The Innovation Engine Podcast

We feature interviews with best-selling authors and innovation experts from around the world. We focus on corporate innovation through the lenses of leadership, company culture, and emerging trends and technologies. Recorded & produced by 3Pillar Global, a product lifecycle management and software development company based in Fairfax, VA, with offices around the world.

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Episodes

7. Innovation & The C-Suite, with Bob Eckert

How important are a company’s leaders to ensuring that innovation prospers within their organizations? New & Improved CEO Bob Eckert joins us to talk about the impact C-level executives have on innovation within companies, the importance of continual training for executives and other employees, the benefits it can have for employees in areas of life that extend far beyond the workplace, and the most important traits for innovation leaders to have.

Mar 21, 2014•33 min•Ep. 7

6. Creative Problem Solving, with Gregg Fraley

Gregg Fraley of KILN Ideas joins us for the 6th episode of "The Innovation Engine" to discuss Creative Problem Solving (CPS), how to strike the necessary balance of science & creativity to drive innovation, and the importance of measuring innovation. Gregg is an internationally-known speaker who has presented at conferences including TEDxNASA, TEDxStorment, FUSE, and the Creative Problem Solving Institute. He blogs on innovation-themed topics regularly on his own website at www.greggfraley.c...

Mar 14, 2014•32 min•Ep. 6

5. Physical Product Innovation, with Jon Fawcett

Jon Fawcett of [Fuse] Chicken and Fawcett Design joins us to talk about building innovative physical products. [Fuse] Chicken which was hatched on the strength of a 2012 Kickstarter campaign that raised more than $200,000, makes iPhone and Android accessories like TŌGŌPOWER and Une Bobine . Among the topics we discuss on this episode of the podcast are the benefits of innovative marketing, crowdfunding as a new form or market research, the impact 3-D printing will have on the world of manufactur...

Mar 07, 2014•28 min•Ep. 5

4. The Idea Episode, with Keith Harmeyer

Everybody has ideas, and plenty of them. Humans have on average 50,000 thoughts every day. How do you go from ideas to innovation? And how can you generate more, better ideas? Keith Harmeyer, co-author of "SmartStorming: The Game-Changing Process for Generating Bigger, Better Ideas" and co-founder of SmartStorming , comes on the podcast to talk about those topics and more.

Feb 28, 2014•31 min•Ep. 4

3. Establishing a Culture of Innovation, with Jonathan Vehar

On the third episode of the podcast, we talk with the Center for Creative Leadership 's Jonathan Vehar about how organizational leaders can establish a culture of innovation. Jonathan Vehar is a Senior Faculty Member at the Center for Creative Leadership. He has advised companies like Clorox, Disney, GE, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft, Pfizer, and Volvo on how to help their workforces become more innovative. Jonathan is an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern University and the Center for Studies in ...

Feb 21, 2014•35 min•Ep. 3

2. The Internet! with Dan Klaussen

The 2nd episode of The Innovation Engine Podcast, in which we discuss how the Internet, infrastructure advancements, decreased barriers to entry, and the onset of agile has fueled innovation throughout the business landscape. Starring our very first guest, 3Pillar’s Dan Klaussen.

Feb 14, 2014•31 min•Ep. 2

1. The Raison d'Etre Episode, with 3Pillar CEO David DeWolf

The first episode in 3Pillar Global's "The Innovation Engine" podcast, in which we discuss our raison d'être, whether innovation is an overused word in the business world, look back at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, and attempt to answer the age-old question, "Is innovation something you can taste?"

Feb 04, 2014•26 min•Ep. 1

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