Ep. 9: Innovator Blueprint: The Disruptor

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 focus on the distributor innovator style. We will explore the disruptor style’s ability to reimagine systems and understand the most complex ideas and concepts. Join me as we unpack the critical role disruptors play in reshaping perspectives, removing structural barriers, and accelerating change in the very foundations of society. Drawing from real-life examples and personal reflections, I also reveal how disruptor’s superpowers manifest in challenging the most entrenched social, political, economic and cultural systems.

From their ability to help us shift how we see and experience the world, to leveraging technology as a secret weapon, disruptors are at the forefront of creating new ways of being and doing. So tune in and learn how to tap into the power of the Disruptor as we explore this Innovator style!

KEY POINTS:

- The importance of the Disruptor Innovator Style

- How Disruptors impact systems and innovation

- The Disruptors’ pivotal role in creating sustainable outcomes

- Disruptors’ secret weapon: Technology

- Common challenges Disruptors encounter

- The need for supportive environments to help Disruptors to thrive

- The essence of encouraging Disruptors to imagine the impossible and do the unthinkable

QUOTES:

“When I think about disruptors, I often think about a toy that I used to have as a kid called a ‘kaleidoscope’.You would look in the viewfinder, and as soon as you would turn the dial, what you saw would change automatically.” — Leigh-Ann Buchanan

“Disruptor's secret weapon, in my opinion, is technology. Why? Because technology is an exponential force multiplier that inherently operates at scale.” — Leigh-Ann Buchanan