# Say What!? Bad ideas are the key to to better innovation? Dive in for this contrarian take and more on AI for organizational intelligence with Phanish Puranam, Professor of Strategy and Organizational Design {Replay} Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-data-simple-17685/say-what-bad-ideas-are-the-key-to-to-better-innovation-dive-in-for-this-contrarian-take-and-more-on-ai-for-organizational-intelligence-with-phanish-puranam-professor-of-strategy-and-organizational-design-replay Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-data-simple-17685/say-what-bad-ideas-are-the-key-to-to-better-innovation-dive-in-for-this-contrarian-take-and-more-on-ai-for-organizational-intelligence-with-phanish-puranam-professor-of-strategy-and-organizational-design-replay.md Podcast: [Making Data Simple](https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-data-simple-17685) Published: 2026-01-21T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/214745/episodes/18544091-say-what-bad-ideas-are-the-key-to-to-better-innovation-dive-in-for-this-contrarian-take-and-more-on-ai-for-organizational-intelligence-with-phanish-puranam-professor-of-strategy-and-organizational-design-replay.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/214745/episodes/18544091-say-what-bad-ideas-are-the-key-to-to-better-innovation-dive-in-for-this-contrarian-take-and-more-on-ai-for-organizational-intelligence-with-phanish-puranam-professor-of-strategy-and-organizational-design-replay.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/making-data-simple-17685/episodes/say-what-bad-ideas-are-the-key-to-to-better-innovation-dive-in-for-this-contrarian-take-and-more-on-ai-for-organizational-intelligence-with-phanish-puranam-professor-of-strategy-and-organizational-design-replay Duration seconds: 1922 ## Resource Send us Fan Mail This was a fantastic 2 part series on how to design intelligent organizations. Check it out! Part 1 of 2 How do we make organizations not just run — but run intelligently? In this episode of Making Data Simple, we welcome Phanish Puranam, Professor of Strategy and Organizational Design at INSEAD, to explore the intersection of AI, organizational science, and intelligent design. From tools and teammates to blockchain and the metaverse, Phanish walks us through the evolvi... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/making-data-simple-17685/episodes/say-what-bad-ideas-are-the-key-to-to-better-innovation-dive-in-for-this-contrarian-take-and-more-on-ai-for-organizational-intelligence-with-phanish-puranam-professor-of-strategy-and-organizational-design-replay/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-data-simple-17685/say-what-bad-ideas-are-the-key-to-to-better-innovation-dive-in-for-this-contrarian-take-and-more-on-ai-for-organizational-intelligence-with-phanish-puranam-professor-of-strategy-and-organizational-design-replay.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.