{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EP4: Hydrogen vs Electric? Europe\u2019s Real Problem Is Hesitation in a Race for Innovation","description":" For 35 years, Dr. Rainer Balbach built automotive supply chains for Daimler AG Mercedes-Benz across Germany, India, Singapore, Egypt, and Russia. From deep-drawing aluminum to high-pressure die casting that replaced 150 sheet metal parts with one, he&amp;nbsp;witnessed&amp;nbsp;firsthand how innovation struggles against organizational resistance.&amp;nbsp;   In this episode, Rainer tells host Sasan Hashemi what nobody wants to admit: Europe stopped promoting entrepreneurs and started promoting controllers. The engineers who built empires were replaced by consultants who worship spreadsheets. Meanwhile, Singapore became a paradise for innovation.&amp;nbsp;    The technology&amp;nbsp;isn't&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;problem. Europe has world-class engineering. The problem is cultural: we stopped acting like entrepreneurs and started acting like auditors.&amp;nbsp;   We're&amp;nbsp;not failing because we&amp;nbsp;can't&amp;nbsp;innovate.&amp;nbsp;We're&amp;nbsp;failing because we&amp;nbsp;won't.&amp;nbsp;  ","author_name":"Beyond Cost","author_url":"https:\/\/beyondcost.libsyn.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39467390\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/196793180"}