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.

Episode 68: Moderna's AI Journey into Generative AI with Andrew Giessel, Executive Director of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence 02/22/2024

Episode 67: Decoding Analytics: Richard Clarke Unveils Highmark Health's Strategic Approach to AI in Healthcare 02/15/2024

Episode 66: Corporate Innovation Reimagined: Karsten Rönner's Vision of AI and Emerging Technologies at Bosch’s grow platform 01/25/2024

Episode 65: Pitching Generative AI to the C-Suite with Melissa Murphy 01/04/2024

Episode 64: Improve your LLM Prompts: Decoding the TELeR Taxonomy with Santu Karmaker and Dongji Feng 12/23/2023

Episode 63: A Deep Dive on Leveraging Generative AI with Marshall Kirkpatrick 12/14/2023

Episode 62: Karl Ulrich on Using Generative AI to Generate Startup Ideas 12/14/2023

Episode 61- Piotr Mirowski on Google DeepMind's Dramatron: Redefining Creativity in the Age of AI 11/30/2023

Season 4 Finale- Q&A 09/22/2023

Episode 59: Navigating Innovative Collaborations with Joel Krikston of Merck Global Health Innovation Fund and Michael Meucci of Arcadia 08/25/2023

Episode 58: Sari Kaganoff on Navigating Innovation and Partnerships for Digital Health Startups 07/21/2023

Episode 57: Chris Carde on the Crucial Role of Corporate-Startup Partnerships in Driving Innovation for the EV Industry 06/23/2023

Episode 56: David Rogers on Overcoming Barriers to Digital Transformation 06/09/2023

Episode 55: Ed Rakiewicz on the Importance of Corporate-Startup Collaboration in the Evolving Landscape of the Materials Industry 04/21/2023

Episode 54: Kevin Acklin on Driving Innovation in Sports and Business 03/31/2023

Episode 53: Nick Ellis on Amazon Climate Pledge Fund's Approach to Collaborating with Startups 03/17/2023

Episode 52: Chirag Patel on Cultivating the Startup Spirit in a Corporate Environment 03/03/2023

Episode 51: Greg Coticchia on the Importance of Partnerships on Scaling Startups 02/17/2023

Episode 50: Open Innovation Challenges with Josh Gould, Head of Duquesne Light Innovation Center 02/16/2022

Episode 49: David Schonthal author of The Human Element 10/19/2021

Episode 47: Testing Business Ideas with David Bland, CEO & Founder of Precoil 04/08/2021

Episode 46: Optimizing Your Team for Innovation Impact with Stefano Mastrogiacomo 02/25/2021

Episode 45: Operationalizing an Innovation Mandate with Tendayi Viki 01/26/2021

Episode 44: Applying the Lean Startup Methodology to the Military with Peter Newell - Retired US Army Colonel & CEO of BMNT 01/06/2021

Episode 44: Business Model Transformation & Data Based Corporate Startups at Philips with Tim Murphy 12/23/2020

Episode 43: Steve Blank & Alexander Osterwalder on The Keys to Successfully Driving Innovation in Established Companies 12/16/2020

Episode 42: Re-Inventing the Convenience Store Chain - Mary Beth Green, Chief Innovation Officer @ Sheetz 10/22/2020

Episode 41: Innovation at Johnson & Johnson with Michal Preminger and Stephen Pitt 10/14/2020

Episode 40: Entrepreneur Turned 2x Corporate VC - Pradeep Tagare of National Grid Partners 10/07/2020

Episode 39: Innovation Pathways (including CVC) with Joseph Cabral from LSU 09/30/2020