Aaron Price is CEO and Founder of Propelify, which is an event, but more than that, it is a community. Aaron tells us how the authentic approach to events is a huge advantage. He tells us how starting events with Minimal Viable Products (Meetups) is a smart move. He tells us how involving the community from day 1 is the best way forward. Great chat with Aaron, you can sign up for Propelify Beta Community now here: https://www.propelify.com/ Ben Raffi is CEO and Founder of Growlabs, a sales force...
Aug 30, 2017•39 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Maura Nevel Thomas is an expert on the topics of productivity, attention management, and work-life balance. She is a speaker, trainer, and author of Work Without Walls and Personal Productivity Secrets. You can find out more about Maura here maurathomas.com . We talk about our waning attention spans, how we are training ourselves to have less focus. In the current shift to a knowledge worker economy, where we do most of the work with our brains, we must protect those brains. Deep work is essenti...
Aug 24, 2017•47 min•Season 1Ep. 51
On this week's innovation show we talk to Dr. Wendy Suzuki, PhD, author of "Happy Brain, Healthy Life", Wendy is Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in the Centre for Neural Science at New York University. We talk about how exercise changed the course of Wendy's life, her career and her brain. We talk about Brain Hacks and how we can all benefit from small changes for big effects. We talk about how new experiences create new synapses and brain connections and how children can get an advan...
Aug 16, 2017•24 min•Season 1Ep. 50
On this week’s Innovation show, we talk to Author, lecturer and Futurist in Residence at the Tech Foresight Practice at Imperial College, Richard Watson. We talk about the threat to deep thinking in this digital age, even though that's the last bastion for human jobs. We talk about the sex life of ideas and how ideas are formed. The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled - Plutarch 46-120AD. We talk about the benefits of free play and how children can escape flippant thinking...
Aug 10, 2017•45 min
On this week's innovation show we talk to Mark Emalfarb the founder and CEO of Dyadic International, Inc. a public company that trades on the OTCQX Markets under the stock symbol "DYAI". This is a phenomenal story and a truly remarkable 4 decade entrepreneurial journey. Mark was told he had rocks in his head when he helped pioneer the concept of using rocks (pumice stones) in a washing machine, the process of stonewashed jeans. When Mark looked to innovate and move to enzyme-based stonewashing, ...
Aug 03, 2017•16 min•Season 1Ep. 48
We talk to change maker Bibop Gresta, co-founder and chairman of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. Bibop tells us about his past as a teen tech whizz, managing a department of developers while a teenager in school. His subsequent stint at being a popstar and then an MTV presenter. After selling his company he moved to California in search of a mission with meaning. This meaning in fact found him, when he met his co-founder of Hyperloop Dirk Ahlborn. He is now chairman of what is dubbed the ...
Jul 26, 2017•35 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Barney Loehnis has a diverse rich background as a Chief Digital Officer, in digital transformation, customer experience, digital product management & integrated marketing. He gives us insight into the future of work and how data can help us make better choices in our lives.
Jul 20, 2017•24 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Brian Merchant is a journalist and producer based in Los Angeles. He is editor of Motherboard, VICE’s science and technology department. Brian is also founder of Terraform, the VICE online fiction outlet, and his work has appeared in the Guardian, Slate, VICE Magazine, Salon, Fast Company, Discovery, GOOD, Paste, Grist, and beyond. Brian is author of the great book 'The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone.' Brian has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, BBC World News, NPR, and a host of other TV, r...
Jul 13, 2017•44 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Kim Parnell is the co-founder and Chief Evangelist of Blank - a ground-breaking technology that builds apps automatically without code, thus making app development available to everyone. She's a social media influencer, a professional speaker, a fitness enthusiast and a startup veteran with a successful exit under her belt. Her passion for Blank comes from her frustration in finding a technical partner during the early phases of her first software startup. Alongside the team at Blank, she’s work...
Jul 05, 2017•43 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Joel is founder and leader of MMM, Man Made Music is a strategic music and sound studio. MMM score entertainment and brand experiences by creating and curating soundtracks and sonic ids. Joel Beckerman is an award-winning composer and author and had the vision to set up MMM, when very few saw the value in sound. Fast forward to today and Joel is a leader in his field and his services employed by Global, forward-thinking brands. Joel is author of the great book 'The Sonic Boom: How Sound Transfor...
Jun 29, 2017•37 min•Season 1Ep. 43
We talk to Professor Barry O’Sullivan, Director of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics in UCC. He is also deputy president of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI) and current SFI researcher of the year. Barry discusses the impact of Ai, we talk about the inevitable bias in data based Ai and how it is extremely important to “teach” Ai responsibly. We discuss UBI, Universal Basic Income, job automation and the societal challenge ahead.
Jun 27, 2017•36 min
Shep Hyken is an author, amazer and consultant on customer service. Shep began his customer amazement at the ripe age of 12 with his magic shows and tells us how some early lessons from his parents shaped his career. We talk Amazon, Netflix, Nordstrom. Shep tells us how customer amazement is a philosophy and not a thing you just do. Packed with some great anecdotes, this is a great conversation. For more on Shep and customer amazement be sure to visit www.Hyken.com and check out Shep Hyken title...
Jun 26, 2017•33 min
CloserIQ CEO and Founder Jordan Wan joins us to discuss how an overarching company philosophy of customer care and a service mindset drives his company to success. CloserIQ is a modern recruitment company, which matches ideal sales candidates with the right companies. CloserIQ is the career platform for technology sales professionals. As a CloserIQ user, you record an audio intro which allows you to apply for any jobs on the platform. Startup hiring managers listen to your intros and your applic...
Jun 24, 2017•19 min
Shep Hyken is an author, amazer and consultant on customer service. Shep began his customer amazement at the ripe age of 12 with his magic shows and tells us how some early lessons from his parents shaped his career. We talk Amazon, Netflix, Nordstrom. Shep tells us how customer amazement is a philosophy and not a thing you just do. Packed with some great anecdotes, this is a great conversation. For more on Shep and customer amazement be sure to visit www.Hyken.com and check out Shep Hyken title...
Jun 22, 2017•52 min•Season 1Ep. 42
We talk about his entrepreneurial drive. His trials and tribulations with College Times and his unwavering resilience and ultimately his decision to sell College Times and move on. In this warts and all chat we also discuss the broken model and methodologies in digital marketing. You can more about Jamie and Leading social on http://www.leadingsocial.com/ and http://jamiewhite.com/ We also talk to CEO and founder of Cognikids Ollwyn Moran. Olwynn and her team develop a series of cognitive develo...
Jun 15, 2017•40 min•Season 1Ep. 41
On this week’s innovation show we talk to Whitney Johnson, author of the critically acclaimed book ‘Disrupt Yourself (TM): Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work’ (2015) and ‘Dare, Dream Do’ (2012). Whitney also hosts the ‘Disrupt Yourself’ podcast. We talk about why everyone should consider disrupting their career, what the benefits are, how companies can assist and nurture disruption and much more. You can find out more about Whitney at http://whitneyjohnson.com/meet-whitney/ You c...
Jun 07, 2017•38 min•Season 1Ep. 40
We speak to Bill Liao, Co-Founder of CoderDojo and General Partner of SOS Ventures. He tells us of his journey in entrpreneurship and his latest focus on the RebelBio Biotech lab in Cork. We talk CoderDojo, Leadership, Education, BioTech, Ai, Singularity and much more. Nils Rehmann is CEO and Founder of Canuevo, a Cannabinoid Pharma approach to healthcare. Nils team has a unique approach to accessing Cannabis for health for Epilepsy, Insomnia and Pain relief.
May 31, 2017•40 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Pioneer of new forms of media, CEO and founder of the Third Space Agency Andrew Melchior. After a childhood filled with the wonders of building televisions, radios and (primitive) synthesisers with his time served electronics engineer grandfather (ex Royal Corps of Signals), Andrew embarked on a journey to use his passion for electronics, music and art to visualise and create new forms of media. After a passage as Digital Tribal Chief with Magic Leap and a long standing career in music with EMI,...
May 30, 2017•34 min
We talk to Professor Barry O'Sullivan, Director of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics in UCC. He is also deputy president of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI) and current SFI researcher of the year. Barry discusses the impact of Ai, we talk about the inevitable bias in data based Ai and how it is extremely important to “teach” Ai responsibly. We discuss UBI, Universal Basic Income, job automation and the societal challenges ahead. “An inevitable revolution in health...
May 24, 2017•57 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Alternative Investment Explorer, AI and Agtech futurist Brian D Colwell joins us for a chat about the future of work, AI, economic singularity, his investment trend suggestions and much more. For more on Brian, visit https://briandcolwell.com Ronan Murphy, CEO of Smarttech 247 joins us to let us know about his latest global partnership with IBM Watson and how AI has led to more jobs in his firm. He also tells us about the global ransomware attacks and that there are much more where that came fro...
May 17, 2017•50 min•Season 1Ep. 37
We talk to John Murphy, Co-CEO of 8 West Consulting, an award-winning, full service, an enterprise software development company with a 20 year history of innovation and on-time delivery. We talk platforms, security, nano robotics, the dark web and the “Irish” no. We talk about the team’s side project in Health Tech, IoT and a platform for AR with a CPR app, which triggers drones when needed.
May 17, 2017•33 min
We talk to the pioneer in the development of integrative medicine approaches to sleep and dreams Dr. Rubin Naiman PhD. Dr. Naiman works with everybody from Fortune 500 CEOs to world-class athletes. He is author of the fantastic book Hush: A Book of Bedtime Contemplations and runs sleep and yoga retreats all over the globe. Find out more on www.drnaiman.com On the show we talk about the perils of not only sleep deprivation, but dream deprivation. We talk creativity, sleep aids, REM, dreams, dream...
May 14, 2017•42 min
We talk to the pioneer in the development of integrative medicine approaches to sleep and dreams Dr. Rubin Naiman PhD. Dr. Naiman works with everybody from Fortune 500 CEOs to world-class athletes. He is author of the fantastic book Hush: A Book of Bedtime Contemplations and runs sleep and yoga retreats all over the globe. Find out more on www.drnaiman.com On the show we talk about the perils of not only sleep deprivation, but dream deprivation. We talk creativity, sleep aids, REM, dreams, dream...
May 10, 2017•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 36
With a specialisation in leadership we talk to Dr. David Kahn. David found that most leadership content is great, but the delivery is geared towards academics, not frontline leaders. True to his growth mindset nature, he decided to do something about it and wrote ‘Cape, Spandex, Briefcase: Leadership Lessons from Superheroes” David is also Editor of the great blog Leadersayswhat. On this week’s show we talk to David about the traits of true leaders, which can be drawn from superheroes. We also f...
May 10, 2017•35 min
We talk to co-founders of meetingroom.io Jonny Cosgrove and Dr. Abraham Campbell. We do the show in a VR meeting room and discuss the advantages and advancement of VR.
May 08, 2017•30 min
We talk to CEO and Founder of OCREX and AutoEntry about his journey from recession to the brink of abundance. Brendan Woods is CEO and founder and is currently seeking funding to grow the business in Canada and the USA.
May 08, 2017•29 min
Architect, maverick and author Pierluigi Serraino on the definition of creativity and innovation through architecture. We talk about how the creative and the architect are truly innovators, often misunderstood and often suppressed, but hugely resilient. In 1950 an amazing creativity study of the top architects, including Eero Saarinen, I.M. Pei, Philip Johnson, Louis Kahn, Richard Neutra, George Nelson took place. Architect, maverick and author Pierluigi Serraino uncovered this study and tells u...
May 07, 2017•48 min
We speak to CEO and founder of www.opening.io Andreea Wade. Andreea has a diverse background steeped in coding, design, journalism, event organizing, advertising, marketing and product management. Andreea and opening.io are in the space of Recruitment intelligence, automatically matching talent with job openings. Opening.io uses linguistics algorithms to identify patterns within the structure and phrasing of job posts and CVs, converting them into data points to match candidates to suitable jobs...
May 06, 2017•29 min
On this week’s innovation show we talk to pioneer of new forms of media, CEO and founder of the Third Space Agency Andrew Melchior. After a childhood filled with the wonders of building televisions, radios and (primitive) synthesisers with his time served electronics engineer grandfather (ex Royal Corps of Signals), Andrew embarked on a journey to use his passion for electronics, music and art to visualise and create new forms of media. After a passage as Digital Tribal Chief with Magic Leap and...
May 03, 2017•1 hr 3 min
EP 34: First show done in VR! Virtual Reality in the workplace & automation to empower employees We talk to co-founders of meetingroom.io Jonny Cosgrove and Dr. Abraham Campbell. We do the show in a VR meeting room and discuss the advantages and advancement of VR. We talk to CEO and Founder of OCREX and AutocRec about his journey from recession to the brink of abundance. Brendan Woods is CEO and founder and is currently seeking funding to grow the business in Canada and the USA.
Apr 27, 2017•59 min•Season 1Ep. 34
