Ideas with Adam Smith

In this episode, I talk with Ron Carucci about his business journey, leadership, his book, Rising to Power: The Journey of Exceptional Executives, and much more. You can also watch his TED Talk, “How to be more powerful than powerless”, by clicking here.

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In this episode, I talk with Anthony Metivier about his Magnetic Memory Method, the power of self-talk, and we even do a memory exercise. This could be a game changer if you feel you have a poor memory. I learned a lot, and I hope you do too. You can take a listen to our conversation below:

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In this episode, I talk with Terry Weaver about what makes Disney great, his experiences with coaching and consulting, and his new book, Making Elephants Fly. I appreciate my friendship with Terry, and enjoyed where our conversation took us. In fact, it’s my longest interview for the show so far.

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In this episode, I talk with Todd Henry about writing books, all things creativity, and his brand new book, Herding Tigers. (One of my favorite books of all time is his book, Die Empty.) I really enjoyed our talk because I have respected his work for years and it’s refreshing to hear how he sees the world and his thoughts on ideas that I care about. You can listen to our conversation below:

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In this episode, I talk with David Burkus about his books, The Myths of Creativity, Under New Management, and Friend of a Friend. We also talk about his TED talk with over 1.8 million views, “Why you should know how much your coworkers get paid“.

Yes, we cover a lot, but I’ve been thinking about talking to him for about ten years now, so I had a lot to ask. You can listen to our conversation below:

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In this episode, I talk with Jeff McManus about his book, Growing Weeders Into Leaders: Leadership Lessons from the Ground Level, the leadership lessons he has learned from leading a team at Ole Miss, and much more. You can listen to our conversation about leadership below:

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In this episode, I talk to Jeffrey Shaw about his upcoming book, LINGO. Jeff is the host of the podcast, Creative Warriors, a keynote speaker, and a business coach for entrepreneurs. (He also put together some terrific free resources, which you can find here.) I really got a lot from this one and I hope you do, too. You can listen to our conversation below:

Did you get any new ideas from this episode? Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment section.

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On this episode of “Ideas”, I have one of the smartest guys I know, Glenn Brooke, on to talk about leadership, mistakes, writing, and much more. You know him from his published articles on my website, but I wanted to also have him on the show so you could hear his views on leadership. You can listen to our conversation below:

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In this episode of “Ideas”, I talk with Dorie Clark about her new book, Entrepreneurial You. We also discuss her journey, which includes stand-up comedy, journalism, working on a Presidential campaign, becoming an author and professional speaker, and building eight different revenue streams along the way. She is someone who knows a lot about diversification and other areas of entrepreneurship, so I wanted her to share some of her insight here on the show, and wow did she deliver. You can listen to our discussion below:

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