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Jan 8, 2019 · Philanthropist, investor, and technology pioneer Jean Case brings to life the five Be Fearless principles common to the people and organizations that bring about transformational change.
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- Make a Big Bet. So many people and organizations are naturally cautious. They look at what seemed to work in the past and try to do more of it, leading to only incremental advances.
- Be bold, take risks. Have the guts to try new, unproven things and the rigor to continue experimenting. Risk taking is not a blind leap off a cliff but a lengthy process of trial and error.
- Make failure matter. Great achievers view failure as a necessary part of advancing towards success. No one seeks it out, but if you’re trying new things, the outcome is by definition uncertain.
- Reach beyond your bubble. Our society is in thrall to the myth of the lone genius. But innovation happens at intersections. Often the most original solutions come from engaging with people with diverse experiences to forge new and unexpected partnerships.
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- In the introduction you talk about how your grandparents and other immigrants often have a unique perspective that inspires innovation. How have immigrants changed the status quo?
- Do you have a favorite immigrant success story?
- Was there someone you aspired to be like as a young adult?
- A lot of the projects you mention show normal people stepping in to fill holes left by public services—what are the circumstances that foster innovation?
- What was your most epic failure?
- Do you have any favorite famous failure stories?
- In the book, you mention a Baltimore-based wedding dress seamstress who helped design an award-winning Ebola protection suit. How do diverse backgrounds breed innovation?
- You and your husband have made an effort to travel around the United States during this particularly divisive time: What are you seeking to learn?
National Geographic Society chairman Jean Case talks about her new book calling for bold risk-taking.
As a child growing up in Normal, Illinois, Jean Case watched her single mother raise four children, her German immigrant grandparents run a small hotel, and astronauts land on the moon. This trifecta helped her develop a knack for risk-taking: whether it was hopping on board with an Internet start-up called America Online or cutting her losses on a failing venture. In her new book, Be Fearless, Case, who’s the chairman of National Geographic Society, profiles normal people who made a difference in the world as a framework for those wanting to follow their path.
Certainly the story of America can’t be told without a nod to the contribution of immigrants from all over the world. Forty percent of our fortune 500 companies were started by immigrants or their families. A sense of urgency can be a motivator to do great things. Just like my grandparents who came without resources, immigrants come to America with...
One of my favorite examples is Salva Dut, who was what we call “a lost boy,” but as he says, they were walking boys. He was a young person who found himself amid horrible violence in South Sudan and fled to a refugee camp. When he arrived in America, he described not having any familiarity with things like light switches. When he returned home he r...
I was just a little kid when Neil Armstrong took his first step on the moon. I remember being awed by the whole idea we could send people to space. I was glued to the TV. Later I had the privilege of watching the first space shuttle. I was inspired by the audacious big bet.
People everywhere have an idea of how to make a better world. What they lack is the belief that they can be the one to do it.
I think most innovation comes about because someone sees a problem and they see a solution. I open the book with a mental health practitioner. As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were raging, the mental health system was tapped. Barbara Van Dahlen came up with the idea of doing one free hour of care a week for veterans. Today, thousands of doctors ...
It was a clean water initiative. I launched it at the Clinton Global Initiative with former President Bill Clinton to my right and First Lady Laura Bush to my left. The idea was a child’s merry go round that would pull up clean water in villages in sub-Saharan Africa. We thought it was brilliant. But then we began to hear reports of challenges in t...
As I write in the book: fail in the footsteps of giants. We always hear about the success stories, but rarely do we hear about the failures. Oprah was told she just wasn’t right for TV. Steven Spielberg was rejected from film school. J.K. Rowling was rejected by a dozen publishers. If people better understood that most great things have a path lined with failures, it might help them push forward.
When I’m on college campuses I try to give my own failure resume, those really scary moments in life that made me question, is it all over now? I share that those daunting moments set up some bigger opportunity down the line. I think failure and fear isn’t acknowledged enough. People who’d achieved success don't feel comfortable acknowledging what didn’t go right. Even I feel vulnerable talking about all the things in life that didn’t work out. But it’s necessary.
One of the principles in the book is reach beyond your bubble. USAID knew they had a challenge with the Ebola suit as the crisis was beginning. So they did a grand challenge and invited citizens everywhere to apply. A lot of scientists and doctors and those people steeped in the field took part. But a wedding dress designer named Jill Andrews thoug...
Each year my husband and I take an RV into communities that are lesser known. We don't think you have to travel around the world to meet people different than you are. Whether we like it or not, we all have biases and sometimes we don’t even realize them. It’s essential to hear what people are feeling around the country—which we don't hear in Washington, D.C.—and it reminds us that America is a result of a lot of people coming together. It’s during some of the darkest periods that some of the greatest innovations come forward. Let urgency conquer fear. Martin Luther King, Jr., called it the “fierce urgency of now.” For anyone out there who wants to see change, there’s never been a better time to jump in.
This interview was edited for length and clarity.
According to Case, the five principles for being fearless are to make a Big Bet; be a bold risk-taker; make failures matter; reach beyond your bubble; and let urgency conquer fear. We’ll take a look at some examples of these principles in action and hopefully empower your inner game-changer to step forward.
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Philanthropist, investor, and technology pioneer Jean Case brings to life the five Be Fearless principles common to the people and organizations that bring about transformational change.
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