The 99% Rule: How Great Ideas Are Built on Other Ideas with Alan Gregerman

The Human Connection Podcast by Karl Pontau

Episode notes

"Throughout the course of human history, 99% of all new ideas have been based on someone else's thinking or something someone's found in nature." - Alan Gregerman

What if knowing less about something could actually make you more innovative? In this eye-opening conversation, innovation expert Alan Gregerman challenges the conventional wisdom that expertise is the key to breakthrough thinking.

Alan shares why hiring people who think differently matters more than hiring for specific skills, how Uber's founders created a transportation revolution without any taxi industry experience, and why your next big idea probably won't come from a boardroom brainstorming session.

You'll discover:

  • Why 99% of innovations aren't actually original (and why that's great news)
  • The power of getting out of the offic ... 
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