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The Innovation Show
The Innovation Show is a business innovation podcast hosted by Aidan McCullen, recipient of the 2025 Thinkers50 Innovation Award and author of Undisruptable. Each week Aidan interviews the authors, researchers and practitioners reshaping how organisations think about innovation, leadership, change and reinvention. The guest list reads like a who's who of innovation. Gary Hamel joined Aidan for an 18-part series. Seth Godin was the show's first guest, and Rita McGrath, Dee Hock, Robert…
Episodes
The Innovation ShowHenry Mintzberg: Who Ever Measured Management? | Bust Those Management Myths
"Nobody ever measured management properly." Henry Mintzberg Henry Mintzberg has spent a lifetime taking management myths out of sight for the sake of insight…
The Innovation ShowAI Value Gap | Why AI Investments Fail to Pay Off | David Rogers
Your company is spending real money on AI and the CFO wants to know what it is getting back. David Rogers calls the awkward silence that follows the AI value…
The Innovation ShowEP 670 Alexander Osterwalder on the Value Stack: 6 Patterns of Value Creation
"Nintendo unlocked a completely underserved market by simplifying the game console." Alexander Osterwalder Alexander Osterwalder returns to The Innovation Show…
The Innovation ShowEP 669 Alex Osterwalder: How to Use AI to Augment Value Proposition Design (Without Creating AI Slop)
"If there's something that's terrible, it's this fuzzy value proposition with AI slop." Alex Osterwalder, co-founder of Strategyzer and inventor of the…
The Innovation ShowHow to Get Leadership to Back Your Idea Robert Burgelman on Intel
"You know how I know what the real culture of a company is? [Two] things. Who gets the money and who gets promoted." Robert Burgelman, the Edmund W…
The Innovation ShowEP 667: David Bland on DuPont, Qnity and the Power of Assumptions Mapping
"A good idea and a bad idea look very similar early on." David J Bland David Bland, founder of Precoil and lead author of Testing Business Ideas with Alex…
The Innovation ShowEp 666: Shuo Chen — Fractional Founders, Frontier Firms and Why Enterprise Data Is AI's Gold
"They don't quit their job cold turkey. That's not what I've observed firsthand." Only twelve companies have ever been worth more than a trillion dollars. Ten…
The Innovation ShowEP 665 Paul Nunes — Motorola, Combinatorial Innovation and the Treasure in the Trash
"When's the last time you thought about your suppliers as your partner in innovation?" Paul Nunes, co-author of Jumping the S-Curve, Big Bang Disruption and…
The Innovation ShowDov Baron — The Art of Belonging and Identity Addiction
"You don't want innovation. What you want is a tweak that won't be too uncomfortable." Dov Baron, five-time Top 30 Global Leadership Guru and author of The Art…
The Innovation ShowEp 663: Alex Osterwalder — Why the Core Business Kills Innovation (Explore vs Exploit, Part 3)
"Exploitation pays your salary. Exploration pays your pension." — Steve Blank In Part 3 of The Innovation Show's Strategyzer series, Alex Osterwalder returns…
The Innovation ShowAlex Osterwalder — Value Proposition Design in the Age of AI (Part 2)
"You're gonna run up a hundred wrong hills, and you're still not gonna get a good understanding of the map." Alexander Osterwalder, co-author of Value…
The Innovation ShowAlex Osterwalder — Which Projects to Fund and Which to Kill
"Spreadsheets are a fantasy made explicit. They're not a metric. What you can measure is the evidence that the business case could work." Alexander…
The Innovation ShowAntonio Nieto-Rodriguez — Powered by Projects and the Project-Driven Organization
"If you launch more projects than you finish, you're a bad leader. Your role is not about launching projects — it's about finishing them." Antonio…
The Innovation ShowRita McGrath & Sangeet Paul Choudary — Rule Makers, Rule Takers and Structural Uncertainty
"Structural uncertainty is simple. The game itself is in question. The playing field is in question. You're no longer playing with uncertainty inside the rules…
The Innovation ShowKeith McCandless — The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures
"You don't have to be a methodological genius. These are patterns — 43 simple patterns that anyone can use to include every voice in shaping what happens…
The Innovation ShowUsman Sheikh — How AI Will Reshape Consulting: The End of the Pyramid
"AI doesn't have judgment in it — it produces judgment-shaped artifacts." Usman Sheikh, founder of High Output Ventures and author of the Framebreak…
The Innovation ShowCarla Johnson — RE:Think Innovation and the Wheel of Innovation
"Innovation isn't a gift. It's a simple, repeatable five-step process that anyone, at any level, can learn — with nothing more than a stack of Post-it notes."…
The Innovation ShowCarliss Baldwin & Kim Clark — Design Rules: How IBM Created Ecosystems (and Competitors)
"The act of modularizing your product is the very act of inviting your future competitors into existence." Carliss Baldwin and Kim Clark, authors of the…
The Innovation ShowJennifer Chatman — Transformational Leader or Narcissist?
"Narcissists do draw people in. They start with really appealing visions — and then the wheels come off." About 2% of people are narcissists. Among CEOs, it's…
The Innovation ShowGeoffrey Cain — Steve Jobs in Exile, Part 2: NeXT's Failures, Pixar's Lifeline and the Road Back to Apple
Steve Jobs sold barely 100 computers a month at NeXT — and told his team they'd sell 100,000. This is the decade everyone skips. Author Geoffrey Cain joins…
The Innovation ShowGeoffrey Cain — Steve Jobs in Exile: NeXT, Failure, Revenge and the Remaking of a Visionary
Steve Jobs was nearly bankrupt — down to his last $150 million, burning $50 million a year, with every product failing and every investor gone. Award-winning…
The Innovation ShowAI Is Rewiring Organizations — McGrath, Osterwalder, Amla & Sheikh
One developer. Six months. An $80 million sale to Wix. That's not the future of work — it's already here. In this special panel from the Kyndryl Institute and…
The Innovation ShowEric Ries — How to Build an Incorruptible Organisation
What if the best practices taught in every business school are quietly destroying the organisations that follow them? Eric Ries — author of Incorruptible: Why…
The Innovation ShowBruce Vojak — Identifying, Developing and Managing Serial Innovators (Part 3 of 3)
"I don't like J work." That was Andy — a top serial innovator at SAIC — telling his manager Dennis what he needed to be protected from. J work, in Andy's field…
The Innovation ShowBruce Vojak — Navigating the Politics of Breakthrough Innovation (Part 2 of 3)
"I see dead people." That was Nancy Dawes' answer when Bruce Vojak asked her how she did it. The chemical engineer who took Olay from a dying brand to a…
The Innovation ShowBruce Vojak — The Hourglass Model of Breakthrough Innovation
Most companies think innovation is a straight line. Bruce Vojak spent years studying the people who prove otherwise. Bruce Vojak is co-author of Serial…
The Innovation ShowBruce Vojak — Serial Innovators: The Hidden Power Inside Mature Firms (Part 1)
"These are the most important people you've never heard of." After interviewing more than 50 serial innovators inside the world's largest mature companies…
The Innovation ShowJeff & Staney DeGraff — The Art of Change (DeGraff Trilogy Finale)
"Organisations love innovation, but they hate their innovators." Jeff and Staney DeGraff return to The Innovation Show to close out Aidan McCullen's DeGraff…
The Innovation ShowCreativity Is a Skill: Jeff & Staney DeGraff on the C.R.E.A.T.E. Method (Clarify to Evaluate)
Description: Creativity isn't reserved for geniuses—it's a skill you can learn, practice, and compound over time. In this episode of The Innovation Show, Aidan…
The Innovation ShowInnovation Isn't Harmony—It's Conflict | The Innovation Code Explained
What if the real driver of innovation isn't alignment—but conflict? In this episode of The Innovation Show, Aidan McCullen is joined by Jeff and Staney…
The Innovation ShowAI and the Octopus Organization: Autonomy, Distributed Intelligence, and Faster Decision-Making
AI is triggering a "big bang" in how organizations operate—and those that adapt fastest will win. In this episode, Stephen Wunker and Jonathan Brill explore…
The Innovation ShowSplit the Pie: Barry Nalebuff on Fair Negotiation, Game Theory, and Better Deals
How do you negotiate firmly, fairly, and effectively — without becoming a jerk? In this episode of The Innovation Show, Aidan McCullen speaks with Barry…
The Innovation ShowNokia Saw iPhone Coming - So What Went Wrong?
What if Nokia saw the iPhone coming and still couldn't stop it? In this episode, strategy professor Timo Partanen, former Nokia market intelligence leader…
The Innovation ShowNokia's Comeback Explained: Emotion, Strategy & Boardroom Decisions
How did Nokia survive one of the most dramatic collapses in business history? In this episode, we explore the hidden driver of strategy under pressure…
The Innovation ShowEveryone Thinks the iPhone Killed Nokia. They're Wrong!
Most people believe the iPhone killed Nokia. But the real story behind Nokia's collapse is far more complex — and much more human. At its peak Nokia controlled…
The Innovation ShowWho Killed Nokia? How Fear and Emotion Derail Strategy, Innovation, and Truth-Telling.
Nokia didn't lose the smartphone battle because it lacked smart people or a strategy deck. It lost because fear and shared emotions quietly reshaped attention…
The Innovation ShowThe Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry with Jacquie McNish
BlackBerry once ruled the business world. Presidents, CEOs, and Wall Street relied on its encrypted devices. Then the iPhone arrived — and everything changed…
The Innovation ShowCorporate Innovation Strategy: Return Maps, Managing Up & Forecasting with Chuck House
Why does corporate innovation fail so often — even with talented teams and strong ideas? In this episode of The Innovation Show with Aidan McCullen…
The Innovation ShowDigital Transformation Playbook (10 Years On) AI, Disruption & Platform Strategy with David Rogers
This week's guest is David Rogers, Columbia Business School professor and author of Digital Transformation Playbook. We discuss digital transformation…
The Innovation ShowBehind the Music: The Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift Part 2 with Kevin Evers
In this episode, we explore the strategic brilliance of Taylor Swift with Kevin Evers, author of There's Nothing Like This. From genre-shifting reinventions to…
The Innovation ShowThe Strategic Genius of Taylor Swift with Kevin Evers-esv2-96p-bg-10p
In this episode, Aidan McCullen welcomes Kevin Evers, editor at Harvard Business Review Press and author of There's Nothing Like This: The Strategic Genius of…
The Innovation ShowFrom Rambling to Impact The Power of Making a Point
📘 Guest: Joel Schwartzberg, author of Get to the Point & The Language of Leadership In this episode, we cut through the noise and get straight to the…
The Innovation ShowUnlocking the Power of Insights with Gary Klein | Insights and Innovation
In this episode, we sit down with Gary Klein, author of Seeing What Others Don't, to explore the fascinating science behind insights and how organizations can…
The Innovation ShowClassic Enhanced Audio Episode: Scott Galloway on Algorithms, Tech Giants, and the Retail Apocalypse
In this timeless episode of The Innovation Show, Aidan McCullen sits down with Scott Galloway, Clinical Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern, for a prescient…
The Innovation ShowNavigating the Accelerated S-Curve with Paul Nunes
🔮 Navigating the Accelerated S-Curve with Paul Nunes | Big Bang Disruption & Shark Fin Strategy Welcome to episode 2 of our exclusive Harvard Business School…
The Innovation ShowWhy Transitions Are Harder Than We Expect | Teresa Amabile on Reinvention & Life Phases
Based on a ten-year study, Teresa Amabile reveals why retirement—and any major life transition—requires far more psychological work than we expect. In this…
The Innovation ShowEpic Disruptions with Scott D. Anthony | The Innovation Show @ HBS
Join us for a special edition of The Innovation Show, recorded at Harvard Business School, featuring Scott D. Anthony, Clinical Professor at the Tuck School of…
The Innovation ShowThe Intrapreneurs Rulebook with Chuck House
The Innovation Show with Aidan McCullen | Guest: Chuck House How do you drive real innovation inside a large organisation—without getting shut down by…
The Innovation ShowChuck House: Lessons on Intrapreneurship & Innovation Resistance
In this episode of The Innovation Show, Chuck House—legendary HP intrapreneur and author of Permission Denied—joins Aidan McCullen, host of The Innovation Show…
The Innovation ShowThe AI Revolution & Business Model Transformation | Osterwalder, Yu & Choudary
In this special Thinkers50 edition of Innovation Show X, sponsored by Kyndryl, host Aidan McCullen brings together three of the world's most influential…
The Innovation ShowNavigating the Age of Chaos Part 2 with Bob Johansen and Jamais Cascio
Mastering Chaos: Navigating the BANI Future with Bob Johansen & Jamais Cascio 🎙️ Episode Title: Mastering Chaos: Navigating the BANI Future 👥 Guests: Bob…
The Innovation ShowNavigating the Age of Chaos Part 1 with Jamais Cascio And Bob Johansen
Episode Summary: In Part 1 of this two-episode series, Aidan McCullen is joined by futurists Bob Johansen and Jamais Cascio, co-authors of Navigating the Age…
The Innovation ShowChuck House The Odyssey of an Intrapreneur Permission Denied
On this episode of The Innovation Show, we welcome Chuck House, serial intrapreneur, author of Permission Denied, and former executive at Hewlett-Packard…
The Innovation ShowThe Magic of Code with Sam Arbesman | The Innovation Show (Thinkers50 Award-Winning Podcast)
In this thought-provoking episode, Aidan McCullen — Thinkers50 Innovation Award Winner, author of Undisruptable, and host of The Innovation Show — welcomes…
The Innovation ShowUnderstanding the Complexity of Modern Technology with Samuel Arbesman | Overcomplicated
In this episode, we explore the intricate world of modern technology with Samuel Arbesman, author of Overcomplicated: Technology at the Limits of…
The Innovation ShowThe Half-Life of Facts with Samuel Arbesman: Why Knowledge Keeps Changing
Facts change — and that's a good thing. In this episode, Samuel Arbesman, complexity scientist and author of The Half-Life of Facts, joins Aidan McCullen to…
The Innovation ShowThe Great Reshuffle Why Adobe Couldnt Beat Figma Howard Yu Sangeet Paul Choudary
Why couldn't Adobe—with all its resources—stop Figma? In this power-packed episode of The Innovation Show X, Aidan McCullen dives deep into disruption…
The Innovation ShowThe Power of Productive Failure with Manu Kapur (Part 3 Finale)
In this final part of our compelling trilogy, Manu Kapur, author of Productive Failure, returns to uncover the psychology behind effective learning. Discover…
The Innovation ShowExpected Value xV - Revolutionizing Innovation Metrics with Simon Hill
Simon Hill, author of Expected Value (xV), reveals how to measure and prove the real value of innovation—avoiding theatre, zombie projects, and wasted budgets…
The Innovation ShowMichael Raynor on Strategy RAP Model BCE Case Study
In this episode, Michael Raynor — author of The Strategy Paradox and co-author with Clayton Christensen of The Innovator's Solution — joins Aidan McCullen to…