Safi Bahcall: Why Do Good Companies Kill Great Ideas?
Disruptive innovation. Visionary leaders. Innovative culture. All phrases you\u2019ve likely seen before in your LinkedIn feed, heard in TED Talks, or read in business book titles. Forget them all. The one neologism you need to know: loonshot. Unlike its celebrated etymological parent, the moonshot, a loonshot is a great idea that\u2019s widely dismissed as too crazy to ever succeed. That\u2019s according to physicist, former biotech CEO, and ex-Obama Administration science advisor, Safi Bahcall. He joins the podcast to talk about his new book, Loonshots, and discuss why we need leaders with heart who boldly make changes to the structure of a company (not the culture) in order to nurture those crazy ideas. \n\nListen to this podcast episode to learn:\n\n\u2022 The difference between a moonshot and a loonshot, and how to get the latter off the ground\n\n\u2022 How business leaders can bridge the divide between a company\u2019s \u201csoldiers\u201d (the doers) and its \u201cartists\u201d (the creators) \u2014 while loving them equally\n\n\u2022 Why we should all erase the term \u201cdisruptive innovation\u201d from our business vernacular\n\n\u2022 How the film industry has mastered maximizing franchises and nurturing loonshots\n\n\u2022 The need for leaders to be \u201ccareful gardeners\u201d and to always avoid the \u201cMoses trap\u201d\n\n\u2022 What the physics of a glass of water can reveal about the dynamics of group behavior\n\nFor more information: www.bahcall.com