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Innovation as a Practice: Jessica O. Matthews on Building Ideas into Impact

April 30, 2026·22 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

What if innovation isn’t a moment of breakthrough but a practice shaped by community, lived experience, and responsibility?In this episode of NeoConversations, Jessica O. Matthews offers a powerful reframing of innovation not as an individual act, but as a collective one.Drawing from her experience building ideas into real-world impact, Jessica introduces her approach to innovation through a pattern-based framework, one that challenges how we identify opportunity, assess risk, and move from concept to execution.Rather than offering a formula, she invites listeners into a way of thinking, one grounded in discipline, context, and the belief that the most meaningful ideas are shaped in relationship to the communities they serve.She closes with a clear call to action, urging designers and leaders to rethink not just what they build but how and for whom they build it.Find out more about Lived Labs: http://www.livedlabs.coSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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