Influential U

Influential U


The Inventor Personality: Ideas, Frameworks, Optimism, and Certainty

September 30, 2020

In today's episode, we'll hear some clips from our recent mid-year conference. As we teach it, there are four vital components to consider when constructing the environments (or transactions) that do some heavy lifting for us. These elements are ideas, narratives, objects, and standards. Some transactional behavior archetypes are better suited to provide one of these elements than others. The conference included over 40 subject matter experts who addressed how they amplify their influence in transactions.

Big ideas often have small beginnings. The role of the Inventor Personality is to provide the ideas, frameworks, optimism, and certainty required for any transaction to be successful. Today we'll hear from some of the top inventor minds within our ecology, and we invite you to listen to this episode from two different angles - you either are an Inventor or involved in exchanges with them. As you listen, what can you learn about yourself? What can you learn about transacting with others?

Show Notes

02:18 | Some of the biggest ideas that impact our lives today began with Inventors with Dr. Gary Ward
10:24 | Working on vs in the business and the interplay between the existing environment and moving at scale with Alex Bould
16:19 | Using frameworks as a model for decision making and how they shape how we think, believe, and even work with Neil Calvert
21:28 | Personalities oriented towards revenue generation vs personalities oriented towards profit generation, and how big gaps require big ideas with Kirsty Reynolds
29:56 | What Optimism is NOT and how it can serve you with David Cottrell
34:55 | How to regroup, reinvent, redefine, and recover from breakdowns with David Somerville
44:41 | Building certainty, and how to know what is so and where to look for it with Paul Adams
49:52 | A blueprint for certainty in uncertain times with John Baigent