Innovation Storytellers

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Did you ever wonder how an innovation got to its finish line? How innovators saw the future, made a product, and created change – in our world and in their companies? I did. Innovation Storytellers invites changemakers to describe how they created their innovation and just as important – THE STORIES – that made us fall in love with them. Come learn how great innovations need great stories to make them move around the world and how to become a better storyteller in the process.I’m Susan Lindner, the Innovation Storyteller. But I wasn’t always. I’ve been a wannabe revolutionary, an epidemiologist at the CDC and an AIDS educator in the brothels of Thailand helping to turn former sex workers into entrepreneurs. Trained as an anthropologist and the Founder of Emerging Media, I’ve spent the last twenty years working with innovators from 60+ countries. Ranging from cutting edge startups to Fortune 100 companies like GE, Corning, Citi, Olayan, and nine foreign governments, helping their leaders to tell their stories and teaching them how to become incredible advocates for their innovations. Great innovation stories make change possible. They let us step into a future we can’t see yet. I started this podcast to shine a light on our generation of great innovators, to learn how they brought their innovation to life and the stories they told to bring them to the world.

Recent Episodes
  • 210: How Therapy Brands Hit a $1.25B Exit in Alabama And Grew the Innovation Ecosystem
    Jun 10, 2025 – 47:47
  • 209: How Stanford University Is Inspired By Nordic Sustainability Methods
    Jun 2, 2025 – 31:19
  • 208: How BIG Is Architecting Sustainable Structures from Earth to the Moon and Back Again
    May 26, 2025 – 49:39
  • 207: Beyond Profit: How Gen Z Leaders Are Creating a Circular & Sustainable
    May 19, 2025 – 39:39
  • 206: The Icelandic Blueprint: How Videntifier and NATO Innovation Fund Are Shaping a Safer, Smarter Future
    May 12, 2025 – 43:12
  • 205: Regulating the Future: Innovation, AI, and Global Tech Power
    May 5, 2025 – 36:03
  • 204: How Nordic Data Centers Supercharging New Energy Source to Power AI
    Apr 28, 2025 – 39:28
  • 203: How TOMRA is Rethinking the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Paradigm
    Apr 21, 2025 – 37:49
  • 202: How Nordic Capitalism Prioritizes Profit and Climate for A More
    Apr 14, 2025 – 54:19
  • 201: How Global Hackathons are Accelerating Sustainable Tech
    Apr 7, 2025 – 39:49
  • 200: How To Turn Banking Customers Into Sustainability Champions
    Mar 31, 2025 – 52:33
  • 199: What the US Navy Can Teach us about Executive Leadership
    Mar 25, 2025 – 43:46
  • 198: How to Put Trust At the Center of People First Innovation Equation
    Mar 18, 2025 – 40:16
  • 197: How the Automotive Industry is Democratizing AI from the Technicians to the Top
    Mar 11, 2025 – 42:56
  • 196: What Innovators Can Learn from Music’s Biggest R&B Breakthroughs
    Mar 4, 2025 – 46:21
  • 195: How HealthcarePoint is Using Big Data to Transform Clinical Trials
    Feb 25, 2025 – 34:16
  • 194: How Breakthroughs in Batteries are Supercharging the EV Revolution
    Feb 18, 2025 – 25:41
  • 193: How Siemens Transforms Its Culture to Drive Innovation Further
    Feb 11, 2025 – 44:51
  • 192: How The Resilience Plan Supports Innovation Leaders & Change Makers
    Feb 4, 2025 – 37:40
  • 191: How RTI International Builds a Global Culture of Innovation
    Jan 29, 2025 – 44:03
  • 190: How AXA’s Risk Management Turns Impossible to NOW Possible
    Jan 21, 2025 – 40:51
  • 189: How Hershey’s is Putting the Sweet and Salty in Product Innovation
    Jan 14, 2025 – 37:51
  • 188: How to Bridge the Gap Between Startups and Corporate Innovators
    Jan 7, 2025 – 36:29
  • 187: The Old and New Rules of Successful Innovation
    Dec 31, 2024 – 41:53
  • 186: How the WHO Innovation Hub is Changing Global Health Outcomes
    Dec 24, 2024 – 39:23
  • 185: What’s the Future of Customer Experience with AI?
    Dec 17, 2024 – 44:00
  • 184: How Corning International is Manufacturing Innovation in New Markets
    Dec 10, 2024 – 33:12
  • 183: Taking Innovation Women to the Stages
    Dec 3, 2024 – 44:16
  • 182: How 17 Songs on the UN’s SDGs and AY Young Will Save the Planet
    Nov 26, 2024 – 40:22
  • 181: How to Use AI in Innovation for Massive Productivity Gains
    Nov 19, 2024 – 33:08
  • 180: How ExxonMobil is Crushing Open Innovation
    Nov 12, 2024 – 36:26
  • 179: How Partnerships, Startups and Tech Are the Recipe Long Term Innovation
    Nov 5, 2024 – 38:37
  • 178: How Impact Frameworks will change Innovation
    Oct 29, 2024 – 50:49
  • 177: How the VA Taps Veterans to Spark Innovation
    Oct 22, 2024 – 38:43
  • 176: What Cleantech Storytelling at Deloitte Can Teach Us About Innovation
    Oct 15, 2024 – 28:11
  • 175: Creating a Halo Effect Around Innovation That Drives Real Value
    Oct 8, 2024 – 43:29
  • 174: How Verizon is Helping Doctors and Patients Tell a Healthier Innovation Story
    Oct 1, 2024 – 30:11
  • 173: The Art of Innovation Storytelling -- Making the Complex Simple
    Sep 24, 2024 – 54:12
  • 172: What PayPal Taught Us about Failing Fast and Fearlessly
    Sep 17, 2024 – 54:15
  • 171: How CMT Drives Consumer Safety with Breakthrough Telematics
    Sep 10, 2024 – 34:38
  • 170: How Redbox is Supercharging Your Creativity
    Sep 3, 2024 – 35:03
  • 169: Can Innovators Adopt a Global Standard for Innovation Systems Management?
    Aug 27, 2024 – 44:17
  • 168: How CNA Unlocked the Tools & Tactics to Accelerate Innovation
    Aug 20, 2024 – 33:27
  • 167: How to Use Fluid Thinking to Unleash Your Innovation Mind
    Aug 13, 2024 – 44:03
  • 166: How TIAA is Transforming Retirement into Longevity
    Aug 6, 2024 – 35:10
  • 165: From Uganda to Harvard, How the “Queen of Trash” is Changing the Environment
    Jul 30, 2024 – 50:43
  • 164: How IDEO and Kaiser Permanente Rethink Healthcare
    Jul 23, 2024 – 49:48
  • 163: How Sage Built their Innovation Academy from the Ground Up
    Jul 16, 2024 – 27:36
  • 162: Book Launch: How PROXIMITY is the new digital strategy all Innovators Need to Know
    Jul 9, 2024 – 49:06
  • 161: How Diageo’s Smoke DNAi is Reimagining the Future of Whisky
    Jul 2, 2024 – 42:48
Recent Reviews
  • Robyn Bolton, MileZero
    Finally, the human side of innovation!
    Susan Lindner's "Innovation Storytellers" podcast reveals the creative process behind groundbreaking ideas. Innovators share their journeys, highlighting both technical details and personal experiences that shaped their work. The series blends business insight with human interest, making complex topics accessible. It's not just about end products, but the people and stories behind them. If you're curious about how ideas evolve from concept to reality, or seeking inspiration for your own work, this podcast is worth a listen. You'll gain a deeper appreciation for innovation storytelling and pick up tips for communicating your own ideas more effectively.
  • Erik Greenstein
    Rob Majteles - Super podcast
    I just listened to your podcast with Rob Majteles and thought it was one of the best podcasts that I have listened to in a long time. Thank you for sharing it…
  • Lizzzzzzzzzzzzzžż
    Super interesting!
    Love to hear the different perspectives on enabling innovation
  • Nyack's dentist
    Great listen
    Stumbled across this podcast and am glad I did. First, what an amazing background Susan has, former epidemiologist, traveled around the world doing interesting stuff. Very informative podcast, easy to listen to, even learned a few new terms like bread-crumbing. Highly recommend!
  • PodcastListenerinDC
    Incredible podcast
    Excellent topics highlighting a variety of areas of innovation in healthcare, technology and beyond. Love Susan’s s style of storytelling and elevating inspiration and innovation!
  • Rubinow
    Innovation Storytellers is time well spent
    I’m a bit biased as I’m the subject of the latest podcast, however, there’s a lot of insight to be gleaned here overall on difficult yet important topics, insight that’s hard to find elsewhere. Susan’s energy keeps the flow engaging so the podcast time flies by, even when listening at normal playback speed 😉
  • Suzi Enzite
    Great Guests!
    As a product manager, it’s a rare opportunity to peel back the curtain and learn from serious innovation leaders about not just how the product got made, but what were the conversations around getting the CEO, the engineering team and the marketers behind a new innovation or iteration. This is fuel for me to be bolder with my communications and fight for the resources I need to forge ahead in a sea of folks concerned with the quarterly numbers rather than the future of the business. Thanks for a breath of fresh air in the innovation discussion.
  • HMccaffrey
    Excellent interview
    I greatly enjoyed this podcast. The guest was compelling, Susan asked excellent questions. I look forward to hearing more episodes. I highly recommend!!
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