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Meet the heroes solving what’s next. Innovation Heroes, a podcast by SHI, explores the people and businesses leading the charge in our constantly disrupted world. Hosted by Ed McNamara, you’ll get in-depth conversations with C-Level executives, visionary startup founders, and industry thought leaders.
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Signup to Generate a PitchMeet the heroes solving what’s next. Innovation Heroes, a podcast by SHI, explores the people and businesses leading the charge in our constantly disrupted world. Hosted by Ed McNamara, you’ll get in-depth conversations with C-Level executives, visionary startup founders, and industry thought leaders.
Innovation Heroes is hosted by SHI. The show has published 87 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "A Decade of Waste: Why ITAM Hasn’t Won (Yet)" (9 March 2026, 30 minutes), "When AI Can’t Afford to Be Wrong: Inside Bot Auto’s Autonomous Trucking Mission" (19 February 2026, 27 minutes), and "The Quantum Security Threat: Get Ready Today for Tomorrow's Tech" (5 February 2026, 27 minutes).
Innovation Heroes publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 28 minutes across 87 episodes.
Booking probability for Innovation Heroes is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Innovation Heroes requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Innovation Heroes's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Innovation Heroes are IT Services & Software Development and Business & Management Consulting. Innovation Heroes has a technology audience.
SHI hosts Innovation Heroes, a technology podcast with 87 episodes published.
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Episode #12
A decade of better tools. Better services. Better data. And yet the same statistic keeps showing up: 25-30% of enterprise technology spend is wasted. Why can't anyone move the needle? Shane Cronin, Head of ITAM & FinOps...
Everyone’s talking about AI that writes code and answers questions. But what happens when AI has to operate in the physical world, where mistakes don’t just generate weird sentences, they have real consequences? On this...
The encryption protecting your most sensitive data has as an expiration date. Nation-states are harvesting encrypted traffic right now, stockpiling it until quantum computers become powerful enough to crack it in...
AI ambition is colliding with physical reality. As data centers push from 20-kilowatt racks to 120-kilowatt systems—with megawatt-per-rack infrastructure on the horizon—the limits of power and cooling have become...
State and local governments are under pressure to deliver modern services, but budgets, staffing shortages, and long procurement cycles make innovation feel impossible. In this episode of Innovation Heroes, host Ed...
Enterprises are spending thousands — sometimes millions — on AI productivity tools. But for many, the big question remains: Are we getting what we paid for? In this episode of Innovation Heroes, SHI's Chief of Staff to...
Most chatbots fall short—slow responses, confusing menus, and frustrated users who abandon the experience. But what if you could replace that with a lifelike, multilingual Digital AI Ambassador — and prove it works in...
While everyone debates whether AI is overhyped, Intel's Stacey Shulman argues we're dramatically underhyping it—and our linear thinking is making us dangerously unprepared. AI capabilities are doubling every six months...
What happens when IT leaders have to choose between safety and innovation? In New Jersey, one teacher proved that the biggest obstacles to transformation often come from inside our own departments. Chris Aviles started...
Episode #3
A Hong Kong employee sits through what seems like a routine video call with colleagues and the CFO. Everything looks normal. Then comes the urgent wire transfer request. $25 million later, the horrifying truth emerges...
Twelve years. That's how long a vulnerability sat in sudo—the command powering every Linux system—waiting for the wrong hands. When Stratascale researchers Rich Mirch and Quentin Rhoads-Herrera discovered not one, but...
More than 80% of disabilities are invisible, yet too often technology and workplace systems overlook these needs. In this episode, Rutgers swimmer and Deaflympian Brooke Thompson shares her inspiring journey—from...
SHI's Innovation Heroes is back. After hitting #1 on the Apple Technology charts, Season 7 brings twelve no-fluff episodes on the real risks and real answers facing IT leaders today—from cybercrime that runs like a...
What should you really do about your VMware environment? Since Broadcom’s acquisition, virtualization strategy has become a hot topic on the minds of CIOs and infrastructure leaders. In this episode, we sit down with...
AI is here and IT leaders are under pressure to make it work—fast. But adoption doesn’t happen overnight, and organizations need a clear strategy to drive ROI from Microsoft Copilot. In this episode of Innovation...
What if the company you worked for went bankrupt overnight—only for a bold new leader to step in and turn it into a multi-billion-dollar powerhouse? That’s exactly what happened to SHI’s first employee, Melissa Graham...
Last month, no one had heard of DeepSeek. But then it racked up a stunning 16 million downloads in just 18 days — nearly double ChatGPT’s initial adoption. The China-based AI model has certainly captured the attention...
How are data and AI revolutionizing teams—whether on the field or in the boardroom? In this episode of Innovation Heroes, Casey Murphy, goalkeeper for the North Carolina Courage and the U.S. Women’s National Team, and...
What if the future of AI didn’t live in the cloud, but right in the palm of your hand? In this episode of Innovation Heroes, host Ed McNamara uncovers the revolution of on-device AI with Qualcomm's Mike Belcher...
Innovation Heroes
It's been an incredible year of captivating stories and thought provoking discussions. We're taking a short break over the holidays to recharge, plan, and gear up for even more exciting episodes in the new year. So mark...
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Head of ITAM and FinOps, University of Auckland
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author, founder, Fortune 100 leadership veteran, Cisco
assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College
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