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.
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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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