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Can I ask what you're working on specifically? As a lapsed graduate-level physicist turned entrepreneur, problems related to climate change have been making me

Can I ask what you're working on specifically? As a lapsed graduate-level physicist turned entrepreneur, problems related to climate change have been making me frantically search for a place where I can make meaningful contributions.

spodek 6y ago
Nearly everyone says we know what to do, we just lack the will to do it. We lack leadership -- not telling people facts, figures, doom, gloom, and instructions. That's management, which is important, but leadership -- helping people do what they want to but haven't figured out how. No leaders or people with authority understand nature and I think it's easier for scientists to learn leadership than leaders to learn science. I support more science, but it's overwhelmingly clear. We don't need more science to create a vision and strategy. People need to feel meaning and purpose, to have an expectation of success. That comes from what leaders work on -- stories, images, role models, systems, emotions, and culture. So I focus on leadership -- bringing what people like Mandela, Eisenhower, Ali, and Deming brought but I don't see anyone doing today. My TEDx talks https://joshuaspodek.com/tedx https://joshuaspodek.com/tedx and podcast illustrate what I'm working on, though I've advanced a lot since then. Here are podcast episodes describing my strategy: - https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/224-clarifying-my-strategy https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episod... - https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/301-does-it-scale-my-modified-tesla-strategy https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episo... - https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/260-creating-the-muhammad-ali-of-the-environment https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episod... - https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/310-the-start-and-end-of-any-serious-conversation-on-the-env https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episo...

spodek 6y ago

Nearly everyone says we know what to do, we just lack the will to do it. We lack leadership -- not telling people facts, figures, doom, gloom, and instructions. That's management, which is important, but leadership -- helping people do what they want to but haven't figured out how. No leaders or people with authority understand nature and I think it's easier for scientists to learn leadership than leaders to learn science. I support more science, but it's overwhelmingly clear. We don't need more science to create a vision and strategy. People need to feel meaning and purpose, to have an expectation of success. That comes from what leaders work on -- stories, images, role models, systems, emotions, and culture. So I focus on leadership -- bringing what people like Mandela, Eisenhower, Ali, and Deming brought but I don't see anyone doing today. My TEDx talks https://joshuaspodek.com/tedx https://joshuaspodek.com/tedx and podcast illustrate what I'm working on, though I've advanced a lot since then. Here are podcast episodes describing my strategy: - https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/224-clarifying-my-strategy https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episod... - https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/301-does-it-scale-my-modified-tesla-strategy https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episo... - https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/260-creating-the-muhammad-ali-of-the-environment https://shows.pippa.io/leadership-and-the-environment/episod... - https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/310-the-start-and-end-of-any-serious-conversation-on-the-env https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episo...