Get ready to start thinking more creatively and be more curious! Listen in to Guy Kawasaki interview Sarah Stein Greenberg on this week's Remarkable People podcast where they dig into design thinking and creativity. Sarah Stein Greenberg is the author of Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Unconventional Ways and the Executive Director of Stanford's d.school. She leads a community of designers, faculty, and other innovative thinkers who help people unlock their cr...
Nov 17, 2021•58 min•Ep. 103
Patti Sanchez is the co-author of the award-winning book, Illuminate: Ignite Change Through Speeches, Stories, Ceremonies, and Symbols, and the author of Presenting Virtually: Communicate and Connect With Online Audiences. Patti leads an expert team of communication consultants and creative writers who help clients move their audiences in one powerful moment or in a movement over time. There are few episodes of the Remarkable People podcast that are more practical and tactical than this one. If ...
Nov 10, 2021•57 min•Ep. 102
Get ready for some down-to-earth, practical advice from power podcaster Pat Flynn on this week's episode of Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast! Pat Flynn is a father, husband, and entrepreneur who lives and works in San Diego, CA. He owns several successful online businesses and is a professional blogger, keynote speaker, Wall Street Journal bestselling author, and host of the Smart Passive Income and AskPat podcasts, which have earned a combined total of over 70 million downloads, multipl...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 101
Join Guy Kawasaki on his 100th episode of the Remarkable People podcast with marketing legend Seth Godin. It's an insightful look into how Seth has built his marketing legacy with plenty of actionable ideas. Get ready to take notes and be inspired by Seth and Guy! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 100
I love cars. This isn’t a mid-life crisis kind of thing for me. It’s been true since I was growing up in a poor part of Hawaii and has never stopped. In fact, my love of cars has been a powerful motivational factor throughout my life. Join me with special guest Linda Zhang – Product Manager of the highly anticipated Ford F150 Lightning. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Oct 20, 2021•40 min•Ep. 99
Jenn Lim is the CEO and Chief Happiness Officer of Delivering Happiness which she co-founded with Tony Hsieh, a company that inspires people to achieve passion, happiness, and purpose. Her motto is "change your world, then change the world." Jenn recently wrote Beyond Happiness: How Authentic Leaders Prioritize Purpose and People for Growth and Impact. Great conversation on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast with Jenn on culture and happiness and how this can create a more successful compa...
Oct 13, 2021•59 min•Ep. 98
Olympia Yarger filled a knowledge gap in my brain: the beauty of maggots. I never fully appreciated maggots, particularly of the black soldier fly, until I interviewed her. We also chatted about her husband's military career and the challenges of being a military family with a touching story about one of their family dogs. Olympia is helping reshape waste management as the founder and current CEO of Goterra, located in Australia. Her drive towards more efficient farming and reducing food waste h...
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 97
Tech and innovation lovers - this one's for you! Listen in as Guy Kawasaki interviews Chris Messina, inventor of the hashtag and star of The Social Dilemma, about being the number one Hunter on Product Hunt and how he feels about open source technology. So many interesting nuggets! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 96
Silicon Valley expert Robert Chesnut teaches that companies that do not think seriously about a crucial element of corporate culture--integrity--are destined to fail. He has written a book called Intentional Integrity: How Smart Companies Can Lead an Ethical Revolution. It provides a six-step process to foster and manage a culture of integrity in organizations. This week on Remarkable People, Guy speaks with Robert Chesnut, General Counsel at AirBnb, about ethics and responsibility. See Privacy ...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 95
Do you struggle for time to be creative and just think in your day? This interview with Juliet Funt, author of Time to Think, is here to give you more space, enhance your creativity, and help you be more productive. She's worked with teams of big companies to help them be more successful. You'll be inspired to find more white space in your day after this interview on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast with Juliet Funt. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy ...
Sep 15, 2021•51 min•Ep. 94
“Public health saved your life today―you just don’t know it,” is a phrase that Dr. Leana Wen likes to use. You don’t know it because good public health is invisible. It becomes visible only in its absence, when it is underfunded and ignored, a bitter truth laid bare as never before by the devastation of COVID-19. Leana Wen―emergency physician, former Baltimore health commissioner, CNN medical analyst, and Washington Post contributing columnist―has lived on the front lines of public health, leadi...
Sep 08, 2021•54 min•Ep. 93
Adam Curry was one of the VJs (video jockeys) of MTV back in the 1980s. In this position, he “interviewed” some of the most popular musicians of the time including Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. Adam is an early tech adopter and pioneer because he embraced the web and podcasting long before other people. He helped make podcasting “a thing” by collaborating with Dave Winer on podcasting technology, and he created one of the first podcasts, the Daily Source Code. In 2005 Steve Jobs previewed ...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 92
Hollywood Storyteller Jon M. Chu, director of Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights, is this week's guest on Remarkable People podcast. He shares how his passion for creating video started and his love for Macs, much to Guy's delight. Jon also talks about the cultural importance of Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights. A must-listen for creatives, storytellers, and movie lovers! Tune into Remarkable People and enjoy! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 91
Mark Schulman has performed for more than a billion people in his 30 plus year career. He’s been the drummer for some of the greatest musical artists in history, including P!nk, Foreigner, Cher, Billy Idol, Stevie Nicks, Beyoncé, Tina Turner, and many more. In his first book, Conquering Life’s Stage Fright, through entertaining stories and innovative exercises, Mark reveals three core concepts that you can immediately employ to transform your anxieties — no matter what type of presentation, comm...
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 90
Erica Dhawan is an internationally recognized leading authority, author and advisor on 21st century teamwork, collaboration and innovation. Named by Thinkers50 as the “Oprah of Management Thinkers”, she is the author of two books Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence and Digital Body Language. This week on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People, Guy talks with Erica about how to be more thoughtful and communicate better in the digital age. You'll be communicating better in tone, ...
Aug 11, 2021•59 min•Ep. 89
You'll be blown away with this interview with speechwriter Cody Keenan, former Director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama. President Obama said he relied “on Cody not just to share my vision, but to help tell America’s story.” “He’s a brilliant writer," Mr. Obama added. “He’s relentless.” Listen in as Guy Kawasaki talks to Cody about his years working at The White House this week on the Remarkable People Podcast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy No...
Aug 04, 2021•59 min•Ep. 88
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be an author and publish a book? You'll get to find out in this episode's interview with Hugh Howey. His two dreams were to publish a book and to sail around the world and he’s been wildly successful at both. You’ll learn about self-publishing, writing, and how Hugh reached his dreams on this week’s episode of the Remarkable People podcast with host Guy Kawasaki. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art1...
Jul 28, 2021•58 min•Ep. 87
Jodi Kantor is prize-winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and a best-selling author who broke the Harvey Weinstein story with Megan Twohey and Ronan Farrow. They broke the story of Harvey Weinstein’s decades of alleged abuse towards women winning a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service which kicked off the #metoo movement. Ms. Kantor’s investigations into conditions at Starbucks and Amazon prompted national debates and policy changes at both companies. See Privacy Policy at https://...
Jul 21, 2021•52 min•Ep. 86
Dave Winer is considered to be the father of blogging and the RSS feed AKA Really Simple Syndication. He's been connecting the dots and closing parentheses in Silicon Valley since the beginning of the tech industry. He pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School and NYU, entrepreneur, started two Silicon Valley tech companies. Winer has been...
Jul 14, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 85
Meet Haben Girma, the disability rights attorney, who became the first deafblind woman to graduate from Harvard Law School in 2013. Haben has made it her mission to advocate for equal opportunities for people with disabilities. Inspiring episode of Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Jul 07, 2021•56 min•Ep. 84
Have you ever wondered what it's like to run a start up or be in Silicon Valley? You'll get to find out with this episode's interview of Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast with Steve Blank. Blank's customer development methodology is a cornerstone of the lean startup movement, popularized by Eric Ries whom Blank states was "the best student I ever had." Steve and I talked about: What should a young entrepreneur supposed to put in his pitch? Startups are about leadership and culture Entrepr...
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 83
Ronnie Lott is one of the best football players in the history of the NFL. After a successful college football career at USC he was the first round draft pick of the SF 49ers in 1981. Over his fourteen year career, he played for the 49ers, Los Angeles Rams, New York Jets, and Kansas City Chiefs. In his rookie year he helped the 49ers win Super Bowl XVI. He played on three more 49er teams that won the Super Bowl. And was subsequently inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame on July 29, 2000. In th...
Jun 23, 2021•59 min•Ep. 82
This episode’s remarkable guest is Katherine Maher. Until April 2021 she was chief executive officer and executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation—and she did a remarkable in this remarkable position. She has a bachelor’s degree from New York University as well as extensive education in the Middle East. She worked for UNICEF, National Democratic Institute, World Bank, and Access Now. She was chief communications officer of Wikimedia from 2014 until 2016 when she became the interim executive...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 81
Listen in as Guy Kawasaki interviews Jo Boaler, math evangelist, respected researcher, and Stanford Professor. Jo believes our current methods for math instruction are broken and is on a mission to get rid of timed mathematics and rote memorization. She is a leading voice for a wholly different pedagogy where speed is out, depth is in, and the journey to an answer can be as important as the destination. Learn how she fought back against academic bullying from male colleagues and won. Jo Boaler i...
Jun 09, 2021•54 min•Ep. 80
On this week's Remarkable People podcast: Martin Lindstrom. Martin is the founder and chairman of Lindstrom Company, a global branding & culture transformation firm, operating across five continents and more than 30 countries. TIME Magazine has named Lindstrom one of the “World’s 100 Most Influential People,” and for three years running, Thinkers50, has selected Lindstrom to be among the world’s top 50 business thinkers. Among the companies he advises are Burger King, Lowes, Boar’s Head, Beverly...
Jun 02, 2021•57 min•Ep. 79
Join Guy Kawasaki on this week's Remarkable People podcast with guest Jeff Hawkins. Jeff a Silicon Valley veteran often credited with starting the entire handheld computing industry. He is a serial entrepreneur, scientist, engineer, and inventor. He also founded two mobile computing companies, Palm and Handspring, and is the architect of many computing products such as the PalmPilot and Treo smartphone. Jeff is the cofounder of Numenta, a research company focused on brain theory and AI. Previous...
May 26, 2021•50 min•Ep. 78
Rich Benoit is a remarkably funny guy and he single-handedly turned junked Teslas into a seller's market. He creates content for a YouTube channel called Rich Rebuilds. This features his adventures rebuilding and repairing cars. His automotive saga took off in 2016. At the time Rich “needed” to own a Tesla, but Teslas were $100,000 new and $70,000 used. He was too cheap to buy one. Loved talking about his journey on this week's Remarkable People podcast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/p...
May 19, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 77
A massive update to one of my favorite books, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, by Dr. Robert Cialdini spurred a return visit to Remarkable People. At the time I recorded, he was the only return guest but then Dr. Jane Goodall snuck in for Earth Month. If you're into marketing, influencers, evangelism, sales, or influencing people, don't miss this episode! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info....
May 12, 2021•47 min•Ep. 76
Hoping to help others change or to kick-start change yourself? This podcast with Katy Milkman, author of How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be, will help you get some ideas on implementing change. This week on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast, Dr. Katy Milkman. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
May 05, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 75
Next on Guy Kawasaki's Remarkable People podcast, Mark Manson. Mark is the author of two New York Times best-sellers: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, and Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope. In total, more than 13 million copies of these books have sold. Don’t let the profanity get in the way of the gravity and practicality of his thinking. Mark is fundamentally a philosopher with valuable thoughts about how to manage your life. Some of the topics we cover include: Why you should look f...
Apr 28, 2021•46 min•Ep. 74
