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Dave Hengartner rready - How Employee Driven Innovation Transforms Corporate Ventures | EP79

September 25

46 mins

Episode Description

In this episode of the AI Agents Podcast, Dave Hengartner, co-founder and CEO of rready, shares how employee-driven innovation is shaping the next generation of corporate ventures.

With a background in intrapreneurship at Swisscom, Dave discusses how rready empowers organizations to unlock innovation by giving employees the tools, structure, and AI-powered workflows to turn their ideas into real business impact.

From idea sourcing and trend analysis to enterprise-level AI integration, rready supports companies in transforming innovation into a scalable, measurable, and impactful strategy.

Discover how rready’s AI-driven SaaS platform supercharges ideation, integrates into existing enterprise systems, and addresses common innovation bottlenecks such as low throughput and lack of relevant ideas.

Dave also explores how intrapreneurship builds a fulfilling workplace culture and why AI, when implemented correctly, is a productivity catalyst rather than a job threat.

Whether you're leading transformation or looking to inspire internal innovation, this episode is packed with actionable insights.

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⏰ TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Empowering Intrapreneurs Within Corporations

1:15 - Journey From Corporate To Startup

2:59 - Building Innovation SaaS For Enterprises

5:00 - The Rise Of Ready AI

6:57 - Using AI To Fuel Innovation

10:01 - Solving Ideation Challenges With AI

14:54 - Innovating With Enterprise LLM Integration

18:48 - Driving AI Adoption In The Workplace

25:02 - Data Privacy And Enterprise Readiness