Judy Estrin (JLABS, LLC) - Is Innovation Withering on the Vine?

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

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Business, Life Lessons, Creativity, Startups, Strategy, Thought Leadership, Education, Stanford University, Leadership, Challenges, Journey, Culture, Etl, Innovation, Founders, Stanford, Entrepreneurship

4.5 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2008

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

JLabs LLC CEO and author Judy Estrin puts the processes and philosophies of innovation under the microscope. Her current analysis indicates that we're short-changing the business arena and culture at large, as we've stopped planting the seeds for true, monumental invention and problem-solving.

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0:00.0	You were listening to the Entrepreneurial Thought Leader series, brought to you weekly by the
0:07.3	Stanford Technology Ventures Program. You can find podcasts and video clips of these lectures online
0:13.7	at edcorner.standford.edu.
0:19.6	It's a real pleasure to introduce to you Judy Estrin.
0:21.6	Judy is currently the CEO and founder of J-Labs, formerly known as Packet Design.
0:27.6	Before that, she was the CTO at Cisco from 1998 to 2000.
0:32.6	Before she was at Cisco, she was actually a three-time successful entrepreneur
0:36.6	and founder of various companies in the technology world.
0:39.3	She also recently published a book called Closing the Innovation Gap, which I think will be a source of a lot of the conversation today.
0:46.3	I have a soft spot in my heart for Judy because she sits on the board of the Walt Disney Company, which is where I worked after I graduated from grad school. It was a tough place to be, but I think it's probably better being a board member than being
0:58.0	an analyst in strategic planning. So I have some questions for you about that experience.
1:04.0	Judy studied math and CS at UCLA. We won't hold that against her because she went on to earn her
1:10.0	MS in double E here at Stanford.
1:11.6	And she's a great friend of Stanford.
1:13.6	Please help me welcome Judy Estrin.
1:15.6	Thank you.
1:20.6	And it's, I think we were talking before.
1:24.6	Last time I spoke here was either 2002 or 2003. I can't remember, but it's
1:31.7	wonderful to be back. And actually, for the first time, I'm actually not here talking about
1:39.6	entrepreneurial lessons or my career so much, but I'm going to talk about innovation.
1:45.0	And many people think innovation and entrepreneurialism are the same thing.
1:52.0	Some people think they're completely different.
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