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Most podcasts try to pump you up to chase your dream. This one? It tries to kill your idea—before the market does. I’m Dr. Yoram Solomon—entrepreneur, author, and professor of entrepreneurship in one of the top U.S. MBA programs. Is it Really a Great Idea? is based on my textbook by the same name, and it’s here to help you do one thing: Kill bad ideas fast. Because the faster you kill what won’t work, the faster you’ll find the idea that actually deserves your time, money, energy, and obsession. Each episode gives you the tools, mindset, and brutal honesty you need to test your ...

Trust is not what you think it is. It is not absolute or universal. Trust is relative. The same behavior that would cause one person to trust you could cause another person to distrust you. The level of trust someone has in you is the product of their trustfulness (their willingness to trust other people) and your trustworthiness. There is almost (I said ALMOST) nothing you can do about the former, and everything you can do about the latter. Because of that, you must evaluate your own trustworthiness one relationship at a time, separately. Odds are, though, that the same behaviors that are ...

In his doctoral research, author Yoram Solomon showed that the factors affecting creativity and productivity the most could be summed up with one word - culture. He published his findings in his book Un-Kill Creativity: How Corporate America Can Out-Innovate Startups. However, he also found that employees play a major role in creating the right culture and should not put the burden solely on management.