Whether you know it or not, innovation is the key to your organization’s survival, but leading innovation is perhaps one of the biggest mysteries for business leaders today. Leaders know they have to do it, but they have little idea in terms of how to do it. Join Dr. John Lowry every week to gain a starting point and to learn the skills you need to create a culture of innovation within your company or organization. Every episode will uncover practical skills that will help you unleash the cr ...
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How do I build an amazing career? How do I take my passion for a global business? How can I take on e-commerce and grow my company? And the biggest question how can I really achieve success? Well, Welcome to The Leading Innovation podcast. This is for the people who get things done, it's for the dreamers and believers. We hear it straight from those who've done it, the pitfalls, the wins, the HACKS, the trips and tricks to always stay on top and design a business and career for success. Here ...
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A Powerful 3-Step System for Breakthroughs with Barry O’Reilly
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There’s a learning curve to running any successful business. But once you begin to rely on past achievements or get stuck in outdated thinking and practices that no longer work, you need to take a step back―and unlearn. This innovative and actionable framework from executive coach Barry O’Reilly shows you how to break the cycle of behaviors that we…
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How to Master Change w/ Harvard Business School's Rosabeth Moss Kanter (#26)
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One of the leading business thinkers in the world offers a bold, new theory of advanced leadership for tackling the world's complex, messy, and recalcitrant social and environmental problems. In this episode we have the pleasure of speaking with Harvard Business School's Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Her breakthrough work with hundreds of successful profes…
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Driving Innovation with Design Thinking: Todd McCullough
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In this episode, we delve into the transformative power of design thinking and its potential to drive innovation within corporate environments. We explore how organizations can leverage this human-centered approach to foster creativity, solve complex problems, and achieve meaningful breakthroughs. Our guest expert, Todd McCullough, a renowned desig…
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Disrupting the Dirt World with Aaron Witt, CEO of BuildWitt
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In this episode we sit down with Aaron Witt, CEO of BuildWitt, to discuss his journey from starting an Instagram account to building a company with a multi-million dollar valuation. In this conversation, Aaron shares how his curiosity, passion, and storytelling skills have led him to the beginning of an epic disruption of the dirt world. More on Aa…
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The Life-Changing Practice of Paying Attention: Paul Angone
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Whether you know it or not, there is a war happening right now for your attention. How are you directing your attention and focus at work and in life? Or are you losing the battle to distractions? Paying attention is a lost art and if you're going to fully engage your day, your goals, and your people, you should employ the intentional strategies fr…
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The Secrets to Leading High Performing Teams: Heather Smith Sawyer of Thrivence
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It's not easy leading high performing teams. There's complexity, pressure, stress, and performance milestones you're aiming to achieve. In this episode, we had the pleasure of chatting with one of our own senior consultants, Heather Smith Sawyer, to learn how she builds high performing teams all the while navigating complex projects. More About Hea…
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The Enneagram, EQ, & Self Awareness with Scott Allender
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As a leader, emotional intelligence (EQ) is one of the biggest predictors of your personal and professional success, and the key to effectively developing your EQ is tying it to your own personality type. In today's episode we have the privilege of hearing from Scott Allender, author of the brand new book called The Enneagram of Emotional Intellige…
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What Innovators Can Learn from Kids: Tara MacDougall
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In today's episode we have the opportunity to hear from someone who works with some of the best innovators in the world. You would think that innovator is someone like Elon Musk, but it's not. Our guest works with people who have been proven by Harvard Business School and other institutions to be the best problem solvers and innovators. These innov…
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How to Build a Culture of Deep Creativity & Innovation: Alf Rehn
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If you've ever felt fatigued by your work in leading innovation, it is our hope this episode will be a breath of fresh air. This episode features Alf Rehn, a globally noted thought leader in innovation and author of "Innovation for the Fatigued: How to Build a Culture of Deep Creativity." In our conversation, we discuss the differences between shal…
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Disrupting from Within: A Step-by-Step Approach for Successful Innovation with David Wedemeyer
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Innovative leaders or “intrepreneurs” often experience resistance inside large organizations. After all, leading innovation can be viewed as disruptive, competitive, or even a distraction from a company’s mission. But what if there was a way to successfully get buy-in from others to understand your ideas and support you throughout the process? In t…
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Resilience & Reinvention: The Inspiring Story of Dr. Herman Williams
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As leaders and as humans, we sometimes have to change directions. But how do you manage when your entire life changes? For many of us, between 2020 and 2022, we had to pivot our work, re-think business, or reinvent ourselves entirely. In today's episode we have the honor of hearing from Dr. Herman Williams; his life was completely turned upside dow…
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The Intersections of Hope & Innovation: Dr. Greg Jones, President of Belmont University
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Today's episode features Dr. Greg Jones, the president of Belmont University. Dr. Jones is an entrepreneurial and innovative leader, and what we learn from him is that hope is the orientation to the future. What we long for in communities, organizations, and in our own lives is the breakthrough transformations that hope signifies and makes possible…
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How to Maximize Innovation and Efficiency in Your Organization: Marty Paslick
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Complex businesses and organizations must be efficient to succeed. But how can leaders structure their organization and lead in such a way that rewards efficiency and innovation simultaneously? That’s what we’re discussing today with Marty Paslick, the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of HCA Healthcare. About Marty Paslick: Marty…
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How to Unlock the Power of the Workforce to Drive Innovation: Ann Hatcher
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Shortages of workers, global pandemics, looming recessions, generations leaving, and new generations emerging. The workforce is a hot topic today for a good reason. If you’re a business leader, your greatest asset is your people. But how can you unlock the power of the workforce to drive more innovation? With the help of our very own human capital …
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Why You Shouldn't Skip the Steps in Process Innovation: A Conversation with Shawn Valenta
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Not all innovation is created equal. Not all groundbreaking ideas come in a flash. Oftentimes, an innovative idea is developed in small, incremental steps. On today's episode, Shawn Valenta shares how he uses process innovation to improve the industry of telehealth and how teams can take incremental steps every day to create new value in the world.…
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What Leaders Will Need in 2023 to Be Successful
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Leaders will face uncertainty this year. The workplace will look different and employees needs will be different. As a result, a new kind of leadership needs to emerge in 2023 because some of the old ideas won’t work anymore. What does this new leadership paradigm look like? What kinds of pivots will you need to make? That’s what we’re covering in …
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How to Solve Any Problem with 9 Simple Words
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Problems are pervasive in every season of leadership. But how you solve a problem is sometimes just as important as the solution. In today’s episode, Dr. John Lowry will provide a simple process for solving any problem. Whether it’s a problem with your business, your people, or even a problem you didn’t even create, this episode will provide you wi…
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Matthew Griffith: Designing for Multiple End Users
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On today's episode we have Matthew Griffith, the business unit leader and vice president for Gould Turner Group, a Nashville-based firm that specializes in designing healthcare spaces. This team of architects and designers have come up with an innovation strategy that humanizes the design process and is exceptionally useful in building a single fac…
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Bob Higgins: CEO of Barge Design Solutions
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Bob Higgins is CEO of Barge Design Solutions. He has been with the firm since 1996 when he started as an intern following graduation from the School of Engineering at Vanderbilt University with a degree in Civil Engineering. Since becoming President and CEO in 2009, Higgins has led the firm through a successful re-organization into core business un…
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7 Ways to Innovate within a Bureaucratic Organization
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What if you want to improve your organization but the organization doesn’t want to change? As we pursue change and improvement, we run into resistance: a culture of comfort, processes that can’t be changed, and a host of other things. In this episode we’re sharing how to innovate from within a bureaucratic organization—7 ideas that can be helpful t…
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How to Prepare Your Organization for Change without Breaking the Culture
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Change is constant. Whether it’s a shift in strategy, a change in location, or new personnel, organizations and companies experience every day. But how can we as leaders prepare our people for change without breaking the culture? In today's episode, we'll cover 3 ways leaders can bring about change, prepare their people, and lead their organization…
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The Curious Connection Between Hospitality & Innovation
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Very rarely will you hear people speak the words hospitality and innovation in the same breath, but it turns out these two concepts are connected. If you lead innovation, you must facilitate an environment of psychological safety with the people involved, either as benefactors or implementors. In today's episode, Dr. John Lowry will share 5 ideas f…
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5 Ways Leaders Can Facilitate Innovation Inside Your Organization
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Innovation is important for the success of every organization or team. But innovation doesn't just happen. You, the leader, have to set the table for genius to flourish inside your organization. That's what today's episode is all about: how to create an environment of innovation and 5 ideas you can use to facilitate innovation.…
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9 Qualities of an Innovative Leader
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Leading Innovation can feel like one of the biggest challenges in business today. We know it’s important but we can’t always see the day-to-day clearly or know how to make innovation work inside our organizations. The truth is leading innovation takes a distinct kind of leadership with specific qualities. Today on the podcast we’re discussing those…
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8 Ways to Kill Innovation Inside Your Team or Organization
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What does espionage and innovation have in common? The answer may surprise you. In 1944, the Office of Strategic Services (the predecessor of the CIA) published a field manual for sabotage. In this manual, they taught spies how to create chaos inside organizations, both physically and psychologically. Within this field manual we find 8 tactics for …
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3 Important Reminders for Leaders of Innovation
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Whether you're developing, communicating, or implementing an innovative idea, there are things we should all take with us on this journey.Af John Lowry
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How to Create a Culture of Innovation: Build New Bridges
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In consulting engagements, I often tell leaders that before you bring a new idea to the table or as you go into a new company or organization to lead it, one of the first things and most important things to do is to bring about a culture of innovation: to create an environment that will embrace change. The reason why this is paramount is because we…
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Leading innovative teams and organizations is perhaps the biggest mystery in business today. Join host John Lowry as he uncovers the real-world insights and important skills you need to challenge the status quo, drive new ideas, and create an environment where innovation is the norm on your team and inside your organization. Welcome to Leading Inno…
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State of Digital Publishing - Vahe Arabian
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In this episode i speak to one of the most well known names in the digital marketing and SEO space. Vahe is the Founder at State of Digital Publishing and has a plethora of experience working in this space making him one of the best SEO specialists in the market. State of Digital Publishing is creating a new publication and community for digital me…
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Hire based on merit, not background - Omer Molad
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My next guest on 'The Leading Innovation Podcast' is Omer Molad - Co-Founder at Vervoe. After his military service in Israel, Omer worked at a few startups. After which he moved back to Australia. His co-founder, David and him decided to start their own adventure and launch VervoeTheir mission with Vervoe, an AI-powered skill testing platform,is to…
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Engagement is key, that's something we're universally aware of. This episode featuring another brilliant mind , Adam Mussa, Founder at BenchVote. His multi-disciplinary background and industry experience is truly inspiring. Adam's focus is to deliver innovative and proven 'fan-first' engagement solutions which capture leads, increase revenue, deliv…
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Building the next 'Tech Wave' : Bede Moore
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Listen in whilst i converse Bede Moore, Managing Partner at Antler, Australia & NZ who believes that there's never been a better time to build a startup in Australia. Bede's company, Antler is a lead global startup generator that turns the world’s best talent into great founders of great companies.Antler selects the most passionate aspiring entrepr…
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Online Marketing Guru - Andrew Raso
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My next guest on 'The Leading Innovation Podcast' is a brilliant marketeer and entrepreneur, Andrew Raso, CEO & Co-Founder at Online Marketing Gurus which is a fast-growing, award-winning search company working with some of the world's leading brands, including Coca Cola, Salesforce and Freshbooks.Andrew heads their service delivery team and has ye…
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