Paint & Pipette: The Art & Science of Innovation
Stanford Adjunct Professor Jeremy Utley explores the counter-intuitive tactics that world-class innovators and entrepreneurs employ to break through. He's learned that while innovation is part art (paint) – it's also part science (pipette) – and treats the subject with both the rigor and the wonder that it deserves. Season 1 shined a spotlight on female founders; season 2 celebrated black creators; Season 3 guests include WIRED co-founder Kevin Kelly, Harvard Business School Professor Linda Hill, CEO of Google X Astro Teller, start-up coach Liz Tran, Waze founder Uri Levine, Seth Godin, journalist Jennifer Wallace, Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull, and more.
Paint & Pipette: The Art & Science of Innovation
S3E10: Getting to the Next Level with Marcus Whitney
High performers experience near-constant pressure to improve. Marcus Whitney — venture capitalist, pro sports owner, keynote speaker, athlete, author, among other hats — shares how he plans to reach to his ‘next level.’ This is a deeply personal, wide-ranging conversation with a true virtuoso of creative craft. From exercise to creative dry spells to scaling ventures to a beginner’s mindset to the benefits of therapy, we cover a lot of ground.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Introducing today’s guest, Marcus Whitney.
- How exercise helps calm down Marcus’ busy life and exhausting your body versus a workout.
- Why Marcus has seen this year as his least creative year.
- What the ‘next level’ of his life and career mean to Marcus and how he plans to get there.
- The importance of allowing yourself to be a beginner in order to achieve success eventually.
- Adopting the mindset of scaling as a creative act.
- Marcus tells us about his cathartic experience in therapy.
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