#99: One Skill to Help You Solve Any Problem with Jeremy Utley - a podcast by Jeff & Sheldon

from 2023-03-09T05:00

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What if every time you had a problem instead of feeling anxious, you felt excited? That's how I feel now whenever I face a new problem. Listen to this episode and you will, too! 

In this amazing conversation with innovation expert,  Jeremy Utley,  we explore the powerful skill of Ideaflow. This simple, proven approach is absolutely essential for anyone who wants to solve problems better in their life and business. As he says in his new book, "every problem is an idea problem"—you don't necessarily need a better idea, you just need a lot more of them.

Jeremy is the co-author of the book Ideaflow and Executive Director of the Stanford d.school, where he researches and teaches ways to design life and business in a better way.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

  • What is life design?
  • What is Ideaflow?
  • Quantity over quality is the greatest predictor of good ideas
  • How to break the cognitive bias around ideas
  • You're a terrible judge of good ideas
  • How to practice ideaflow

ACTION STEPs FROM THE EPISODE:

  1. Practice ideaflow by giving your subconscious a problem to work on while you sleep and then after your basic morning routine, write down 10 possible solutions to the problem as fast as you can without judging or qualifying. Repeat daily to turn Ideaflow into a skill.
  2. Get into the habit of noticing problems.

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