S6.E4. Steven Thomas. Are You an Innovator or a Commentator?

Big breakthroughs are, in fact, a series of incremental steps. If you have one, it means that you were patient enough and humble enough to stick to your course. With Steve Thomas, an Innovation Director at JPI Media, we dive into the ways to set up your innovation machine (no matter whether you are a startup or a mature organisation). We discuss the importance of empathy not only towards the customers but also towards the internal stakeholders whose necks are on the line. We also talk that you can’t predict innovation but you can enable for it but in order to do so you need to have a “punk mentality”, a rebellious spirit informed by strong passion and purpose to become a champion of innovation.

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Story of Dyson making ventilators

Story of Cristian Fracassi 3d-printing ventilators’ valves

Story about helping to feed the frontline initiative

Daniel Pink “Drive”

Ryan Holiday, “Ego is the enemy”