Authors

Very excited to welcome Hamish McKenzie to the show! Hamish is the Co-founder of McKenzie Pitch Partners, and is the author of a new book called Pitch: What You’re NOT Doing Makes All the Difference. The Key Takeaways/topics from today’s conversation: The most common mistakes most pitch teams make. What are the things we are […] The post When pitching, it’s the stuff you AREN’T doing that makes all the difference appeared first on .

Joined on the show by Wayne Visser, Director of Kaleidoscope Futures, and the author of many books including Sustainable Frontiers, which throws down the gauntlet to businesses to step up to be the catalyst for a sustainable future. It presents eight keys to unlocking transformational change: through leadership, enterprise, innovation, transparency, engagement, responsibility, integration and […] The post The new future of corporate responsibility and sustainability appeared first on .

A pleasure to welcome Dr. Chuck Bamford to today’s show! Chuck is the managing partner with Bamford Associates, and the author of a new book, The Strategy Mindset. Discussion guide from today’s conversation: Once and for all, what is strategy? What is the definition according to Chuck Bamford? And why do so many not truly […] The post The art, science, and mindset of strategy appeared first on .

It was our pleasure to welcome Charles Morgan to Intrepid Radio!  He recently joined us to discuss his new book Matters of Life and Data: The Remarkable Journey of a Big Data Visionary Whose Work Impacted Millions (INCLUDING YOU), which outlines the key elements of building a successful business and of being THE #BigData pioneer all […] The post Charles Morgan: Matters of Life and (Big) Data appeared first on .

An extreme pleasure and honor to visit with Joey Reiman on the show today. Joey is an author, an Emory professor, and the Founder of Brighthouse Consuling (which just got acquired by BCG). Joey joins me to discuss his latest book, Thumbs Up!: Five Steps to Create the Life of Your Dreams. Today’s discussion guide […] The post Joey Reiman: The Thumbs Up philosophy of life appeared first on .

Joined on the show today by Ruth Sherman, Founder + CEO of Ruth Sherman Associates. She is also the author of Speakrets: The 30 Best, Most Effective, Most Overlooked Marketing And Personal Branding Essentials. She joins me to discuss the book plus some very important marketing and personal branding skills (that you aren’t using). The […] The post Ruth Sherman: The greatest marketing and personal branding tools no one wants to use appeared first on .

You may know him as Chunk from The Goonies, but former actor and now Hollywood power-entertainment lawyer Jeff Cohen has written a book that will change the way you think about business and life. Jeff joins me on the show to discuss his new book, The Dealmakers Ten Commandments: Ten Essential Tools For Business Forged […] The post Jeff Cohen: Business lessons forged in the trenches of Hollywood appeared first on .

Michael Baldwin, author of the new book Just Add Water: An Incredibly Easy Guide for Creating Powerful Presentations. Michael is an accomplished leader in the communications industry with more than 25 years of top 10 advertising agency experience in building global brands, leading global teams, solving complex strategic problems, and developing world-class creative campaigns. THE […] The post Michael Baldwin: Creating powerful presentations appeared first on .

A pleasure to welcome Matt Britton to the show! Matt is the CEO and Founder of MRY. He joins me to discuss his recent book, YouthNation: Building Remarkable Brands in a Youth-Driven Culture. Learn more about the book here. Discussion notes from today’s show: This isn’t just a book about how to market to youth. […] The post Matt Britton: How to thrive in YouthNation! appeared first on .

It was our pleasure to welcome Rowan Gibson to Intrepid Radio!  He recently joined us to discuss his book The 4 Lenses of Innovation – A Power Tool for Creative Thinking, which provides a framework (or power tool) that every organization can use to systematically create innovative products and solutions. Rowan Gibson is widely recognized as […] The post Rowan Gibson: The 4 Lenses of Innovation appeared first on .

Joined on the show today by Guy Kawasaki, best-selling author, speaker, and currently the Chief Evangelist for Canva. He joins us today to talk about two recent books of his, The Art of Social Media, and the Art of the Start 2.0. Today’s episode is made possible by mRelevance! Guy is the chief evangelist of […] The post Guy Kawasaki: The Art of Social Media appeared first on .

A distinct pleasure to welcome Martha Pease to the show! Martha is a regular CNN contributor, the CEO of DemandWerks, and the author of a new book called Think Round: How to Own the Future by Focusing 100% of Your Company on Customers and Consumers 100% of the time. Some notes from the discussion: Why […] The post Martha Pease: Using empathy to become consumer-accountable appeared first on .

Joined on the show today by Laurie Sudbrink, the president and founder of Unlimited Coaching Solutions, and the author of Leading with GRIT: Inspiring Action and Accountability with Generosity, Respect, Integrity, and Truth. “If we look at the happiest, most successful people and companies, they’re those that have a positive attitude about continuously improving. It’s […] The post Laurie Sudbrink: Authentic leadership, with GRIT appeared first on .

Joined on the show today by Tim Keiningham, author of The Wallet Allocation Rule. Today’s key discussion points: 1) Firms are obsessed with their customer satisfaction and Net Promoter Score levels, but you say this is a recipe for disaster. Why? 2) Give me a real world example of where this went wrong? 3) What […] The post Tim Keiningham: The Wallet Allocation Rule appeared first on .

A pleasure to welcome back Mark Schaefer to the show! Mark is a college educator, consultant, speaker, and best-selling author of five books. He joins me today to discuss his latest book, The Content Code: Six Essential Strategies to Ignite your Content, your Marketing, and your Business. Notes from today’s discussion: 1. “This is the […] The post Mark Schaefer: Cracking the content code appeared first on .

A real pleasure to spend some time with David Allen, best-selling author of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity. David joins me to discuss the new edition of the business classic. You can click here to learn more about David Allen. Discussion guide from today’s conversation: 1. Why did you need to do […] The post David Allen: Getting Things Done in 2015! appeared first on .

  More than 70% of Americans hate their jobs, and here’s what most will do about it this year: NOTHING. New York Times best-selling author Jon Acuff tackles the issue in his new book DO OVER: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work and Never Get Stuck. Here is your guide to making a big career change–voluntarily […] The post Jon Acuff and the Savings Account to Survive Your Career Do Over (it’s not measured in dollars) appeared first on .

Today we present Episode 7, and the conclusion, of our popular intrepidNOW series, Leadership on the Ground. I am joined by my co-host Erica Peitler, where we continue our conversation about a new way to approach leadership development. Everything you think you know about leadership, is about to be turned upside down… Discussion Guide from […] The post Episode Seven – Creating your action agenda appeared first on .

Today we present Episode 6 of our popular intrepidNOW series, Leadership on the Ground. I am joined by my co-host Erica Peitler, where we continue our conversation about a new way to approach leadership development. Everything you think you know about leadership, is about to be turned upside down… Discussion Guide from today’s episode: 1. […] The post Episode Six – Only true leaders are facilitators of progress. Are you? appeared first on .