Summary: <a href="http://www.gayleallen.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Blog-Post-Scott.png"></a>Why do some succeed with so little, while others fail with so much? <br> <a href="http://www.scottsonenshein.com/">Scott Sonenshein</a>, author of the book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stretch-Unlock-Power-Achieve-Imagined/dp/0062457225">Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less and Achieve More than You Ever Imagined</a>, thinks it happens because we get caught up in a mindset of chasing. A Professor of Management at <a href="http://www.rice.edu/">Rice University</a>, Scott is also a strategy consultant for organizations in healthcare, education, manufacturing, and technology. <br> Drawing on research from psychology and management, Scott makes a case for doing more with less, what he calls stretching with what you have — and it is a far cry from being cheap or refusing ever to spend. <br> In this interview, we talk about:<br> <br> How waiting for the perfect tool gives us an excuse to delay working on our goals<br> Why chasing after resources can cause us to get caught up in destructive comparisons<br> Looking beyond the conventional uses for a particular resource and why that matters<br> How reflecting on scarcity can help us get more out of the resources we already have<br> How a mindset and culture of ownership lets us solve problems more creatively<br> How stretching with the resources we have is a skill we can teach and learn <br> How a culture of belief in people to solve problems creatively makes all the difference <br> Why stretching is a far cry from being cheap and more about being frugal<br> Why more expertise, knowledge, and practice does not equal greater problem solving<br> How we approach problems more narrowly when we look only for expertise<br> How and why outsiders bring a fresh perspective to problem solving <br> Ways we can cultivate an outsider perspective in ourselves <br> How, when we overplan, we count on a world that may or may not exist<br> Why, in turbulent environments, successful organizations are both fast and accurate<br> The power of running lots of small experiments to learn<br> How we can leap without looking by doing and gathering data without learning from it<br> How sticking to our plans at any cost can work against our own best interests<br> The creativity the comes from unthinkable combinations<br> How stretching makes a difference in how we live our lives<br> <br> Links to Topics Mentioned in this Podcast<br> <a href="https://twitter.com/scottsonenshein?lang=en">@ScottSonenshein</a><br> <a href="http://www.scottsonenshein.com/">http://www.scottsonenshein.com/</a><br> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Not-Impossible-Doing-What-Couldnt/dp/1476782806">Not Impossible by Mick Ebeling</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Johnson_(businessman)">Ron Johnson</a><br> If you enjoy the podcast, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Steindl-Rast">please rate and review it on iTunes</a> – your ratings make all the difference. For automatic delivery of new episodes, be sure to <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/curious-minds-innovation-inspiration/id1049183266?mt=2">subscribe</a>. As always, thanks for listening!<br> Thank you to Emmy-award-winning Creative Director <a href="https://vimeo.com/vanidavae">Vanida Vae</a> for designing the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/curious-minds-innovation-inspiration/id1049183266?mt=2">Curious Minds</a> logo, and thank you to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/robmancabelli">Rob Mancabelli</a> for all of his production expertise!<br> <a href="http://www.gayleallen.net">www.gayleallen.net</a><br> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gayleallen">LinkedIn</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/GAllenTC">@GAllenTC</a><br>
