112: Nilofer Merchant | Make a Difference from Anywhere in the Hierarchy

Nilofer Merchant (@nilofer) is one of the world's top-ranked business thinkers, an innovation expert, and the author of The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World. What We Discuss with Nilofer Merchant: How bias -- from others as well as ourselves -- works to stifle innovation and the spread of good ideas. The process by which ideas are created and spread and how we can exercise our own abilities to make our ideas heard -- even if we're at the bottom of the totem pole. Why we conform to expectations that were largely created decades ago and don't really have a place in the modern workforce. Where "left-field" ideas often originate and why they're often missed. What we can do to make the generation and capture of ideas more inclusive. And much more... Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally! Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!  Full show notes and resources can be found here.