The Problem With Bad Luck: Paul Sloane

The James Smith Podcast by James Smith

May 5, 202685:43Health

Paul Sloane joins James Smith to dismantle the myth of bad luck and reveal why the most successful innovations in history happened entirely by accident. A Cambridge engineer, former IBM marketer, and bestselling author,...

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