The Art of Starting Before You’re Ready | Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden

Today on The Future is How, Frederik's guests are Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden – authors of Innovation-ish: How Anyone can Create Breakthrough Solutions to Real Problems in the Real WorldRich Braden is the founder and CEO of the San Francisco-based consulting firm, People Rocket. For the past 15 years he has been a design educator at universities around the world including Stanford University and Harvard University.Tessa Forshaw is a cognitive scientist, senior researcher, and co-founder of the Next Level Lab at Harvard University. She teaches design thinking, creativity, and innovation at the Harvard Innovation Lab and Harvard University DCE. She also served on the Teaching Faculty at Stanford’s design school for several years. In this episode: • How the Innovation-ish approach can lead to real innovation• Why hesitation isn't bad and how you can overcome it• How complex issues can be addressed playfully• Joint efforts of testing and iterations lead to good results• Exploration comes first, explaining later• A mindstate moment with 5 questions about your future• How to integrate Innovation-ish into your daily life• AI as a partner for innovationChapters00:00 Intro 02:25 Tessa and Rich's future Bio 05:13 “Ish-ness”: what Innovation-ish is about 08:46 From hesitation to momentum 14:22 Clarity and curiosity: Enjoying the unknown 19:03 Innovation compass: Real life experience with students24:53 Explore before explain: Embrace the non-perfect31:42 Mindstate Moment: 5 questions, 5 reasons to start35:06 Make it real: Innovation-ish into your life40:08 Toolbox: AI and innovation-ish boost 46:51 The lightning question round: Routines and practices Where to Find Tessa Forshaw:Book: https://www.innovationish.com/Podcast: https://www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/tessa-forshaw-and-rich-braden-on-innovation-mindsets-and-ai-as-co-creators/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessaforshaw/ Where to find Rich Braden:Book: https://www.innovationish.com/Podcast: https://www.gettingsmart.com/podcast/tessa-forshaw-and-rich-braden-on-innovation-mindsets-and-ai-as-co-creators/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardcoxbraden/Where to Find Frederik G. Pferdt NextLetter: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.nextletter.frederikgpferdt.com ⁠⁠Book: ⁠whatsnextisnowthebook.com⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠frederikgpferdt.com⁠Music: Andreas Horchler