Becoming Future Proof with Brad Grossman
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2016
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Brad Grossman, creator of the the Zeitguide join us to discuss developing a learning curriculum in order to become future proof.
Highlights
- How tutoring high school kids led to meeting Brian Grazer
- The power of asking questions and insatiable curiosity
- Why our natural gifts don’t necessarily show up in a traditional way
- The importance of knowing why we learn the things to do
- Breaking the conditioning that causes us to choose from the options in front of us
- Incorporating knowledge, systems and ideas into your life
- Lessons learned from working with Brian Grazier
Quotes
I believe curiosity leads to serendipity
My curiosity is the foundation for my success
Creativity is about thinking and your approach to life
If you force something you’re going to lose your authenticity and your originality
If you’re stuck in a tunnel and deaf to the conversations happening in the world you’re going to fail.
Brad Grossman heads client-teams that guide top executives in nearly every industry vertical—media/entertainment, consumer products, finance, technology, advertising, healthcare, art/fashion—leading Fortune 100 global enterprises, non-profits, and emerging start-ups.
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| 0:00.0 | So what does it mean and how do you become future proof? I basically say like you have to be on top of every conversation and not just in your industry and not just in work but in other people's industries and also not just about you know what your |
| 0:16.0 | career is all about like whether you are a CMO of a company or a CEO a company |
| 0:20.4 | CEO company or whatever or a |
| 0:22.8 | a mid-level manager or an entry or having an entry-level position. |
| 0:26.0 | Like, you have to see how all the dots are connecting. |
| 0:29.5 | You have to see what's happening in other industries because you know because of the forces |
| 0:34.3 | that are changing both culture and business they're affecting every industry and |
| 0:38.0 | the other thing I say is that you just don't have to be in the know of what's |
| 0:41.2 | happening in business but you know think about how these |
| 0:44.5 | forces are affecting your personal life and also affecting the things you love, your hobbies, |
| 0:49.6 | your leisure. |
| 0:50.8 | So it's impossibly entirely future-proof, but it's very possible to really know what's going on. |
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