The Global Leadership Podcast Ep 197: Innovation (with David Ashcraft)
Feb 3, 2026
David Ashcraft, President & CEO known for leading organizational growth, reframes innovation as remixing familiar ideas. He describes field trips and cross-industry sessions to spark thinking. He stresses adapting ideas to context, involving teams in design, and building rhythms that create space to innovate.
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Innovation Is Recombination
- Innovation rarely requires creating from nothing; it combines known elements in new ways.
- Friedrich Haran: mix two familiar things to form something novel and useful.
Field Trips To Learn From Bigger Churches
- LCBC studied Willow Creek and Saddleback to observe practices and adapt what fit their context.
- They tested ideas locally rather than copying big churches exactly, which shaped their growth.
Take Teams To See Ideas In Action
- Don't just tell people change is needed; take them to see it so they experience the idea.
- Let teams observe, choose what fits, and return energized to implement contextualized changes.