The Innovation Show

Our guest today argues that we have now reached a turning point in history from which creating Competitive Advantage may no longer be in the best interests of an organisation. He presents today's business and social challenges through a new strategic lens and offers this book as a practical guide to help you create Collaborative Advantage, transform your business and change the world. You will gain access to world-leading techniques to enable you to: Mobilise staff, partners, collaborators and customers around a common purpose that gets everyone you need firmly on your side. Foster improved innovation, reach more customers or beneficiaries, build greater loyalty, generate greater income and forge more ambitious partnerships. De-couple your potential for growth from the level of resource your organization controls. This is an indispensable guide that will help you transform the growth of your business or the impact of your non-profit by bringing the fuller value-creating potential of the outside world inside your organization. We welcome Strategic consultant, social entrepreneur and the author of "Collaborative Advantage: How collaboration beats competition as a strategy for success" - Paul Skinner We talk: The Death and History of Competitive Advantage The Birth of Collaborative Advantage The "Outside In" framework Common purpose Personal Purpose Engaging the Ecosystem The Circular Economy More about Paul here: https://www.theaof.com/

Any leader in any size company, no matter the size or sector, feels the pressure to innovate, find new ideas and business models, and create enduring customer value. There is no one formula or set process to find and execute the ideas that achieve these goals; customers set moving targets, shareholders are unforgiving and demanding, and society expects companies to care about much more than the bottom line. The answer to the dilemma every business faces today is that innovation is exhilarating, rewarding and even fun when it is approached as a unique challenge, but it can also be polarising, unpredictable, and scary. Success requires that leaders rethink how they lead innovation. Leaders know they must set aside preconceived notions of what works, and look to those who have already walked in their shoes. Changemakers are few in number and are worthy of encouragement and support. They want to create and deliver value, bring together teams to solve big problems, seize opportunities, and make a difference. Treading water is not an option for them. They want to succeed for themselves, their communities, friends and loved ones, and for the broader stakeholder ecosystem. Theirs are hard-won achievements. We welcome the author of the focus of today's episode: The Change Maker's Playbook: How to Seek, Seed and Scale Innovation in Any Company, Amy Radin, welcome to the show. We talk about: Changemaker Frameworks for Change How to seek innovation How to overcome resistance How to seek support Seeding Scaling How to embed change Building Support The Army of the Willing Building an External Network Intrapreneurship Resourcefulness Positioning Purpose If established enterprise incubate and launch new business models More about Amy here: https://www.amyradin.com

Greg Satell, an expert in creating movements that drive transformational change, discusses the power of cascades in driving change. He explains the principles of successful movements, the difference between Boston and Silicon Valley as technology hubs, the significance of connections and networks, the power of relationships in network structures, and the role of values in shaping actions.

We all want to discover our hidden talents and make an impact with them. But how? Our guest, an ex-footballer and performance specialist, quit his job and for six intense months lived with the world's best athletes in an attempt to answer this question. Why have the best middle distance runners grown up in the same Ethiopian village? Why are the leading female golfers from South Korea? How did one athletic club in Kingston, Jamaica, succeed in producing so many world-class sprinters? Our guest presents his surprising conclusions in seven lessons on how anyone - or any business, organisation or team - can defy the many misconceptions of high performance and learn to build their own gold mine of real talent. This book is not about sport, it's about identifying and nurturing talent. In a knowledge economy, talent is a competitive advantage, but bus8ness leaders and coaches alike don't often know how to identify talent, even when it's right in front of them. We welcome the author of The Gold Mine Effect Rasmus Ankersen We discuss: The Challenge of identifying talent Why we overlook talent The child prodigy problem Traits of the best coaches How to nurture talent How parents should nurture talent The balance of parent involvement More about Rasmus here: https://www.rasmusankersen.com/

"You Are Not So Smart" Biases, Heuristics and Fallacies with David McRaney How many of your Facebook friends do you think you know? Would you help a stranger in need? Do you know why you're so in love with your new smartphone? The truth is: you're probably wrong. This episode examines the assorted ways we mislead ourselves every single day, a psychology course with all the boring bits taken out. Prepare for a whirlwind tour of some of the latest research, fused with a healthy dose of humour. You'll discover just how irrational you really are, which delusions keep you sane, how to boost your productivity, and why you've never kept a New Year's resolution. We welcome the author of "You Are Not So Smart: Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, Why You Have Too Many Friends On Facebook And 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself" and host of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast, David McRaney We discuss: What are Biases, Heuristics and Fallacies Why we create mental shortcuts The ancient architecture of the brain Priming How Casinos Prime Us Confabulation Split-Brain patients and confabulation Why our brains seek patterns The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy The Availability Heuristic The video mentioned during the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNmsVl4xkhg More about David here: http://davidmcraney.com/ https://youarenotsosmart.com

"There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self." —Aldous Huxley Have you ever wondered what a profiling session would tell you about yourself? Our guest helps some of the most successful people in the world to understand their behaviour and improve their performance. Here she guides you through the professional profiling assessment process in private, to help you discover your strengths, understand what really drives you and learn which environments will help you to excel. Our behaviour is at the core of what we do. This is your ultimate self-awareness toolkit to help you understand both your own and other's behaviour and to positively influence it. Along the way you may even start to sleep better, think more clearly and have good moods more often. More about Fiona here: https://fionamurden.com/

"Optimism, like pessimism, is a bias, and to be avoided. But summoning the determination to rise to a challenge and succeed is a virtue." - Calum Chace Today's guest argues that in the course of this century, the exponential growth in the capability of AI is likely to bring about two "singularities" - points at which conditions are so extreme that the normal rules break down. The first is the economic singularity, when machine skill reaches a level that renders many of us unemployable and requires an overhaul of our current economic and social systems. The second is the technological singularity, when machine intelligence reaches and then surpasses the cognitive abilities of an adult human, relegating us to the second smartest species on the planet. These singularities will present huge challenges, but this he argues that we can meet these challenges and overcome them. If we do, the rewards could be almost unimaginable. Artificial intelligence can turn out to be the best thing ever to happen to humanity, making our future wonderful almost beyond imagination. But only if we address head-on the challenges that it will raise. We welcome expert on artificial intelligence, and its likely future impact on society and bestselling author of many books including the focus of today's show "Artificial Intelligence and the Two Singularities", Calum Chace, welcome to the show We discuss: The Terminology Technological Singularity Economic Singularity Exponential Change Artificial General Intelligence The AI race Technological Joblessness Universal Basic Income Impact on Society What is being done The Gods and the Useless Transhumanism Augmented Humanity Centaurs Privacy Concerns More about Calum here; http://www.pandoras-brain.com/ and the book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0815368534/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6

David Deutsch, pioneer in quantum computation, explores the nature and progress of knowledge. Emphasizes the importance of good explanations in science. Discusses the imperfections and constant improvement of knowledge. Advocates for a rethinking of education, teaching people how to learn. Explores automating tasks with AI as technology advances. Discusses the belief that Earth is a miraculous life support system. Explores the concept of reality, the multiverse, and unseen phenomena.

"If you're treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are described to you as being real they're real for you whether they're real or not." — James Baldwin We are living in a time of mounting political segregation that threatens to tear us apart as a unified society. The result is that we are becoming increasingly tribal, and the narratives of life that we get exposed to on a daily basis have become echo chambers in which we hear our beliefs reinforced and others' beliefs demonised. At the core of tribalism exists a paradox: as humans, we are hardwired with the need to belong, which ends up making us deeply connected with some yet deeply divided from others. When these tribes are formed out of fear of the "other," on topics such as race, immigration status, religion, or partisan politics, we resort to an "us versus them" attitude. Especially in the digital age, when we are all interconnected in one way or another, these tensions seep into our daily lives and we become secluded with our self-identified tribes. Today's guest explores how our human need to belong is the driving force behind the increasing division of our world. Drawing upon decades of leadership experience, he probes the depth of tribalism, examines the role of social media in exacerbating it, and offers tactics for how to combat it. Filled with tested practices for opening safe and honest dialogue in the workplace and challenges to confront our own tendencies to bond with those who are like us, his book "Our Search for Belonging" is a powerful statement of hope in a disquieting time. We welcome diversity and inclusion expert and author of "Our Search for Belonging: How Our Need to Connect Is Tearing Us Apart" Howard J. Ross We talk: Bias Polarisation Why we tend to form tribes Race and Gender Politics The brain White Privilege Empathy Media The Toilet Assumption More about Howard here: https://www.amazon.com/Our-Search-Belonging-Connect-Tearing/dp/1523095032 http://everydaybias.com/ https://twitter.com/HowardJRoss

Ed Muzio, CEO of Group Harmonics and author, dives into the essentials of creating iterative organizations that adapt swiftly to change. He discusses breaking down management silos and emphasizes clear communication to foster trust and teamwork. The conversation explores innovative meeting strategies that boost productivity and engagement, as well as the significance of empowering frontline employees for self-sufficiency. Muzio's insights provide actionable strategies for managers to lead effectively in fast-paced environments.