62. Organizing for Innovation, with David Bland

Organizing for innovation is the topic of discussion on this week's episode of the podcast. We talk about why corporate innovation is fundamentally broken on a number of levels, what you can do to fix that within your own organization, and what a typical “innovation team” should look like. David Bland joins us this week to discuss those topics and more. David is a Principal at Neo, a “full-stack innovation consulting firm,” where he advises corporations and startups alike on how to create and deliver value to their customers. Prior to Neo, David was a pioneer in lean startup and innovation services at BigVisible, where he worked with Fortune 500 companies to establish entrepreneurial teams within huge companies. He worked with Lean Startup author Eric Ries to start FastWorks at GE and is an author and speaker who helps turn the concepts of lean startup, business model generation, and customer development into actions. You can find him on Twitter and Medium and @DavidJBland.