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Safi Bachall: Loonshots - Innovation Though The Lens Of A Physicist

Published: March 19, 2020, 6:17 p.m.

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Safi Bahcall is a second-generation physicist and entrepreneur, whose first book,\\xa0Loonshots, has been described as a cross between Freakonomics and the da Vinci Code. At the heart of the book is a philosophy which is foundational for everything we do at OutsideLens: that you can learn a great deal by applying the tools and techniques from one world, in this case the world of physics and to a lesser extent psychology, to the world of innovation in business.\\xa0

Read the full article here: https://outsidelens.com/loonshots-innovation-through-the-lens-of-a-psysicist/\\xa0

What Was Covered:\\xa0\\xa0

  • How the structure of a company, rather than its culture, enables or disables innovation\\xa0
  • The two basic phases in any organisation \\u2013 who are \\u201cartists\\u201d and \\u201csoldiers\\u201d and how to achieve an equilibrium between them \\xa0
  • The three key elements to build a sustainable innovation system \\u2013 the metaphor of the ice cube, the garden hoe and the heart\\xa0

Key Takeaways and Learnings:\\xa0\\xa0

  • Using the lens of phase transitions to understand and benefit from structural forces which operate in any organization\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0
  • Why leaders need to keep their artists and soldiers separate when they want to engage in innovation\\xa0\\xa0
  • Persistence as the main factor of innovation and\\xa0how \\u201cthe rule of three deaths\\u201d applies to science and business breakthroughs\\xa0\\xa0

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