853: The Four Workarounds that Help Solve Nearly any Problem with Paulo Savaget
How to Be Awesome at Your Job
How to be Awesome at Your Job
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Paulo Savaget reveals unconventional tactics to solve just about any problem.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) The four workarounds–and how to use them.
2) How to maximize incentives to start change.
3) Why you shouldn’t let limited resources stop you.
Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep853 for clickable versions of the links below.
— ABOUT PAULO —
Paulo Savaget is associate professor at Oxford University’s Engineering Sciences Department and the Saïd Business School. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Scholar and has a background working as a lecturer, consultant, entrepreneur, and researcher finding innovative solutions for a more inclusive world. As a consultant, he worked on projects for large companies, non-profits, government agencies in Latin America, and the OECD. He currently resides in Oxford.
• Website: Oxford Said Business School
— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Perez
• Book: Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | The show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work. |
| 0:10.0 | Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money with your host Pete LeCaites. |
| 0:19.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 853 with Paulo Savage A. |
| 0:23.0 | If you've got some tricky problems, Paulo's got some great workarounds that you may very well be able to deploy to them right away. |
| 0:31.0 | I think you'll want these in your toolkit to use again and again. |
| 0:34.0 | So you'll learn one, what are those four workarounds and how do you use them? |
| 0:38.0 | Two, how to maximize incentives to start change. |
| 0:41.0 | And three, why you don't have to let limited resources stop you. |
| 0:44.0 | So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to items that we've mentioned, |
| 0:47.0 | please visit us over at awesometyourjob.com slash ep 853. |
| 0:52.0 | And if you're there, check out some of our goodies like the Golden Nuggets, the full text searchable transcripts, |
| 0:58.0 | and a lot of other lovely resources at awesometyourjob.com. |
| 1:02.0 | Now here's a bit about Paulo. |
| 1:03.0 | Paulo Savage A is an associate professor at Oxford University's Engineering Sciences Department and the Syed Business School. |
| 1:09.0 | He owns a PhD from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Scholar and has a background working as a lecturer, consultant, entrepreneur, and researcher. |
| 1:16.0 | Funding innovative solutions for a more inclusive world. |
| 1:20.0 | As a consultant, he worked on projects for large companies, nonprofits, government agencies in Latin America and the OECD. |
| 1:26.0 | He currently resides in Oxford. |
| 1:28.0 | Big thanks to Paulo for sharing his wisdom with us and big thanks to our sponsors. |
| 1:31.0 | Check them out. |
| 1:32.0 | One sponsor to check out is Stanford Continuing Studies. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from How to be Awesome at Your Job, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of How to be Awesome at Your Job and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.