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Podcast: Inside Personal Growth with Greg Voisen
Episode: Podcast 1252: The Art of Change: Transforming Paradoxes into Breakthroughs | Jeff DeGraff Podcast
Description: In this Inside Personal Growth conversation, Greg Voisen welcomes Jeff DeGraff, University of Michigan professor, innovation expert, and co-author of The Art of Change: Transforming Paradoxes into Breakthroughs. Jeff shares his powerful framework for embracing contradictions as catalysts for transformation. Drawing on real-life experiences—from helping lead the accelerated development of COVID-19 vaccines to lessons in business, leadership, and personal growth—Jeff explains why paradoxes like “achieving more by doing less” or “resistance becoming a driver of change” are key to breakthrough innovation. Listeners will discover practical strategies to move beyond “change theater,” adopt a paradoxical mindset, and apply experiments, intuition, and c...