Episode 80 of What is Innovation podcast is out! This week, Jared sits down with guest, Jeff Goins, award-winning author, keynote speaker, and entrepreneur, on how places and locations bring out innovation. In this episode, they also dive into the value of humility and importance of attention. How do you create space and connections for your own innovation? Is it serendipity or have you just started paying attention? Tune in to hear experts and thought leaders as they share their insights and experiences.
Jeff Goins is a writer, keynote speaker, and entrepreneur with a reputation for challenging the status quo. He is the best-selling author of five books including The Art of Work and Real Artists Don’t Starve. In this episode, Jared and Jeff Goins shares on how places and locations bring out innovation. They also dive into the value of humility and importance of attention.
More about our guest:
His award-winning blog, Goinswriter.com, is visited by millions of people every year, and his work has been featured in the Washington Post, USA Today, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Psychology Today, Business Insider, Time , and many others. He is the creative force behind the ghostwriting agency, Fresh Complaint.
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Episode Guide:
0:00 - Intro
1:12 - What is innovation?
3:38 - Humility and Audacity in Innovation and Innovators
5:57 - Innovation, humility, and breakthroughs
11:15 - The necessity of 'place'
13:24 - Real artists don't starve; Place in creative work
17:00 - Creating scenes and life-connections
20:15 - Serendipity and Attention: Innovation views
23:04 - Innovation: a root system
24:28 - Role of Music
29:52 - Art imitates life - Life imitates art: Lessons in Attention
32:45 - Music is not a metaphor for innovation
36:12 - Boredom and Attention: reading the signs
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