Innovate, Disrupt, or Die | Trailer

Summary
In this conversation, Danny Nathan discusses the intricacies of innovation and disruption within organizations. He emphasizes the importance of a holistic approach to innovation, the challenges faced by corporate entities, and the necessity of fostering a culture that embraces failure as a learning opportunity. The dialogue also touches on the distinction between genuine innovation and mere 'innovation theater', highlighting the need for actionable strategies that align with real market needs. Nathan shares insights on how startups and larger organizations can learn from each other to navigate the complexities of the innovation landscape.

Takeaways

• Innovation can happen in all areas of a business.
• Complacency leads to failure in innovation.
• Disruption often starts small and unnoticed.
• Embracing failure is essential for growth.
• Innovation theater distracts from real progress.
• A holistic approach to innovation is necessary.
• Most companies fail due to lack of foresight.
• The audience for innovation discussions is diverse.
• Building a culture of innovation is crucial.
• Failure is a learning opportunity, not a setback.

Sound Bites
"Innovation can happen in all of those areas."
"The audience is really split."
"Building a culture of innovation is crucial."

What is Innovate, Disrupt, or Die!?

Featuring guests from across the innovation ecosystem, the podcast extends our already unique perspective into a more conversational space. Episodes delve into the realities of today’s innovation landscape, seeking out insights, tales, and tips from the folks who are deep in the trenches. We host conversations with startup founders, corporate innovators,
and venture builders about:
• What does innovation mean to you?
• How have you seen orgs structure (or strangle) innovation teams¥
• Dealing with the clash between corporate scale and startup speed
• How to spot disruption before it hits
• Does tech = innovation. (We have opinions...)

Hi, I'm Danny Nathan. Welcome to Innovate, Disrupt or Die, the podcast. This show is for the people who refuse to settle, the misfits, the rebels and the troublemakers. It's for the square pegs and for those who have a healthy disrespect for the status quo. This show is for the people who feel compelled to push ideas through the corporate red tape

and for the challengers who can't help but build things better. For the past two decades, I've been deep in the work of building, breaking, and rebuilding both existing businesses and new ventures, helping organizations navigate the messy, high stakes world of creating what's next. And today, I run Apollo 21.

We help organizations launch new products, fix broken ones, and rethink how innovation actually happens. Throughout all of that experience, one thing has become clear. Most of what companies call innovation today, it's just theater. Workshops with Post-it notes on the walls, safe bets wrapped in press releases, years of work that results in nothing.

If that sounds both frustrating and familiar, you're not alone. I'm not interested in innovation theater. I'm here to help you make innovation something that you do. I'll be hosting conversations with today's operators. People in the trenches who've built things, broken them, fixed them, and then kept going.

We'll share raw, honest conversations about what it actually takes to build something new when it feels like the entire system is stacked against you. There's no script. There's no shortcuts or five steps to innovation framework. Just the truth about what works, what doesn't, and what it takes to execute today. So hit subscribe and welcome to innovate, disrupt, or die.