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Problem Solvers

Sep 27, 2021

Business is focused on efficiency. But some of the greatest creations came out of experimentation, or by working on something that had no obvious value. So how can entrepreneurs better embrace uselessness themselves, and improve their creative process? I talk with Peter M. Krask, who calls himself The Creativity Guide,...


Sep 21, 2021

We all see problems, but how do we build a business designed to solve them? In this episode, we follow Tim Barat's journey. Tim was a high-school dropout working as an electricity lineman and is now the cofounder and CEO of Gridware, a company that's helping to improve electric grid safety and help reduce...


Sep 20, 2021

Want to get ahead? Expand beyond the things being asked of you, and focus on the things *nobody* asks you to do. I explain my "Work Your Next Job" philosophy, share some of my own stories, and then play stories from listeners Richelle DeVoe, Jules Hogan, and...


Sep 13, 2021

How do you define success? The answer may determine how much failure you can stomach — and whether you can stay focused long enough to achieve one of the biggest accomplishments in your industry. On this episode, I talk with Andrea Bartz, author of the NYT-best-selling thriller novel "We Were Never Here", about...


Sep 6, 2021

When there are many options in front of us, how can we pick the best one? Warren Hatch has the answer. He's the CEO of Good Judgment, a forecasting company that fosters a team of "superforecasters" — people who are exceptionally good at looking at situations and predicting what'll happen next. What are they doing?...