The Innovator’s Playbook
Podcast Description
Bold Ideas. Smarter Execution. Real-World Innovation.The Innovator’s Playbook is a podcast for builders and doers—those not just chasing innovation, but making it happen.Each week, host Seth Narayanan sits down with entrepreneurs, product leaders, CTOs, and technologists who are solving real-world business problems with grit, creativity, and smarter execution. From scaling startups to leading digital transformation inside enterprises, these conversations go deep into product strategy, startup growth, and the innovation culture shaping tomorrow's tech.Whether you're a tech entrepreneur, VP of Engineering, or a curious mind exploring how innovation in tech really works behind the scenes, this is your playbook for product leadership, agile teams, and business transformation.New episodes every week. Follow to stay ahead of the curve.
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The podcast focuses on innovation in technology, product strategy, and business transformation, with episodes that explore topics like digital transformation, cloud adoption, and the role of AI in engineering. For example, a recent episode featured Brian Hiatt discussing tech leadership and the real impact of cloud strategy on business outcomes.

Bold Ideas. Smarter Execution. Real-World Innovation.
The Innovator’s Playbook is a podcast for builders and doers—those not just chasing innovation, but making it happen.
Each week, host Seth Narayanan sits down with entrepreneurs, product leaders, CTOs, and technologists who are solving real-world business problems with grit, creativity, and smarter execution. From scaling startups to leading digital transformation inside enterprises, these conversations go deep into product strategy, startup growth, and the innovation culture shaping tomorrow’s tech.
Whether you’re a tech entrepreneur, VP of Engineering, or a curious mind exploring how innovation in tech really works behind the scenes, this is your playbook for product leadership, agile teams, and business transformation.
New episodes every week. Follow to stay ahead of the curve.
Francis Govers has spent decades pushing the frontier of robotics, from building machines for NASA to designing autonomous helicopters at Airbus. But in today’s AI-hyped world, he’s refreshingly honest about what works… and what doesn’t.
In this episode, Francis shares why generative AI still can’t match professional standards for complex tasks, how swarm behavior inspires drone coordination, and why imagination in robotics may lie in “latent space.” He also shares a personal story about building a toy-cleaning robot for his grandkids, and what it taught him about real-world autonomy.
Perfect for anyone building or leading in AI, robotics, or engineering innovation.

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