Innovation is not just making a buck :: Todd Khozein

What is Innovation?

Todd Khozein is the founder of the Founder and Co-CEO of SecondMuse, an impact and innovation company building resilient economies by supporting entrepreneurs and the ecosystems around them.

More about our guest:

The company is a manifestation of Todd’s impassioned belief that economic and social systems can be built inclusively and not at the expense of human dignity and the health of the planet. To test his theories and gain a deeper understanding of how to build and execute better systems, Todd earned a medical degree from the University of New Mexico, spent years developing a range of businesses, and co-founded SecondMuse in 2008. He’s proud to serve on the Board of Directors of TechSoup Global and The Circulate Initiative.

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Episode Guide:

0:00 - Intro

1:33 - What Is Innovation?

2:23 - What does 'big' mean?

3:41 - 'BIG' in Tech: Scale

5:07 - Social Media: adverse effects on body image perspective

6:10 - Thinking in Spheres

8:04 - Arriving at the broader view of innovation

9:48 - The medical field perspective: homeostasis

13:09 - Segregation: of knowledge and markets

14:33 - Coalescence: travel, upbringing, cultures, experiences

15:41 - Relationships, Connections, and Synthesizing

17:51 - Human aspect of Innovation

18:16 - Vicious cycles and Virtuous cycles

20:21 - What isn't innovation?

22:38 - Finding the right people who'll operate and support you

23:32 - Driving towards harmony

24:44 - Past vs Present: Conversations of necessity

26:12 - Decentralization of the world of Tech: moving out of California

27:12 - Pandemic supply chain crisis

28:05 - Homogeneity of thought and risk aversion

29:52 - Diversity: don't put your egg in one basket

32:07 - Advice to innovators
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