Finding the perfect work-life balance can be hard and throwing in a side hustle in the mix can make it even more challenging. Melissa Byrn is on AAI today teaching us about innovation through entrepreneurship.

Melissa is the founder of FORESEEaBILL and the Director of Innovation Programs at the Polsky Center. Not an entrepreneur by nature, she discusses the balance between teaching entrepreneurship to others and learning how to be an entrepreneur herself.

Josh and Melissa discuss why she believes that innovation is pushing through barriers and she opens up about the beginning of her venture, FORESEEaBILL.

Tune in to learn why customer discovery was the most important part when starting her company. Stay to learn why building a network is important and why talking about what we’re doing helps us find people that share our passion.

Thanks so much, Melissa!

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Alex Rozenbaum joins us this week. He is the Director of Product Management at the American Hospital Association. Josh sits down with Alex and talks about all things healthcare. They dive into why the medical field needs to be more transparent.

Alex and Josh discuss the use of data and how it will affect patient care, they discuss the next major technology players in the industry and what other innovative ideas the medical field could see in the next few years.

They talk about empathy for a patient or a customer and how companies need to constantly hear the voice of the consumer to gain new perspectives.

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This week we talk about all things e-commerce, innovation and empathy with Jyll Rademacher. Jyll is the Head of E-Commerce and Marketing at NorthShore Care Supply.

Josh talks to Jyll about how to use marketing when your product has a stigma surrounding it, why technology and innovation should only be used when necessary and why product education is so vital.

Jyll lets us in on the most important core value they have at Northshore, why sustainability is top of mind for her going into the future and why innovation starts with empathy.

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Saim Salahuddin is here this week. He is the VP of Development at Level Construction. Josh and Saim sit down and discuss what innovation means in the construction industry.

Saim talks about efficiency, transparency and safety and how they spark innovation in his industry. They chat about all the new technology that is allowing them to do these things more effectively.

Listen in for tips on how to innovate even when you’re in a constrained industry and the greatest thing Saim has ever learned.

Thanks again Saim!

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Nicolette de Guia joins us on Ask an Innovator this week. She is the Managing Director at N7 Momentum and she is an expert on all things innovation and digital transformation.

Nicolette teaches us why innovation is a discipline, why marketing should be involved from the very beginning and why we should start talking about the problem from the beginning to validate our idea and reduce risk.

Listen in to hear Nicolette’s triad approach to innovation, why multi-modal omnichannel experiences are the future and why chatbots make her cringe.

This is a super insightful episode, enjoy it!

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We dive into all things construction with Dan Smolilo this week. He is the Director of Process and Innovation at the Walsh Group. Here we go!

We talk with Dan about the balance between analog and digital innovations in the construction industry. We dig into what projects need technology and which are better suited for a pen to paper approach.

We learn why we should give our employees some freedom to explore new technologies, how big data is going to drive the future of the industry and the difference between acceptable and unacceptable failure.

*Note: [20:12 on the subject of smart glazing, Dan went on to say, “When using smart glazing, designers are able to do run an analysis on their model to eliminate the need for expensive smart glazing systems.”

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Ben Brenton, the Chief Innovation Officer at Snap-On Tools sits down with us this week and we discuss what innovation means to him.

We learn that innovation is creativity put to practice and that creativity outside of innovation becomes art. Ben tells us that innovation is a journey and we discuss Snap-On Tool’s Open Innovation Program.

Find out how software will play a bigger role in the manufacturing industry, why we should develop prototypes as quickly as possible and what the number one characteristic all companies should employ is.

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