Steve Garguilo is an expert at taking action. In this episode he explains his blueprint for how to take action on ideas, big or small. You will learn what gets in the way and blocks us from taking action as well as strategies to help you and your team take action and make progress. What You’ll Learn * How to take action on your ideas * Learn how to adapt a bias towards action * How the difference between productive and unproductive procrastination About Steve Garguilo Steve Garguilo works with people from all walks of life from all over the world to help them make their ideas happen. He led the revolution to transform the culture of the 5th largest company in the world by instigating and shaping a grassroots movement at Johnson & Johnson that engaged 23,000 employees and led to countless stories of product and people development. Steve’s groundbreaking programs are known for being incredibly engaging and highly immersive and interactive. Net Promoter Scores for his programming range from +86 to +100. Garguilo has also worked on social ventures globally, including in Kenya and India. In 2014, he completed The Mongol Rally, a 10,000-mile adventure from London to Ulan Bator, Mongolia, fundraising for the African Prisons Project. He has lived all over the world and has spoken at TED and TEDx events across the globe in the United States, Switzerland, Brazil, Scotland, Tunisia, and Lithuania. A global citizen, he has visited each of the 48 contiguous United States and is a member of the “century club” having visited over 100 countries. Resources * Book: Surge by Steve Garguilo and Sergiy Skoryk * Steve on Twitter * Steve’s websites: stevegarguilo.com and actionsurge.com * giantflamingo.com * Episode 84: Using Goal Setting to Increase Creativity * The Deliberate Creative on C-suite Radio * Upcoming free webinars * Leave a review on iTunes Weekly Challenge What is one big idea that you want to take action on? Then, ask yourself what is one thing you can do to make progress on this right now. It is overly simple, but it’s important. Give it the importance it deserves. Take that first step and get started this week. Transcript Feel like reading instead of listening? Download the free transcript or read it below. Enjoy! Transcript for Episode #086: How to Implement Ideas with Steve Garguilo Amy Climer: Welcome to The Deliberate Creative Podcast Episode 86. Today’s episode is all about taking ideas and moving into action, to making those ideas happen. It is about implementation. Those of you who are regular listeners you know about the Creative Problem Solving Process; the four stages to help you be more creative, and that last stage is implementation. This episode is all about helping you move into that last stage and actually making that idea happen. I think, I can say with confidence that every person I have ever met has had an idea that they have not actually taken action on. They may have taken action on a lot of other ideas, but nearly everybody has something that they want to do that they have not done yet and they have not made forward progress with. Today’s guest is Steve Garguilo and he is going to explain what do you do if you have ...