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Marcus Hollinger and Josh Ruff are Sr. Directors of Innovation at Stoked (stokedproject.com), a breakout innovation studio giving leaders and teams the courage to innovate with impact. They are the co-creators of Ideascience by Stoked (stokedproject.com/ideascience): music, neuroscience, and practical tools for building momentum to solve business challenges—in a 3-hour package.
Marcus is an award-winning marketer, innovation designer, and entrepreneur. He has a decade-long career leading creative work. Marcus led creative marketing at Reach Records as their Chief Marketing Officer where he created Grammy Award Winning campaigns, and launched the #1 Album on the Billboard 200 Chart in 2014. He coaches executive education programs at the Stanford d.School, is a Senior Director of Innovation at Stoked, and as an entrepreneur, his specialty coffee company, Portrait Coffee, was named Food and Wine Magazine's best coffee in Georgia.
Josh is an award-winning innovator, Stanford d.schooler, hotelier, and craftsman. He has designed and run global innovation programs at Hyatt, he coaches executive education programs at the Stanford d.school, and as a Senior Director at the human-centered design consultancy Stoked, he helps teams awaken their creative state. Josh's expertise is leading client teams—from nonprofit to Fortune 5—through the murky space between scrappy, rapid prototyping and full-blown pilots for new consumer products, services, and experiences. Most recently, a team Josh led at a Fortune 50 company won the CEO Award for Innovation for a breakthrough solving the support gap mothers endure within the first six weeks after giving birth.
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