How One Google Engineer Turned Tragedy into a Moonshot

HBR IdeaCast

• Episode: How One Google Engineer Turned Tragedy into a Moonshot
• Website: HBR IdeaCast
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• Duration: 00:24:21
• Published: 2019-01-02 22:47

Mo Gawdat, founder of One Billion Happy and former Chief Business Officer at Google's X, spent years working in technological innovation. At Google's so-called "dream factory," he learned how to operationalize moonshot ventures aiming to solve some of the world's hardest problems. But then a personal tragedy — the loss of his son — set him on a new path. Gawdat launched a startup with the moonshot goal of helping one billion people find happiness. Gawdat is also the author of "Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy."