Early Childhood Education & Innovation: What If We Built It Differently?

What happens when you stop looking at early childhood education as simply childcare—and start looking at it through the lens of business, leadership, innovation, workforce development, and community impact?
Bryan Amezquita has taken ideas from seemingly unrelated worlds and connected them to rethink how an early childhood organization can operate, grow, and create impact.
In this interactive workshop, Bryan will unpack how he makes those connections—and, more importantly, how you can learn to make them too.
Through real-world examples from building Rockford Daycare & Academy, participants will explore how to challenge “the way it’s always been done,” recognize opportunities others overlook, turn everyday problems into innovation, and apply ideas from completely different industries to their own work.
Whether you're an educator, entrepreneur, leader, or someone building your next big idea, you'll leave asking a different question:
What am I not seeing yet—and what could happen if I connected the dots differently?