Vantage Point - the podcast for critical thinkers.

You have hundreds of thoughts a day and almost no ideas. The guy who invented pizza had an idea; the guy who orders it for lunch has a nice thought. What separates the two — and why does every organization starve for the first?

In this episode
A definition and a hard look at the episode's theme, plus 5 of Eli's aphorisms, Dr. Jonas Salk from great minds, and a "What If?" to ponder.

Eli’s Aphorisms
“God Bless America was written by Irving Berlin. Irving Berlin was an immigrant. God Bless America was written by an immigrant. Just saying.”
“In 2021 I had my COVID shot, first dose; my COVID shot, second dose; my pneumonia shot; my shingles shot, first dose; my shingles shot, second dose; my flu shot; and my COVID booster. When I was younger, doing shots was a much different activity.”
“A day feels like a year when you haven't accomplished anything. And a year feels like a day when you have.”
“The guy who invented pizza had an idea. The guy who orders it has a nice thought. Big difference.”
“The most valuable asset any organization has is its employees' creativity. Creativity generates ideas. Ideas generate value.”

From Great Minds
“the man who invented the polio vaccine and changed the world. Salk was a very disciplined, thorough researcher who also believed in intuition. His words: "Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next." It was certainly the case with him, and he moved forward from there.” — Dr. Jonas Salk
“Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.” — Jonas Salk

What If?
What if Jonas Salk had agreed with the lawyers at the University of Pittsburgh to go after a patent for the vaccine? The whole remainder of the twentieth century would have been different. He refused to let it take that long and pushed straight into distribution, which he could do because the vaccine was under his control — and he never made a dime on it beyond the salary he was already being paid. Many hundreds of thousands of people were spared the disease, or death from it. Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.

This episode is supported by Vantage Point's Executive Sponsor, Stephen Bozer, SVP of Human Health at Flavine.

Also supported by Major Sponsor Bergen Volunteers, neighbors serving neighbors across 70 towns in Bergen County since 1966.

Also supported by Major Sponsor Kardam Consulting, strategic counsel for the business of making medicine.

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