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Week 297 in Detroit. Welcome to 2022 and for some parts of the country, that’s all about the weather. I had some fun with “editions” over the last few weeks. Look back at 2021 edition. Look ahead to 2022 edition. Random edition last week. This week I am being a little more patient with an idea I introduced over 6 months ago.
This week I spoke on a panel titled “The Future of the Real Estate Transaction” and decided to pick one area from the discussion to write about.
How would I put mortgage “out of business”?
Why would someone almost 10 years working at mortgage companies want to spend Saturday writing about putting mortgage companies out of business?
I have long believed it’s a great spark for innovation.
My team used this concept to spark innovation within Rocket Mortgage. Let’s think of the next great idea before anyone else.
I don’t know who is responsible for socializing this concept. I found it attributed to Richard Branson. I’m sure it was many other CEOs and entrepreneur-founders and innovators as well. Author Lisa Bodell wrote Kill The Company based on this reasoning.
Here’s what she says, “Kill the Company [allows you to] pretend that you are your number-one competitor. You have three minutes…
