Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation: People, their stories and their music in 20 minutes - Top 1% Engagement on LinkedIn
We talk with people who deal with Innovation and Markets everyday and hear how they learn and succeed, what motivates them and what music they like - all in 20 minutes - Rated in the Top 1% Engagement on LinkedIn
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Monday May 24, 2021
Monday May 24, 2021
This week we have a slight change of pace and we’re looking a major environmental issue, that is, the quality of water in Dublin Bay.
I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Gerry Jones for many years and he’s well known as a successful Investor, Chairman and Director, over a wide range of Technology businesses.
But Gerry, through his personal interest and that of his family, and with a group of other concerned citizens, became involved in Citizen Activism after finding out about the poor quality of water in Dublin Bay.
The story is very interesting, about how the group discovered flaws in the monitoring of water quality in Dublin Bay and that there is still a large amount of sewage flowing into the Bay during times of heavy rainfall.
Gerry and the SOS Dublin Bay team are shining a spotlight on the problem and he updates us on what they have done, in terms of short terms fixes and also to help move the Political establishment and Authorities to focus on the issue.
This podcast shows how concerned citizens can help make a difference to everyone’s lives.
https://sosdublinbay.ie
Music Credit: Ennio Morricone, John Flynn – “Star”
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling - www.nettzer.com
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales - Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
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It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
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Tuesday May 18, 2021
Tuesday May 18, 2021
We’re delighted to have a legend in the Telecoms industry on the Podcast this week, with Joe Cunningham as our guest. Joe, along with Larry Quinn and Gilbert Little, co-founded a succession of successful Telecoms companies and sold them on.
The companies include, Aldiscon. Apion. Aepona, Accuris, and only sold last week, Ammeon.
The experience that people build when working in these companies led them, in turn, to go on and to found dozens of other companies, many of them still with us today.
Joe recounts how Aldiscon got into SMS in the very early days and how this was the start of a now $200 Billion Industry. Funnily, he tells how Aldiscon helped, what turned out to be its later biggest competitor, CMG, build an SMSC in the early days.
You can see in this fascinating story how the traits of great Entrepreneurship are exhibited, such as responding to failure with pivots, tenacity, patience and a focus on building great teams and delivering great products.
Finally Joe finishes off with his thoughts on where the future opportunities are and he plays out with a beautiful song. I know you’ll enjoy this podcast as much as we did recording it.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephmcunningham/
By the way, the incidental music in this podcast was written and played by my talented brother, John Flynn
Music Credit: Ennio Morricone, John Flynn – “Star”
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling - www.nettzer.com
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales - Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Wednesday May 12, 2021
We’re delighted to have Rui Nóbrega on the podcast this week, Rui is VP Digital Transformation for Etisalat International. Rui has worked in many different countries and cultures and he makes a very interesting guest by sharing his experiences of managing large IT projects all over the world.
Rui’s insights are something that all managers with International Teams will be interested in
How to motivate a team with different cultures
When should you dive in deep and when should you manage from the top?
What's the easy part – technology or people?
We talk about the pace of change and where and when technology should replace people. Or not.
Finally we hear what Rui’s favourite places to live were and why.
Also, we rock out on great song, I hope you enjoy this as much as we enjoyed recording it.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruinobrega/
By the way, the incidental music in this podcast was written and played by my talented brother, John Flynn
Music Credit: Ennio Morricone, John Flynn – “Star”
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling - www.nettzer.com
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales - Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Wednesday May 05, 2021
Our guest this week is Paul Ruppert – who among many other things, is a C Level Executive in the Cloud Communications Industry or CPaaS.
Paul is a pioneer in the Mobile Industry in North America and also the International market. He tells us how the big CPaaS companies of today, such as MessageBird, Twilio, Sinch, Infobip all owe their origins to to the humble SMS message which is still a key part of the industry.
Paul tells us about his career from AT&T to being a founder of Mobile 365, and how successful that company was.
He gives his views on why the industry is successful and what we can expect in the future.
Finally, we learn a bit more about Paul’s varied hobbies and he plays out with an American Classic.
Contact Links
http://www.globalpointview.com
pruppert888@gmail.com
By the way, the incidental music in this podcast was written and played by my talented brother, John Flynn
Music Credit: Ennio Morricone, John Flynn – “Star”
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling - www.nettzer.com
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales - Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
We’ve a great and engaging guest this week with Frank Mattes, who is the author of a new book, “Lean Scaleup”.
Frank has worked with many established companies through the years and helped them to innovate. He’s worked with companies such as Philips, BP, Bosch and Telefonica.
When working closely with these companies Frank has developed a Lean Scaleup Framework to help them innovate. This is the subject of his new book just being published.
Frank is very kindly offering Five Free Copies of his book to listeners – see details here.
Finally, Frank plays out on probably one of the best ever songs and a personal favourite of mine.
By the way, the incidental music in this podcast was written and played by my talented brother, John Flynn
Contact Links
Book Launch event link is here – Date is on May 06, 1600-1700 CEST
https://community.innov8rs.co/c/upcoming/frank-mattes-book
Book announcement link:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/frankmattes_leanscaleup-corporateinnovation-digitaltransformation-activity-6785809741655367680-JqHD
The book promo page is at https://www.leanscaleup.com/book/
Contact Frank here:
http://www.innovation-3.com
Folks who are interested in getting a free copy (5 free copies are available for this event) should simply send a mail to frank.mattes@leanscaleup.com “Yes, I want the book”
Music Credit: Ennio Morricone, John Flynn – “Star”, Lennon-McCartney
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling - www.nettzer.com
Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
In this podcast we hear from Lars Joenson of CloudFabrix.
We talk about Lars’ personal journey in Sales and his Swedish background.
Lars is International Sales Director covering EMEA, India and APAC, and he talks about how CloudFabrix uses AI and Machine Learning to analyse problems on Enterprise IT Operations. This results in better outcomes for IT Directors at much lower costs and includes the possibility of predictive outcomes, which is a very powerful tool.
Contact:
sales@cloudfabrix.com
www.cloudfabrix.com
Music Credit: Ennio Morricone, Journey: Steve Perry, Jonathan Cain
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This Podcast is sponsored by CloudFabrix and Nettzer – Digital First Selling - www.nettzer.com
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales - Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
Wednesday Apr 07, 2021
This week we have on the Podcast, Kristín Einarsdóttir.
Kristín was born in Iceland and has lived in Ireland and Denmark. She is a Public Health Advocate and Entrepreneur and particularly she is now focused on Mental Health and Adolescents
She has founded a number of Social Enterprises and an International Humanitarian Charity, as she will explain
In Kristín’s own words:- “An entrepreneur at heart, I founded Humanity For Good, Ireland Iceland Travel and Nordic Trailblazers an online education and consultation platform.”
She’s very conscious of her Historical and Cultural background and tells us a story of an event that happened over a thousand years ago that still resonates today.
Kristín relates the story of her personal journey and finally plays out with a song that is close to her and has a very personal connection.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristineinarsdottir/
Music Credit: Ennio Morricone, Richard Scobie
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling - www.nettzer.com
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales - Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
This week we meet Helga Vigfusdottir, Helga is a Social Entrepreneur based in Iceland, having been previously a Politician and Social Advocate there.
Helga talks about Women in Leadership and why Iceland leads the world in this area. She talks about the Services, Legal Framework and Culture change that has made Iceland Number One in this area.
Previously, having been elected to the Reykjavik City Council she advocated for better services for women and children in different areas including Mental Health.
From her experiences there Helga decided to found KaraConnect, which is a SaaS Platform to enable Therapists to deliver services online to clients with full confidentiality as well as meeting GDPR requirements.
She says: “During my time in politics & at the Department of Education in Iceland, I observed real difficulties in patients reaching therapy, due to geography, budgets and the high cost of therapists. This is why I started Kara – to enable any type of face to face therapy, both within clinics that want to scale, and within municipalities and companies. This not only allows patients to quickly and easily access the right kind of help they need but also increase the market that therapists can access.”Helga is a great advocate for what she does and is now expanding Kara from Iceland and into Ireland and eventually the UK.
Her story is very compelling and shows how Helga and her team are making a difference and breaking new ground in an innovative way.
Also, she plays out on a stunning piece of Icelandic music.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/th-helga-vigfusdottir-17022411/
https://www.karaconnect.com
Music Credit: Ennio Morricone, Sigur Ros
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling - www.nettzer.com
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales - Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Lochlann Scott is an innovative Social Entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of HelpLink, a mental health charity.
Lochlann has a background in helping people with mental health problems and he founded HelpLink, mainly out of his own experiences in the West of Ireland.
One of the groups where he is helping people to address their own mental health problems is in the Irish Diaspora or Irish emigrants.
He also can help out Corporates with their EAP programs on an practical Pay-as-you-Go basis.
He has good advice on how to recognise if Covid is affecting your own relationships.
This is a little different for us but is very pertinent to Innovation in a different context and you will realise how he is helping to make things better for people.
What I found about Lochlann is that he is truly innovative in the delivery of services and in the client groups he is helps, I think you’ll agree when you hear his story.
Lochlann can be contacted at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lochlannscott/
https://helplink.ie
Music Credit: Ennio Morricone
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling - www.nettzer.com
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales - Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
We talk to Allen Raines and he tells us about his experiences of Selling B2B Products during COVID.
Allen is an Entrepreneurial Sales Person and National Account Manager based in Atlanta.
He tells us about when he founded and grew a Cash based Sports Ticketing Business and his experiences with the Masters and the Ryder Cup buying and selling tickets.
Today he is a National Account Manager with Cambridge Global Payments, where he sells Forex Risk Mitigation Contracts to Middle Sized Companies.
Allen talks through how he manages to find customers during these times of COVID and how Sales has probably changed forever.
We end up with a good conversation about his love of music and he has quite a wide range of influences. Finally, Allen nominates a classic piece of American Folk to play out on.
Allen can be contacted at:
www.linkedin.com/in/allenraines/
Music Credit: Ennio Morricone
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This Podcast is sponsored by Nettzer – Digital First Selling - www.nettzer.com
During these times of Covid and falling Telco Sales - Digital First Selling is the answer to new Customer Acquisition, increasing revenues and cost reduction
If you are a Telco, an MVNO, or an eSIM provider we have the ideal Digital First Selling-as-a-Service solution for you.
The Nettzer Digital First Selling solution:
Enables you to sell and onboard new customers remotely
It will integrate with your BSS/ OSS systems and with Salesforce
And we meet all regulatory requirements
Contact pat.flynn@nettzer.com so that we can understand your issues and provide you with the best solution.