CL109: Business innovation and creative cities with Saul Kaplan

Saul Kaplan is the founder and Chief Catalyst of the Business Innovation Factory and author of The Business Model Innovation Factory: How to Stay Relevant when the World Is Changing. Saul started BIF in 2005 with a mission to make transformation safer and easier to manage by helping institution leaders explore, test, and commercialize next practices and new business models in the real world. Their vision is to influence systems-level transformation in areas of high social importance focusing on healthcare, education, and public services.

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In this episode, you'll learn:

  • Accidental Bureaucrat Phase
  • Creative Cities
  • Transforming vs Tweaking
  • The failure of innovation labs
  • Getting Netflixed
  • Hanging out at the edge
  • Transhumanism
  • Market making and share taking
  • Marketing Prozac
  • Storytelling in innovation
  • From push to pull
  • Minimum viable business model
  • CEO vs COO
  • Move fast and break things
  • BIF Summit


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