Why couldn’t Adobe—with all its resources—stop Figma? In this power-packed episode of The Innovation Show X, Aidan McCullen dives deep into disruption, transformation, and the future of work with Howard Yu (Leap) and Sangeet Paul Choudary (Reshuffle, Platform Revolution).

You’ll learn why Adobe’s shift to the cloud was just Act 2, and why surviving in the new economy requires mastering Act 3—orchestration, data flows, and multiplayer collaboration.

💡 Topics include:

• Why collaboration isn’t just a feature—it’s a business model

• How AI is reshaping the architecture of value creation

• What John Deere, Shein, and Tesla can teach legacy companies

• The hidden difference between execution and orchestration

• How to make your business future-ready

📚 Books discussed: Leap by Howard Yu and Reshuffle by Sangeet Paul Choudary

🔗 Follow the guests:

Howard Yu – Substack: One Inch Ahead https://howardyu.substack.com

Sangeet Paul Choudary – Substack: Platforms https://platforms.substack.com

Aidan McCullen https://thethursdaythought.substack.com

🎙 Hosted by Aidan McCullen | Sponsored by Kyndryl

#InnovationShow #AdobeVsFigma #BusinessStrategy #DigitalTransformation #FutureOfWork #AI #PlatformEconomy

In this final part of our compelling trilogy, Manu Kapur, author of Productive Failure, returns to uncover the psychology behind effective learning. Discover why failing first can drive deeper understanding, greater retention, and lasting mastery.

Hosted by Aidan McCullen, this episode explores real-world strategies rooted in research—from the Zeigarnik Effect to motivational boosts like loss aversion, endowed progress, and goal gradients.

Whether you’re an educator, leader, or lifelong learner, this episode offers tools to rethink failure as a powerful ally in personal growth and innovation.

• Why failure can enhance memory and understanding

• The science of loss aversion and how to hack it for learning

• Endowed progress and goal gradient theory in practice

• How to spark curiosity and mastery in children and adults

• Building learning resilience and overcoming imposter syndrome

• A practical model for designing learning for yourself and others

• 🧠 Manu Kapur’s Book: Productive Failure – https://amzn.to/3WzFuZD

• 🌐 Manu Kapur’s Website: www.manukapur.com

• 🔗 Kyndryl Institute: www.kyndryl.com/institute

• 🎙️ Host: Aidan McCullen – www.TheInnovationshow.io

00:00 Introduction and Sponsor Message

00:38 Welcoming the Guest: Manu Kaur

01:15 Understanding the Zeigarnik Effect

04:00 Affective Boost Levels: Loss Aversion and Endowed Progress

08:16 Goal Gradient and Personal Motivation

12:44 Growth Mindset and Effort

16:46 Children, Uncertainty, and Learning

21:51 Achievement Goals vs. Mastery Goals

26:27 Phenomenological Primitives and Learning

29:01 Understanding the Role of Context in Learning

31:49 The Power of Comparison and Contrast

34:34 Learning Through Metaphors and Case Studies

38:58 Addressing Imposter Syndrome and Embracing Challenges

41:14 Productive Failure in Learning and Growth

45:17 Designing Effective Learning Tasks

49:44 The Importance of Affective Draw in Mastery

56:13 Final Thoughts and Key Takeaways

Simon Hill, author of Expected Value (xV), reveals how to measure and prove the real value of innovation—avoiding theatre, zombie projects, and wasted budgets with his groundbreaking xV framework.

Simon introduces his Expected Value (xV) framework, a new system that combines confidence, predicted value, time sensitivity, and strategic fit to prove innovation’s worth in terms business leaders and CFOs understand. From case studies to the role of AI, Simon shows how xV helps organizations escape wasted budgets, align innovation with strategy, and create lasting competitive advantage.

We discuss:

• Why most companies fail at measuring innovation

• The pitfalls of innovation theatre and zombie projects

• How the xV formula works in real-world organizations

• Kill credits, project evaluation, and stopping bad investments early

• The role of AI and data science in innovation decisions

• Case studies including Nvidia and the S-Curve of technology adoption

👉 Get Simon’s Book: https://xvbook.com

👉 Learn more about Wazoku: https://wazoku.com

👉 About our sponsor Kyndryl: https://kyndryl.com/institute

This episode is essential listening for innovation leaders, CFOs, strategists, and business executives who want to move beyond activity metrics and finally prove the real value of innovation.