Jason Feifer, the editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur magazine, shares insights on navigating change and innovation. He discusses how the bubonic plague transformed workplaces and relates those lessons to our COVID experience. Feifer delves into the pros and cons of the four-day work week, emphasizing the value of viewing failure as a stepping stone rather than a setback. He encourages listeners to seize opportunities during societal shifts and urges a reevaluation of how we react to technological advancements.
How the bubonic plague that killed 60 percent of Medieval Europe forever changed the way we work, and the lessons from this tragedy we can apply to our own collective COVID experience.
The pros and cons of the four-day work week that companies around the world are trying on for size.
Why we should treat failure as valuable information that informs our next steps rather than accepting it as a death knell.
What the erroneous but popularly repeated prediction that "nine out of ten businesses fail" leaves out of the equation.
Why we should (and how we can) use the onset of major changes to the status quo as opportunities to address problems in need of solutions rather than taking the traditional approach of panicking as if society is collapsing all around us.