What if you could engineer your dream life one built on innovation, service, and lasting impact?

In this trip, Forging in the New Land of Innovation, Michigan’s Garlin Gilchrist II shares how he engineered a dream life from his start in engineering to becoming the state’s first Black lieutenant governor.From building computers at 16 to leading statewide transformation, Garlin reveals the principles and strategies that can help anyone turn vision into results.

Through his lens as an engineer, public servant, and father, he breaks down how to identify the right problems to solve, rally people around your vision, and create systems that work for everyone. Along the way, you’ll hear how his own roadmap for innovation has closed the tech gap, cleared over a million criminal records, expanded affordable housing, and built programs that keep talent and opportunity rooted in Michigan.

Trip Highlights:

💡 Innovation That Includes Everyone – Why “new, different, better” ideas must create value for more people

💻 From Tech to Public Service – Applying engineering problem-solving to rebuild systems and communities

⚖️ Systems That Change Lives – From clearing over a million offenses, to building 60,000 homes and expanding mental health care for all, Garlin shows what innovation looks like in action

🚀 The Michigan Blueprint – Creating a future where no one has to leave to succeed If you’ve ever been frustrated by slow progress or systems that leave people out, this conversation delivers a proven roadmap for innovation showing you how to go from idea to action, and from action to lasting change.

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Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist's Contact Information:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garlinii/

Website: https://garlingilchrist.com/

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Trip Itinerary/Chapters:

0:00 - 3:46 | Intro: Meet Michigan's Lieutenant Governor, Garlin Gilchrist

3:47 - 6:26 | The Core of Identity: Husband, Father, Engineer

6:27 - 10:23 | The First Experience with Innovation

10:24 - 12:49 | Lessons in Building & Giving Back

12:50 - 14:19 | Technology & Imagination

14:20 - 18:39 | From Basketball to Leadership

18:40 - 21:39 | The Engineer's Mindset

21:40 - 23:22 | Solving the Housing Crisis

23:23 - 27:35 | A Bold Move to Microsoft

27:36 - 34:03 | The Power of Coming Home

34:04 - 40:18 | Making the "Impossible" Possible

40:19 - 46:10 | Staying Grounded in a Public Role

46:11 - 55:31 | The Seeds of Public Service

55:32 - 58:00 | Confirmation: The Full-Circle Moments

58:01 - 1:06:17 | The Cost of Innovation: Personal Sacrifices & The Michigan Innovation Fund

1:06:18 - 1:23:54 | The Future of Michigan