Ep. 6: Innovator Blueprint: The Distributor

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’s focus is the distributor innovator style. We will explore the distributor’s unique ability to accurately assess the value of just about anything and create access points to the right resources when and for those in need. In addition to understanding distributor’s superpowers and secret weapons, we discuss the concept of worth and various forms of capital that distributors utilize — such as financial, creative, capacity, and social capital. We also uncover the common tendencies, decision-making difficulties, and growth opportunities for distributor style innovators.

Tune in and learn how to tap into the power of a distributor innovator style today!

KEY POINTS:

- What makes a distributor Innovator special?

- The main focus of distributors: Value

- On understanding distributors and their secret weapon

- Different kinds of distributors’ capital: Financial, creative, capacity, social,

- Common tendencies of distributor innovators

- Some distributors’ decision-making difficulties

- Key areas with unequal distribution of philanthropic resources

- Uniqueness of innovative model: Design, multiplier return for members, and distributor profile

- Questions to ask yourself to practice the distributor innovator style

QUOTES:

“A distributors’ superpower really lies in their ability to accurately assess the value of just about anything. When I think about a distributor, I automatically think of the plug.” — Leigh-Ann Buchanan

“If you work with distributors, the most supportive environment you can provide for this innovator style is one in which they are given the agency to invest at their own discretion. Now, that investment can mean time, money, talent… They just have to have the agency to be able to invest resources without much limitation.” — Leigh-Ann Buchanan