Innovation isn’t one dimensional. Neither is digital transformation. To be successful, they both require an artistry that’s collaborative, community-based, and empowering. Years ago, my doctoral dissertation used the lens of Caribbean writers to explore how the region might re-imagine innovation in an age of disruptive digital technologies and business models. Since then, Caribbean creatives have taught me more about managing radical disruption in a digital, distributed, decentralised age than any government-led process ever did. Yet, too many Caribbean countries privilege external knowledge in the form of foreign consultancies while devaluing the ideas, wisdom, and capability that come from home-grown talent. There was a time, and perhaps still is, when many gifted Caribbean people felt they had no choice but to perfect their craft and develop their expertise in exile. Exile that was sometimes self-imposed, sometimes forced, but necessary to earn a living, to make a life, to challenge the status quo from a safe and healthy distance. Many left the geographies of their nativity in order to question, confront, oppose, learn, create, innovate … to become … ultimately discovering and strengthening a sense of Caribbean belonging. Yet, I often wonder how it has impacted the region to have so many gifted sons and daughters leave in search of good ground where their ideas, hopes and dreams might flourish. In this generation, what should Caribbean countries do, if anything, to build channels that allow Caribbean creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship to flow freely within a single regional space?  Tune in to Episode 11 of the My Belonging podcast series, “Innovations: The Artistry of Belonging”, where I explore some key issues. Thanks for listening!