Engineering Change

This episode of Business as UNusual features Radhika Dutt, entrepreneur, product leader, and author of "Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter." Host Aicila dives into Radhika's alternative approach to driving innovation in business, challenging the traditional gospel of goal and target setting. Instead, Radhika shares her frameworks for empowering teams to solve complex problems through experimentation, trust, and systematic puzzle solving. If you're looking for smarter ways to approach business strategy, leadership, or product development, this thought-provoking conversation will inspire you to reimagine how real change happens.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Why traditional goal setting often fails in complex, modern business environments
• The origins and limitations of management by objectives, OKRs, and SMART goals
• How to build organizational trust and foster experimentation
• The puzzle-setting and puzzle-solving frameworks for solving business challenges
• How leaders can balance guidance, accountability, and team autonomy
• Personal lessons Radhika would share with her 18-year-old self
• The motivation and vision behind "Radical Product Thinking" and her upcoming book
• Practical ways to engineer meaningful change in any field, from startups to parenting

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Radical Product Thinking by Radhika Dutt
• Radhika Dutt on LinkedIn

Rethink your business strategy—try Radhika’s puzzle-setting and OHLA frameworks in your next team meeting!

Share your puzzle-setting stories with Radhika on LinkedIn—you might even be featured in her next book!

Episode transcript:

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