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These hacks to generate innovative ideas are overlooked at work
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These hacks to generate innovative ideas are overlooked at work

Happy 75th Independence Day India - here's my wish for you

It is hard to wish a 75 year old country that is so very young. That is India for you. I wish this country would always stay curious. Curiosity is the foundation for innovation.

Thank you Shane Parrish for the lovely chat with Gary Klein. Read on about insights, mental models and much more.

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Taking the NO out of inNOvation
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Taking the NO out of inNOvation

Why do successful companies lose the race? It is not the business model or the financial metrics that kill a business. It is the opportunity to innovate. Innovation is a human process.

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Does Scale Kill Innovation?
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Does Scale Kill Innovation?

Saul Kaplan founder of Business Innovation Factory appeared as a guest on my show. I asked him if Business Innovation FACTORY (his organisation) proves that innovation needs scale! He talks about the 3 superpowers needed. Enjoy

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Chandrayaan was our Moonshot that failed, so what?

Chandrayaan was our Moonshot that failed, so what?

The first world was unhappy when India became a nuclear power. Feed the starving and clothe the naked we were told. The same voices can be heard again when we speak of our space mission. Space activity is a wealth generator. India wants to enter the multi-billion-dollar market for space products and services. We are dreamers. Dreamers are irrational. They will pick themselves up, dust themselves and run towards the next moon or moonshot whichever comes first.

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Book Review: Zero To One
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Book Review: Zero To One

Thiel has strong opinions on everything – even how you should dress (hint: don’t wear suits ever!). He is a contrarian and is unafraid of offending you by challenging your world view.The book certainly inspired me to abandon incremental thinking. This book should be read by everyone who wants to be an entrepreneur. You cannot think short term. Thiel may know a thing or two about success. The PayPal core team members went on to start Yammer, LinkedIn, YouTube and Yelp. In that sense the book will become a handbook that entrepreneurs will read in order to really ask whether their idea really is going to be a “Zero to One” idea just like this book.

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