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111: How Creative Innovation Can Take You From Salesforce and Accenture to Adventures in Nature

111: How Creative Innovation Can Take You From Salesforce and Accenture to Adventures in Nature

FromInnovation Storytellers


111: How Creative Innovation Can Take You From Salesforce and Accenture to Adventures in Nature

FromInnovation Storytellers

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Jun 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Prepare for a deep-dive into the world of innovation on the latest episode of Innovation Storytellers with our distinguished guest, Shubber Ali, CEO of Garden for Wildlife. In this episode, we peel back the layers of innovation as Ali, a veteran in the field, shares his experiences, insights, and the hard truths he's unearthed during his career. From his early days of building startups, through his tenure as the VP of Strategic Innovation for Salesforce and his role as the Global Innovation Ninja for Accenture, to his current academic position as an Adjunct Professor of Innovation Management at Georgetown, Ali has seen it all. He brings a wealth of understanding to the often nebulous concept of 'innovation', dissecting its misuse and overuse in today's corporate landscape. However,  Ali's perspective isn't just theoretical – it's rooted in practical, on-ground realities. He illustrates how one simple innovation – the QR code – revolutionized ICU operations, and in doing so, unravels his central tenet of innovation. This thought-provoking conversation challenges the norm and urges us to dig deeper into the true problem at hand, not just its symptoms. As Ali puts it, the solution is always obvious once the actual problem is understood.  
Released:
Jun 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Did you ever wonder how an innovation got to its finish line? How innovators saw the future, made a product, and created change – in our world and in their companies? I did. Innovation Storytellers invites changemakers to describe how they created their innovation and just as important – THE STORIES – that made us fall in love with them. Come learn how great innovations need great stories to make them move around the world and how to become a better storyteller in the process. I’m Susan Lindner, the Innovation Storyteller. But I wasn’t always. I’ve been a wannabe revolutionary, an epidemiologist at the CDC and an AIDS educator in the brothels of Thailand helping to turn former sex workers into entrepreneurs. Trained as an anthropologist and the Founder of Emerging Media, I’ve spent the last twenty years working with innovators from 60+ countries. Ranging from cutting edge startups to Fortune 100 companies like GE, Corning, Citi, Olayan, and nine foreign governments, helping their leaders to tell their stories and teaching them how to become incredible advocates for their innovations. Great innovation stories make change possible. They let us step into a future we can’t see yet. I started this podcast to shine a light on our generation of great innovators, to learn how they brought their innovation to life and the stories they told to bring them to the world.