Podcast appearances and mentions of nicole yershon

This week, darling, we dangled a bit of Bolly to lure and ensnare the Absolutely Fabulous, Tara Austin. Behavioural science leader, Nudgestock host, and Rory Sutherland wrangler, Tara's been on the frontline of the applied B.S. revolution for over a decade. More recently she's turned ‘psychedelic evangelist', lobbying to change the UK's approach to magic mushrooms. Tara talks to us on attempting to model herself on Ab Fab's Patsy, ringing up Scottish farmers to chat anaerobic digestate, being at the basecamp of behavioural science, Ogilvy, Rory, combining Pimms with spicy food, painting babies faces on shop shutters (h/t Nicole Yershon), her favourite Nudgestock memories, her time at 10 Downing Street, psilocybin, the stoned ape hypothesis, finding hope in the form of a mushroom, and tons more. ///// Follow Tara on LinkedIn  Take action for psilocybin access rights through PAR  Watch Fantastic Fungi on Netflix And, of course, check out the world's biggest festival of behavioural science and creativity; Nudgestock  Including these talks from the archives:  Andrew Sheerin's talk 'The Persuasive Power Of Play' from 2017 Dave Trott's talk ‘Complexity Kills Creativity' from 2016 Dr Paul Zak's talk ‘Messiness in the brain' from 2023  Timestamps (02:02) - Quick fire questions (03:14) - First jobs, cleaning up bodily fluids and why menial jobs are a worthy experience for any young person  (06:19) -  How Ab Fab inspired her career and whether she's more Eddie or Patsy  (08:16) - Getting into behavioural science, Rory Sutherland, and the market opportunity to pair Pimms with spicy food  (12:37) - Painting babies faces on shop shutters after the London riots  (17:40) - Favourite Nudgestock talks from the archives (cc Dave Trott, Andrew Sheerin, Paul Zak) (26:03) - Advocating for psilocybin, the stoned ape hypothesis, and the bouba and kiki effect  (34:33) - Campaigning for PAR, Project Croydon, and why hope exists in the form of a mushroom  (49:04) - Listener questions  (54:18) - 4 pertinent posers  Tara's book recommendations are:  The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt Falling in Love with Where You Are by Jeff Foster  /////

How to bring your most creative ideas to life. Nicole Yershon one of the advertising industry's most imaginative creatives whose “never say never” approach to business has pushed boundaries, broken taboos, shifted needles and toppled monopolies. She's on the show partly to promote her book Rough Diamond – dedicated to all those people who walk amongst us who think differently, courageously and divergently to make our industry the envy of the creative world. But she's also on the show to tell us how she got started in the industry and to champion the good work of the creative education system, including Communications Arts; and to explain her proven theory of learning that helps us all to understand biohacking, cyborgism and humans as technology. How to develop empathy Where creativity comes from Mathematics for business New business advice How to achieve the work life balance The importance of trust Flooding Second Life Innovative thinking and survival Intrepreneurship and entrepreneurship LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleyershon/ Interweb https://www.nicoleyershon.com/ Insta https://www.instagram.com/nicoleyershon/ Buy the book! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rough-Diamond-Disruption-Advantage-Business-ebook/dp/B0BJQSHB7M Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode I speak to Nicole Yershon, Founder and CEO of the NY Collective.Join us whilst we talk about having the courage to ask ‘why' as a leader, so that you can find the truth and understand what's needed.Nicole also shares her experience on how she created money for a project that had no budget, and how she did it!Key takeaways include:Why you must take responsibilityCreating trust and empowerment in your teamTips and strategies to make change happenNicole is an executor, a consultant, a coach, a speaker, a judge, a mentor, a ‘super-connector' and Amazon #1 Best Selling author. She is one of the Drum's 25 Women Who Shaped The Digital Industry in the last 25 Years. Wired Magazine's top 100 - first annual survey of Britain's Digital Power brokers. A Women in IT Finalist. Nicole is the founder of The NYC and before that the Ogilvy Labs – the dedicated Innovation unit of Ogilvy & Mather Group. Part of WPP Group plc.Just a few of the clients she has worked with over recent years. Danone, Havas, Amex, IBM, Ravensbourne University, BP, London Business School, E&Y, Accenture, Pfizer, GA Group, Great Western Railways (GWR), Go Compare/WeFlip™, Unilever, BA and Whitbread. Follow Joanna Howes and The Change Creators:website: https://www.thechangecreators.comlinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/ For Leadership and team coaching and training, you can message me at joanna.howes@thechangecreators.com and we can book a call. website: https://www.thechangecreators.com linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannahowes/youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2kZ-x8fDHKEVb222qpQ_NQ

For those of you who don't know her, Nicole Yershon was brought into Ogilvy in 2000, with the brief of bringing them into the 21st century. From there she earned the reputation as the person that would get stuff done. That would challenge the norm, and question the status quo.  In this podcast and conversation we talk about the process of innovation, how the world around us is uncertain and rapidly changing, the Ogilvy innovation lab and the rough diamond program. In addition we touch on her new business the NY Collective, her incredible book ‘Rough Diamond' and her current topic of investigation ‘Human as tech'.  As Nicole puts it: You've got two choices, you can let all this change crush you or you can push back and write your own rules.    https://www.nicoleyershon.com/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rough-Diamond-Expanded-Disruption-Advantage/dp/1948787989    

Joining us today in Wonderspace is Nicole Yershon, a maverick, consultant, mentor and connector. Before founding the NY Collective, Nicole ran the Ogilvy Labs for ten years and today sits on the board of Creative Conscience and a school for 'rough diamonds' which is also the title of her book. “The intrapreneur is now the entrepreneur”. To find out more go to www.nicoleyershon.com and www.creative-conscience.org.uk To view the episode page with a summary of the interview, links to social media and projects mentioned, go to https://ourwonder.space/episodes/_82

Nicole Yershon has been called “the disruptor's disruptor” having built the pioneering innovation business: Ogilvy Labs. Now founder & CEO of innovation consultancy The NY Collective, she's a best selling author and named one of the 25 women who shaped the digital industry in the past 25 years. But what happens when your life of disruptive innovation hits a period of massive disruption? Listen in and find out!In this episode, hear from one of the world's leading innovation thinkers. Nicole will share how to unlock new ways to change your business - and life - for the better. Discover how leaving with nothing can be the best choice you make. The value of diversity of thinking. Why your emotional intelligence can create better change much faster. And how unexpected levels of freedom can be transformed into a life of purpose.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------▷ We're now in the top 2.5% of global podcasts - heard in 44 countries! ▷ Big thanks to The Tech Dept - my business - for sponsoring all of this. We build tech products for impact startups www.thetechdept.com▷ Please reach out to me with a DM on LinkedIn ▷ Check out Dan's top three interviews from season 1: How To Turn Your Worst Day Into Your Biggest Breakthrough with Dan Sullivan From Public Speaker To Prison Cell with Peter Sage The Power of F*ck You with Debbie Wosskow, OBE

Meet Nicole Yershon a maverick, inspiration and the original rough diamond. She is, at once a consultant, speaker, judge, mentor and connector. Operating on the front lines of innovation, Nicole brings organizations kicking and screaming  into the 21st Century. In that sense she properly defines disruption. Nicole enjoys operating at the complex and vital intersections between creativity, technology , marketing and the future. As the founder of Lab for Hire, Nicole builds on her 10 plus years experience running Ogilvy Labs  - a dedicated innovation unity of Ogilvy and Mather Group where she worked with such global brands such as Amex, IBM, BP, Crimestoppers, Selfridges, Unilever, BA and Wetherspoons. Listen to my interview with Nicole as we discuss her phenomenal book. You can reach Nicole at www.nicoleyershon.com

This week we’ve landed in the docklands of London to catch the baby-faced assassin and CEO of NY Collective, Nicole Yershon, who ignites fires of change consulting huge brands like Ford, British Airways and Pizza Hut.   Heralded by The Drum as one of the 25 most influential women in the British digital industry over the last 25 years, she talks to us about her early career and how she went from selling blouses from a stall on Petticoat Lane to working with industry legend Dave Trott at GGT.   But that’s not all. She also dives into her time at Ogilvy & Mather and a rather ingenious way of generating R&D budget for their London Digital Innovation Lab that involved pimping out Rory Sutherland, her Fearless Manifesto, the work of The NY Collective, her best-selling Amazon book Rough Diamond and a whole lot more. ///// Follow Nicole on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleyershon/) . On Twitter (https://twitter.com/nicoleyershon) . On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/disruptionintoadvantage/) . And on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nicoleyershon/?hl=en) . Find out all about the NY Collective (https://www.nicoleyershon.com) . And Nicole’s best-selling book (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rough-Diamond-Disruption-Photographs-Collections/dp/1946697532) . Book Recommendations: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lessons-21st-Century-Yuval-Harari/dp/1787330672) by Yuval Noah Harari  Rotman Management Magazine (https://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/Connect/Rotman-MAG)   One Plus One Equals Three (https://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Plus-Equals-Three-Masterclass-ebook/dp/B00SN936XS) , Creative Blindness (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Blindness-How-Cure-remarkable-ebook/dp/B07KS6VYZR) , Predatory Thinking (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Predatory-Thinking-masterclass-out-thinking-competition-ebook/dp/B00CS5FR62) and Creative Mischief (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Creative-Mischief-Dave-Trott-ebook/dp/B005RSYF6A) by Dave Trott /////

Do you think disruptively? In this episode we spoke with self-described "Rough Diamond", Nicole Yershon about what it means to think like a disruptor and how disruption can be turned into an advantage.Nicole is not new to disruption. When Nicole joined Ogilvy in 2000 she was given the simple brief of “bringing the agency into the 21st century”.She achieved this by building relationships with third party suppliers and embracing new technologies that saw Ogilvy digitise some 10,000 tapes of adverts dating back to the 1950s. Nicole later went on to be the founding partner of Ogilvy's London Digital Innovation Lab – the dedicated Innovation unit of Ogilvy & Mather Group where she worked with brands such as Amex, IBM, BP, Selfridges, Unilever, BA and Wetherspoons. She's also famous for her “black book” of leading suppliers.In 2016 she founded the NY Collective with a mind to remove the traditionally opaque practices of consulting and marketing agencies.We spoke about topics such as:• Turning disruption into an advantage• Why we need disruptors in any business• The prayers, players and stayers• The Ogilvy Lab Rats and Lab days• Measuring the impact of disruption• Can disruptors be made or are they born?• How a “black book” of suppliers became a community• 3 Things for next week • Be curious• Get outside your comfort zone• Be authenticYour Host: Actionable Futurist® Andrew GrillFor more on Andrew - what he speaks about and replays of recent talks, please visit ActionableFuturist.com follow @AndrewGrill on Twitter or @andrew.grill on Instagram.

Minter Dialogue Episode #349This week's interview is with Nicole Yershon who has been identified by The Drum as one of 25 women who have shaped the British digital industry over the last 25 years. Nicole is founder of the NY Collective, author of Rough Diamond, speaker and in 16 years at Ogilvy, founded the Ogilvy Lab. In this conversation with Nicole, we discuss how to be an intrapreneur -- bringing that entrepreneurial spirit into big business, the challenges for agencies to provide better solutions for their clients, why it's about better not best practices, building a great network and much more. If you've got comments or questions you'd like to see answered, send your email or audio file to nminterdial@gmail.com; or you can find the show notes and comment on minterdial.com. If you liked the podcast, please take a moment to go over to iTunes or your favourite podcast channel, to rate/review the show. Otherwise, you can find me @mdial on Twitter. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/minterdial)

On today's episode of The Melting Pot we talk to Nicole Yershon, founder and CEO of the NY Collective, a leverage-model business that was created to disrupt the traditional practices of consulting and marketing agencies, and to get to the heart of a business' problem, whether operational or strategic, as quickly as possible. Nicole is the original rough diamond: she wasn't a yes-girl, she asked the awkward questions, she queried the processes and she side-stepped authority and the chain of command to get things done. Her measure of success wasn't financial, it was in her ability to move people from an analogue world to a digital world. On today's podcast: Why being disruptive isn't a bad thing Why you can't affect change without the right people How she was so successful at Gold Greenlees and Trott The Fearless Breakfast (and the problem with fear) How she wrote her book What's in her Fearless Manifesto Links: Dave Trott Rough Diamond Day One

www.fordhastings.com https://twitter.com/joethomsett linkedin.com/in/joethomsett https://www.linkedin.com/company/ford-hastings --- Nicole Yershon is a maverick, inspiration and the original rough diamond. She is at once a consultant, speaker, judge, mentor, connector and Amazon #1 Best Selling author. She works on the front line of innovation — bringing organisations kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. In that sense she properly defines disruption. And when that’s done making it actually happen. She is rebellious and restless — a true entrepreneurial spirit. She can call on a vast International network of startups, entrepreneurs and bleeding edge businesses. Where most of us say ‘why not’ she will already be halfway through doing it. She brings an attitude based on hard earned experience to the way business now needs to think and work. Disruption presents many challenges and opportunities — Nicole turns both into advantages. She is not content unless her clients get impact and return on their investment. It’s always about delivering measurable value to the business. Nicole is the founder of The NYC and before that the Ogilvy Labs — the dedicated Innovation unit of Ogilvy & Mather Group. Part of WPP Group plc. Nicole’s Amazon Best Selling first book, ‘Rough Diamond: Turning Disruption into Advantage in Business and Life’, is available. As are the courses on how to be an Intrepreneur which you can join and start by clicking here. Just a few of the clients she has worked with over recent years. Danone, Disruption Magazine, Havas, Amex, IBM, BP, Great Western Railways (GWR), Go Compare/WeFlip™, Unilever, BA and Whitbread. In This Episode, We Cover In the episode, we cover: Intro to Nichole Making a REAL change in a large organisation How to cultivate truthfulness, self confidence and fearlessness Dealing with nepotism and people 20 years older than you How to cultivate emotional intelligence and what makes a great leader Nichole on her award winning idea to flood second life Attitude towards failure Self funding innovation through creating your own revenue streams Advice to a young entrepreneur What is on the horizon in tech And much, much more!!

Sam talked with Nicole about her new book, Rough Diamonds - Turning Disruption Into Advantage in Business and Life. We talk about her early life, her career influences and how she setup the Ogilvy Lab.Nicole was formerly the Director of Ogilvy Innovation Labs

Guest OverviewThis week's guest is author, consultant, speaker, mentor and curiosity charged connector, Nicole Yershon.Since starting her career in advertising at aged nineteen, Nicole has beenforging the path of change, driving digital disruption inside traditional ad agencies and beyond.Hired to initiate innovation at advertising institution Ogilvy & Mather Group, her lab inspired innovation across brands such as Amex, IBM, BP, Selfridges, Unilever and British Airways.With an Amazon bestseller, Rough Diamond, to her name, Nicole recently launched her innovation consultancy NYC - Nicole Yershon Collective - to help organizations embrace radical digital transformation, through her experience, her ‘why not' attitude and ability to translate business problems into innovation opportunities and real business value.In this episode Nicole is joined by her collective partner, John Caswell, who's helping businesses solve their big narly problems by thinking visually, using a technique he has designed called Structured Visual ThinkingI hope you enjoy the maverick thinking of Nicole Yershon and John Caswell.What we discuss:Nicole's East End of London upbringingThe influence and impact of her parents on her thick-skinThe influence of Dave Trott or the ‘School of Trott'Her ‘fixing' attitudeHer journey to digital transformation at OgilvyHer accountability model (Revenue, Retention, Reputation, Responsibility, Recruitment, and Relationship)Her approach to serendipity and alchemySay principle of ‘we do as we say and do as we say'The end of her advertising careerHow her integrity impacted on her journey to successHer fearless manifestoThe importance of curiosityThe importance of knowing yourselfHer integrityHow John solves business problemsWolfram on teaching computational thinkingThe art of writing business exam questionsHow they forensically mine businesses to find solutionsWhat they'd do with the keys to No 10 Downing Street or the White HouseTheir principlesTheir hard choicesTheir Impossible adviceThe books they recommendConnecting on Social Nicole Yershon On TwitterOn LinkedinJohn Caswell - Group Partners Links in showSir Ronald Cohen Dave Trott Books Roger MartinJustin Dillon Yves Bergquist See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Meet Will, Diageo's new Digital Innovation Manager who talks about how a Nintendo Switch, networking and going for a walk as being the making of him. Will is the definition of a successful adland innovator. He cut his teeth at Ogilvy with (previous guest) Nicole Yershon and was until recently the innovation lead at VCCP. But more importantly he is also a Director @InnovationSocial and has a gift for you. He has given SNO listeners discount code for the landmark 'Innovation Stories' event. Here you go. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/innovation-stories-ces-round-up-the-future-of-voice-and-sound-vrlo-tickets-50875395678?discount=Shinynewobject Don't mention it.

Nicole Yershon, founder of NY Collective & LabForHire&Co is a powerhouse when it comes to innovation and driving it within the advertising sector, especially during her stint at Ogilvy London. Here she talks to Tom Ollerton as part of the Shiny New Object Podcast.

Connecting ‘things’ has always been GeekGirl Nicole Yershon’s driving force, and she made it her business. She is a well known and widely admired author, speaker and advisor to clients. The NY Collective is built on her experience in agencies and her work with Global brands and institutions all over the world. Find out more about this power woman and her business at https://www.nicoleyershon.com/

"Good people know good people" this quote is from Nicole Yershon / Founder NY Collective & LabForHire&Co on this week's Shiny New Object Podcast. Nicole is without doubt the most experienced innovation person in this town or any other. Her monster stint at Ogilvy defined what the 'Innovation' role was at an agency and what it could achieve. Since moving on from ad land she's set up four businesses, written an Amazon #1 best seller. Despite this success she's hell bent on learning all she can about new tech that intrigues her. I stopped taking notes during this podcast because I got so caught up in what was at times an emotional discussion. Nicole genuinely makes our industry a better place for brands, their agencies and the young people who want to be part of its future.

Available now on Amazon and at www.thecrush.co. After 8 long months of ideation, outlining, organizing, writing, editing, re-writing, designing and crying naked in the fetal position in several motel bathrooms, I am happy to say that the book is ready and available. But I'll spare you all the markety details for now, just please check it out for yourself. For this very special episode of Innovation Crush, I partnered up with my good buddy and guest of the show, DJ Mick, and put together an incredible collection of inspiring soundbites, and toe tappin' tunes. Voices and selections from Sugar Ray Leonard, Damian Kulash (OKGo), Linda Boff, Nicole Yershon, Sekou Andrews, Emily Chang, and more! Enjoy, and please share!

As the former founding director the Ogilvy Labs, Nicole Yershon set new precedents in how companies connect with connect with culture. Equal parts brain and brawn, the multiple Cannes Gold Lion award winner has been referred to as "an irresistible force against immovable objects," a metaphor that simply translates into knowing how to get sh*t done. She is also now the author of Rough Diamond, a collection of personal philosophies and experiences that illuminate the innovator's path to success. On her second appearance on Innovation Crush, Nicole breaks down many of the methods to her madness, the personal hardships she's faced, and how she turned those hardships into even greater potential in her business. More at https://www.nicoleyershon.com/rough-diamond/

Today on the show, I'm joined by Nicole Yershon, who knows a thing or two about disruption. Nicole is a maverick, inspiration and the original rough diamond. She's a consultant, speaker, judge, mentor and connector. Nicole works on the front line of innovation - bringing organisations kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. In that sense she properly defines disruption. Her new book is Rough Diamond: Turning Disruption Into Advantage in Business and Life. According to Nicole, in life you are most likely to regret that you didn’t do more of what you love. Her book puts you on notice. Nicole says you have it within your power to do more and be more, and she's going to give you the tools to start. It's all about being the statistical anomaly - the Rough Diamond - who shines bright, even if unpolished, and savors each day for the opportunity it presents to innovate, connect and disrupt the status quo. Here's my conversation with Nicole Yershon, author of Rough Diamond, in episode 278 of Informed Choice Radio.

The team has been celebrating the successful launch of the inaugural Venturefest South, which took place on Thursday 9 March, with a hugely successful one-day event that saw over 500 innovators, entrepreneurs and investors descend upon the magnificent Winchester Guildhall. The event aimed to bring together these three ‘tribes’ to demonstrate tech innovations, pitch for funding and discuss ideas collaboratively to shape business growth in the region. Speakers from Uber, Innovate UK and Innovation People delivered keynotes, which inspired attendees with stories of disruptive business models and building the right team for their businesses. Over the course of the day, 34 innovators showcased their products and services, ranging from a smart power socket to allow elderly people to live independently for longer, to a game that teaches children about online safety, to a start-up that improved digital connectivity in countries and communities without the internet. In part one of the special two part Venturefest South series, Luke Thomas spoke to the event's three keynote speakers Fred Jones of Uber, one of the founders of Olgilvy Labs, Nicole Yershon and Kevin Baughn of Innovate UK. Music: "Halter Top" by Podington Bear, used under CC BY / Cut down from original

In today's episode of the Idea to Value Podcast, we talk to Nicole Yershon, who ran the successful Innovation Lab at Ogilvy, one of the world's largest advertising firms. https://www.ideatovalue.com/podc/nickskillicorn/2017/03/podcast-010-nicole-yershon-run-successful-innovation-lab/  We talk about what an innovation lab is, and what it takes for it to be successful and actually add value. Topics discussed today: * Moving from an analog world to a digital world (01:30) * Trying things which have never been done before (02:30) * The purpose and evolution of an Innovation Hub at Ogilvy (04:15) * The challenge of working with imperfect technology at the start (06:45) * How you measure success of innovation in a lab, the "Six R's" (07:30) * How business management happens in the creative industries (09:30) * How leadership attitudes affect innovation (11:00) * Is an innovation lab appropriate for every company? (12:00) Links included: * The six Rs behind successful innovation: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/business/the-elevator/12171503/tips-for-successful-innovation.html  * Nicole's Website: https://www.nicoleyershon.com  Bonus: This episode was made possible by our premium members and the Deep Creativity training system. Sign up now to get exclusive creativity exercises every single day and take your ability to generate ideas to the next level. Use coupon code PODCAST for 25% off your first month. Find out more at https://www.ideatovalue.com/deepcreativity/  https://www.ideatovalue.com/  * Subscribe on iTunes to the Idea to Value Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/idea-to-value-creativity-innovation/id1199964981?mt=2  * Subscribe on Stitcher to the Idea to Value Podcast: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=129437&refid=stpr 

Nicole Yershon is Director of the Ogilvy Innovation Lab in the UK. As an intrepreneur, Nicole refers to herself as an "irresistible force against immovable objects." As such, she is constantly playing in the sand box to uncover new solutions to problems brands face on a day-to-day basis. On IC, she shares her personal perspective and professional experience on what it takes to truly be a change leader within an organization - no matter how large and small. Twitter "nicoleyershon" and http://www.ogilvylabs.co.uk/