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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Emerge and Evolve: Becoming the Leader You Were Made to Be is a series that shares insights and anecdotes into the never-ending journey of leadership and entrepreneurship. Each episode in the series features a conversation between 3Pillar Global Founder and CEO David DeWolf and a peer of his who has been instrumental in David’s growth as a leader. For more information on the podcast and to view full episodes, please visit www.DavidDeWolf.com/podcast.
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212. Using Composable Products to Drive Agility and Innovation
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According to Gartner Research, 60% of new custom business applications will be built using composable products by 2025. So what exactly are composable products, how should they be used, and which businesses should use them? Join 3Pillar Chief Innovation Officer Pankaj Chawla, Information Services Industry Lead Bernie Doone, and Field CTOs Scott You…
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211. Introduction to the World of Codeless Apps with Andrew Sullivan of Unqork
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Most healthcare organizations — from payers to insurance companies to providers — are so bogged down with maintaining disparate, decades-old legacy systems that they lack the resources to create the technical solutions they want. That’s where Unqork comes into play. 3Pillar’s Healthcare Industry Leader, Steve Rowe, hosts this episode and talks with…
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210. Innovation in Healthcare: Why the Future Has Never Been Brighter
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Innovation in Healthcare: Why the Future Has Never Been Brighter Driving innovation in the healthcare space has traditionally been a challenge to say the least. The good news? Many of the challenges that have stood in the way of unlocking healthcare innovation in the past are now fading into the background. VP of Client Success Carl Rudow and our h…
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209. Financial Services 2023 Year in Review + Preview of 2024
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On this episode of The Innovation Engine, we dig into the recent past and upcoming future of innovation in the Financial Services industry. Rob Murray, 3Pillar’s Financial Services Industry Leader, moderates a conversation with Jennifer Mun and Albert Thibault, two integral members of our Financial Services industry team. The trio discusses some of…
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208. Go To Market First Product Management
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In this episode of The Innovation Engine, we're thrilled to welcome Arjun Pillai, the visionary co-founder and CEO of the emerging company, Docket. Arjun, a seasoned entrepreneur with a rich history of successful ventures, delves into the critical concept of Go-To-Market First Product Management (GTM First Product Management). This episode is a dee…
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207. Fuel vs. Friction: Navigating the Forces of Change and Innovation with David Schonthal
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On this episode of The Innovation Engine Podcast, we dive deep into the realm of innovation, change, and the human resistance to new ideas with David Schonthal, an award-winning professor at the Kellogg School of Management. David, co-originator of the revolutionary "friction theory," sheds light on why promising innovations often stumble before re…
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206. Unlocking Innovation in Financial Services with Rob Murray
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3Pillar’s Financial Services Industry Lead, Rob Murray, joins us on the latest Innovation Engine to share some of the latest insights he’s gleaned from serving 3Pillar clients across the Financial Services space. Rob and Scott Varho dive deep into what it takes to successfully drive innovation in a tightly regulated industry like Financial Services…
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205. Unlocking Innovation for Technology Companies, with Matt Brandon
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In today's transformative digital landscape, what truly defines a tech company? Matt Brandon, the Industry Leader for the 3Pillar Technology Vertical, joins us for a deep dive into the multifaceted world of technology. From the evolution of technology sectors to the omnipresence of data, Matt shares insights on navigating opportunities and threats …
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204. Redefining Business in the Digital Age with David Rogers
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Digital transformation is a term often tossed around in boardrooms but rarely understood in its full depth and breadth. David Rogers joins us on this episode of The Innovation Engine podcast to discuss his latest book, The Digital Transformation Roadmap, and his vast experience advising a bevy of top-tier corporate clients including Google, Microso…
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203. Navigating the Data Revolution: Insights, AI, and the Art of User Experience with Bernie Doone
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Bernie Doone joins us on this episode of The Innovation Engine to delve deep into the intricate world of Information Services. Bernie is no stranger to our listeners, having previously co-hosted episodes featuring insightful dialogues with experts like Marianne Johnson of Cox Automotive and Josh Eastright from Bloomberg Industry Group. At its core,…
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202. Transforming a Services Culture to Successfully Productize
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Productizing a services business is no small feat, but the benefits of doing so are vast: improved margins, increased productivity, higher company valuations, and less reliance on increasingly in-demand tech talent. Eisha Armstrong joins us on this episode of The Innovation Engine to share more about how to turn a services company into a productize…
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201. Innovation By Design & Scaling Innovation
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Sam Yen, the Chief Innovation Officer for Commercial Banking at JPMorgan Chase, joins us for this episode of The Innovation Engine to discuss Innovation by Design and Scaling Innovation. Sam is responsible for JPMorgan Chase’s digital products, platforms, innovation, and product strategy, so there is a massive amount of responsibility that falls un…
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200. How to Drive a Successful Business Transformation
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Ready to be inspired by a transformation story that propelled a bank to new heights? In this discussion with Paul Cobban, we dig deep into the remarkable business transformation of DBS Bank under his leadership. DBS' incredible journey saw the company go from having the reputation of being known as "D#mn Bloody Slow," as Paul tells it, to becoming …
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199. Building a Culture of Agile Thinking
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On this episode, we're diving into the world of Agile Thinking with our guest, Kevin Philpott, Director of Product Design at Pie Insurance. Pie Insurance is a venture-backed insurtech startup, having raised over $600 million in funding since its inception in 2017. Kevin, who has been with Pie Insurance from the very start, is now responsible for al…
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198. How To Test The Commercial Viability of an Idea
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On this episode of The Innovation Engine, we explore the fascinating world of applied innovation and the critical process of testing the commercial viability of ideas. Join us as we speak with Michael Rabjohns, Global Head of User Experience Research and Design at 3Pillar, and Steven Cooper, a Lead UX Designer in Michael's group. Both bring extensi…
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197. How to Drive Outcomes Over Output, with Josh Seiden
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Do you know the difference between focusing on outcomes versus outputs in product development — and why the difference can make or break a product? In this episode, we explore how shifting the focus from churning out features to driving business outcomes can help product teams deliver far greater value to users and organizations. Our guest, Josh Se…
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196. The Missing Half of Agile: How to Infuse Continuous Discovery Into Product Development, with Teresa Torres
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In this episode, we're joined by Teresa Torres, an internationally recognized author, speaker, and coach. With a focus on continuous discovery, Teresa has coached hundreds of product teams of all sizes and industries in a structured approach to infusing customer input into their daily product decisions. Her expertise has helped product teams move a…
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195. Developing Empowered, Powerful Product Teams, with Marty Cagan - Part 2 | CULTURE
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In part two of our interview with Marty Cagan, the celebrated product expert and bestselling author of Empowered and Inspired, we discuss the foundational elements needed for product teams to be successful and how to identify mission-driven teams. We also discuss how to structure product teams to maximize effectiveness, how to hold product teams ac…
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194. Developing Empowered, Powerful Product Teams, with Marty Cagan - Part 1 | CULTURE
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What separates the most successful product companies in the world — Apple, Amazon, Google —from everyone else? It’s a question Marty Cagan has spent the better part of his career exploring, writing about, and seeking to answer. At least part of the answer lies in the fact that many of these highly successful companies follow a model where product t…
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193. Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Opportunities for Innovation, with Dr. Rita Gunther McGrath | INNOVATION
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How can you predict opportunities for massive innovation before they happen? By identifying inflection points before they happen. Inflection points are moments of significant change for a business, industry, or market. They feature prominently in Dr. Rita Gunther McGrath's latest book, Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Busines…
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192. How SXSW EDU Pursues Innovation at the Intersection of Technology & Education with Ron Reed | INNOVATION
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When it comes to innovation, the education industry typically isn’t the first that comes to mind — but Ron Reed is trying to change that. He’s the Founder and Executive Producer of SXSW EDU, an annual event that fosters innovation and learning within the education industry. SXSW is well-known for its tech conference, music festival, and independent…
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191. Accelerating Innovation & Living on the Cutting Edge with Marianne Johnson | INNOVATION
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Marianne Johnson is the Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer at Cox Automotive, where she oversees a team of roughly 5000 people across 700 Scrum teams. She’s responsible for an $8 billion dollar portfolio that includes a number of products that are household names, including Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book. On this episode, Scott Var…
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190. Moving from Project to Product with Sejal Amin | PRODUCT MINDSET
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Sejal Amin is the newly-named Chief Technology Officer at Shutterstock where she has a broad mandate to drive Shutterstock’s digital transformation into a full-service creative platform for hundreds of thousands of creative professionals around the world. She talks with 3Pillar’s Scott Varho and Elisabeth Beller about moving from software project t…
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189. Driving Digital Transformation in Large Organizations with Cory Gundberg | DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
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When you think of financial services and healthcare, ease of transformation likely isn’t the first to come to mind. There are privacy concerns, compliance issues, and security responsibilities. So how does a company that sits at the intersection of those two tackle radical digital transformation—all while already sitting at the top of its field? Fo…
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188. Living the Product Mindset with Jessica Hall & David DeWolf
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In this special episode of The Innovation Engine, we’re joined by Jessica Hall, VP of Design at CoStar Group, alongside 3Pillar Global CEO David DeWolf. Three years ago we spoke with them both about their book, The Product Mindset: Succeed in the Digital Economy by Changing the Way Your Organization Thinks. This time around, we take a look at what …
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