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How Diversity In People and Thinking Leads To Innovation, With Kelly McDonald
Birds of a Feather Should NOT Flock Together Ideas that come from birds of a feather tend to die. Having the same people, with the same background, all looking at the same information isn't going to make that magical innovation genie appear. But, ideas that come from diversity in thinking, thrive. Marketing, consumer trends, and...
Pushing Against A Legacy Industry To Drive Innovation with Brian Benstock
Why Shared Control is Forcing Change Want to know what it’s like to push the boundaries of an industry? To do what others are afraid to do? And to see the payoff a willingness to change and innovate? Me too! That’s why I had Brian Benstock of Paragon Honda on Inside LaunchStreet. He’s in the...
The Power Of Grit with Angela Duckworth
Grit Is the Key Player of Success Do you ever wonder why some people succeed and some don’t — especially when they seem to start out on an even playing field? Well, that’s exactly what our Inside LaunchStreet guest, Angela Duckworth, wondered and took the time to research. She studies everyone from CEOs to West...
Innovation Lessons from the epic Crystal Pepsi Failure with Kyle Murray
Learning from Failure is Integral to Success Learning from failure is integral to innovation. And it’s best if it’s someone else’s. It’s a free lesson. And that’s exactly what Kyle Murray did with the epic failure back in the day of Crystal Pepsi. He dug deep to understand why it failed and how we can...
Best Innovation Interviews of 2018 With Tamara Ghandour
Unwrapping Innovation Nuggets of Gold In this episode, I pull out five clips from a range of incredible innovators that have stopped by and shared their brilliance on Inside LaunchStreet in 2018. They range from an Intrapreneur shaking up his large, bureaucratic company, a Silicon Valley pitch expert, a master investor, a pair of rocking...
What To Do To Stay Relevant In The Exploration Age With Greg Satell
The Importance of Preparing Rather Than Adapting We’ve entered a new era. One that requires us to solve challenges we’ve never seen and explore solutions we’ve never created. If you are like me, sometimes it’s hard to wrap your head around it. And that’s why I had Greg Satell on Inside LaunchStreet. He is the...
The Empowered Workplace And Creativity With Shama Hyder
Disruption Can Often Be Evolutionary Let's face it — trying to be innovative in a workspace that feels boring and stiff is hard. Yet, that's what most of us face every day — a workplace that keeps you siloed and doesn't help you think differently. I find it super frustrating so I brought on Shama...
Sometimes You Have To Think Small To Win Big With Heather Kluter
The Best Way to Eat a Cake is One Bite at a Time Have you ever wondered how to take your team or organization from no or low levels of innovation to high levels? How to get people to buy into the idea that innovative thinking and processes are important to success? Heather Kluter, innovation...
How To Make Innovation Culture A Real Thing with Yoram Solomon
Trust is the Underlying Element for a Successful Culture Have you ever wondered what you need to build a real culture of innovation? I'm not talking about ping pong tables and trust falls. I’m talking at the base level or culture. The invisible glue that makes it happen. Well, thanks to our guest Yoram Solomon,...
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TAMARA GHANDOUR AND LAUNCHSTREET
When companies like Disney, General Mills and RICOH want to up their innovation quotient, they call Tamara. She has run multi-million dollar businesses and launched a few of her own. She has certainly learned from her successes, but most importantly, she has benefited from her failures.
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT TAMARA AND LAUNCHSTREET
"The IQE gave us the opportunity to better understand how and where each of us adds value and as two teams that need to work together, we now have the mindset and the tools to drive innovation that sticks"
- Shelly Thobe, Director Culinary Product Innovation
“It was phenomenal…exceeded my expectations…audience took away a lot from the experience, especially how to tackle their idea challenges immediately!”
– Tricia Pierce, Culture of Innovation, Disney Consumer Products
“My head was spinning on the way home (still is!) with all the terrific information. I even thought of ideas on the way home!”
– RICOH Leadership Conference Attendee
