Innovation
Accelerating business transformation with a culture of innovation
Fuel new growth
Learn how top companies foster a culture of business innovation to fuel growth and maintain a competitive edge. Get insights into leadership trends with customer stories, successful strategies, and transformative outcomes to awaken innovative ideas for company growth.

Driving Invention with the Latest in AWS Generative AI
In this fireside chat, Dr. Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of AI & Data at AWS, discusses key developments and strategies in artificial intelligence. He emphasizes AWS's comprehensive approach to AI innovation, addressing challenges like model accuracy and data integration.
Fostering a culture of corporate innovation
How leading organizations are driving innovation
Innovation depends on deeply understanding your customers, and enabling anyone with a great idea to test that idea quickly and easily. These companies demonstrate what's possible when you give innovators the right tool for the job, lower the time and cost of experimentation, and make exciting new technologies accessible to everyone.
How IBM is Harnessing Gen AI for Client Success
Brian Bohan, Director of Consulting Partner COE at AWS, sits down with Mahmoud Elmashni, Managing Partner at IBM Consulting, to explore how IBM is leveraging generative AI to transform client success. Mahmoud shares IBM's "Four P's" framework (People, Process, Partnerships, and Platform) and discusses how the company is training its 160,000-person organization to harness gen AI effectively.
PrivatBank: Accelerating Transformation in Times of War
Aleksy Zayet, Chief Technology & Cloud Architect of PrivatBank, shares how Ukraine's largest bank completed a remarkable 43-day cloud migration amid the Russian invasion in 2022. Under missile attacks and with critical infrastructure being destroyed, PrivatBank's journey from on-premises to AWS cloud showcases an extraordinary story of resilience, demonstrating how crisis can accelerate digital transformation while maintaining essential financial services for more than half of Ukraine's population.
Modernizing Public Media for the Streaming Age at PBS
In this Executive Insights conversation, Ira Rubenstein, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer at PBS, discusses the transformation of public media for the streaming age. Drawing from his 20+ years of experience championing digital innovation in Hollywood, Rubenstein details PBS's evolution into a sophisticated digital platform delivering 400 million streams monthly.
Emotional Intelligence: The Secret Ingredient to Innovation
Innovation, by definition, requires change, and that often stirs up a host of unexpected emotions. In this podcast, AWS Worldwide Head of EPIC Leadership and Founder of EQ at Amazon, Rich Hua, outlines the vital role emotions play in your workforce's ability to innovate, and how developing your own emotional intelligence at work can foster an increasingly innovative culture in your organization.
Successful innovation strategies
Today’s enterprise organizations need to innovate more and innovate faster. Learn how leaders are enabling their teams to identify transformation opportunities, make high-velocity decisions, and encourage bold experimentation. By fostering a culture of innovation and encouraging a relentless customer focus, leaders are enabling their teams to imagine, build, and iterate faster and more efficiently.
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How Moeve is Gaining a Competitive Edge with Sustainable Innovation
A conversation with David Villaseca, Chief Digital Officer, MoeveIn this Executive Insights podcast, Tom Soderstrom, AWS Enterprise Strategist, interviews David Villaseca, Chief Digital Officer of Moeve, exploring the company's bold pivot towards sustainable energy. Villaseca reveals how Moeve's "Positive Motion" strategy, including divesting 70% of oil assets, is driving both environmental impact and business growth. By 2030, Moeve aims to reduce its carbon footprint by 55% and derive over half its EBITDA from renewable sources. Their "Green Digital" approach, leveraging IoT, AI, and data analytics, has yielded impressive returns, with some AI initiatives seeing ROIs exceeding 300%. Join us to hear why sustainability isn't just ethically sound, but can also be highly profitable, attracting conscious customers and top talent while positioning companies like Moeve as trendsetters in their industries.
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Modernizing Public Media for the Streaming Age at PBS
Featuring Ira Rubenstein, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer, PBSIn this Executive Insights conversation, Ira Rubenstein, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer at PBS, discusses the transformation of public media for the streaming age. Drawing from his 20+ years of experience championing digital innovation in Hollywood, Rubenstein details PBS's evolution into a sophisticated digital platform delivering 400 million streams monthly.
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Rise of the Technical CxO: How Leaders Can Stay Ahead of the Curve
ExecSummit at AWS re:Invent 2024In this panel discussion, leaders from diverse industries share insights on navigating technological advancement as non-traditional technical executives. The conversation features perspectives from PBS, Bayer Crop Science, and Workhuman, exploring how leaders can develop digital fluency and drive organizational transformation. Panelists discuss strategies for continuous learning, fostering innovation, and building cross-functional collaboration. They emphasize the importance of vulnerability in leadership, creating structured learning programs, and maintaining curiosity while leading through change. The discussion provides practical advice for executives facing the challenges of rapid technological advancement, highlighting the balance between technical understanding and effective leadership.
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A Talk with Indra Nooyi, Amazon Board Member and Former PepsiCo CEO
ExecSummit at AWS re:Invent 2024In this fireside chat, Indra Nooyi, Amazon board member and former PepsiCo CEO, shares insights on leadership in the era of technological transformation. She emphasizes the importance of curiosity, continuous learning, and balancing detailed knowledge with big-picture thinking. Nooyi discusses the challenges of leading organizational transformations, integrating technology into business strategies, and the evolving role of board members.
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Fireside Chat with Matt Garman, CEO, AWS
AWS re:Invent 2024In this fireside chat from AWS re:Invent 2024, Matt Garman, CEO of AWS, discusses key trends and opportunities in cloud computing. He emphasizes AWS's commitment to customer success, continuous innovation in foundational services, and the transformative potential of generative AI. He also highlights the importance of security, data management, and upskilling to fully leverage cloud capabilities. He encourages enterprises to think creatively about AI applications and to learn from startup agility.
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Werner Vogels' Tech Predictions for 2025 and Beyond
Dr. Werner Vogels, VP & CTO at Amazon.comWe have entered an era of unprecedented societal challenges and rapid technological advancements. Harnessing technology for good has become both an ethical imperative and a profitable endeavor. From clean energy innovations unlocking new avenues for sustainable development to AI-powered tools tipping the scales in the fight against disinformation, we are witnessing technology augment human ingenuity in inspiring ways. The rise of intention-driven technologies is reshaping our relationship with the digital world, promoting focus and well-being over mere attention capture. All the while, a mission-driven workforce is emerging, more eager to tackle hard human problems than chase the bottom line. In the coming years, using technology for positive impact will not just be possible—it will redefine the way we think about success.