{"id":2006,"date":"2019-02-06T12:42:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T07:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/?p=2006"},"modified":"2019-06-02T12:53:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T07:23:25","slug":"what-can-you-really-learn-as-a-uberx-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/what-can-you-really-learn-as-a-uberx-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"What can you really learn as a UberX driver?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Why would the Innovation Leader in a top 5 consulting firm sign up with Uber to drive drunk people around at 2am?  Ted Graham, now Head of Open Innovation at GM outlines 3 learnings as a UberX driver (while at PWC). Highly regulated industries (like transportation aka Taxi industry or even Accounting) are in for major disruption. Unless disrupted already.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"810\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4L30uIkMeMM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption> Three things I learned about disruptive innovation as an UberX driver | Ted Graham | TEDxQueensU<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> 1. Partnership &#8211; Recruit partners as you will recruit customers with the same energy and focus. Figure if an equivalent of \u2018Surge Pricing\u2019 can work in your industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> 2. Build a two way Feedback system with consequences. Fire a customer who is mistreating your employees, for example. Customer is always right, well almost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> 3. Balance Risk and Reward. While working in highly regulated and complex industries like Health, Education and Transportation there will be issues with regulators and entrenched players but the reward will oftentimes be many times the initial rough ride.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why would the Innovation Leader in a top 5 consulting firm sign up with Uber to drive drunk people around at 2am? Ted Graham, now Head of Open Innovation at GM outlines 3 learnings as a UberX driver (while at PWC). 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