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All it takes is one person to make a difference so big it ripples out across an entire industry set in its ways. My Everyday Innovator guest, Matthew Fischer, is that person. He shares with me how he's working hard to change the narrative around healthcare and help people get lasting results from the inside out. As a physical therapist and the founder of the Core Reprogramming system, Matthew shares his experience of battling the system, how his passion for helping others keeps him pushing forward, and how believing in something bigger than yourself, especially in the tough times, is essential for the soul. He also opens up about his beliefs around the mind body connection, and how attitude, and specifically stress, can have a massive impact on your health. Matthew's Everyday Innovator style:   Use code ‘Tamara’ at checkout for discount

The only way to truly grow and change is to start within, with yourself. The only way to innovate,  adapt and win is to own your reality and what you need to do to move forward. Today's guest, Everyday Innovator Monika Philp, embraces a growth mindset in everything she does. Monika is the Director of Tech Leadership and Member Development at the AIM Institute. She talks to me about the importance of growing yourself in order to grow your world, the power of taking those small brave steps, and how she did a major pivot in her work that lead to measurable results. She also digs into why positivity is a powerful driver and how being solution-minded is the most essential skill  in today's ever-changing, fast-paced world we all live in.  Monika's Everyday Use code ‘Tamara’ at checkout for discount

Your self talk is powerful. It can bring you down or boost you up. As my Everyday Innovator guest, Sharon Moskowitz, shares your self-talk is who you become. It drives how you think and how you act. As a human performance coach, Sharon knows how integrated mindset is into our results. She also digs into how innovation doesn’t happen inside a perfectly defined box, how being uncomfortable is essential for growth, the difference between being gracious with ourselves and letting ourselves off the hook, and how she figured out a way to use what she had right in front of her in new ways to create breakthrough results. She also shares how the most important relationship you can nurture is the one with yourself.  Sharon’s Everyday Use code ‘Tamara’ at checkout for discount

Whether you are operating in a startup space or a part of a huge company, creating a culture of experimentation can be the difference between ideas dying and ideas gaining traction. Yet, it's not always easy to fight the culture of "presentation" to the right culture of action. My guest, Everyday Innovator Brian Ardinger, has some insights on how to do this. He also talks about the difference between innovation inside the company and outside of the company? We also dig into why ideas often go nowhere and innovation gets stuck, as well as the appropriate metrics to be using in the early stages of innovation. As the Director of Innovation at Nelnet, most commonly known for being a student loan service, but which also operates in other financial services, and the host of InsideOutside.IO  podcast, Brian knows a lot of how experimentation is the secret sauce to innovation success. 

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Sometimes life requires trade-offs. At first those trade-offs can seem like you are losing something. But what if those tough decisions actually lead to a better outcome?  According to today's Everyday Innovator guest, Rachel Greiman, her tough choices were extremely hard at first but turned into some of the best decisions she made. Rachel, a photographer and website copywriter for other photographers, shares how she had to make some really tough choices in order to balance what she needs, her family needs,and what her clients need. She also talks about how she realized excitement and optimism don't have to go hand in hand, how she's not afraid, and even encourages, people to not want to work with her, and how most of our goals do nothing but stress us out. Rachel also opens up about embracing being different in a market full of sameness.  Rachel’s Everyday Innovator style: Use code ‘Tamara’ at checkout for discount

This week's insights are all about efficiency vs. effectiveness, the power of stress, inexperience as a positive & gap thinking.  I'm also going to share a story about rearranging the box you have to find your big ideas - hint, it has to do with hairy legs, vodka and razors. The Everyday Innovators came for a diverse set of experiences, backgrounds and Everyday Innovator styles. technology & conversational commerce leader, business coach and entrepreneur,  engineer and leader at Schneider Electric  and leader in the IT events space & owner EFM Events. I'm going to share my big insights and experiments and in doing so I hope you find ways to take what you are learning and transfer it into action. Click and listen to any of the episodes.  Tamara's Everyday Innovator style: Check out our sponsor Code 'Tamara' for 20% off your order

Do you find yourself following the crowd, trying to mimic or keep up with those around you? Or do you copy what others do successfully hoping it will work for you? If you answered yes, you aren't alone. As the owner of EFM Events, today's Everyday Innovator, Gary Peyton, shares his insights on realizing that there was more opportunity in the gaps, than riding the wave with everyone else. He also shares how building something beyond himself helped him find his purpose and dial up his impact. And, he talks about how serving "the underserved" people in your market holds tremendous potential. Gary's Everyday Innovator style: Use code ‘Tamara’ at checkout for discount

Innovation doesn’t happen alone. In fact siloing of innovation to the select few only hinders innovation. Our Everyday Innovator guest, Sean Richard, Innovation Leader at Schneider Electric, shares with us how he and his organization has really embraced the idea that innovation is everybody’s business inside the company. Sean gives us some examples of innovative ideas that have come forth from unlikely places, and how other members of the team have responded to this. He also explains why at Schneider, winning business is not about lowering prices – it’s about adding value, and how that drives innovation. We also dig into his innovation playbook and portal that serves to promote innovation, why a culture of innovation is so important, and how Sean has pushed for a more human-centered approach at Schneider. Sean’s unique Everyday Innovator style:  Use code ‘Tamara’ at checkout for discount