S2 E1 Innovation: Coming up with new ideas

About this episode

This episode discusses the hard work behind creativity and features insights from managers at Google, Lego, and AI startups.

Forget the hammocks and ping-pong tables. Creativity takes work. Managers at Google, Lego and a pair of AI startups share advice on breaking through. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+ . https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus If you’re already a subscriber to The Economist , you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: The Economist

Topics covered

• innovation
• creativity
• management
• business advice
• AI
• work culture

Keywords

• innovation
• creativity
• management
• Google
• Lego
• AI
• business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, Lego, AI startups

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