Josh Linkner

NYTimes bestselling author, serial entrepreneur, venture capital investor, professional jazz guitarist, and globally-recognized innovation expert.

[Tiffani Bova @Tiffani_Bova]

I had a conversation with my friend, Josh Linkner, on the Mic Drop Podcast. We explored a completely different economic model for professional speaking, three things that helped me scale my speaking business, and more. Listen, subscribe, and let me know what you think of our episode in the comments!

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Forget waiting for perfection.

Today’s leaders excel by launching early versions of ideas, collaborating across teams, and refining through feedback loops.

This iterative process speeds up innovation and adapts quickly to market demands.

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How to unleash the full creative potential of your team:

Encourage curiosity, embrace diverse thinking, and reward innovative risk-taking.

When creativity is nurtured, breakthroughs are inevitable.

#CreativeLeadership #InnovationUnlocked

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A friend shared an idea that really got me thinking….

“If you were going to get a tattoo that served as a daily reminder to yourself on how you want to show up in the world, what would it be?”

What would your tattoo be?

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Business is just like the classic video game, FROGGER.

Leap to a stable position and the quickly calculate your next leap.

It’s a series of leaps from one point of success to another.

In FROGGER - and in business - if you stand still too long, you die.

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Creative capacity is intrinsic, it's part of who we already are.

We are hard-wired to be creative...every single one of us.

If dormant creative capacity showed up on your balance sheet, it would likely be your most valuable, untapped asset.

#Innovation #Creativity #FindAWay

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“You are what you eat.”

This old chestnut reminds us that what we consume has a direct impact on our physical health.

Same is true in business.

#BrainFood #Innovation #Creativity

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BAD APPROACH: Come up with an idea, roll it out company-wide, grit your teeth and hope for the best.

BETTER APPROACH: Generate lots of ideas and then test them cheap and fast. Quickly discard the ones that show no promise, double down on the ones that merit further exploration.

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Most leaders miss a crucial step in the innovation process: EXPERIMENTATION.

The best leaders are the best experimenters.

The most powerful innovators are the best experimenters.

The history-makers are the best experimenters.

#Innovation #Creativity #Experimentation

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Leaders and companies win more through a high volume of micro-innovations than trying to discover a big-bang breakthrough.

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BAD APPROACH TO INNOVATION: Hope to invent a single, silver-bullet idea to conquer your biggest challenges.

BETTER APPROACH TO INNOVATION: Come up with lots of smaller ideas that chip away at your biggest challenges.

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You don’t have to be a raging jerk to succeed. In fact, the opposite approach drives both achievement and fulfillment.

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Let go of what was to discover what could be.
Let go of traditional approaches to create new ones.
Let go of previous beliefs so you can learn something new.
Let go to move ahead.

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OLD-SCHOOL BELIEF: To win in business, you have to be bulletproof. Never show weakness, take what’s yours, and feelings are for losers.

MODERN BELIEF: Kindness, generosity, and compassion aren’t liabilities. Instead, they are force multipliers.

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Most leaders miss a crucial step in the innovation process: EXPERIMENTATION.

The best leaders are the best experimenters.

The most powerful innovators are the best experimenters.

The history-makers are the best experimenters.

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TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP: Wait to launch something new until it’s perfect.

MODERN LEADERSHIP: Launch fast, gather feedback, adapt to changing conditions, refine and iterate.

In the new era of business, speed beats perfection and agility beats certainty.

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Two types of leadership thinking:

1) What's the downside? Rooted in scarcity, protectionism, and fear.

2) What's the upside? Rooted in abundance, growth, vision, and confidence.

One creates anxiety. One makes history.

#Creativity #Innovation #Upside #Downside

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“The one who says it can’t be done should not interrupt the one doing it.”

- Chinese proverb

#Innovation #FindAWay

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Conventional wisdom: Win or Lose.

Modern wisdom: Win or Learn.

#EverydayInnovation #WinOrLearn #Growth

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Someday, a company will come along and put you out of business.

It might as well be you.

#BeTheDisruptor #InnovateOrDie #FindAWay