70. Ideas Fuel Innovation: Why Your First Ideas Aren’t Always the Best

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Think Fast Talk Smart

Communicating, Influence, Career Skills, Career, Business, Education, Leadership, Careers, Communication, Career Growth, Public Speaking, Language Learning, Improv

4.7 • 711 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Why good ideas are often preceded by not-so-good ideas.

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0:00.0	Hi, Matt here. You've invested in your education to grow, advance, and unlock new career opportunities.
0:07.0	But here's the challenge. How do you position yourself to stand out in a competitive job market?
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0:59.1	dot me slash TFTS. The essential ingredient to all innovation is ideas. But how do you come up with ideas? Are they good? How many should you have?
1:15.6	Today we'll be talking about the big idea behind good ideas. I'm Matt Abraham's and I teach
1:23.5	strategic communication at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Welcome to Think Fast, Talk Smart, the podcast.
1:34.9	I am very excited to talk with Jeremy Utley. Jeremy is the director of executive education at
1:44.4	Stanford's Hasso Platner Institute of Design, also known as the D-School, where he co-leads
1:50.3	the D-school's Launchpad Venture Accelerator. He hosts Stanford's Masters of Creativity Web
1:56.3	Series. I look forward to talking about that. And along with Perry Claibon, he recently published the book, Idea Flow, the only business metric that matters.
2:05.5	Welcome, Jeremy. Thanks for being here. I'm super excited for a conversation. Yeah, me too. Thanks for having me.
2:10.3	Let's jump in. You seem to have found a great niche for yourself, straddling the business and creative worlds.
2:16.5	And I know you have some strong beliefs about innovation in business.
2:20.3	Can you share your perspective and what mindset you suggest people take when it comes to
2:25.0	innovation in business?
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