Ep. 1: Discover Your Hidden Innovator

We’re here to reimagine who qualifies as an innovator and to provide practical tools to help anyone discover their hidden innovator. Hosted by Leigh-Ann Buchanan, this limited series podcast features dynamic conversations and solo episodes designed to help you learn how to use innovation more adeptly in your day to day life. New episodes drop every Tuesday.

In this premiere episode, I dive into the transformative power of innovation and how to discover the innovator hidden within you. As an advocate for using technology and innovation to drive equity, I believe that anyone can innovate, and I’m on a mission to make innovation accessible to everyone by offering practical tools to help you discover your innovative abilities.

Join me as I explore the essence of innovation and the profound impact the Innovation Currency framework can have on your personal identity, professional goals, and overall life overall– all while highlighting the diverse spectrum of innovator styles and the pivotal role they play in shaping our collective future.

What will you do with your Innovation Currency today?

KEY POINTS:

- The definition of Innovation and its three stages

- The two types of Innovation Currencies

- Factors that shape your identity in innovation

- The primary barriers to innovation

- What does innovation have to do with innovation skill sets?

- Discover your different innovator styles

- How the Innovation Currency framework affects identity, work, and life

- What will you do with your Innovation Currency?

QUOTES:

“Innovators are the people who implement the innovation process. I believe the purpose of innovation is really to improve the human condition. That's exactly why innovators are the people that bring purpose to the process.” — Leigh-Ann Buchanan

“Innovation gives us the power to free ourselves from even the tightest grip of the status quo. Now, the true currency of innovation is freedom. The freedom to see the world not as it is, but as it could be.” — Leigh-Ann Buchanan