What is Innovation?

Innovation is the unconstrained combination of risk, thought leadership and timing :: Derek Lawson

Episode Summary

Episode 81 of What is Innovation podcast is here! This week's guest, Derek Lawson, Founder - Owner of Navigate Financial in Suwanee, GA, shares his three-part definition of innovation. This episode also dives into the innovation in the world of financial advisory services. How do you strike the balance of risk, thought leadership, and timing in your innovation efforts? Tune in to hear Derek share his insights, experiences, and advice on how to innovate for the future.

Episode Notes

Derek Lawson, the Founder - Owner of Navigate Financial in Suwanee, GA. Since becoming a Financial Advisor in 2007, Derek has helped his clients, their families, and friends achieve financial confidence by developing strategies focused on their specific financial goals and needs. In this episode, Derek shares his three-part definition of innovation. This episode also dives into the innovation in the world of financial advisory services.

More about our guest:

Derek and his team seek to always maintain a high level of confidence with their clients as a basis of building trust and reinforcing value. Derek believes that planning is much more than the accumulation of assets for a particular goal but more so a process of helping his clients avoid avenues of failure on the road to goal achievement. Derek is passionate about continuous learning to further advance his planning and investment. Derek earned his MBA from Georgia State in 2012. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ holding the CFP® designation and also a Retirement Income Certified Professional holding the RICP® designation. Derek is the proud father of two sons, Lamarrius and Derek II, and two granddaughters, London and Ryleigh.