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Innovation is not imitation :: Peter Mann
Peter Mann, CEO & Founder of Oransi, a leading air purification company known for its efficient, intuitive and reliable products for consumers, schools, organizations and businesses, talks on the power of innovation in democratizing the work environment through the internet and AI, along with the innovative developments in the air purifier space and how they reshored their business back to the United States. More about our guest: Peter is also is the Chair of the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers’ Air Cleaner Council. In 2021, Oransi merged with Aviemore Technologies and is now a motor technology company with a clean energy mission. Oransi’s new manufacturing facility in Radford, Virginia is making products in the USA with advanced motor technologies and is actively hiring more than a 100+ local workers to reshore the company’s entire manufacturing. Previously, Peter was the Founder & CEO of the Austin, Texas-based Alen Corp., an air purification company he built, and after 7 years had a successful exit. He went to college on a Navy ROTC scholarship and then served 4 years, including a tour in the Red Sea during the First Gulf War. He was a communications officer and then gunnery officer on the USS McCandless. Peter is late diagnosed autistic and now advocates for autism awareness in the workplace More about our guest: Peter MannOransi ------------------------------------------------------------ Episode Guide: 0:00 - Intro 1:36 - What is Innovation? 4:19 - Communicating with ChatGPT 6:45 - Internet: democratizing work environment 9:19 - Innovation in Reshoring 11:55 - Innovation in the air purifier space 15:23 - What isn't Innovation? 17:42 - Innovating a copy 19:14 - Leveraging brand name 20:15 - Mindset, Drive, and Ideas -------------------------- OUTLAST Consulting offers professional development and strategic advisory services in the areas of innovation and diversity management.
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