PBTO17: The role of a CEO is to Build, Own and Transfer an institution – @Anaggh Desai

http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/PBTO17_The_role_of_CEO_is_to_Build_Own_Transfer_an_institution__Anaggh_Desai.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSSWho is on the show today: In today’s episode, we host Anaggh Desai. Anaggh is a business veteran with over 25 years of experience across industries ranging from hospitality, logistics, travel, e-commerce and retail. Why is he on the show In his 25-year career span, there is little Anaggh has not seen or experienced. He describes himself as a mindcaster and a people watcher. He has a cult like following on twitter which he uses to observe trends and patterns and engage with his followers. What are we talking about In this […]

PBTO16: Neil Patel (@NeilPatel) talks Entrepreneurship

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To Be on the Safe Side

More creative ideas and innovations have been killed by these six words than by anything else. There have been enough studies that have shown that as humans, we are more loss averse than we are open to gains. So, if we truly want creativity to thrive in our organizations, we need to find a way to circumvent this strong human tendency. Some ideas on how to accomplish this are: Set Clear expectation when defining the problem statement about what you wish to accomplish. If you are looking at coming up with a breakthrough idea, make it clear that it is […]

We Cannot be Allergic to Failure and Still be Innovative – @windspike

http://traffic.libsyn.com/pushingbeyondtheobvious/15_PBTO15__We_Cannot_be_Allergic_to_Failure_and_Still_be_Innovative_-_windspike.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSSWho is on the show today: In today’s episode, we have Aaron Anderson. He is currently, Director of Strategic Organizational Initiatives at San Francisco State University, College of Business. Why is he on the show Aaron has been a consistent contributor to the Managament Innovation Exchange and won a MIX Prize for an experiment that he has been running in how he works.  His entry titled: “Working in Plain View: Using a Wiki & Social Media to broadcast as you work” won the prize in the “Digital Freedom Challenge”. He has been working in plain […]

Your Imagination is Real

Being Creative is a Choice

One of the constant things that I hear from a lot of people in business is that it is hard to find creative people, who can think out of the box and come up with good solutions to tough problems. I think being creative is a choice. Each one of us is potentially as creative as anyone else that you can think of, however, most of us do not make the choice to be creative. We tell ourselves that we are not the creative type (what we mean is that I am afraid of criticism). Anyone who is capable of […]