Keeping Innovation Alive

Keeping Innovation Alive

Unlock the power of innovation in just 10 minutes! Join us on 'Keeping Innovation Alive" for electrifying conversations with pioneering minds, visionary founders, and trailblazing CEOs. In each bite-sized episode, dive into the minds of industry leaders as they share their secrets, insights, and strategies to fuel innovation. Find us on all major podcast platforms and get inspired to push boundaries! Discover more at www.keepinnoalive.com/podcast

Episodes

January 15, 2024 29 secs
Do you have 10 minutes-ish to spare? Tune in to quick talks with innovation leaders, Founders and Executives about real and quick stories about the trials, tribulations and successes as a result of an innovation mindset. So this begs the question, do you keep innovation alive? We will look forward to having you join us. 🫶💯😎
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“Innovation comes from being able to shift from doing something because it's possible, into then doing something because it’s meaningful.” This concept provides some insight into the mindset of our next guest, Kevin Dexter. Kevin has spent much of his career as a leader in consumer-branded companies. And with many of our listeners spending more time at home over the past couple of years, there is a good chance he has helped affect ...
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Nick De Blasio is a driven innovator, having helped Co-Found Ingenius for Nestlé, an internationally recognized innovation program, which helps employees turn their ideas into meaningful new businesses for the company.Today, Nick is a Director for Capgemini Invent and he collaborates with international client companies, where many of which are at the crossroads of new technology, providing strategy from Design to Operations. Learn ...
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To our loyal listeners, you'll find that this episode is almost double the promised short "10 Minutes" format, but with our guest, Jim, you can't really pair this discussion down. Tune in and subscribe, I know you will be captivated by his story and philosophy.Our next guest needs no introduction. Jim McCann is a successful entrepreneur, business leader, author, media personality, and philanthropist whose passion is helping people ...
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Our guest, Hank Izzo has been an innovator in consumer-packaged goods for almost 3 decades. During his 22-year career at Mars, he held positions as General Manager, Chief Marketing Officer, and Vice President of R&D and Innovation and was responsible for global innovation platforms for Mars flagship M&M’s Brand.  During our discussion, Hank shares his perspective and examples of what powers innovation and enables a culture of creat...
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Our guest is an award-winning filmmaker and scientist, Valerie Weiss. She has infused her signature blend of elevated and emotional storytelling into her four feature films and dozens of television episodes. Valerie's work has been called "daringly light" for the way it embraces controversial topics in enchanting ways and spans the genres of action, thriller, drama, science-fiction, and comedy. She has directed feature films and ep...
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The last couple of years has been historic for Space Tourism, thanks to companies like Blue Origin, SpaceX, and Virgin Galactic. Our guest, Rob Meyerson, has had more than 30 years of experience in the aerospace industry, including serving as the President of Blue Origin from 2003 to 2017. Today, Rob is the founder and CEO of Delalune Space, a management consulting company focused on aerospace, mobility, technology, and investment....
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Our guest, Jennifer Thomas, is the Managing Director of Plug and Play Tech Center in Cleveland. She also leads the Healthcare Vertical nationally for the company. Plug and Play is the world's largest early-stage investor, accelerator, and corporate innovation platform headquartered in Silicon Valley. We've seen the landscape of healthcare change dramatically over the last couple of years due to the Pandemic. It's the startups that ...
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February 24, 2022 12 mins
Our guest, Carey Jaros, is the CEO of GOJO Industries, the makers of Purell. Looking back at January 2020, we can all recall being at the beginning of the Pandemic and the global shutdown. Carey and her team rose to the challenge that month to lead GOJO with a purpose - saving lives and making life better through well-being solutions. Purell products were an easy solution for hand hygiene and helped many of us get back to normal, a...
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February 4, 2022 11 mins
Our guest Kwasi Asare, is a Creative Visionary, Entrepreneur, Marketer, and Business Development Executive. He is the founder of The FEEDIA Agency, a global strategy company, and Co-Founder of ESAIYO, which connects, preserves, and displays important identity and historical data related to NFTs, physical, and virtual objects. He's a fellow member of the Fast Company Executive Board. He considers his time spent at Sony Music as the ...
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Imagine if you were approached by a group, NFT Genius, to develop a Metaverse called "Rebel Rabbits." Then you find out that this project would be a launch pad to a multimedia platform. This was the opportunity and challenge presented to my guest, Francisco Lorite. Francisco is a storyteller who is fascinated with how the Metaverse will take entertainment to the next level. In this new world of storytelling, the Rebel Rabbits have ...
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January 18, 2022 11 mins
I'm sure you could imagine that the job of someone who raises money for startups is a difficult one. Now imagine the concept of building up a community to work with you. This is the essential concept behind RedCrow. Our guest, Brian Smith, co-founded RedCrow with his partner, Jerry Harrison, also known as a member of the band, Talking Heads. Also essential to the team is Aishlin Harrison, who served as the Creative Director for Red...
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Our guest Mike Dunn is the former President of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, prior to the Disney Acquisition of the Studio. Mike has been a pivotal leader in Hollywood by leading the charge to bring movies into our homes. Today, with platforms like Netflix, HBOMax, and Disney+, it's hard to imagine that at one point, we could only go to theaters to watch our favorite films. As you listen to this interview, you will lear...
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In this episode, host Bill Nottingham, interviews a former world number-one ranked athlete in the sport of bodyboarding. Kim Feast has surfed some of the craziest waves in the world, and worked with some of the best athletes in the world, documenting them riding waves, which have been seen on the front of magazine publications and retail brand storefronts. Kim (virtually) sits down with Bill to share how he has been able to keep in...
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Guest, Carol Roth, is a content creator, “recovering” investment banker, author of The War on Small Business, entrepreneur, TV pundit and host, and New York Times bestselling author of The Entrepreneur Equation and The War on Small Business.She has worked in a variety of capacities across industries, including currently as an outsourced CCO, as a director on public and private company boards, and as a strategic advisor. She advocat...
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December 1, 2021 9 mins
In this episode, Bill interviews Scott Colosimo, CEO of the e-mobility company LAND Energy. Scott is a seasoned innovator and disruptor, with prior experience in automotive and product development. Listening to this episode, you will learn how Scott’s company is more of a data innovation platform that is run through a personal EV.LAND Energy is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, AKA “The Land.” The flagship vehicle is The District w...
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For our very first episode, I would like to welcome Kyle Walker and Tyler Wallis, two former Amazon Executives. Many of us our customers of Amazon, especially during the pandemic, but few of us know what the company is like from the inside. Kyle and Tyler will share some insights with us to help explain how Amazon approaches innovation and some of the challenges that are present with a company as large as Amazon. Today, Kyle and Ty...
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