Jason Wild

Susan Riley, founder of the Institute for Arts Integration and STEAM and author of Creativity’s Edge, reframes creativity as the human edge. Jason Wild, innovation practitioner and co-author of Genius at Scale, shares lessons from leading innovation in tech. Emily Teddards, co-author and leadership researcher, explains activating collective genius. They discuss democratizing innovation, the ABC framework, creative conflict, and why creativity resists automation.

Jason Wild, former Microsoft and Salesforce exec and co-author of Genius at Scale, shares his rise from child actor to innovation strategist. He outlines the ABC roles—Architect, Bridger, Catalyst—and explains why innovation stalls. He contrasts IBM and Salesforce cultures, reveals practical tactics for building creative teams, and reframes AI as infrastructure for solving real problems.

Jason Wild, former executive at IBM, Microsoft, and Salesforce and co-author of Genius at Scale, shares lessons from scaling growth, capital discipline, and building repeatable innovation. He discusses treating capital as scarce, aligning incentives with long-term value, simplifying operations to reveal true performance, and decision-making with incomplete information. Practical leadership tactics and storytelling sharpen the conversation.