What is Innovation?

Tim Schumm, Founder and President of Lucas James Talent Partners, shares how innovation works in the talent acquisition industry.

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Tim Schumm

Founder and President of Lucas James Talent Partners

Episode guide

What Is Innovation 

Recruiting Industry

Founding Lucas James

Government Staffing

Business within a Business with autonomy

Flexible cost-per-hire

Incentivizing and fees

Brokerage and marketplace model

Role of empathy

Outside the mainstream

Future of Recruiting-Process Outsourcing

Continuous Improvement Mindset

Advice for Innovators

Comfort Zones

Robyn Bolton, Founder and Chief Navigator at MileZero, explains how innovation differs from invention and how innovation works for intrapreneurs in large companies.  

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Robyn Bolton, 

Founder and CEO of MileZero

Episode guide

1:35 -  What is Innovation

2:11 - "Something"

2:55  - "Different"

3:38 - "Creates Value"

4:42 - Types of Value Creation

5:57 - What isn't Innovation

6:56 - Invention vs Innovation

9:55 - Laboratory Creations

12:00 - Value in the Corporate-side

16:16 - Value of Learning and Value of Dollars

19:05 - Aspects of Honesty

22:03 - Corporate Intrapreneur vs Entrepreneur

22:41 - Accidental Entrepreneurship

25:16 - Success Rate of Corporate Intrapreneurs

27:10 - Heart, Head, Guts

30:02 - Advice to Innovators

Featuring:

Robyn Bolton, Founder and CEO of MileZero

Host:

Jared Simmons (@outlastllc), Founder and Principal at OUTLAST Consulting LLC

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Mike Ross, Founder, and CEO at Juniper explains how creativity and fear impact innovation.

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Mike Ross, Founder and CEO of Juniper

Episode guide

1:50 - What Is Innovation

1:42 - Creativity with Impact

4:15 - What Is Not Innovation

4:27 - Ambiguous Impact and Mistakes

12:14 - Innovation as an Organization

13:50 - Experimentation

16:05 - Danger of Separate Innovation Hubs

16:55 - Innovation is a Trojan Horse

19:50 - Stability and Innovation

22:57 - Fear Impediments

27:15 - Advice to Innovators

Featuring:

Mike Ross, Founder and CEO of Juniper

Host:

Jared Simmons (@outlastllc), Founder and Principal at OUTLAST Consulting LLC

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Karl Preissner, Director for Equity and Inclusion at Procter & Gamble, shares insights on innovation in the nonprofit, for-profit, and equity and inclusion spaces.

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Karl Preissner, Director for Equity and Inclusion at Procter & Gamble

Episode guide

1:40 - What Is Innovation

3:00 - Innovation In Different Fields

4:28 - Ideas vs Innovation

4:44 - What Is Not Innovation

5:50 - Outcome-Focused Innovation

7:00 - Growth and Contribution

9:10 - Building Today For Tomorrow

13:47  - Paradoxical interconnectivity

16:55 - Innovation and Outcomes

21:32 - Innovation in The Quality-Inclusion Space

23:30 - Insider and Outsider Groups

25:50 - Virtual Reality as a Vehicle Of Empathy  

29:08 - Advice for Innovators

29:57 - Teamwork, Trust, Team players

Featuring:

Karl Preissner, Director for Equity and Inclusion at Procter & Gamble

Host:

Jared Simmons (@outlastllc), Founder and Principal at OUTLAST Consulting LLC

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Annabel Mendez, founder of Aromalief Vegan Pain Relief Creams, shares how to shift from a problem-focused self into an outcome-focused self.

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Annabel Mendez, Founder of Aromalief Vegan Pain Relief Creams. 

Episode guide

1:17 -  What is Innovation?

2:33 - Expanding the definition of Innovation

4:51 - What Isn't Innovation

8:04 - Innovation From A Scientific Standpoint 

8:45 - Problem-focused and outcome-focused (A 2005 or 2020 Annabel) 

13:31 - Uncertain vs. Unknowable

15:19 - Becoming An Entrepreneur

16:42 - Launching Her Business 

24:21 - The importance of support In An "Emotional" Business

25:12 - Dealing With Business Problems

27:36 - Advice To Innovators

29:37 - Staying True To Oneself And Your Business

Featuring:

Annabel Mendez, Founder of Aromalief Vegan Pain Relief Creams. 

Host:

Jared Simmons (@outlastllc), Founder and Principal at OUTLAST Consulting LLC

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Johnny Howze III, VP of Supply Chain Management at Southern Company shares the importance of paradigms in Innovation. 

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Johnny Howze III,  

Vice President Supply Chain Management - Gas, Generation, and Services at Southern Company

Episode guide

1:41 - "What is Innovation?"

3:00 - Innovation is not using the same formula

4:25 - View from different lenses

5:10 - Lens on work

7:32 - No "one way" to learn

9:26 - Serving customers through Innovation

13:43 - Growing with and through responsibility

18:23 - Paradigms in life

22:40 - Can you innovate alone?

25:50 - Tips from Johnny 

28:05 - Winning tomorrow by winning today

Featuring:

Johnny Howze III,  Vice President Supply Chain Management - Gas, Generation, and Services at Southern Company

Host:

Jared Simmons (@outlastllc), Founder and Principal at OUTLAST Consulting LLC

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Johnny Howze III, VP of Supply Chain Management at Southern Company shares the importance of paradigms in Innovation. 

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Johnny Howze III,  

Vice President Supply Chain Management - Gas, Generation, and Services at Southern Company

Episode guide

1:41 - "What is Innovation?"

3:00 - Innovation is not using the same formula

4:25 - View from different lenses

5:10 - Lens on work

7:32 - No "one way" to learn

9:26 - Serving customers through Innovation

13:43 - Growing with and through responsibility

18:23 - Paradigms in life

22:40 - Can you innovate alone?

25:50 - Tips from Johnny 

28:05 - Winning tomorrow by winning today

Featuring:

Johnny Howze III,  Vice President Supply Chain Management - Gas, Generation, and Services at Southern Company

Host:

Jared Simmons (@outlastllc), Founder and Principal at OUTLAST Consulting LLC

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Wendy Nunnelley, SVP of Global Growth at Diageo, explains the difference between Internal and External Innovation and the role of 'Inbetweeners'

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Wendy Nunnelley

SVP of Global Growth at Diageo, and an active angel investor, advisor, and board member for consumer goods startups.

Episode guide

1:24 - What is Innovation?

1:52 - Internal and External Innovation  

2:26 - Is it an idea or innovation?

3:19 - Innovation shows up on the Shelf

6:29 - Internal Innovation Processes

9:53 - Product Positioning

14:11 - Customer and Retailer's perspective

16:07 - "Inbetweeners"

18:26 - Who are you as an Innovator? 

Featuring:

Wendy Nunnelley, SVP of Global Growth at Diageo, advisor to Springdale Ventures, and board member of Naturally Austin.

Host:

Jared Simmons (@outlastllc), Founder and Principal at OUTLAST Consulting LLC

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Hung Nguyen, professional development coach, and leader in BP talent management, offers her unique perspective on innovation, including the importance of curiosity and passion for what you do.

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Hung Nguyen, professional development coach and leader in BP talent management, offers her perspective on what innovation is...and isn’t. Her deep expertise and unique sense of humor are on full display as she discusses her perspective on the future of talent management, the role of curiosity in innovation, and the connection between innovation and frayed clothing.

Episode guide

2:30 - Innovation is about creativity and trying new things

4:11 - innovation in the corporate world

7:13 - What isn't innovation

12:03 - Right people, right team, right roles 

13:35 - Innovation at BP

18:47 Different standpoints

23:04 - Advice for future Innovators

Featuring:

Hung Nguyen (@misshungnguyen), professional development coach and leader in BP Talent Management.

Host:

Jared Simmons (@outlastllc), Founder and Principal at OUTLAST Consulting LLC

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The book with the story about tall basketball players: The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds

Careers at BP

A song about unraveling sweaters

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