Read to Lead Podcast 534: How to Live Future Ready with Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt
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Jul 2, 2024 
Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt, former Google Chief Innovation Evangelist, discusses qualities like openness, empathy, and radical optimism in shaping a positive future. Topics include reframing challenges, embracing failure with a growth mindset, developing empathy for future self, and utilizing unique superpowers to overcome challenges and create positive change.
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Actively Shape Your Future
- Shift your focus from passively observing the future to actively shaping it.
- Control your inner world and responses to external events to influence your future.
Radical Optimism and Opportunity
- Embrace radical optimism to reframe problems as opportunities.
- Cultivate inherent qualities like curiosity and openness to see and create more opportunities.
Openness and Trust at Google
- At Google, new employees were encouraged to ask critical questions in open forums, fostering trust and transparency.
- This vulnerability created opportunities for learning and improvement.