“Innovation comes from being able to shift from doing something because it's possible, into then doing something because it’s meaningful.” This concept provides some insight into the mindset of our next guest, Kevin Dexter. Kevin has spent much of his career as a leader in consumer-branded companies. And with many of our listeners spending more time at home over the past couple of years, there is a good chance he has helped affect each of our daily lives through his products.

Nick is a Director for Capgemini Invent and he collaborates with international client companies, where many of which are at the crossroads of new technology, providing strategy from Design to Operations. Prior to Capgemini, Nick was the Co-Founder of InGenius, the Employee Innovation Accelerator for Nestlé

Our next guest needs no introduction. Jim McCann is a successful entrepreneur, business leader, author, media personality, and philanthropist whose passion is helping people deliver smiles. Jim’s belief in the universal need for social connections and interaction led to his founding of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc., where he has grown into one of the world’s leading floral and gourmet gifting companies.

My guest, Hank Izzo has been an innovator in consumer-packaged goods for almost 3 decades. During his 22 year career at Mars he held positions as General Manager, Chief Marketing Officer, and Vice President of R&D and Innovation and was responsible for global innovation platforms for Mars flagship M&M’s Brand.

My next guest in an award-winning filmmaker and scientist, Valerie Weiss. She has infused her signature blend of elevated and emotional storytelling into her four feature films and dozens of television episodes. Her work has been called "daringly light" for the way it embraces controversial topics in enchanting ways and spans the genres of action, thriller, drama, science-fiction and comedy.

The last couple years have been historic for Space Tourism, thanks to companies like Blue Origin, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic. Our guest, Rob Meyerson, has had more than 30 years experience in the aerospace industry, including serving as the President of Blue Origin from 2003 to 2017. Today, Rob is founder and CEO of Delalune Space.

My next guest is Jennifer Thomas, the Managing Director of Plug and Play Tech Center in Cleveland. She also leads the Healthcare Vertical nationally. Plug and Play is the world's largest early stage investor, accelerator and corporate innovation platform headquartered in Silicon Valley. We've seen the landscape of healthcare change dramatically over the last couple years due to the Pandemic.

Our guest, Carey Jaros, is CEO of GOJO Industries. Looking back at January 2020, we can all recall being in the beginning of the Pandemic and the global shutdown. She rose to the challenge that month to lead GOJO with purpose - saving lives and making life better through well-being solutions.

My guest Kwasi Asare, is a Creative Visionary, Entrepreneur, Marketer, and Business Development Executive. He is the founder of The FEEDIA Agency, a global strategy company and Co-Founder of ESAIYO, which connects, preserves and displays important identity and historical data related to NFT's, physical, and virtual objects. He's a fellow member of the Fast Company Executive Board.

Imagine if you were approached by a group, NFT Genius, to develop a Metaverse called "Rebel Rabbits" and then you find out that this project would be a launch pad to a multimedia platform.

This was the opportunity and challenge presented to my guest, Francisco Lorite. Francisco is a storyteller who is fascinated with how the Metaverse will take entertainment to the next level.

I'm sure you could imagine that the job of someone who raises money for medial startups is a difficult one. Now imagine the concept of building up a community to work with you? This is the essential concept behind RedCrow. Brian Smith co-founded RedCrow with his partner, Jerry Harrison, also known as a member of the band, Talking Heads.

Our guest Mike Dunn, former President of Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Mike has been a pivotal leader in Hollywood by leading the charge to bring movies into our homes.

Host, Bill Nottingham, interviews a former world number one ranked athlete in the sport of bodyboarding. Kim Feast has surfed some of the craziest waves in the world, worked with some of the best athletes in the world, documenting them riding waves, which have been seen on the front of magazine publications and retail brand storefronts.

Guest, Carol Roth, is a content creator, “recovering” investment banker, author of The War on Small Business, entrepreneur, TV pundit and host, and New York Times bestselling author of The Entrepreneur Equation. She advocates for small businesses, small government, and big hair.

In Episode 2 of Keeping Innovation Alive - The Podcast, your host Bill Nottingham interviews Scott Colosimo, CEO of the e-mobility company LAND Energy. Scott is a seasoned innovator and disruptor, and this is his second venture startup. Listen in to learn how this company is more of a data innovation platform that is run through an personal EV.

For our very first episode, I would like to welcome Kyle Walker and Tyler Wallis, two former Amazonian Executives. Many of us our customers of Amazon, especially during the pandemic, but few of us know what the company is like from the inside. Kyle and Tyler will share some insights with us to help explain how Amazon approaches innovation and some of the challenges that are present with a company as large as Amazon.