Have you ever thought about how much our thinking and actions are shaped by the lenses through which we observe the world? What captures our attention, and how do we recognize current and interesting trends? Perhaps someone or several people have influenced our thinking in a lasting way.

These are some of the topics we explore in our series of innovator interviews. We are not collecting success stories. We are exploring the thinking behind them, the mindsets, questions and habits that keep innovators moving.

David Cleevely, a serial entrepreneur, investor, ecosystem builder and chairman of Chemify

Innovation is often described as a moment: a breakthrough, an invention, an inspired leap. David Cleevely sees something larger. Innovation requires both movement and grounding. A grasshopper mind needs somewhere to land.

Doron Appelboim, Innovator

Doron Appelboim is a pilot, builder and systems designer who grew up with a single guiding principle: ”I don´t know how yet – but I´m not afraid to try.”

Michael Schmidt, Founder of Innovation Company Hyve

”I look for principles outside the topics of the main challenges where these seem to work and are solved already. Nature, science, art…”