, dives into the world of employee-driven innovation. He shares insights on transforming corporate ventures through AI-powered workflows that empower employees to turn ideas into impactful business strategies. Dave highlights the importance of intrapreneurship and explains how a structured approach can overcome common innovation hurdles. He also discusses the role of AI in enhancing ideation processes and ensuring measurable business outcomes, offering a glimpse into the future of enterprise innovation.
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Intrapreneurs Need Space To Thrive
- Dave describes intrapreneurs as innovators inside large organizations who need space and resources to execute ideas.
- He compares this to Steve Jobs putting the Macintosh team in a garage to let them build something new.
From Corporate Program To SaaS Product
- Ready spun out from Swisscom after proving its innovation methodology inside a large telco.
- The company now sells that enterprise innovation software as a standalone SaaS product.
One Platform For Many Innovation Tactics
- Ready built a flexible backend to support multiple innovation programs like idea management and trend scouting.
- A single architecture can serve entrepreneurship, portfolio, trend, and startup collaboration workflows.