{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Future Around & Find Out","title":"\"Train the Monkey First\" — How Google Built a Moonshot Factory | Astro Teller (Captain of Moonshots)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/32ac7c10\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1800,"description":"How do you build a system for turning wild ideas into world-changing innovations? Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at X, The Moonshot Factory, has spent over 15 years leading Google’s audacious innovation lab—the birthplace of Waymo, Google Brain, and other breakthrough projects.\nIn this special episode, recorded live in Austin at last year's SXSW, Astro shares the playbook to create a moonshot factory.\n(I'm at this year's SXSW right now and you'll hear all about it soon. If you are here, drop me a line and let's meet up!)\n\nWhat You’ll Learn in This Episode:\nThe “Train the Monkey First” approach to innovation\nWhy audacity, humility, and intellectual honesty are key to moonshots\nHow your org can get more 10x (not +10%) outcomes — and how to avoid the “innovator’s dilemma”\nWhy you should “greenlight everything” and then redlight most projects quickly, following kill criteria you’ve agreed to in advance\nWhere X is placing bets today, including climate-tech, modernizing the electric grid and bioengineering\n---\nFuture Around & Find Out newsletter and podcast: https://www.futurearound.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HUxsFUd2l2IpBZewHzlZlthVWOmLB5qSDYnIlkRo0LE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82YTcx/YWIxYzkxYjgwNWI4/MTc5NGYyNjliZjU5/NzQ4MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}