Innovator Insights

About Innovator Insights

Exploring the minds and journeys of today’s innovators to inspire tomorrow’s leaders. Every episode tells the story of an innovator, someone who has faced challenges, overcome obstacles, and carved a new path in industries like technology, business, education, and beyond. Through their triumphs and setbacks, we uncover the heart of what it means to lead, to innovate, and to shape the future.

Publisher

GAT Labs

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

17 Jan 2025

Latest episode

15 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

22 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Aug 2026

   Martin LeBlanc | Leading Creative Teams Through the AI Revolution

   In Episode 19 of Innovator Insights, host Scott Fisher (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottvfisher/) chats with Martin LeBlanc (https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinleblanc/), CXO at Magnific (https://www.magnific.com/) (co-founder of Iconfinder and former Freepik executive). Together, they cut through the AI hype to look at the practical reality of corporate AI adoption. Martin shares how generative AI is democratizing high-end video and design workflows, why Freepik made the bold move to rebrand to Magnific, and how leaders can overcome employee anxiety around AI automation. They also dive into why human "taste" remains the ultimate differentiator when everyone has access to the exact same powerful tools.

2. 

   15 Jul 2026

   Dr. Kapil Mathur | Steering the Future of Education: Moving Beyond a Standardized System

   On this episode of Innovator Insights, we are Steering the Future of Education with Dr. Kapil Mathur, Executive Director of the Orange County Academy of Sciences and Arts. Named a business visionary by the LA Times, Dr. Mathur joins us to discuss why standard, rigid school systems fail to account for how kids actually learn and how his public charter network is shaking up the status quo. We dive deep into the vital difference between passive screen time and active creation, the powerful role AI can play in easing teacher burdens, and why the ultimate goal of modern education must be treating students as true individuals.

3. 

   18 Jun 2026

   Will Richardson | Why Technology Can't Fix a Broken Education System

   Grab a coffee and settle in because this episode of Innovator Insights is going to stretch your brain. Host Scott Fisher (https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottvfisher/)connects with author, TEDx speaker, and systemic change advocate Will Richardson (https://futureserious.school/#about ) for an urgent, unfiltered look at why our educational and cultural institutions are fracturing. Once a pioneer of digital learning, Will has shifted from looking at shiny new tools to analyzing why legacy systems resist true innovation. In this episode, Scott and Will discuss why tech founders cannot fix human problems with AI, the dangerous transition from the attention economy to the AI attachment economy, and what learning actually looks like when you eliminate desks, 45-minute bells, and legacy metrics in favor of nature-entangled, parallel ecosystems.

Who has been a guest on Innovator Insights

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Nikos Loutas
• Taylor May
• Dr Matthew X Joseph
• Lee Mandel
• Rachelle Dené Poth

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

6,509

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

35

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

32

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