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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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