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Alex Clark's Kickstarter Game - make sure to get it: https://www.sugarheist.com  Alex Clark is a comedian, animator, and Youtuber most known for his self-titled animated youtube channel “It’s Alex Clark” where he has amassed 4.2 million subscribers.  He’s a Streamy nominee, and a 4 time People’s Choice Award winner.  The Chicago Tribune said “his viral videos are funny”  and the Huffington Post called him “brilliant”.  You can see him live on his nationwide tour.    

0:11 - Introduction & Starting Youtube Career and Education Years 10:05 - Thoughts on Filming, Film School and the Industry 16:06 - Graduating from Film School & Internship at Comedy Central 21:35 - Moving to LA and First Gigs and Adapting to the Entertainment Industry 33:35 - Talent Agents and Expanding Audience 43:53 - Switching into Animations (Infrastructure and Tools) 51:36 - Creating a Game - Working with Friend and the Strategy for the Physical Product 1:03:20 - Interacting with Your Audience and Engagement 1:11:39 - Creating Content for Youtube - Live videos vs. Animations, Series, Scripting & Going Viral 1:22:01 - Working with a Team, Mentoring and Delegating Tasks 1:26:04 - Learning Lessons From Growing Youtube Channel and Next Steps 1:33:10 - Books to Read & Last Tips and Thoughts

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Daniela has worked with Fortune 500 companies in 3 distinct industries, celebrating brands she loves, elevating diverse teams, and shaping the future of global organizations. She is an experienced senior business leader who has built her career around driving revenue and profits for some of the best-known consumer brands in the world – Nike, Converse, Milka, Toblerone, Wella.  

She serves as Managing Director of Converse, across 11 countries in Europe. Sneaker brand Converse and its iconic Chuck Taylor shoe have adorned feet around the world for over a century.  

As co-chair of the Women Network at Nike EMEA, her goal is to break down the barriers that prevent so many women, from reaching their full potential. She believes in the power of diversity to unlock growth, innovation agility, and a better world.

0:26 - Introduction & Management and Coaching in Corporate World 14:19 - Culture of Converse and Connection with Nike Inc. 18:56 - Previous Experiences and Switching into New Functions 28:20 - Strategic Partnership Function & Procurement Barrier 38:15 - Moving to a New Country and Finding New Opportunities 46:40 - How to Balance Family Life and Working Abroad 58:13 - Speaking Multiple Languages in the Household and Being a World Citizen 1:04:24 - How to Get Headhunted, Onboarding and Working with a High-Level team 1:20:30 - Next Steps in Nike - Growing Your Management Area  and Responsibilities 1:29:05 - Thoughts on Women in Tech, Inclusion and Glass Ceiling 1:36:39 - Effective Parenting and Having a Nanny 1:46:19 - Creating and Growing Women Network and Initiatives within Nike 2:01:40 - Transition into Digitalizing and Remote Working and dealing with Lockdown 2:11:41 - Books to Read & Last Tips and Thoughts

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00:17 Ynzo’s introduction to Tony’s 07:55 Laying the HR Principles 13:00 Tony’s Chocolonely’s mission 20:51 Changes within the company 25:30 Team and Impact  35:25 Becoming a global brand 41:05 Tony’s documentary and becoming a Serious Friend 44:30 Adapting to the pandemic and supporting others 01:03:00 Social Innovation and Tony’s Unlimited 01:06:40 Meeting the farmers and being a fair-trade company 01:17:07 Keeping Serious Friends engaged 01:25:00 Telling your story and building your audience 01:29:08 Last tips and closing  

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Floris van de Klashorst (formerly VW group) lead a global organization in Volkswagen Group focusing on digital transformation, solutions, and products for all brands in the group ranging from Self Driving Systems, Cloud-based Digital Platforms, Connectivity, OTA and SW platforms.

Prior to joining VW Group, Floris was VP Connected Services & Mobility Services at the Renault-Nissan Alliance in Paris, where he build the group-wide cloud-based connected services platform.

From 2010 to 2015 Floris was at HERE, leading the Automotive Group, building award-winning embedded and mobile-based connected services, infotainment and navigation solutions, deployed to car manufacturers around the world.

Floris joined Nokia In 2000, leading mobile services sales and consulting activities across Western Europe for Nokia Networks. After that, he was a global account director for T-Mobile for Nokia smartphones. From 2005 to 2009 he was based in New York, most recently heading the Nokia Media Network working with hundreds of publishers worldwide, before which he led Nokia Music Service strategy and business development.

Prior to joining Nokia, Floris managed his own telecom and Internet consultancy firm with a focus on communication and eCommerce services for the events and telecom industry. His other experience includes roles at Ericsson working on the emergence of mobile networks and telecommunications and before that, managing international consortia for the development of space systems, working with NASA and European Space Agency programs.

Floris holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Delft with specializations in Man-Machine Interfaces, Robotics, and Business.

When not at work, Floris enjoys historic cars, sailing, and other outdoor activities.

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 00:14 Introduction & Start in Innovation 11:50 Career in an engineering consultancy company  17:48 Becoming an entrepreneur in the Telecom industry 24:36 Moving on to Nokia and music distribution industry in US 39:00 Nokia becoming less relevant 49:06 Starting a new Nokia division in Europe: Nokia Location and Commerce 01:04:00 Starting from scratch for the Automobile Alliance  01:08:20 Switch to Volkswagen & The future of VW Electric cars 01:31:33 Moving back to the Netherlands &  Starting a consulting firm in innovation and digital transformation 01:33:35 The future of tech, IoT and innovations 01:38:46 The biggest learning lessons 01:42:45 Books to read & SpaceX 01:50:38 Interesting stories and closing

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Lance Allred is the first legally deaf player in NBA history, international inspirational speaker, author, and TEDx star of "What is Your Polygamy?"   Allred is deaf, with 75–80% hearing loss.  

You can find his new book "The New Alpha Male" here: 

https://www.amazon.com/New-Alpha-Male-Rules-Changing/dp/1683643763

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00:20 Introduction 

03:27 Getting engagements for motivational speaking 

14:24 Online and offline trend of events  

16:48 Keeping the audience engaged during motivational speaking 

23:10 Personal development journey & Teacher and victim archetypes 

38:10 Accountability-first principle of perseverance 

43:42: Leadership positions 

51:47 Two different types of failure 

56:00 Learning from failure, fear and taking risks  

01:05:00 Beyond the stats in basketball &  Transparency in teams 

01:15:04 Applying values to motivational speaking 

01:17:18 The meaning of leadership  

01:22:17 Pressure during games 

01:29:06 Becoming an NBA player 

01:42:10 Dealing with negative thoughts  

01:52:46 Innovating during the pandemic    

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02:10 History of the family business 

06:50 Old and new methods of doing business 

09:58 Family business & work limitations 

14:15 The rights of the distributors & How to get a distributor 

18:16 Why not go completely online with ASICS? 

21:23 Career at Life Fitness 

23:09 Biggest Learning lesson at Life Fitness 

24:27 Criteria to hiring people at ASICS 

24:50 Defining your company culture 

26:30 Match candidates with the team 

33:34 Starting at ASICS 

37:45 Maximising the knowledge of employees 

40:55 What to look for in your team 

41:43 Avoiding employee job hopping 

46:54 Acceleration program with ASICS 

58:19 Closing and the biggest lesson of the Acceleration Program

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01:50 - Introduction and being Head of Innovation at Vueling 03:51 - Resiliency in Spain 09:10 - Taking risks and learning from mistakes 15:45 - Being rebellious in a hierarchical company & Founding your own company 18:10 - Winning two Innovation Awards at KLM 46:52 - Education, internship and first job 51:30 - Starting at KLM & First leadership role 56:12 - Leadership philosophy 01:00:00 - Being a female leader 01:08:57 - Creating your own job position at KLM 01:13:50 - Recruited by Vueling and Chanel 01:22:27 - Leaving Vueling  01:26:00 - Bonding with your team 01:32:28 - Being form a small town 01:38:15 - Exploring other opportunities & closing advises for start-ups and scale-ups

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