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The Disruption Lab

Kevin McGinnis

Step into the world of innovation with The Disruption Lab live podcast, where groundbreaking ideas and strategic insights come to life. Hosted by Kevin McGinnis and filmed in front of a live studio audience at Keystone Sessions, each episode brings you face-to-face with the visionaries reshaping industries and pioneering new paths in entrepreneurship.Whether you’re an entrepreneur, innovator, or professional eager to fuel your growth and unlock strategic collaboration, The Disruption Lab delivers the tools, stories, and wisdom from top industry disruptors and founders. Join us as we explore the minds of industry leaders to inspire and equip the next wave of disruptors.

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96 episodes

  1. The Hidden Global Industry: Why Kansas City Is Secretly Designing the World 47:23
  2. Kansas City Spent Years Preparing to Welcome the World. It Was Already Here. 49:42
  3. Farmers Grow 60% More Corn Than in 1974. They Keep 75% Less of It. 49:47
  4. There’s a Hospital Bed for the Child. Where’s the Bed for the Mom? 48:45
  5. She Sews for Super Bowl Halftime Shows; Then She Moved the Work to Kansas City. 45:06
  6. Kansas City Didn't Leave Out Its African Entrepreneurs. It Didn't Know They Existed. 55:08
  7. Building a Business That Heals a Community 56:14
  8. The Masks Weren't the Business, The People Sewing Them Were 47:14
  9. What the Network Enables (Part II) 17:04
  10. How Kansas City Won a World Cup It Wasn't Supposed to Get 1:08:03
  11. The New Geography of Growth 14:28
  12. The Labor Shortage Is a Lie: How Two Immigrant Founders Built a 96% Retention Company 52:32
  13. She Ran a $14M Beauty Department, Then Watched It Shut Black Founders Out 40:10
  14. You Can't Eat IRR: Why Venture Capital's Economics Are Broken 43:59
  15. She Grew Up Homeless in Lykins. Now She's Building Homes There 46:58
  16. Easy To Work With 7:32
  17. How One Attorney Turned a Broken Divorce System Into an Operating System for Families 43:28
  18. The Chemical Keeping Your Fridge Cold Just Got Banned; Here's What Happens Next 44:18
  19. The Judge and the Data Scientist Rebuilding Justice From the Inside 40:52
  20. 85% Want Help. 5% Get It. This Founder Duo Is Closing the Gap. 47:24
  21. 11 Years and Counting: The Creative Chief Who Outlasted His Own Rule 47:02
  22. From Haute Couture to Kombucha: How One Founder Is Growing the Future of Fashion 37:26
  23. The Innovation Nobody Can Measure 10:22
  24. The Logistics Hub Hiding in Plain Sight: How Kansas City Quietly Powers America 44:18
  25. AI Broke the Grid; Nuclear Is How We Fix It 50:41
  26. Designed, Not Counted 8:26
  27. Ideas Are Cheap; This Is What Actually Builds a City 43:32
  28. Doing Well by Doing Good: The Lesson That Took 15 Years to Land 10:58
  29. The Kids Who Never Got to Practice: How VR Is Teaching Social Skills Schools Forgot to Teach 45:58
  30. The Hidden Influencers: What Analysts Know, What AI Just Changed, and What It Really Costs to Build Something Worth Stepping Away From 40:06
  31. The Corporate Antibody: How Big Companies Kill Innovation (And What Actually Works) 11:45
  32. The Quiet Revolution: Why Animal Health Is America's Overlooked Superpower 1:03:45
  33. The Growth That Counts 17:37
  34. They Were Wrong by 50% Every Time — Inside the Invisible Crisis Running America's Food Supply Chain 36:31
  35. From the Capitol to the Startup: Why a State Senator Quit Politics to Fund Founders 45:44
  36. The Mayor Who Refuses to Play Small: Rebuilding Trust in an Underestimated City 46:26
  37. Inside the Food Access Model Cities Are Getting Wrong: Corner Stores, Redlining, and Feeding a City 44:22
  38. Stop Calling It Charity. Affordable Housing Is Infrastructure. 44:27
  39. The Money Isn’t the Problem 9:41
  40. From Grammy Stages to Kansas City Creative Economy 37:14
  41. The Bottleneck Is Never What You Think It Is 6:47
  42. 95% of It Goes Through China — And We Can't Do Anything About It 47:16
  43. The #1 Bottleneck in Drug Development Isn’t Science 33:53
  44. The Overlooked Mental Health Barrier No One Talks About: Pets, Trauma & A 100% Return-Home Solutionn 53:32
  45. Building in Public: How Radical Transparency Is Changing Real Estate, Cities, and Power 42:19
  46. What Happens to Work When AI Knows Almost Everything? (And What That Means for You) 1:06:05
  47. Building Autonomy and AI for National Security in Kansas City 49:45
  48. If Your Team Isn’t Listening, It’s Not Them—It’s This One Leadership Mistake 45:48
  49. The Truth About Gentrification: Can Development Help Without Displacement? 55:12
  50. From Grants to Growth: How KC GIFT Is Rewriting the Rules of Economic Development 52:29