918: How to Think and Innovate Like a Genius with Paul Sloane

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🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Paul Sloane discusses how to become more innovative and effective by adopting different styles of thinking.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The top question to ask when problem-solving.

2_ The simple trick for improving your memory.

3) How to build rapport with anyone with one phrase.

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— ABOUT PAUL —

Paul Sloane is the author of many books on lateral thinking and the leadership of innovation. He graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Engineering. He had a successful career in sales at IBM before becoming Marketing Director and then Managing Director at the database company, Ashton-Tate. He was subsequently the VP International and CEO of software companies. He now speaks and consults on lateral thinking and innovation with corporate clients.

• Book: How to be a Brilliant Thinker: Exercise Your Mind and Find Creative Solutions

• Website: DestinationInnovation.com

• TEDx Talk: Are You Open Minded? Three Ways to Break Thinking Patterns | Paul Sloane | TEDxUniversityofBrighton

• LinkedIn: Paul Sloane

• Twitter: @PaulSloane

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

• Book: Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono

• Book: The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business by Clayton Christensen

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! —

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast.
0:04.1	The show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required
0:08.5	to flourish at work.
0:10.0	Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money with your host Pete McIdest.
0:19.2	Hello and welcome to episode 918 with Paul Sloan.
0:22.7	Paul has a wealth of wisdom when it comes to how we can think better, innovate better,
0:28.7	get cool, brilliant creative solutions, try on different thinking styles and collaborate
0:33.5	all the more effectively with others as we're doing so.
0:36.2	So you'll learn one, the top question to ask and problem solving, two, the simple trick
0:40.5	for improving your memory, and three, how to build rapport with anyone with one phrase.
0:45.5	So if you want to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to items that
0:48.0	we've referenced, please drop on by awesome at your job.com slash EP 918.
0:52.5	And here's a bit about Paul.
0:54.6	Paul Sloan is the author of many books on lateral thinking and the leadership of innovation.
0:58.7	He graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in engineering.
1:01.5	He had a successful career in sales at IBM before becoming marketing director and then
1:05.2	managing director at the database company, Ash and Tate.
1:08.3	He is subsequently the VP International and CEO of software companies and now speaks and
1:12.3	consults on lateral thinking and innovation with corporate clients.
1:16.0	So big thanks to Paul for sharing his wisdom with us and big thanks to our sponsors Uplift
1:19.7	Desk, where you can build your dream workstation and better help.
1:23.7	At Uplift Desk, they are hooking us up with a 5% discount with the code awesome upliftdesk.com.
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