"Look outside for a bunch of ideas as well as look inside and then put them together and see what happens." - Ian Bergman
Joseph Banh, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at Avida
The Art and Science of Experience Design with Joseph Banh
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With a background that spans from artist to museum planner to corporate strategist, Joseph shares how his journey has shaped his unique perspective on blending storytelling, sensory design, and technology to connect with people on a deeper level.
Recent Episodes
E.20 - Veronica Siranosian: Urban Movement
“What it comes down to is helping to serve our clients better, reducing costs and delivering projects that create opportunities for people.” - Veronica Siranosian
E.19 - Jacob Laporte: Future Medicine
"We need to transcend the traditional corporate structure - reduce the sometimes difficult journey to get collaboration in place." - Jacob LaPorte
E.18 - Tiffani Alvidrez: Riding a Unicorn
"Government speak is different and government speak is not always interested in learning other languages.I think that fundamentally presents the challenge between government and the tech industry." - Tiffani Alvidrez
E.17 - Andi Mann: The Innovation Mix
"Having an idea is easy. Getting it done is hard, understanding how to get it done even harder." - Andi Mann
E.16 - Mark Pesce: Next Billion Seconds
"Innovators will see the problem and the solution, possibly a full generation ahead of the organization seeing it." - Mark Pesce
E.15 - Mayra Ceja: Ender's Game
"In order to create change and really drive Innovation, you have to start with a start-up mindset and be able to move quickly." - Mayra Ceja
E.14 - Fernanda Bordin: Smart and Sustainable
“Start with the client. You can start a business without a solution, but you cannot start a business without a client.” - Fernanda Bordin
E.13: Jez Humble: Continuous Innovation
"All you can do is behave the way you expect other people to behave and live your own values and hope that other people see that and are inspired by that." - Jez Humble
E.12 - Shige Ihara: Win-Win Situation
"Once we can identify the pain point for certain customers and we identify the large unmet needs in the market, then we believe there is high potential or high possibilities of business success." - Shige Ihara
E.11 - Kathy Chill: Tactics and Chill
"We always need to innovate in order to survive. I think it's a natural reaction to want to just hold on. But it kind of goes against what really needs to happen." - Kathy Chill
E.10 - Laura Merling: Driving the Future
"No matter what you're selling, who you're selling to, or what you're making it for, you have to think about who the buyer is. What do they look like today? And what do they look like tomorrow?" - Laura Merling
E.09 - Jesper Frederiksen: Window To Innovation
"Follow your gut feelings and your intuition. Have a piece of passion and curiosity. With that I think you can drive tremendous results and very satisfying results both for yourself as well as for the companies, the clients, the customers, and the colleagues that you work with." - Jesper Frederiksen
E.08 - Alan Boehme: Next Stop, Space!
"You want to keep them motivated, you want to keep them moving forward, but at the same time you want to make sure that they understand that there are lessons to be learned and they should listen. People get too close to what they're passionate about and sometimes ignore all the facts." - Alan Boehme
E.07 - Cindy Alvarez: Discovering Customers
"When you have intellectual work, you're not always going to have good intellectual days. Sitting there and trying to make it happen is just burning out something that we don't have an endless capacity for. If you're not doing great work today, forget it, go for a walk." - Cindy Alvarez
E.06 - Sam Ramji: Seeds of Change
"We will slowly uncover what is actually special about being people. I think that's our ability to love, it's our ability to create, our ability to connect with each other." - Sam Ramji
E.05 - Christi Zuber: Innovation by Design
"There is purpose in all sorts of things that we do. If you can make someone's job easier, if you can help someone sleep better at night, or whatever it is. Reach out and have those conversations. Understand the context of the people that interact with those products and services." - Christi Zuber
E.04 - Corbett Gilliam: Advancing Technology
"I think a big piece of working with enterprises is, everybody knows they need some type of Innovation. And a lot of them think that they are innovating when they're really not." - Corbett Gilliam
E.03 - Louis Stewart: Mr. Innovation City
"Everybody has different needs in order to be successful. So trust your gut. If a door opens, give it a shot. Go ahead and take a look inside the door and see if there's something in there that you can learn from." - Louis Stewart
E.02 - Jeanne Morain: Transformation Pioneer
"It's important that you find those change agents. Because they exist. In every pocket, in every group. There's always those that aspire for a little bit more." - Jeanne Morain
E.01 - Mike Dolbec: Venture Industrialist
"You can't believe everything you read, see, or hear at first glance. Just because we're pattern-matching animals doesn't mean that your conclusion is accurate. It just means you matched some pattern. That pattern may or may not be useful at all." - Mike Dolbec