On this week’s show, we discuss how goods and services are no longer enough. How competing on price alone will kill your business. We discuss how we need to move beyond designing the thing to designing the experience of the thing. We discuss how business is a theatre and how employees should be cast members. How employees shift from task mindset to experience mindset, it is no longer about a task but how the task is done. We discuss how staging experience means the customer is the products and h...
Jan 31, 2018•47 min•Season 1Ep. 82
Smartbox is the European leader in experience gifts and offers unique experiences to create unforgettable memories. Ex-Apple Senior Executive John Perkins shares his story and why he sees Smartbox on the crest of a wave. We talk experience economy, the gifting market and company culture.
Jan 24, 2018•25 min•Season 1Ep. 81
In this great chat, we discuss every aspect of creativity from personal energy to organisational energy. From personal purpose to aligning the purpose of the organisation. We talk how our brains can be our enemy and our liberators. We touch on how we can enable our inner genius and once again be confident in being who we truly are. Chris is determined to inject energy and more humanity back into business and into life. You can find out more about Chris and his books here: https://uppingyourelvis...
Jan 23, 2018•51 min•Season 1Ep. 80
We discuss Mike’s journey to becoming the Godfather of sketchnoting. We look at how it helps us in our note taking in work, school and at conferences. We explore how it might help liberate different thinkers and add to the much need revolution in the education sector. Twitter http://twitter.com/rohdesign Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rohdesign/ Books http://rohdesign.com/books Rohdesign Dispatch http://rohdesign.com/newsletter/ Sketchnote Army http://sketchnotearmy.com Sketchnote Army Podc...
Jan 18, 2018•37 min•Season 1Ep. 79
We discuss this new understanding in the context of business and life, by understanding that we are not victims of other people and experiences, but we have been simply victims of thought allows us to liberate ourselves and become happier and more peaceful. You can find out more about Jill here: http://whatdidyoudowithjill.com/ Her online course is here: http://whatdidyoudowithjill.com/explore-illusion-of-me/ The book is here: Victim of Thought: Seeing Through the Illusion of Anxiety...
Jan 14, 2018•34 min•Season 1Ep. 78
The Mindful Entrepreneur is a book that synthesises a wealth of business knowledge while telling the true story of what it is really like to be an entrepreneur. It tells the true story of existing entrepreneur and guest on this week’s show Howard Finger. Howard is CEO and founder of Vinciworks. Mapping the story from near bankruptcy to success we are exposed to Howard’s transformative journey. This includes the turning point of his meeting with co-author and guest on the show Joel Gerschman. Joe...
Jan 12, 2018•57 min•Season 1Ep. 77
In a world where people are talking about crypto and digital currencies, we look at the real psychology of money and why and how we spend it. Jeff Kreisler and Dan Ariely brilliantly give us some great pointers on how we can avoid the many pitfalls and psychological traps behind our spending habits and behaviours. Money is the top reason for divorce, the number one cause of stress for people and we are demonstrably worse at all kinds of problem-solving when we have money problems on our minds. M...
Jan 09, 2018•53 min•Season 1Ep. 76
Beenest is the home sharing platform for hosts to list their homes and for guests to find accommodation. Beenest rewards users with network incentives, commission-free transactions, and security unrivalled in the home sharing industry. On this week’s show, we delve into what Ethereum is, what decentralisation is and how a company could disrupt a disruptor using The Blockchain. Find out more https://www.beetoken.com/
Jan 03, 2018•20 min•Season 1Ep. 75
We talk everything from creativity, the law of attraction, setting goals, living life to the fullest and how we can unlock our inner innovation. Links to Pam: www.pamgrout.com Ted Talk https://youtu.be/1VCrPvvohGk Books: https://www.amazon.com/Pam-Grout/e/B001HCWQX4/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1514653824&sr=8-1
Dec 30, 2017•33 min•Season 1Ep. 74
Dr Srini Pillay. Srini is CEO of Neurobusiness group and part-time assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard. He is Author of 'Think Less, Learn More’ In this fantastic chat, we discuss how individuals can harness their inner creativity through a series of easy to do daily rituals. Dr Srini Pillay shares some of the tools he had developed to unleash our innovation. We discuss how and why individuals can become more innovative, more creative, happier and less stressed. We discuss how corporati...
Dec 26, 2017•54 min•Season 1Ep. 73
GDPR is a Tidal wave headed for the digital media ecosystem. All data brokers and publishers who make margins based on personal data will be affected. This includes Global giants such as Facebook and Google. Websites are leaking personal data to unwarranted parties. Consenting audiences will be tiny compared to what we have today. The transition to non-personal data is the answer. This week’s guest is Dr Johnny Ryan, Head of Ecosystem for PageFair. Johnny is currently focussing on GDPR, the ePri...
Dec 20, 2017•53 min•Season 1Ep. 72
Shane Reilly is co-founder of Moyee Coffee in Ireland with Killian Stokes. Moyee Coffee is a social business supplying Ethiopian speciality coffee to offices, independent retailers and online subscribers since September 2016. Their approach to changing the coffee industry is called FairChain, which is about leaving more value, profit and jobs in coffee-producing countries like Ethiopia. Since the early November, Moyee has been running a pilot project in Ethiopia with blockchain pioneers bext360 ...
Dec 17, 2017•18 min•Season 1Ep. 71
Vince tells us how Blockchain will act like a canvas to connect the World, like a giant brain. We discuss the many benefits of a connected World built on this new technology. Vince gives us a plethora of fantastic examples where we will see Blockchain realise its potential. We discuss the blockers to adoption, some possible routes of how to begin. We discuss accountability, transparency and trust and how the World of business will dramatically change. Fascinating listen, worth the time investmen...
Dec 13, 2017•37 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Nathan Waters is the founder of Peerism, a blockchain-based economic protocol which aims to solve job automation and wealth inequality via skill tokens, proof-of-skill and matching paid work to tokenized skill levels. He is a futurist, entrepreneur and social decentralist. He also founded and organises one of the largest Ethereum meetups in the world SydEthereum and the largest independent hackathon in Australia Hackagong. http://peerism.org https://medium.com/peerism/blockchain-commons-the-end-...
Dec 10, 2017•51 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Don is a leading Global authority on the impact of technology on business and society. He has authored over 15 books, including Wikinomics, The Digital Economy, Digital Capital, Growing up Digital, the Naked Corporation, Radical Openness and Blockchain Revolution We talk a little about Don and his ethos and how he has overcome adversity to change over the years. We talk about his phenomenal 2008 “Wikinomics - Mass Collaboration” Don tells us how technology changes the way society functions and h...
Dec 08, 2017•29 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Should we fire top talent if they are killing our workplace? What will it do to the rest of the team? Will it kill your business? Will it kill morale? Or will it be the best decision you ever made? We talk to software architect and technical collaboration leader at UCLA, Jonathan Solórzano-Hamilton. Jonathan wrote a blog post that took the world by storm where he told us of his experience in letting go the top talent and with that the toxic attitude that talent brought to the workplace. Links: h...
Dec 03, 2017•35 min•Season 1Ep. 66
EP 66: Rising above a Toxic Workplace - Brutal Bosses. Poisonous People. Soul-Crushing Cultures. Are you operating in a toxic workplace? Is your boss a narcissist? Do you have a black walnut tree in your midst? Is it worth risking your health for financial gain? Do you know what to do? We are joined by Dr. Paul White, psychologist, speaker, consultant and author whose passion is “making work relationships work.” For over 20 years, he has assisted businesses, government agencies, schools and non-...
Nov 27, 2017•42 min•Season 1Ep. 66
On this episode, we talk about how to get the boss to buy into new ideas. Jim Detert is a Global expert in this field. Organizations do not prosper unless middle managers have the confidence to identify and champion change. Getting buy-in is key. Jim identifies the problems faced by so many corporate innovators, intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs in residence. He then discusses his frameworks on how to circumnavigate so many blockers to enable much-needed change and innovation. We also discuss how ...
Nov 21, 2017•47 min•Season 1Ep. 65
What ways could people have escaped from the Titanic? How can we unlock talent in gifted people who are framed as less? We explore how we can be fixed in our mindsets and how there are techniques to unlock their thinking. We discuss a new kind of school and approach with Eagle Hill School. We discuss how AI and humanity can co-operate for even better results than working separately. We talk to "Captain Sideways" a.k.a. Dr. Tony McCaffrey, CTO, Innovation Accelerator, Inc. and Director of Entrepr...
Nov 15, 2017•43 min•Season 1Ep. 64
We talk to two founders. CEO of Coindrum Lukas Decker tells us of Coindrum, which provides airport self-service units that turn leftover coins into duty-free vouchers worth 110% of deposits. Lukas tells us of his journey and how he had the radar on for an innovation. He discusses his mindset and how he made it all happen. http://www.coindrum.com/ Founder of Cubii Shivani Jain joins us to tell us how Cubii can help us. She tells us how ignorance can be an advantage when starting out and how her c...
Nov 13, 2017•48 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Corporate structures are broken and rely on managerial hierarchies and organizational structures developed for the 19th and 20th century. Holacracy is a revolutionary self-management practice used by companies, like Zappos, Blinkist and the David Allen Company and developed for the way business is done today. Brian is an experienced entrepreneur, organizational pioneer, and author of the book Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World. He is most well-known for his work de...
Nov 07, 2017•38 min•Season 1Ep. 62
On this week's innovation show we shine a light on the lack of gender balance in the workplace. Bringing balanced thinking into the workplace means different thinking, in a world craving different thinking. Representing 100% of your customers inevitably leads to innovation and breakthroughs, yet half the population is often underserved or misunderstood. In parallel, 60% of today’s global graduating classes female, yet they are entering workplaces designed for their fathers. This is not a case of...
Nov 01, 2017•33 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Dominic Frisby is a true polymath, actor, writer for MoneyWeek, presenter and author of the excellent “Life after the State”, “Let’s Talk about Tax” and “Bitcoin”. While Bitcoin is around since the financial crisis, it is misunderstood. Dominic gives us a jargon-free history of the origins of Bitcoin. He also tells us where it is headed and how so many industries will be disrupted. As always, these industries are late to react, while Dominic tells us “The horse has bolted”. If you want to unders...
Oct 24, 2017•47 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Peter Himmelman is an American singer-songwriter and film and television composer from Minnesota, who formerly played in the Minneapolis indie rock band Sussman Lawrence before pursuing an extensive solo career. Peter is also the founder of Big Muse, a company which helps individuals and organizations unlock their creative potential. Peter is also the author of the best-selling "Let Me Out", a book which aims to liberate creativity and potential in individuals and organisations. On this week's s...
Oct 18, 2017•47 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Jerry Kennelly is one of Ireland’s original tech success stories. Jerry tells us how his childhood was key to his successful mindset. We talk about his parents' business run from the home in Kerry and how their focus on craft, quality and customers informed his own working practices. He tells us of how his family built one of Ireland’s most successful regional papers “Kerry’s Eye” www.kerryseye.com, still in the family today. He tells us of how his family built one of Ireland’s most successful r...
Oct 11, 2017•31 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Bill tells us of a gaping void we have in our midst. Children are being raised to do what they think their parents want more than what they want themselves. A huge number of third level students are afraid to study what they want and instead chose subjects that are "accepted" and "expected". We talk how this originates in the home with "Tiger Parents", we discuss the problems of pressure and aimlessness on the campuses and the so-called "Stanford Duck Syndrome". We discuss the true meaning of di...
Oct 04, 2017•45 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Professor Naftali Tishby is a professor of Computer Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a Global leader in machine learning research and computational neuroscience and his numerous ex-students serve at key academic and industrial research positions all over the world. In this week’s show, Naftali discusses his breakthrough in understanding how machines learn. He calls this the “bottleneck technique”. During our chat, we draw parallels in how we humans learn and the lessons we ca...
Sep 27, 2017•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Imagine the possibilities, maybe we would be in a job we actually like, maybe we would have written a best-selling novel, maybe we would have written Harry Potter. What is worse, our education and often our parenting teaches kids to fear failure and to fear exploration. As we discuss on the show some kids are fearful of “going outside the lines” and this continues in life. We learn how comedian Chris Rock uses a fail fast method to win over his audiences. We learn how to use a “happiness map” an...
Sep 20, 2017•24 min•Season 1Ep. 55
On this week's innovation show we talk to Hamilton Perkins the founder and CEO of HPC, the Hamilton Perkins collection. Hamilton tells us how his passion to find the perfect bag led him to create it. Not only that, this former financial consultant ensured this bag was made from recycled materials and made HPC into a B corporation, which gives back as it earns. As an extra bonus use the coupon code InnovationShow and save 10% on your first order.
Sep 13, 2017•18 min•Season 1Ep. 54
This episode is for those who are selling anything, whether it is an idea to their boss, product to their client or the idea of a new car to their partner. For over 25 years, Jeffrey Fox has been helping clients grow revenues and increase gross margins. Jeffrey is founder of Fox & Company, a management consulting firm that shows clients how to dollarize their value proposition to overcome the price objection and to shorten the sales cycle. Fox has written eleven best-selling business books t...
Sep 06, 2017•58 min•Season 1Ep. 53
