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

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Published: 2025-09-25T20:36:09+00:00
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## Resource

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. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ⏰ 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 33:02 - The Future Of Agentic Workflows ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Sign up for free ➡️ https://www.jotform.com/ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Follow us on: Twitter ➡️ https://x.com/aiagentspodcast Instagram ➡…

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