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Podcast: The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
Episode: Nike, Ford, Pepsi… What They Get Wrong About Innovation (Bud Caddell)
Description: Innovation doesn’t fail because companies lack ideas—it fails because leadership and culture aren’t built to support change. In this episode, Paul Alex sits down with Bud Caddell, founder of NOBL (nobl.io), to break down what actually stops organizations from executing on bold ideas.
Bud shares real-world lessons from working with global brands and fast-growing companies, explaining how misaligned incentives, poor leadership behaviors, and broken decision-making systems quietly kill innovation. He also reveals what leaders must do differently to build cultures where change doesn’t just start—but actually sticks.
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