Tag: innovation

10 Podcasts to Inspire Entrepreneurs | business.com

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If you’re looking for an easy way to turn your day and your mood around, listen to a podcast. There are few things better than enjoying a podcast on a walk or break from work. Thousands of podcasts are available on various topics, like business, personal development, and health and wellness. If you’re new to the world of podcasts, here are some of the top offerings you should check out for inspiration and entrepreneurial advice.

10 inspirational podcasts for entrepreneurs

Businesses thrive on creativity, innovation, and motivation. To stay inspired on the daily, listen to these thought-provoking podcasts.

1. The Happiness Lab

Yale professor Dr. Laurie Santos hosts “The Happiness Lab.” In each episode, Dr. Santos explores the scientific research behind happiness and why so many people do the opposite of what will actually make them happy. She shares inspiring stories, motivational tips and interviews with noteworthy individuals like Rob Lowe, Michelle Kwan and Dr. Dan Gilbert. With more than 13,000 reviews and an average rating of 4.7 stars, listener response indicates this podcast is well worth your time.

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Bradley Tusk’s novel ‘Obvious in Hindsight’ is not flying-car fiction | Fast Company

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Where is my flying car?

This plaintive wail has echoed through society for more than a century, particularly in the United States, as the idea has captivated tinkerers and dreamers alike, but with little to show for their faith. The very phrase “flying car” has become a shorthand for innovation itself, a signifier of technological progress or our lack thereof.

All of which makes flying cars—which have a heightened place in contemporary business and culture with the rise of the electric vehicle takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOLs), epitomized by Archer Aviation, Joby Aviation, Wisk, and literally more than 100 other startups—rich airspace for a satirical novel about what it would really take for flying cars to take off.

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Creativity vs. Innovation: What’s the Difference? | Business News Daily

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Creativity and innovation are two related but separate notions, and each is required for workplace success. Here’s the difference and how you can inspire both.

  • Creativity doesn’t lead to company inventions and growth; innovation does. However, innovation doesn’t happen without creative people on board.
  • Generating creativity means allowing people to think outside the box and go against the established norm at times.
  • If you let bureaucracy stop creativity, innovation will be the victim in your company, letting your competitors seize the advantage.
  • This article is for aspiring entrepreneurs and business owners who want to better understand how to combine creativity and innovation to create truly original companies.

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Are Millennials More Or Less Likely To Start Their Own Businesses? | Forbes

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Are Millennials More or Less Likely to Start Their Own Businesses?

The millennial generation is shaping the modern workforce—whether you like it or not. They’ve been blamed for a host of problems, such as being too entitled and obsessed with social media, and credited with several positives, such as appreciating creativity and having higher moral values. But of course, all of this depends on who you ask—some people claim these traits are inherent in the millennial generation, while others assert that they’re attributable to the coincidental youth of this particular generation or exist purely as anecdotal evidence.

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How New York City Is Working To Merge Government With Innovation | Co.Exist

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With a budget that is many millions of dollars in the red, the New York City Housing Authority—North America’s largest low-income landlord—doesn’t have a lot of cash to spare. So it’s not ideal that the electricity and heating bills for its more than 2,000 buildings are much higher than they should be. The agency, abbreviated NYCHA, estimates its spends more than 40% more on energy than a typical apartment building in the city. But tackling such a large and sprawling problem and encouraging energy conservation—especially when, in many NYCHA buildings, residents don’t pay their own electric bills—isn’t straightforward. “When you’ve been doing something one way for a decade, it’s really hard to step back and see the opportunities in a different light.”

So the agency approached Mayor de Blasio’s Office of Tech and Innovation with the problem, and out of that came two new open innovation challenges launched on Tuesday. Their aim is to ferret out ideas, from the private sector, for reducing electric bills without taking away residents’ control of their own apartments and, in a smaller number of buildings, reduce steam heating bills.

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What is the Marshmallow Challenge and Can Your Team Beat It? | Small Biz Trends

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How can twenty sticks of spaghetti, a yard of tape, a yard of string, and one marshmallow help build a stronger team?

The Marshmallow Challenge has become a popular exercise in which small groups are asked to build the “tallest free-standing structure” out of the materials provided. The teams have eighteen minutes to complete this task including the entire marshmallow on top. It’s a fun and instructive exercise that allows teams to experience simple lessons in collaboration, innovation and creativity.

The Marshmallow Challenge has been conducted with business school graduates, CEOs, architects, engineers, and even kindergarteners. There have been surprising findings for which groups perform most successfully.

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