The Business of Shaping Future Minds
Setting your brain free to create, innovate and critically think.
Episode 25
EPISODE 25 - Innovation Needs More Ears Than Egos
Because the best ideas rarely start in the boardroom.
We often think innovation begins with the biggest ideas. In reality, it usually begins with the best conversations.
In this episode, Tracy and Soraya are joined by Martin Kearney, whose career has taken him from the music industry to building a successful IT business, before developing products that have improved safety within mental health settings. Together, they explore why genuine innovation isn't driven by ego or expertise alone, but by curiosity, collaboration and the willingness to keep listening.
Drawing on his experience of working closely with customers and end users, Martin shares why the strongest solutions are rarely created in isolation. Instead, they emerge through trust, partnership and a commitment to continual improvement.
Whether you're leading a team, developing a product or navigating change, this conversation is a powerful reminder that the future belongs to those prepared to listen first.
Because innovation doesn't need bigger egos.
It needs better ears.
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Welcome to Brainy Podcasts the Business of Shaping Future Minds where your co-host’s Soraya and Tracy have conversations with leaders in their field, fascinating, inspiring, everyday, extraordinary people about why creativity, innovation and critical thinking are so important in their work, and how keeping their brains healthy frees them to focus on future potential and success.
With Soraya being a leading Applied Organisational Neuroscientist, we naturally lean into how the brain works, alongside our combined commercial experience and 20 plus years working as Executive coaches, with leaders across multiple industries, we share practical tools, tips and techniques to help you develop and transition in this fast moving world.
Together we explore the fundamentals of creativity, innovation and critical thinking. How to create environments that let the social brain flow, without barriers and optimal performance. The importance of brain health for confidence, gravitas and resilience. Using the brains neuroplasticity and how to shape new behaviours, thinking patterns and emotional regulation.
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