Boss Class: Innovation: Coming up with new ideas

头等舱:创新:想出新点子

The Intelligence from The Economist

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2025-05-17

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Forget the hammocks and ping-pong tables. Creativity takes work. Managers at Google, Lego and a pair of AI startups share advice on breaking through. To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+. https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus If you're already a subscriber to The Economist, you have full access to all our shows as part of your subscription. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our FAQs page or watch our video explaining how to link your account. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • The Economist Today on The Weekend Intelligence we're bringing you the first episode of our new season of Boss Class about the world of work.

  • This is a podcast for anyone who manages people or who hopes to.

  • Think of it like a business degree in miniature or maybe don't because it's much more fun.

  • Our host Andrew Palmer writes the Economist's Bartleby column on work and he's funny,

  • wise and those who've been managed by him say he's pretty good.

  • On the first season of Boss Class he told us how to recruit,

  • how to run meetings and how to manage your own career.

  • If you haven't heard it, I encourage you to go back and listen.

  • Our new season of Boss Class has just begun and we'll release more episodes each Monday.

  • This week and next, in the weekend intelligence slot,

  • we're bringing you two of those new shows.

  • Today, how innovative companies come up with great ideas.

  • Andrew goes to LEGO HQ in Denmark, meets robot bricklayers at a Dutch building site,

  • and talks to Google's head of search about AI.

  • You can find new episodes of the series by searching Boss Class,

  • wherever you get your podcasts.

  • Tell us what we're looking at.

  • You're basically seeing the robots building.

  • I'm on a building site and wearing a heart hat.

  • I've never felt more handy.