Gain Freedom From the Fear of the Future: How to Thrive in an Uncertain World written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing
The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Dr. Frederik Pferdt, Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist and a renowned expert on innovation and creativity. Frederik Pferdt helped shape one of the world’s most fabled creative cultures. He founded Google’s Innovation Lab, where […]
Gain Freedom From the Fear of the Future: How to Thrive in an Uncertain World written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing
The Duct Tape Marketing Podcast with John Jantsch
In this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I interviewed Dr. Frederik Pferdt, Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist and a renowned expert on innovation and creativity.
Frederik Pferdt helped shape one of the world’s most fabled creative cultures. He founded Google’s Innovation Lab, where he trained tens of thousands of Googlers to develop and experiment with cutting-edge ideas. For over a decade, he taught ground-breaking classes on innovation and creativity at Stanford University.
He has also worked with dozens of international government agencies, organizations, and businesses ranging from the United Nations to NASA to the NBA. His work has been highlighted in Fast Company, Harvard Business Manager, Der Spiegel, and BBC News, among many other media outlets.
Dr. Pferdt shares his insights on how optimism, especially radical optimism, can transform our relationship with the future, helping us create a world we want to live in.
Key Takeaways
Questions I ask Frederik Pferdt:
[02:25] Would you say Ning was ahead of its time?
[03:50] Would you say a platform like Facebook then was another advancement of Ning or completely derivative?
[07:53] How would you define community?
[14:03] How important is having a clear and compelling purpose in designing your community?
[17:13] How do you manage having so many feature requests?
[21:18] Do you have an interesting case study of how someone achieved great financial success starting with a co