Human Innovation | The Jens Heitland Show EP 134: The Culture of Innovation - Mark Neild on teaching entrepreneurship, flying helicopters, a mousetrap story and more.
Mark Neild started his career as a helicopter pilot. He completed an MBA, and worked in telecom and consulting before taking a year off to build his own business in New Zealand. He also teaches at the University of Bristol.
In our conversation we explore his journey towards entrepreneurship, the dependency of mindset and culture and how he teaches students and job seekers to innovate and build businesses.
Guest Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markneild/
Business: https://www.growinspires.org/
University: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/
Voluntary activities: https://www.longfordtrust.org/
Please find all resources like video, audio, show notes and as well some shorter clips of the episode at https://www.jensheitland.com/
00:00:00An introduction to Mark.
00:07:23Methods of working with the disadvantaged.
00:09:32Business schools don’t teach innovation.
00:11:15Causal logic and effectual logic.
00:16:15Culture versus mindset.
00:18:51Motivating people inside of organizations to innovate.
00:24:17COVID proves rapid innovation ability. Why is it lacking in some sectors?
00:31:46Helping students from theory to practice.
00:36:10The challenge of inter-organizational power dynamics.
00:43:39Which project of global significance would you work on?
00:45:06Where will you be in one year?
00:46:38How do you stay up-to-date?
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