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A Stanford innovation expert shares practical tips on future-proofing your mind.
Frederik Pferdt was Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist, where founded Google’s Innovation Lab. He’s also taught classes on innovation and creativity at Stanford University for more than a decade. His new book is called What's Next Is Now: How to Live Future Ready.
In this episode we talk about:
- Why we are so resistant to change
- How to embrace the unknown
- Why and how to develop compulsive curiosity
- The value of experiments and why we shouldn’t fear failure
- What it means to have expansive empathy, and why that can help you develop a future-ready mindset
- And how to identify what he calls your Dimension X—your own unique capacities
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Book: What's Next Is Now: How to Live Future Ready
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fgpferdt/?locale=en_US
Full Shownotes: https://happierapp.com/podcast/tph/frederik-pferdt-851
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