The Digital Transformers || Orr Hameiri & Romi Davidor: Recent Episodes
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The Digital Transformers is a podcast for and about those who drive innovation in large corporations. We cover the processes, methodologies, and challenges that all innovation leaders encounter on their journey to create a significant impact within their organizations. We interview leaders in large corporations who are in charge of innovation - those who collaborate with startups, deal with global business units, harness both senior and middle management, and share their experience throughout their personal journey.
(*) Please note the first 10 episodes were recorded in Hebrew.
How do you innovate measuring tape, a product that was invented in 1829 and hasn’t
changed much since? To answer this and many other questions, we hosted Amit Ran,
Innovation Director at industrial tools giant Stanley Black & Decker. We chatted about
small changes that make a big impact, driving innovation in change-averse industries,
relationships with business units, and managing a successful handover.
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The exponential growth of big data is somewhat difficult to perceive. Current estimates
predict the world will generate 175 zettabytes (that's 21 zeros!) of data a year by 2025.
But where is all this data stored? And how does innovation play into all of this? In this
episode, we hosted Noa Franko-Ohana, Innovation Group Manager at Seagate
Technology, the world's leading digital storage devices maker. We spoke about the role
of innovation in digital-native companies, successful collaborations, current and future
challenges, and how to create a meaningful impact through innovation.
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In this episode we hosted Amy Cohen-Dagan from AB InBev, the world's largest brewer.
We discussed what innovation looks like in the beer industry, what makes partnerships
with startups succeed or fail, deep-dived into the focus areas of their global innovation
team, and much more.
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When the supply chain industry faced unprecedented disruption caused by the global
pandemic, innovation became even more crucial. As DSV - Global Transport and
Logistics is one of the world's largest supply chain companies, it was natural to invite
Ofir Bronhaim, it's Head of Innovation, to discuss how the largest supply chain
companies in the world are adapting to this new reality and how innovation plays a
significant role in the transformation of their industry (spoiler alert: it goes far beyond
drones).
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Embedded Insurance, insurance on-demand, and cyber-insurance are some of the latest
trends in the insurance industry. In a conversation with Dikla Wagner, Head of Tech
Scouting at Munich Re (one of the largest reinsurers in the world), we discussed these
trends as well as the approach of traditional insurers to the ever-growing number of
insurtech companies.
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The future of FoodTech; the tension between innovation and business results; how does
a 100-year-old company keep innovating; and the importance of trust in order to
accelerate growth. These are some of the topics we talked about with Shay Cohen, Chief
Innovation Officer at Tnuva, the largest food producer in Israel, as well as a leader in the
field of alternative dairy and protein products.
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In this episode we hosted Shachaf Snir, Director of Internal Innovation Clalit Health
Services - the largest HMO in Israel. We talked about how innovation can affect the lives
of millions of patients, about the differences of running innovation in digitally-native
companies vs. traditional companies, what does it mean to execute internal innovation
at a company with 47,000 employees, and more.
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In this episode we hosted Oded Lavie, VP Innovation at Publicis Groupe - one of the
largest advertising companies in the world. We talked about the role of innovation in
the advertising field, the different types of innovation (Sustaining, Evolutionary and
Disruptive), the complexity of running innovation in a large multinational, and a lot
more.
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In this episode we hosted Hadar Pode, Director at Porsche Digital. We talked about the
autonomous vehicle revolution, car as a service, sustainability & circular economy, the
type of startups that attract the car industry, and what it’s like to run an innovation hub
when the company’s HQ is abroad.
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In this episode we hosted David Balsar from Mekorot, the government-owned water
infrastructure company of Israel. We discussed the challenges of leading innovation in a
government-owned infrastructures company, the ways in which the success of
innovation managers can be measured, the tension between startup nation and
implementation nation, and the risks and opportunities Mekorot faces today, which can
be solved through innovation.
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