The goal of "The Innovation Conversation" is to explore some facet of the fast-changing, technology-driven retail landscape and how it affects businesses and consumers. It is, we think, fertile territory ... and one that Tom Furphy - a former Amazon executive, the originator of Amazon Fresh, and currently CEO and Managing Director of Consumer Equity Partners (CEP), a venture capital and venture development firm in Seattle, WA, that works with many top retailers and manufacturers - is uniquely positioned to address.
Tom and Kevin look at the growing consumer resentment of the technology sector that could lead to tougher regulation, how companies can and should address the challenges created by calls for greater oversight, and how to assure that popular opinion does not stifle long-term innovation.
