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Waiting for lightening to strike or that magical aha moment to hit you isn't actually the best approach to innovation. As my guest today, Julie Holmes, technology and product expert, will tell you, it doesn't help you become a repeat innovator. Julie shares with us her processes for driving continual innovation, always finding the opportunities to innovate in the "ahs" and "ughs," and how rules actually help her be a stronger innovator. She breaks down her process for ensuring that she has a process that generates innovation, keeps strong ideas moving forward, and weeds out the bad ones. Julie also talks about the realization that not all of her products have mass appeal and how her idea of success is a lot of smaller ideas realized to their full potential.

Julie's Everyday Innovator style: Inquisitive Futuristic

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It's so easy to let the daily grind keep us from working on what really matters. The constant pressures, tasks, and uncertainty can easily derail our days and suck our mental energy. Today's guest, City Librarian at Denver Public Library Michelle Jeske, shares how she led her team through change and didn't allow the pressures of the day distract them from their bigger vision. Michelle talks about how an organization as old and embedded as libraries tapped the power of innovation to bring community, connection and value to the neighborhoods they serve. She also talks about the importance of teamwork and how the creation of strategic guideposts kept their eyes on the prize and helped them become stronger on the other side of the challenges they faced. She also shares how she had to get more present and better understand the new challenges her team faced was essential to their success. 

Michelle's Everyday Innovator style: Collaborative Tweaker

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This week's insights are all about being 10% better, building partnerships, focusing on who you can be, and understanding motivators. The Everyday Innovators came for a diverse set of experiences, backgrounds and Everyday Innovator styles. Marcy Eastman (Collaborative Imaginative) the top real estate agent, Jeff Reisig (Futuristic Inquisitive) the district attorney in California, Kris Boesch (Instinctual Imaginative) president of ChoosePeople, and Duncan Seawell (Futuristic Inquisitive) board member of Forging Youth Resilience. I'm also going to start the episode with an experience I once had that proved to me that innovation is from everyone and everywhere. In doing so I hope you find ways to take what you are learning and transfer it into action. Clink and listen to any of the episodes. 

 

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t's so easy to tell someone what to do, what they should believe, and even what they are capable of. But often times those words fall short. Past experiences, skepticism, and doubt can keep someone from living up from their potential, even if you see it in them. As my guest today child psychologist and board member of Forging Youth Resilience non-profit (FYR) knows, this especially true for at-risk or disadvantaged youth. In our conversation, Duncan shares how lip service doesn't get you far, but giving kids a chance to overcome challenges they didn't even think there were capable of trickles out to confidence across other areas of their lives. Duncan also talks about how he has inspired so many to volunteer and give their time to the program by understanding their motivates and finding ways to connect the dots back to their vision. He also opens up about how his passion to impact individuals is what keeps him so dedicated. 

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Duncan's Everyday Innovator style: Futuristic Inquisitive

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Often times the best results don't come from your actions, your tactics, or your to-do list. As my guest,  president of ChoosePeople, Kris Boesch, told me, her real success came from elevating from a person of doing to a person of being. Kris explains how this subtle but important shift opened up new possibilities and more happiness. She also shares how she's gotten comfortable with incompletion, and in fact feels like it's part of living a rich life. She also digs into how we never really manage time and should instead be focused on priority management. She also shares how her move from muscling through things to being more in a state of flow led to both ease and velocity in her work and life. She also shares some good nuggets about the power of presence. 

Kris's Everyday Innovator style: Instinctual Inquisitive

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When you combine passion, drive and innovation, you become a role model of transformative change for those around you. Our Everyday Innovator guest, Jeff Reisig, is the district attorney in Yolo County California, and the leader of a team known for pushing innovative solutions and programs forward in a field known for being bureaucratic and resistant to change. Jeff shares with me how the combination of passion, partnerships and calculated risks can lead to measurable results. Jeff also shares how he built a culture of innovation where ideas from all corners of the office, and the field, are not only welcomed, but encouraged. He also opens up about how he looks at failure inside the process of getting to success.

Jeff's Everyday Innovator style: Futuristic Inquisitive

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How do you build a successful career in a complex and ever-changing industry? How do you keep yourself from being a legacy player and actually innovative and ahead? My guest today, real estate agent Marcy Eastman, knows exactly how to do this. In our conversation she shares her keys for building a highly successful career by focusing on the 10% better rule, only making choices and decisions that feel good and right to you, and why she doesn't really pay attention to all the noise. She also talks about how understanding the new motivators of your key stakeholders is the key to getting a win-win.  

 

 

Marcy's Everyday Innovator style: Collaborative Imaginative

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This week's insights are all about the power of little wins, active listening, helping others move forward, and decision-making. The Everyday Innovators came for a diverse set of experiences, backgrounds and Everyday Innovator styles.  Tommy Bagwell (Experiential Risk Taker) the salon owner, Keith Belling (Tweaker Instinctual) of RightRice, Enrique Rubio (Risk Taker Inquisitive) founder of HackingHR, and and Keith Renninson (Futuristic Collaborative) the TRIP speaker and coach.I'm going to share the aha moments that spoke to me and how they impacted my work and results. I'm also going to start the episode with one of the most powerful lesson I've ever received - Jump on 2!  In doing so I hope you find ways to take what you are learning and transfer it into action. Link and listen to any of the episodes. 

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What do you do when you hit a wall? When you feel like you are spinning your wheels or feeling you can't quit get to the next level? According to my guest, Keith Renninson, you drink some wine, grab a white board and start to map out the future. Keith is the creator of the TRIP (tenacity, resilience, imagination, purpose) Method and Assessment. In our conversation he shares with me how he knew he needed to think differently about how to bring his expertise to market, how having a tangible product helped him differentiate himself in a very crowded space, and why looking to the future and working backwards was the start of a new path to success. Keith dives into the importance of decision making, believing in yourself and pushing forward, especially in the tough times. He also shares why a whiteboard is the key to new ideas. 

Keith's Everyday Innovator style: Futuristic Collaborative

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When you are trying to lead change, you hit a lot of resistance. That resistance comes from people fearing being left behind, people afraid of what change might mean for how they do their job, or just confusion around what change means for them. My guest today, Enrique Rubio, as the founder of HackingHR, has a lot of experience dealing with the resistors of change, and pushing through them. In our conversation Enrique shares how he had this vision for what's possible in the human resources field, and how that gap in where they are today versus where they need to be tomorrow drove him to "hack HR." He also talks about how he recognizes people's fear of change and instead of leaving people behind, works to help people see what's possible and the role they have in the future. He also dives into how he handles rejection, what he learn from it, and why he thinks all the nos he's received have made him and his ideas stronger. Enrique also talk about the power of building community and momentum to ignite lasting change. 

Enrique's Everyday Innovator style: Risk Taker Instinctual

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