Adopting an Experimental Mindset
summary
Six core elements for an experimental culture: protect thinking time with Clockwise to create multi-hour blocks, adopt roles and card prompts (a card game Kickstarter that now runs in ~100 companies) plus Zoom backgrounds to change meeting behavior, track ideas with an experiments radar using four stages (on-hold, assess, experiment, roll out), hold a quarterly experiments breakfast, and use ThoughtExchange to surface surprising priorities (mental health outranking office space). These tools map what was built, how it’s run, and measurable adoption.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:50COO to CEO
- 6:15Mindset approach
- 8:591st Takeaway: Get in the right mindset
- 10:44Pro tip: Use Clockwise
- 11:16How do you show up as CEO?
- 15:24Pro tip: Intentional Zoom backgrounds
- 16:212nd Takeaway: Intentionally include different voices
- 19:253rd Takeaway: Recognize & celebrate failure
- 19:54Pro tip: FAIL
- 23:054th Takeaway: Build a framework for experimentation
- 24:295th Takeaway: Create a forum for discussion and Q&A
- 28:246th Takeaway: Find new ways to perform active listening
- 28:46Practical takeaways
- 30:10Outro
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