Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. When asked to name famous Entrepreneurs, people quote Branson or Musk but rarely does Dwayne Johnson come to mind. You might not consider him an “Entrepreneur” but he’s definitely an Entrepreneurial Thinker. How he approached his career and built a business empire around it is truly Entrepreneurial and I’m still fascinating by the success clues ...
Sep 24, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. As much as we love bigs things - fame, money, presents... it’s the little things that we need to pay attention to. This episode explores how having the discipline to pay attention to the little things, leads to big things. Stay safe. Stay Inspired 🙏🍀 *** If you enjoyed this episode please give it an appropriate thumbs up on whatever platform y...
Sep 23, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. I find it fascinating how many times an Organisation’s vision, mission and values statement seems to get lost in translation. I recently stumbled upon an article by my friend Michel Hogan who explained that an Organisation’s “values” are sometimes misinterpreted as Principles - and there’s a really easy way to tell which is which. In this episod...
Sep 22, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. This episode was filmed around the time Australia was looking into Contact Tracing. In hindsight, we definitely could have done a lot better but the basic principles still stand. This episode explores the principles of contact tracing and how a solution might look - explored in typical AJ style. Hope you enjoy it! *** If you enjoyed this episode...
Sep 21, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. We all know how negativity effects us, but what exactly is it? Is there someway we can convert it into opportunity? In this edition of BAUnusual, take a closer look at negativity and reveal how to deal with the two types of negative people out there. Plus you get to hear another one of my funny accent stories from my keynote “Nothing is Impossib...
Sep 18, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. All great Entrepreneurs are delusional - that’s the only way we can challenge the status quo and invent new things. In this episode I explore this unique perspective and share how my delusional traits came to be - and what a blessing it’s been through these crazy times we find ourselves in. If you take a look at the video version of this episode...
Sep 17, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. How do we settle in and lead teams in a virtual environment? The good news is that nothing has changed... but everything is different. In this episode I share an Entrepreneurial Leadership framework for high-performing teams that will give you a bit of a roadmap as to how you can lead your teams more effectively in a virtual environment. You’ll ...
Sep 16, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. Does working hard pay off? Yes! But only if you work hard on the right things. Here’s the un-sexy truth. Like many young professionals, I was sold an illusion by my parents. They said, “Son, study hard, get good grades and get a good job. Then work hard so you can marry whoever we choose for you.” 🤦🏼♀️ As I pursued that journey I found a bett...
Sep 15, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. Inside today’s episode we chat about the challenge of holistic innovation and explore how we can get everyone, all layers of management, to work together on innovating the organisation. Also included is the hilarious accent filled “Whiteboard” story from my keynote “Nothing is Impossible”. It highlights some of the complications that innovators ...
Sep 14, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. Is there such a thing as a stupid question? Turns out there is! Inside is another story from my crazy adventures as an Entrepreneur. This one features the Condom King of Thailand AND Mr Sean Connery makes a special cameo appearance! Stay focused and inspired Entrepreneurs 🙏 *** If you enjoyed this episode please give it an appropriate thumbs up...
Sep 11, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. Today’s story comes from one of my batsh*t crazy Entrepreneurial Adventures. It’s the middle of Covid-19 and I get asked to buy a house under some very complicated conditions. So I’ve been working on this project for the past four weeks using my Entrepreneurial Skills and everything is going brilliantly until I have to put in an offer... and tha...
Sep 10, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. What do you get when you cross a University, a Hospital and a Formula 1 Team? Crisis Innovation! This series is all about shifting your mind from fear to focus during the global Covid-19 crisis. A lot of people have commented on how positive and cheerful I am during our darkest time and that's because of what I'm focusing on - the beauty born ou...
Sep 09, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. After seeing how businesses are responding to the current crisis there appears to be three distinct groups: The Drifters, The Shifters and the Innovators. In this episode I share how each group behaves. There’s also two case studies that highlight the difference between a business person and an Entrepreneur. I hope it inspires you to elevate you...
Sep 08, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. In the last episode I promised I would share my Entrepreneurial Mind Framework with you in today's episode, but alas the length of the video was too long to publish on LinkedIN (where the original episodes reside). Instead in today's Business as Unusual episode, I'll share an insane story of how I used the framework to sell out my corporate spea...
Sep 07, 2020•8 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. Too many still associate Entrepreneurship under the domain of business or startups. But given the amount of problems in the world today we need a wider definition. Entrepreneurs are problem solvers. Their perspective and skills are incredibly valuable in a variety of contexts - including big business and corporate multinationals. If you don’t cu...
Sep 04, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. This episode will help you navigate disruptive times in two ways. First, Innovation and Entrepreneurship are complicated subjects to master. With many different styles, techniques, tools and “gurus” around, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. This will simplify things. Second, during your Entrepreneurial Journey, you’ll encounter these moments where ...
Sep 03, 2020•10 min
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. In this era of Business as Unusual, today’s Practical Positivity is about swapping fear for focus. Here’s what you’ll learn: The situation we find ourselves in today revolves around a delicate balance of economic stability vs saving lives. While the choice might be straightforward for some, for others it’s not that simple. We have been engrained...
Sep 02, 2020•10 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. Inside is a great case study of a business owner who was facing bankruptcy. By shifting the way they saw their business they were unable to transform and unlock even more revenue. We either innovate by choice or we are forced to in order to survive. Here are some thoughts on how to innovate during crisis. 1. “Innovation” has been bastardised - B...
Sep 01, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. In this “Business As Unusual” environment we need fresh thinking - BUT ideas alone aren’t enough to succeed. The graveyard is full of people with ideas because they didn’t know how to communicate them in such a way to get people to buy into them. If you run a business or a startup or maybe you work within an organisation and need to sell an idea...
Sep 01, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Business as Unusual is a Podcast that inspires clarity and confidence by exploring innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship during a global pandemic. During the Covid 19 Global Pandemic in 2020, I noticed a lot of my friends, family and clients weren't coping so well. So I sat down and recorded some ideas that I thought would help ease the pain of disruption. My name is AJ Kulatunga and this is Business as Unusual. If you enjoyed this episode please give it an appropriate thumbs up on whateve...
Aug 27, 2020•11 min•Season 1Ep. 1
