Innovation Storytellers
Did you ever wonder how an innovation got to its finish line? How innovators saw the future, made a product, and created change – in our world and in their companies? I did. Innovation Storytellers invites changemakers to describe how they created their innovation and just as important – THE STORIES – that made us fall in love with them. Come learn how great innovations need great stories to make them move around the world and how to become a better storyteller in the process.
I’m Susan Lindner, the Innovation Storyteller. But I wasn’t always. I’ve been a wannabe revolutionary, an epidemiologist at the CDC and an AIDS educator in the brothels of Thailand helping to turn former sex workers into entrepreneurs. Trained as an anthropologist and the Founder of Emerging Media, I’ve spent the last twenty years working with innovators from 60+ countries. Ranging from cutting edge startups to Fortune 100 companies like GE, Corning, Citi, Olayan, and nine foreign governments, helping their leaders to tell their stories and teaching them how to become incredible advocates for their innovations.
Great innovation stories make change possible. They let us step into a future we can’t see yet. I started this podcast to shine a light on our generation of great innovators, to learn how they brought their innovation to life and the stories they told to bring them to the world.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 112
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
204: How Nordic Data Centers Supercharging New Energy Source to Power AI
This week I was thrilled to speak with Peder Naerboe, Founder and Owner of Bulk Infrastructure, for my Nordic Visionaries series. I’ve known about data centers for years, but Peder totally reframed t…
203: How TOMRA is Rethinking the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Paradigm
What will it take to move beyond the traditional recycling conversation and into a future where circularity is a business imperative, not just a sustainability slogan?
In this episode of Nordic Visio…
202: How Nordic Capitalism Prioritizes Profit and Climate for A More
What if the key to creating a more sustainable future lies not in reinventing capitalism entirely, but in looking at how it already works elsewhere?
In this episode of Nordic Visionaries, a special s…
201: How Global Hackathons are Accelerating Sustainable Tech
This week I was delighted to sit down with Ann Molin, CEO & Secretary General of Hack for Earth, for an in-depth conversation on how citizen-led innovation can tackle global challenges. Ann, a psycho…
200: How To Turn Banking Customers Into Sustainability Champions
In this opening installment of Nordic Visionaries, I introduce a fresh series spotlighting entrepreneurs, creators, and advocates at the crossroads of innovation and sustainability throughout the Nor…
199: What the US Navy Can Teach us about Executive Leadership
Have you ever considered the role that discipline, trust, and storytelling play in shaping truly innovative leaders?
In this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show, I'm honored to welcome Miles …
198: How to Put Trust At the Center of People First Innovation Equation
Can innovation truly succeed without trust, integrity, and the right team behind it? In this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show I welcome Tracy Nolan, Senior Vice President of MarketPoint at…
197: How the Automotive Industry is Democratizing AI from the Technicians to the Top
What happens when AI meets automotive repair? Can technology bridge the growing knowledge gap between seasoned mechanics and the next generation of technicians? And how will the “Right to Repair” mov…
196: What Innovators Can Learn from Music’s Biggest R&B Breakthroughs
What if the songs artists love the least become the ones fans can’t live without?
In this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Amani Roberts, DJ, professor, author, and creati…
195: How HealthcarePoint is Using Big Data to Transform Clinical Trials
What happens when big data meets healthcare innovation? In this episode of the Innovation Storyteller Show, Susan Lindner talks with Tina Posey, CEO of HealthcarePoint, about how data is transforming…
194: How Breakthroughs in Batteries are Supercharging the EV Revolution
The way we power the world hasn’t fundamentally changed in decades—until now. In this episode of the Innovation Storyteller Show, I speak with Dr. Moshiel Biton, CEO and co-founder of Addionics, a co…
193: How Siemens Transforms Its Culture to Drive Innovation Further
Why do so many groundbreaking ideas stall before they even get started? In this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Podcast, Dr. Stefan Dietrich, Senior Advisor in Innovation and Digital Transform…
192: How The Resilience Plan Supports Innovation Leaders & Change Makers
How do you keep pushing forward when faced with constant setbacks, resistance, or uncertainty? For innovators and leaders, resilience isn't just a nice-to-have—it's essential. But resilience isn't si…
191: How RTI International Builds a Global Culture of Innovation
Innovation is often seen as a function of big ideas and long-term investments, but in today’s fast-changing world, organizations must rethink how they approach problem-solving and experimentation. In…
190: How AXA’s Risk Management Turns Impossible to NOW Possible
What if risk management wasn’t just about avoiding failure but enabling innovation?
In this episode of Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Rose Hall, Former SVP, Head of Innovation, America…
189: How Hershey’s is Putting the Sweet and Salty in Product Innovation
In this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show, I sit down with Charlie Chappell, Vice President of Innovation, Research & Development at The Hershey Company, to explore what it takes to innovat…
188: How to Bridge the Gap Between Startups and Corporate Innovators
What does it take to build a seamless connection between the agile world of startups and the structured environments of corporate innovators? In this episode of Innovation Storytellers, I had the ple…
187: The Old and New Rules of Successful Innovation
Over the holidays, I am reflecting on one of my most downloaded episode of 2024 with my innovation guide and intellectual beacon, Peter Temes.
In this episode, Peter and I journeyed through the intr…
186: How the WHO Innovation Hub is Changing Global Health Outcomes
I reflect on my most downloaded episode of 2024 with Louise Agersnap, the Head of WHO Innovation Hub, part of the Digital Health and Innovation Department. We enjoyed a thought-provoking discussion o…
185: What’s the Future of Customer Experience with AI?
What does it take to thrive in a world where AI is redefining customer experience and business innovation? On this episode of the Innovation Storytellers Show, I had an incredible conversation with J…