How to Become an Innovation High Striker with Greg Guidotti

Ferrara Creative Carnival Innovation Event

Episode Summary A few weeks back an email out of the blue came our way. Would we would be a part of Ferrara Candy Company’s internal innovation event? By now you know we love talking about innovation, so the answer was YES! Today you’ll hear Josh interview Greg Guidotti, the General Manager at Ferrara, about […]

How to Build an App the Right Way

Episode Summary Getting ready to build an app can be a lengthy and expensive experience. So how do you do it the right way? Last week we talked about the Product Validation Funnel. Testing, validating, and understanding your target market are essential before building anything. How do you know when you’re ready? When you’ve done […]

What is the Product Validation Funnel?

Product Validation Funnel Episode

Episode Summary On the podcast today, Josh and I discuss the Product Validation Funnel, a term we coined here at CIL. It is a method of building software, a way to discover where clients are in their process and help them to the next part of the funnel. Product validation is inherent to how we […]

What does Digital Transformation Look Like Right Now?

How are we using digital transformation right now?

Episode Summary After COVID-19 hit, we ran a webinar about how companies could accelerate digital transformation. Now we’ve seen a ton of companies do just that. From small retailers hopping online to everyone moving to the cloud – digital is here to stay and here to reign. How can your business stay abreast of these […]

Why is Using a Lean Startup Methodology Important?

The Importance of a Lean Startup Methodology

Episode Summary Today on Ask an Innovator we discuss the Lean Startup Methodology. We get into what is is, how to use it, and why it’s so dang important to us here at CIL. We talk through company examples – who has used it and why? And what role the customer plays, how it could […]

How to Leverage Consumer Insights for Innovation

Andy Renaud talks about consumer insights for innovation on episode 42

SUMMARY WITH ANDY RENAUD Andy Renaud from Ferrara Candy is on AAI today and a common theme that comes up is what do we do with consumer insights? How do we use them to fill our innovation pipeline? How can we use them to engage our customer on social media and beyond? Andy talks to Josh […]

Is Look At The Future of Tourism?

SUMMARY WITH LUKA VUKOVIC OF LOOK AT Episode 41 highlights Luka Vukovic and his awesome company, Look At. He talks with Josh about how he plans to disrupt the lucrative tourist industry with his selfie sculptures. No longer do you have to ask awkwardly for someone to take your picture or snap one yourself, this […]

What Will the Future Look Like for Innovations in Science?

An Interview about innovations in science with Tim Lavengood.

SUMMARY Tim Lavengood is on Ask an Innovator today talking with us about innovations in science. We talk about how the Technology Innovation Center will provide a place for scientists to truly own their own intellectual property and what that means for inventing and the world at large. We talk about the importance of mentorship […]

How to Keep Innovating with IP Lawyer Daniel Shulman

IP Lawyer Daniel Shulman on Episode 39 of AAI

SUMMARY Daniel Shulman, an IP Lawyer at Vedder Price in Chicago is on today to discuss how to make space for a robust culture of innovation. He and Josh talk through the specifics of creating a place where innovators are free to innovate – even during a pandemic. They discuss remote work and how to […]

How Can You Validate Innovation Ideas?

Evaluating Innovative Ideas Podcast

SUMMARY This is the fourth episode in our Spotlight Series – let’s get into how to come up with innovative ideas and how to validate them. Where do you look for ideas? Who is in the room to validate them? And we reveal our best practices for running an innovation workshop. Connect with Ask an […]