But we can’t ignore the risks associated with being transformative. A good idea, executed at the right time, in the right place, has the power to create markets, unlock potential, generate opportunities. Innovation seems to be something we’re all chasing. But being innovative doesn’t come without its risks. In this episode, we welcome Matthew Maclennan, mechanical design engineer at Steve Vick International, to talk about what defines an innovative idea, and, more importantly, how to turn it into a business model.
Matthew spent the formative years of his life taking things apart. It seems the productive part of his life has been spent putting things together. Matthew has a keen interest in systems and the way that things connect and link together. Be that a group of people or software, hardware, data, or intelligence.Â
Putting things together has led him to develop innovative solutions to fairly ordinary problems. If there is an opportunity to make something better while fixing it, Matthew tends to focus on that, rather than solving the original problem; so he is not much use as a mechanic anymore.