Episode 15: How to develop a disruptive and innovative mindset, with Dr. Nik Eberl

Developing an innovative and disruptive mindset is important for entrepreneurs. There are certain tools that entrepreneurs and their teams can use to help them practice and ultimately develop consistent innovative thinking. In this episode, we speak to Dr. Nik Eberl who is an innovation scholar and practitioner. He is the founder of many global companies including The Unicorn Disruptovator, The LinkedIn DealMaker, and Clients for Life. In our conversation, we learn from entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and Steve Jobs as well as start-ups like Uber and eBay. 

Chapters

• 0:43 Introduction to Episode
• 1:52 Fundamental Concepts: Disruption and Innovation
• 4:18 Strategies to achieve disruption
• 8:01 Questions that entrepreneurs ask
• 9:50 Tools to help innovators validate their ideas
• 12:03 Experimentation, observation, and collaboration
• 21:52 Learning from Dr. Nik Eberl's 20 years of research
• 26:48 How you can disrupt before you are disrupted