There are 17 videos in the "Innovation" collection
Nicole Blatt, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Synopsis:An Air Force officer lobbies outside her chain of command for the adoption of a new weapon to protect soldiers.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Innovation, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Jeffrey Bewkes, CEO, Time Warner
Synopsis:Executive with a strictly business background grapples with how to lead creative members of his team.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Innovation, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Products & Retail |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Geetha Rao, CEO, Silicon Valley Start-up
Synopsis:Entrepreneur talks about how she manages risk when making career decisions.
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| Subject Area: | Career Development, Entrepreneurship, Innovation |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Taking Charge |
Mike Folgner, former General Manager, Video, Yahoo
Synopsis:After Yahoo acquires his early-stage startup, an entrepreneur must manage a team resistant to change.
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| Subject Area: | Conflict, Innovation, Operations |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | R&D/Product Development |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |
Marten Mickos, former CEO, MySQL
Synopsis:A giant rival’s surprise move tests the mettle of a small company’s executive team.
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| Subject Area: | Decision-Making, Innovation |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Motivating Teams |
Solomon Trujillo, CEO, Telstra
Synopsis:American, Latino CEO must overcome cultural bias and political opposition while leading a traditional, government-owned company to be a profitable, privately held company in Australia
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| Subject Area: | Globalization, Innovation, Power and Politics, Strategic Management |
| Leadership Role: | Board Level, Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Prince Kofi Amoabeng, Founder and CEO, UT
Synopsis:African founder and CEO must build a culture of trust in his African company, which is new and different for his employees.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Innovation, Globalization |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Financial |
| Leadership topic: | Vision, Values, and Culture |
Roy Vella, Former Director, Merchant Services, PayPal
Synopsis:To sell his vision for a new business venture, a manager must convince two disparate companies to collaborate.
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| Subject Area: | Innovation, Power and Politics, Entrepreneurship |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management, R&D/Product Development, Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Storytelling |
Connie Matsui, EVP, Innovation, Biogen Idec
Synopsis:Manager oversees complex drug-development project despite her lack of technical background.
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| Subject Area: | Innovation, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | R&D/Product Development |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Nicole Blatt, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Synopsis:An Air Force officer campaigns for the adoption of a new weapon that will protect soldiers in Iraq.
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| Subject Area: | Innovation, Power and Politics, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Middle Manager |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Military/Government |
| Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Geetha Rao, CEO, Silicon Valley Start-up
Synopsis:Company decides to adopt new quality standards and executive must win over a high-profile critic of the change.
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| Subject Area: | Innovation, Power and Politics |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | R&D/Product Development |
| Industry: | Services |
| Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Rob Siegel, General Manager, Video Software and Solutions, GE Security
Synopsis:Given the changing landscape of technology, the marketing data showed a need for product evolution in spite of the large company’s resistance to change its processes for a new product development.
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| Subject Area: | Innovation, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, R&D/Product Development |
| Industry: | Products & Retail, High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Greg Poulsen, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Intermountain Healthcare
Synopsis:Hospital Executive analyzes patterns around physician delivery of care to innovate within a 22 hospital, 185-clinic integrated health system in order to stay operationally efficient, maintain a high level of patient safety and deliver results.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Innovation, Operations |
| Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Kate Surman, Administrative Director, South Bay Cancer Center at Stanford Hospital and Clinics
Synopsis:A leader works to better understand the patient experience and design a new method of care.
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| Subject Area: | Innovation, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Senior Manager (VP-level) |
| Business Function: | General Management |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Jason Rosenthal, CEO, Lytro
Synopsis:The CEO struggles with how to align his resources to optimize the market and evolving technology.
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| Subject Area: | Strategic Management, Innovation, Decision-Making |
| Leadership Role: | Executive (C-Level) |
| Business Function: | General Management, Strategy |
| Industry: | High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Innovation |
Connie Matsui, EVP, Innovation, Biogen Idec
Synopsis:Former Chairman of the Girl Scouts and Vice President of Biogen Idec shares three insights that guide her in life.
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| Subject Area: | Innovation, Decision-Making, Career Development |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | R&D/Product Development |
| Industry: | Healthcare |
| Leadership topic: | Work-Life Integration |
Dave Lyons, Former Director of Engineering, Tesla Motors
Synopsis:An engineering manager feels he needs to choose between a high-stakes project deadline and good peer relationships.
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| Subject Area: | Innovation, Power and Politics, Conflict |
| Leadership Role: | |
| Business Function: | R&D/Product Development |
| Industry: | Products & Retail, High Tech |
| Leadership topic: | Becoming a Leader |