Podcasts by Innovation Heroes

Addicted to Your Health: How Video Game Techniques Built Digital Personalities from 2023-11-09T00:01

Charles “Chuck” Rinker wants people to be as addicted to their own health as some are to video games. He should know – he was the director behind EA Sports’ NCAA/Madden series. Now, as CEO and F...

The Barcode Creator on Changing Our Supply Chain Forever from 2023-10-26T00:01

It was fairly recent history when supermarket food items had to be manually restamped each time the price increased, with clerks running up and down the aisles to do inventory. Paul McEnroe, cre...

Granny’s Brand No More: Kenmore CEO Revitalizes 100-Year-Old Company from 2023-10-12T09:09:09

You may think of Kenmore as your grandmother's brand. It’s true – the name first appeared on sewing machines in 1913. But the brand has been revitalized by their current CEO Sri Solur. In just 1...

Cyber Warriors: From the Dark Web to the Frontlines from 2023-09-28T11:24:33

They’re protecting the US energy grid, monitoring the dark web, and even getting shot at in Ukraine. Threat intelligence agencies are taking down bad actors daily in the world of cybersecurity. ...

GenAI in the Enterprise: Myths, Mistakes and Methods for Success from 2023-09-18T13:19:23

The buzz around Generative AI is growing louder. But what's the reality behind the hype?

It can be difficult to know when and how to start – and what the consequences might be. In this ep...

Unsung Heroes: Celebrating the Public Sector CIO from 2023-08-31T00:01

Public sector IT heroes support more than 3000 county governments across the USA. Without them, we wouldn’t have daily necessities like public utilities, roadways, law enforcement, or secure ele...

The GenAI Security Dilemma: Friend or Foe? from 2023-08-17T00:01

With the proliferation of generative AI, new forms of threats have been unleashed, presenting novel challenges for cybersecurity experts. However, amidst this uncertainty, there is a glimmer of ...

How to Defeat the Data Capacity Crisis from 2023-07-27T00:01

The thing humanity consumes the most is water. The second is data, and that’s growing at an alarming rate, says Tom Frazier, CEO of Redivider. On today’s episode, Ed talks with Frazier about how...

Why You Need a Chief of AI: Intel’s Stacey Shulman from 2023-07-13T00:01

We delve into the world of General Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) with returning guest, Stacey Shulman, a tech industry veteran and vice president at Intel. We explore the powerful transformati...

The PR Firm That Disrupted Itself with AI from 2023-06-29T00:01

What if instead of being disrupted, you became the disruptor?

In the first episode of Season 5, we hear from Greg Matusky, the President and Founder of GregoryFCA. Matusky discusses his j...

Solving What’s Next: Innovation Heroes Season 5 Trailer from 2023-06-15T10:05:03

SHI's Innovation Heroes is back with our most ambitious season ever. We'll unravel 12 inspiring stories from the disruptive front lines, diving into topics such as the revolutionary potential (a...

Best of Innovation Heroes: The Hype is Real from 2023-06-01T00:01

When you work in the technology industry, the “next big thing” is always just around the corner. But how do we spot when something is truly transformational, or if it’s just an over-hyped gimmic...

Best of Innovation Heroes: Robots to the Rescue from 2023-05-18T00:01

With all the doom and gloom about AI, we ask: Are robots and AI the key to unlocking a brighter future for humanity? This new Best of compilation delves into the extraordinary ways these technol...

Best of Innovation Heroes: The Amazing Power of Experience from 2023-05-04T00:01

From spending hours a day on video calls, to curbside shopping for just about anything, we've gone through a seismic shift in the way we work, communicate and connect with each other.

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Best of Innovation Heroes: Tech Saves the World from 2023-04-21T00:01

On this show, we get to meet a lot of heroes – people and businesses who are making the world a safer, smarter and better place to live. And as we get ready for Season 5, we’ve put together high...

Turning Up the Volume on a New Blockchain Use Case from 2023-02-22T23:13:14

It’s hard enough to earn a living as a musician. Throw in a multi-year pandemic, and it became even harder. But what if you could earn your future revenue – today? In this episode, Ed sits down ...

Esports and the Future of Learning with SHI’s Dr. Katrina Adkins from 2023-02-09T01:51:49

If you think esports is only for leisure, think again. There is a revolution going on in the world of esports and educational technology, and it’s transforming how students learn. Ed sits down w...

How to Revolutionize The Film Industry with AI from 2023-01-26T00:00

You’ve heard about artificial intelligence in customer service, cars and even crime-fighting robots – but what about filmmaking? In this episode, Ed sits down with Ruslan Khamidullin, co-founder...

The EV Battery Technology That Could Change Everything from 2023-01-12T06:10:16

Co-founded in 2009, Nanoramic Laboratories developed the groundbreaking Neocarbonix electrode technology that is transforming the future of li-ion energy storage. Ed sits down with Nanoramic’s c...

How The Commodore 64 Revolutionized Gaming from 2022-12-15T00:00

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Commodore 64 – an 8-bit home computer released in 1982 that sold close to 17 million units by the time it was discontinued in 1994. The history of the...

Will These Crime-Fighting Robots Save America? from 2022-12-01T00:00

Knightscope Inc. is a global leader in developing autonomous security capabilities – and they’re right on track to disrupt the $500 billion security industry. Ed meets with Knightscope’s chairma...

Rethinking the Supply Chain: Meet Fulcrum’s Sunny Han from 2022-11-17T00:00

There is not a single person or business who hasn’t been impacted by the supply chain crisis. And while the pandemic may have exacerbated it, questions remain: what are some of the root causes o...

Why Businesses Need Experiential Marketing with Grant Barth from 2022-11-03T00:00

A champion for helping brands to thrive in the 21st century – and in the wake of a global pandemic that saw thousands of brick-and-mortar retailers shut down for months – Grant Barth helps brand...

The Heroic Rise of the CISO – Featuring Stratascale’s Michael Wilcox from 2022-10-20T00:00

It’s hard work out there for the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) – but someone has to do it. For Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Ed invites back Michael Wilcox, Vice President of the Of...

How to Solve the Labor Crisis with Intel’s Stacey Shulman from 2022-10-06T00:00

Welcome back to season four of Innovation Heroes! In this episode, Ed unpacks the challenges posed by a growing labor shortage with one of his all-time favorite guests, Stacey Shulman, Intel’s V...

Season 4 Has Arrived: More Heroes, More Innovation! from 2022-09-29T07:00

We're back!

Ed McNamara returns to host the fourth season of Innovation Heroes – a chart-topping podcast brought to you by SHI, one of the world’s biggest technology solutions providers.<...

Blockchain 101 - Everything the Enterprise Needs to Know from 2022-03-03T00:00

Blockchain is generating lots of hype as the future of enterprise technology. But, like the dot-com boom before it, the promise is so extravagant that some of us are feeling skeptical – and mayb...

How Hyfe is Using Acoustic Epidemiology to Transform the Healthcare System from 2022-02-17T00:00

It’s easy to forget that most of us have amazing technology at our fingertips at nearly all times: our smartphones. Whether you use your phone to listen to this very podcast, to stay connected, ...

AREA 15: The Portal to the Paradigm Shifting Hybrid Customer Experience Revolution from 2022-02-03T00:00

The future of creative innovation is changing – rapidly. In our new hybrid world, we need to be thinking about how to integrate digital and physical experiences effectively, as well as what cust...

Getting STOKE-d About Saving the World with Commercially Viable Space Flight from 2022-01-20T00:00

It's a new year, but we’re still facing a lot of our old 2021 problems: the global climate is changing fast, we continue to run low on chips thanks to supply chain shortages, and the population ...

Fighting Disinformation to Make the Internet a Better Place from 2022-01-06T00:00

The Internet can be a hotbed for some of the worst aspects of digital society, but there’s lessons to be learned from the data we create in these unsavoury interactions. Network Visualization is...

The Real Superheroes Behind a Supercomputer from 2021-12-09T00:00

The team running Rutgers University’s supercomputer cluster has been busier than ever since the start of the pandemic. Today, they’re supporting the advanced computing needs for over 350 project...

The Semiconductor Shortage: How Sustainability Will Save the Day from 2021-11-24T00:00

It’s American Thanksgiving tomorrow... a time to reflect on everything that’s happened in the last year. For the Innovation Heroes podcast team, that means thinking about the semiconductor short...

The Hitchiking Robot’s Guide to the Universe from 2021-11-11T00:00

Hitchhiking robots were just the beginning. Ed meets with Dr. Frauke Zeller and Lauren Dwyer, two leading social robotics scientists at X University in Toronto. Together, they go over the inspir...

The Power of Passion in IT: Intel’s Stacey Shulman Returns from 2021-10-28T00:00

Intel’s Stacey Shulman returns to talk about the one thing every innovation hero needs right now: More passion! After more than a year of the pandemic blues, Stacey talks with Ed about the proje...

The Real Supply Chain Crisis: Ransomware from 2021-10-14T00:00

It’s the spookiest time of the year – Cybersecurity Awareness Month! For the Season 3 premier, host Ed McNamara explores the rising threat of ransomware supply chain attacks, the future of secur...

Innovation Heroes Season 3: Welcome to the Golden Age from 2021-09-30T00:00

SHI's Innovation Heroes is back for a third season of exploring the people and businesses giving us hope in a drastically disrupted world. With new host Ed McNamara at the helm, we’re breaking g...

WTF are NFTs? from 2021-07-29T00:00

Peter is joined by Costa Kladianos. Costa is the Vice President, Innovation and Technology at Canlan Sports and an expert on NFTs (Non-fungible tokens). NFTs have been causing a buzz in mainstre...

Canada’s Cutest Delivery Robot featuring Tiny Mile’s Omar Elawi from 2021-07-15T00:00

On this episode of Innovation Heroes, Peter is joined by Omar Elawi of Tiny Mile Robotics, a company in Canada that is making robots mainstream with what they dub “Canada’s cutest delivery robot”, ...

Deep Learning and AI Demystified with NVIDIA’s Will Ramey from 2021-07-01T00:00

The concept of AI we are fed through pop culture makes it out to be something far more mystical than reality — but that’s not to say there isn’t lots of magic going on. In this episode, Peter si...

Deep Learning and AI Demystified with NVIDIA’s Will Ramey from 2021-07-01T00:00

The concept of AI we are fed through pop culture makes it out to be something far more mystical than reality — but that’s not to say there isn’t lots of magic going on. In this episode...

Hackers, the pandemic and good hygiene with Stratascale’s Michael Wilcox from 2021-06-17T00:00

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated workplace modernization. Unfortunately, it has also left businesses exposed to more cybersecurity risk than ever. During the first three months of the pandemic,...

The ABCs of Teaching AI to Talk from 2021-06-03T00:00

In today’s episode, Peter is joined by Sonny Hudson, Collaboration Specialist of Partners at Cisco to discuss the ground-breaking work being done on the new Cisco Webex ...

Who needs a Holodeck when you’ve got THIS!? from 2021-05-20T05:00

Peter is joined by Microsoft's Director of Mixed Reality Strategic Partnerships, Eric Kamont, one of the first people Microsoft hired to run business development on the ...

All Roads Lead to Electric with Keegan Tully from 2021-05-06T07:40:41

Our current transportation system isn’t sustainable. Threats of climate change, stuttered fuel production and more contribute to the growing need to reimagine our standards – globally. Yet, ther...

Democratizing the Cloud with Google’s Omar Dajani from 2021-05-06T07:35:11

The cloud has become fundamental in scaling business, and not getting left behind in our modern world. And while the democratization of cloud was well underway before th...

Democratizing the Cloud with Google’s Omar Dajani from 2021-05-06T07:35:11

The cloud has become fundamental in scaling business, and not getting left behind in our modern world. And while the democratization of cloud was well underway before th...

Vaccines were just the beginning: Intel’s Stacey Shulman talks AI healthcare revolution from 2021-04-08T05:00

The urgency brought on by COVID-19 sparked revolutionary changes in the healthcare industry -- and they’re going to change the way we fight diseases and elevate care, long after the pandemic. In...

Beyond the virtual happy hour: There has to be a better way from 2021-03-25T05:00

We’ve seen countless examples of how innovation is helping us all stay connected and productive in this new remote everything world. But there are a few things business and IT leaders are still ...

Innovation to the Rescue! from 2021-03-11T07:00

Welcome to Season 2 of SHI's Innovation Heroes — a podcast exploring the people and businesses giving us hope in a drastically disrupted world. In Season 1, we saw entire industries transform in...

Ben Chodor and the Human Side of Virtual Events from 2020-12-17T03:00

Ben Chodor is an entrepreneur, innovator and pioneer of social video, digital health and interactive, streaming content. As President of Intrado Digital Media, Ben leads the organization in expa...

Jaron Lanier and The Social Dilemma (Enterprise Edition) from 2020-12-10T03:00

Jaron Lanier is a musician, computer scientist and renowned technology philosopher who has enjoyed a colourful career in art and technology. He is the author of “Ten Arguments for Deleting Your ...

The Long Awaited Death of Cubicles from 2020-11-26T00:00

Has the rapid shift to remote working brought on the end of the cubicle?  Or was it just the much-needed kick in the ribs we needed to reinvent and reimagine the legacy ...

Cisco’s COVID-19 Response: Welcome to the People First era from 2020-11-11T19:00

When a global, life-altering event like COVID-19 hits, it sparks change -- even for the world’s largest businesses. Just ask Cisco, the iconic networking and enterprise ...

Hotels of the Future: Making Travel and Tourism Safer with Innovation from 2020-10-29T01:00

A few months before the pandemic hit, Intel helped create The Sinclair, easily one of the coolest, most futuristic hotels you’ve ever seen. Now, nine months into lockdowns, we’re being encourage...

The No Ivy League: The New Post-Secondary Experience in the Age of COVID-19 from 2020-10-14T23:00

The global pandemic forced educational institutions around the world to switch to online and hybrid learning in a matter of weeks -- making our schools more reliant on digital transformation tha...

Welcome to Innovation Heroes from 2020-09-24T16:46

Welcome to SHI's Innovation Heroes — a podcast exploring the people and businesses driving change in our drastically disrupted world with your host, Peter Bean. This season, we’re chatting with IT ...