

Inside Outside Innovation
Brian Ardinger, Founder of Inside Outside Innovation podcast, InsideOutside.io, and the Inside Outside Innovation Summit
Inside Outside Innovation explores the ins and outs of innovation with raw stories, real insights, and tactical advice from the best and brightest in startups & corporate innovation.
Each week we bring you the latest thinking on talent, technology, and the future of innovation. Join our community of movers, shakers, makers, founders, builders, and creators to help speed up your knowledge, skills, and network.
Previous guests include thought leaders such as Brad Feld, Arlan Hamilton, Jason Calacanis, David Bland, Janice Fraser, and Diana Kander, plus insights from amazing companies including Nike, Cisco, ExxonMobil, Gatorade, Orlando Magic, GE, Samsung, and others.
This podcast is available on all podcast platforms and InsideOutside.io. Sign up for the weekly innovation newsletter at http://bit.ly/ionewsletter. Follow Brian on Twitter at @ardinger or @theiopodcast or Email brian@insideoutside.io
Each week we bring you the latest thinking on talent, technology, and the future of innovation. Join our community of movers, shakers, makers, founders, builders, and creators to help speed up your knowledge, skills, and network.
Previous guests include thought leaders such as Brad Feld, Arlan Hamilton, Jason Calacanis, David Bland, Janice Fraser, and Diana Kander, plus insights from amazing companies including Nike, Cisco, ExxonMobil, Gatorade, Orlando Magic, GE, Samsung, and others.
This podcast is available on all podcast platforms and InsideOutside.io. Sign up for the weekly innovation newsletter at http://bit.ly/ionewsletter. Follow Brian on Twitter at @ardinger or @theiopodcast or Email brian@insideoutside.io
Episodes
Mentioned books

Mar 7, 2017 • 10min
Ep. 46 - Derek Mauk w/ Anheuser-Busch
Derek Mauk is the senior innovation brand manager at Anheuser-Busch. In part 1 of his interview with Brian, he talked about their new project, Best Damn Brewing Company. Derek laid out how the new line was built using design thinking, lean startup, and startup engagements, all of which we'll hear more about in part 2. Follow @theiosummit for updates on the Inside Outside Innovation Summit in June and get your ticket at theiosummit.com. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Feb 28, 2017 • 11min
Ep. 45 - Michael Docherty and The Lone Wolf Innovator
The first episode in a series that will feature former podcast guests who are speaking at the Inside Outside Innovation Summit, June 19th-21st in Lincoln, Nebraska. Michael Docherty is the author of the book “Collective Disruption: How Corporations & Startups Can Co-Create Transformative New Businesses” In this clip he gave us a glimpse of some of the incredible wisdom he’s picked up from dozens of interviews with corporate innovators and leaders. He also shared tips for the corporate innovator who’s on their own and how an event like our summit can be especially helpful for kick-starting something at their mid-sized to large organization.
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Feb 21, 2017 • 16min
Ep. 44 - Ari Kern w/ Sprint Accelerator
Ari Kern is the Community and Programs Manager with the Sprint Accelerator in Kansas City. In her insightful conversation with Brian she talked about how the design of Sprint’s physical accelerator space cultivates community and innovation and what exciting new shift Sprint is making in its next accelerator round. Listen carefully near the end for information about how you and your startup or Kansas City corporation can take part in Sprint’s new process. Applications are at sprintaccel.com and Ari encourages startups to apply ASAP.
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Feb 14, 2017 • 18min
Ep. 43 - Ash Maurya, Author of Scaling Lean
Today’s interview is with Ash Maurya, the author of Running Lean and his newest book Scaling Lean. With decades of experiences as an entrepreneur and almost 10 years as a lean coach, Ash talked about the product design mistake that almost all innovators make, and where he tells those innovators to go with their failed product and what to do with it. Ash also gave an outline of how his new book adds to the ongoing innovation conversation by giving practical tips and exercises for designing value metrics, among many other things. Connect with Ash at leanstack.com and find out more about the Inside Outside Innovation Summit at theiosummit.com

Feb 14, 2017 • 7min
Inside Outside Innovation Summit
Our team here at Inside Outside Innovation along with our sponsor, Econic, is very excited to announce the first Inside Outside Innovation Summit on June 19-21st. In what will be a premier conference in the Midwest focused on startup driven innovation, there's something for everyone. Corporations can match with startups, and startups can compete in a $100k pitch contest. Learn more and buy your ticket at theiosummit.com and talk to us on twitter @TheIOSummit For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Feb 7, 2017 • 13min
Ep. 42 - John Bungert w/ MetLife
John Bungert is the Director of innovation at MetLife. He talked with Brian about the breadth of Metlife’s approach to innovation by partnering with a large network of venture capital firms as well as using internal campaigns to find and then implement innovative and relevant ideas on horizons 1, 2, and 3. He also talked about how working for small wins can help the most when you’re just getting started with a corporate innovation arm. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Jan 31, 2017 • 15min
Ep. 41 - Jonathan Bertfield w/ Spinnaker Co.
In today's epsiode from the Lean Startup Conference, Josh talked with Jonathan Bertfield. Jonathan has more than two decades of experience focusing on digital transformations in large enterprises and is an expert on implementing lean startup in these giant organizations. He discussed the importance of high level managers actually talking to real customers, the potential of the Objectives and Key Results tool for calculating incentives for internal innovators, and the thing that is more important than tools for a company to be successful at lean. Connect with him on twitter @Berters and at myspinnaker.co
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Jan 24, 2017 • 10min
Ep. 40 - Susana Jurado w/ Telefonica R&D
This episode was recorded live at the Lean Startup Conference 2016. Brian talked with Susana Jurado who is a head of the Product Portfolio in Telefonica's R&D department. Susana shared some insights she’s gained as an innovation leader in a very large corporation that not only implements lean startup in its daily innovation efforts but also used lean tactics when it transformed entirely into a digital telephone company that suddenly needed digital products. Susana also talked about their Open Future program that offers incredible opportunities to startups and entrepreneurs with great ideas in this industry. Connect with Susana on twitter @sjapru and learn more about Telefonica's innovation at www.tid.es For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Jan 17, 2017 • 18min
Ep. 39 - Tren Griffin, author of 25iq and "Charlie Munger"
Today's conversation with Tren Griffin was recorded live at the Lean Startup Conference where gave a talk about learning from failed startups and the world's most "unlean" startup that he was a part of. He also talked about applications of lean startup that corporations often overlook. Find Tren's blog at 25iq.com and follow him on twitter @trengriffin. He co-authored "Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor" which is available on Amazon. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Jan 10, 2017 • 18min
Ep. 38 - Dan Olsen, author The Lean Product Playbook
In another interview we recorded live at the Lean Startup Week, Josh talked with Dan Olsen about the really practical process he's designed for innovators and product managers who want to make their organizations lean. Dan's Amazon Best Seller book, "The Lean Product Playbook" walks through a six-step process to help this transformation on multiple levels of leadership. Connect with Dan on LinkedIn and on twitter @danolsen For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy