Ep. 11: Innovator Blueprint: The Influencer

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 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.

We’re back with another Innovator Blueprint episode where we explore one of the four distinct styles that help you discover your hidden innovator potential.

Today, we cover the final innovator style: The Influencer. Tune in as we explore how Influencer innovators wield their power to build inclusive social movements.

We also talk about the Influencer’s incredible ability to transform personal or public perception, the importance of reallocating power more inclusively, and the important role Influencers play in creating more equitable outcomes within society! Tune in to gain practical insights on how you can harness the potential of the Influencer innovator style to inspire change.

KEY POINTS:

- Power, its definitions, and how it relates to Influencer Innovator type

- The Influencer Innovator Style and its ability to motivate people

- The importance of building inclusive social movements

- Secret weapon of Influencers: Platforms

- Common challenges faced by Influencers

- How Influencers reshape power dynamics and create positive change in society

- Influencers in real life: Stand Your Ground Law initiative

- On leveraging Aristotle's triangle of rhetoric (logos, pathos, ethos)

- How to identify and harness Influencer traits for innovation

- Practical steps for Influencers to create meaningful actions

QUOTES:

"Influencers in the innovation style sense are completely different. They use platforms, which could be a social media platform, but thinking beyond technology. Platforms are simply vehicles to accomplish a particular goal. They often need an infrastructure upon which to accelerate the reach of their influence and ideas." — Leigh-Ann Buchanan

"When it comes to the influencer innovator style, perception is truly a form of power. Influencers are masters of changing perception." — Leigh-Ann Buchanan