A podcast about pivoting for startups. CTRL SHIFT is a podcast about people who changed the world by changing their perspective. Every start-up goes through periods of being stuck. We believe the key factor in successfully overcoming them is being able to shift: focus, goals, approach, or even to shift altogether to another area. In each episode we tell the story of a shift that we think is a good example - if not, then at least a good lesson for entrepreneurs. We explore all the surprising twists and turns along the way, how talent in one field can turn out to be just what’s needed in another, how to make a successful U-turn when needed; and how, at the end of the day, adaptability is crucial in both business and life.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 5 hours 36 minutes
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episode 10: The Therapy Shift: From Divine Retribution to Brunch Topic
We used to believe that people with mental health issues were possessed by demons or cursed. Less than a century ago lobotomy was still in wide use. Today, we sing along to songs about depression, talk about mental health on first dates and chat with...
episode 9: The Employment Shift: From Corporations to Business
We’ve all thought about it. Leaving agency jobs and going out on our own. Independent designers that have worked with Spotify, NASA, Google and others get real about the moment they took the leap. And why they never looked back. This podcast is made...
episode 8: The Cannabis Shift: From Criminalization to Post-war Reconstruction
When you hear 'cannabis' you most certainly think of a drug. But few know that cannabis is an incredibly multifaceted plant. Todd Scattini, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel even thinks that it can become the key element in the post-war...
episode 7: The Rosé Shift: From Centuries-Old Traditions to Instagrammable Premium Wine
What comes to your mind when you hear "French wine"? , Generations of winemakers, beautiful family estates and elegant people looking for notes of oak in their glass. Yes, that's the image that had been surrounding wine but not rosé. Rosé used to be...
episode 6: The Addiction Shift: From Punishment to Treatment
100 years ago addicts were considered second-class citizens in the US. Their morality was questioned, they did not get any help whatsoever, and according to law they were criminals. Now addicts are treated as patients, and their conditions is seen as...
episode 5: The Poker Shift: From Journalism to the Casino Table
Today poker is not about cowboy hats, smoke-filled casinos and lost family wealth. Over the last century the game changed economics, political science and several other spheres. Poker also made possible AI that bluffs like a real human! And...
episode 4: The Algorithm Shift: From Game Theory to Organ Transplants
In the 60s two mathematicians came up with an algorithm. The scientists jokingly suggested it should be used for matchmaking but never actually proposed a practical application. Half a century later, another scientist came up with an unconventional...
episode 3: The Career Shift: From Scientific Research to Business
Do you know what it takes to become a scientist? You spend at least 9 years in a closed community that lives by a particularly rigid set of rules and ethical principles — it’s almost the way of the warrior. Then, if you make the cut, you become a...
episode 2: The Startup Shift: From Tech CEO to Social Impact Startup
Alex Stephany is an entrepreneur from London with a startup breaking barriers in the sharing economy. One day a homeless man at a tube station drew his attention, and after striking up a conversation with him, suddenly everything fell into place. Alex...
episode 1: The Research Shift: From IVF to The Pill
An american biologist Gregory Goodwin Pincus was the first scientist to experiment with in vitro fertilization and even achieve some level of success. But his legacy turned out to be the exact opposite. In collaboration with femisists Margaret Sanger...
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