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Innovation 2.0: How Big Ideas Are Born

2024/4/29
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Shankar Vedantam:本期节目探讨了创新和目标实现的科学,以及个人和组织如何构建伟大的事物、设定目标、启动创意和找到方向。节目中采访了 Saras Sarasvathy,她研究了人们如何规划和准备未来,以及如何追求目标、启动创意和做决定。她分享了她自己两次创业的经历,一次是餐饮服务,一次是水泵控制器,都体现了创业过程中充满不确定性和意外。 Saras Sarasvathy:第一次创业中,她最初的成功并非完全取决于食物本身,而是食物和送餐服务相结合,以及她与顾客之间积极的互动。当她雇佣送餐员后,业务下滑,因为顾客看重的是与她的互动。第二次创业中,她研发的自动水泵控制器因为忽略了水泵需要“灌注”才能启动的细节,导致水泵烧坏,引发客户不满,最终导致项目失败。这两个案例都说明了创业过程中计划的重要性,以及对意外情况的应对能力。 Saras Sarasvathy:她认为,成功的创业者并非依赖预测未来,而是利用自身资源和能力,逐步构建事业。她提出了五个原则: 1. 手中鸟(Bird in hand):从自身拥有的资源和能力出发,而非从预设的目标出发。 2. 可承受的损失(Affordable losses):避免过度投资和承担无法承受的风险。 3. 疯狂拼布(Crazy quilt):与他人合作,共同承担风险和收益。 4. 柠檬水(Lemonade):将意外的失败转化为新的机遇。 5. 飞机上的飞行员(Pilots in the plane):积极塑造环境,创造自己的机遇。 她认为,有效的创业思维方式是将世界划分为可控和不可控两部分,忽略不可控因素,并利用可控因素来塑造和共同创造未来。

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Why is it so hard to guess where we're meant to be? To predict where we'll end up? Nearly all of us have had the experience of traveling down one road, only to realize it's not the road for us. At the University of Virginia, Saras Sarasvathy) uses the lens of entrepreneurship to study how we plan and prepare for the future. We kick off our new "Innovation 2.0" series by talking with Saras about how we pursue goals and make decisions.

*Do you know someone who might benefit from our conversation with Saras about expert entrepreneurs? Please share it with them if so! And be sure to check out our other conversations about how to get out of ruts and figure out a path forward: *

Who Do You Want to Be?

You 2.0 : How to Break Out of a Rut)