Using little creative ideas to spurt up big disruptions

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Discussing #FutureOfWork & Work2.0 with Josh Linkner talks about using little creativity spurts to use for disruption. He sheds light on how organizations could embrace creativity and use little creative innovation to help stir for big breakthroughs. She shared lots of examples of big little breakthroughs. Bio: He has been the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which sold for a combined value of over $200 million. He’s the author of four books including the New York Times Bestsellers, Disciplined Dreaming, and The Road to Reinvention. This guy just loves starting and building companies. He’s the founding partner of Detroit Venture Partners and has been involved in the launch of over 100 startups. Today, Josh serves as Chairman and co-founder of Platypus Labs, an innovation research, training, and consulting firm. He has twice been named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and is a recipient of the United States Presidential Champion of Change Award. Josh is also a passionate Detroiter, the father of four, a professional-level jazz guitarist, and has a slightly odd obsession for greasy pizza Josh's Book: Big Little Breakthroughs https://amzn.to/3usFCLm Josh's Recommendations: Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day https://amzn.to/3bzvyYh Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World https://amzn.to/37K4PqW Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know https://amzn.to/37MepcR Discussion Timeline: TIMELINE 0:49 Josh's journey to creativity. 1:54 On Josh's five start-ups. 3:38 Motivation behind working on creativity. 4:53 Surprises while working with companies on creativity. 7:21 Finding a balance between being creativity and being structural. 10:07 Tackling creativity in a mature company set up. 13:15 Creativity coming from unexpected places. 15:45 Precursor to innovation. 17:48 Frugality and creativity. 19:06 Bottlenecks to creativity. 21:17 Small innovations and big innovations within a company. 24:43:00 Innovation during a crisis. 26:15:00 Innovation post Covid. 27:13:00 Misconceptions on innovation and creativity. 29:12:00 Big companies and creativity. 33:10:00 On "Big, little breakthroughs". 34:39:00 The process of writing "Big, little breakthroughs". 39:11:00 Picking great stories for "Big, little breakthroughs". 41:01:00 Ideal reader for "Big, little breakthroughs". 42:10:00 Litmus test for creativity. 44:17:00 Creativity frameworks. 45:45:00 Practical steps to become creative. 49:28:00 Josh's secret to success. 51:28:00 Josh's success qualities. 53:38:00 Josh's favorite reads. 54:46:00 Closing remarks. About TAO.ai[Sponsor]: TAO is building the World's largest and AI-powered Skills Universe and Community powering career development platform empowering some of the World's largest communities/organizations. Learn more at https://TAO.ai About WorkPod: Work Pod takes you on the journey with leaders, experts, academics, authors, and change-makers designing the future of work, workers, and the workplace. About Work2.org WorkPod is managed by Work2.org, a #FutureOfWork community for HR and Organization architects and leaders. Sponsorship / Guest Request should be directed to [e-mail] Keywords: #FutureofWork #Work2.0 #Work2dot0 #Leadership #Growth #Org2dot0 #Work2 #Org2