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title: Innovation, Growth & Partnerships | Podcast
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# [Innovation, Growth & Partnerships | Podcast](https://emergentinsight.org/blog/innovation-growth-partnerships)

 Written by [Julia Neuman](https://emergentinsight.org/blog/author/julia-neuman) | Jan 11, 2025 5:00:00 AM

Join Nicola Nicholson, Group Head of Marketing at Gen II and one of the Programme Founders at Emergent.

She had the pleasure of speaking to a good friend and Emergent member – Iryna Chekanava.

We’re so excited to share this episode with you.

Iryna’s responsible for Innovation, Growth & Partnerships at Lloyd’s Lab.

Give the episode a listen and hear about her experience with building a strong Lab ecosystem and her insights around innovation within start-ups and scale-ups. It’s also great to hear Iryna talk about the importance of community and how that benefits growth and collaboration.

 

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