What Can the World's Oldest Companies Teach Us About Longevity? Notes from the Field with Eric Markowitz, Part 3
This episode is Part 3 of our “Notes from the Field” series with Eric Markowitz, and is complemented by prior episodes in the series. In this episode Eric shares what he's learned since finishing his first draft of Outlast. From a 1,300-year-old Japanese inn to a 400-year-old balsamic maker in Modena, Eric explains why the firms that last tend to be humble, small and honest about their past, and why they aim for quality rather than longevity. We talk about luck and survivorship bias, "the myth of the mountain," why heirs often don't want the family business, and what it means to build something worth keeping. OUTLAST will be published by Scribner (Simon & Schuster) in 2027.
4 Oct 2026
Inverting Quality: Studying the Exceptions of the Most Obsessive Operators with Sean Iddings
In part two, Paul Higgins and author, investor, builder Sean Iddings turn to nature as a teacher of quality. Starting with Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks, they look at why the most valuable lessons are often the ones left in plain sight. They cover evolution as four billion years of R&D, and why Bach outlasted the more famous composers of his day. Sean explains why trust is something you can't build efficiently. He also shares what subtle negative filters in Costco's unique business model leading to durable success, a new generational model of tackling loneliness across rural America connecting inter-generational talent and networks via his work with Project Horseshoe Farm.
28 Sept 2026
Quality in Building the Future of Power Distribution with Mehrdad Baghaie Yazdi
In this episode, Ferdinand Bennigsen sits down with Mehrdad Baghaie Yazdi, Vice President of Systems, Applications and Solutions at Infineon, the world's leading power semiconductor company. Mehrdad leads a team of about 50 people who imagine the future of electrical systems, from EV chargers to battery storage to AI data centers, then work backwards to build the power electronics that future will need.
Doing that well takes two skills that rarely go together: deep first-principles scientific thinking and sharp commercial sense. Mehrdad traces his path from scientist to builder, shares the principles he picked up along the way, and gives a clear view of the industrial transformation now underway.
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