Future Squared with Steve Glaveski

Omar Zenhom attended Wharton business school and dropped out in frustration to build The $100 MBA. Previously an educator & university manager for 13 years, the $100MBA organisation is on a mission to revolutionise business education.

Omar is also hosts the podcast of the same name which now boasts well over 800 episodes and previously won the Best of iTunes award! He is also co-founder of Webinar Ninja which he has scaled from zero to over $2.6m a year (as of mid-2016, I elude to this probably being much more today during the show) without raising a single dollar of funding, which I think a lot of startups can learn a huge lesson from.

 

Topics Covered:

- Omar’s love for 80’s music

- Is a traditional MBA worth it or is it just a time machine?

- Drawing on Omar's 13 years in academia and the challenges facing today's fundamentally broken education system

- How talent and great ideas don't come close to guaranteeing success in entrepreneurship and how it's all about implementation and resilience

- How to dig yourself out of rough patches and what entrepreneurs call the 'trough of despair'

- The importance of having a supportive partner and wider circle of influence

- Whether immigrants and their children make great entrepreneurs

- The $100MBA and Webinar Ninja

- Omar's Podcast

- Building a startup without sourcing funding and how funding can be both a blessing at times, but more often than not for early stage entrepreneurs, a curse

- Why it's important to get a taste for every job in your company before outsourcing or delegating it

 

Show Notes:

1) The $100 MBA website - 100mba.net

2) The $100 MBA podcast - 100mba.net/show

3) Webinar Ninja - webinarninja.co

4) Omar on Twitter: twitter.com/theomarzenhom

 

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Listen on iTunes: goo.gl/sMnEa0 Listen on Stitcher: goo.gl/OqEVCy Feedback… when was the last time you asked of objective, honest and critical feedback? I’m not just talking about those mandated and ineffective annual performance reviews, I’m talking about ongoing feedback from not just people above you in the food chain, but your peers and people who report to you. The human brain can only consciously process something like 120 bits of information, yet at any given moment we are surrounded by several million bits of information which we can only ever process subconsciously. As such, our perceptions of the world are shaped by how we choose to see them, and often, our perceptions of ourselves too. In this episode of Fast Fix Friday, I talk feedback, and why you should be getting it often. If you've got any questions on this podcast feel free to send an email to [email protected] or tweet me on Twitter @steveglaveski Like us? It'd make our day if you took 1 minute to show some love on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud by subscribing and giving us a 5 star rating. To sign up to our mailing list head to www.futuresquared.xyz For more information on Collective Campus, our innovation hub, school and consultancy based in Melbourne, Australia, check out www.collectivecamp.us

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Mark Robert Waldman is the neuroscience researcher and creator of NeuroWisdom 101. His national bestseller How God Changes Your Brain was chosen by Oprah Winfrey as one of her “must read” books of 2012. A leading expert on spirituality, communication, and the brain, Mark is on the Executive MBA faculty at Loyola Marymount University.

The author of 14 books, Mark’s in-depth research has been published in neuroscience and psychology journals throughout the world and his work has been featured in Time Magazine, the Washington Post, the New York Times, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and “O”, The Oprah Magazine.

He has appeared on hundreds of radio and television programs, including PBS and NPR, and his TEDx Talk has been viewed by more than 100,000 people.

Mark travels throughout the world teaching mindfulness and Neuroleadership strategies to colleges, corporations, and philanthropic organizations.

 

Topics Covered:

• Maintaining mindfulness throughout your whole day
• Neurolinguistic programming (NLP)
• Mindfulness techniques (we practice these during the episode)
• Relaxation & mindfulness in the business community
• Brain training strategies (60 second strategies)
• Meditative states-
• The power of daydreaming
• Shrinking the amygdala and our fear responses
• The Pomodoro technique
• The 8 principles of effective learning

Show Notes:

1. Mark’s website - markrobertwaldman.com/ 
2. Neurowisdom book - https://amzn.to/2Ot1u3S
3. Words Can Change Your Brain book - https://amzn.to/2xkDhWf
4. Twitter: @MarkRWaldman

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Listen on iTunes: goo.gl/sMnEa0 Listen on Stitcher: goo.gl/OqEVCy When I say entrepreneurship in 2017, what comes to mind? Emerging technologies, youthful exuberance, risk taking and social media platforms perhaps. Government rarely comes to mind. However, if it wasn’t for the US Government then you mightn’t be connecting with people via Facebook, searching for information via Google or read articles like this on your Apple iPad. In this episode, I explore what's currently broken when it comes to Government startup engagement and some key things it could be doing to facilitate innovation instead of just regulate it. If you've got any questions on this podcast feel free to send an email to [email protected] or tweet me on Twitter @steveglaveski Like us? It'd make our day if you took 1 minute to show some love on iTunes, Stitcher or Soundcloud by subscribing and giving us a 5 star rating. To sign up to our mailing list head to www.futuresquared.xyz For more information on Collective Campus, our innovation hub, school and consultancy based in Melbourne, Australia, check out www.collectivecamp.us

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Tim Harford returns to part 2 of our chat inspired by his new book Messy which explores the connection between chaos and creativity.

Tim is an economist, journalist and broadcaster. He is author of “Messy” and the million-selling “The Undercover Economist”, a senior columnist at the Financial Times, and the presenter of Radio 4’s “More or Less”. Tim has spoken at TED, PopTech and the Sydney Opera House and is a visiting fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. He was Economics Commentator of the Year 2014, winner of the Royal Statistical Society journalistic excellence award 2015, won the Society of Business Economists writing prize 2014-15, and the Bastiat Prize for economic journalism in 2006 and 2016.

Topics Covered:- 50 Things that made the modern economy- Double Entry Bookkeeping with Leonardo Da Vinci- Clean desk policies - Activity based working and open plan offices- The digital equivalent to piles of paper- MIT's Building 20- Diversity in friendship groups at different size universities and class sizes

Show Notes:

1) Tim’s Website - timharford.com/

‍2) Tim’s Podcast: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3…episodes/downloads 

3) Tim’s books:

• Messy: https://amzn.to/2xz6YTh

• The Undercover Economist Strikes Back: https://amzn.to/2MJBEah

• Adapt: https://amzn.to/2xx4GnR

 

 

4) Alex Haslam - Research on office spaces - www.nature.com/scientificamerica…nmind0910-30.html

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Belief has underpinned mankind’s greatest achievements...Whether it was sending a man to the moon, getting a plane in the air or conquering Mount Evert, it all started with belief.

Your belief underpins your behaviour which in turn determines your results.

Hear how to re-write your self limiting beliefs with new ones in order to live a more fulfilling and rewarding life.

Show Notes:

1) TonyRobbins.com

2) Get the book "Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement": https://amzn.to/2xy7MrP

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Alec Ross is one of America’s leading experts on innovation. He is currently a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Johns Hopkins University and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Industries of the Future. The Industries of the Future explores the technological and economic trends and developments that will shape the next ten years, from cybersecurity and big data to the commercialization of genomics to the code-ification of money, markets and trust.

Alec Ross recently served for four year as Senior Advisor for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a role created for him by Secretary Clinton to maximize the potential of technology and innovation in service of America’s diplomatic agenda. In this role, Alec acted as the diplomatic lead on a range of issues including cybersecurity, Internet Freedom, disaster response and the use of network technologies in conflict zones.

Previously, Alec served as the Convener for the Technology, Media & Telecommunications Policy Committee on Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and served on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team.

Alec has received countless accolades including Oxford University’s Internet & Society Award, Forbes top 10 technology reads of 2016, the US Department of State’s Distinguished Honour Award, Huffington Posts’ 10 Game Changers in Politics award and the Tribeca Film Festival Disruptive Innovation award.

 

Topics discussed:

- The industries of the future 

- What opportunities leaders, entrepreneurs and individuals should explore in the next 10 years

- Alec’s career trajectory: from "cleaning up whiskey smelling puke" to advising Barack Obama

- Why Alec thinks "Donald Trump is an idiot" and immigration reform

- The role that Governments should play to accelerate innovation, not stifle it 

- The education system and what has to change- The Baltimore School System 

- The growing gap between productivity and the labor force

- The skills deficit behind angst in middle America and the Rust Belt

- Exclusive globalisation

- Automation of both white collar and blue collar jobs

- Universal basic income

- AI: is Skynet a threat?

- What happens when the majority of our jobs are automated?

- The relationship between human longevity and its affect on innovation

 

Show Notes:

1) Alec’s Website: alecross.com

2)Alec on Facebook: facebook.com/Alec.Ross1234/

3) Alec on Twitter: twitter.com/AlecJRoss

4) Alec’s book: https://amzn.to/2NXYJug

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As human beings we are hard-wired to the fight or flight response - we move towards that which will bring us joy and away from that which will bring us pain.

These instincts trace their origins back to a time when we were hunter-gatherers, a time when we were at one with the wild and had to watch our every step in order to simply survive.

But times have changed and instead of running from predators, we're running from rejection.

Hear why you should make friends with no.

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Jamie Wheal is Executive Director of Flow Genome Project which he heads up alongside Steven Kotler, who you might know from books such as The Rise of Superman and Abundance, co-written with Peter Diamandis.

Jamie is a leading expert on the neuro-physiology of human performance. His work ranges from Fortune 500 companies like Cisco, Google, and Nike, to the U.S. Naval War College and Red Bull. He combines a background in expeditionary leadership, wilderness medicine and surf rescue, with over a decade advising high-growth companies on strategy, execution and leadership. He speaks to diverse and high-performing communities such as Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), Summit Series, and MaiTai Global on the intersection of science and high performance.

At the Flow Genome Project, he leads a team of the world’s top scientists, athletes and artists dedicated to mapping the genome of the peak-performance state known as Flow.

Jamie and Steven have co-penned their new book Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work, out next month. The book explores four years investigating the leading edges of this revolution—from the home of SEAL Team Six to the Googleplex, the Burning Man festival, Richard Branson’s Necker Island, Red Bull’s training center, Nike’s innovation team, and the United Nations’ Headquarters. And what they learned was stunning: In their own ways, with differing languages, techniques, and applications, every one of these groups has been quietly seeking the same thing: the boost in information and inspiration that altered states provide.

Listeners will know I’m a big believer in the power of flow and a huge fan of co-author Steven Kotler’s earlier work, The Rise of Superman - and if you haven’t listened to it already, check out episode #15 on how flow can help you increase productivity by 500%.

This episode was jam packed with value bombs. Learn how to find your optimal creative state using everything from exercise and meditation to micro-dosing on LSD and hallucinogens!

 

Topics Covered:

- What is flow

- The neuroscience of flow, meditative, psychedelic and peak sexual states

- What inhibits you from getting into your optimal creative state

- Why brainstorming and all-nighters don't really work

- Anandamide: the creativity molecule, why you need it to be creative and how to increase your production of it

- Why the human mind only consciously processes 0.002% of its surroundings and how to tap into the other 99.998%

- Micro-dosing on psychedelics and hallucinogens

- How to create the optimal creative environment for your team

- Is biohacking worth it?

- Spiritual materialism

- Getting back into the flow state after being interrupted

- Priming practices to optimise your morning and day

 

Show Notes:

1) Flow Genome Project: flowgenomeproject.com

2) Flow Genome Project Facebook Page: facebook.com/Flowgenome

3) Stealing Fire website: stealingfirebook.com

4) Stealing Fire on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2NSSg3S

 

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This Sunday we’ll be bringing you an interview with Jamie Wheal, co-founder of The Flow Genome Project, alongside Steven Kotler who wrote some books I’m sure many of the listeners of this show will know such as The Rise Of Superman and of course Abundance, which was co-written with Dr Peter Diamandis who will also be on the show in coming weeks.

We talked about all of the weird and wonderful things that people do to get them into an optimal state including biohacking and one underlying theme that emerged from this conversation was that we should never confuse a means to an end with being an end in itself, which is a trap that can be easy to fall into.

In this episode of Fast Fix Friday, I explore this topic and leave you with a question to ponder before you head off for the weekend.

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