A Sherpa's Guide to Innovation
Are you looking to better understand and apply innovation theories, methods, and tools? Do you need to think about your business or industry in a different way? Join the Sherpas as they conduct spirited conversations and tell compelling stories to guide you along your innovation expedition. Get your gear ready! Business Model Innovation, Human-centered Design and Strategic Partnerships @SherpaPod @HealthPodNet Music Credit: Aurus Audio
Episodes
118 episodes
    E114: Bob Moesta - Learning to Build Through 847 Notebooks
Ben and Jay welcome back the one and only Bob Moesta for a record 4th episode.  Bob is a founding father of Jobs to Be Done theory, CEO of The ReWir...
        
          
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    E113: Perry Klebahn - The Practice of Ideaflow
For our penultimate episode of 2022, we interview Perry Klebahn about his soon-to-be-published book Ideaflow
        
          
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    E112: Mona Baset - Translating Marketing, Technology, and Innovation
Ben & Jay reconnect with a former colleague and friend of innovation, Mona Baset, Vice President, Digital Services at Intermountain Healthcare.   During her career prior to Intermoun...
        
          
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    E111: Ruth Hartt - An Opera Singer Walks Into a Think Tank and Meets a Theory
Ben & Jay dig again into Jobs to Be Done, this time from a fascinating perspective with Ruth Hartt, Chief of Staff to the President at the ...
        
          
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    E110: Talking Jobs to be Done Philosophy with Scott Burleson
Ben & Jay have a fun Jobs to Be Done deep dive with Scott Burleson, Senior Vice President at the AIM Institute, a company on a mis...
        
          
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    E109: Kapil Kane on Helping Inventors Become Intrapreneurs
Ben & Jay venture into technology, invention and intrapreneurship with Kapil Kane, Director of Innovation for Intel Corporation in China.  Kapil co-founded and leads GrowthX, an awar...
        
          
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    E108: Michele Hansen - Deploying Empathy with Your Customers and in Your Life
Ben & Jay are joined by Michele Hansen, author of Deploy Empathy, A Practical Guide to Interviewing Customers.  Michele is co-founder of 
        
          
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    E107: Kyushik Nam - Learning & Doing Design
Ben & Jay are joined by Kyushik Nam, an MFA candidate in Design Management at the Savannah College of Art & Design.  Kyushik was mentored by our t...
        
          
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    E106: Roy Rosin - Matching Innovators' Passion to Customer Problems
Ben & Jay welcome a multi-industry innovation hall of famer, Roy Rosin, Chief Innovation Officer at UPenn Health System.  Roy leads T...
        
          
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    E105: Bradley Schurman - Designing Products and Organizations in the Super Age
Ben & Jay talk with demographic futurist Bradley Schurman, founder & CEO of the research and advisory firm The Super Age and...
        
          
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    E104: Kip Lee - Crafting Arguments by Design
Innovation Sherpas Ben and Jay interview Kip Lee, Vice President of Innovation & Product Strategy at University Hospitals, and a Managing Director o...
        
          
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    E103: Mike Eppehimer on Improvisational Leadership
Ben & Jay find another opportunity to weave improv into your innovation expedition, joined by Mike Eppehimer, founder of ThreefoldYes.  Pr...
        
          
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          46:36
        
      
    E102: The Innovator's Prescription Renewed (Part 1)
In 2009, Professor Clayton Christensen published 
        
          
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    E101: Nora Herting on the Power of Pictures for Visual Leadership
Ben & Jay welcome in a new year with Nora Herting, CEO and co-founder of ImageThink, world's leading visual strategy firm.  No...
        
          
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    E100: A Sherpa Centennial Celebration!
Ben & Jay reflect upon and celebrate 100 episodes of A Sherpa's Guide to Innovation.  We look back, look forward, and express our appreciation for our guests and listeners.  
        
          
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    E99: Paul Puopolo - Leading Everyday Innovators at DFW Airport
Ben & Jay have a deep-dive on building corporate innovation from the ground up with Paul Puopolo, Executive Vice President of Innovation at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport....
        
          
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          44:54
        
      
    E98: Dr. Bon Ku - Leading The Avengers of Health Care
Ben & Jay are joined by Dr. Bon Ku, Director of Jefferson Health Design Lab in Philadelphia.  Dr. Ku is well-known on a number of fronts -...
        
          
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          41:30
        
      
    E97: Abrea Armstrong - How an Innovation District Creates Space for a Community’s Potential
Ben & Jay return from a short break to talk with a rising star - Abrea Armstrong, Senior Marketing & Communications Coordinator for the Innovatio...
        
          
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          39:43
        
      
    E96: Concordia's Matt Swift on Convening for Collaborative Change
An episode 20 years in the making! For our 96th episode, Ben welcomes long-time friend Matthew Swift, co-founder and CEO of Concordia, to disc...
        
          
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          37:44
        
      
    E95: David Duncan - A Real-Life Market Detective
Ben & Jay are joined by David Duncan, Managing Director at Innosight and author of The Secret Live...
        
          
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    E94: Coonoor Behal – Reframing Quitting to a Process for Progress
Ben & Jay are joined by Episode 27 guest Coonoor Behal, author of the newly published "I Quit!  Life-Affirming Joy of Giving Up".  Coonoor...
        
          
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    E93: Arthur Daemmrich – Inspiring Generations of Inventors & Innovators
Ben & Jay have a fascinating conversation from a historical and education perspective, with Arthur Daemmrich, Director of the Lemelson Center for ...
        
          
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    E92: Liz Markle of Open Source Wellness - Community is Medicine
Liz Markle PhD believes innovation in health and wellness isn't a new pill or superfood or wearable but a return to the universally applicable and radically simple advice to m...
        
          
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