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Sometimes, entrepreneurs miss the forrest for the trees, and sometimes their kids can help then rediscover focus
At around the ages of 5-7, most kids begin to ask their parents, “What do you do for a living?”. All of the children in school are comparing their parents’ job in a nearly universal moment of growing up.
Kent Langley is the Chief Exponential Officer at ProductionScale. He has introduced the idea of ‘exponential organisation’ (the goal of achieving 10x growth at 1/10th the cost) and teaches the fundamentals at Singularity University.
Langley is a firm believer that technology can be used for the greater good and can be the solution to many of the world’s problems.
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For those that want some inspiration in their day, this podcast is perfect. Full show notes below.
Links from Today’s Episode
- Read the full transcript from Kent’s interview
- Follow Kent on Twitter and LinkedIn
- Get direct access to Kent’s thoughts on innovation and technology
- See if you have what it takes to attend Singularity University
- Learn more about the Fastrack Institute and how Kent helps cities become exponential
- See how Kent’s company, ProductionScale, can help your organization unlock the power of data
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Detailed Show Notes
- (3:01) Kent’s entrepreneurial background
- (4:40) What is an exponential organization?
- (6:14) How failure and embarrassment led Kent to discover his massive transformative purpose
- (8:26) Kent’s current ExO projects
- (10:43) How any organization can implement the global ExO framework
- (15:30) What it means to be an ExO
- (16:15) On helping cities adapt to an increasingly technological world
- (18:18) The potential for Asia to become an ExO hub
- (19:08) What is data activation?
- (22:09) How does data activation tie in to the ExO movement?
- (23:14) On Singularity University and Kent’s role as a faculty member
- (25:43) Singularity University’s course offerings and what it takes to attend SU
- (28:53) Kent’s ambitious goals for 2017
- (30:18) On being remembered for generosity and openness
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