Agile Giants: Lessons from Corporate Innovators
Fundamentally, a startup within a company is the same as one inside the proverbial garage: a group of entrepreneurs trying to make the world a better place using new ideas and inventions. Each week, join Sean Ammirati, Co-Founder & Director of the Carnegie Mellon Corporate Startup Lab, as he interviews guests who are doing the important work creating startups inside large corporations. If you already are a corporate entrepreneur, want to become one or are just looking for some advice around commercializing transformative innovation, this podcast is for you.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 69
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
Episode 68: Moderna's AI Journey into Generative AI with Andrew Giessel, Executive Director of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Episode description:
In the season finale of Agile Giants, we're thrilled to welcome Andrew Giessel, Executive Director of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Moderna.
I first crossed paths w…
Episode 67: Decoding Analytics: Richard Clarke Unveils Highmark Health's Strategic Approach to AI in Healthcare
Episode description:
In this podcast episode, we engage in an insightful discussion with Richard Clarke, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Highmark Health.
With an impressive 8-year tenure, Richard…
Episode 66: Corporate Innovation Reimagined: Karsten Rönner's Vision of AI and Emerging Technologies at Bosch’s grow platform
Episode description:
In this podcast episode, we welcome Karsten Rönner from Bosch's grow platform, who shares his journey and insights into AI and emerging technologies. Discover how Karsten's entre…
Episode 65: Pitching Generative AI to the C-Suite with Melissa Murphy
Episode description:
In this episode of Agile Giants, we are joined by Melissa Murphy, a distinguished service professor at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. Melissa, a sea…
Episode 64: Improve your LLM Prompts: Decoding the TELeR Taxonomy with Santu Karmaker and Dongji Feng
Episode description:
In this episode, we sit down with Santu Karmaker and Dongji Feng, creators of the TELeR Taxonomy. This pivotal framework is revolutionizing the way computer scientists benchmark …
Episode 62: Karl Ulrich on Using Generative AI to Generate Startup Ideas
Episode description:
In this episode, we sit down with Karl Ulrich, CIBC Endowed Professor at the Wharton School, as we dissect his recent research experiment comparing startup ideas from Penn Studen…
Episode 63: A Deep Dive on Leveraging Generative AI with Marshall Kirkpatrick
Episode description:
Explore the transformative power of AI as special guest Marshall Kirkpatrick, Editor of AI Time to Impact, unravels creative ways of integrating artificial intelligence into diff…
Episode 61- Piotr Mirowski on Google DeepMind's Dramatron: Redefining Creativity in the Age of AI
Episode description:
Piotr Mirowski, Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind and co-creator of Dramatron shares his insights on the future of human-machine co-creativity especially with all the r…
Season 4 Finale- Q&A
Episode description:
As we wrap up an incredible season of the podcast, we're going out with a special episode. Join us for a Q&A where we turn the spotlight on YOU, our dedicated audience.
Your que…
Episode 59: Navigating Innovative Collaborations with Joel Krikston of Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and Michael Meucci of Arcadia
Episode description:
In this week's episode, join us as we uncover the dynamics and strategies behind fostering successful collaborations between established corporations and innovative startups in t…
Episode 58: Sari Kaganoff on Navigating Innovation and Partnerships for Digital Health Startups
Join us on this week's episode of Agile Giants as we dive into the world of digital health startups and the crucial role of partnerships in driving innovation.
Our guest, Sari Kaganoff, General Mana…
Episode 57: Chris Carde on the Crucial Role of Corporate-Startup Partnerships in Driving Innovation for the EV Industry
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In this week's episode of Agile Giants, Chris Carde, the CEO and Founder of HeyCharge, joins the show to discuss the importance of corporate-startup collaborations in advancing t…
Episode 56: David Rogers on Overcoming Barriers to Digital Transformation
In this episode, we are joined by David Rogers, a professor at Columbia University, and the author of The Digital Transformation Playbook and The Digital Transformation Roadmap. We dive deep into dig…
Episode 55: Ed Rakiewicz on the Importance of Corporate-Startup Collaboration in the Evolving Landscape of the Materials Industry
In this podcast episode, we delve into the history and transformation of PPG, a global maker of coatings, paints, and specialty materials that has been around for over 140 years. We are joined by Ed …
Episode 54: Kevin Acklin on Driving Innovation in Sports and Business
In this episode, we are joined by Kevin Acklin, President of Business Operations for the Pittsburgh Penguins, to discuss the team's collaboration with startups to solve real problems in sports and bu…
Episode 53: Nick Ellis on Amazon Climate Pledge Fund's Approach to Collaborating with Startups
In this episode, we sit down with Nick Ellis, Principal of the Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, to discuss their approach to investing in startups and how they work with their portfolio companies beyond j…
Episode 52: Chirag Patel on Cultivating the Startup Spirit in a Corporate Environment
Join us for a fascinating conversation with Chirag Patel, Leader of EY Foundry, as we explore how this corporate venturing unit is driving transformational growth for one of the world's largest compa…
Episode 51: Greg Coticchia on the Importance of Partnerships on Scaling Startups
This season will be a series of interesting conversations about how large companies and startups can partner to deliver transformative innovation together.
In our first episode of the fourth season o…
Episode 50: Open Innovation Challenges with Josh Gould, Head of Duquesne Light Innovation Center
Josh Gould is the Director of Innovation at the Duquesne Light Company. He & his team have kicked off a $750k open innovation challenge around monitoring underground electrical cables. He talks a lit…
Episode 49: David Schonthal author of The Human Element
We'll be back later this fall with another full season of Agile Giants, but I wanted to interrupt our break to share a conversation I had with David Schonthal. David is the Clinical Professor of Inno…