Defined in the simplest terms, to “innovate” is to make change. An innovator, then, can take on many different forms – from an inventor or pioneer introducing a game-changing product, concept, or idea to the world for the first time, to an outside-the-box thinker trying something familiar in a way that no one else has quite thought of before.
Take a look around Traverse City and you will see innovators everywhere – and not just in the region’s burgeoning tech scene. In 2022, there are innovators in northern Michigan who are changing the game in healthcare, education, energy, humanitarian efforts, …