Beth Dunn is a human-centered technologist working on the cutting edge of AI agents at Agent.ai but her career started lightyears away thinking she'd be a school teacher like her family! This is a fascinating conversation that touches on everything from walkmans, UX, the future of Ai and more!
Carly Baker is a podcast expert currently working with some of the biggest creators but it wasn't always that way! A majority of her life was spent as classically trained musician (she played the obo) until an injury shattered her dream and found her lifes work in uncertainty! Learn how Carly overcame this obstacle and has pivoted her life to find focus, clarity and passion!
Beth has worked in customer experience for years helping some of the biggest brands in the world but when the pandemic hit she found herself out of work. She took a job at a local bakery making donuts and at night would binge watch the popular hit show "The Bear". She know shares lessons learned and insights from making donuts and The Bear each Friday on her Linkedin newsletter called "Donut Friday"
He is a friend, he is an inspiration, he is kind, intelligent, driven, humble, faith driven and caring. He is a global figure, public speaker, educator, father, husband, friend, colleague and is the only person i know who is currently creating an animated musical about Joan of Arc. Kyle Jepson is many things and all of them are true.
Tracy Graziani went from a Detroit public school teacher, to selling caskets, to opening a co-working space for photographers and finally Graziani Multimedia, a B-Corp company!
Dan Mott is currently in the middle of his "Manifesting a Million Challenge" and is sharing his insights on manifestation, mindset, meditation and being happy!
Nate Otto is an artist, and muralist based in Chicago. His work occupies its own lane somewhere in between the worlds of folk art, street art, lowbrow art, and contemporary fine art. His paintings and drawings are ruminations on urban life and landscape and stylistic explorations into what Nate dubs “whateveriwanttodoism. Nate paints EVERYDAY creating over 200 pieces a year!
Chris Bogue is a Chicago-based content creator and shares insights from his ten years of sales and account management success in the Chicago tech scene. His unique perspective on creating personalized revenue-creating content is rooted in his training at Second City as an improviser and sketch comedy writer.
Todd Nilson is a community builder for businesses! Simply put; fishes have schools, birds have flocks and people have communities! Listen how Todd walks us through the value of community building!
Troy Sandidge @FindTroy on social is an award-winning growth strategist who helps emerging brands grow and scale faster, generating over $175 Million in client revenue and launching 35+ brands in various industries worldwide! He creates custom strategies, systems, and solutions to maximize businesses growth potential, transforming businesses into sustainable and scalable enterprises.
Jeff Toppel is an Arizona based lawyer working on groundbreaking legislation to legalize the use of psychedlics for medial purposes.
Dan Maigler is a licensed clinical social worker, life coach, and therapist who helps his patients and the world see opportunity where others see despair. This episode is a MUST LISTEN because Dan clearly defines, describes and discusses issues of mental health, treatment and optimism. PLEASE listen and share this episodes with your loved ones, colleagues and friends; it's too important to simply not share.
Mark King is a Chicago-based Design Thinker who creates meaningful shared experiences, products and services that make humans happy!
Think Differently Podcast #048 Derek E. Weeks - 4x CMO, founder of Unfair Mindshare , author of "Unfair Mindshare: A CMO's guide to community-led marketing in a product-led world" BIG TAKEAWAYS Empathy in marketing: Derek discusses his career path in marketing, starting as a product marketer and transitioning to leadership roles. He emphasizes the importance of empathy in marketing, highlighting that it's about understanding the customer's perspective and how a product fits into their lives. Sto...
In this episode, I sit down with Maris Garcia, a seasoned professional in the world of human-centered design. Maris shares her journey from studying architecture and psychology in college to working at Gravity Tank, a leading innovation consulting firm. She discusses the importance of empathy in her work and how she uses a combination of research, strategy, and design to create new things that can range from the next camcorder for Samsung to Illinois's response to mass shootings. Maris also open...
Welcome to episode 46 of The Think Differently podcast, a weekly show that explores those who are challenging the status quo in their work and life. In this episode: - Marc shares his background as a public school teacher, nonprofit founder, marketing and sales leader, and innovation consultant in Chicago. - This week's episode does not feature a guest. Instead, Marc shares a personal lesson about being gracious in victory and humble in defeat. - Marc shares a personal story about his oldest son...
Dan Tyre has launched and sold businesses, traveled the world, funded countless startups, had dinner with the Grateful Dead, breakfast with Bob Marley (and his wife), worked with Steve Jobs and was employee #6 at HubSpot. After years of grind and hustle, love and loss, mistakes and "being the luckiest guy on the planet", Dan found that his ultimate passion is do the most good for the universe and he means it. Dan is a founder, author, public speaker, investor, father and most of all...a friend. ...
Demetrio Cardona-Maguigad is LimeRed’s strategic design director. He is a passionate creator and producer with a focus on cultural diversity, social justice, and community development. Demetrio also coaches startups and entrepreneurs, advocating for human-centered design approaches toward problem-solving and business success. www.limered.io
Chad Bernstein is a husband and father of four amazing kids, Co-Founder/CEO of Guitars Over Gun s, and a professional musician who has been instrumental in the evolution of the “Latin Funk” sound of Miami. Chad received a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Miami in 2012, turning the focus of his dissertation to Guitars Over Guns’ research-based methods. In 2015, Chad was honored as a CNN Hero for his work, and has since been featured by the Steve Harvey Show and People Magazine. Mo...
Jim Kalbach is a noted author, speaker, and instructor in design, customer experience, and strategy. He is currently Chief Evangelist at MURAL, the leading online whiteboard. Jim is the author of three books: Designing Web Navigation (O’Reilly, 2007), Mapping Experiences (O’Reilly, 2016), and most recently The Jobs To Be Done Playbook (Rosenfeld, 2020). He is also the Co-founder and Principal at the JTBD Toolkit , an online resource with learning, trainings, and content. Jim blogs at www.experie...
She is leader at a national non-profit, US Veteran, entrepreneur, mother of 3 boys & 2 dogs who crams more into each day than most can do in a week. Becca Keaty is truly an inspirational gift to all that get to know her. She is the Chief Development Officer at Bunker Labs, founder of Chosen One Thrift and is an all around amazing human! SHOW NOTES www.bunkerlabs.org https://www.instagram.com/chosenonethrift/ https://www.instagram.com/beccakeaty/
Founded by sisters Eunice Moyle and Sabrina Moyle in 2003 in the San Francisco Bay Area, Hello!Lucky’s mission is to support our customers’ highest good, as well as the highest good of its' communities and planet, through delivering products that support joy, creativity, and connection. And they love to have pun while doing it! They do this by creating high quality children's books, Creating hand-crafted, sustainable, made-in-the-USA letterpress greeting cards, building thoughtful partnerships, ...
When someone says that their faith "drives everything" in their life, I am intrigued. This weeks guest Ryan Meador is one of the most genuine, vulnerable and strong people I've met. He is a tremendous father, husband, trainer and man of faith. He lets his faith guide him as he navigates a world filled with decisions and people he can help. There is no doubt that Ryan's purpose is to help and serve others and he does it through his work as an HR Director at a family business, a fitness coach and ...
From childhood trauma came a life of creativity as a means to escape. Since then Travis Brown has built a life of creative and passionate pursuits from music and engineering to screen printing and fatherhood he has always sought to build a community around interests. His latest venture PodDecks happened as a mistake and has become one of his most successful ventures yet! Please take a listen to an honest conversation about trauma, growth, community and learning as we go! SHOW LINKS www.poddecks....
Eat, Travel, Rock. Those are not only the 3 greatest passions of this week's guest but its the name of her company! Kelly Rizzo has truly built a life around her passions and has let nothing stand in her way. She has remained authentic, true and grounded as she has traveled the globe, made it to TV and built a company around all of her favorite things. Kelly is host of "Eat Travel Rock TV," the award-winning on-demand entertainment series where she goes behind the scenes and off the cuff with ma...
Diversity, equity and inclusion consultant/speaker, community builder, co working space founder, adjunct professor and podcast host Levi Baer had a lot on his plate that caused to have a really unhappy birthday last year. He was doing too much and felt the burn and then decided to redefine and design his life, profession and vision to help others find joy in their work and lives. Currently he is focusing his efforts on helping businesses build a healthy, genuine and organic diverse workforce. Th...
What do helicopter police chases, waterskiing, experiential marketing, classic cars and the Grateful Dead have in common? The answer is this weeks guest Fritz Heffinger ! He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Outcold Marketing ; OutCold fuses experiential marketing strategies with traditional Out of Home (OOH) tactics to excite, engage and convert consumers to customers. They create amazing experiences for some of the world's largest brands (Nike, Nordstrom, Amazon and Sephora) using classic and vinta...
17 years in broadcast media telling stories for the likes of Beyonce, LeBron, and Nick Saban and a passion for equipping youth to tell their stories led Clement Townsend to create Video Journalism Pro, an online video journalism program for teens! This episode is filled with a story of a man learning work ethic and service to others from his parents (both Chicago Public School teachers) whose desire to tell stories took him from Chicago to Texas and all across the country and back to Chicago to ...
One day I was working at the Virgin Hotel in Chicago and recognized a dude I followed on Instagram (he was a marketing and entrepreneurial mastermind). I walked up, tapped him on the shoulder, introduced myself and from that moment on we stayed connected and I now refer to him as my personal Tim Ferriss. Kaivan Dave came to the U.S. as young kid from India and has since encountered and conquered challenge after challenge building a life of commercial, personal and family success. He has helped c...
My friend Courtney first recommended I go see Dr. Jeff for a nagging old knee injury and told me he was a "witch doctor". She was right. Dr. Jeff, is a Dr. of Chiropractic Medicine but that title does not do his work justice. He is the most intelligent, empathetic, gifted healer I have ever met. If you care at all about your mental, physical and social health this episode is a masterclass in the connected nature of our bodies and minds. If you are in the Chicago area I can not endorse Dr. Jeff e...
