Host and creator of The Innovation Show podcast.
Thinkers50 Innovation Award, 2025.
Former Ireland Rugby International.
Hosts the only English-speaking show on Finland’s Business FM.
Aiden is the creator and host of The Innovation Show, a weekly podcast that takes a deep dive beyond technological innovation focusing on the fundamental need for business, leadership, and education to innovate and adapt to a new world order. In his book, Undisruptable, Aidan demystifies the principles of change and sets out a framework that leaders can follow to cultivate a reinvention mindset and see change as an opportunity rather than an obstacle.
Former Ireland international and professional rugby union player, Aidan is the host and founder of The Innovation Show podcast and author of Undisruptable: A Mindset of Permanent Reinvention for Individuals, Organisations and Life. A change consultant and executive coach, Aidan developed and delivers a module on Emerging Technology Trends in Trinity College Business School, Dublin. He speaks and runs workshops globally on disruption and change for organisations such as Mastercard and Epic Games, in industries from pharma to fintech.
Undisruptable: A Mindset of Permanent Reinvention for Individuals, Organisations and Life (Wiley, 2021). ‘The Innovation Show; Innovation and AI: With Aidan McCullen’ (Calum Chace, Forbes, 2023); ‘The Popeye Paradox: How Early Innovation Mis-steps Poison the Well’ (Blog, 2025); ‘The Little Red Riding Hood Challenge’ (Blog, 2025); ‘Backwards Into the Future: What Leaders Can Learn from Telcos’ (Blog, 2025); ‘The Curse of Expertise: Why Experts Fail When Rules Change’ (Blog, 2025).
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“Strategic frameworks often feel both academic and stale. Aidan McCullen has built a series of lenses on transformation that are based in real world practice – they are alive and fresh through research and compelling storytelling. It is so much fun to read, and incredibly important for people who work in strategy, innovation and the management of change (which we all do now!).”
Charles Conn, Chair of Patagonia, on Undisruptable
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