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The Human Side of Innovation: The Power of People in Love with People

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In this episode of the HR Leaders podcast I'm joined by Mauro Porcini to discuss the human side of innovation: the power of people in love with people.

Mauro Porcini is PepsiCo’s first ever Chief Design Officer. He joined the food & beverage corporation in 2012 and in said role he is infusing design thinking into PepsiCo’s culture and is leading a new approach to innovation by design that impacts the company’s product platforms and brands, which include Pepsi, Lay’s, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Sodastream, Doritos, Lifewtr, Bubly, Aquafina, Cheetos, Quaker, 7Up, Mirinda, amongst many others.


Episode Highlights

00:00 Intro

01:25 Changing the way you think about communication

08:47 How to bolster digital transformation with effective delivery

14:15 How to reinforce the human element in design

16:50 The inspiration behind The Human Side of Innovation

23:06 Find your purpose across different mediums

27:12 The power of finding new platforms for communication

34:30 Start innovation with play

41:20 Identifying employee “superpowers”

48:20 The traits all leaders need to thrive

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