The Creative Life Podcast: Creativity, Innovation And Inspiring Ideas | James Taylor

Explore key insights on intelligence and decision-making from Professor Sir David Omand's book, focusing on critical thinking and creativity. The post JD Meier of Microsoft, Productivity Strategies for Success #339 appeared first on James Taylor.

Explore key insights on intelligence and decision-making from Professor Sir David Omand's book, focusing on critical thinking and creativity. The post Sir David Omand, Author of How Spies Think – 10 Lessons in Critical Thinking #338 appeared first on James Taylor.

The World’s Most Creative People With Debbie Millman – #337 Named as “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, Debbie Millman is a designer, author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters, one of the world’s first and longest running podcasts. In the 16 years since its inception, “Design […] The post The World’s Most Creative People With Debbie Millman – #337 appeared first on James Taylor.

The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley With Jimmy Soni Tesla, Facebook, YouTube, SpaceX, Yelp, Palantir and LinkedIn. What do all of these companies have in common? They were all formed, funded, or advised by a small group of men who founded or worked at one company, PayPal. Members of the […] The post The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley With Jimmy Soni – #336 appeared first on James Taylor.

The New Leadership Playbook with Andrew Bryant – #335 Being an effective leader in a post-pandemic world goes beyond being good at what you do; it requires balancing empathy with accountability. In The New Leadership Playbook, self-leadership coach Andrew Bryant provides a practical guide to being human and understanding people, whilst simultaneously driving for accelerated […] The post The New Leadership Playbook with Andrew Bryant – #335 appeared first on James Taylor.

The Creative Brain With Dr Iain McGilchrist – #334 My guest today says that in order to understand ourselves and the world we need science and intuition, reason and imagination. Dr. Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher, and literary scholar. He is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, an Associate Fellow […] The post The Creative Brain With Dr Iain McGilchrist – #334 appeared first on James Taylor.

How Emotions Shape Our Thinking With Leonard Mlodinow How can you make better decisions? How can you improve your relationship with others? What can you do to live a happier life? My guest today argues that the answers to all these questions and more lie in understanding our emotions. Leonard Mlodinow is a theoretical physicist […] The post How Emotions Shape Our Thinking With Leonard Mlodinow – #333 appeared first on James Taylor.

Lean Innovation Problem Solving With Peter Newell Peter Newell is a nationally recognized innovation expert whose work is transforming how the government and other large organizations compete and drive growth. He is the CEO of BMNT, a Palo Alto-based innovation consultancy and early-stage technology incubator that helps solve some of the hardest real-world problems in […] The post Lean Innovation Problem Solving With Peter Newell – #332 appeared first on James Taylor.

Innovation Is All About People With Alison Hawks Dr. Alison Hawks is the CEO of BMNT, Ltd and Executive Director of the Common Mission Project in the UK, and a recognized expert in military strategy and sociology.  Ali was previously the Director of Research of the Section 809 Panel, a US congressionally mandated commission tasked […] The post Innovation Is All About People With Alison Hawks – #331 appeared first on James Taylor.

  Many large companies today have begun to adopt the principles of Lean Startup, a methodology first adopted among Silicon Valley tech startups in order to become more innovative and agile in implementing new products, services and business models. However large corporations are not just bigger versions of startups. My guest today, Jim Euchner has […] The post Overcoming Resistance To Innovation with Jim Euchner – #330 appeared first on James Taylor.

Human Creativity in the Age of Analytics With Chris Jones  Chris Jones is a long-time journalist and short-time screenwriter. He has written extensively for Esquire, The Atlantic, WIRED, the New York Times Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, and has won two National Magazine Awards for his feature writing. He was also a producer on […] The post Human Creativity in the Age of Analytics With Chris Jones #329 appeared first on James Taylor.

The Lean Startup Approach To say that Steve Blank has led an interesting life would be an understatement. He’s had three careers: First, in the U.S. Air Force for four years during the Vietnam War. Next, as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur in 8 startups in two decades (with four IPOs). Currently as an academic teacher […] The post The Lean Startup Approach With Steve Blank #327 appeared first on James Taylor.

Anh Dao Pham: Project Management And Leadership How many books have you read on project management? What about leadership? The problem is these topics don’t exist in silos. My guest today says we need to combine the practice of project management and leadership into one balanced approach – project leadership. Because as we emerge from […] The post Project Management And Leadership With Anh Dao Pham – #326 appeared first on James Taylor.

How to Find What You Love With Marcus Buckingham Did you know that less than 16 percent of us are fully engaged at work, with the rest of us just selling our time and talent and getting compensated for our troubles? Meanwhile, many leaders’ energy levels are depleted; employees are burning out at an alarming […] The post How To Find What You Love – Marcus Buckingham #325 appeared first on James Taylor.

Michael Hendrix: What Musical Minds Teach Us About Innovation What can great musical minds teach us about creativity and innovation? That’s the topic of ‘Two Beats Ahead’, the new book by R. Michael Hendrix, global design director at IDEO, and Panos A. Panay, co-president and chief revenue officer of The Recording Academy (the organization behind […] The post What Musical Minds Teach Us About Innovation – #324 appeared first on James Taylor.

Sebastian Mallaby: Venture Capital and the Art of Disruption Innovations rarely come from “experts”. When it comes to improbable innovations, one legendary tech Venture capitalist told my guest today that the future cannot be predicted, it can only be discovered. Sebastian Mallaby is the Paul Volcker Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on […] The post Venture Capital and the Art of Disruption – #323 appeared first on James Taylor.

Elaine Pofeldt: Strategies for Creating a High-Revenue Business Whether you’ve launched your own e-commerce endeavor, built your own professional services firm, sold online courses or membership programs, or are just itching to flex your entrepreneurial muscles, starting a small business – a company with 20 employees or fewer – is a rewarding way to earn […] The post Strategies for Creating a High-Revenue Business – #322 appeared first on James Taylor.

Maria Brito: The Art And Business of Turning Your Ideas into Gold There has never been a more crucial time than now to develop your creativity and your ability to innovate. In her new book ‘How Creativity Rules The World‘, New York-based contemporary art advisor and curator Maria Brito illustrates how creativity is merely a […] The post The Art And Business of Turning Your Ideas into Gold – #321 appeared first on James Taylor.

David Schonthal: Overcoming The Resistance That Awaits New Ideas. David Schonthal is an award-winning Professor of Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the Kellogg School of Management where he teaches courses on new venture creation, design thinking, healthcare innovation, and creativity. Along with his colleague Loran Nordgren, David is one of the originators of Friction Theory […] The post Overcoming The Resistance That Awaits New Ideas. – #320 appeared first on James Taylor.

How To Achieve Your Worthy Goals Perhaps you’ve already achieved things in your career, but now feel it’s time to “climb that second mountain” and think about your legacy. Or maybe you’re unhappy with how the world is working out right now, and you want to change your part of it for the better. You […] The post How To Achieve Your Worthy Goals – #319 appeared first on James Taylor.