Inside Outside Innovation

Product Development to Create Raving Fans Using Game Thinking Amy Jo Kim is a longtime innovation consultant and author of Game Thinking, a step-by-step system for building lasting engagement into product experience and based on design techniques from hit games. With a wealth of knowledge, Amy Jo spoke to Brian about the concept of superfans, mainstream majority and early majority, and why identifying these demographics is crucial for success. Check out her book at https://gamethinking.io If you are interested in product development, check out Brian's interview with Laura Klein at https://insideoutside.io/podcast/ep-34-laura-klein-w-lean-startup-for-product-design/   GET THE LATEST RESOURCES Get the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HERE For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Straight Talk for Startups: 100 Insider Rules Randy Komisar is author of "Straight Talk for Startups: 100 Insider Rules for Beating the Odds--From Mastering the Fundamentals to Selecting Investors, Fundraising, Managing Boards, and Achieving Liquidity." He is also an entrepreneur and partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, a Silicon Valley Venture Capital firm. In this episode, Randy and Brian Ardinger discuss why experience is so valuable now and why startups can stop worrying about scaling. For more background see https://www.kleinerperkins.com/people/randy-komisaror grab his book on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/2PiYqIf If you are interested in more insider rules for startups, check out Brian's interview with Jason Calacanis at https://insideoutside.io/podcast/ep-65-jason-calacanis-angel-investor-and-author-of-angel/   GET THE LATEST RESOURCES Get the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HERE For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Building Dream Teams Shane Snow is an award-winning journalist and entrepreneur. He spoke with Brian Ardinger about his new book, Dream Teams: Working Together without Falling Apart. In Dream Teams, Shane uses psychology, neuroscience, and business, to reveal what separates groups that simply get by together, from teams that get better together. His examples range from rap groups to pirate gangs, and buddy cops to pioneering women in journalism. A dream team combines the familiar with the uncomfortable, and gets things done that have never been done before. Find out more at http://www.Shanesnow.comor grab a book on Amazon at https://amzn.to/2OM3Drk If you want more stories on how to build a team, check out Brian's interview with Ryan Paugh at https://insideoutside.io/podcast/ep-89-ryan-paugh-w-community-company/   GET THE LATEST RESOURCES Get the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HERE For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Building Entrepreneurial Capabilities in Teams Andi Plantenberg is an innovation consultant who helps companies, that are preparing for disruption, by building entrepreneurial capabilities in teams. She teaches them to operate more like startups— creating competencies in experimentation, validated learning, rapid prototyping and entrepreneurial management. Her history includes consulting with large organizations (NASA Ames Mission Control, The Lending Club, Public Library of Science, Coke Founders, BISSELL floor-care, RWE Innogy New Ventures, and Mayo Clinic), small startups, and starting her own business all on the path toward working to expand entrepreneurial capabilities in teams. Andi's conversation with Brian Ardinger addresses many subjects including: how teachable is innovation, and what’s the most effective incentive? Reach out to Andi on Twitter @andisf or http://andibyday.com If you are interested in building entrepreneurial capabilities, consider listening to Sean Ammirati at https://insideoutside.io/podcast/ep-98-sean-ammirati-w-birchmere-ventures/ and Teresa Torres at https://insideoutside.io/podcast/ep-90-teresa-torres-w-product-talk/   GET THE LATEST RESOURCES Get the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HERE For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

FinTech Innovation Sunayna Tuteja is Head of Strategic Partnerships and Emerging Technology at TD Ameritrade and a speaker at the Inside Outside Innovation Summit 2018on Fintech innovation. In her conversation with Brian Ardinger, she shares a preview of what’s to come including the four pillars of their approach to innovation at TD Ameritrade, up-and-coming trends for startups and corporations to keep their eyes on, and why FinTech is in a unique position when it comes to innovation. Find her on Twitter @Sunaynaor at TD Ameritrade at https://www.tdameritrade.com/home.page If you are interested in another large corporation looking at innovation, try Brian's interview with Tom Bianculli from Zebra at https://insideoutside.io/podcast/ep-100-tom-bianculli-w-zebra/ or his interview with Atul Kamra from SixThirty, a fintech fund in St. Louis at https://insideoutside.io/podcast/ep-79-atul-kamra-w-sixthirty/   GET THE LATEST RESOURCES Get the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HERE For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

System Innovation at 30,000 ft Daniel Fozzati is Head of Product Development and Commercialization at IdeaLondon, an innovation center by Cisco, EDF and UCL. As a product engineer who always finds himself frustrated by the ground constraints of innovation systems, he takes the 30,000 foot view and works to help facilitate both visionary and nitty-gritty system innovation. Daniel talked with Brian Ardinger about Idea London, China’s involvement in European innovation, and up and coming trends he is witnessing in the UK. Reach out to Daniel on Twitter @fuzzydanielor check out IdeaLondon at https://www.idea-london.co.uk/empowering-tech-start-ups-grow-faster-stronger-and-further-they-could-alone If you are interested in system or community innovation, check out Brian's talk with Azeem Azhar at https://insideoutside.io/podcast/ep-107-azeem-azhar-with-innovation-newsletter-exponential-view/     GET THE LATEST RESOURCES Get the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HERE For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Tom Bianculli is the Chief Technology Officer at Zebra Technologies. Before Brian and Tom's conversation, Tom took part in a panel about the Internet of Things held at The Economist's Innovation Summit in Chicago on March 22, 2018. In this episode, we pulled a clip from the panel discussion, and then we transition into their conversation. Key takeaway: there’s still so much more to develop with IOT, but you don’t have to know where you’ll end up to get started. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Ryan Jacoby started in systems engineering doing consulting but when he went to grad school he stumbled upon a class that changed his trajectory fundamentally just as design thinking and development has changed the business and innovation world. Now Ryan, with a ton of experience behind him is eager to tell others about what’s different now and how to take full advantage of these massive improvements. His new book, "Making Progress: The 7 Responsibilities of the Innovation Leader" is out now. Hear him talk more about what's in it and what to do about what's in it at the Inside/Outside Innovation Summit May 29th-31st here in Lincoln, Nebraska. Register today at theiosummit.com. 

Sean Ammirati really knows both sides of the table. He’s gone from founding multiple companies to being a partner at Birchmere Ventures and a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He’s written numerous books including “The Science of Growth: How Facebook Beat Friendster” and will be speaking at the Inside Outside Innovation Summit happening May 29th-31st. In his conversation with Brian Ardinger, Sean talked about his unique journey, big versus small, and tools that have helped him help others. 

China Gorman has spent over 20 years in the HR consulting world including as CEO of The Great Place To Work Institute and Chief Operating Officer and interim CEO of The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). She came on our show to talk about her upcoming conference called UNLEASH taking place in Las Vegas on May 15-16 and to address some of the questions about technology and humanity that everyone in innovation must wrestle with. For more information about the China's conference, visit unleashgroup.io. To register for the Inside Outside Innovation Summit happening May 29th-31st in Lincoln, Nebraska, visit theiosummit.com For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy