In this week's WinWin episode, I chat to legendary thinker and speaker Simon Sinek about the nature of competition in business, and in particular, the key ingredient of all enduring companies and leaders: The Infinite Mindset. We also explore the pros and cons of shortterm goals, the power of enemies, Moloch Traps, how to be a better speaker, the need for optimism, and so much more. Not one to miss!

Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:51 What is an Infinite Game?
00:07:17 Misaligned incentives
00:10:53 Infinite Mindset in business
00:17:53 Simon’s worthy rival
00:22:03 Are ALL infinite games good?
00:24:54 Need for a common enemy
00:33:15 What is Moloch?
00:36:01 Why efficiency can be a trap
00:38:31 The priorities of business
00:39:50 Impact of COVID on business mindset
00:45:43 How to fix the US's Culture Wars?
00:48:12 Why Jack Welch's brand of Capitalism sucks
00:55:54 Ethical Fading in Business
01:00:05 2008 Financial Crisis and GlassSteagall Act
01:05:20 How to "Find your Why"
01:10:42 Public speaking
01:16:43 Being an optimist
01:18:34 Winning at the infinite game

Simon's Bio:
Simon is a visionary thinker, who is probably best known for his TED Talk on the concept of WHY, which has been viewed over 60 million times, and his video on millennials in the workplace which has gone on to be seen hundreds of millions of times.

He continues to share inspiration through his bestselling books, including global bestseller Start with WHY and New York Times bestsellers Leaders Eat Last and The Infinite Game, as well as his podcast, A Bit of Optimism. In addition, Simon is the founder of The Optimism Company, a leadership learning and development company, and he publishes other inspiring thinkers and doers through his publishing partnership with Penguin Random House called Optimism Press.


Links
♾ The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
https://simonsinek.com/books/theinfi...
♾ Finite and Infinite Games by Dr. James Carse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_...
♾ Find Your Why by Simon Sinek
https://simonsinek.com/books/findyou...
♾ Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
https://simonsinek.com/books/leaders...
♾ Milton Freidman NYT OpEd
https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/13/ar...
♾ Ethical Fading
   • What is Ethical Fading? | Simon Sinek  
♾ Banking Act of 1933 (GlassSteagall)
https://www.federalreservehistory.org...
♾ Start with Why by Simon Sinek
♾ Simon's TED Talk: https://simonsinek.com/books/startwi...
   • How great leaders inspire action | Si...  
♾ The Art of Presenting Course
https://simonsinek.com/product/thear...
♾ Simon Sinek podcast w/ Dr James Carse
https://simonsinek.com/podcast/episod...

♾ The WinWin Podcast:
Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly winlose games into WinWins.

Watch the previous episode with Joseph GordonLevitt here:    • Joseph GordonLevitt | AI and the Fil...  

Credits
♾ Hosted by: Liv Boeree
♾ Produced & Edited by: Raymond Wei
♾ Audio Mix by: Keir Schmidt