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Expert guests joined the Gartner Talent Angle throughout 2024 to discuss shifts in the labor market. Economist and labor market expert Gad Levanon shares how HR leaders can capitalize on changes in the talent landscape to give their organizations an edge. Professor Joseph Fuller then offers findings from his latest research on skills-based hiring, offering practical guidance to help organizations broaden the aperture of their talent pools. Gad Levanon is chief economist of the Burning Glass Institute. Previously, Gad was with The Conference Board where he was founder of the Labor Market Institute and led the Help Wanted OnLine program. His research focuses on trends in U.S. and global labor markets, the U.S. economy, and their impact on employers. Before The Conference Board, he worked at the Bank of Israel​. He received his doctorate in economics from Princeton University, and he holds undergraduate and master's degrees from Tel Aviv University.   Joseph Fuller is a professor of management practice in general management at Harvard Business School and co-leads the school's initiative, Managing the Future of Work. He founded the consulting firm Monitor Group, now Monitor Deloitte, and has worked with senior executives and policymakers on a wide variety of issues related to corporate strategy and national competitiveness.    

Matthew Le Merle is Managing Partner of Blockchain Coinvestors. Launched in 2014, Blockchain Coinvestors' vision is that digital monies, commodities and assets are inevitable and all of the world's financial infrastructure must be upgraded. ================ All Episodes can be found at www.thecryptopodcast.org   Podcast Coaching + All Social Media + Donations link https://bio.link/podcaster   Our Facebook Group can be found at https://www.facebook.com/thecryptopodcast   ======= Help Support the show through my Business Partners :  Get a Virtual Assistant at https://va.world/ ------- Upgrade Your Brain    Unleash & Use Your Uniqueness   https://braingym.fitness/⁠    --------------------------   Speaking Podcast Social Media / Coaching My Other Podcasts    ⁠⁠⁠https://roycoughlan.com/⁠⁠   Health & Wellness Products   https://partnerco.world/   My Website https://partner.co/?custid=N6543249    ============ About my Guest Matthew Le Merle : Matthew Le Merle is Managing Partner of Blockchain Coinvestors. Launched in 2014, Blockchain Coinvestors' vision is that digital monies, commodities and assets are inevitable and all of the world's financial infrastructure must be upgraded. Our mission is to provide broad coverage of the emerging unicorns and fastest growth blockchain companies and crypto projects. Our investment strategy is now in its 10th year and has to date invested in more than 40 pure play blockchain venture funds in the Americas, Asia and Europe; and in a combined portfolio of 1,250+ blockchain and crypto projects including 95 of all blockchain unicorns. Our first fund of funds ranks in the top quartile amongst all funds in its category on both Pitchbook and Preqin. Headquartered in San Francisco with a presence in Grand Cayman, London, New York, Zug and Zurich, the alternative investment management firm was co-founded by Alison Davis and Matthew Le Merle. Earlier in his career, Matthew spent 21 years as a strategy, operations and corporate finance advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs, boards and executive teams with McKinsey & Company, and as a practice leader with A.T. Kearney and Monitor Group where he led both firms' West Coast practices and at Booz & Company. What we Discussed:   - His journey into the financial market (2 mins) - Has he gotten his children involved in the business (3:45min) - Who he thinks created Bitcoin (4:30 mins) - How Bitcoin was (7:30 mins) - The result of Different Asset Classes from 2008 (9:30 mins) - Does he see transfers of blockchain will be easier in the future (14:15 mins) - How will the market when BRICS currency starts (19:45 mins) - What is a Unicorn Business (24 mins) - What to be aware of when investing in Blockchain (26:45 mins) - More Projects fail than suceed (32 mins) - Know the vested interests of the investment company (33:45 mins) - Lots of Influencers & singers caused people to lose money (35 mins) - Should people invest in funds in different sectors (36:45 mins) - Blockrock, Trump and others changing their minds about Blockchain (41 mins) - How will market change with Trump win (46 mins) How to Contact Matthew Le Merle:   https://www.blockchaincoinvestors.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/fifthera/ https://x.com/BCoinvestors       ==============   Speaking Podcast Social Media / Coaching My Other Podcasts    ⁠⁠⁠https://roycoughlan.com/⁠⁠   Health & Wellness Products   https://partnerco.world/   My Website https://partner.co/?custid=N6543249 

If most of us are honest—banking probably isn't the first thing that comes to mind when we think about social and environmental change. But what if it could be?In today's episode, we talk with Charley Cummings, CEO of Walden Mutual, an innovative bank that's restoring a community-driven model that has largely disappeared in the face of 50 years of banking consolidation.Charley walks us through the recent history of US banking and how the fundamental thesis behind it has changed, leaving many behind. He explains how is own experience as the founder of Walden Local - a sustainable meats company - helped him see the lack of a local financing option that embodied his values. From there, Charley dives deep into their community driven model, showcasing what a relationship-driven, place-based banking model could mean for the future of local agriculture and our food systems at large.In this episode, we cover: Charley's political origins and how he came to see the need for a new model for community financing. The essential role that community banking played in building the American middle class. How shareholder primacy - which is taken as gospel now - is a societal construct that arose in the 1970s and has fundamentally reshaped our banking system. How they are restoring character based lending through a fusion of modern tools and a relationship driven approach. Financing local economic “ecosystems” in order to create mutually What a place-based banking model could mean for the future of food systems. And much more...More about Charley:Charley Cummings is the founder and CEO of Walden Mutual Bank, the first newly chartered mutual bank in the US in 50 years. Walden Mutual lends to sustainable food and agriculture businesses in New England and New York, while offering impact driven online and mobile deposit accounts to businesses and consumers. Charley previously founded and ran Walden Local, Inc., now the leading brand of locally produced pasture-based meat in the Northeast. Previously he worked at various venture-backed clean technology companies and co-founded a non-profit advocacy organization formed in support of the country's first proposed offshore windfarm. Charley began his career at Monitor Group (now part of Deloitte) and earned a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He lives with his wife, three children and small flock of Kitahdin sheep in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.Agrarian Futures is produced by Alexandre Miller of You Should Have a Podcast, who also wrote our theme song.

Our present media landscape poses significant challenges in the current political climate as they continue to exacerbate the perception that most U.S. citizens are hopelessly divided. Research shows this is not the reality. Outlined here are examples of many groups that have built alliances and have crossed boundaries to build a better future for all. Diana McLain Smith, Ph.D. has worked with families, organizations, communities, and in some of America's most iconic businesses and entrepreneurial nonprofits. She has developed an approach that converts debilitating intergroup conflict into constructive outcomes. This work is known as Leading through Relationships (LTR™). She's a former partner at the Monitor Group and former chief executive partner at New Profit. Her approach is to educate practitioners to develop the skill for engaging and fact-based dialogues, learning from different perspectives, and partnering across boundaries. Her books include Divide or Conquer: How Great Teams Turn Conflict Into Strength (Portfolio 2008), The Elephant in the Room: How Relationships Make or Break the Success of Leaders and Organizations (Jossey-Bass 2011) and Remaking The Space Between Us: How Citizens Can Work Together To Build A Better Future For All (Ballast Books 2024) Interview Date: 7/5/2024 Tags: Diana McLain Smith, Not in Our Town, Derek Black, Eli Saslow, friendship, Billings Montana, Patrice O'Neil, Allison Gornick, Media, Social Change/Politics

Diana McLain Smith, PhD has worked with families, organizations, communities, and in some of America's most iconic businesses and entrepreneurial nonprofits. She has developed an approach that converts debilitating intergroup conflict into constructive outcomes. This work is known as Leading through Relationships (LTR™). She's a former partner at the Monitor Group and former chief executive partner at New Profit. Her approach is to educate practitioners to develop the skill for engaging and fact-based dialogues, learning from different perspectives, and partnering across boundaries. Her books include Divide or Conquer: How Great Teams Turn Conflict Into Strength (Portfolio 2008), The Elephant in the Room: How Relationships Make or Break the Success of Leaders and Organizations (Jossey-Bass 2011) and Remaking The Space Between Us: How Citizens Can Work Together To Build A Better Future For All (Ballast Books 2024) Interview Date: 7/5/2024 Tags: Diana McLain Smith, friendship, George Washington crossing the Delaware, secret dialogues about abortion, dialogue, broadening our perspectives, Braver Angels, Media, Social Change/Politics

What if the key to healing our fractured society lies not in silencing our differences, but in harnessing them? In this conversation with Diana M. Smith, a renowned thought leader in conflict resolution and organizational change, we're not just talking about the pressing issue of political divisiveness—we're talking about the power to reshape our society by rethinking how we engage with one another and transform conflicts into constructive forces for societal progress.  Drawing from her extensive career, including her newest book, 'Remaking the Space Between Us,' Diana touches on compelling insights on how collaboration across groups can solve today's complex problems.  Tune in to explore practical steps individuals and communities can take to foster understanding and unity in a polarized world and learn about the importance of shifting from an outrage mindset to an engaged mindset. Listen and Learn:  How Diana's journey from grassroots political activism and organizational learning led to groundbreaking insights on resolving lateral conflicts and preventing the rise of authoritarianism in a rapidly changing world How the media's focus on extremes distorts our perceptions and fuels division and what we can do to transform our fractured democracy The rise of solutions-focused journalism and how the shift from outrage to engagement can reshape the way we consume news and empower communities to tackle real-world problems The evolutionary history of in-group cooperation and out-group competition and how it has shaped today's divisive world The inspiring groups leading us towards a new evolutionary step in building a multi-group democracy—one that could finally bridge our divides and meet the challenges of the 21st century America's deep-rooted identity crisis, shaped by the historic tension between equality and liberty Actionable steps to bridge divides and foster meaningful connections across groups, overcome isolation, challenge biases, and collaboratively address societal issues Focusing on changing patterns rather than blaming individuals to transform adversaries into partners Resources:  Diane's books:  Remaking the Space Between Us: How Citizens Work Together to Build a Better Future For All Action Science  Elephant in the Room Divide or Conquer Find Diana online:  https://www.remakingthespace.org/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/diana-smith-bb8b505/ https://www.instagram.com/dianamclainsmith  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61555850530104  Referenced in this episode:  The Old Man Who Saved American Democracy. Twice by Jonathan V. Last: https://substack.com/@jvlast/p-147892467 Solutions Journalism Network: https://www.solutionsjournalism.org/ https://onestepinc.org/ https://startswith.us/ https://storycorps.org/ https://braverangels.org/ https://citizenconnect.us/ About Diana McLain Smith Diana McLain Smith is a renowned thought leader who has led change efforts for thirty-five years in some of America's most iconic businesses and cutting-edge non-profits. A former partner at the Monitor Group and a former chief executive partner at New Profit, Smith developed an approach to conflict and change called Leading Through Relationships (LTR)TM. Related episodes:  262. Hope and Values in Dark Times with Us 51. The Psychology of Political Division with Yael and Debbie 281. Belonging Uncertainty and Bridging Divides with Geoffrey Cohen  234. The Power of Us with Dominic Packer 353. Ask Great Questions with Jeff Wetzler  96. Effective Conversations About Diversity with Anatasia Kim and Alicia del Prado 116. Building a Meaningful, Values-based Life with Jenna LeJeune Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“ These obelisks are the world's first globally distributed product. Layers and layers of history - these obelisks moved around and stand in modern societies — that's a story to tell.” Mark Ciccone is a P&G Alum and author of the new book “OBELISK ODYSSEY: 26 Ancient Monoliths, 4 Continents, and 1 Monumental Search for Meaning.” With a presence on four continents, the 26 surviving granite monuments are history's most mysterious objects. and meaningful man made objects, each with its own voice and message for the world. Mark set out to see each one, embarking on a six month, 25, 000 mile odyssey from his town of Boston to Egypt, England, Italy, Israel, Turkey, Lebanon, and beyond, to discover what these ancient voices have to say about religion, technology, tribalism, and conflicts of all kinds. You can purchase OBELISK ODYSSEY here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCKP9PNL After 32 years with P&G, Mark became a consultant, first with the Monitor Group in Cambridge, Massachusetts, then as President of Retail Net Group, a boutique consulting firm specializing in retail innovation. Mark also is an instructor at Duquesne University's semester abroad program in Rome where he has taught several undergraduate business classes. In semi retirement, Mark found meaning lying in the stone quarries of North Africa, the Egyptian obelisk. In this conversation amongst longtime Alum friends, you'll hear about Mark + Qaisar's many adventures, conversations, and reflections across the world. Hosting this conversation is longtime friend of the pod Qaisar Shareef, a fellow P&G alum and author, who's led many parts of the organization from Pakistan to Ukraine to the US. This is a feature of an Alumni Leader's published thought leadership. Got an idea for a future “Learnings from Leaders” episode - reach out at pgalumpod@gmail.com

In recent years, organizations have started to experiment with skills-based hiring by dropping degree requirements and other credentials in job postings to unlock new talent populations. However, a fully-realized skills-based hiring approach demands deep change in talent processes and hiring manager practices. To this point, most organizations have been unable to weave this method into the fabric of their talent strategy. Joseph Fuller, professor at Harvard Business School, rejoins the Talent Angle to discuss his latest research: “Skills-Based Hiring: The Long Road from Pronouncements to Practice.” Joseph shares data to show the extent to which skills-based hiring commitments have translated to meaningful action, and offers practical guidance to help organizations broaden the aperture of their talent pools. Joseph Fuller is a professor of management practice in general management at Harvard Business School and co-leads the school's initiative, Managing the Future of Work. He founded the consulting firm Monitor Group, now Monitor Deloitte, and has worked with senior executives and policymakers on a wide variety of issues related to corporate strategy and national competitiveness. Dion Love is a vice president of research and advisory services at Gartner. Dion is a labor market expert, focusing on global labor market trends and what they mean for organizations' talent and business strategies, as well as broader social and economic issues. In his work at Gartner, Dion advises clients on key aspects of talent acquisition, including talent acquisition function planning and management, talent needs definition and internal recruiting, employment branding and recruitment marketing, and talent sourcing and selection. He has co-authored more than 12 strategic research studies at Gartner. His work has been featured in the Harvard Business Review and industry publications, as well as Gartner HR Leaders Monthly and Smarter With Gartner.

Joining us this week is Diana McLain Smith, co-founder of Action Design, author, and Partner at the Monitor Group. Diana's work delves into the complex dynamics of strategic choice and change within organizations, with a particular focus on human behavior. Together, Jeff and Diana explore the impact and causes of fear-driven engagement in news, media, and politics, uncovering the deeper truths behind polarization, extremes, and the erosion of choice. Diana shares her insights on how we can harness conflict productively and foster creativity by learning to disagree in ways that propel us forward, especially among the increasingly divided media, economic, and social landscape of today.The Social Impact Leader Podcast explores the ambitious world of change-makers through interviews with pioneers in business, sports, activism, and entertainment. Hosted by Jeff Shinabarger, founder of Plywood People - get curious about the balance between empathy and productivity. Whether you're an entrepreneur, nonprofit leader, or simply curious about making a difference, this podcast will be your guide. Follow: instagram.com/socialimpactleadersocialimpactleader.comFollow: instagram.com/plywoodpeopleplywoodpeople.comMore on Diana McLain Smith and her work: https://actiondesign.com/about/people/smithThis Podcast is brought to you by WABE, part of the NPR Network.wabe.org/podcastsEdited By: DJ OP DiggyProduced By: LaTasha BrownMusic By: DJ OP DiggySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Matthew Le Merle is Managing Partner and CEO of Blockchain Coinvestors.Launched in 2014, Blockchain Coinvestors' vision is that digital monies, commodities and assets are inevitable and all of the world's financial infrastructure must be upgraded. Our mission is to provide broad coverage of the emerging unicorns and fastest growth blockchain companies and crypto projects. Our investment strategy is now in its 9th year and has to date invested in more than 40 pure play blockchain venture funds in the Americas, Asia and Europe; and in a combined portfolio of 750+ blockchain companies and projects including 75+ blockchain unicorns. Our funds rank in the top decile amongst all funds in their respective categories on both Pitchbook and Preqin. Headquartered in San Francisco with a presence in Grand Cayman, London, New York, Zug and Zurich, the alternative investment management firm was co-founded by Alison Davis and Matthew Le Merle.Matthew is also Managing Partner of Keiretsu - the most active early-stage venture investors backing over 300 companies a year.Matthew's career has spanned being a global strategy advisor, professional services firm leader, corporate operating executive, private equity and venture capital investor, and board director. His board work has included Chairman or Non-Executive Director roles in 15 public and private companies and active Advisory Board roles in fast growth companies. Matthew's board experience includes a broad range of industries including Digital Content/videogames, eCommerce, Fintech/Blockchain, Business Services, Consumer and Retail.Earlier in his career, Matthew spent 21 years as a strategy, operations and corporate finance advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs, boards and executive teams with McKinsey & Company, and as a practice leader with A.T. Kearney and Monitor Group where he led both firms' West Coast practices and at Booz & Company. He was also a corporate executive at Gap Inc. where he was SVP strategy and corporate development and SVP global marketing.Matthew is bestselling author (The Intelligent Investor – Silicon Valley, Blockchain Competitive Advantage, Corporate Innovation in the Fifth Era, Build your Fortune in the Fifth Era, The Ministry of Bitcoin and Second Chance) and keynote speaker. He received a B.A. (Double First) and Master's from Christ Church, Oxford, and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was born in London, UK, and is now a dual US/UK citizen and lives in San Francisco and London with his wife, Alison Davis. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crypto-hipster-podcast/support

I began my life's work in two communities on opposite sides of Boston, one predominantly Black, the other predominantly White, both made up of hard-working, low-income families. For twelve years, I worked alternately as a community organizer, a journalist, and a counselor alongside people struggling to navigate circumstances largely stacked against them. Where they went, I went—to their homes, theirschools, the streets, the courts, even prison. The experience was a master class in hard-earned resilience on the one hand and learned helplessness on the other.That experience eventually led me to return to school to figure out how to inspire and empower people to create systems that work for them, not against them. As an undergraduate at Boston University and as a doctoral student at Harvard, I had the privilege of learning from and working alongside some of the world's best thinkers on how to navigate conflict and effect change in all kinds of systems from families(David Kantor) to organizations (Chris Argyris, Donald Schön, Ed Schein, Peter Senge) to nations (Howard Zinn, Roger Fisher).For the past 40 years, I have led long-term change efforts in some of America's most iconic businesses and cutting-edge nonprofits. Along the way, I discovered that it is possible to turn intergroup conflict into a powerful force for constructive change. Out of this fundamental insight, I developed an approach to conflict and change called Leading Through Relationships (LTR)TM with frameworks and tools captured in my own and others publications and used around the world by my colleagues and students.In addition to dozens of articles, I am the author of Divide Or Conquer, The Elephant in the Room, and Remaking the Space Between Us, and the co-author of Action Science with Chris Argyris and Robert Putnam. As a partner at the Monitor Group, I chaired Monitor University, and as chief executive partner at New Profit, I led a culture change effort that readied the firm for future growth.I share my life with negotiation expert and Getting to Yes co-author Bruce Patton, my husband of 30 years, a rambunctious border collie rescue, and a junkyard mutt.

Hillary Anger Elfenbein has been a business school professor at the Olin School of Washington University in St. Louis since 2008.  She holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior, a Master's degree in Statistics, and undergraduate degrees in Physics and Sanskrit, all from Harvard University.Dr. Elfenbein served for five years on faculty at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, two years as a Senior Researcher at the Harvard Business School, and two years as a management consultant with the Monitor Group in Cambridge, MA.Her research focuses on emotion in the workplace, with particular emphasis on emotional intelligence, emotion in negotiations, and the cultural differences in emotion that can create challenges to working in global environments.Her work has appeared in the Academy of Management Annals, the Academy of Management Journal, the Annual Review of Psychology, the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Nature Human Behavior, Organization Science, Psychological Bulletin, and Psychological Science.  She served as an Associate Editor of Management Science.Support the show

Ep 217 Silicon Valley and The Middle East with Fouad Alnazawi and Stephanie Richards Guests: Fouad Alnazawi and Stephanie Richards Topic: Exploring the unique challenges and opportunities for startups in Silicon Valley and Saudi Arabia, and how collaboration between these two regions can drive innovation and growth. Intro: Briefly introduce the hosts and the episode's topic. Highlight the expertise of the guests, Fouad Alnazawi and Stephanie Richards, in the startup ecosystems of Saudi Arabia and Silicon Valley respectively. Career Journeys and Regional Insights: Invite Fouad and Stephanie to share their career paths and experiences in the startup scene. Discuss the distinct strengths and challenges faced by startups in Saudi Arabia compared to Silicon Valley. Venture Capital Landscape and Investment Strategies : Compare the availability of venture capital and investment opportunities in both regions. Explore the differences in investment styles and priorities between Silicon Valley and Saudi Arabia. Discuss the role of angel groups and recent developments in the funding ecosystems. Growth Trajectory and Global Collaboration: Analyze the typical growth trajectory of startups in Saudi Arabia and their preferred expansion strategies. Emphasize the importance of global collaboration and partnerships for startups in today's interconnected world. Discuss the potential benefits and opportunities of connecting startup ecosystems on a global scale. International Collaboration and Initiatives: Highlight existing initiatives or programs in both regions that promote international collaboration among entrepreneurs and tech companies. Share specific examples of successful collaborations between startups from Silicon Valley and Saudi Arabia. Regulatory Considerations and Areas of Collaboration: Discuss the regulatory landscape for startups in Saudi Arabia and potential challenges entrepreneurs might face. Identify areas where Silicon Valley and Saudi Arabia can collaborate more effectively to drive innovation and growth. Challenges and Success Stories: Invite Fouad and Stephanie to share personal challenges they have encountered in their roles and how they overcame them. Discuss their approach to measuring the success of companies they work with. Share inspiring examples of successful startups that have emerged from Saudi Arabia and the problems they solve. Connecting with the Guests and Conclusion: Provide information on how listeners can learn more about Fouad, Stephanie, and their work. Briefly summarize the key takeaways from the discussion and reiterate the importance of collaboration between startup ecosystems. Additional Questions: Discuss the current emphasis on fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia and its potential impact. Explore the role of universities and research institutions in supporting the local startup ecosystem.   Foaud Alnazawi Bio   https://www.linkedin.com/in/fouad-alnazawi-a1175712/   Foaud is the Managing Director of Lamarka Consulting Services   Lamarka is a consultancy firm that provides range of services; we have been helping visionary leaders to unleash growth and development by Crafting Winning Strategies and Implementing them. Lamarka is a group that has 2 companies; Lamarka Consulting Services and Lamarka 700. We offer range of services for our clients to improve their businesses and take it to the next level. Our purpose is to inspire companies and individuals to achieve their highest potential. Our core values are: Elevation of Standards Dreams, Creativity and Innovation Integrity Encouragement of individual initiatives Stephanie Richards https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanieerichards/   Stephanie has 20 years of experience at the intersection of national economic development and innovation ecosystems. She focuses on the strategy, policy, intelligent capital and international connectivity needed to accelerate young innovation and startup environments.  With a background in economics, strategy consulting, entrepreneurship and venture capital, and following nearly a decade as a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) emerging markets and economic development specialist at Monitor Group (subsequently Monitor Deloitte), Stephanie founded her own firm in 2013. She advises and partners with mission-aligned venture capital funds, ecosystem builders, academic institutions and government entities to ensure that pioneering IP, innovation and technologies find a path to international markets and global impact. Stephanie has a particular passion for mentoring researcher-entrepreneurs, building innovator-founder communities, and supporting innovation commercialization and ecosystemic transitions from shallower tech to deeper tech. She serves as an advisory board member, mentor and investor for numerous startups and early-stage companies, and is a business supervisor, guest speaker and regular mentor for entrepreneurial talent at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School. Having been based in MENA since 2005, Stephanie now divides her time between the GCC, the UK (London and Cambridge) and North America (primarily Silicon Valley), actively working to improve collaboration between the diverse set of innovation communities on all three continents.

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This episode is a bonus episode, brought to you in partnership with Nyoo ("New") Health. Nyoo hosts the "What's Nyoo!" series, with monthly events that bring together women and experts to have engaging, honest, and educational conversations about women's health, and this one is all about Pelvic Health. This event blew us away, and we knew we had to share it. Special thanks to Priya Bathija - CEO of Nyoo - for allowing us to share this recording. We hope you enjoy it just as much as we did!Remember to like, rate and subscribe and enjoy the episode!Guest biosPriya Bathija is a nationally-recognized healthcare leader, attorney, and policy expert. She is currently Founder and CEO of Nyoo Health, an organization dedicated to improving health and healthcare for women. Previously, she was at the American Hospital Association where she led policy efforts and strategic initiatives on value, health equity and maternal health. She started her career as a healthcare attorney and served as in-house counsel and a member of the leadership teams at ProMedica and MedStar Health. Priya is also a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and an adjunct professor at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. In addition, she serves as a public board member for the American Board of Medical Specialties, the largest physician-led specialty certification organization in the U.S.Carine Carmy is CEO and Co-Founder at Origin, the leading provider of pelvic floor and women's physical therapy. She has focused her career on increasing access to products and services that improve lives, from healthcare to 3D printing. Carine's passion for women's health started in her twenties, when she struggled with painful sex for nearly a decade.  Following years of misdiagnoses, ineffective treatment options, and hearing “that's just the way it is,” Carine discovered the power of pelvic floor physical therapy to treat, not only pelvic pain, but dozens of conditions and symptoms that impact some 40 million U.S. women and individuals with vaginal anatomy, every year. Already a go-to-market leader in healthcare and technology — with leadership roles at Amino, Shapeways, MarketspaceNext and Monitor Group — she felt compelled to help make pelvic health the norm for women across the country. Outside of Origin, Carine is an avid writer and has been published in MIT Technology Review, Forbes, Ad Age, and PSFK, and serves as an advisor to startups and nonprofits in support of diversity and economic equality.Dr. Somi Javaid is a board-certified OB/GYN, leading women's sexual health thought leader, and menopause advocate. She is the Founder and Chief Medical Officer of HerMD, a team on a mission to make women's healthcare exceptional by educating, advocating for, and empowering patients to take control of their health concerns. Dr. Javaid has been featured in Forbes, Vogue, Well+Good, InStyle, Parents, Refinery29, Mashable, Adweek, and Popsugar. In August 2020 Dr. Javaid spoke about Gender Bias and the Female Sexual Health Revolution on the TEDx mainstage, and in January 2021 she was featured in Women on Topp for her work as a trailblazer and pioneer in women's sexual health.Dr. Rachel Rubin is a board-certified urologist and sexual medicine specialist. She is an assistant clinical professor of Urology at Georgetown University and owns her private practice in the Washington DC region. She is one of only a handful of physicians fellowship trained in male and female sexual medicine. Dr. Rubin is a clinician, researcher, and vocal educator in the field of sexual medicine. In addition to being education chair for the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health (ISSWSH), she also serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal Sexual Medicine Reviews. Her work has been featured in the NYT and PBS.Emma Schmidt, PhD, is a doctor in Clinical Sexology, a Professional Clinical Counselor, Supervisor, and Certified Sex Therapist, Supervisor through the American Association for Sex Educators Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) as well as the American Board for Christian Sex Therapists (ABCST). She is the owner of Emma Schmidt and Associates in Cincinnati, Indian and Kentucky, a therapy group practice which focuses on sex and relationship therapy. Dr. Schmidt received her Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies and Psychology as well as a Master of Arts in Counseling from Cincinnati Christian University. She received her Doctorate from Modern Sex Therapy Institutes. Her research and publications have focused on female sexual pain.Organization bioNyoo Health provides strategic and advisory support to startups, investors, providers, and others as they grow and scale new ways of delivering health and healthcare to women. Beyond that, Nyoo Health is building a movement that will redefine women's health and investing in women as they advocate for themselves in the healthcare system.FemTech Focus Podcast bioThe FemTech Focus Podcast is brought to you by FemHealth Insights, the leader in Women's Health market research and consulting. In this show, Dr. Brittany Barreto hosts meaningfully provocative conversations that bring FemTech experts - including doctors, scientists, inventors, and founders - on air to talk about the innovative technology, services, and products (collectively known as FemTech) that are improving women's health and wellness. Though many leaders in FemTech are women, this podcast is not specifically about female founders, nor is it geared toward a specifically female audience. The podcast gives our host, Dr. Brittany Barreto, and guests an engaging, friendly environment to learn about the past, present, and future of women's health and wellness.FemHealth Insights bioLed by a team of analysts and advisors who specialize in female health, FemHealth Insights is a female health-specific market research and analysis firm, offering businesses in diverse industries unparalleled access to the comprehensive data and insights needed to illuminate areas of untapped potential in the nuanced women's health market.Episode ContributorsPriya BathijaLinkedIn: @Priya Bathija Carine CarmyLinkedIn: @Carine Carmy & @OriginInstagram: @carinerachelle & @theoriginway Dr. Somi JavaidLinkedIn: Somi Javaid, MD & HerMDInstagram: @somijavaidmd & @hermdhealth Dr. Rachel RubinLinkedIn: @Rachel RubinInstagram: @drrachelrubin Dr. Emma SchmidtLinkedIn: @Dr. Emma SchmidtInstagram: @heyemmatherapy Nyoo HealthWebsite: https://www.nyoohealth.com/LinkedIn: @Nyoo HealthInstagram: @nyoohealth  Dr. Brittany BarretoLinkedIn:  @Brittany Barreto, Ph.D.Twitter: @DrBrittBInstagram: @drbrittanybarreto FemTech Focus PodcastWebsite: https://femtechfocus.org/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/femtechfocusTwitter: @FemTech_FocusInstagram: @femtechfocus FemHealth InsightsWebsite: https://www.femhealthinsights.com/LinkedIn: @FemHealth Insights

Lisa Spadafora Thompson the founder and CEO of Sturbridge Growth Partners, a virtual network of consultants, thought leaders, and practitioner specializing in growth strategies, talks about her experience as a consultant and how she has used those skill to become an impactful board member.  We love our listeners! Drop us a line or give us guest suggestions here.   Links: Bio: linkedin.com/in/lisa-spadafora-thompson   Articles: https://venturebeat.com/datadecisionmakers/act-dont-react-managing-inflationary-pressures-in-enterprise-software/   https://www.lotisblueconsulting.com/insights/there-has-never-been-a-better-time-to-shockproof-your-business/ Big Ideas/Thoughts/Quotes:   Sturbridge Growth Partners Lisa founded Sturbridge Growth Partners to serve companies in various B2B industries with customized, actionable strategies without the high fees of large consulting firms.   “Strategic pricing in B2B markets involves understanding the value you create for customers and how to maximize the value capture in the form of price.”   Board members should ask leadership more questions about how much economic value they create for customers, whether they're maximizing the amount they can capture, and whether they're negotiating with customers in ways that drive competitive advantage.”     Monitor Group Lisa served on the board of The Monitor Group, a consulting firm acquired by Deloitte. “Six years after joining The Monitor Group, I was elected to the board of directors by my peers, who were the other partners in the firm.   Shortly after winning, one of the most senior partners in the firm said, “You know why you won, right?” I laughed and said, “No, why don't you tell me.” He said, "Because you have the ability to take on the important and contentious issues, and you need a lot of courage to do that on a board. You have that courage. That's why you got elected. Don't ever forget that.'”   What did you learn as a board member during the process through which Deloitte acquired the Monitor Group? “One of the most important things I learned during that process is that we can tend to hyper focus on hard skills. But being on a board, particularly at a contentious period of time, the soft skills win the day - the people who can take on the tough issues in a way that aligns people, that was critically important for us during that time.”     Twin Valley Companies Lisa serves on the board of Twin Valley Companies, a 4th generation family-owned managed service provider and telecom products business based in Kansas City.  The organization and the family have a very  deep-rooted culture and community in the cities and towns that they serve.   Lisa, how did you get onto the Twin Valley board? “I applied for the Twin Valley board through an organization called the Private Directors Association (PDA) where I've been a member for 3 years.”   As a lifelong consultant, I've worked in a variety of different industries. The CEO liked that I had manufacturing experience, hardware, software/SaaS, and other B2B services. They weren't looking for more telecom expertise – they wanted to learn from other industries.”   “One of the things I love most about this board is that we're committed to operating at the highest levels of governance. We even hired an external firm to help us develop into a high-performing board. Not all private companies will do that, but they should because when companies have excellent governance they grow, and they grow profitably. That benefits all stakeholders.”     African Entrepreneurial System Lisa is an advisor to Harambe, “a group of some of the most prominent, amazing entrepreneurs I have ever met from countries all over Africa.” They have started businesses that are geared towards solving some of the biggest problems that the continent faces, like high youth unemployment rates, increasing crop yields (80% of the arable land in the world is in Africa), and getting access to credit.   Semicolon I was asked to join the advisory board of Semicolon, which is based in Nigeria, but expanding to serve many countries in Africa. They're teaching young people to write software code. They're getting jobs in the US and the UK and other parts of Europe yet continuing to live in their villages in Nigeria. So, they're making US/UK salaries with a Nigerian cost of living. That's game-changing for them and their families.   DGL Lisa is involved in DGL (Doegode Leiba), a startup focused on enterprise risk management software (SaaS). The board's focus is on fundraising, strategy development, and hands-on involvement. It was founded by a man from Ghana, who now lives in the US. “The founder recognized that a small number of issues drive the majority of risks in most organizations, especially mid-sized and large ones. He's systemizing the process and developing a SaaS offering around it.”   EWOB (Extraordinary Women on Boards) Extraordinary Women on Boards (EWOB) - absolutely one of the best organizations I've ever encountered…a high caliber group of women, who have a lot of board experience. That's been particularly valuable for me because I love learning from others who have even more experience than I do.

Coming from a family of accountants and engineers, Sheryl Jacobson didn't have any real models of what to do with a liberal arts degree. But with a love of history, culture, and story she knew she wanted an international experience after graduation. She landed a job with the boutique Monitor Group, working first in marketing and market research, just beyond her comfort zone. Her consulting life bounced her all over the world and presented her with opportunities she never could have imagined from London and Hong Kong to Istanbul and Shanghai, even as Monitor became part of Deloitte. Meeting her husband along the way and contemplating motherhood after many years, she realized she could come home and still have other adventures.In this episode, find out from Sheryl how balancing adventure and loneliness is a dance that can work out in the end…on today's Roads Taken with Leslie Jennings Rowley. About This Episode's GuestSheryl Jacobson is the lead strategy partner for one of Deloitte's Life Sciences clients. She has spent the last 20+ years helping clients and her sole employer Deloitte tackle strategic challenges and make the most of opportunities for growth and innovation. She lives in her to-the-studs renovated Brownstone in Harlem with her husband and their son. For another story about the ups and downs of expat life with Heather McNemar.Find more episodes at https://roadstakenshow.com Executive Producer/Host: Leslie Jennings RowleyMusic: Brian BurrowsEmail the show at RoadsTakenShow@gmail.com

Harvard Business School professor Joseph Fuller joins the Gartner Talent Angle podcast to share the latest insights from his white paper, “Hidden Talent: Untapped Talent.” Fuller explains why fitting candidates are  consistently overlooked by recruiting technology. He shares solutions for uncovering these workers, and argues why senior leaders play a critical role in ensuring the success of the hidden talent pipeline. Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Management at Harvard Business School and co-leads the school's initiative, Managing the Future of Work. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 1981 and founded the consulting firm, Monitor Group, now Monitor-Deloitte. During his three decades in consulting, Fuller worked with senior executives and policymakers on a wide variety of issues related to corporate strategy and national competitiveness. *This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2022 interview.

Noam Tomaschoff: Writer & Performer Noam's love for musicals came at the tender age of twelve, with his unforgettable performance as “Sam” in Camp Wahanowin's production of Mamma Mia. From there, he made his best friends through musicals at high school, including this show's composer, Ryan Peters; Producer, Russell Citron, and music arranger, Ben Deverett! After a sold-out run of the musical they all wrote together in Grade 12, Just A Regular Day, Noam studied drama at NYU's Tisch School, and after graduation, went on tour with TheatreWorks USA as “Farmer Brown” in the award-winning children's classic, Click Clack Moo. After moving to Los Angeles in 2017, he wrote and directed the feature film Tankhouse, starring Richard Kind and Christopher Lloyd (from Back to the Future!), which was a semi-autobiographical love letter to theatre and theatre kids. Tankhouse was distributed by Vertical Entertainment and released in 2022.  Ryan Peters: Composer Ryan Peters is a High School Drama and English teacher living in Toronto. Although his days performing onstage are likely behind him, Ryan has performed in musicals such as Cabaret, Kiss of the SpiderWoman, Into the Woods, Company, and The Last Five Years. In his spare time, he enjoys team-building, song-leading, and composing musicals about his close friends' life-altering genetic discoveries. Ryan is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with his childhood and extremely talented friends on this meaningful project — their first musical theatre collaboration since High School. He can't wait to share it with all of you! Russell Citron: Producer Russell Citron is an entrepreneur and Harvard MBA who is thrilled to be working with his high school friends to bring this musical to life. Russell's theatrical history began (and peaked) in elementary school, with his performance as Simba in the Lion King and Thenardier in Les Miserables. It was mostly downhill from there, as his more talented friends Noam and Ryan took the lead roles and sent him to perform as secondary characters, like Benny in RENT, which he played (and loved) in three different shows. Russell has taken a few vocal lessons here and there and still somehow believes that he will perform on Broadway one day. Outside of theatre, Russell was the founder & CEO of CrowdChange, a fundraising technology company. He is also the co-founder of Feed the Deed, a viral social media campaign spreading 10,000+ acts of kindness across the world. Prior to CrowdChange, Russell was a management consultant at Monitor Group and Monitor Deloitte. He hasn't produced a musical since their “five-pack” of high school friends co-produced their original musical, Just a Regular Day, but he has been dreaming of the day the group would get back together and is excited that it finally has come. He can't wait for opening night and the journey ahead OUR LITTLE SECRET: THE 23&ME MUSICAL is the hilarious, moving, and completely true story of Noam Tomaschoff's discovery that he wasn't an only child, and he actually had more than 35 siblings around the world.  ​ With a deft blend of comedy, drama, and wide ranging musical styles, Noam takes the audience on the roller coaster ride of emotions and discovery that he experienced over this past year, ending with a message of optimism that is sure to make you hold your family just a little bit tighter. https://www.ourlittlesecretmusical.com/ “Brothers” Song preview video https://vimeo.com/834135156?share=copy

Flavia Almeida nasceu em São Paulo e cresceu em uma família de 4 irmãos. A valorização da educação sempre fez parte de sua vida e desde muito cedo Flavia buscou oportunidades para estudar no exterior. Formada em Administração pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas com MBA pela Harvard Business School, foi a primeira brasileira a participar do conselho da universidade americana.  Em sua carreira, acumulou experiências grandiosas, como o trabalho na Consultoria  McKinsey, Grupo Camargo Corrêa e Monitor Group. Atualmente é CEO e conselheira da Península Participações, empresa de investimentos da família de Abílio Diniz. Exerce também a atividade de conselheira para o Groupe Carrefour da França, e também para a Wine, empresa brasileira especializada em vinhos.  Neste episódio do Ypocast, a conversa é com Flavia Almeida, profissional multifacetada que transformou sua carreira sempre que necessário. Flávia fala sobre os mais importantes pontos de decisão, além de explicar a dimensão de cada cargo que ocupou em sua vida pessoal e profissional.  Conheça as redes do YPO Brasil:  https://www.instagram.com/ypobrasil/ https://www.youtube.com/@ypocastbrasil https://www.linkedin.com/company/ypobrasil/ Portal Exame: https://exame.com/canais-especiais/lideres-extraordinarios/ Dê um play neste episódio e confira.   Produção: Estúdios Voz – www.vozeconteudo.com.br - @estudiosvoz

Harvard Business School professor Joseph Fuller joins the Gartner Talent Angle podcast to share the latest insights from his white paper, “Hidden Talent: Untapped Talent.” Fuller explains why fitting candidates are  consistently overlooked by recruiting technology. He shares solutions for uncovering these workers, and argues why senior leaders play a critical role in ensuring the success of the hidden talent pipeline. Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Management at Harvard Business School and co-leads the school's initiative, Managing the Future of Work. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 1981 and founded the consulting firm, Monitor Group, now Monitor-Deloitte. During his three decades in consulting, Fuller worked with senior executives and policymakers on a wide variety of issues related to corporate strategy and national competitiveness. *This episode was originally released in 2022.

Today I am happy to welcome back to the podcast David Rundell. David is a former American diplomat who served for thirty years in the Foreign Service, including fifteen in Saudi Arabia, and is widely regarded as one of America's leading experts on Saudi Arabia. In this episode, we continue our discussion on the US-Saudi relationship, including an analysis of Biden's trip to Saudi Arabia, the decision of OPEC Plus to reduce oil production by 2 million barrels, and the changing dynamics within the US-Saudi relationship. Full bio David Rundell served as an American diplomat for thirty years in Washington, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates. He is the author of VISION OR MIRAGE: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads (I.B. Tauris, September 17, 2020). Widely regarded as one America's leading experts on Saudi Arabia, he spent fifteen years in the country where he worked at the Embassy in Riyadh as well as the Consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran. His assignments in Saudi Arabia included the Chief of Mission, Charge d'Affaires, Deputy Chief of Mission, Political Counselor, Economic Counselor, Commercial Counselor, and Commercial Attaché. He has numerous awards for his analytical reporting and participated in Operation Desert Storm, Saudi accession to the World Trade Organization and the defeat of Al Qaida's terror campaign. After retiring from the Foreign Service he spent three years at the Boston-based consultancy Monitor Group before joining Arabia Analytica as a partner. He lives in Dubai and travels regularly to Saudi Arabia.

Harvard Business School professor Joseph Fuller joins the Gartner Talent Angle podcast to share the latest insights from his white paper, “Hidden Talent: Untapped Talent.” Fuller explains why fitting candidates are  consistently overlooked by recruiting technology. He shares solutions for uncovering these workers, and argues why senior leaders play a critical role in ensuring the success of the hidden talent pipeline. Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Management at Harvard Business School and co-leads the school's initiative, Managing the Future of Work. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 1981 and founded the consulting firm, Monitor Group, now Monitor-Deloitte. During his three decades in consulting, Fuller worked with senior executives and policymakers on a wide variety of issues related to corporate strategy and national competitiveness. *This episode is an excerpt taken from our 2022 interview.

Organisations are facing major challenges. Many boardrooms have not yet caught up with the avalanche of recent and current profound changes, and both boards and members of nomination committees need to think carefully about talent and the C-Suit. It is easy to talk at a high level about moving from a shareholder economy to a stakeholder economy but what does this really mean for the selection and development of the C-Suite?In this podcast, Dr Sabine Dembkowski, Founder and Managing Partner of Better Boards, discusses the implications of major changes on the selection and development of top talent with Professor Joe Fuller. Joe is a Professor at Harvard Business School and co-founder of the Monitor Group, now known as Monitor Deloitte."We've moved away from just looking for executives with deep industry experience"Joe outlines how his recent research highlights that it is no longer safe to assume that leaders with traditional managerial pedigrees will succeed in the C-Suite. While executives with deep industry experience and high-order process management skills are always good candidates, new criteria around social skills have been added to the desired mix. "Boards of directors tend to hire and evaluate in the way they learned over the course of their careers" Joe believes this issue represents a real challenge for boards. Historical criteria looked at the track record, career progress, responsibilities, and business units or companies. However, those measures were flawed. Traditional ways of evaluating people are subject to error - and now evaluating the new skills required is both different and difficult. "To assist management in hiring a new senior executive… broaden the aperture on what they evaluate"Joe explains that, in his opinion, the first thing a board or committee member hiring a new senior executive needs to do is broaden the aperture of evaluation and widen the kind of experiences they want to see represented in a track record.  "The stakes have never been higher, and the punishment never greater for getting it wrong"Joe points out that senior executives must refine their management and/or communication styles for today's social media. Essentially, anything said at any point during their working day may end up on a platform with global reach and almost no barriers to being observed. The stakes have never been higher. "We have to set aside some of our rather, frankly, lazy approaches to evaluating people"Joe believes that boards need to make clear to executive search firms that they seek people with experience managing different constituencies and handling volatile problems successfully, not proof of someone's performance in more traditional measures. "This is a new era that requires new solutions, and old dogs with old tricks is not going to be a sufficient response"Joe also speaks about internal candidates and highlights how succession planning can be tweaked to grow candidates with the skills required. Career planning and career paths for high potential young executives are essential. The three top takeaways from our conversation are:1.      The whole field of human assets is undergoing a radical transformation and the old rules will not suffice. 2.     The paradigms used for advancing executives and candidates for advancement and the types of experiences and competencies they must demonstrate to move forward need to be changed.3.     Companies that are better at cultivating social skills will prosper relative to those that are not.

Stop taking a “wait and see” approach as a leader and start provoking the future. I host Deloitte Chief Strategy Officer and author, Steve Goldbach, who explains why leaders tend to act so tentatively in the face of uncertainty and then shares a powerful strategy to help leaders move forward more boldly and courageously. Prior to joining Deloitte, Steve was a Partner at Monitor Group and head of its New York Office and head of strategy at Forbes. He's a globally recognized strategist, author and thought leader. Steve helps executives and their teams transform their organizations by making challenging and pragmatic strategy choices in the face of uncertainty. He focuses his work on clients and industries undergoing large scale transformation. Steve helps companies combine rigor and creativity to create their own future. Steve has co-authored two bestselling books – Detonate: Why – and how – corporations must blow up best practices (and bring a beginner's mind) to survive (Wiley, 2018), and Provoke: How leaders shape the future by overcoming fatal human flaws (Wiley, 2021). Thinkers50 has nominated Steve as a finalist for the 2019 Distinguished Achievement Award in Strategy and in 2021 for the Distinguished Leadership Award. Steve holds degrees from Queen's University at Kingston, where he serves on the Global Advisory Board of its Smith School of Business, and Columbia Business School. He and his wife live in Manhattan with their young daughter. LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevengoldbach (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevengoldbach) Company Link https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en.html (https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en.html) WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE: What Steve learned going on “public golf course' tour from coast to coast. Steve's first book, Detonate, and when you should use it at work. Why leaders should “provoke” the future instead of  “creating” it. A key leadership strategy when people disagree with you at work. The benefits of writing a book as an executive. How to get your company to support your book. Why “humble curiosity' is a success skill. RESOURCES: Detonate: Why – and how – corporations must blow up best practices (and bring a beginner's mind) to survive (Wiley, 2018), Geoff Tuff, Steve Goldbach https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BYZ5B1P/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BYZ5B1P/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1)  Provoke: How leaders shape the future by overcoming fatal human flaws (Wiley, 2021). Geoff Tuff, Steve Goldbach  https://www.amazon.com/Provoke-Leaders-Shape-Future-Overcoming/dp/1119764475 (https://www.amazon.com/Provoke-Leaders-Shape-Future-Overcoming/dp/1119764475) ----- Connect with the Host, #1 bestselling author Ben Fanning https://www.benfanning.com/speaker/ (Speaking and Training inquires) https://followbenonyoutube.com (Subscribe to my Youtube channel) https://www.linkedin.com/in/benfanning/ (LinkedIn) https://www.instagram.com/benfanning1/ (Instagram) https://twitter.com/BenFanning1 (Twitter)

In this episode, I'm excited to have George Barnett join us as a guest.George is the founder of The Strategy Toolkit, a newsletter that includes excerpts from his new books on strategy, plus insights, analysis and commentary on strategic issues, as well as real-world examples of strategy in action.George is a strategy geek based in Silicon Valley: an engineer, diplomat, consultant, investor, and entrepreneur, with two decades of experience working with companies of all sizes around the world as part of the Monitor Group and the ClearLake Group. Since 2015, he has invested a disproportionate amount of his time working with technology firms growing new businesses based on cloud-based software, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing.As a consultant he uses a forward-thinking, customer-focused approach alongside excellent communication skills to direct top-performing teams and to partner with senior corporate leaders, board members, and investors. With extensive strategy and operational expertise working with tech startup teams from early stage to post-IPO, he has a proven aptitude for identifying, supporting, and delivering on the promise of profitable new ventures and productivity improvement initiatives.Connect with George: The Strategy Toolkit | George Barnett | SubstackGeorge's Twitter: George Barnett (@gabthinking) / TwitterGeorge's LinkedIn: George Barnett | LinkedInRecommended Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman-----Connect with Vijay on Instagram: @RealVijayKailashConnect with Vijay on LinkedIn: Vijay Kailash, CFA | LinkedInConnect with Vijay on his website: https://vijaykailash.com/

Today's guest is David Rundell, a former American diplomat who served for thirty years in the Foreign Service, including fifteen in Saudi Arabia, and is widely regarded as one of America's leading experts on Saudi Arabia. In this episode, we discuss Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia, efforts to mend the relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of the death of Jamal Khashoggi, and the current state of the global oil market. Full bio David Rundell served as an American diplomat for thirty years in Washington, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates. He is the author of VISION OR MIRAGE: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads (I.B. Tauris, September 17, 2020). Widely regarded as one America's leading experts on Saudi Arabia, he spent fifteen years in the country where he worked at the Embassy in Riyadh as well as the Consulates in Jeddah and Dhahran. His assignments in Saudi Arabia included the Chief of Mission, Charge d'Affaires, Deputy Chief of Mission, Political Counselor, Economic Counselor, Commercial Counselor, and Commercial Attaché. He has numerous awards for his analytical reporting and participated in Operation Desert Storm, Saudi accession to the World Trade Organization and the defeat of Al Qaida's terror campaign. After retiring from the Foreign Service he spent three years at the Boston-based consultancy Monitor Group before joining Arabia Analytica as a partner. He lives in Dubai and travels regularly to Saudi Arabia.

Neste episódio do Skin in The Game, Renato Breia e Luiz Felippo recebem Heloisa Cruz, fundadora e gestora do Fundo de Investimentos da Stoxos e também conhecida como “a professora da Fintwit”. Formada em Engenharia Química pela POLI-USP, Helô possui o título de Analista Certificada (CFA) desde 2010. Começou a sua carreira no Monitor Group, empresa de consultoria de estratégia que era dirigida por Michael Porter e Tom Copeland, entre outros, com o objetivo de ajudar as empresas a tomarem importantes decisões. Com seus primeiros investimentos, apaixonou-se pelo mercado financeiro e o investimento em ações, de modo que optou trocar sua profissão. Você não pode perder essa conversa! Confira! #ações #investimentos #ibovespa Apresentação: Renato Breia (@r.breia) e Luiz Felippo (@luizfelippo1) Conteúdo e roteiro: Fabiana Panachão (@fabianapanachao) Produção e pauta: Caio Priolli (@caiopriolli) Direção: Ricardo Augusto (@ricardoeditor_) Edição: Pedro Silva (@pedrodavid_sp) Artes: Marco Zambuzi (@marco.movie)

Geoff Tuff is a principal of Deloitte Consulting LLP and holds various leadership positions across its Sustainability, Innovation, and Strategy practices. In the past, he led Doblin, the firm's innovation practice, and was a senior partner at Monitor Group, serving as a member of its global Board of Directors before the company was acquired by Deloitte. He has been with some form of Monitor for close to 30 years.Steve Goldbach is a principal at Deloitte as well, and serves as the firm's chief strategy officer. Steve helps executives and their teams transform their organizations by making challenging and pragmatic strategy choices in the face of uncertainty. Over a 25+ year career, Steve has served clients across most industries, with an emphasis on industries in transition and consumer-driven sectors.Steve and Geoff co authored “Detonate: Why - And How - Corporations Must Blow Up Best Practices” and “Provoke: How Leaders Shape the Future by Overcoming Fatal Human Flaws.”They join Greg to discuss these books, their “provocative” work, questioning orthodoxies, balance, and shaking up the traditional career path.Episode Quotes:Steve Goldbach: How the traditional “career path” is changing36:14 - The problem is that if you believe that we're in a world that will require constant evolution, then that career path isn't worth the paper it's written on, because things are gonna change substantially over the next while. So I think the moral contract between organizations and their people needs to be rethought. Instead of saying it's about achieving a particular level the next X years, it's gotta be achieving a particular set of skills, akin to the kind of skills that are going to be relevant in the marketplace. Geoff Tuff: How did we get to a place where change is not common in a workplace?12:39 - We as human beings tend to place a higher prominence on data and information that is more readily available versus data and information that's more difficult to get. And because of that, we kind of assume that the information we have around us all the time is the right information that we need to be using to make decisions. And therefore opening up the information for challenge, we're opening up one's logic to challenge, it feels antithetical to making good efficient decisions. And that's just one example of both individual and organizational biases that we think work together as a system to prevent change.Geoff Tuff: Best practices & orthodoxies05:08 - We are now living through, Steve and I believe, a time where we're shifting from a world that's governed primarily by linear change to one that's increasingly governed by exponential change. And with that comes a different set of operating rules, where the old playbooks just don't apply. The only way we can break the habits of operating by rote, using the playbooks, is to get people to recognize when they're being impacted by orthodoxy, meaning just the kind of conventional wisdom of the way the place operates.Show Links:Guest Profile:Geoff Tuff's Professional Profile at Deloitte Consulting LLPGeoff Tuff on LinkedInGeoff Tuff on TwitterSteve Goldbach's Professional Profile at Deloitte Consulting LLPSteve Goldbach on LinkedInSteve Goldbach on TwitterTheir Works:Provoke: How Leaders Shape the Future by Overcoming Fatal Human FlawsDetonate: Why - And How - Corporations Must Blow Up Best Practices (and bring a beginner's mind) To Survive

Chinwe Onyeagoro is the CEO of PocketSuite where she is responsible for strategy, customer success and growth. She served as president of Great Place to Work, and previously worked for McKinsey & Company, The Monitor Group and Pritzker Realty Group (under former Secretary of Commerce).   Pocketsuite: https://pocketsuite.io/register/future  Connect with Chinwe   connect with us: https://www.futureoffitness.co/ 

Gerald Smith is a Professor of Marketing at Boston College. He's been a Pricing Consultant with Strategic Pricing Group and Monitor Group since 1987. Gerald is the author of a relatively new book, “Getting Price Right: The Behavioral Economics of Profitable Pricing”. In this episode, Gerald discusses the power psychology holds in pricing in relation to behavioral economics as he talks about the soft side of pricing alongside the importance of framing.   Why you have to check out today's podcast: Find out what the hard side and soft side of pricing are all about, and why the behavioral side of pricing is more powerful than the logical side Understand why companies do framing, as well as why a frame of reference is important in pricing Discover why there's power in psychology when talking about behavioral economics   “Ask yourself and ask your pricing team, what do customers get and what do they pay for what they get? And say, is everybody in the industry doing it the same way?” – Gerald Smith   Topics Covered: 01:39 – The start of Gerald's pricing journey with Thomas Nagle and Reed Holden 03:08 – Gerald talks about his dissertation in relation to his new book, Getting Price Right 04:33 – The behavioral/soft side as potentially more powerful than the logical side 06:39 – The main point of Getting Price Right – the psychology of the sellers, the people that really set price 09:11 – Talking about the dominant pricing bias of salespeople giving discounts all the time 13:07 – Pricing strategy vs. pricing orientation 15:15 – Framing as one of the foundational theories of economics 18:09 – Discussion about Apple's pricing slogan and the company having huge margins 22:45 – The power of behavioral economics – psychology; analysis vs. gut 24:12 – Talking about frame of references and setting price metrics 27:45 – Gerald's piece of pricing advice for today's listeners   Key Takeaways: “We always think of pricing as a hard skill, as a quantitative skill. My students say to me, ‘Professor, tell me the formula for setting price.' And I say, ‘No, no, no, folks.' I mean, pricing is a soft skill that also brings in hard skills, for sure, so there are both skill sets.” – Gerald Smith “Sellers are also psychological and absolutely driven by psychology.” – Gerald Smith “One of the very dominant biases in pricing is that people have a tendency to discount price all the time. It's very irrational, and it, in fact, violates the principles of both psychology but especially economics, because economics says that people should rationally maximize the profits of the outcomes that are before them. And in the case of many people that apply this kind of discounting bias, they don't focus on the profits; they focus on the sales, and sales are not profits.” – Gerald Smith “Salespeople that work for somebody else are more likely to discount, but salespeople that do their own thing are less likely to discount. When they're selling their own place, they want to make sure that they maximize their profits if they can, but if they're selling for somebody else, they're happy to take that deal. That's because they get paid a commission on the deal. It is endemic to the world of pricing that people do this.” – Gerald Smith “Psychology is powerful. Analysis is terrific, but psychology is absolutely vital.” – Gerald Smith “Consumers or buyers give, but they also get. And so, if I can change what they get and what they give, then that can be very powerful.” – Gerald Smith   People / Resources Mentioned: Getting Price Right: The Behavioral Economics of Profitable Pricing: https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Price-Right-Behavioral-Profitable/dp/0231190700 Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything: https://www.amazon.com/Freakonomics-Economist-Explores-Hidden-Everything/dp/0060731338   Connect with Gerald Smith: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-gerald-smith-91b8383 Email: gerald.smith@bc.edu   Connect with Mark Stiving: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stiving/ Email: mark@impactpricing.com  

Joe Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice and co-leader of the Managing the Future of Work Initiative at Harvard Business School. He founded the global consulting firm Monitor Group, now Monitor-Deloitte. He has deep experience in industries with heavy reliance on technology such as life, sciences, ICT, defense, and aerospace. Joe believes that the overall workforce lacks skills, which is why companies are opting to shift to robotics and AI. Listen in today's episode as we explore workforce trends and what's on the horizon, the impact of the pandemic on digital transformation, why low wage jobs are so hard to fill, and what organizations should be doing if they want to be able to attract and retain top talent. --------------------- Get the latest insights on the Future of Work, Leadership and employee experience through my daily newsletter at futureofworknewsletter.com  Let's connect on social! Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobmorgan8 Instagram: https://instagram.com/jacobmorgan8 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jacobm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FuturistJacob

Tushar Shah is currently a Managing Partner at Kinderhook Partners, LLC.  Prior to Kinderhook, Tushar was a Principal at Geocapital Partners, a leading venture capital firm,  a strategy consultant with the Monitor Group, where he led a range of projects in New York, London and Tel Aviv; he is a CFA charterholder and he received a B.A. in Economics from Williams College. In today's episode, Tushar explains the fundamentals of search funds. To learn more about Tushar's company, visit KinderhookPartners.com or reach out to him on LinkedIn. Key points include:   00:30: What a search fund is 10:51: Who can apply for the fund 15:53: Examples of business and services acquired 28:12: Assembling a pool of investors Unleashed is produced by Umbrex, which has a mission of connecting independent management consultants with one another, creating opportunities for members to meet, build relationships, and share lessons learned. Learn more at www.umbrex.com.

Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Management at Harvard Business School and co-leads the school's initiative, Managing the Future of Work. Together with his colleague Professor Bill Kerr, Joe co-hosts the podcast “Managing the Future of Work”. A 1981 graduate of the school, Joe was a founder and first employee of the global consulting firm, Monitor Group, now Monitor-Deloitte. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of its commercial consulting operations from 1994 to 2006 and remained a Senior Advisor until its acquisition by Deloitte in 2012. During his three decades in consulting, Fuller served clients in a wide variety of industries, especially those with a heavy reliance on technology. He has particularly deep experience in life sciences, ICT and the defense and aerospace industries. Most recently, Joe was appointed senior fellow at the newly launched The Burning Glass Institute.   How to find Joe on social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephbfuller/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JosephBFuller   Websites: HBS - Managing the Future of Work:  https://www.hbs.edu/managing-the-future-of-work/Pages/default.aspx Harvard Kennedy School: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/ Podcast - Managing the Future of Work:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hbs-managing-the-future-of-work/id1395603706 The Burning Glass Institute: https://www.burningglassinstitute.org/   What we talked about: 3:18 Managing the Future of Work Project 7:27 Hidden Workers: Untapped Talent 14:15 Description of the different hidden worker categories 18:15 Recommendations of the report https://www.hbs.edu/managing-the-future-of-work/Documents/research/hiddenworkers09032021.pdf 28:16 Social/ Soft Skills 35:10 Male professionals in female dominated industries 40:27 The Caring Company https://www.hbs.edu/managing-the-future-of-work/research/Pages/the-caring-company.aspx   If you would like to support the podcast: Ko-fi Account: Ko-fi.com/karintischler   How to connect with Karin Tischler, producer and podcast host of "Job Sharing and Beyond", and founder of Emily's Path Consulting (EPC): Website: https://emilyspath.ca/  LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/karin-tischler/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jobsharingandbeyond/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JobsharingByond Twitter: https://twitter.com/karin_tischler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karintischlerbc/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emilyspathca/?viewAsMember=true

Harvard Business School professor Joseph Fuller joins the Gartner Talent Angle podcast to share the latest insights from his white paper, “Hidden Talent: Untapped Talent.” Fuller explains why fitting candidates are  consistently overlooked by recruiting technology. He shares solutions for uncovering these workers, and argues why senior leaders play a critical role in ensuring the success of the hidden talent pipeline. Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Management at Harvard Business School and co-leads the school's initiative, Managing the Future of Work. He graduated from Harvard Business School in 1981 and founded the consulting firm, Monitor Group, now Monitor-Deloitte. During his three decades in consulting, Fuller worked with senior executives and policymakers on a wide variety of issues related to corporate strategy and national competitiveness.

Bestselling author and speaker on Disruptive Innovation Charlene Li joins us for the inaugural episode of Everything Thought Leadership! Charlene's career spans two decades. In 1988, she served as a consultant at the strategy firm Monitor Group, now known as Monitor Deloitte. She then moved on to work at several Massachusetts Bay newspapers before becoming an analyst at Forrester Research. Charlene has built her career upon not only navigating disruption, but encouraging innovation amidst disruption. She currently serves as as Senior Fellow at Altimeter.

Welcome to the The Voice of Retail , I'm your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of CanadaThere's no doubt that the last twenty months have changed us and our relationship with the world. For retailers, this has resulted in an unprecedented shift in consumer behaviour that has proven difficult to stay ahead of, let alone predict.In today's episode of The Voice of Retail, we're going to step inside the mind of the modern consumer by unpacking the latest research coming out of EY.I'm thrilled to be welcoming back to the podcast Kristina Rogers, Chairwoman of the Global Consumer Board, who takes us through the latest edition of EY's Future Consumer Index. We cover the key takeaways, surprising findings + more.Stick around for Kristina's three pointers for retailers that are planning for 2022 and beyond.Thanks for tuning into today's episode of The Voice of Retail.  Be sure to subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss out on the latest episodes, industry news, and insights. If you enjoyed  this episode please consider leaving a rating and review, as it really helps us grow so that we can continue getting amazing guests on the show.I'm your host Michael LeBlanc, President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company, and if you're looking for more content, or want to chat  follow me on LinkedIn, or visit my website meleblanc.co!Until next time, stay safe and have a great week! Kristina RogersGlobally led fastest growing set of industries at EY - from FY16-FY20 - by 2%. A creative and experienced senior executive leader in the areas of strategic marketing, corporate strategy, and global business development. Global sponsor and architect of both EY's signature FutureConsumer.Now program and the EY Global Future Consumer Index.Areas of expertise include new concept and offer development, profitable growth planning, market entry strategy, strategic portfolio management, and market evolution planning in both the B2C and B2B marketplaces. Highly team-oriented and able to develop and communicate clear vision while assembling and galvanizing high-performing teams. Has had long-term client relationships with the world largest soft-drinks company, largest confectionery company, and largest FMCG/CPG firm working at the EVP and CEO levels. Currently Kristina is the Global Consumer Industries Leader at EY working to implement EY's global Consumer Industries strategy and to deliver exceptional client service to EY's global clients.Kristina is a truly global citizen having lived, worked, and travelled in over 50 countries. Previously, Kristina was the Emerging Market Leader for Consumer Products at EY. In this role Kristina worked extensively with EY teams and clients across markets such as Brazil, India, Turkey, MENA, and Asean.Over the years, Kristina has been a formal mentor to a number of high potential women in her field and was an Executive Member of Monitor Group's (now Deloitte) Global Women's Initiative. She is a member of the Financial Times 'Global Board Ready Women' group and peviously sat on Medtronic's Corporate Advisory Board. In Turkey, Kristina was selected as one of 40 women by Forbes Magazine to join 'More Women on Boards' or 'Yonetim Kurullarinda Daha Cok Kadin' encouraging more female Board participation.Kristina is an accomplished public speaker and panelist and has spoken at various conferences on the topics such as 'Keeping Senior Women in the Workplace' and 'Winning with Consumers in the Marketplace'.Michael LeBlanc  is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice.   He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience, and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.  Michael is the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts including Canada's top retail industry podcast,       The Voice of Retail, plus        Global E-Commerce Tech Talks  and       The Food Professor  with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois and the all new Conversations with CommerceNext podcast.  Last but not least, check out my new YouTube cooking show, Last Request Barbecue!You can learn more about Michael       here  or on       LinkedIn. 

Abstract: How are boards of directors of major companies coping in 2021 with the increasing expectations of so many stakeholders?  How can directors help companies manage their way through myriad changes in the competitive environment, advances in technology, and new mandates from government and regulators? And how are boards able to oversee critical non-financial issues like corporate culture, ethics, cybersecurity and ESG? In this episode of the Principled Podcast, David Greenberg—LRN's former CEO and now special advisor—continues the conversation about board engagement with Jonathan Day, CEO of Tapestry Networks. Listen in as David and Jonathan discuss the current issues facing boards of directors and how they impact board oversight of corporate culture, ethics, and compliance.   Featured guest: Jonathan Day is an advisor and coach to chairs, CEOs, and heads of major government agencies. He has worked extensively with groups of senior leaders (boards, top executive teams, etc.) tackling difficult and potentially divisive questions, developing a global reputation for expertise in organization and governance, strategic problem solving, and complex team interventions. He has deep academic experience, including collaborations with top research professors, and is an expert at translating leading-edge theory into practical action programs that build institutions. “I have been exposed to a lot of different academic disciplines: psychology (clinical and cognitive), sociology/anthropology, theology and philosophy, economics and finance, engineering. The broad range has given me an eclectic set of mental tools.” Before Tapestry, Jonathan was a practice managing partner, EMEA, at Heidrick & Struggles, where he worked in leadership consulting and executive search in the CEO/Board and higher education practices. Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, he spent nearly two decades in leading management consulting firms, first as principal at McKinsey & Company from 1990 to 2004 and then as managing director at Monitor Group from 2004 to 2008. “I think the consulting process is much more like a therapeutic process than it is a science or engineering. It means someone is helping the clients, individuals, or groups confront the outside world.”  Jonathan has a MA in divinity from the University of Chicago, a BA and MA in psychology from Johns Hopkins University, and did PhD studies in cognitive psychology from Stanford University. Jonathan is married with three children. He speaks, reads, and writes French and enjoys chamber music, sailing, cookery, writing, and travel.   Featured Host:  David Greenberg serves as Chair of the Governance and Risk Assessment Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of International Seaways (NYSE: INSW), one of the largest global crude oil and petroleum tanker companies.  Mr. Greenberg's previous board experience (2006 to 2016) was as the independent director – and member of both the Audit and Compensation Committees --of APCO Worldwide, a private communications and government affairs consultancy and as a director (2013 to 2016) of Clean Tech Group, which creates opportunities for industrial companies to invest in innovative, clean technology.  He also served for 5 years as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Keystone Center, a Colorado non-profit that brings together oil, chemical and pharmaceutical companies with leading NGOs to find solutions to complex public policy challenges at the federal and state levels. Greenberg is currently Managing Director of Cortina Partners LLC, a private equity firm that owns companies in the air medical, addiction treatment, bedding, textile and outdoor recreation industries and is CEO of Acqua Recovery, a residential drug and alcohol addiction center.  He also advises boards and executive teams on strategy, compliance, leadership and culture as a Special Advisor for LRN Corporation, and from 2008 through the end of 2016 was a member of LRN's Executive Committee. For 20 years prior to 2008, Mr. Greenberg served in various senior positions overseeing government affairs, corporate affairs, communications and strategy at Altria Group, Inc. – then the parent company of Philip Morris USA, Philip Morris International, Kraft Foods and Miller Brewing – culminating in his role as Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and a member of the Executive Committee.  As one of five senior vice presidents of the corporation, he served on the Management Committee, which oversaw all strategy and company operations.  He was also a principal architect of the company's very successful efforts to end the ‘tobacco wars' which threatened the company's very existence.  Earlier in his career, Mr. Greenberg was a partner in the Washington D.C. law firm of Arnold & Porter and also served as Legislative Director and General Counsel of the Consumer Federation of America.  He attended Williams College and has JD/MBA degrees from the University of Chicago.  Greenberg has testified before the U.S. Congress, the European Union, the Israeli Knesset and other governmental bodies over two dozen times and has appeared on ABC Nightline, the CBS Morning News, BBC Morning, and the PBS News Hour, and has spoken at leading events for CEOs and boards.   Transcription:  Intro: Welcome to the Principled Podcast brought to you by LRN. The Principled Podcast brings together the collective wisdom on ethics, business, and compliance, transformative stories of leadership, and inspiring workplace culture. Listen in to discover valuable strategies from our community of business leaders and workplace change makers. David Greenberg: How are boards of directors, of major companies coping with the increasing expectations of so many stakeholders? How can directors help companies manage their way through myriad changes in the competitive environment, advances in technology, and new mandates from government and regulators? And how are boards able to oversee critical non-financial issues like corporate culture, ethics, cybersecurity, and ESG? Hello, and welcome to another episode of LRN' Principled Podcast. I'm your host, David Greenberg, LRN's former CEO and now special advisor. And today I'm joined by Jonathan Day, CEO of Tapestry Networks, which is at the center of many important discussions on boards of directors and the issues confronting them. Jonathan and I have been working together on a major initiative related to board oversight of corporate culture, corporate ethics, and corporate compliance. So I'm really looking forward to digging in on the subject of boards. Jonathan is a real expert in this space based on his leadership of Tapestry and past work with McKinsey, Heidrick & Struggles, and Monitor. Jonathan, thanks so much for coming on the Principled Podcast. Jonathan Day: Thanks, David. It's great to be here. David Greenberg: So Jonathan, first, tell our listeners about the core of what Tapestry Networks is about. Jonathan Day: Well, we're here to help the women and men who lead the world's most complex companies, do their work better and do their work with more confidence. And most of that involves working with non-executive directors whose roles have become really complex in the last few years. We do all of this through peer learning. So the leaders are learning from one another, rather than from professors, or consultants, or us. It's an unusual model, but it works. Now just to make this concrete, in 2020, we conducted about 130 meetings, most of them virtual, and we held around 500 very confidential director conversations individually, in small groups, in large groups. And these are directors of companies like JP Morgan, Walmart, Microsoft, BlackRock, GM, Apple, Facebook, Nestle, Zeeman's, SAP, large complex global companies. And all of this has given us a view of the anthropology of the modern boardroom. David Greenberg: Terrific. In that regard, Jonathan Tapestry and LRN just wrapped up a major study and summit meeting on board oversight of ethics, culture, and compliance. What to you are the major takeaways from this effort? Jonathan Day: Well, the study was a lot of fun. We talked to many directors, many chief ethics and compliance officers, and the companies involved had a combined capitalization of just under $5 trillion and they operate on six continents. What I think makes this study different is that you could say it offers the voice of the director. Even those chief ethics and compliance officers were also directors of other companies. So these are perspectives straight from the boardroom. And David, for me, there were three big findings. First, boards can see the critical importance of culture and they are taking responsibility for shaping it and for shaping compliance in their companies. This is not easy. Walmart, for example, has 2.3 million workers around the world. Their board has a total of 12 members, and yet their boards are taking on this challenge. Of course, they rely on the CEO and the top management to drive a lot of the work, but they themselves feel responsible and the world is holding them responsible when violations occur. That's the first finding. The second is that many directors don't feel that they're in a very good position to sort of re-culture or to give management practical guidance and moving it in the right direction. They get lots and lots of data, but they often struggle to filter out that clear signal from noisy data. One director said culture is harder. You know it when you see it. You can use surveys, but they're not as helpful as actually knowing people. And another director said, we need a more direct pipeline to the workforce and decision makers in the field. As a director, you need to have your ear to the ground. Well, that sounds great, but let's go back to Walmart. Those 2.3 million workers are in 10,500 stores in 24 countries. That's a lot of ground for 24 ears of those 12 directors to cover. Third, a big part of this comes down to trust. How can we get to a place where senior management feel very comfortable saying in a board meeting, we have a bad culture or an ethics problem in this part of the company. And here's what we're doing to fix it. There are a lot of incentives for that executive to say everything is just fine. One director in fact said that when she sees a drop in the number of speak up calls, she worries that there's a problem. And equally when management does bring problems forward, does the board say, okay, we're going to work with you to put this right, or is bad news really unwelcomed in the boardroom. David Greenberg: Jonathan, let's step back a bit from that. You and colleagues at Tapestry are in dialogue almost every day with dozens and dozens of board members. What are some of the most pressing issues they want to talk about today? Jonathan Day: Well, ethics and culture are very high on that list. For example, how to tie compensation to culture, ethics, and compliance. You can do this for safety, deaths on the job leading to bonus cuts or cancellations, but it's not so easy to financially reward executives for creating positive trust filled cultures. You could do this, but it's a subjective judgment and making that judgment requires not only wisdom, but immersion in the culture. A lot of time, maybe a lot of travel. Not so easy these days. Boards are also intensely worried about how they are overseeing cybersecurity, mostly because pretty much every company has become digital, maintaining privacy and security for the millions of customers that a large enterprise can have. This can be a multi-billion dollar task. As airplane controls become entirely digital, as cars become more and more autonomous, as power grids are digitally controlled, lives could be at stake. And yet directors of some of the most digitally sophisticated companies in the world tell us, we may be doing a good job in our oversight of digital risk, but we may not. We have no easy way even to tell how well we're doing. Cybersecurity is also a function of culture and trust. Are employees comfortable coming forward to talk about a weakness that they've come across? Do employees trust company policies on cyber and not seek work arounds? So cybersecurity, a big concern for directors. And finally, David, you mentioned ESG and this exploding call for companies to deliver financial profitability and great performance on the environmental, social, and governance agenda. Well, this has board members awake at night and working hard. Providing reliable data on financial performance isn't easy, but they know how to do that. They've been practicing it for decades. Providing reliable data on past environmental impact like carbon emissions, that's a lot harder and the standards for doing that are in flux all around the world. But providing trustworthy of how the company is going to transition to zero emissions over the next 20 to 30 years, that's really hard. And I'll just note that every one of these challenges that I mentioned, ethics, cybersecurity, and ESG requires a strong culture, requires trust. Culture is at the root of every one of these challenges. David Greenberg: So Jonathan, you've outlined some of the things that are on the minds of board members. What do you think are some of the hardest parts of the job of being a director these days? Jonathan Day: So one is this idea that the board can be, as they say, noses and fingers out. Well, if that was ever true, it's dead today. Boards have got to engage very intensely in some cases. And they've got to look for the areas where they're not engaging intensely, but should be. Sometimes you'll even see the word intrusive engagement or intrusive oversight. And yet if the board gets too intrusive, senior management is going to feel maybe correctly that the board doesn't trust them. And they'll start pushing every decision up to the board or they'll act out in some other way. And that's not good. Trust inside the board is also critical. Are board members having the tough conversations they need to have with one another. Second, trust is hard to maintain on the outside. Board members are under intense scrutiny these days. Rating agencies and proxy advisors maintain scorecards on every individual director recommending to institutional investors, whether to vote them in for another year or kick them out. And institutional investors are very open that they're willing to vote out directors who are not working in the ways that they think they should. Once upon a time, a director's job was almost entirely private, not really subject to intense scrutiny, no longer. A compensation committee members said the Wall Street Journal knows the conclusion of our meetings even before we get a copy of the minutes. Society expects that transparency and society has ways of getting it and society reacts to what it learns. Consumers vote with their pocket books, talent moves to companies that have purposes beyond profit. And I would say a board member who isn't ready for that intense public exposure is going to have a rough time. David Greenberg: Yeah. So that leads to the question from your point of view, is the modern board up to the task of these multiple challenges or maybe better said more positively, what capabilities and experiences are boards most in need of today? Jonathan Day: Well, David, the women and men who serve on these boards have my intense admiration. They work very hard. I think in many cases they're not paid enough and they bare more and more risks almost by the week, but they are struggling to balance a massive set of responsibilities against the limits of a group of part-time directors who meet maybe six times a year. That's not much. What I'm about to say is a personal view, but I think we will see more examples of full-time or near full-time board service, non-executive service. The governance pundits in the US talk about the value of separating the chair's role from the CEOs. And they point to countries like the UK, where this is done. Well great, but some of those public company, non-executive chairs in the UK are paid well into seven figures and they work full time often with staff to support them.                In the financial sector, especially there are audit chairs who are full-time, not even board chairs, but audit chairs are nearly full-time and paid accordingly. So time I think, is the first of the capabilities. I think another capability is a connection with younger employees and customers. In one of our networks, the average age of directors is well into the 70s. Now I've never met a collectively wiser group. They're truly amazing, but in many cases, their customers could be their great grandchildren.                And so there's a point of connection there that's hard to forge. Boards are working very hard to increase their own diversity, but there's still a long way to go. And the digital universe that's driving many of these companies is evolving so quickly that it's tough for many directors to know even where to begin as they master it. I'm going to add one capability that is just over the horizon, but it's approaching fast. Most of us learned corporate finance based on concepts of the capital markets that took form starting roughly in 1960 and concepts based on assumptions, for example, that all equity shareholders have identical preferences, but most of those assumptions no longer hold. We're driving around a city based on a map that doesn't reflect most of the huge changes made in the last 50 years. And sometimes we're wondering why we're getting lost. And so I think boards need to catch up on these changes as well. David Greenberg: I think it would be interesting, Jonathan, for you to talk a little bit about why you say all equity shareholders don't have identical preferences anymore. In other words, I think what you're saying is the theory was all equity shareholders care about the same thing, which is the growth and the value of their shares. Jonathan Day: Well, I could drone on about this for much time than we have, but let me give just two examples. When is the time horizon? You have shareholders, if you want to call them shareholders that are really algorithms that are trading in and out of companies, not in hours or minutes, but in fractions of seconds. So they have very, very short term time horizons and traders that are seeking a short-term volatility in the companies.                And then on the other hand, you have the big index funds and their managers sometimes describe themselves as almost shareholders in perpetuity. So the time horizons for shareholding are all over the map. The second is the simple assumption that what everybody wants is measurable economic value profits, but over and above the risk adjusted cost of capital. It just not the case any longer. You have very sophisticated investment managers that are saying we are prepared to trade some profitability for higher performance on climate, or social goals, or better governance. We talked about ESG. So the simple assumption that all investors have the same preferences are no longer a fact. Those are just two examples, but there are others that we could provide. David Greenberg: So one of the consequences of what you're saying really reflects the mushrooming expectations on companies today. They seem to be growing by the day. How do you make sense of that? And what are you hearing about that from directors? Jonathan Day :   Well, yeah, the expectations are definitely there and there's even this idea out there that governments have become incapable of taking action and making changes and that companies should do it all. And you get this idea both from the left and from the right that companies should solve all the problems of healthcare, and climate change, and inequality. And I would say that no company, no matter how clever, or large, or powerful can set social policy for the world. Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk may have spaceships, but I really don't think we want them to be controlling nuclear missiles or tanks. So I think companies need to find ways to work more effectively with governments and with regulators so that each can play its part. The biggest companies really are playing multi-national roles and they have to think about issues like diplomacy and statecraft, and yet they can't step in and displace the governments that ultimately have responsibility for that. So all of this I think is going to require a lot more work on the part of boards. And a lot of that comes right back to culture, and ethics, and trust. Can't get away from that. It keeps coming back into the conversation. David Greenberg: Jonathan, clearly this is a conversation we could be having all day, but we're out of time for now. Jonathan Day of Tapestry Networks, thank you for joining me on this episode. My name is David Greenberg, and I want to thank you all for listening to the Principled Podcast by LRN. Outro:   We hope you enjoyed this episode. The Principled Podcast is brought to you by LRN. At LRN, our mission is to inspire principal performance in global organizations, by helping them foster winning ethical cultures rooted in sustainable values. Please visit us at lrn.com to learn more. And if you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to our podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or wherever you listen. And don't forget to leave us a review.  

Our future is truly in the hands of our youth - who's preparing them! Join me and my guest Asheesh Advani, CEO of Junior Achievement Worldwide, one of the largest NGOs in the world dedicated to preparing youth for employment and entrepreneurship. Asheesh is a lifelong innovator with a passion for entrepreneurship in all of its forms and that passion fueled our conversation as we explored how Junior Achievement Worldwide is innovatively preparing the world's youth for the challenges presented by today's economic and societal challenges. Asheesh started his career as a consultant at Monitor Group and the World Bank, where he conducted research on industrial clusters as a source of economic growth. He is a graduate of the Wharton School and Oxford University, where he was a Commonwealth Scholar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carine Carmy, co-founder & CEO of Origin, a women's health company that provides physical therapy for the common but overlooked condition known as pelvic floor dysfunction. Carine is a go-to-market leader in healthcare and technology, and has held leadership roles at companies including Amino, Shapeways, and Monitor Group. Carine discusses the basics of pelvic floor health, how she overcame her imposter syndrome, and how Origin weathered the covid storm. She advocates for increased education on the pelvic floor and for bringing change to the healthcare system from the inside out.   Do you have any thoughts? Please email us at hello@rosenmaninstitute.org. We post new episodes every Monday. “The Health Technology Podcast” is produced by Herminio Neto, hosted by Christine Winoto, and engineered by Andrew John Rojek.

Ankit Mahadevia is the CEO of Spero Therapeutics and a member of the Board of Directors. He was formerly a Venture Partner in the life sciences group at Atlas Venture, located in Cambridge, MA. In that capacity he supported the formation of eight companies focused on novel drug discovery platforms and therapeutic products including Nimbus Therapeutics, Arteaus Therapeutics (acquired by Lilly), and Translate Bio (Nasdaq: TBIO). He led three of these as Acting CEO, including Synlogic (Nasdaq: SYBX). Prior to joining Atlas in 2008, Ankit worked on product and business development with the founding team at Arcion Therapeutics. He has also held positions in business development both at Genentech and at Vanda Pharmaceuticals. Previously, he worked in the health care groups of McKinsey & Company and Monitor Group. Ankit began his career in health care policy, with roles in the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committees, the U.S. Government Accountability Office, and the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS). He has spoken widely on entrepreneurship, including at Harvard University, Columbia University, Northwestern University, and the Berkeley Forum. Ankit has also been active in the policy of life science innovation, including service on the Advisory Council at the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Studies.

Today on the show Jayson is talking with Ajay Prakash and James Joun, co-founders  of Rinse, a laundry and dry-cleaning app started in 2013. Ajay was COO and CFO of Humble Brands, a consumer product startup. He also had experience at Bonobos, Berkshire Partners, the NBA and Bain & Company. James was a health care investor at Essex Woodlands, a product manager at Genentech, and a consultant with Monitor Group. The company, founded by Ajay Prakash and James Joun, is headquartered in San Francisco. Rinse is a portfolio company of Green D Ventures and Yard Ventures. Rinse started serving customers in 2013, but it was actually 30 years ago when the story really started. Joun's parents have owned a dry cleaning storefront for more than three decades, and for years he'd been wondering how to increase sales in a particularly static industry. Ajay Prakash, befriended Joun at Dartmouth university. James Joun has degrees from Dartmouth and Harvard Business School. Joun was schooled in operations, such as running contraptions like the topper, which presses pant tops, and in the finer points of separating dirt and stains from all manner of fabrics. Joun now competes against the people who brought him into the business who also happen to be his parents. Links:  Follow True Underdog on IG: www.instagram.com/true_underdogReach out to Jayson directly at jayson@trueunderdog.comFollow Jayson on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayson-waller-/Follow Jayson on Instagram: www.instagram.com/jaysonwallerbamCheck out our website to meet the team, view show notes and transcripts: www.trueunderdog.com Mentioned in the Episode: Rinse's Website - https://www.rinse.com/Rinse's Twitter - https://twitter.com/RinseJames's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesjoun/Ajay's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprakash03/Ajay's Twitter - https://twitter.com/aprakash03 Timestamps: 1:38 - James's Childhood Experience3:31 - How James and Ajay Met6:13 - James and Ajay's Relationship as Business Partners7:10 - Bootstrapping the Business From the Start9:25 - How Rinse Differentiates Itself From Others in the Market13:46 - 2 Minute Pitch for Rinse16:33 - Hardest Thing That James and Ajay Have Had to Overcome While Running Rinse21:11 - Growth Strategy for Rinse Moving Forward23:08 - ‘Covid Proofing' Your Company in the Future26:22 - Cow vs Buffalo28:17 - What Ajay and James Are Most Proud Of

Tagg founded Solamere Capital in 2008 with Eric Scheuermann and Spencer Zwick. Prior to co-founding Solamere, Tagg held a number of senior operating and investing roles. He served as Chief Marketing Officer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, VP of Onfield Marketing and Head of Strategic Planning for Reebok, and Director of Strategic Planning and Finance for Elan Pharmaceuticals. Tagg worked as a management consultant for both McKinsey & Company and The Monitor Group. Tagg was also a successful entrepreneur, founding and selling a sports-related SaaS firm.

Joseph Fuller is Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, where he oversees the Managing the Future of Work Project and focuses his research on the changing nature of work and the evolution of the C-suite. He was the founder and longtime CEO of The Monitor Group, the global strategy consulting firm, now Monitor Deloitte. In this episode, MBO Partners speaks with Professor Fuller about what, in this time of rapid change, the term “the future of work” actually means and how we can apply his learnings to workforce design and transformation. Professor Fuller also talks about what he sees as the biggest challenges facing today's CEO and organizational management and how many of those top requirements for organizational success involve changes to aspects of talent development and sourcing, including contingent work; digitalization and decentralization; diversity and inclusion; globalization and the labor supply chain. He discusses a recent BCG and HBS Future of Work study on the topic of contingent work and discuss how, in the future, more and more organizations will have needs for high-skill contingent talent for business-critical assignments – and how this is shifting the power equation in favor of the supply side of the talent equation. He also provides a look at the higher education sector and discuss the role of credentialization in talent acquisition. Citing his soon-to-be-published research, Professor Fuller talks about the ways AI is poised to improve and expand talent profile of companies in the future – a profile that will begin to also include the contingent worker to a greater degree. About This Episode's GuestJoseph Fuller is Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School, where he focuses his research on the changing nature of work and the evolution of the C-suite. He was the founder and longtime CEO of The Monitor Group, the global strategy consulting firm, now Monitor Deloitte. At HBS, he oversees with Professor Bill Kerr, the Managing the Future of Work project; the pair co-hosts a podcast of the same name. Research Mentioned in This EpisodeFuller, Joseph B., Manjari Raman, Allison Bailey, and Nithya Vaduganathan. "Building the On-Demand Workforce." (pdf) White Paper, Harvard Business School and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), November 2020. Fuller, Joseph B., and Manjari Raman. "Dismissed by Degrees: How Degree Inflation Is Undermining U.S. Competitiveness and Hurting America's Middle Class." (pdf) Report, October 2017. (Published by Accenture, Grads of Life, Harvard Business School.) About MBO Partners®MBO Partners is a deep jobs platform that connects and enables independent professionals and microbusiness owners to do business safely and effectively with enterprise organizations. Its unmatched experience and industry leadership enable it to operate on the forefront of the independent economy and consistently advance the next way of working. For more information, visit​ ​mbopartners.com. Episode hosted by Aassia Haq; produced, edited, and engineered by Leslie Jennings Rowley. With music by Brian Burrows. For more episodes, visit mbopartners.com/state-of-independence/podcast/. MBO Partners © 2021

“Yo empecé a darme cuenta que el secreto son las conversaciones. Las conversaciones son el antídoto de la inconsciencia." - Alejandro Salazar ( 

Hello BS Listeners, and welcome back to another episode. Today I am here with Dr. Jessica Tollette. Jessica is the academic director of the Bachelor in Behavior and Social Sciences at IE University. She has experience teaching courses on research methods, race, gender and education. Her research interests include race, ethnicity, immigration and intergroup relations. Dr. Tollette’s previous research examines immigration policy, immigrant integration and intergroup relations in Madrid. She has previously received several awards and grants to conduct her research, including a Fulbright grant to Spain. In addition to teaching and research, Dr. Tollette has also worked extensively with undergraduates in the realm of diversity and inclusion and pre-career and academic advising. Prior to obtaining her Ph.D., she worked as a management consultant at Monitor Group where she specialized in marketing consulting and diversity recruitment. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology at Harvard University and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Communication.

In Episode 9 of The Healthcare Leadership Experience, Lisa is joined by Charlene Li, New York Times best-selling author and inspirational speaker. Together, they discuss harnessing a disruptive mindset in healthcare. In today's episode, Charlene discusses her sixth and latest book: The Disruption Mindset, Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail. Today's episode is sponsored by iSUGEZT where patients can provide direct and private feedback of their experience of hospitals and healthcare providers. Visit iSUGEZT.com to learn more. ‘'These are highly disruptive, turbulent times… we're going to have to rise up to that occasion and take on these audacious goals that are going to be really, really hard … let's be honest about it.'' In this episode you'll hear: Why disruptive leadership is a mindset focused on relationships. ‘'You don't control people, you command them…. And the credibility of your command comes through the relationship that you build with them.'' The key difference between innovation and disruption – and why any worthwhile innovation will feel disruptive and move you out of your status quo. How your culture determines how quickly you'll reach a new, disruptive future — and why the secret to a disruptive healthcare organization lies in the patient experience. ‘'When you set yourself impossible deadlines you tend to beat them.'' Why disruptive leadership means creating a movement — and being prepared to take those ‘'big gulp'' Why every healthcare organization needs to expand its mission statement into a manifesto. How your hospital can take risks and move beyond your comfort zone ‘'Figure out what's the very edge of how far you could go? …. you don't know where that edge is unless you go look at it and look over that edge…. and don't retreat from that.'' About Charlene Li For the past two decades, Charlene Li has been helping people see the future. She's the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including her newest release, The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Businesses Transform While Others Fail, and Open Leadership as well as co-author of the critically-acclaimed book, Groundswell. Charlene is an entrepreneur who founded and ran Altimeter Group, a disruptive industry analyst firm acquired by Prophet in 2015. She continues working at Prophet as a Senior Fellow. Charlene was also a vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research, worked in online newspaper publishing, and was a consultant with Monitor Group. With over 20 years of experience in tech and business, she has been a respected advisor to Fortune 500 companies on digital transformation and leadership. Charlene also serves on the regional board for YPO, a global network of CEOs. Charlene is a sought-after public speaker and has appeared at events ranging from TED and the World Business Forum to SxSW. She has appeared on 60 Minutes and PBS NewsHour, and is frequently quoted by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and The Associated Press. Charlene was named one of the Top 50 Leadership Innovators by Inc., and one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company. Charlene graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and received her MBA from Harvard Business School. Connect with Charlene:

Carine Carmy is Co-Founder and CEO at Origin, a physical therapy designed for women and mothers. With over 40M women experiencing incredibly common but overlooked health issues from pelvic pain to postpartum recovery, Origin is clinically proven to have life-changing results, helping women build strength and avoid countless unnecessary surgeries. Prior to Origin, Carine has spent her career as a go-to-market leader in healthcare and technology, including at Amino, Shapeways, MarketspaceNext, and Monitor Group. Carine is an advisor to businesses and nonprofits focused on diversity and economic equality, and when she's not in front of a computer, you can find Carine hiking, biking, running, dancing, and generally moving at fast speeds.

3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person at the guest's preferred location by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, The Happiness Equation, Two-Minute Mornings, etc. Each chapter of 3 Books uncovers and discusses the three most formative books from one of the world's most inspiring people. Sample guests include: Judy Blume, David Sedaris, Chris Anderson of TED, the founder of the world's largest feminist magazine, the world's greatest Uber driver, Pete Holmes, Angie Thomas, and Malcolm Gladwell. Each of the 333 chapters is dropped on the exact minute of every single new moon and full moon until September 1, 2031. 3 Books is an Apple "Best Of" award-winning show and 100% ad-free, commercial-free, sponsor-free, and interruption-free. For more info check out: https://www.3books.co Chapter Description: Roger Martin has been called the #1 management thinker in the world by Thinkers50. I’m not surprised. For the past twenty years I have often been in crowds gathered around Roger to hear him speak. Like Marshall McLuhan or Malcolm Gladwell, he has a singular visionary worldview that’s simultaneously astonishingly insightful and deeply humble. After graduating from Harvard Business School, Roger went on to be a top director at The Monitor Group, the boutique strategic consultancy firm cofounded by Michael Porter. He then became Dean of Rotman School of Management at University of Toronto, where he not only managed to 10x revenue during his tenure, but massively elevated Rotman’s status globally until it became one of the top business schools in the world. Most interestingly, he applied a series of counterintuitive management practices to placate disillusioned staff operating in a Lord of the Flies type setting. Along the way, he’s managed to author a number of bestselling strategy books including Playing To Win and The Opposable Mind. This year, he released When More Is Not Better which I think is his best book to date. (I called it my #1 non-fiction read of 2020.) In the book, Roger calls out a very broken system of democratic capitalism, rusted from within, favouring the elite over a working class struggling to make ends meet. But, unlike most business books which sort of stop at illuminating the problem, Roger actually spends most of his time offering tangible and concrete solutions that have proven to work elsewhere. If you are the leader of a team, a community group, or within a family, you will gain a ton of actionable wisdom from Roger Martin. There is so much here, from countering monopolies to designing slack systems and building trust.  Roger Martin is a self effacing, deeply humble genius with the power to distill complex ideas into digestible concepts. Ready for this masterclass? Let’s go! What You'll Learn: What is the real definition of capitalism? How do we get capitalism working for the middle class? What is “multi-homing” and how can we do it? What are the issues with Amazon, Facebook, and other monopolies? How should politicians really be passing laws? How would you introduce gun control in the US? What is slack and why do we need more in business? Why is principled leadership so critical and what does it look like? Why is face to face better for conflict resolution? How can we change repetitive behaviours which do not serve us? How do you move yourself along the path towards true mastery in any art or craft? And, of course, what are Roger Martin’s three most formative books? You can find show notes and more information by clicking here: https://www.3books.co/chapters/68        Leave us a voicemail. Your message may be included in a future episode: 1-833-READ-A-LOT. Sign up to receive podcast updates here: https://www.3books.co/email-list 

Summary: Today’s guest is Ken’s business partner, Bob Strachan. He’s here to fill in for Brad and also to dive into the secrets behind what has made his business relationship so successful. It’s great to get along with a potential business partner, to have similar interests and produce a successful business. But there is so much more to it than having complementary skill sets. Listen in as we break down Bob’s journey from Hong Kong to Nashville, how the accumulation of knowledge and experience outside of Metacake has added to the success of his current business, what it’s really like to work with Ken Ott on a daily basis, and what the process of starting a partnership might look like in the beginning. Ken and Bob talk about how they have grown alongside each other as well as challenged each other over the years, covering everything from dealing with conflict to keeping their relationship strong and healthy.    Top 3  Curtain Pulls in this episode:  “Partnerships work when interests are aligned,” but let’s add: Purpose and Character. When Interests, Purpose, and Character are aligned, there is magic! When you think you’ve found a great business partner, consider wading into the relationship slowly over time. Step into roles for a set period of time and make adjustments along the way. Allowing time to fine-tune the way you communicate will create more trust and an even more solid foundation.  “Don’t let your gifts take you where your character can’t keep you.” In other words, don’t let someone’s talents be the only reason that you choose to work with then. Ensure that there are signs of character alignment as well!    For more tips, discussion, and behind the scenes: Follow us on Instagram @AgencyPodcast Join our closed Facebook community for agency leaders   About Our Guest: Bob Strachan: Bob is a co-founder of Metacake, working together with Ken to lead their team as well as establish strong business partner relationships and help brands unlock massive revenue online.  Bob on LinkedIn Work with Bob & Metacake   About The Guys:  Bob Hutchins: Founder of BuzzPlant, a digital agency that he ran from from 2000 -2017. He is also the author of 3 books. More on Bob:  Bob on LinkedIn twitter.com/BobHutchins instagram.com/bwhutchins Bob on Facebook Brad Ayres: Founder of Anthem Republic, an award-winning ad agency. Brad’s knowledge has led some of the biggest brands in the world. Originally from Detroit, Brad is an OG in the ad agency world and has the wisdom and scars to prove it. Currently that knowledge is being applied to his boutique agency. More on Brad: Brad on LinkedIn Anthem Republic twitter.com/bradayres instagram.com/therealbradayres facebook.com/Bradayres Ken Ott: Co-Founder and Chief Growth Rebel of Metacake, an Ecommerce Growth Team for some of the world’s most influential brands with a mission to Grow Brands That Matter. Ken is also an author, speaker, and was nominated for an Emmy for his acting on the Metacake Youtube Channel (not really). More on Ken:  Ken on LinkedIn Metacake - An Ecommerce Growth Team Growth Rebel TV twitter.com/iamKenOtt instagram.com/iamKenOtt facebook.com/iamKenOtt   Show Notes: [0:39] Bob H introduces Ken’s business partner and today’s guest- Bob Strachan.  [2:55] Bob S talks about how he grew up in Hong Kong, which was a British Colony until 1997, which is why there is a bit of a British tilt to his accent. He grew up in Hong Kong and then went to college at Sheffield University in England.  [5:33] Bob S continues, he got a job back in Hong Kong after graduation and started with a Boston based consulting company called The Monitor Group. He got a dual honors degree in molecular biology and biotechnology, but realized that the next step was a PhD and he really just wanted to get out into the world and create something.  [7:00] Bob S says that he sort of lucked into an industry and a company that did really well and worked for him. He found it fascinating, and there was so much growth so quickly that he learned a lot super fast. At that company, there wasn’t a typical path to consultancy other than being recruited from a US Ivy League school. But they saw potential in him and slowly he was able to get training in the US and expand his knowledge further.  [8:45] Bob S continues, saying that as he learned more and technology shifted so quickly in the late 90’s, he got really passionate about how tech was going to serve business. Growing up as a “third culture” kid, he honed a skill set based on communication skills, reading between the lines, and eventually sitting down with business people and figuring out what they need, what they’re capable of, and helping them bridge that gap. [10:00] Bob H asks if growing up overseas gave him an advantage, seeing the world through a different lens.  [10:24] Bob S says “At its foundation, it gives you a sort of humility and respect… you come in with an open book and know that this is a new situation, I’ve been in these situations many, many, many times before, and I know that I don’t know what’s going on here, so I need to just have wide eyes and pay attention and listen.”  [11:09] Bob S talks about meeting his now wife in Hong Kong, who’s parents started an orphanage in Hong Kong, but they were from Colorado originally. By the early 2000’s they moved to rural western Colorado, and Bob says he loved it!  [13:27] Bob S continues, saying he met an author by chance who eventually hired him full time doing marketing and media for him. Fast forward to 2007, and he and Ken move to Tennessee in the same year, later starting Metacake in 2011.  [14:25] Ken shares that the 9 years of working with Bob have been a great ride and a huge learning experience. He talks about believing that they are here for a higher purpose, being stewards of good inside of the business together and helping businesses they serve to be the best they can be.  In the beginning, they weren’t specialized in Ecommerce- that happened in 2016- but living out that process with a business partner has been very cool. [16:40] Bob H asks Ken and Bob about what the process of starting the business together was- how did they maneuver that dance?  [17:12] Bob S says that at the time he had his own consulting business, but in terms of a team he was just contracting things out to people. He had worked with Ken in the past and had a lot of respect for him, so they slowly began to do more projects together. As time passed, there were conversations around how they would bring the businesses together. Bob was on board pretty quickly, and it didn’t take him long to make the decision, but Ken said “What if we wade into this together?”  [18:45] Ken says that slowly wading into a business partnership together is smart, because it’s a decision that you can’t undo very easily. There’s blending that has to happen, and undoing that would likely burn some bridges.  [19:39] Bob S says that pulling partnerships apart is a huge relational burden as well.  [20:15] Ken “What we did, and what we’ve done with other businesses… we started by acting like business partners and set a period of time in place to try it.” Figuring out how to manage projects, how splits of work will go, etc, with the intention being that if it works out, you can bring the two sides together.  [21:48] Bob S shares that the biggest thing he had to wrestle with was that he was bringing more clients, money to the table. “So I had to go through the process of, do I think by partnering with Ken and sharing this, that there’s more?”  [22:47] Bob H says that he sees a dynamic and balance of risk seeking versus risk averse- having a balance of both works well.  [23:15] Bob S says that those roles can flip flop as well, Bob S can be more impulsive and Ken catches him to slow him down, and Ken can be a visionary that wants to go all-in on one thing down the line, and Bob steps in to course correct.  [23:50] Ken brings the convo to personality profiles and knowing your strengths and weaknesses. [26:45] Ken talks about how a lot of different business ventures and partnerships  allowed him to learn in a stable environment.  The idea of wading in comes from a slow and steady learning of the relationships.  [28:15] Bob S says it is really important to know what it is that you’re testing as you’re in the process of wading in, knowing what it is that you may run into and measuring your success over 6 months based on how well things are going.  [28:36] Bob H asks Bob S for advice for anyone who’s looking for a partner or just interested in going into business.  [29:03] Bob S says that he hears often that the partnership and he and Ken have is rare- and he appreciates it more and more as time goes on. “Often we get into partnerships because we respect the talents of a person… but I think what happens in partnerships that succeed is it becomes more of a respect for that person.”  [30:55] Bob S continues that ultimately if you’re going into a lifelong business proposition with someone, it has to be someone you can do life with, so thinking of it as a marriage of sorts isn’t too far off.  [31:15] Bob S “I think asking that question, is this person someone that I can do life with… is this someone that I can see being in business with over the long term beyond maybe just their capabilities and skills and what they bring to the table.”  [31:29] Bob H reflects on the fact that when you’re married for a long time and you hold it together for the long-haul, it doesn’t have anything to do with how they look or what they can bring to the table, but their soul.  Partner with someone who’s really good at LIFE and not just sales, or their business.  [33:00] Bob S says that if those things are important to you, if you want to be able to do life with someone and get along with someone for a long time as well as build this business relationship and get things done, the process of wading in is even more important and valuable.  [33:31] Bob S shares a great quote, “Don’t let your gifts take you where your character can’t keep you.” Life can have us wind up in a lot of places based on our gifts, but if our character can’t keep us there then you’re bound to have a fall. This applies to choosing a business partner as well.  [33:57] Bob H shares a quote as well- “How you do anything is how you do everything.”  [35:05] Bob S: “Partnerships work when interests are aligned,” which is true and can sustain relationships for a period of time. But Bob has 2 additional pieces that are important.  Having an awareness that sometimes you will have to put the other person's interests above your own. This has to be healthy! Having a deeper philosophical alignment is also super important.  [36:55] Ken agrees, “I think 3 things have to be aligned, interest, purpose, and character.” If those things are aligned, you’ve got the potential for a great partnership.  [37:35] Ken adds that it’s also not great if you’re the same person- really your interests need to be varied, and ultimately complementary.  [39:08] Bob H asks Bob and Ken about conflict and being willing to have healthy conflict. “What does it look like when you disagree?” [39:57] Ken says that he grew up in a place where conflict is more common, so he is a little more comfortable with conflict.  [41:15] Bob S shares that he is an Enneagream 9, always a peacemaker and looking for a peaceful way of resolving conflict. “Stability and Harmony are what gives me energy, so conflict is challenging.”  [41:48] Ken tells a story about how Bob came into work once and was super upset and down because he’d had a fight with his mom. Ken says that he argues with his mom regularly, it’s part of the way that they communicate, so that situation just exemplifies the different ways that they deal with conflict.  [42:15] Bob S says more often than not, there is a pretty quick alignment but on occasion there is real disagreement that will slowly burn over a few days, but those situations are rare.  [42:50] Ken agrees, and says that maturity has shrunk his ego over time and has allowed him to be able to handle conflict in a more peaceful way. “In general I care more about what the end result is than how it’s done or who does it.” So that keeps his tendency towards conflict in check as well.  [44:13] Ken shares that he and Bob both have separate mentors in their lives and coaches as well. They don’t have a “board” but have talked about it, and about how it will give objectivity to decisions as the business scales and grows.  [45:00] Ken talks about not allowing outside voices to get in between of you and your business partner- you need to own the relationship.  [46:30] Bob H asks what Bob is most grateful for within their company- what thing can he say is most beneficial about it?  [47:21] Bob S shares that he’s most grateful for the partnership, because it’s allowed him to get better about expressing his thoughts, desires, needs, ideas ahead of time. He’s gotten so much better with communication, and being honest about what he will fight for versus let go.  [48:42] Bob continues, saying that there will be days when things go wrong. One of the biggest benefits of a partner is to have someone that’s rooting for you during a hard day or hard life season. He also says that the admiration has turned into being challenged to be the best he can be. The relationship has made him a much better person because he’s had a safe place to learn and grow and become new versions of himself.  [52:25] Ken mentions having Bob on again to dive deeper into how his life experience has created a lot of skills that fit his role at Metacake well. Traditionally he would be called a salesman but in reality it’s a much more subtle definition- “What you do is really just helping people add value with every conversation and help them make a decision.” 

Alan Berman is Vice President for Research and Strategic Initiatives at SMA, Inc. He specializes in market analysis, strategy development, and new business creation. He focuses on growing the SMA business through new systems and processes to enable rapid scaling in core and adjacent markets. Alan also leads the SMA Research team, which conducts analysis on government contractors, major programs, and government agencies, to support business development and client engagement teams. Prior to SMA, Alan spent 11 years in strategy consulting at Monitor Group and Deloitte Consulting, focused on growth strategy and innovation. In that role, he led engagements with clients that included senior leaders of Fortune 500 companies, emerging technology-based firms, and the Department of Defense. These engagements tackled thorny challenges with multi-billion dollar implications. The projects spanned the aerospace & defense, healthcare, automotive, and consumer electronics industries. Prior to consulting, Alan was at Zone Reactor, a technology incubator funded by the Draper Fisher Jurvetson venture capital network, where he served as Entrepreneur in Residence. Projects centered on technology commercialization of government-funded R&D and resulted in commercial application of over a dozen patents. Prior to Zone Reactor, Alan worked as a hard drive and tape drive development engineer and tribologist at Seagate Technology. Alan received his Bachelors and Doctorate degrees in Chemical Engineering from UCLA and UC Santa Barbara, respectively, and earned an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA. TOD : https://tod.smawins.com/TOD_Web/SMA : https://smawins.com/

In this episode, I speak with Dean Horace Anderson Dean of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University on the importance of voting. About our guest:Dean Horace E. Anderson, Jr. joined the Pace Law School faculty in 2004 from the New York office of White & Case LLP. His practice there focused on intellectual property, privacy and data protection, the Internet, and media and technology law. He was appointed Interim Dean of the Law School in 2018 and was named the ninth Dean of the Law School in December 2019.In addition to his experience in law practice, Professor Anderson has advised companies in business strategy as a consultant at the New York office of Monitor Group, and he worked as a systems integration consultant in the Financial Markets Division of Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). Professor Anderson received a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1996, and a BS in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1991.You can find all our podcasts, available for free at www.lawtofact.com

Bain Capital Tech Opportunities aims to help growing technology companies reach their full potential. They focus on companies in large, growing end markets with innovative or disruptive technology where they believe they can support transformational growth. They invest in fundamental long-term tailwinds as technology penetrates across industries, creating a large and growing number of investment opportunities. The team focuses on five priority sub-verticals: Application Software, Infrastructure & Security, Fintech & Payments, Healthcare IT, Internet & Digital Media. I invited Darren Abrahamson, Managing Director, Bain Capital Tech Opportunities on to the Tech Talks Daily podcast to find out more. Darren joined Bain Capital in 2005 and is a Managing Director on the Bain Capital Tech Opportunities team, based in Boston. Darren has served as a director at Blue Coat Systems, CentralSquare Technologies, SunGard Availability Services, Vertafore, and Viewpoint Construction Software. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Darren was a consultant at Monitor Group, where he advised in the technology, pharmaceutical, and energy industries. In our conversation, I learn more about the impacts of the global pandemic on tech investing and the road ahead for tech startups.

Highlights:  [3:38] Is your work LITERALLY making you sick?  [16:50] What is keeping you small? - Cultivating fearlessness [26:47] How to appreciate what we have  Meet Alisa Cohn:  Alisa is an executive coach who works with senior executives and high potential leaders to help them create positive permanent shifts in their leadership impact and the results they achieve. She was named the #1 Startup Coach in the world at the 2019 Thinkers50 Marshall Goldsmith Coaching Awards in London, and also named one of the Top 30 Global Gurus for Startups of 2020.   She is a guest lecturer at Harvard and Cornell Universities and the Naval War College. She is a coach for the prestigious Linkage Global Institute for Leadership Development and for the Center for Inclusive Security, Harvard University.   Alisa writes for Inc, Fast Company and Forbes Magazines as well as for the Harvard Business Review. She’s been featured in the BBC, Bloomberg, New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal.   Prior to becoming an executive coach, Alisa was Vice President at two high-tech companies, CFO of a start-up company, and a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers and The Monitor Group.   She is also an angel investor and Broadway investor.   Bottom line… This is one amazing woman. And what I love most about Alisa is how generous she is with her knowledge, how kind she is as a person and how powerful she is as an example of what real success looks like in life.   Connect with Alisa:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisacohn/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlisaCohn Website: https://www.alisacohn.com/   ...   Want more InJoy? LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffbaietto/ Instagram: jeff.baietto injoyglobal.com   ...   Want more wisdom and happiness in your own life? Come get that and more for FREE at InJoyDaily.com

In this week's episode, I speak with Patrick about how he has found the right balance for him between career and side passions.  He has found a home in Knowledge Management for over twenty years, but always finds ways to support his love of the arts and theatre by working on shows or his own creative endeavors "on the side".  Patrick learned early on that he lost a lot of the fun and love for the arts if it was also his job.  He talks about the evolution of the KM industry and how that continues to challenge him in his career.  And how he finds a lot of opportunities to participate in the arts on nights and weekends.  For him, it's the perfect balance so he never feels stuck!And don't forget listeners of the podcast get a 20% discount on my new Teachable course about how to make a career change.  You can also sign up for a coaching package through Teachable as well.  Just use the code "Hamster".  https://career_development.teachable.comPlease consider subscribing, leaving a rating and review and sharing this podcast and the whole series with others.  We do this to help spread the word that everyone can get unstuck and find the thing that brings them joy in their careers.  If our guests can do you, you can too!More about Patrick: Patrick Cleary is a Knowledge Maager with DraftKings in Boston, MA. Prior to DraftKings, Patrick worked for Epsilon, Cambridge Advisors to Family Enterprise and The Monitor Group in various Knowledge Management departments. In his free time, Patrick participates in local theater as a playwright, director, and set designer, as well as participating in the Moth Story Slams in and around Boston.Welcome to the Shine at Work Podcast! On this show, your co-hosts Karen and Dan will shine a light on your job search so you can land a role that lets you flex your strengths and progress your career in an environment you actually look forward to working in each day. From creating a stand-out resume, to confidently negotiating your salary, to finding your footing as a new manager, you can expect to hear actionable advice to help you shine your brightest in your role. Karen D. Weeks is the CEO and Chief Career Coach of Shine at Work Coaching. She has over twenty years of HR experience, including as CPO at Ordergroove. Dan Carr is a Shine at Work Career Coach with over a decade of recruiting experience helping high-growth startups expand with top talent. Connect with Us! Website Instagram Karen Weeks on LinkedIn Dan Carr on LinkedIn

Why weren’t we better prepared for the COVID-19 outbreak and what can we learn from our current ordeal to be better prepared for the next pandemic? USC Dornsife’s Andrew Lakoff and Nils Gilman, Vice President of Programs at the Berggruen Institute, talks with journalist and author Mark Perry about how the U.S. did and didn’t prepare for COVID-19. Lakoff, Professor of Sociology and Divisional Dean of Social Sciences, is the author of Unprepared: Global Health in a Time of Emergency, in which he describes the challenges of properly anticipating and preparing for biological threats. Gilman previously worked as Associate Chancellor at the University of California Berkeley and as Research Director and scenario planning consultant at the Monitor Group and Global Business Network. Perry is a contributing editor at The American Conservative and writes for Politico and Foreign Policy. His latest book is titled The Pentagon’s Wars. Watch the video >> Dornsife Dialogues Join us for stimulating online forums in which leading scholars and distinguished alumni from the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences share new perspectives, research-based findings and fresh insight on timely topics. https://dornsife.usc.edu/dornsifedialogues/

Today's guest Ajay PatelAjay leads SMA, Inc. as President and CEO. SMA, Inc. is the world’s largest advisory firm dedicated to improving its client’s competitiveness across their entire program lifecycle from market and competitive strategy to capture strategy and bid/proposal development to profitable program execution for public sector markets.Mr. Patel has over 35 years of consulting, business development, operations, program management and systems engineering experience. Prior to coming to SMA, Ajay was a Director at Deloitte consulting in the Aerospace and Defense practice. He was a Senior Partner at the Monitor Group for twelve years, and created and led it’s global National Security practice. During the 1990s, Ajay served in various roles at SMA including Vice President of Business Development, Executive Vice President of SMA’s Proposal Management group and as the firm’s Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Ajay was at TRW serving in technology development, systems engineering, program management and business development roles. Ajay enjoys travelling and is an avid reader. His has a particular fascination with typography—the latest fun addition to his library is Simon Garfield’s book “Just My Type: A Book About Fonts.” His favorite bookstore on the planet is Daunt Books in London, United Kingdom.In this laughter filled deeply insightful episode, Ajay shares His early life and educationSMA career Monitor and Deloitte StintReturn to SMA Entrepreneurship and leadership tips Covid-19 support at his company3 things that not many people know about himInfluential people in his life and career His love of readingTips to study american dictionary The fonts Steve Jobs created A masterclass on Typography Book about butter... Detective in Caribbean island Few fun Qs What is your favorite font? Least favorite?Do you like your handwriting? Where is the most interesting place that you’ve travelled?What is the first thing you do when you get home from a business trip?If you could only eat three things for the rest of your life, what would you choose?What is your all-time favorite book or author?Have you ever sent a message to a wrong person? Would you rather lose the ability to read or the ability to speak?If you could be a cartoon character for a week, who would you be? Whats the most courageous thing you ever done? If you could be an Olympic athlete, in what sport would you compete? When you are having bad day, what do you do to make yourself feel better? What do you cook better than anyone? If you had to choose a completely new profession, what would you pick?What are your favourite pizza toppings? If you could be anywhere else right now, Where would it be? What’s the most interesting thing that you’ve read or seen this week?If you were arrested with no explanation, what would your friends and family assume thatyou had done?If your five year old suddenly found himself inhabiting your current body, what would your five year old self will do first? What would you if you are the last person on this earth? Listen in to know more about Ajay Patel, the leader behind SMA Inc.

Michael Gale, WSJ, Forbes and Amazon bestseller of "The Digital Helix: Transforming Your Organization's DNA to Thrive in the Digital Age" is one of the foremost authors and thought leaders on Digital Transformation. He founded Strategic Oxygen in 2001, widely seen as one of the technology industry's primary data toolsets for marketers, used by over 20 brands and used to model over $4 billion in marketing and sales investments. The company was sold to to Monitor Group...he now with Inc.Digital and hosts Forbes Futures in Focus podcast.

If anyone is passionate about digital technologies and their impact on our future, it’s Michael Gale. In 2001, Michael founded and sold two companies Strategic Oxygen, a leading data toolset for marketers in the technology industry and Pulsepoint group. He has been a group partner at Monitor Group and was the chief web officer/GM at Micron Technology.As the host of Forbes Insights Futures InFocus podcast, Michael’s experience and passion for digital tech are evident. He engages in conversations with global visionaries and leaders who are thinking about our world 10 years from now, helping us design for it, and guiding us toward it in a way that allows us to thrive. Nothing is certain about the future except the need to design differently for it than the world we live in today.Only 29% of Americans think about the world of 10 years from now and only once a week (Institute of the Future research 2017), yet 95%+ of us will be living in a world dominated by different ways of working, entertaining, eating, transporting ourselves, educating and raising our families. How the digital technologies now dominating our world will change how we think about the world that is far closer than we realize should be a question we each get insight on each week.Michael brings together visionaries who are charged with the responsibility to help guide and stimulate the thinking necessary to drive design and actions that will change the world we’ll be living in 10 years from now. Our future will be identified and defined by decisions, ideas, and practices that we start putting into play today. Through his conversations with CEOs of startups, Global 2000 executives, academics, and innovative thinkers, Michael hopes to spark new ways for us to do anything and everything right now to help prepare us to thrive in the future.https://www.linkedin.com/in/migale/https://twitter.com/futuresinfocushttps://www.instagram.com/futures_in_focus_podcast/https://www.forbesinsightsfif.com/pods-landinghttps://www.inc.digital/ 

She was named one of the Top 50 Leadership Innovators by Inc., and one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company. She has appeared on 60 Minutes and PBS NewsHour and is frequently quoted by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and The Associated Press. She’s the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including Open Leadership, Groundswell, and her newest release, The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Businesses Transform While Others Fail. She founded and ran Altimeter Group, a disruptive industry analyst firm that was acquired by Prophet in 2015, where she continues today as a Senior Fellow. She is a former vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research, worked in online newspaper publishing and was a consultant with Monitor Group. Join me on this episode of the Curve Benders podcast with a respected advisor to Fortune 500 companies on digital transformation and leadership, Charlene Li. As a reminder, I turn the show notes from these podcasts into more in-depth articles, so check them out on our website, NourGroup.com/blog. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/david-nour/message

Your Ambassador of JOY, Barry Shore, is happy to bring You a highly successful young venture capitalist turned entrepreneur who in addition to building a business is building a family. Aaron Hirschhorn was the Founder and CEO of DogVacay, a consumer marketplace app for dog sitting and dog walking. Since its founding in 2011, DogVacay raised $47m from investors including Benchmark Capital and Andreessen Horowitz and generated over $100m in revenue. DogVacay merged with Rover (rover.com) in April 2017 to create what is now a $1B pet services company. Currently Aaron is a Venture Partner at Bold Capital and is the Founder of a NewCo practicing regenerative medicine for pets. Prior to DogVacay, Aaron was a venture investor with Upfront Ventures and worked at Monitor Group and Kayne Anderson Capital. He is on several private company boards, a member of YPO, an active angel investor, and was a 2016 finalist for E&Y entrepreneur of the year. You will surely find this FUNN and beneficial.

About CharleneFor the past two decades, Charlene Li has been helping people see the future. She's the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including her newest release, The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Businesses Transform While Others Fail, and Open Leadership as well as co-author of the critically-acclaimed book, Groundswell.Charlene is an entrepreneur who founded and ran Altimeter Group, a disruptive industry analyst firm that was acquired by Prophet in 2015. She continues working at Prophet as a Senior Fellow. She was also a vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research, worked in online newspaper publishing, and was a consultant with Monitor Group.With over 20 years of experience in tech and business, she has been a respected advisor to Fortune 500 companies on digital transformation and leadership. Charlene also serves on the regional board for YPO, a global network of CEOs.Charlene is a sought after public speaker and has appeared at events ranging from TED and the World Business Forum to SxSW. She has appeared on 60 Minutes and PBS NewsHour, and is frequently quoted by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and The Associated Press.Charlene was named one of the Top 50 Leadership Innovators by Inc., and one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company. Charlene graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and received her MBA from Harvard Business School. She lives in San Francisco.

Welcome to episode #698 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #698 - Host: Mitch Joel. If you asked me who is one of the smartest people in the world on the topic of disruption, innovation and technology, it would be Charlene Li. For the past two decades, Charlene has been helping people see the future. She’s the bestselling author of six books, including her newest, The Disruption Mindset - Why Some Businesses Transform While Others Fail. With that, many first heard of her when she co-authored the massive book, Groundswell and followed it up with Open Leadership. Charlene founded Altimeter Group, a disruptive industry analyst firm that was acquired by Prophet in 2015. She continues working at Prophet as a Senior Fellow. She was also a vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research, worked in online newspaper publishing, and was a consultant with Monitor Group. Let's discuss disruption. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 57:29. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Charlene Li. The Disruption Mindset - Why Some Businesses Transform While Others Fail. Groundswell. Open Leadership. Altimeter Group. Follow Charlene on Instagram. Follow Charlene on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Today my guest is Charlene Li. Charlene is a graduate of Harvard and of Harvard Business School, she's been named one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company, and she's an expert in digital transformation and disruptive growth strategies. Charlene has just released a new book called, The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Organizations Transform Why Others Fail. Charlene is a founder of and a Senior Fellow at Altimeter, which is a Profit company. She is the author of five previous books including a New York Times bestseller, Open Leadership; and the co-author of the critically acclaimed book Groundswell. I love how she explains that we've been approaching disruption backwards. In my conversation with her, we talk about how companies make disruption their goal, but they believe that if they develop the right innovation, they will disrupt the markets forever and drive the kind of growth worthy of what their Board of Directors wants. But, as Charlene explains to me that it's not how disruption works. Disruption doesn't create growth. Instead she talks about how growth creates disruption. I love how she hits it across the head when she says, growth is hard. She's not mincing words here. Disruptive growth is exponentially harder. It requires companies to make tough decisions in the face of daunting uncertainties and answer questions like, ‘should we bet our company's future on the next generation customers or today's reliable ones? Should we abandon our current business model for an entirely new one? Making these bold changes demands leadership and often massive cultural transformation. We talk about leadership, and that in this type of disruptive companies, strategy trumps everything and how we need to meet the future needs of our customers. That leadership requires a movement to drive and sustain. It requires consistency. You can't whiffle-waffle as a leader. She talks about the consistency of the best transformation leaders and culture, of course, culture. We talk about culture, something she calls flux culture. Also, we discuss her concept of a dashboard. Many of you are digital leaders, but what do your dashboards look like? Charlene gets into specifics on what a true disruptive organization should have in there... the entire company is looking at it as it relates to their dashboard. You're going to love the envisioning exercise we talk about with envisioning your future customer. I love to speak with book authors like Charlene because we're taking 30 years’ worth of meeting some of the best, most transformative conversations and experiences, and distilling it into a book and a conversation. Charlene and I discuss ten powerful stories, concepts, ideas and strategies from this amazing book. Here are some of things that you will learn in this podcast episode. Specific leadership strategies that Jeff Bezos deploys at Amazon which allows him to build and scale an enormous company. The importance of a flux culture and its positive impact in a disruptive company. An amazing example of envisioning future customers. How one must lead moving forward in times of exponential change. The power of Dashboards in disruptive and innovative companies. The super power of disruption leaders to instill hope and confidence. Disruption doesn’t create growth. Growth creates disruption. Innovative companies vs. disruptive companies What is the role of the CIO – moving forward? Breakthrough growth shifts the balance of power and of established relationships. About Charlene Li For the past two decades, Charlene Li has been helping people see the future. She’s the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including her newest release, The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Businesses Transform While Others Fail, and Open Leadership as well as co-author of the critically-acclaimed book, Groundswell. Charlene is an entrepreneur who founded and ran Altimeter Group, a disruptive industry analyst firm that was acquired by Prophet in 2015. She continues working at Prophet as a Senior Fellow. She was also a vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research, worked in online newspaper publishing, and was a consultant with Monitor Group. With over 20 years of experience in tech and business, she has been a respected advisor to Fortune 500 companies on digital transformation and leadership. Charlene also serves on the regional board for YPO, a global network of CEOs. Charlene is a sought after public speaker and has appeared at events ranging from TED and the World Business Forum to SxSW. She has appeared on 60 Minutes and PBS NewsHour, and is frequently quoted by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and The Associated Press. Charlene was named one of the Top 50 Leadership Innovators by Inc., and one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company. Charlene graduated Magna cum Laude from Harvard College and received her MBA from Harvard Business School. She lives in San Francisco. The Full Transcript for this episode can be found here: https://www.redzonetech.net/blog/the-disruption-mindset-charlene-li/ How to get in touch with Charlene Li LinkedIn Twitter Website Blog Key Resources Referenced: The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Organizations Transform While Others Fail, by Charlene Li. Published by Ideapress Publishing, 2019. Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead, by Charlene Li. Published by Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA, 2010. Groundswell: Winning In A World Transformed by Social Technologies, by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. Published by Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, MA, 2011 The Engaged Leader: A Strategy for Your Digital Transformation, by Charlene Li. Published by Wharton School Press, Philadelphia, PA, 2015. This episode is sponsored by the CIO Innovation Forum, dedicated to Business Digital Leaders who want to be a part of 20% of the planet and help their businesses win with innovation and transformation. Credits: * Outro music provided by Ben’s Sound Other Ways To Listen to the Podcast iTunes | Libsyn | Soundcloud | RSS | LinkedIn Leave a Review If you enjoyed this episode, then please consider leaving an iTunes review here Click here for instructions on how to leave an iTunes review if you’re doing this for the first time. About Bill Murphy Bill Murphy is a world renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Michael Gale founded Strategic Oxygen in 2001, which was widely seen as one of the technology industry’s primary data toolset for marketers, used by over 20 brands and used to model over $4 billion in marketing and sales investments.The company was sold to Monitor Group, where he was a group partner from 2006 to 2010. In 2011, he became a partner at Pulsepoint Group, a digital consulting company, which was acquired by ICF in 2015.Michael has also served as chief web officer and GM at Micron Technology and was the vice president of worldwide brand research at IntelliQuest.Learn More: www.inc.digitalInfluential Influencers with Mike Saundershttp://businessinnovatorsradio.com/influential-entrepreneurs-with-mike-saunders/

Michael Gale founded Strategic Oxygen in 2001, which was widely seen as one of the technology industry’s primary data toolset for marketers, used by over 20 brands and used to model over $4 billion in marketing and sales investments.The company was sold to Monitor Group, where he was a group partner from 2006 to 2010. In 2011, he became a partner at Pulsepoint Group, a digital consulting company, which was acquired by ICF in 2015.Michael has also served as chief web officer and GM at Micron Technology and was the vice president of worldwide brand research at IntelliQuest.Learn More: www.inc.digitalInfluential Influencers with Mike Saundershttp://businessinnovatorsradio.com/influential-entrepreneurs-with-mike-saunders/

Michael Gale founded Strategic Oxygen in 2001, which was widely seen as one of the technology industry’s primary data toolset for marketers, used by over 20 brands and used to model over $4 billion in marketing and sales investments.The company was sold to Monitor Group, where he was a group partner from 2006 to 2010. In 2011, he became a partner at Pulsepoint Group, a digital consulting company, which was acquired by ICF in 2015.Michael has also served as chief web officer and GM at Micron Technology and was the vice president of worldwide brand research at IntelliQuest.Learn More: www.inc.digitalInfluential Influencers with Mike Saundershttp://businessinnovatorsradio.com/influential-entrepreneurs-with-mike-saunders/

Today's guest is Chris Hutchins, Co-founder and CEO of Grove. Chris is the founder and CEO of Grove, a company on a mission to make financial planning honest and accessible for everyone. Previously, he was a partner Google Ventures and a co-founder of Milk, a mobile app company acquired by Google. Chris began his career as an investment banker at Allen & Company and later as a management consultant at Monitor Group. For more info on Grove click this link https://hellogrove.com/ Check out Chris' LinkedIn page here https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrishutchins/ We love to hear from our listeners, send us your questions, comments, and suggestions at bela.and.mike@gmail.com - we will answer your questions in a future episode. Thanks for listening, Bela and Mike --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bela-musits/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bela-musits/support

In 2001, Michael founded and later sold two companies. Strategic Oxygen, a leading data toolset for marketers in the technology industry and Pulsepoint Group. He has been a group partner at Monitor Group and was the chief web officer and GM at Micron Technology.   Michael is a Forbes contributor, a global top 10 A.I. Influencer, and the lead author of The Wall Street Journal and Amazon best-selling book on digital transformation: The Digital Helix. He also hosts Forbes Insights' Futures InFocus Podcast. Really, when it comes to digital technologies, Michael is the guy to talk to.   In this episode, we talk about the advantages that entrepreneurs have over corporations and the abundant opportunities entrepreneurs have in today's digital age.   Links The Digital Helix: Transforming Your Organization's DNA to Thrive in the Digital Age on Amazon Forbes Insights Futures In Focus Podcast     Learn more about the Foundation Mastermind Community here.

Segment 1: We first talk to one of my favorite entrepreneurs and guests, Guy Kawasaki, on life lessons he has learned from 62 years on earth. Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva, an online graphic-design tool. He's also a brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz and an executive fellow of the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. He was previously the chief evangelist of Apple. His 14 books include The Art of the Start, Enchantment, Selling the Dream, and The Art of Social Media. He is the author of the new book “Wise Guy: Lessons from a Life”.Segment 2: We discuss the two factors that may spell the demise of professional service workers in the next 5 years, and what things you need to be doing extremely well in order to keep your job. Chinwe Onyeagoro is the CEO of PocketSuite. She served as president of Great Place to Work, and previously worked for McKinsey & Company, The Monitor Group and Pritzker Realty Group. She serves on the boards of private equity firms and lending institutions that have invested over a $1 Billion in small and medium enterprises that create good jobs in communities. Segment 3: How do you grow a business that lands on the INC 5000 six years in a row? Todd Palmer shares what he's learned in the most important area of running a successful business: people. Todd Palmer is the collaborative business advisor and CEO of Extraordinary Advisors (EA). As the CEO of a 6-time INC 5000 company, Todd knows that business success begins and ends with people. He is the author of the popular book “The Job Search Process: Find & Land a Great Job in 6 Weeks or Less”.Sponsored by Nextiva, Corporate Direct and LinkedIn

Michael Gale founded Strategic Oxygen in 2001, which was widely seen as one of the technology industry primary data toolset for marketers, used by over 20 brands and used to model over $4 billion in marketing and sales investments. The company was sold to Monitor Group, where he was a group partner from 2006 to 2010. In 2011, he became a partner at Pulsepoint Group, a digital consulting company, which was acquired by ICF in 2015. Michael has also served as chief web officer and GM at Micron Technology and was the vice president of Worldwide brand research at IntelliQuest. ----- Are you still trying to run your company with the same structure you used 20 years ago? Michael Gale is an expert in helping companies in various industries successfully make the leap to the digital age. After studying a thousand companies to see how they succeeded or failed, he wrote his book “The Digital Helix.” Michael knows how the seven drivers of change are important in different industries and works to help companies discover which drivers they need to focus on to set realistic expectations. In this episode, we talked about how to digitize for the new world we live in and what is going to happen to organizations that don’t do this successfully. Michael explained the biggest mistakes organizations make when trying to digitize and gave tips on how to avoid those mistakes. One of the biggest things you have to realize is that you can’t do everything. That’s why Michael offers a free tool that allows you to see what works in your industry so you can focus on that aspect. He also explains the difference between a digital and a truly digital business. When it comes to digitizing your company, it has to start from the leadership. If it doesn’t matter to the leaders in the company, the probability of real change is 0. Digitizing isn’t just for big companies; Michael explains how smaller scale entrepreneurs can be successful in this new era as well. Michael gives many other tips on transforming your organization for the digital age, including key questions he asks himself as a leader. Are you interested in hearing more? Listen to the full episode now! Thank you for listening today! I appreciate your time so very much. Ways to contact Michael: Email: michael@inc.digital LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/migale Website: inc.digital

Overview: In this episode, Michael Gale comes on the Think Bold, Be Bold Show! Michael founded Strategic Oxygen in 2001, which was widely seen as one of the technology industry’s primary data toolset for marketers, used by over 20 brands and used to model over $4 billion in marketing and sales investments. The company was sold to Monitor Group, where he was a group partner from 2006 to 2010. In 2011, he became a partner at Pulsepoint Group, a digital consulting company, which was acquired by ICF in 2015. Michael has also served as chief web officer and GM at Micron Technology and was the vice president of Worldwide brand research at IntelliQuest. More recently, Michael is the Co-Author of The Wall Street Journal Best-Seller, The Digital Helix, and focuses on delivering the promise of digital transformation with organizations. Tune in to his show below! 5 Golden Nuggets Shared:Be optimistic and creative. When you think positive and outside the box, the sky's the limit.  If you want to digitally transform your organization, you need to teach your people how to learn. Teach them how to stop doing things they were doing before, how to do new things, and how to do things differently for the future. Successful people have the ability to teach others. Find someone who has been successful in what you aspire to do, and learn from them. We need to be human in a digital world. Technology and our new digital world isn’t necessarily a good or bad thing, but we need to learn to navigate through it. Try this exercise: Take a piece of paper and split it into 3 columns. In the 1st column - write what you stop doing. In the 2nd column - write what you do differently. In the 3rd column - write what you’re going to start doing for the first time. In the middle of your paper, write “I want my organization to digitally transform.” Complete this exercise with at least 10 items and you will be on your way to digitally transforming your business!  Note: The first 15 people who fully complete the exercise in golden nugget #5 and emails a copy of their exercise to info@thinkboldbebold.com will receive a free copy of Michael’s book, The Digital Helix! Please also include your shipping address. To the first 15 individuals who receive a free book, stay tuned for another surprise!    3 Bold and Kick-Ass Quotes: “Most success, I think, is born of accident but is amplified by the ability to see what is happening around you.” - Michael Gale  “We want to help the world get better.” - Michael Gale“We’re going to train people to be creative instigators, not automated responders.” - Michael Gale Click the hyperlink below to connect directly with Michael! Website: Inc.digitalTwitter: @IncDotDigitalLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/inc.digital/ Click the hyperlink below to connect directly with us!Website: http://www.ThinkBoldBeBold.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThinkBoldBeBold/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkboldbebold/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinkboldbebold Sponsored by Mavericks Mastermind Until next time, Do Something Nice for Someone! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Gale - Secrets of a Digital Transformer Revealed: 5 Minute Success - The Podcast, Episode 78   Michael Gale founded Strategic Oxygen in 2001, which was widely seen as one of the technology industry’s primary data toolset for marketers, used by over 20 brands and used to model over $4 billion in marketing and sales investments. The company was sold to Monitor Group, where he was a group partner from 2006 to 2010. In 2011, he became a partner at Pulsepoint Group, a digital consulting company, which was acquired by ICF in 2015. Michael has also served as chief web officer and GM at Micron Technology and was the vice president of Worldwide brand research at IntelliQuest.       In this episode, Karen and Michael Gale discuss: Success Story of Michael Gale Commit to Get Leads Lead nurturing strategies Consult to Sell Solve a challenge that your client has Connect to Build and Grow Capture clients and nurture them Success Thinking, Activities and Vision Be agile with your skill set and spend 10% of your time each week on learning a new skill Sweet Spot of Success     "There is information able in every fold, but we assume that everybody can filter them in the right way."- Michael Gale     *5 Minute Success - Listener Giveaway*  Email Michael@inc.digital or Chris@inc.digital to receive your FREE digital copy of book!     Connect with Michael Gale:    Twitter:  @IncDotDigital   Website:  Inc.digital  Email:  Michael@Inc.digital Book: The Digital Helix: Transforming Your Organization's DNA to Thrive in the Digital Age LinkedIn: Inc.Digital     About the Podcast Join host Karen Briscoe each week to learn how you can achieve success at a higher level by investing just 5 minutes a day! Tune in to hear powerful, inspirational success stories and expert insights from entrepreneurs, business owners, industry leaders, and real estate agents that will transform your business and life. Karen shares a-hamoments that have shaped her career and discusses key concepts from her book Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day: Secrets of a Top Agent Revealed.   Here’s to your success in business and in life!   Connect with Karen Briscoe: Twitter: @5MinuteSuccess Facebook: 5MinuteSuccess Website: 5MinuteSuccess.com Email: Karen@5MinuteSuccess.com   5 Minute Success Links   Learn more about Karen’s book, Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day   Subscribe to 5 Minute Success Podcast   Spread the love and share the secrets of 5 Minute Success with your friends and colleagues!     Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.

In this podcast Steve Goldbach & Geoff Tuff from Deloitte sat with Vishal to discuss their recently release book "Detonate". They shared their insights on a cleaner way to create strategies for a future proof and transformation friendly organization. Their tactical suggestions goes a long way in helping install a robust strategy to increase responsiveness. Steve / Geoff's Recommended Read: Geoff's suggestion: Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell The Opposable mind https://amzn.to/2rA5BAV The Last Days of Night: A Novel by Graham Moore https://amzn.to/2rAvErB Steve's suggestion: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman https://amzn.to/2ryIx5C The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking by Roger L. Martin https://amzn.to/2Kds7Y2 The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis https://amzn.to/2KaFgRI Podcast Link: iTunes: http://math.im/itunes GooglePlay: http://math.im/gplay Geoff's Bio: GEOFF TUFF is a principal at Deloitte and a senior leader of the firm’s Innovation and Applied Design practices. In the past, he led the design firm Doblin and was a senior partner at Monitor Group, serving as a member of its global Board of Directors before the company was acquired by Deloitte. He has been with some form of Monitor for more than 25 years. He holds degrees from Dartmouth College and Harvard Business School. Steve's Bio: STEVEN GOLDBACH is a principal at Deloitte and serves as the organization’s chief strategy officer. He is also a member of the Deloitte U.S. executive leadership team. Before joining Deloitte, Goldbach was a partner at Monitor Group and head of its New York office. Goldbach helps executives and their teams transform their organizations by making challenging and pragmatic strategy choices in the face of uncertainty. He is an architect, expert practitioner, and teacher of the variety of strategy methodologies developed and used by Monitor Deloitte over the years. Serving clients in many industries, including consumer products, telecommunications, media and health care, Goldbach helps companies combine rigor and creativity to create their own future. He holds degrees from Queen’s University at Kingston and Columbia Business School About #Podcast: #JobsOfFuture is created to spark the conversation around the future of work, worker and workplace. This podcast invite movers and shakers in the industry who are shaping or helping us understand the transformation in work. Want to sponsor? Email us @ info@analyticsweek.com Keywords: #JobsOfFuture #FutureOfWork #FutureOfWorker #FutuerOfWorkplace #Work #Worker #Workplace

In this podcast, Steve Goldbach & Geoff Tuff from Deloitte sat with Vishal to discuss their recently released book "Detonate". They shared their insights on a cleaner way to create strategies for a future proof and transformation friendly organization. Their tactical suggestions go a long way in helping install a robust strategy to increase responsiveness. Timeline: 0:29 The author's journeys. 4:30 Motivation behind writing "Detonate". 8:31 Getting rid of best practices. 12:08 Relevance of "Detonate" for data ops employees. 14:28 Detonate mindset. 22:17 Fixing orthodoxies. 26:19 How can "detonate" serve different kinds of companies? 32:50 Reason behind failing companies. 36:02 Existing company culture vs. detonate mindset. 39:15 "Failure is not ok". 45:10 Aha moments while writing "Detonate". 47:35 The animations in "Detonate". 49:33 Selling the detonate mindset. 52:13 What's next in detonating mindset? 53:54 Steven's and Geoff's favorite reads. 58:15 Key takeaways. Steve / Geoff's Recommended Read: Geoff's suggestion: Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell The Opposable mind https://amzn.to/2rA5BAV The Last Days of Night: A Novel by Graham Moore https://amzn.to/2rAvErB Steve's suggestion: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman https://amzn.to/2ryIx5C The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking by Roger L. Martin https://amzn.to/2Kds7Y2 The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis https://amzn.to/2KaFgRI Podcast Link: https://futureofdata.org/solving-futureoforgs-with-detonate-mindset-by-steven_goldbach-geofftuff-futureofdata/ Geoff's Bio: GEOFF TUFF is a principal at Deloitte and a senior leader of the firm's Innovation and Applied Design practices. In the past, he led the design firm Doblin and was a senior partner at Monitor Group, serving as a member of its global Board of Directors before the company was acquired by Deloitte. He has been with some form of Monitor for more than 25 years. He holds degrees from Dartmouth College and Harvard Business School. Steve's Bio: STEVEN GOLDBACH is a principal at Deloitte and serves as the organization's chief strategy officer. He is also a member of the Deloitte U.S. executive leadership team. Before joining Deloitte, Goldbach was a partner at Monitor Group and head of its New York office. Goldbach helps executives and their teams transform their organizations by making challenging and pragmatic strategy choices in the face of uncertainty. He is an architect, expert practitioner, and teacher of the variety of strategy methodologies developed and used by Monitor Deloitte over the years. Serving clients in many industries, including consumer products, telecommunications, media, and health care, Goldbach helps companies combine rigor and creativity to create their own future. He holds degrees from Queen's University at Kingston and Columbia Business School. About #Podcast: #FutureOfData podcast is a conversation starter to bring leaders, influencers, and lead practitioners to discuss their journey to create the data-driven future. Wanna Join? If you or any you know wants to join in, Register your interest @ http://play.analyticsweek.com/guest/ Want to sponsor? Email us @ info@analyticsweek.com Keywords: #FutureOfData #Leadership #Podcast #Future of #Work #Worker & #Workplace

David Bywater is the Chief Executive Officer at Vivint Solar, a leading full-service residential solar integrator. Prior to joining Vivint Solar, David served as COO at Vivint Smart Home and was executive vice president at Xerox. Earlier in his career, David was a consultant with Bain & Company and the Monitor Group. In our discussion David shares his thoughts on: How to make failure a positive; The importance of a plan and momentum; Helping ordinary people do extraordinary things; Incentivizing your team members effectively; The upside and downside of data; Bending light and running towards the fire; Staying curious and questioning the status quo; and What happened when he was 14 years old that changed the course of his life. Complete show notes and a transcript of the podcast are available at - https://brettpinegar.com/seekingexcellence   The best ways to connect with David are: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/davidbywaterceo Email: davidhbywater@yahoo.com    You can follow Brett Pinegar on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/brettpinegar LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettpinegar/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/brettpinegar/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/brettpinegar/   Subscribe to SEEKING EXCELLENCE now and if you love it, rate, review, and if you feel so inclined, please share it with folks you think would be interested.  iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1364727844?ls=1 Google Play - https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Ieeuey3tmjmrycs5wjukbwc7yne Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brett-pinegar/seeking-excellence-with-brett-pinegar Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/15NBZQtezyMyhQl1DtZrPN?si=WWlV6wHfRN2NyHLEgaY9TA YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-jPkKXsvOfmwabnv7aHc0w Vimeo - https://vimeo.com/channels/seekingexcellence

"Surround Yourself With People Who Remind You Of Your Greatness" Alisa Cohn Alisa Cohn is an Executive Coach who helps executives, entrepreneurs, and leaders. In this show, she answers questions from our audience on leadership, motivation and how to bring out the best in yourself and others. Alisa talks about what it takes to grow a business and move it from two people into a company of two hundred. Her expertise comes in helping others cultivate resiliency and create strategies that will help them discover and move through the pain points without the emotions getting in the way. She talks about the mounting pressure that comes when everyone’s eyes are on you and gives tips on how to how to manage the stress and strain that come with any form of growth. Resiliency is crucial to any success and Alisa shares her strategy on how purpose will keep us going when times are tough. "Use your purpose as your beacon to guide you." Knowing that you are going to do something significant in the world is where the juice lies. We go back in time to when Alisa first began coaching over sixteen years ago. She shares her struggles and that it was her tenacity, persistence, and drive that kept her going. Alisa shares ways that we can cultivate these traits. We talk about when to hold on and when to let go, especially when our emotions are so interwoven into our work. More than often successful companies have pulled out more than one miracle to keep going. We all need to surround ourselves with a tribe of people who will remind us of our greatness and yet tell us when it is time to let go. Alisa talks about the power of asking open-ended questions, and when we bring a sense of lightness and curiosity to each moment, we can help find the miracles. She also reveals the greatest question of all. (Tune in to hear what it is). We wrap up the questions from the audience by discussing the importance of self-care and how to make sure we take the time to nourish our mind, body, and spirit. Connect With Alisa Online and Social Media Website Twitter LinkedIn Facebook More About Alisa Alisa is an executive coach who works with senior executives and high potential leaders to help them create positive permanent shifts in their leadership impact and the results they achieve. She works one-on-one with CEOs and executives and with senior teams to help them work together better and create much impact as a team. She works with Fortune 500 companies as well as start-ups. She was recently named one of the Top 100 leadership speakers by Inc. Magazine. She also works with executive teams to help them be stronger as a team, have the right conversations and take the right actions to move forward faster. Alisa provides practical tools and serves as a thought partner to support the challenging process of change. Leaders get the chance to practice their new behaviors and troubleshoot before doing them live. Prior to becoming a coach, Alisa, a CPA, was the CFO of Clairvergent Technology Group, a Vice President at two high-tech start-ups. She was a manager and consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers and The Monitor Group. Alisa holds an MBA from Cornell University and a BS from Boston University. She is a guest lecturer at Harvard and Cornell Universities and the Naval War College. She is a coach for the prestigious Linkage Global Institute for Leadership Development and for the Center for Inclusive Security, Harvard University. Alisa is the executive coach for Runway - the incubator at Cornell NYC Tech that helps post-docs commercialize their technology and build companies. She serves on the Entrepreneurship at Cornell Advisory Committee and the President’s Council of Cornell Women. She was selected as one of the Top 10 Coaches by Women’s Business, which called her “absolutely brilliant, laugh-out-loud hilarious and a superhero.” A dynamic speaker and skilled facilitator, she is known for her humor, energy, results-orientation and motivational style, along with a propensity to burst into song without warning.

Brad is a co-founder and General Partner at Primary Venture Partners (formerly High Peaks Venture Partners). He has been a venture investor since the bubble days of the late 1990s, starting his investing career with The Berkshires Capital Investors and Village Ventures. Prior to his VC career, he was a strategy consultant with Monitor Group,... The post Todays Tech Bubble, Why Many VCs Fail Founders and Managing Investor Expectations with Brad Svrluga of Primary.vc appeared first on The Syndicate.

On today's show host John Odermatt is joined by Nazgol Ghandnoosh from the The Sentencing Project. Nazgol studied Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, before moving to Los Angeles for graduate school. She received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Nazgol has worked as a researcher for the consulting firm Monitor Group and at Columbia University's National Center for Children in Poverty. In Los Angeles, she contributed to “Ban the Box” reform efforts to enhance employment prospects for people with criminal records and worked on campaigns to restore voting rights to people with felony convictions. Currently, Nazgol is a Research Analyst at The Sentencing Project, which is a nonprofit organization engaged in research and advocacy for criminal justice reform. She's on the show today to discuss her report titled: Delaying a Second Chance: The Declining Pros [...] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s show host John Odermatt is joined by Nazgol Ghandnoosh from the The Sentencing Project. Nazgol studied Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, before moving to Los Angeles for graduate school. She received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Nazgol has worked as a researcher for the consulting firm Monitor Group and at Columbia University’s National Center for Children in Poverty. In Los Angeles, she contributed to “Ban the Box” reform efforts to enhance employment prospects for people with criminal records and worked on campaigns to restore voting rights to people with felony convictions. Currently, Nazgol is a Research Analyst at The Sentencing Project, which is a nonprofit organization engaged in research and advocacy for criminal justice reform. She’s on the show today to discuss her report titled: Delaying a Second Chance: The Declining Pros [...]

How can you make team coaching as simple, sticky and fun as possible?  And why is that critically important? Tune in to this week's episode of The Team Coaching Zone Podcast with Rob Bier--Founder of 6:30 Partners and Executive and Team Coach--to find out.  Rob Bier has coached full-time for seven years. His background makes him equally comfortable working with the soft and the hard sides of business and people challenges. Prior to becoming a coach Rob served as founder and CEO of two private equity-backed companies in financial services, and previous to that he was a partner in Monitor Group, the strategy consulting firm. Rob studied coaching with Professor Chris Argyris of the Harvard Business School, at the Coaches Training Institute, and with Nancy Kline of Time to Think. He has an engineering degree from Stanford University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. In this podcast episode, Rob shares his journey from graduate school in the United States, to working with the Monitor Group in the UK, to building his own leadership team in a financial services company that he started in the Netherlands, to moving to Singapore and establishing 6:30 Partners.  Themes explored in the podcast include: connecting team coaching to business performance; team coaching in Asia; three guiding principles for team coaching: simplicity, stickiness and fun; the positivity-productivity framework by Team Coaching International; the white-water rafting metaphor of team coaching; and using “The Thinking Environment” from Nancy Kline to create psychological safety and surface hidden conflict. Rob shares two stories from his team coaching practice: a success story with the leadership team of a tech startup; and a semi-failure that surfaced conflict too quickly.  He also discusses his thoughts on the future of team coaching and shares a number of tips and resources including: "Time to Think" by Nancy Kline; use of the VoxVote app; Patrick Lencioni's books The 5 Dysfunctions and The Advantage, and more.  He also telegraphs his own book, "The Big Ride," which will be coming out in 2017. This is a rich episode that all new as well as experienced team coaches will not want to miss!  Tune in today to begin taking your team coaching practice to the next level!

Guest: Jane Chen, co-founder and CEO of Embrace, a social enterprise startup that aims to help the 20 million premature and low-birth-weight babies born every year, through a low-cost infant warmer and of Little Lotus Baby, which uses NASA inspired technology to keep babies at the perfect temperature so they can sleep better. In this episode, we will cover: how a Stanford graduate program project helped save 200,000 premature babies in the third world countries how Jane is using the Tom's Shoes' model with Little Lotus Baby products to fund Embrace preme warmers to be distributed throughout the world how your company can participate in a gifting program that helps these preterm babies in the poorest corners of the world  Resources mentioned in the conversation: to watch Jane Chen's TED Talk www.EmbraceInnovations.com www.LittleLotusBaby.com email info@embraceinnovations.com for more information about their corporate gifting program Bio: About Jane Chen JANE MARIE CHEN is the co-founder and CEO of Embrace, a social enterprise startup that aims to help the 20 million premature and low-birth-weight babies born every year, through a low-cost infant warmer. The Embrace infant warmer costs about 1% of a traditional incubator and is estimated to have helped over 200,000 babies to date. Most recently, Embrace Innovations  launched a new line of baby products for the US market called Little Lotus Baby, which uses NASA inspired technology to keep babies at the perfect temperature so they can sleep better. They are using a Tom’s shoes model: for every product sold, a baby is helped in a developing country by the Embrace infant warmer. Prior to Embrace, Chen worked with nonprofit organizations on healthcare issues in developing countries. She spent several years as the Program Director of a startup HIV/AIDS nonprofit in China (Chi Heng Foundation) and worked for the Clinton Foundation’s HIV/AIDS Initiative in Tanzania.  She also worked at Monitor Group as a management consultant, advising Fortune 500 companies.   Chen has been a TED Speaker, and was selected as one of Forbes' Impact 30 in 2011. She has been recognized as the Inspirational Young Alumni of the Year by Pomona College and was featured in Stanford’s “Tradition of Innovation.”   Chen speaks at various international conferences, including the Skoll World Forum. In 2012, Chen was named as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum,  and was featured in Dove's "Real Role Models" campaign for women and girls. Chen is a TED India Fellow, TED Senior Fellow, Echoing Green Fellow, and Rainer Arnhold Fellow.   In 2013, Chen and the other co-founders of Embrace were awarded the prestigious Economist Innovation Award, under the category of Social and Economic Innovation. In the same year, Chen and her co-founder were also recognized as Schwab Social Entrepreneurs of the Year by the World Economic Forum.  

Aaron Hirschhorn is the founder, CEO and “Top Dog" of DogVacay, the leading online and mobile pet sitting company. DogVacay connects pet parents in need of services with more than 25,000 vetted and insured pet caregivers in 10,000 cities across the country. Founded in March 2012 and based in Santa Monica, CA, the company has over 80 employees and has raised $47M from investors including Omers, Benchmark Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to DogVacay, Aaron spent several years in venture capital and technology, working at Monitor Group, Upfront Ventures, and Monitor Ventures. Previously, Aaron was an analyst at Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors.  In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How did Aaron come to found one of the startup hits to come out of LA? In the beginning what was the harder element the demand or the supply side? 2.) How did Aaron know when he had achieved product market fit with DogVacay? What were the signs and how did he follow this up? How did Aaaron react to VCs laughing at his concept and how did he stay energised and positive? 3.) How was the fundraising process for Aaron with DogVacay and Benchmark, Andreesen and First Round? How can founders look to control the dialogue? How many investors should founders look to target? What makes Aaron want and not want a particular investor? 4.) What business fundamentally work in the on demand economy and what don't ? How should marketplace founders be approaching the issue of unit economics and should growth still be the priority? 5.) What is it like having Bill Gurley as a broad member ? What will be the enabler that will allow DogVacy to achieve that market penetration required?   Items Mentioned In Today's Show:    Aaron's Fave Blog Or Newsletter: Bill Gurley, Jason Calacanis: Inside   As always you can follow The Twenty Minute VC, Harry and Aaron on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here!   The Twenty Minute VC is brought to you by Leesa, the Warby Parker or TOMS shoes of the mattress industry. Lees have done away with the terrible mattress showroom buying experience by creating a luxury premium foam mattress that is order completely online and ships for free to your doorstep. The 10 inch mattress comes in all sizes and is engineered with 3 unique foam layers for a universal, adaptive feel, including 2 inches of memory foam and 2 inches of a really cool latex foam called Avena, design to keep you cool. All Leesa mattresses are 100% US or UK made and for every 10 mattresses they sell, they donate one to a shelter. Go to Leesa.com/VC and enter the promo code VC75 to get $75 off!

Iliana Montauk the co-founder and chief operating officer of Gaza Sky Geeks, the first startup accelerator in Palestine launched with support from Mercy Corps and Google in 2009. Before arriving to Gaza sky geeks, Iliana helped launch Wamda’s Research Lab. She has previously worked at Google, the Monitor Group, which is now part of Deloitte Consulting, a startup that failed, and a microfinance nonprofit. She graduated from Harvard in 2006 and claims to speak five languages.  Lets listen into Iliana Montauk talk about founding Gaza Sky Geeks from Startup Grind’s Global Conference earlier this year.  Quick question. How many emails do you have in your inbox right now? A hundred? A thousand? Twenty thousand?  If your email is anything like mine used to be, the answer is too many. But here’s the thing—even though I knew I wanted to do something about it, I didn’t know how. I knew I’d miss something important if I just deleted them all, and there were too many emails to go through one at a time.  Thankfully I found SaneBox, and I can’t recommend it enough. SaneBox sorts through your email and moves all of the trivial stuff into a different folder so the only messages in your inbox are the ones you actually want to see.  There's also this amazing thing called BlackHole. Move an email into that folder and you’ll never hear from that sender again. It’s so rewarding.  Visit sanebox.com/startupgrind today and get an extra $20 credit on top of the already free two-week trial.   Check it out today and let me know if you love reaching inbox zero as easily as I do nowadays.  Again, that’s S-A-N-E-B-O-X.com/startupgrind