Today I have the pleasure of welcoming fellow thought leader, Kevin Ryan. He’s coming locked and loaded with a variety of topics to discuss, including – but not limited to – “the conversation” with 70-75m people who think differently than we do (depending on your side of the aisle,) the simultaneous humanization of corporations and dehumanization of people in the social sphere and even cancel culture. How can you possibly cancel this? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 133
Peter Rork is a saint. 8 years ago, he co-founded Dog Is My CoPilot, a 501(c)3 that transports at risk animals from overcrowded shelters to adoption centers in other geographic regions where loving families are waiting. To date, Peter and DIMC have has saved 16,728 animals…and counting. Today, he’ll take time out of his flight schedule to share his inspirational story, mission and purpose. It’s an extra serving of hope, positivity and optimism for you during times when we need every last scrap! ...
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 132
Hey Brand Marketers, ready for some good old fashioned brand nutrition? Well, you’ll get it from Denise Lee Yohn. We discussed leadership through change, culture, purpose, employee experience and a really interesting take on Boards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 131
WWLD? It could stand for Win-Win-Loss-Draw, which is respectable if you’re a fan of a sports team, but in life and business, you want to be "winning" on a consistent basis. WWLD in this context stands for “What Would Love Do?” and Moshe Engelberg will show you how to ride the Amare Wave. And he claims that success is guaranteed! What a fitting way to end up a historic - and taxing - week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 130
Wesley Faulkner is a first generation American and a first-rate guy. He’s run for public office and his contribution to the conversation doesn’t end there. Wesley cares. He shares. And he’ll share on CoronaTV, where we discuss neurodiversity, mental health and networking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 05, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 129
How are you? No seriously, how are you? How are you doing the morning after last night’s election? Do you have a hangover? Literally? Figuratively? Are the emotions (good, bad and ugly) coursing through your veins? Lodro Rinzler is here for you. Lodro is a Buddhist meditation teacher and the author of six meditation books. He’s my guest on CoronaTV and he’s going to teach me (and you) meditation… I feel relaxed already. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 05, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 128
State Senator Will Haskell was elected in November 2018 to represent the 26th State Senate District. Born in 1996, he is the youngest member of the General Assembly. With an eye towards Connecticut’s future, Sen. Haskell is determined to help build a state that is affordable and appealing to every generation. He’s up for re-election TODAY. Yes, it’s Election Day and I have the distinct pleasure of sitting down with him in a prerecorded interview which we did yesterday. Why isn’t he live in studi...
Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 127
It’s the week of the 2020 Election in the US and this week, we’ll be focusing less on business and marketing; and more on the America and world we strive to live, work and play in. My guest today is the original Fearless Girl. I really geek out at incredible strategic minds and there’s no one better than Rene Huey-Lipton. We’ll discuss the disconnect between our culture and our government, whether questioning America is unpatriotic, and the progress of women. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 126
Do you need a boost? Want to end the week on a high? Well join me today at 2pm EDT, where my guest will be Jon Burkhart, virtual conference emcee, firecracker questioner and "Beernote" closer. I have no clue what any of those things mean, which is just perfect. I am looking forward to being as entertained as you are. Ahead of next week’s election, we need to make sure we are fully charged with laughter and lightness and Jon Burkhart is going to lead the way… Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 125
Mathew Sweezey is Director of Market Strategy at Salesforce. I’ve never heard of them but people tell me they are an up and coming company and are going to make it. Perhaps it’s because of people like Mathew. He’s a futurist, thought leader and author of The Context Marketing Revolution, so it seems appropriate to discuss context today, amongst other topics related to marketing transformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 29, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 124
Did the Ancient Greeks use drugs to find God? And did the earliest Christians inherit the same, secret tradition? Brian Muraresku has some of the answers in his incredible new book, “The Immortality Key.” “The Immortality Key” is a groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and the real-life quest for the Holy Grail that could shake the Church to its foundations. He is the real-life Dan Brown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 123
Are you ready for your head to hurt? Well it’s gonna because Eaon Pritchard is in the house. He’s a Scot living in Oz and so it’s appropriate to talk to a South African in the US about Football (soccer) and home field advantage, right? We’ll also talk TikTok and cover his two books about my favorite subject, advertising! Plus it’s 5am in the morning his time, so expect him to be extra cranky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 122
Diane Hessan is a seriously talented individual. And I’m not even talking about her pioneering entrepreneurial record as founder of Communispace, writing accomplishment as author of Customer Centered Growth, Board work or Investor track record with Salient Ventures. So what am I talking about? You’ll just have to listen and we’ll also discuss 3 aspects of market research: listening, consumer behavior during COVID and an ongoing voter insights panel. What are they saying? How are they feeling? Wh...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 121
If there’s one word to associate with my guest today, Lisa Bodell, it would be simple. No seriously, that’s the word: Simple. Simplify. Simplification. I’m already complicating it, aren’t I? We'll discuss the power of simplification in times of change, building T-shaped teams, and how to think about diversity differently as the Power of Perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 120
Faith James was my first boss when I came to the US. Some 23 years ago. Working at Ogilvy & Mather on IBM Small and Medium Business and Diversity. Today, she’s still campaigning for both – only she’s not doing it for IBM, but blazing her own trail as an author, speaker and champion. Today, we are reuniting, reminiscing and ruminating on the state of affairs in this country as it relates to blacks, women, Covid-19 and small businesses! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 119
Lynn Power has one of the most enviable claims to fame: she was the last CEO of J. Walter Thompson – the world’s oldest and largest creative agency. She has since left the world of holding companies and ad agencies to navigate a new path; a new journey; a new adventure. Besides being my partner at the helm of the HMS Beagle, she – alongside her husband – decided to launch a direct to consumer, premium hair care line called MASAMI…and then COVID hit. Today, we’ll discuss what it’s like to launch ...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 118
Deborah Wahl understands that owning a car is less about getting from A to B and more about everything before, after and in-between. Amidst a continuously shifting and changing landscape, it’s both challenging and exhilarating to be in the automotive business. As the Chief Marketing Officer of General Motors, she is in an incredibly unique position to be leading the charge and leading the change. Maybe we’ll discuss this. Maybe we won’t. It all depends on whether we have time left over after hop...
Oct 28, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Chelsea Campbell works at Pandora, where she is Group Creative Director at Studio Resonate. What is Studio Resonate? Well, you’ll have to listen to find out. This is the second to last interview as part of the #ANAMasters partnership and I’m excited for 3 reasons: 1. It’s the first week since I started CoronaTV that all 5 five guests have been women. About damn time! 2. It’s all about audio. Audio. Audio. Audio! Theater of the Mind. The age of podcasting. Pandora. Sirius XM. 3. It’s all about au...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Marc Pritchard is Chief Brand Officer of Procter & Gamble, but he really has an alter ego. Superman. Underneath the suit exists his hero cape as he blazes his trail as the industry’s figurehead as a force for good and a force for growth. Marc uses his incredibly visible, influential and powerful position to challenge the industry and move it forward. We discuss equality and inclusion, environmental sustainability, helping communities in need, and being useful to consumers. Learn more about y...
Oct 16, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 115
Dev Patnaik is the CEO of Jump, a leading strategy and innovation firm. Building on a common theme of the evolution of capitalism came the topic of conscious capitalism, itself a book written by Whole Foods’ co-founder and CEO, John Mackey. Now, Mackey himself sits on the board of Conscious Capitalism, Inc, and I reached out to their CEO, Alexander McCobin, to see if he’d come on the show. Instead of McCobin, I was introduced to Dev, who sits on their board. Following? Got it? Good! Learn more a...
Oct 15, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 114
Ferdinand Jesus Velasquez (call me Dean) Aragon is known as “The Brand Guy” at Shell, where he serves as Global Vice-President – Brand for the entire Shell Group. Unapologetically Filipino, he draws from his past (his family’s history in the Philippines) and present (his wife and 5 kids live across 3 countries) to create a better future (diversity, inclusivity, purpose, mental health, leadership) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 14, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 113
CoronaCocktails time and today I have the pleasure of welcoming Brad Jakeman. Brad is another member of the “6 Degrees of Frank Cooper” club (or maybe it’s the other way round?) We’ll discuss how to bring nutritious food to underserved communities, the importance of teaching media literacy as part of school curricula and positing over a post-COVID world: will it be better than pre-COVID? All over an adult beverage! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 14, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 112
Given we’ve just concluded mental health week, it seems appropriate to be discussing the connection between physical health and mental health – especially as we prepare for the month of November which brings colder temperatures, more indoors activity, an expected increase in COVID cases, and oh yeah….an election. Winter is coming! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Once a month, the tables are turned as I invite the community of CoronaTV onto the show. In this case, I’m mixing in some of our regulars from the zoom after show with some previous guest favorites (which are all of them of course!) The lineup includes Geoff Cottrill, Tom Morris, Jan Zlotnick, Scott Monty, Ted Rubin, Kuda Biza, Jessica Joines, Joey Dumont and Carla Johnson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 10, 2020•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 110
Corona is a crown and when it comes to a company like Unilever, there’s an unbelievable halo that spreads over the company, its employees and the community it serves. Truly a force for good! And who better to represent some of these initiatives than their COO, Esi Bracey, who rounds off an amazing week of #ANAMasters conversations. We’ll talk about the upcoming election and the general topic of business impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 10, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 109
You’re in for a treat today, because my guest is Norm De Greve (the last “e” is silent,) Chief Marketing Officer at CVS Health. We’ll discuss whether professional sport is fun anymore, the triple threat of COVID, income inequality and climate change, and how COVID has brought families closer. Norman will also give us a sneak preview of his upcoming keynote at the ANA Masters of Marketing Conference, October 21-23, titled “Where does it Hurt?” #ANAMasters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...
Oct 10, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Ivan Pollard is one of the smartest people I know. Seriously. I met him way back in Singapore when he was working at the Belle of the Ball, Naked Communications. Since then, he’s taking his talents to The Coca-Cola Company and General Mills. Today we’ll discuss happiness amongst other topics, as well as his upcoming keynote at the ANA Masters of Marketing Conference #ANAMasters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 10, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Frank Cooper is the Chief Marketing Officer of Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager, with $7.4 trillion in assets under management as of end-Q4 2019. Frank inspires such confidence and camaraderie amongst his team. He believes in marketing. He believes in creativity. He believes in Culture. He believes in Leadership. He believes in Purpose. He believes in Racial Equity and Justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 10, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Len Herstein is a man who knows all too well about the power of the pivot. And I’m not even talking about him taking his entire Brand Managecamp online/virtual. Len is a Reserve Deputy Sheriff and so thinking on his feet and being able to make quick, decisive decisions is part of this M.O. We’ll talk about these things, but specifically we’ll frame the discussion around his topic of choice, “complacency” and his upcoming book – with placeholder title – “Complacency Kills.” Learn more about your ...
Oct 10, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 105
Today, I kick off the ANA Masters of Marketing Partnership with Manos Spanos, Senior Vice President/CMO Brand Marketing - Yogurt BU at Danone. Today we'll discuss POSITIVITY! and he’ll also give us a sneak preview of his upcoming Masters of Marketing keynote titled, ““Two Good” to be true?” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 10, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 104
