{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Unboxing the Office ","title":"Unboxing the Office | Episode 16: Building Products, Teams & Innovation with Grant Chapman","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3141,"description":"What does it really take to turn a bold idea into a product people can use, love, and manufacture at scale?\nIn Episode 16 of Unboxing the Office, Bernie Youngblood sits down with Grant Chapman, Co-Founder and CEO of Glassboard, a hardware product-development firm helping startups, small businesses, and enterprise teams take ideas from concept to commercialization.\nGrant shares how Glassboard grew from building electric go-karts in a basement into a nationally recognized product-development firm, why innovation is almost always a culture question, and how the company balances high standards with a healthy, sustainable workplace.\nThey also get into AI, ego-free collaboration, company shutdowns, hiring for culture fit, and why leaders should stop treating symptoms when the real problem sits deeper in the organization.\n✅ In this episode, they explore:\n— What it takes to bring a hardware product to market\n— Why big brands often outsource early-stage innovation\n— Glassboard’s journey from electric go-karts to product development\n— Building a high-performance culture without burnout\n— Why unlimited vacation did not work, and what did\n— AI as a tool for exploration, not replacement\n— How to create space for better ideas and healthier teams\n— Why leaders need to solve second-order problems, not just symptoms\n📚 Chapters\n00:00 Welcome to Grant Chapman and Glassboard\n03:35 What a hardware product-development firm actually does\n05:03 Why large companies struggle to innovate internally\n08:18 From white-label printer to wireless product\n10:20 From silk research to safer bike helmets\n11:08 Building Glassboard from electric go-karts\n13:55 Hiring friends and defining Glassboard’s culture\n14:26 High standards, ownership, and the “exclusive culture”\n18:35 How Glassboard hires for culture fit\n20:53 Checking ego at the door\n23:25 High performance without high stress\n24:01 Why unlimited vacation failed\n24:35 The value of company-wide shutdowns\n29:04 America’s hard-charging culture...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/9_zmTw7hsYWxVkbsNhlm2nzCUUPYTjSAAN8uuAkaLRc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83YWQ5/ZDBjZDAxMzgyOWE0/ZDM5YTA0Yjk3MjEy/OTgyOS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}