So, it’s November 8 2020 as of the time of me recording this week’s episode and, if you’ve been watching the news, it’s been quite a week for those of us living in the US.

Amidst the confusion, tension, anxiety and unrest here in the US, I thought I would provide a counter-point and talk about innovation born out of threat. Specifically, looking at innovations that have emerged in 2020 as a result of COVID-19.

Humans have always responded to existential threat, or risk, by seeking the new. The innovative. The ground breaking. Solutions that haven’t yet been discovered or deployed. The reality is, humans are an Apex species largely because of our capacity to adapt and change.

I figure, in these troubling times of the unknown, what better way to remind everyone that the flipside of threat is opportunity. Beautiful, perfect, exquisite, humankind changing opportunity.

So, today, let’s talk about some of the real-time innovations we are seeing that exemplify what it means to be good at risk.

The Risktory Podcast is created, hosted and produced by Jacinthe A Galpin.

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