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PIVOT & GRIT

by Vaughan Broderick

Starting and growing a business is really, really hard. That’s my experience anyway. Being an entrepreneur takes a lot of resilience, optimism and determination to overcome some of the biggest challenges all while keeping a healthy balance in life.This is Pivot and Grit and I am your host Vaughan Broderick. I've learned how to start and grow a successful business (aka failing a lot), kickstart new careers and achieve academically all while in midlife. I'm also a design thinking coach, MBA graduate, entrepreneur, business mentor, speaker and a proud Dad of two. And, I want to share everything I've learned with you on my podcast.Listen in as I share all the mistakes I've made and what I've learned so that you can get on the right path faster. We'll cut through the noise and get to the point on topics like entrepreneurship, MBA content, design thinking, innovation, strategy and the mindsets that matter. I want you to walk away with everything you need to be successful.Pivot and Gri

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Episodes

  1. Innovation by Design - The Resourcing Phase

    Welcome back today, what we're going to be talking about is resourcing your project. Once you've come up with the innovation, tested it and you've got enough confidence that it's a great product. You will need to resource it. And, we aren't just talking about money. There are other forms of…

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  2. Why Create a Podcast?

    Welcome back to the show everyone. Why create a podcast? There are three reasons that I’ll share with you today, they are purpose, creativity and confidence. I want to help busy entrepreneurs and executives unlock value using design thinking. And, help people make a change in their life with the...

  3. Innovation by Design - The Testing Phase

    Welcome back to the show everyone. This week we’re letting our inner mad scientist loose by prototyping and testing our ideas. You'll learn techniques to prototype and test ideas, why low fidelity, failing often and early is critical and mindsets that matter. Some common pitfalls are: Not...

  4. Innovation by Design - The Creating Phase

    Welcome back everyone. Today’s show we get back to innovation by design. After validating desirability, we now work on feasibility, starting with the creating phase. Before we lean into that, just a reminder about last weeks episode on Brains, bravery and belief - a model from Dr. Christian Walsh...

  5. Brains, Bravery and Belief - An Antidote to Failure

    Brains, Bravery and Belief - An Antidote to Failure. The framework to overcome failure is: Brains - learning from failure - experimentation based Bravery - whole person learning, self-compassion and emotional resilience Belief - reflection, double-loop learning, and rethinking *Credit to Dr....

  6. Innovation by Design - Understanding Phase

    Welcome back everyone. Today’s show we're talking about the understanding phase. Understanding is all about sense-making and getting to 'the why' of a problem after we have gathered the user data from interviews and observations. We learn about some useful tools in this phase to reduce biases and...

  7. Innovation by Design - The Discovering Phase

    Today's show, we follow on from last week's overview of design thinking and we will deep dive into the basics of the discovering phase. The discovering phase is about building empathy, being curious and exploring the problem space. The most useful tools are interviewing and observation. We'll...

  8. Design Thinking 101 - What is design thinking?

    Hi and welcome back. In today's episode, I'm going to provide an overview of design thinking. Design thinking is a process for solving problems. According to PwC innovation, problem solving and creativity are some of the most highly sought after skills in today's modern world. And when we combine...

  9. The Power of Yet, Failure and Conquering Imposter Syndrome

    Hi and welcome back. In today’s episode we’re going to talk about how a simple three letter word has the power to change your mindset, your business, your life -YET. If you listened to my last episode about pivot and grit, then you would have also learned about Grit. We’re going to tale this...

  10. What is Pivot & Grit?

    Hi, today’s episode is about two of the most valuable concepts that I have learned as an entrepreneur and while completing my MBA - Pivot & Grit. So what is a Pivot? As the name suggests it’s a change in direction. Within innovation a pivot is a course correction when you have decided that you…

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  11. Introducing The Pivot & Grit Podcast

    Starting and growing a business is really, really hard! That’s my experience anyway. Being an entrepreneur takes a lot of resilience, optimism and determination to overcome some of the biggest challenges all while keeping a healthy balance in life. This is Pivot and Grit and I am your host…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Starting and growing a business is really, really hard. That’s my experience anyway. Being an entrepreneur takes a lot of resilience, optimism and determination to overcome some of the biggest challenges all while keeping a healthy balance in life.This is Pivot and Grit and I am your host Vaughan Broderick. I've learned how to start and grow a successful business (aka failing a lot), kickstart new careers and achieve academically all while in midlife. I'm also a design thinking coach, MBA graduate, entrepreneur, business mentor, speaker and a proud Dad of two. And, I want to share everything I've learned with you on my podcast.Listen in as I share all the mistakes I've made and what I've learned so that you can get on the right path faster. We'll cut through the noise and get to the point on topics like entrepreneurship, MBA content, design thinking, innovation, strategy and the mindsets that matter. I want you to walk away with everything you need to be successful.Pivot and Gri

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Starting and growing a business is really, really hard. That’s my experience anyway. Being an entrepreneur takes a lot of resilience, optimism and determination to overcome some of the biggest challenges all while keeping a healthy balance in life.This is Pivot and Grit and I am your host Vaughan...

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