The Committed Innovator
Episodes
The Committed Innovator: Why innovation competitions work
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
McKinsey holds an innovation competition every year; compelling evidence shows that most organizations can benefit from doing same. McKinsey & Company...
The Committed Innovator: Keeping up with AI and deploying it as it evolves
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Adopting AI remains a challenge for most, and the fact that the world of AI is advancing soincredibly rapidly doesn’t help. Nathaniel Whittemore...
The Committed Innovator: Enabling and harnessing the innovation process
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Miro founder and CEO Andrey Khusid discusses the inspiration behind what started as a digital whiteboard and has evolved to become an AI innovation wo...
The Committed Innovator: Taking on the challenge ocean pollution from plastic with Boyan Slat
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Ocean Cleanup's Boyan Slat discusses the promise and challenge of technological innovation at planetary scale. The problem of ocean pollution from...
Restaurateur John McDonald offers a grounded approach to hospitality
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Committed Innovator, we talk with John McDonald, the founder and CEO of Mercer Street Hospitality, which owns Lure Fishbar in N...
Closing the gap between innovation and go-to-market, with AWS’s Jelena Joffe Weil
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth speaks with Jelena Joffe Weil, the founder and worldwide leader of the Venture Innovation program at AWS, Amazon&...
Child and adolescent mental health as proving ground for innovation
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Committed Innovator, McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth speaks with the founder, president, and medical director of the...
Helping India’s e-commerce leapfrog into the future
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth speaks with Shiprocket cofounder and CEO Saahil Goel about how he built his e-commerce logistics company into a h...
March Capital’s Wes Nichols talks about innovating on the frontlines of technological change
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rapid technological innovation heightens opportunity for investors. Serial entrepreneur and investor Wes Nichols shares the factors he looks for in bu...
Innovation in video gaming with Electronic Arts’ Chief Strategy Officer Mihir Vaidya
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Innovation in online gaming requires keeping up with a broad mix of changes, including digital advances, audience desires, and artistic trends. In thi...
American Red Cross chief innovation officer Sajit Joseph
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Innovation in a not-for-profit context involves measuring success in terms of returns on mission, rather than returns to shareholders. In this episode...
How Major League Baseball built an innovation machine
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Committed Innovator, Major League Baseball’s Chief Operating and Strategy Officer Chris Marinak speaks with McKinsey innovati...
How Shopify approaches innovation
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The e-commerce platform’s president, Harley Finkelstein, talks about the changing online retailing landscape. Even e-commerce platforms that help di...
How design thinking drives innovation
23 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
PepsiCo design chief Mauro Porcini talks about the role of humanity and authenticity in driving innovation. Innovation requires commitment. In this ep...
The core attributes of the innovative mindset
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Successful innovators tend to follow certain practices. In this episode of The Committed Innovator podcast, McKinsey innovation expert Erik Roth talks...
Working with start-ups
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Corporate innovators often turn to Israel and its vibrant start-up ecosystem to meet their goals. In this episode of The Committed Innovator podcast, ...
The future of Israel’s start-up ecosystem
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Israel’s start-up ecosystem is already a powerhouse—how can the country continue to scale it up? This episode of The Committed Innovator podcast i...
Israel’s start-up ecosystem
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two leaders of the world’s third-largest start-up ecosystem discuss how the tiny Middle Eastern country grows and supports a culture of innovation ...
A conversation with DBS’s Han Kwee Juan
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 26:47) > Singapore-based DBS Bank is known for having transformed itself fro...
A conversation with Temasek’s Pradyumna Agrawal
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 27:13) > Pradyumna Agrawal is managing director for blockchain and venture b...
A conversation with Keho founder Tekla Back
06 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 30:33) > Disruptive food start-ups have increasingly grabbed headlines and t...
A conversation with Loonshots author Safi Bahcall
05 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 49:49) > Companies looking to bring breakthrough innovations to life need th...
A conversation with Beth Comstock
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Beth and Erik discuss how a tolerance for risk, patience, and thinking small (where funding is concerned) can lead to innovation breakthroughs. Beth i...
A conversation with investor Kevin O’Leary
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 29:02) > In this episode Erik Roth, who leads McKinsey’s global innovation...
A conversation with Kellogg Company’s Nigel Hughes
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 28:24) > Nigel Hughes, head of R&D and Innovation at Kellogg Company, speaks...
An interview with Salesforce’s Simon Mulcahy
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 23:53) > In this episode Simon Mulcahy, Salesforce’s executive vice presid...
A conversation with Anjali Sud, CEO of Vimeo
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 32:11) > In this episode, Erik Roth, who leads McKinsey’s innovation work ...
A conversation with Neal Gutterson of Corteva
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 32:37) > This episode explores innovation in the agriculture sector. Erik Ro...
A conversation with board director Ireena Vittal
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 45:01) > In today’s episode, Erik Roth, who leads our innovation work glob...
A conversation with Dometic’s Peter Kjellberg
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 26:15) > An innovation strategy has to be backed with resources and patient ...
A conversation with Tanya Baker of Goldman Sachs Accelerate
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 33:21) > As the global leader of GS Accelerate, Goldman Sachs’ internal in...
A conversation with Amy Brooks of the NBA
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 30:02) > The COVID-19 pandemic forced the National Basketball Association (N...