Join us on "What is Innovation?" where Jared Simmons discusses what it takes to generate game-changing ideas with Dr. Craig Detweiler, President of Wedgwood Circle and Dean of the College of Arts and Media at Grand Canyon University. Dr. Detweiler shares his insights on innovation: "Innovation is all about changing the game. It shifts the paradigm in ideas, culture, and products, introducing something we haven't seen before."
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Dr Craig Detweiler is the president and CEO of Wedgwood Circle, a philanthropic investment collective funding creative projects of meaning. He is also dean of the College of Arts and Media at Grand Canyon University. In recent years, Dr. Detweiler has worked in various roles within academia, including professor of communications at Pepperdine University, associate professor and chair of the mass communication department at Biola University, and director of the Reel Spiritual Institute at Fuller Seminary. His cultural commentary has appeared on Nightline, CNN, NPR, the New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. His award-winning documentaries include Remand (narrated by Angela Bassett), Purple State of Mind, and unCommon Sounds. In 2016, he was named Variety’s Mentor of the Year, and for years he has blogged at Patheos as “Doc Hollywood.”
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Episode Guide:
0:00 - Intro
0:49 - What is Innovation?
1:22 - Shifting the paradigm
5:09 - Book: Honest Creativity
10:37 - Creativity, empathy, and entrepreneurship
12:10 - Perceiving and Receiving
16:45 - Entrepreneurship, purpose, and innovation
21:46 - Purpose: what it entails
23:27 - Innovation, purpose, and creativity with an entrepreneur
27:21 - Advice to Innovators
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