Sarah Lietz, Chief Experience Officer, MDC and Christie Kimbell, Chief Product Officer, Filene Research Institute provide insights and updates on what is happening in the most innovative pockets of the credit union and financial services space today and how growth-minded leaders can take advantage of innovative ideas to gain a new POV in 2023.

In this episode, we dig into their decades of exploration into learning, growing and keeping up with innovation personally, professional and organizationally.

Here are a few highlights on the insights they share:

Tip 1 – it’s okay to have help when things are overwhelming -- credit unions swim in a collaborative community and innovation support is out there for you if you want it. Our networks are our secret weapons to make our work better, faster and easier.

Tip 2 – it’s a mindset flip to move to thinking about your services embedded into experiences instead of spaces. Start envisioning your financial products serving moments.

Tip 3 – jump in and explore something you know nothing about, maybe it’s the Metaverse, maybe its NFTs. We all look funny high-fiving air from the outsiders POV but you can guarantee you’ll come out knowing more than when you went in.

Tip 4 – if you want to learn without being overwhelmed, find the ones that have expertise or at least something thought provoking to say about the ideas or concepts you want to explore. (This is how Christie and Sarah have become podcasting experts!)

Tip 5 – The key to being a learning organization is to be diligent about finding time and space to think and strategize. In a world where strategy is built in minutes, give yourself and your teams responsible for strategy the time they need to think it through.