Boss Class: Innovation: Coming up with new ideas

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🗓️ 17 May 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Forget the hammocks and ping-pong tables. Creativity takes work. Managers at Google, Lego and a pair of AI startups share advice on breaking through. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+. https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, it's Jamie Lang here from Great Company podcast, and I want to let you know that my podcast is currently being sponsored by Premier Inn. Now, this episode is sponsored by Premier in, the UK's largest hotel chain with over 800 hotels across the country. So wherever work takes you, there's a Premier Inn nearby. Now, every room has a super comfy bed. I've stayed in there incredible and blackout curtains,
0:21.3	so you'll wake up refreshed and ready for the day ahead. And don't forget the unlimited breakfast
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1:03.8	The Economist.
1:09.6	Today on the weekend intelligence, we're bringing you the first episode of our new season of Boss Class, about the world of work.
1:18.3	This is a podcast for anyone who manages people or who hopes to.
1:22.8	Think of it like a business degree in miniature, or maybe don't, because it's much more fun.
1:28.3	Our host, Andrew Palmer, writes the Economist's Bartleby column on work,
1:32.3	and he's funny, wise, and those who've been managed by him say he's pretty good.
1:38.3	On the first season of Boss Class, he told us how to recruit,
1:41.3	how to run meetings, and how to manage your own career.
1:45.1	If you haven't heard it, I encourage you to go back and listen.
1:48.6	Our new season of Boss Class has just begun and will release more episodes each Monday.
1:54.5	This week and next in the weekend intelligence slot, we're bringing you two of those new shows.
1:59.6	Today, how innovative companies come up with
2:02.1	great ideas. Andrew goes to Lego HQ in Denmark, meets robot bricklayers at a Dutch building site,
2:08.8	and talks to Google's head of search about AI. You can find new episodes of the series
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