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My Interview with Trusted Magazine

Stephen Shapiro

I was recently interviewed by Trusted Magazine. My duties involved optimizing clients’ processes across various companies. I decided that my goal was to aid companies in their growth, allowing them to hire more people rather than cutting positions. What was your most challenging experience and has it changed your mindset?

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Seven Companies That Failed to Innovate and What Happened to Them

IdeaScale

Overview: Companies that fail to innovate can go out of business, yet there are even worse fates that can await them. These seven companies lost out on entering major new markets, got acquired by competitors, or accumulated billions on bad bets, all by failing to innovate or grasp the value of their innovations. The Concorde.

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Josh Folk of IdeaScale Dishes with DotCom

IdeaScale

Josh Folk is a co-founder of IdeaScale, and he recently joined DotCom magazine for their Leader Round Table Interview series. The editorial team at DotCom Magazine awarded IdeaScale its Impact Company of 2019 Award, and Josh talked with Torrey Mastery of DotCom Magazine about innovation leadership. Do a reality check.”

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Breaking Taboos – Two Lessons for Innovators

Destination Innovation

The US company, Kimberly-Clark, developed a new cotton-like material from wood-pulp. When the war ended in 1918 the company was left with large stocks of materials which the military no longer needed. Based on this intelligence, the company developed and marketed a new product, Kotex, as the first commercial sanitary towel.

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Josh Folk of IdeaScale Dishes with DotCom

IdeaScale

Josh Folk is a co-founder of IdeaScale, and he recently joined DotCom magazine for their Leader Round Table Interview series. The editorial team at DotCom Magazine awarded IdeaScale its Impact Company of 2019 Award, and Josh talked with Torrey Mastery of DotCom Magazine about innovation leadership. Do a reality check.”

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Find a Local Solution to a Local Problem

Destination Innovation

In 2014 TIME magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Big companies in the USA did not see that there was any problem with the supply of sanitary pads or the machines to make them. He is one of India’s most celebrated entrepreneurs. And to cap it all, his wife, Shanti, returned to him!

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Solving the 'Who are My Stakeholders' Dilemma: A Quick Innovation Managers’ Guide

HYPE Innovation

To this, I’d normally reply forums, journals, HBR , Springwise , and Scenario Magazine. No, not the company – although they are setting new standards in the business world. I was recently asked a very down-to-earth question: “Where do you find answers to practical issues in innovation management?” I meant an actual Netflix show.