Hi, this is Greg Kielstrom. Welcome to season three of the Agile World, where we discuss customer

employee experience, organizational and workforce transformation, and how business can adapt and

continually improve at an Agile age. The Agile World podcast is brought to you by tech systems,

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you can go to my website at theagile.world and read my latest articles or get a copy of my latest

book, The Agile Workforce, now available on Amazon and other retailers. My name is Greg Kielstrom and

I'm the host of the Agile World podcast. Today we're going to talk about the sometimes unseen

power of invention. Often, inventors and creators of new ideas and products have a vision in mind,

but don't always see the full value of what they've created until sometime later, or with the

help of some outside perspective. My guest today has quite a list of accomplishments. He's the

inventor of noise cancelling headphones during his time at Bose. He worked with Apple to create the

Apple new product process, which is still used in their product divisions, and has worked with

many household names such as Amazon, Cisco, IBM, HP, Fitbit, and more. He has also written a book

called Innovate Products Faster, Graphical Tools for Accelerating Product Development. I'd like to

welcome John Carter, principal at TC Gen. First, why don't you tell us a little bit about what you

do in your role and welcome to the show? Well, thanks for asking Greg and I'm glad to be here.

What I do is mainly work with companies that are trying to prove either innovation or

velocity in their product development activities, typically working with larger teams, although I

work with startups all the way to large global brands that you've mentioned. The thing about it that

I love is I love working with engineers. I have that technical background. At the same time,

I understand business. I try and help companies bridge the gap between, if you will, the technology

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