Jane McGonigal is the Director of Games Research & Development at the Institute for the Future. She is a designer of alternate reality games that challenge players to tackle real-world problems such as hunger, climate change, and poverty. Jane’s best-known work includes EVOKE, Superstruct, World Without Oil, Cruel 2 B Kind, Find the Future, [...]
Today’s guest is actor, writer, comedian, podcaster, Youtuber, social media influencer, son, husband, and father Josh Peck. Josh has held lead roles in iconic television shows, including Drake & Josh on Nickelodeon, the Disney+ series Turner & Hooch, and How I Met Your Father on Hulu. He has over 12 million followers on Instagram, [...]
Michael Hyatt has built multiple companies over the years, including a $250M book publisher as well as a leadership development consultancy called Full Focus. This organization has grown over 60% year over year for the past 4 years. It has been featured in the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies in America, and [...]
Deepa Purushothaman is a warrior, author, speaker, and co-founder of nFormation. nFormation is a community created by women of color for women of color. It’s purpose is to reimagine traditional power structures to not just help more WOC get their seat at the table but to change the way the table is formed. Prior [...]
This episode's guest is one of my heroes, Ken Blanchard. He's the author of the one and only, One Minute Manager. This book is available in over forty-five languages and has sold twenty-three million copies. Ken is also the co-founder and Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, a leading international training and consulting [...]
Keith Ferrazzi is the Chairman and Founder of Ferrazzi Greenlight, a research institute founded on behavioral science and its effects on business. He began his career as the youngest CMO at Deloitte Consulting, and then became the CMO of Starwood Hotels and Resorts. Keith currently works with Fortune 100 companies all over the world. [...]
John A. List is the Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago. He was a professor at the University of Central Florida, Arizona, and Maryland prior to joining the University of Chicago. John received his bachelor's in economics at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and his Ph.D. in [...]
Our guest today is Daniel Pink. He is a remarkable person who has changed the way many business people think, and how companies operate. He's the author of multiple award-winning books, and millions of copies have been sold of these books. His titles include When, A Whole New Mind, and his most recent, The [...]
Marc Benioff is the founder and CEO of Saleforce.com and the owner of TIME magazine. He has a net worth of over $10 billion. He and I go way back–almost 38 years to be exact. At the time, I was a software evangelist in the Macintosh Division of Apple. Marc was a student at [...]
BJ is the author of Persuasive Technology, along with the New York Times bestselling book, Tiny Habits. He founded the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University over 20 years ago. BJ has his bachelor’s and master’s degree in English from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in Communications from Stanford, where he was Philip [...]
This episode's guest is Dave Evans. He's a lecturer for the product design program at Stanford, a management consultant, and the co-founder of electronic arts. He's not the singer with AC/DC. Dave was an early Apple employee. He worked in the Lisa division on the laser printer and mouse. He left Apple to co-found [...]
I want to begin the year with an interview of the best person in the world to get us off to a remarkable start. And that person is none other than Julia Cameron. She is the author of The Artist’s Way…which has inspired more creativity than any other document except the shareholder’s reports of [...]
Nicole Paiement is a remarkable conductor who focuses on contemporary music and opera. She is the Founder and Executive Artistic Director of San Francisco’s Opera Parallèle. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts from Eastman School of Music. Nicole has served as the Artistic Director of the BluePrint Project at the San Francisco Conservatory [...]
Catherine Price is the author of The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again. She is a science journalist, speaker, author, and teacher. She is not an improv comedian…as you’ll soon hear. She helps people create a screen-life balance by setting boundaries for their devices in order to maximize creativity, productivity, and mental [...]
Maxine Bedat is the founder and director of The New Standard Institute. It collaborates with scientists and citizens to ensure that the fashion industry is ethical, equitable, and environmental. If nothing else, you will enjoy our discussion of the social responsibility benefits of becoming a nudist. And why you should drink La Croix. Actually, [...]
At age fourteen, she left high school to attend the program for the exceptionally gifted at Mary Baldwin University. As described by The New York Times, Dorie is now an expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives. Dorie has been named one of the Top Fifty Thinkers by Thinkers-Fifty and [...]
Dr. Jacqui Lewis uses her gifts as an activist, author, preacher, and theologian to advocate for racial, gender, and economic equality. Jacqui has over thirty years of ministry experience and is the first African American and the first woman to serve as a senior minister in the Collegiate Church in New York. Jacqui attended [...]
This episode's remarkable guest is Henry Gee. Henry is a renowned author, paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and senior editor of the magazine Nature. Henry earned his bachelor's degree in zoology and genetics at the University of Leeds. He later completed his Ph.D. in zoology at the University of Cambridge. His doctoral research was about the [...]
This episode's remarkable guest is Sarah Stein Greenberg. She has helped lead Stanford's Institute of design, AKA the d school. The d school enables and guides students to become innovative thinkers and achievers. As the current executive director, Sarah leads a multifaceted educational program involving twenty-five courses. These courses are taught by more than 60 [...]
Patti Sanchez is the Chief Strategy Officer at Duarte, Inc., the Silicon Valley consultancy that makes good speakers great and great speakers amazing. She helps leaders craft engaging narratives and storytelling to craft powerful and persuasive presentations. Patti has her bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from San Jose State University. She is the [...]