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Using AI for Business, Innovation and Brainstorming – Mike Todasco

30 July 2026 43:24 Steve Sponseller

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About this episode

Innovation is critical for tech companies to maintain their competitive edge. My guest today is Mike Todasco. He's sharing his expertise with innovation and artificial intelligence (AI).

Mike is highly qualified to talk about these topics individually and he will discuss how AI can help with innovation and creativity. He was formerly the Head of Innovation at PayPal and he's listed as an inventor on over 100 patents. He left his work at PayPal to focus on Generative Artificial Intelligence.

During our discussion, Mike shares information about the innovation culture that was created at PayPal and how team members were encouraged to innovate.

He also discusses his current activities with AI and how he's using AI tools to write books, generate comic strips, create new ideas, and more. Mike talks about how to use today's AI tools, like ChatGPT, to come up with innovative ideas, generate rough drafts of emails, and act as your brainstorming partner.

I'm sure you will enjoy this discussion and get some valuable tips for creating innovative ideas and leveraging AI tools in your business.

Today on the Tech Leader Talk podcast:

- How to encourage all team members to innovate

- Mike's technique for generating new ideas

- The huge potential for Generative Artificial Intelligence

- Using AI tools as your 24/7 brainstorming partner

- Writing books and other content with AI tools

Connect with Mike Todasco:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todasco/

Email: miketodasco (at) gmail.com

Thanks for listening!

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