Every successful young leader needs to be innovative. We asked ten Gen.T honourees from China to describe what the word means to them. Here's what they said

Last month, we unveiled the 400 honourees on the Gen.T List 2019 at launch events across Asia. 

Before meeting many of them for the first time, we identified a list of commonalities that ties these leaders from diverse industries together. Whether an entrepreneur, a politician or a top chef, we surmised, you need grit, you must have impact, you need to be innovative, and so on. 

We took these words and asked the honourees to define them for us in our new series, Two-Minute Dictionary. 

First up was grit. Now we're defininng innovation. We asked ten 2019 Gen.T honourees from China to tell us what the word means to them. Watch the video to see what they had to say. 

In order of apearance in the video:

Zuo Zhang
Pianist

Peter Mao
Partner of Panda Capital 

Daisy Guo
Co-founder of Tezign 

Leo Ye Hongli
Race car driver

Huang Qiaoran
Co-founder of Babyghost

Zhao Chang
Founder of REmakeHub

Li Ximi
Founder of Urbancraft 

Wang Zhanhei
Writer

Zhang Chenling
Founder of VCleanse 

Zoe Liu
Co-founder of Particle Fever