Business Model Sandbox

Listen in on conversations between Business Innovation Factory Chief Catalyst Saul Kaplan and leading business model thinkers and doers. From the Business Model Sandbox, your R&D department for new business models.

Designing for Equity: Courtney Lester 09/30/2020

Designing for Equity: Courtney Lester BIF team member Courtney Lester puts the "human" in "human-centered design." Courtney shares an inspiring practitioner view of how LunaYou, BIF’s personalized wellbeing platform, helps women improve maternal health outcomes puts equity and inclusion at the core. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/16205456

Jeff Leitner: Discovering Unwritten Rules 02/11/2020

Jeff Leitner: Discovering Unwritten Rules On this episode of the Business Model Sandbox podcast Saul Kaplan mixes it up with Jeff Leitner, founder Unwritten Labs, on social innovation and discovering the power of unwritten rules to enable transformational change. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/13044476

Rita Gunther McGrath: The End of Competitive Advantages 11/06/2019

Rita Gunther McGrath: The End of Competitive Advantages /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/11935418

David Nour: Relationship Economics 11/04/2019

David Nour: Relationship Economics /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/11899829

Matthew Milan: Redesigning the Future with Software Innovation 07/15/2019

Matthew Milan: Redesigning the Future with Software Innovation Milan joins Saul Kaplan on this episode of the Business Model Sandbox podcast to discuss software innovation and design, emerging technology and the (not so distant) future of human - technology interaction. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/10528784

Ben Siegel: Reimagining Social Impact 06/27/2019

Ben Siegel: Reimagining Social Impact On this episode of the Business Model Sandbox, Saul Kaplan sits down with BIF's newest team member, Chief Impact Officer Ben Seigel to discuss the ins and outs of social impact investing, harnessing emerging technologies to unleash personal agency and new personalized business models. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/10317590

Joe Wilson, Jr. : Performance Art for Social Change 04/18/2019

Joe Wilson, Jr. : Performance Art for Social Change Actor and activist, Joe Wilson, Jr. shares how the stage became a platform for community engagement, and how he learned to turn transactional relationships into transformational relationships. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/9450182

Andrew Hessel: The Business of Your DNA 03/27/2019

Andrew Hessel: The Business of Your DNA Genetic futurist and founder of the Genome Project, Andrew Hessel breaks down the landscape of our genomic future as we get into all things emerging technology as part of our series for our project on for Personalized Medicine by Design. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/9162446

Yolanda Wisher: Building Community Through Poetry 02/28/2019

Yolanda Wisher: Building Community Through Poetry Poet, singer, and educator, Yolanda Wisher masterfully alchemizes the beauty of people and place into poetry, connectivity, and story. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/8823377

Richie Etwaru: The Business Of Your Data 01/30/2019

Richie Etwaru: The Business Of Your Data Data privacy and control has become one of the fastest growing hot buttons in today's marketplace. What would it look like if you actually owned the rights to your personal data to decide when, where, and how it is being used? Etwaru and his team have elevated the issue to one of a basic human right, one that puts the power and monetization back in our own pockets. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/8456426

Tiffani Bova: Growth and Comfort Never Coexist 11/15/2018

Tiffani Bova: Growth and Comfort Never Coexist Salesforce Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist Tiffani Bova is a powerhouse when it comes to customer success, growth, and transformational innovation. Drawing on decades of experience, she shares insights with us from her new book Growth IQ and how to find success in the face of growing competition. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/7575755

Simon Majumdar: Finding Commonality Through Food 10/30/2018

Simon Majumdar: Finding Commonality Through Food A regular on the Food Network, Iron Chef, and Cutthroat Kitchen, Simon Majumdar has been traveling the globe with random collisions centered around a common great connector - food. Finding the space of combining and recombining great ingredients, Simon shares his worldviews with using a common, delicious language we can all sink our teeth into. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/7369448

Beth Comstock: Changemaking Through Imagination 09/25/2018

Beth Comstock: Changemaking Through Imagination /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/7089556

Dan Pink: The Science Of Timing 07/26/2018

Dan Pink: The Science Of Timing Bestselling author Dan Pink stops by to discuss his newest book "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" which takes an in-depth look at how and why we should all be paying closer attention to the ways in which timing can have a deliberate effect on the way we work, think, and live. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/6854579

Philip Sheppard: Draft Ugly, Edit Beautifully 06/26/2018

Philip Sheppard: Draft Ugly, Edit Beautifully Grammy award winner and classically trained musician, composer, and innovator Philip Sheppard goes beyond the notes to take a deeper dive into his inspiration, passion, and purpose. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/6746659

Stowe Boyd: The Ecology of Work 05/25/2018

Stowe Boyd: The Ecology of Work Self-proclaimed to be obsessed with the ecology of work, Boyd takes us through how we can more effectively design the future of our own work, with a little foresight and planning. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/6635053

Bonus Content: Integration Nation: Insights from the IDC 05/15/2018

Bonus Content: Integration Nation: Insights from the IDC Welcome to Integration Nation! Hear from members of the Integration Design Consortium, a group of five passionate design teams who are advancing equity, innovating with purpose, and shaping the future of education reform. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/6595239

Bonus Content: Integration Nation: Insights from the IDC 05/15/2018

Integration Nation: Insights Panel from the IDC 05/15/2018

Integration Nation: Insights Panel from the IDC Welcome to Integration Nation! Hear from members of the Integration Design Consortium, a group of five passionate design teams who are advancing equity, innovating with purpose, and shaping the future of education reform. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/6595126

Rita King: Harnessing Your Imagination to Create a Better Future 04/18/2018

Rita King: Harnessing Your Imagination to Create a Better Future King discusses ways we can all tap into our own imaginative power, what we can do about a shifting technological future, and the power of thinking outside our own traditional silos to better ourselves personally, professionally, and for the organizations, we belong to. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/6496407

Ray Wang: Our Technological Future Changing the World 03/23/2018

Ray Wang: Our Technological Future Changing the World One of the most prolific thinkers in the disruptive space, Ray Wang, the Founder of Constellation Research, stops by to discuss the landscape of our technological future and what it means to us as both individuals and members of organizations and communities. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/6402132

Scott Pulsipher: Redefining the Higher Education Model 02/21/2018

Scott Pulsipher: Redefining the Higher Education Model Imagine having an opportunity to completely redesign the higher education model. What would that look like? How do we ensure that we're better serving our end-users, or in this case, students? Scott Pulsipher at WGU and his team has taken the lead on redefining the higher education model. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/6286691

Jeneanne Rae: Design Thinking for Customer Value 12/11/2017

Jeneanne Rae: Design Thinking for Customer Value What does it mean to incorporate innovative strategy and design thinking into your corporate lexicon? Internationally recognized as an innovative leader in design thinking as well as a customer experience expert, Jeneanne Rae shares her insights on service innovation and the customer journey as an imperative for success in the 21st-century. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/6032766

Nilofer Merchant: The Power of Onlyness 11/01/2017

Nilofer Merchant: The Power of Onlyness Referred to as the 'Jane Bond' of innovation, Nilofer has an innate ability to recognize untapped ideas and turn them into actionable realities. Her transformational thinking has launched over 100 products, netting $18B in sales and shares with us the power of positive thinking, finding your tribe, and ultimately how owning your purpose will lead to finding your personal power. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/5900351

Andrew Hessel: Using Emerging Tech to Craft Our Biological Future 10/19/2017

Andrew Hessel: Using Emerging Tech to Craft Our Biological Future What exactly is synthetic biology and how will it affect our future? Andrew Hessel discusses the far-reaching implications of how rapidly emerging technological advancements in the field will change our entire lives, from the homes we live in, to the food we eat; and the results are far less scary than you think. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/5857669

Jeanne Liedtka: Strategically Blending Strategy and Design 09/18/2017

Jeanne Liedtka: Strategically Blending Strategy and Design Iconic design thinker and master strategist Jeanne Liedtka stopped by to discuss the imperative for stretching our collective thinking with systems design in order to achieve new heights and have an impact for the greater good. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/5751345

Irwin Kula: Value Conflicts and the Need for Disruption 08/07/2017

Irwin Kula: Value Conflicts and the Need for Disruption Saul Kaplan and Rabbi Irwin Kula discuss the imperative of all leaders to ask whether or not the core of what we do is actually helping people, citing the need for disruption across all domains, religion included, in order to solve our most vital problems facing our society today. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/5617980

Michael Margolis: Building Your Narrative Through Storytelling 06/08/2017

Michael Margolis: Building Your Narrative Through Storytelling Saul Kaplan and Michael Margolis discuss storytelling as it relates to our personal brand identity, how it can be implemented effectively at a business level, and in our communities. Margolis explains that "stories are the DNA source code to human relationships," and discusses the fine art of allowing for a vulnerability in our narratives, the imperative of relationships to the storytelling process, and how the right story can lead to big changes and innovation. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/5405762

Angela Blanchard: Being Holistic in a Siloed World 04/25/2017

Angela Blanchard: Being Holistic in a Siloed World Saul Kaplan and Angela Blanchard talk about reinventing communities, starting with the people who live there – by listening to them, learning about their aspirations, and enabling them in the pursuit of their goals. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/5298633

Dustin Haisler: Civic Tech 03/08/2017

Dustin Haisler: Civic Tech Saul Kaplan and Dustin Haisler, Chief Innovation Officer for E.REPUBLIC, discuss what it takes to innovate within the public sector. /episode/index/show/businessmodelsandbox/id/5151385

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