Kevin
"Kev-innovation"Meredith
Obsessed with innovation.
Compelled by value, systems, and authenticity.
Small town upbringing.
Big cosmic dreams.
I hope that people see that my story is not original nor special. That there is capacity in all of us to go, and help others go, further than we are expected to – no matter where we come from. That responsibility lies in all of us to understand ourselves and the world around us. That we as individuals, and the collective, must seek truth while being relentlessly persistent in doing what is right; even when nobody is watching or it is inconvenient.
Value, Systems, and Authenticity
It is hard to simplify any person or career into just three words but when I reflect back on my life, it seems impossible to disassociate these terms from being at the forefront of the good times and bad. From best I can tell, the greatest in human innovation hangs in the overlap.
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“Innovation is the conversion of creativity into value for stakeholders.”
Kevin Meredith
Value is arguably the most important part of innovation. It enables a true brokerage of ideas, needs, and achieving impact.
Stakeholders are all the people that are counting on us and the ones that ultimately define value; too much is missed when we only cater to those with a checkbook.
Conversion plays the crucial role of processing inputs into the desired outcome. Without focus here, pontification is mistaken for impact.
Creativity provides a critical impulse that is more encompassing than the old paradigm when “new” was enough.
The greatest hope for our biggest challenges are systems-based remedies.
WESEE
Wellness, Education, Society, Ethics, and the Environment system effects will shape our future with or without intent.
IIS
The 4th Sector Innovations’ Integrated Innovation System provides the ability to baseline and transform.
Risk Six Secrets
Risk and opportunity management requires must be informed by our dynamic system interactions.
Kevin Meredith
from “Innovation Insights” video series
“Today’s prevailing expectations for value will ultimately be deemed completely inadequate in the long run.”
Value is…
> quarterly profit
We have got to stop convincing ourselves that we can be optimally successful in the long run by being overly fixated on near term performance. The data is in our face but we refuse to extend our horizons of responsibility in nearly every dominant social system. How many companies on the New York Stock Exchange were there 100 years ago?
> one dimension
We have to insist that any measure of value takes into account the collective positive and negative contributions – this is the minimum threshold. We need to implement more comprehensive understanding and accounting of the true costs and benefits so that we can jointly realize our optimal potential. What are two things can you do today to start balancing the equation?
> sole perspective
We have to ensure that the systems we are counting on to deliver our greatest outcomes genuinely consider the diversity of associated stakeholders. We operate in dynamic systems and those of us making the decisions need more effective feedback loops and rigor. Can you think of a single entity that is in complete control without interfaces to external influence?
Check out some of the ways I am trying
This path was not predicted. The plan I once had failed to account for illuminated pathways that emerge through discovery. Try to carve out space to explore every day and let your learning inform where aim to be. Thank you to everyone that has taken, or is currently taking, a chance with me and the organizations I represent.
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