Creating Conversations with Nish Patel

3. Be insatiably curious (15:40)

"If you want to design and have a great conversation, you have to just be curious."

• Curiosity is the key component in designing great conversations without it you can't ask the right questions

• Being insatiably curious means leaving behind biases and assumptions

  leads to creativity and innovation

• AI will allow for us to have more curiosity-driven conversations by handling the algorithmic work that currently happens in meetings

4. Think through the value of your ideas (23:31)

"What's next is thinking through which of these ideas would actually have value out in the world?"

• Curiosity-driven conversations are fun but not always realistic so you need to evaluate which ideas have actual real-world value

• Consider which ideas you're in a position to act on and make real and spend your time on those

• Focus on big ideas that can create new possibilities for tomorrow

• Recognize that the cycle of innovation, copying, and commoditization (aka most marketing strategies) is accelerating due to AI

5. Stop trying to be enough for the system (32:57)

"You're here for an astronomical blink of an eye. What do you want to do with your blink?"

• Avoid getting caught up in trying to meet societal expectations, focus on yourself and what you want your future to look like

• Make intentional decisions that will get you to your desired future

• Define success on your own terms

6. What's next? (38:08)

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