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b'My guest today is Vaughn Tan, who studies quality, innovation, and organizational behavior. His resume is bonkers. He\\u2019s a PhD from Harvard, Was an infantry signals logistician in the Republic of Singapore Army, then worked at\\xa0Google\\xa0on advertising,\\xa0Earth,\\xa0Maps,\\xa0spaceflight, and\\xa0Fusion Tables. He\\u2019s also been a wood sculptor. But the topic of our conversation is how to foster quality and innovation in ourselves and inside of companies\\u2014lessons he learned in part by studying inside some of the world\\u2019s best restaurants. If you enjoy this conversation, I recommend you also check out his new book,\\xa0The Uncertainty Mindset Innovation Insights from the Frontiers of Food. Please enjoy my conversation with Vaughn Tan.\\n \\xa0\\n For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.\\n Sign up for the book club, where you\\u2019ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub.\\n Follow Patrick on Twitter at @patrick_oshag\\n \\xa0\\n Show Notes\\n 1:33 - (First Question) \\u2013 Interesting ways to identify high quality\\n 5:06 \\u2013 The current problem with the way we think about the world\\n 8:56 \\u2013 How people think about their careers and college\\n 11:21 \\u2013 Uncertainty vs risk, and productive discomfort\\n 19:08 \\u2013 Cultivation of discomfort for an individual\\n 24:05 \\u2013 Successful innovation cultures\\n 32:25 \\u2013 Analyzing quality and restaurant bread\\n 37:43 \\u2013 The Slug idea\\n 40:43 \\u2013 His research project where he observed restaurants\\n 45:44 \\u2013 How do people mandate their own structure in the face of uncertainty\\n 53:46 \\u2013 How employees should approach this rent-to-buy hiring structure\\n 57:17 \\u2013 Example of someone who took advantage of uncertainty time\\n 1:00:05 \\u2013 Playful adults\\n \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 1:00:07 \\u2013 Jerry Neumann Podcast Episode\\n 1:03:10 \\u2013 Other changes companies can make to their culture to be more innovative\\n 1:08:19 \\u2013 The difference between simplicity and complexity\\n 1:11:12 \\u2013 How he applies his thinking into several different ideas, like Cannabis\\n 1:16:17 \\u2013 Asking the right question\\n \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 1:19:05 \\u2013 Andy Rachleff Podcast Episode\\n 1:20:19 \\u2013 Kindest thing anyone has done for Vaughn\\n \\xa0\\n Learn More\\n For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast.\\xa0\\n Sign up for the book club, where you\\u2019ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub\\n Follow Patrick on twitter at @patrick_oshag'