Encouraging Purposeful Creativity & Innovation with Butch Herod

How do we give kids a learning environment that helps innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship flourish? This podcast episode takes this on, as we interview Dr. Edmond “Butch” Herod. He is the director of the West Houston Institute for Innovation. Butch gives his take on the need to give students space to take risks and explore, which is how students develop resilience and confidence. He also discusses his work with the IDEAS Academy, a program expanding youth's ideas and possibilities. He shares how innovative partnerships have given students the opportunity to use their ingenuity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.