{"id":931,"date":"2019-05-29T10:57:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T17:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/?p=931"},"modified":"2019-12-26T11:20:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T19:20:45","slug":"221-safi-bahcall-how-to-support-innovative-ideas-and-the-loonshots-behind-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/221-safi-bahcall-how-to-support-innovative-ideas-and-the-loonshots-behind-them\/","title":{"rendered":"221: Safi Bahcall | How To Support Innovative Ideas And The &#8220;Loonshots&#8221; Behind Them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Safi-Bahcall.jpg?fit=840%2C728\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-934\" width=\"472\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Safi-Bahcall.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Safi-Bahcall-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Safi-Bahcall-768x666.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Safi-Bahcall-1024x888.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>People pushing a risky or new message are in a difficult spot, because the support for their moment is not high. They have to work well with others who do things in a more steady form. In the book &#8220;Loonshots:  How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries&#8221;, Safi Bahcall discusses the importance of and ideas behind keeping innovative ideas from being lost into the abyss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safi is a technologist, business executive, and author. He got his BA summa cum laude from Harvard, and his PhD from Stanford. He worked as a consultant for McKinsey, and then co-founded a biotech company Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. developing cancer drugs, which he served as CEO at for thirteen years. He also worked with President Obama&#8217;s council of science advisors for future national research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the show notes for my episode with Safi:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>how Loonshots are separated into two types based on product or strategy<\/li><li>what it takes to get an innovative idea through an organization<\/li><li>how Vannevar Bush was a big part of the basis for research and development in the United States<\/li><li>where the 150-person rule for groups comes from, and why it applies to both social networks and corporations<\/li><li>what Dr. Bahcall  learned from his school and work experience throughout the recent years<\/li><li>when to listen to others and take their message into account as a CEO<\/li><li>how a lone individual can only do so much based on the structure of the scenario they are placed in<\/li><li>how structure trumps culture as far as application<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"221: Safi Bahcall | How To Support Innovative Ideas And The &quot;Loonshots&quot; Behind Them\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jUSgnbGpzpU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Loonshots.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-933\" width=\"249\" height=\"377\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4948\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-931-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas221safibahcall.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas221safibahcall.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas221safibahcall.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas221safibahcall.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=931-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/thearmenshow\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/episodes\/tas221safibahcall.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"tas221safibahcall.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armenshirvanian.com\/podcast\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People pushing a risky or new message are in a difficult spot, because the support for their moment is not high. 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