350: Dan Heath | Solving Problems from Upstream

Dan Heath is a Senior Fellow at Duke University's CASE center, which supports entrepreneurs who are fighting for social good. He is the co-author of four New York Times bestsellers, and his latest book is Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen. What We Discuss with Dan Heath: How many problems in our lives and in society are we tolerating simply because we’ve forgotten that we can fix them? Why are we more often stuck in a cycle of response downstream of problems rather than upstream where we might prevent them from happening in the first place? What lessons can we learn about upstream versus downstream thinking by examining our current pandemic crisis? What the federal response to Hurricane Katrina tells us about an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure. Upstream versus downstream thinking regarding the healthcare debate in the US. And much more... Full show notes and resources can be found here: https://jordanharbinger.com/350 Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.