EP 134: The Culture of Innovation - Mark Neild on teaching entrepreneurship, flying helicopters, a mousetrap story and more.
Mark Neild started his career as a helicopter pilot. He completed an MBA, and worked in telecom and consulting before taking a year off to build his own business in New Zealand. He also teaches at the University of Bristol.
In our conversation we explore his journey towards entrepreneurship, the dependency of mindset and culture and how he teaches students and job seekers to innovate and build businesses.
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Mark Neild started his career as a helicopter pilot. He completed an MBA, and worked in telecom and consulting before taking a year off to build his own business in New Zealand. He also teaches at the University of Bristol.
In our conversation we explore his journey towards entrepreneurship, the dependency of mindset and culture and how he teaches students and job seekers to innovate and build businesses.
Guest Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markneild/
Business: https://www.growinspires.org/
University: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/
Voluntary activities: https://www.longfordtrust.org/
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00:00:00 An introduction to Mark.
00:07:23 Methods of working with the disadvantaged.
00:09:32 Business schools don’t teach innovation.
00:11:15 Causal logic and effectual logic.
00:16:15 Culture versus mindset.
00:18:51 Motivating people inside of organizations to innovate.
00:24:17 COVID proves rapid innovation ability. Why is it lacking in some sectors?
00:31:46 Helping students from theory to practice.
00:36:10 The challenge of inter-organizational power dynamics.
00:43:39 Which project of global significance would you work on?
00:45:06 Where will you be in one year?
00:46:38 How do you stay up-to-date?
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