The Committed Innovator

The Committed Innovator

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The Committed Innovator: Why innovation competitions work

McKinsey holds an innovation competition every year; compelling evidence shows that most organizations can benefit from doing same. McKinsey & Company regularly holds an internal competition, the Innovation Olympics, in which our own teams bring their best business ideas to an in ...  Show more

The Committed Innovator: Keeping up with AI and deploying it as it evolves

Adopting AI remains a challenge for most, and the fact that the world of AI is advancing soincredibly rapidly doesn’t help. Nathaniel Whittemore aims to make both adoption andkeeping up with change a lot easier. He is the founder and CEO of Superintelligent, the AIenablement plat ...  Show more

The Committed Innovator: Enabling and harnessing the innovation process

Miro founder and CEO Andrey Khusid discusses the inspiration behind what started as a digital whiteboard and has evolved to become an AI innovation workspace. Of the many challenges of innovation, enabling members of a team to share and capture their new ideas so they can build o ...  Show more

The Committed Innovator: Taking on the challenge ocean pollution from plastic with Boyan Slat

The Ocean Cleanup's Boyan Slat discusses the promise and challenge of technological innovation at planetary scale. The problem of ocean pollution from plastic waste is growing and intractable, and can feel insurmountable to many consu ...

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Restaurateur John McDonald offers a grounded approach to hospitality

In this episode of The Committed Innovator, we talk with John McDonald, the founder and CEO of Mercer Street Hospitality, which owns Lure Fishbar in New York City and Chicago, among other restaurants and bars. McDonald spoke with McKinsey Senior Partner and innovation leader Erik ...  Show more