Innovation Currency Leigh-Ann Buchanan

In this segment, Howard Herring & Tracey Carter Robertson reflect on their experiences and roles as innovators, uncovering the essence of innovation and the remarkable journey it entails. Tune in as they explore the challenges and rewards of innovating, from navigating vulnerability and fostering change in youth advocacy to tackling environmental sustainability goals. Join their candid conversation as they delve into the intersection of personal commitment, environmental stewardship, and the transformative power of innovation in shaping a sustainable future.

Listen to the full episode here
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/ep2-how-innovation-shapes-the-world-with-tracey/id1737010409?i=1000651131203
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7vywKv0JKIZOce7nrHycBw?si=9738e685d56f46b9
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFqWVuhJiAo

GUEST RESOURCES
Tracey Robertson Carter 
Howard Herring 

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[QUIZ] Discover your hidden innovator type by taking the Innovation Currency Quiz

[BOOK] Discover your hidden innovator today with "Innovation Currency" – a book to help you uncover your unique innovator type and learn how to use innovation to tackle pressing challenges in your life, workplace, and community. Click here to get your copy. 

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Website | Leigh-Ann Buchanan 
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Innovation Currency is produced by EPYC Media Network

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! 

[QUIZ] Discover your hidden innovator type by taking the Innovation Currency Quiz


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’. I don't necessarily know if they're around too much these days, but 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 


[QUIZ] Discover your hidden innovator type by taking the Innovation Currency Quiz

[BOOK] Discover your hidden innovator today with "Innovation Currency" – a book to help you uncover your unique innovator type and learn how to use innovation to tackle pressing challenges in your life, workplace, and community. Click here to get your copy. 

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Website | Leigh-Ann Buchanan 
IG | @leighann.buchanan

Innovation Currency is produced by EPYC Media Network

Dive into a thought-provoking exploration of innovation, culture, and identity in this segment as your host Leigh-Ann Buchanan unpacks the often-overlooked barriers to innovation, discussing the impact of culture and identity on one's ability to self-identify as an innovator. From exclusive examples in health and transportation to the intrinsic factors shaping our innovation skill sets, this conversation challenges prevailing norms and sheds light on the systemic barriers hindering inclusive innovation. Tune in for a compelling discussion that redefines the landscape of innovation and highlights the urgent need for cultural and identity inclusivity in the field.

Listen to the full episode here:
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/ep1-discover-your-hidden-innovator-with-leigh-ann-buchanan/id1737010409?i=1000651142029
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1zWCga48ecw1tfYuMYxC0b?si=d1799d1113ba4f1d
Youtube: https://youtu.be/cWGrQpixHpQ

[QUIZ] Discover your hidden innovator type by taking the Innovation Currency Quiz

[BOOK] Discover your hidden innovator today with "Innovation Currency" – a book to help you uncover your unique innovator type and learn how to use innovation to tackle pressing challenges in your life, workplace, and community. Click here to get your copy. 

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Website | Leigh-Ann Buchanan 
IG | @leighann.buchanan

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In this conversation, Felecia Hatcher, CEO of Black Ambition, and Matt Haggman, Chief Strategic Initiatives Officer of Right to Start unpack how power, relationships, and innovation intersect. 

Tune in to this insightful discussion as we explore how understanding and navigating power structures along with cultivating meaningful relationships can shape our innovator identity. In sharing his experiences with power dynamics and the role relationships have played in his career, Matt emphasizes the importance of developing an intentional awareness of individual and community level barriers to accessing opportunity. Felecia also shares her insights on the impact of power imbalances while she reflects on the challenges and lessons learned in navigating formal and informal political structures. She highlights the importance of building social capital and how relationships can drive change.

Don't miss out on this engaging episode with Felecia and Matt today!

[QUIZ] Discover your hidden innovator type by taking the Innovation Currency Quiz

KEY POINTS:
- The importance of recognizing your innovator identity
- The impact of pivotal relationships in shaping your innovator journey
- Navigating barriers and building social capital in the innovation space
- Felecia and Matt’s top three innovator superpowers
- The transformative power of belief in yourself and your ideas
- Understanding the intersection of power, relationships, and innovation
- The role of political power in influencing the innovator's journey
- Cultivating intimate and trust-based relationships for innovation
- The significance of outside validation in affirming your innovative ideas

QUOTES: 
"Innovation is built on having the ability to constantly listen very closely and carefully, and then take that into interesting and productive places." - Matt Haggman
"I'm confident enough that even if I have to go back and start from ground zero, that confidence of that skill set, that background, and the impact — I can build again. And that is innovation at its core as well." - Felicia Hatcher
"I hate the term networking because it is so transactional. When you think about relationships, they're not only unlocking opportunities for you, there are those that are cultivating intimacy." - Leigh-Ann Buchanan

GUEST RESOURCES

Matt Hagman 
LinkedIn | @matthaggman

Felicia Hatcher
Website | www.feleciahatcher.com
LinkedIn | @feleciahatcher

[QUIZ] Discover your hidden innovator type by taking the Innovation Currency Quiz

[BOOK] Discover your hidden innovator today with "Innovation Currency" – a book to help you uncover your unique innovator type and learn how to use innovation to tackle pressing challenges in your life, workplace, and community. Click here to get your copy. 

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Website | Leigh-Ann Buchanan 
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Innovation Currency is produced by EPYC Media Network

Corey Davis and Dejha Carrington share a thought provoking and insightful conversation about how identity and innovation intersect. We explore the importance of representation, authenticity, and power in harnessing the power of innovation to effectuate social change.  They each share stories of their personal journey of self-discovery and experience as innovators as well as the pivotal role mentors played in shaping their respective paths.

Dejha emphasizes how curiosity, creativity, and strategy foster innovation.  Corey delves into how powerful authenticity and holding uncomfortable positions are in driving systemic change. This conversation also highlights why innovators are essential to reimagine systems that have failed us in times of urgency, why we need more diverse models of innovation and resilience. Discover how embracing your superpowers and tapping into a larger sense of purpose can lead to transformative innovation and help create a more inclusive and equitable future. 

Tune in with Leigh-Ann, Corey, and Dejha to gain insights into the vital role innovators play in reshaping societal structures and driving meaningful change.

[QUIZ] Discover your hidden innovator type by taking the Innovation Currency Quiz

KEY POINTS:
- Corey and Dejha’s definition of innovators
- The pivotal role of community support and personal experiences in innovation
- How innovators can serve as catalysts for systemic change
- The significance of how innovators can create an inclusive and liberated future
- The importance of representation in the innovation space
- The intersection of authenticity and power in innovation
- Why do we need innovators?

QUOTES: 
"I think it's incredibly important to have representation in the space and not just one kind of representation. You need to have intersectionality." — Dejha Carrington

"I think it's the only way that we really can unlock the keys to innovation… We need to work with each other to make room and lift as many people as possible along the way." — Corey Davis

GUEST RESOURCES
Corey Davis | Maven Leadership Collective
LinkedIn | @corey-davis-37b400126 

Dejha Carrington 
Website | dejhacarrington
IG | @arringtoner 
LinkedIn | @dejhacarrington 

[QUIZ] Discover your hidden innovator type by taking the Innovation Currency Quiz

[BOOK] Discover your hidden innovator today with "Innovation Currency" – a book to help you uncover your unique innovator type and learn how to use innovation to tackle pressing challenges in your life, workplace, and community. Click here to get your copy. 

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Website | Leigh-Ann Buchanan 
IG | @leighann.buchanan


Innovation Currency is produced by EPYC Media Network

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!

[QUIZ] Discover your hidden innovator type by taking the Innovation Currency Quiz

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

[QUIZ] Discover your hidden innovator type by taking the Innovation Currency Quiz

[BOOK] Discover your hidden innovator today with "Innovation Currency" – a book to help you uncover your unique innovator type and learn how to use innovation to tackle pressing challenges in your life, workplace, and community. Click here to get your copy. 

Enjoying this podcast? Follow Leigh-Ann for more! 

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Website | Leigh-Ann Buchanan 
IG | @leighann.buchanan


Innovation Currency is produced by EPYC Media Network