Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
In this episode Safi Bahcall, Physicist, Entrepreneur & Author of Loonshots shares the inspiration behind his book and a host of examples of the ways that you can find equilibrium between your soldiers and creatives by becoming a bilingual specialist.
“MOONSHOT:
(1) The launching of a spacecraft to the moon; (2) an ambitious and expensive goal, widely expected to have great significance.
LOONSHOT:
A neglected project, widely dismissed, its champion written off as unhinged.”
Episode Highlights
What is a loonshot?
Why do large companies become become stale?
How an ice cube, garden hoe and a heart can help your organisation?
The science on how water can exist in two states at 32°, and how that relates
to your teamsExamples of organisations who got this right and the impact of getting it wrong
How to bridge the gap between creatives and soldiers to become a bilingual specialist
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