Innovation Heroes
Innovation Heroes is a podcast exploring the people and businesses driving change in our drastically disrupted world. Host Ed McNamara explores some of the most inspiring stories of business innovation in the post-pandemic era.
Innovation Heroes Season 6
Innovation Heroes: XDR will help you defeat cyber threats:
Meet XDR, the brain of the cybersecurity nervous system.
November 8, 2024
When bad actors get more sophisticated, cybersecurity professionals only have one choice: innovation.
Innovation Heroes: A CIO explains how to build a smart city:
How Cary, NC is pioneering municipal innovation
October 25, 2024
What happens when a small town in North Carolina embraces cutting-edge technology to become a leader in smart city innovation?
Innovation Heroes: This AI tool is saving lives by detecting cancer sooner:
Meet Mia®, the technology that's helping healthcare professionals diagnose breast cancer faster and more accurately.
October 11, 2024
Learn how this AI diagnostic tool is revolutionizing breast cancer detection with faster, more accurate diagnoses.
Innovation Heroes: Mastering AI and zero trust:
AI can be both a powerful ally and a dangerous adversary.
October 2, 2024
AI is transforming threat detection and response. Have you incorporated it into your security posture yet?
Innovation Heroes: The failed startup that shaped modern technology:
Discover how General Magic laid the foundation for the technology you use today – even if you haven't heard of them.
October 2, 2024
A wise elder once said, "The greatest teacher, failure is." Discover how General Magic laid the foundation for today's technology.
Innovation Heroes: Industry 4.0 is going to space. What a giant leap!:
Space is quickly becoming a new frontier for innovation.
September 27, 2024
Industry 4.0 is transforming sectors like healthcare, retail, and manufacturing — and propelling us into space.
Innovation Heroes Season 5
Innovation Heroes: Why do we need resiliency in data storage?:
Secure storage, secure business? Learn about the latest data strategies for 2024.
March 13, 2024
Explore the unsung heroes in data storage: those defending against cybersecurity attacks, building new infrastructure, and supporting AI innovation.
Innovation Heroes: Why design-led companies rule – and how to become one:
5 steps to implement design thinking for innovation
March 4, 2024
Learn why design-led companies such as Apple, Starbucks, and Airbnb outperform the S&P 500 index by 219%.
Innovation Heroes: How video game developers are driving productivity:
Meet the digital assistants that are freeing up overburdened workers.
February 23, 2024
Discover how these digital assistants are freeing up overburdened workers and enhancing the user experience.
Innovation Heroes: Beep! It’s time to meet the creator of the barcode:
Learn how an internal IBM "startup" has powered retail efficiency for decades
February 14, 2024
Learn how an IBM "startup" changed retail stores forever with the invention of the barcode.
Innovation Heroes: Spinning up a new legacy for an old brand:
How Kenmore's new CEO is revitalizing a 100-year-old company
October 30, 2023
Discover how Kenmore CEO Sri Solur is using software development principles and agile business methods to revitalize a 100-year-old brand.
Innovation Heroes: How threat intelligence helps protect critical infrastructure:
Learn more about the potential for threats against critical U.S. infrastructure, the evolution of cybersecurity, and emerging trends to be aware of
October 18, 2023
Threat intelligence agencies are taking down bad guys daily in the world of cybersecurity.
Innovation Heroes Season 4
Innovation Heroes: Turning up the volume on a new blockchain use case:
A game-changing platform is set to disrupt the music industry
March 3, 2023
On this week's episode, Ed learns how Labelcoin is using blockchain technology to stamp out artistic poverty.
Innovation Heroes: Esports and the future of technology in K-12 education:
Learn how SHI is strategizing, testing, and building the latest K-12 tech spaces for future innovators
February 21, 2023
On the latest episode, Ed sits down with Dr. Katrina Adkins to learn about innovations in K-12 tech spaces.
Innovation Heroes: Creating movie magic with automation and artificial intelligence:
Meet the startup that’s making waves in the movie business
February 6, 2023
On the latest episode, we hear from a technology startup that’s transforming the business of making movies.
Innovation Heroes: How to solve sustainability challenges with new batteries:
A conversation with Nanoramic Laboratories co-founder John Cooley
January 30, 2023
On this week's episode, we discuss battery technology that may help solve pressing sustainability challenges.
Innovation Heroes: Will these AI-driven security robots strengthen America?:
A conversation with Knightscope’s co-founder and CEO William Santana Li
January 9, 2023
On this week’s episode, we discuss how AI-powered robots can help fight crime.
Innovation Heroes: Do you recall the 8-bit PC that revolutionized video games?:
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Commodore 64
January 6, 2023
On this week's episode, we take a look back at the Commodore 64 and trace its influence on modern digital gaming.
Innovation Heroes Season 3
Innovation Heroes: Blockchain 101 for the enterprise:
CasperLabs CTO helps demystify this exciting new technology
March 3, 2022
It’s potentially bigger than cloud, but IT must first define it properly, then choose the best use cases
Innovation Heroes: Unlocking healthcare’s future, one cough at a time:
A “Fitbit for cough” app that can diagnose serious illness could hold lessons for the future of healthcare
February 17, 2022
A “Fitbit for cough” app that can diagnose serious illness could hold lessons for the future of health care
Innovation Heroes: AREA15 and the power of creative innovation:
Paradigm smashing retail concept turns spectators into active participants in a hybrid landscape
February 3, 2022
Paradigm smashing retail concept turns spectators into active participants in a hybrid landscape
Innovation Heroes: Space, high tech’s final frontier:
The ‘holy grail’ of commercial space is finally within reach – and it’s going to change everything
January 20, 2022
The ‘holy grail’ of commercial space is finally within reach – and it’s going to change everything
Innovation Heroes: How IT can help stop the rise of disinformation:
Using the power of data, AI, and machine learning to help crack one of today’s most vexing digital challenges
January 6, 2022
Using the power of data, AI, and machine learning to help crack one of today’s most vexing digital challenges
Innovation Heroes: Meet the team that makes a supercomputer super:
Big data, AI, and people skills – this research and technology dream team needs it all, and then some
December 9, 2021
Big data, AI, and people skills – this research and technology dream team needs it all, and then some.
Innovation Heroes: The chip shortage’s lessons for sustainable IT
November 24, 2021
The global supply chain shock isn’t just some random Black Swan event. It’s a wake-up call.
Innovation Heroes: A hitchhiking robot’s guide to the future:
Season 3, Episode 3: Remember HitchBOT? We speak to the researchers behind this groundbreaking robot
November 11, 2021
Remember HitchBOT? In our latest podcast episode, we speak to the researchers behind this groundbreaking robot.
Innovation Heroes: Why CIOs must have passion in their playbook:
Season 3, Episode 2: We explore the very serious business of having fun in tech.
October 27, 2021
Our third season continues with a very serious discussion about the benefits of having fun in technology.
Innovation Heroes: Be very afraid of the new ransomware boom:
Season 3, Episode 1: We kick off our new season with a frightening look at this accelerating threat.
October 22, 2021
Our must-follow podcast kicks off Season 3 with a frightening look at this accelerating threat.
Innovation Heroes Season 2
Innovation Heroes: Delivery robots and the path to automation:
Season 2, Episode 9
July 27, 2021
Tiny Mile Robotics’ Omar Elawi shares how robotics are changing jobs and the nature of work overall.
Innovation Heroes: Refuting deep learning myths:
Season 2, Episode 8
July 14, 2021
Hear what’s next for the world of deep learning and AI and the amazing benefits we’re already experiencing.
Innovation Heroes: Cybersecurity in a post-pandemic world:
Season 2, Episode 7
July 1, 2021
Learn tips to keep your infrastructure, employees, and data safe in the post-pandemic climate.
Innovation Heroes: Teaching computers to talk:
Season 2, Episode 6
June 21, 2021
In this episode, Peter Bean speaks to experts about recent and upcoming advances in language AI tech.
Innovation Heroes: Electric vehicles and the road to the future:
Season 2, Episode 4
June 4, 2021
Learn about the hurdles to EV adoption and how innovators are helping to create feasible solutions.
Innovation Heroes: Democratizing the Cloud with Google’s Omar Dajani:
Season 2, Episode 3
May 4, 2021
Our latest podcast guest reflects on what open source and increased access to cloud means for businesses.
Innovation Heroes: Vaccines were just the beginning:
Season 2, Episode 2
April 20, 2021
Intel’s Stacey Shulman talks AI healthcare revolution with host Peter Bean.
Innovation Heroes: Building culture in the remote world:
Season 2, Episode 1
March 26, 2021
Listen to Season 2, Episode 1 now to explore how to maintain culture in a remote working world.
Innovation Heroes Season 1
Innovation Heroes: The human side of virtual events:
Season 1, Episode 6
January 7, 2021
In the season 1 finale of Innovation Heroes, Ben Chodor of Intrado Digital Media joins Peter Bean to discuss how organizations can deliver an engaging, interactive customer experience during virtual events.
Innovation Heroes: Jaron Lanier and The Social Dilemma:
Season 1, Episode 5
December 17, 2020
Should we be worried about enterprise software taking over our lives? How can we build a better, healthier digital world?
Innovation Heroes: The long-awaited death of cubicles:
Season 1, Episode 4
December 8, 2020
Has the rapid shift to remote working brought on the end of the cubicle, or was it just the much-needed kick in the ribs we needed to reinvent and reimagine the legacy office?
Innovation Heroes: Cisco’s COVID-19 response:
Season 1, Episode 3
November 24, 2020
Cisco's Michelle Chiantera and SHI's Peter Bean discuss how some of the world’s largest tech makers are responding to COVID-19 and what IT leaders can do to follow suit.
Innovation Heroes: Hotels of the future:
Season 1, Episode 2
November 5, 2020
Peter Bean and Stacey Shulman, Vice President at Intel IoT, discuss the changes the tourism industry is making to keep guests safe.
Innovation Heroes: The No Ivy League:
Season 1, Episode 1
October 22, 2020
On the first episode of Innovation Heroes, host Peter Bean chats with Nina Angelo, VP of Product Marketing at Top Hat, about the future of higher education and how institutions can support change in a drastically disrupted world.
Welcome to Innovation Heroes: An SHI podcast
October 8, 2020
How do colleges and universities plan to keep students connected without a physical campus? Will the first digital hotel revolutionize the industry?
