Michael Arrington hosted Carol Bartz earlier today for a candid fireside chat at theTechCrunch Disrupt event in New York City.

Carol took the opportunity to share some background on the just-announcedglobal deal with Nokia, to share some love for the newly hired executive vice president of products, Blake Irving, and to share her thoughts on growth and innovation at Yahoo!.

QOTD on AllthingsD:

“Evidently, these days if you’re not coming out with some device, you’re not innovating. But that’s not true. There’s a soul to our product.”

–Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz says innovation isn’t dead at Yahoo

Tomorrow, Yahoo! Chief architect, Raymie Stata, will be serving as an expert judge at the Startup Battlefield competition. Follow us on Twitter for updates from the event.