The show
The Innovation Philosophie Podcast
Philosophy first, then the industry. One question founders keep getting wrong, every episode.
The Innovation Philosophie Podcast
The podcast.
The economics of innovation and the conditions that produce genuinely new ideas.
Become an Impact Maker ➜Nathan Reardon, co-founder of Innovation Philosophie, and Pat Villaceran. One part of the Impact Maker network.
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The show.
The Innovation Philosophie Podcast is about the economics of innovation and the conditions that produce genuinely new ideas. Hosted by Nathan Reardon, co-founder of Innovation Philosophie, with Pat Villaceran.
Every episode takes one question founders keep getting wrong: why whole markets start to look the same, whether originality can be funded, why a crisis plan nobody has practised is just paper, what happens to music when making it is almost free, and who counts as a worker when part of your team is AI.
No hype and no borrowed playbooks. Philosophy first, then the industry. Thinking is a muscle; this is a place to train it.
See you next time, Impact Maker.
Host
Pat Villaceran
Pat Villaceran mentors Fortune 5000 CEOs and global startup founders. In her words: “In my programmes, we grow companies up to 3,000%.”
Host · Co-founder
Nathan Reardon
Nathan Reardon is co-founder of Innovation Philosophie. He leads critical conversations. He owns the venture's entire media structure.
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Episodes.
Four conversations.
E5
Agentic AI and Human Capital, with Deel
What counts as a worker when part of your team has no passport and no pulse? Human-in-the-loop accountability, AI and CEOs, junior work, and a founder's first decision on agents.
Recorded but not yet released
E3
A Plan Is Just Paper: Wargaming Business Continuity with CTP
War gaming, safe-to-fail simulations, and why a 200-page continuity plan nobody practised fails in the first hour.
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The Economics of Originality
Breaking an industry, Apple's Lisa decision, thinking five steps ahead, and why impact can't be rushed.
E1
The Sameness Trap
Every innovation cycle promises radical difference, then whole sectors start to look identical. How founders keep their own vision.
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Questions.
The economics of innovation and the conditions that produce genuinely new ideas. Pat Villaceran and Nathan Reardon, co-founder of Innovation Philosophie, hold the conversations. It is one part of the Impact Maker network. The publication is The First Thing. The object line is Embody.
Four episodes are listed on this page. A fifth, on agentic AI and human capital, is recorded but not yet released.
Joining makes you an Impact Maker on the waitlist. This form does not play an episode, and it does not take payment.
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Become an Impact Maker.
The podcast is one part of Innovation Philosophie. The waitlist is the way in. We use your email to tell you when The First Thing opens and when Embody is ready.