I sit down with Lea Eriksen, Director of Technology and Innovation and CIO for the City of Long Beach, to unpack the human stories behind civic innovation.
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Innovation Storytellers Show is a weekly podcast for innovation leaders, product managers, heads of CX, UX, and communications that takes the mystery out of how to communicate breakthrough ideas to the people who matter most.
Every week on the podcast, Susan interviews the top innovation leaders in the world – from companies including Amazon, Bloomberg, Cisco, Corning, and Tesla – and invites them to share the stories that moved their innovations past the finish line, around the world, and into peoples’ hearts.
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I sit down with Lea Eriksen, Director of Technology and Innovation and CIO for the City of Long Beach, to unpack the human stories behind civic innovation.
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This is a replay of one of the most listened to Innovation Storytellers episodes of 2025. I am revisiting my conversation with Rose Hall, a former senior innovation leader at AXA XL, professional engineer, and long-time advocate for rethinking how organizations approach risk, because the ideas shared here feel even more relevant today.
I sit down with Dr. Paul Schlinkert, Senior Global Innovation Lead at DHL Supply Chain, to unpack how one of the world’s most complex logistics organizations turns bold ideas into operational reality.
This week, we take a very human turn on the Innovation Storytellers Show as I sit down with Lirone Glikman, CEO, global business development leader, and the author behind The Super Connectors Playbook.
In this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show, I speak with Robb Dussault, Manager of Grid Edge Innovation at Duke Energy, who brings decades of experience in engineering, product development, customer programs, and safety innovation.
What happens when innovation is shaping your life in ways you never see? That is the question at the heart of this conversation with Portia Lane Child, Director of Innovation and Strategy Services at BAE Systems.
What can the world of corporate innovation learn from the people who spend their careers dealing with risk, secrecy, and the unknown every single day? That question stayed with me throughout my conversation with Susie Braam, the former head of innovation inside the United Kingdom’s national security agencies.
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