In Episode 7 we speak with Pitching expert Peter Hopwood and answer the question “What’s the Future of … Pitching for Success?”

Peter is a communications and presence coach, public speaking and pitch trainer and conference host.

We spoke with Peter from Croatia where he lives and works.

We discussed a range of topics relevant to companies of any size including:

• Getting people curious about your business
• Simple tricks for networking events
• How to stand out
• Mistakes people make when pitching
• Why the first 60 seconds is key
• The worst pitch ever
• Show you care what you're talking about
• Think about your style and tone
• Getting your nerves under control
• Owning the pause
• How being different gets you noticed
• Channelling Don Draper from Mad Men
• The importance of rehearsals
• Three things you can do next week
• Why should people listen to you?
• Think about your "sexy secret"
• Find out more about Peter

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In Episode 6 we speak with the CEO of Integral Communications Group Ethan McCarty  and answer the question “What’s the Future of … Employee Communication?”

A former journalist, Ethan joined IBM in early 2000 to manage the web presence for IBM’s $6 billion a year research division, he also co-authored their groundbreaking blogging guidelines, launched IBM’s intranet podcasting platform and worked on IBM’s award-winning annual report to shareholders.

He is now the CEO of Integral Communications Group, a consulting firm specializing in employee activation, as well as a masters-level lecturer on digital media and employee communications for Columbia University.

We spoke to Ethan from New York where he lives and works.

We discussed a range of topics relevant to companies of any size including:

• Why Ethan started an employee activation company
• Internal vs External communications
• Harnessing your external network
• Employee Advocacy beyond: "Please retweet this"
• How do you measure employee engagement?
• Helping attract new talent to the firm
• Using communication as a recruitment tool
• How do you "activate" employees?
• Stop "interruption messaging"
• Culture and purpose
• Personal brand vs company brand
• Renting your brand to an organisation
• Eminence vs advocacy
• Showing up with your network
• Design your value proposition to be network permeable
• Getting your digital tools ready
• What 3 things can you do next week to start an employee engagement program?
• 1. Start talking with employees
• 2. Reinspect the measures of our work
• 3. Inspect your practice of iteration
• The Agile Manifesto

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In Episode 5 we speak with Digital Strategist Tiffany St James and answer the question “What’s the Future of … Digital Transformation?”

Tiffany is the former Head of Public Participation for the UK Government and an Executive Director of the British Interactive Media Association.

She embeds digital and social media capability into national and international organisations and governments, and speaks worldwide on social media, digital strategy, women in tech and tech innovation.

We discussed a range of topics relevant to companies of any size including:

• Digital Transformation in the UK Government
• What would you do differently?
• Digital Transformation with people
• How do you transform a large corporate?
• Changing the physical interior of a business
• Being "digitally curious"
• Instilling play into corporate education
• Developing your problem solving muscle
• Using escape rooms to aid problem solving
• "Corporate adventuring" to find out information
• Running a "corporate fire drill"
• Use Corporate Venturing to solve problems
• The Two Tribes in every organisation
• Organising a Hackathon
• Be careful not to over-serve young leaders
• What can the board teach young people?
• Hackathons to create cultural change
• Digital Diversity
• Digital Maturity
• The digital talent crisis
• Getting people studying the right subjects
• Get involved with local schools & unis
• Studying a 2nd language - coding
• Learning how to learn
• What is Employee Experience (EX)?
• Wellness in corporates - a fresh look
• Quantified Workers
• More productive employees take breaks together
• Women in innovation
• Diversity of Thought
• Three things for next week

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In Episode 4 we speak with Dom Price, Work Futurist at Australian Unicorn Atlassian and answer the question “What’s the Future of … Work?”

This special episode was recorded live in front of an audience at Australia House in London during Tech Week, hosted by The Australia United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce where we discussed a range of topics relevant to companies of any size including:

• The culture at Atlassian
• Place, products, purpose, people
• When AI evolves, what will we be doing?
• Unlearning old ways of working
• Why Dom hates business cases
• How can you “unlearn”?
• The 4 “L’s”
  - Love
  - Longed for
  - Loathed
  - Learn
• Example of the 4L’s in practice
• Declining every meeting
• Staying up to date with latest trends
• The Atlassian scale-up story
• What would you do differently?
• How do you hire people before you need them?
• The best advice Dom ever received
• Getting better not bigger
• Creating company values
• The values interview
• Recognising excellence against values
• What makes the Australian Tech market unique?
• Learning a 2nd language - coding
• The hiring challenge in Australia
• Importing talent to amplify local talent
• Success through diversity
• You’re not going to be the next Netflix of ...
• Attracting talent beyond free lunches & ping-pong tables
• Hiring for values
• The secret sauce of Atlassian
• How to win the global war on talent
• Running a tech camp

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In Episode 3 we speak with James Poulter, the co-founder of Voice Agency Vixen Labs and answer the question “What’s the Future of … Voice?”.

In this show, we covered a range of topics including:

• Why James started podcasting back in 2007
• Key learnings from being an early podcaster
• How the next generation will interact with computers using voice
• How smart speakers will drive the growth of all voice services
• Is there a voice “killer app” yet?
• What will Google Duplex do for voice?
• Building empathy into voice services
• The science of voice phrasing for success
• The notion of a “brand tone of voice”
• Predictions for voice in the next 18 months?
• The possibility for dedicated voice departments
• Ambient listening - what is it and what are the implications?
• How voice is growing thanks to “screen fatigue”
• The rise of voice + AR
• Voice in the enterprise
• Privacy vs utility - crossing the “privacy chasm”
• Three things listeners can do next week to experiment with voice

More about James

Twitter: @JamesPoulter
Company: vixenlabs.co
Voice 2 Community

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In Episode 2 we speak with Minter Dial about the future of AI and Ethics and answer the question “What’s the Future of … AI & Ethics?”.

In this show we covered a range of topics:

• What is "Heartificial empathy"?
• The need for empathy in business
• Can we create empathy in a machine?
• Feeling vs cognitive empathy
• Ethics in AI
• Avoiding conscious bias
• How can we learn to be more empathetic?
• The case for reading great novels
• Empathy as a key competitive advantage
• The rise of the "Empathy Index"
• 3 Practical tips for next week

More about Minter

Twitter: @mdial
Blog: minterdial.com
Podcast: minterdial.com/podcast
FutureProof book
HeartificalEmpathy book
The Last Ring Home book

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In the 1st episode of the Actionable Futurist® Podcast, we spoke with Impacttologist Martin Brooks and answered the question “What’s the Future of Communication?”.

In this show we covered a range of topics:

• What is an Impacttologist and who would hire one?
• What levers can you pull to make you a better communicator and maximise your impact?
• How we communicate in a world without face-to-face communication (eg messaging apps, Skype etc)?
• Tips to become a better presenter
• Tips to communicate more effectively in conference calls
• How persuaders are irreplaceable and how those with these skills will transcend the threats from AI
• 3 Suggestions for next week
• What’s been the greatest technology threat/opportunity for your business?

More about Martin

Twitter: @ImpactTologist
LinkedIn: Martin Brooks
Video interview with Martin

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