Innovation rarely begins in the places we expect. It doesn’t start in boardrooms, clinical offices, or corporate strategy decks. It starts in the quiet moments — the late‑night clarity, the lived experience, the questions people carry but rarely say out loud. Ideas begin in the margins of life, long before they become products, protocols, or companies. And the truth is simple: no one brings an idea to life alone. Corporations play a role. Clinicians play a role. Patients and