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Alex Lauver of Outdoor Research on "The Future of Innovation"
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Alex Lauver is the Senior Director of Materials, Innovation and Sustainability at Outdoor Research. As his title implies, he operates at the intersection of multiple disciplines. He works on projects that bring innovation to market as well as on the operations side of the business. It's a position that requires the ability to take complex topics and explain them in a way that makes them easy to understand.
In this episode, Alex discusses the role that innovation can play in product development and how to foster innovation within an organization. He shares his perspective on sustainability within the outdoor industry as well as the challenges we face moving to a more circular economy. He also gives an overview of PFAS substances, what they are, and how new regulations will change the way technical apparel is manufactured.
You can read more about Alex and some of the insights from his work on linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-lauver/
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