Inside Outside Innovation

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. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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

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

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

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 For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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

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

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

The market of innovation consulting has transformed in the past 5 years and Jeff and Josh have witnessed it all. In their book "Sense and Respond: How Successful Organizations Listen to Customers and Create New Products Continuously" they answer the need for clear and detailed instruction to execute true lean strategies in large businesses. The book is available for pre-order on Amazon and you can connect with Josh and Jeff on twitter @jseiden and @jboogie. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Today we split from our usual corporate focus and returns to the startup perspective. Topology Eyewear is designed to give users a choice. But not too much choice. In this episode, Eric Varady discussed this and other challenges his startup is overcoming by using lean strategies. Right now, as it becomes more and more necessary for corporations to understand and use lean startup, this conversation serves as a great reminder of the fundamentals for innovation anywhere. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Today's interview is another that we recorded live at the Lean Startup Week. Jitendra Kavathekar, the managing director of Accenture Open Innovation explained what open innovation is and how accenture approaches it at both a global and local level. He also pointed out some things ingrained in corporations that can specifically harm partnerships with startups. Learn more at accenture.com and connect with Jitendra on twitter @JeetKavathekar For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Laura Klein got involved with lean startup at the very beginning and "on accident." With decades of experience in user design she was working with Eric Ries about five years ago when he came out with "The Lean Startup. Now Laura applies those same methodologies to her current work helping corporations manage and understand valuable user insights as they steer innovation. Laura published her first book, "UX for Lean Startups" in 2013 and her second, "Build Better Products," was published earlier this year. With practical and tangible instructions, this book can be an extremely helpful "handbook" for the corporate teams making successful products that are centered on users' needs. Find a sample chapter at uxmatters.com

Today's episode is a conversation with David Bland we recorded live at our Lean Startup Week booth. David has been in the lean startup and corporate innovation space for many years, being involved with Eric Ries and Neo Innovation. Listen in to hear his valuable insights about internal innovation, assumption mapping, and what he thinks the next big thing will be among innovators. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Today's episode is a conversation with Eric Schulz, a lean startup coach at John Deere that we recorded live in our booth at the Lean Startup Week 2016 in San Francisco. Stay with us as Eric tells about how they’re using lean methodologies from the valley to innovate at this iconic and massive company with big Midwestern tradition. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Here's part 2 from our talk with Blood Orange founder and best-selling author Dr. Simone Ahuja. Today, we share some of Simone's incredible stories about intrapreneurs who harnessed their passion and a few resources to change industries and lives through innovation. You can also connect with Simone on twitter @SimoneAhuja and follow her blog at hbr.com For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

In part 1 of our interview with Blood Orange founder and best-selling author Dr. Simone Ahuja we learned about a different approach to innovation called “Jugaad Innovation.” With a focus on innovating with limited resources, Simone explained how this practical method can be extremely helpful for corporate innovators and intrapreneurs who have an industry-changing idea but don’t have the top-down support to make it happen. Come back next week for part 2 which will include some inspiring stories Simone tells in her 2017 book “Disrupt It Yourself - Hacking the Corporation to Make if Fast, Fluid and Frugal” about intrapreneurs who overcame resource and organizational obstacles, and used their passion and a smart approach to solve real problems. You can also connect with Simone on twitter @SimoneAhuja and follow her blog at hbr.com For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

While at the Lean Startup Conference, Brian and Josh sat down for a conversation about a WIRED article in which Narry Singh from Accenture said, "Corporate innovation does not work." Find out why we think this is false and learn where our team will be appearing in the spring on this week's episode of Inside Outside Innovation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

With over 187,000 hypotheses tested and almost 180,000 interviews conducted, LaunchPad Central is changing the landscape of innovation. Jim Hornthal explained to Josh how this organization is helping collect and manage learnings for startups and corporations and uses lean methodology to do it. Also this week: catch Brian and Josh in the Inside Outside Innovation booth at the Lean Startup conference. Interact with us on twitter @theiopodcast or come on down to the booth; we'd love to hear your perspective. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Smashbox changed the world of lipstick. This week, Jill Tomandl, the VP of product development and innovation, talked with Brian about their new 3-D printed lipstick line. She shared details about the design process, their marketing strategy, and how they took the dynamics of the beauty product world into consideration through all of it. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

If you're going to change things, the top leadership has to want change, too. That was one important thing we learned from Kyle Nicholas McCray as he told us about managing innovation at American Pacific Mortgage. While American Pacific has set up tents in both general camps of innovation, Kyle also told us about the skills and strategies he and his team are developing especially for disruption. If you want to learn more about investments they're making or the amazing success they've experienced so far with startup-partnership, visit their website at apmortgage.com or connect with Kyle on Twitter @_thedisruptor. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy