Nov 21, 2022
Josh Linkner started his career as a jazz guitarist who personifies creativity, entrepreneurship, and disruptive innovation. He has been the founder and CEO of five tech companies, which sold for a combined value of over $200 million.
Josh is a New York Times bestselling author of four books: Disciplined Dreaming, The Road to Reinvention, Hacking Innovation, and his latest title, Big Little Breakthroughs.
These days, Josh segments his professional time in three buckets:
1. Co-founder and Managing Partner of Muditā Venture Partners, a venture firm with a soul. Over the last two decades, Josh has helped launch and scale over 100 startups.
2. Co-Founding Partner of ImpactEleven, a training and development community helping talented people with a powerful message in a position to impact the world.
3. Co-founder and Chairman of Platypus Labs, a boutique global innovation studio that offers keynotes, training, and consulting to help organizations unlock innovation.
Josh has been named the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year twice and is a United States Presidential Champion of Change award recipient.
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In this episode, Josh starts by talking about his formative years and what inspired him to become a jazz guitarist, a founder of five tech companies, and a New York Times best-selling author.
Josh then discusses what sparked his motivation to write “Big Little Breakthroughs”. Josh explains his definition of creativity and why it is so important.
Josh talks about his book and explains the need for creative problem-solving and inventive thinking in all roles and walks of life. He explains how someone can inject more purposeful creativity into their life.
Josh believes that small creative ideas can lead to massive breakthroughs. He breaks down the anatomy of an idea, and how someone can use this model to think of small yet creative ideas.
Josh thinks that it is important to have a systematic framework for inventive thinking and creative problem-solving. He shares how someone can become an everyday innovator and shares a story of a creative hero.
Josh values great habits, routines, and rituals on a daily basis. He shares one ritual that he practices to fuel the best of his creative abilities. Lastly, Josh provides his definition of greatness and what it means to him.
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Host: Ben Mumme
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Guest: Josh Linkner
Website: https://joshlinkner.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshlinkner/?hl=en
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshlinkner
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshlinkner/
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