Top 10 Podcasts for Corporate Innovation
One in four Americans over twelve is a regular podcast listener and they made more than 10 billion episode downloads in 2016, according to Triniton Digital’s Infinite Dial report.
With ubiquitous and affordable mobile internet, smartphones seemingly becoming a part of our DNA and barriers to entry for anybody wanting to start a podcast having hit rock bottom (you can literally get started with a laptop and an internet connection), it’s no surprise that the podcast audience, not just in the US, but globally too, continues to soar.
And with good reason.
Sometimes you don’t want to read.
Sometimes you don’t want to listen to music.
Your commute and workout care now the perfect vehicles to consume knowledge on all manner of topics, and any innovator worth their weight, will know that associational thinking between seemingly disparate topics is key to breakthrough thinking.
I often find myself switching between the likes of Kevin Kelly waxing about what the next 30 years will look like before going off on a tangent to listen to Joe Rogan dissect the latest Conor McGregor fight and end up trying to keep up with Sam Harris talking neuroscience or identity politics.
Having been an avid podcast listener for several years, and having started two podcasts myself, I’ve compiled a list of some of my favourite innovation podcasts.
So without further ado, I bring you, in no particular order, my ten favourite podcasts for the corporate innovator (note: my personal preference is subject to change often and while I’ve provided link to the podcast homepage, you can find all of these on iTunes and wherever good podcasts are found)
The popular podcast presented by Andreesen Horowitz, the standout American venture capital firm. The a16z Podcast discusses tech and culture trends, news, and the future -- especially as ‘software eats the world’. It features industry experts, business leaders, and other interesting thinkers and voices from around the world. This podcast is produced by Andreessen Horowitz (aka “a16z”), a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Multiple episodes are released every week.
Highlight episode: Competing Against Luck with featuring Clayton Christensen
The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide a counterpoint to today's accelerating culture and help make long-term thinking more common. We hope to foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.
The Long Now Foundation's monthly Seminars were started in 02003 to build a compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking; to help nudge civilization toward our goal of making long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare.
Highlight episode: Michael Shermer - The Long Arc of Moral Progress
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The WorkFlow podcast is hosted by Steve Glaveski with a mission to help you unlock your potential to do more great work in far less time, whether you're working as part of a team or flying solo, and to set you up for a richer life.
To help you avoid stepping into these all too common pitfalls, we’ve reflected on our five years as an organization working on corporate innovation programs across the globe, and have prepared 100 DOs and DON’Ts.
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