In order to better understand the process of innovation, we need to understand that ideas are not part of the problem - the execution and follow-through are! That's why we brought Brandon Rowberry on the show - a corporate innovation veteran and a highly skilled investor, who've sat on both sides of the pitch table hundreds of times and transformed many corporations into innovation machines. 🔥

Brandon worked as 👏 a GM for Innovation at Circuit City (one of the companies from Jim Collins's book Good to Great), 👏 Vice President Innovation Development at the largest healthcare group in the world - UnitedHealth Group, 👏 Vice Chair at Mayo Clinic, and most recently 👏 leading Strategy and Planning for Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

Tune in to learn about: - Fear and personal resistance to business innovation - What role culture and talent management play in the innovation process - How to measure the innovation output - Best investment options in the UAE

TIMESTAMPS: 00:00​ - Highlights 00:15​ - Intro 01:04​ - Spending free time in UAE 04:19​ - Singing with Andrea Bocelli 06:18​ - 2020 recap 08:19​ - Corporate innovation experience 12:03​ - Entering healthcare field 13:40​ - Culture & talent management 15:45​ - Collapse of Circuit City 20:59​ - Biggest mistakes leading to collapse 22:40​ - Building resilience 26:32​ - Importance of constant learning 30:38​ - How to implement innovation 33:33​ - Humble leadership 35:32​ - Figure out innovation strategy 38:55​ - Tips for corporate innovation 41:58​ - The biggest fears in the innovation process 43:58​ - The winner's elevator pitch 45:57​ - Ideas vs. execution 48:58​ - Lab of innovations 50:31​ - How to measure the output 55:33​ - Venture building as part of corporate innovation 01:00:33​ - Best investment options in UAE 1:04:49​ - Outro

Host: Vuk Zlatarov Guest: Brandon Rowberry

Production: Creitive (https://www.creitive.com​) & Evans Media (https://evansmedia.net​)

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