How AI Will Transform Us Into Innovators: Mo Gawdat (E275)
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2024
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
This episode is part of our ‘Experts In Their Field’ mini-series, presented by Salesforce.
In this episode, we welcome Mo Gawdat, former Chief Business Officer for Google X, tech entrepreneur, and author of the best-selling books "Solve for Happy" and "Scary Smart” back to High Performance.
Mo sits down with Damian to discuss innovation, a topic he is deeply passionate about and a leading voice in. Together, they explore how we innovate, how we can define a concept as elusive as innovation, and the common obstacles that hinder productivity and creativity.
Mo shares his insights on the ever-changing goalposts that make us dismiss the present and forget how far we’ve come. He delves into the difference between creativity and innovation, explaining how creating something entirely new differs from improving existing ideas.
Mo also emphasises the importance of a collaborative environment and aligned mission to foster innovation. He shares tips on overcoming the fear of failure, managing organisational resources, and addressing the lack of urgency that often stifles innovation.
This episode was made possible by Salesforce, who value innovation as one of their core-values. With their AI platform Einstein 1, you can combine various AI-powered tools and features under one umbrella to help businesses automate tasks, gain insights, and enhance customer interactions.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome to the High Performance Podcast and are experts in the field miniseries, which is made in partnership with Sales Force. |
| 0:10.0 | Across this miniseries, you're going to hear how Salesforce are changing the game with products |
| 0:15.3 | like the AI powered platform Einstein One. It's an innovation that's only made possible |
| 0:22.0 | thanks to their unwavering commitment to core values such as trust, |
| 0:27.1 | customer success, equality, sustainability and of course innovation, which is what we're excited to discuss today. |
| 0:37.0 | Today we've got a truly special guest joining us. |
| 0:40.8 | He's a former chief business officer at Google, a serial entrepreneur, and the author of one of my favorite recent books, Solve for Happy. |
| 0:49.0 | He's none other than the incredible Mo Goudat. |
| 0:53.0 | Mo's career is a testament to the power of innovation. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm going to explore in more detail what innovation means |
| 1:01.0 | and how we can all live far better with Mo today. |
| 1:04.0 | Mo, thank you for joining us today. |
| 1:11.0 | Now I know we always start with the question, what is high performance to you? |
| 1:15.5 | But as you're a returning guest, let me read your answer from two years ago. |
| 1:20.3 | High performance to you was the most efficient way to achieve what you're supposed to achieve. |
| 1:24.8 | What you set out to achieve, what you define success as. |
| 1:28.0 | Yes. Now I add with joy. |
| 1:30.0 | So it's quite interesting with my last book. I worked very closely with Alice, you know, |
| 1:35.9 | Alice my co-author. And she was the one that pushed me, sort of, you know, initiated the idea of writing unstressible. |
| 1:44.0 | And I have to say, you know, I've achieved so much, so much, |
| 1:48.0 | and interestingly, never really stopped to celebrate and enjoy it. |
| 1:55.0 | And in the process, you and I both know, right? |
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