The Innovation Day Podcast
Innovation is defined simply as; the generation, and realization, of new ideas. In reality, innovation is far from simple. In this podcast host Neil Follett speaks with the founders, creatives and creators who are leading, living, and (usually) loving innovation. Brought to you by Studio 245, the Innovation Day Podcast showcases diverse points of view, personal stories and creative solutions in the world of business, culture and the arts. It is a podcast about imagination, risk, courage, leadership, and the reward of seeing your idea come to life.
- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 38
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Leith Moore, Founder of R-Hauz, on Fast, Repeatable and Sustainable Homes For the Future of Our Cities.
In big cities around the world, housing, especially in a downtown core, has become financially out of reach for many. Add to that the disruption of development on those in a neighbourhood, and the en…
Steve Abrams, Co-Founder of Harmon’s Non-Alcoholic Craft Beer, on Getting Back to Doing What You Love.
After the tragic events of 9/11 Steve Abrams took a hard look at his career and decided it was time for a change. That change—starting Mill St. Brewery with some friends—took him on an amazing journe…
iD Short: Meet our Producer Darryl Webster and Hear How He Couch Surfed the World, and Wrote a Book About It.
In this, our first iD Short, we are taking a quick break from our regular format as we introduce you to our Producer, Darryl Webster. Far more than just our Producer, Darryl is also a musician, publi…
Luke Anderson, Co-Founder of the StopGap Foundation, on the Power of Perspective, Patience and Perseverance
When Luke Anderson was 24 years old he experienced a mountain biking accident that resulted in a spinal cord injury, leaving him with quadriplegia. That moment set in motion a series of events that l…
Founder Carmen Sandor and Sales Director Suzie Sheckter from Green Owl Vodka, on Following Your Passion and Starting a Spirits Brand From Scratch.
It all started on vacation in Mexico when Carmen Sandor fell in love with a brand of mescal and decided to import it to Canada. While the mescal didn’t work out, it started Carmen on a journey that l…
Aron Levitz, President of Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, on the Power of Community and the Next 100 Years of IP.
Aron Levitz and his team have over 100 projects in production all over the world, stories mined from the more than one billion pieces of content uploaded to the Wattpad and Webtoon platforms. Combini…
Naomi Blackman and Mikayla Wujec, Co-Founders of Alder Apparel, on Transforming the World of Outdoor Clothing.
Friends since elementary school, when Mikayla and Naomi discovered a shared desire for better style, inclusivity and sustainability in the world of outdoor apparel, they made the big decision to leav…
Rob Miller, CMO at Hyperloop TT, on an Incredibly Fast, Safe and Energy Efficient Way to Move People and Things.
In 2013 Elon Musk published the Hyperloop Alpha paper. Just a few weeks later Hyperloop TT was founded and started down the long road to commercialize the concept. Fast forward to today and Hyperlo…
Hugues Bissonnette, Country Manager Polestar Canada, on the All-Electric Future of Driving.
If you’ve paid even a little attention to the news lately you’ve noticed the flurry of all-electric announcements by major global automakers. Ford, GM and Volvo, amongst others, are aiming to make th…
Rosemary Thompson, VP at the National Gallery of Canada, on Experiencing Art in a New Way.
Almost everything has changed in some way or another over the last year and a half, and the world of presenting and experiencing art is no exception. In this episode we talk to Rosemary Thompson, VP …
David Stover, Co-Founder of Bureo, on the Journey to Turn Commercial Fishing Nets From Ocean Waste into Useful Products.
LA-based Bureo started as many companies do; with an opportunity and an idea. The opportunity was a start-up program in Chile, and the idea was a skateboard made from recycled fishing nets. While the…
Maayan Ziv, Founder of AccessNow, Talks Entrepreneurship and Mapping Accessibility Around the World.
In 2005 Maayan Ziv founded AccessNow, a platform to crowdsource and share accessibility data for locations around the world. In a time when there was an app for pretty much everything, Maayan still f…
Taylor Lane and the Cigarette Surfboard.
With a great idea and literally buckets of cigarette butts he collected off of California beaches, Taylor Lane and his friend Ben designed a surfboard that won an international design competition and…
David Lavin, Founder of The Lavin Agency, on Building a Successful Business Based on Interesting People
David Lavin founded The Lavin Agency over 30 years ago, and his business has grown to be North America’s largest “intellectual talent” agency. In David’s words he works with “smart people”, and in th…
Chris Barth and His Urban Farming Side Hustle
Chris Barth is an author and a Lead Strategist for Contagious Communications, a strategic intelligence business. He’s also an urban farmer, growing vegetables on a plot of land in downtown Minneapol…
Jacie DeHoop Talks Sports, Start-Ups and Friendship
In this episode host Neil Follett speaks with Jacie DeHoop, co-founder of TheGist, a growing sports content platform targeted at the more casual fan. Jacie shares how the Gist came to life, talks abo…
David Sax Breaks Down the Start-Up Myth
In his latest book, The Soul of an Entrepreneur: Work and Life Beyond the Startup Myth, best-selling author David Sax takes us from Silicon Valley all the way back to the roots of entrepreneurship. H…
LaRayia Gaston and the Lost Art of Giving a F*ck
LaRayia Gaston, founder of the non-profit Lunch on Me can now add published author to her long list of accomplishments. In her new book Love Without Reason, The Lost Art of Giving a F*uck, LaRayia la…