Innova.buzz

Our guest in this episode is Dr. Barbara Doran, who specialises in identifying creative opportunities that respond to complex challenges and putting them into action. She teaches a multi-award winning Bachelor of Creative Intelligence course at the University of Technology, Sydney. This post comes after having worked as a Senior Lecturer for Australia’s leading performing arts conservatoire, National Institute of Dramatic Arts, with prior positions at The University of New South Wales and Western Sydney University.

In our conversation Barbara talked to me about

• Why creativity and art are not the same thing;
• How creativity is actually an intrinsic trait of being alive;
• How to awaken the creative spark inside and tap into our creativity by using all our senses.

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Our guest in this episode is Tyler Foley, an accomplished film and stage performer and veteran podcast guest with over 300 appearances on episodes with topics ranging from leadership to safety, to overcoming adversity. He is the author of the #1 best-selling book The Power to Speak Naked and the Managing Director of Total Buy In where he works with executives and CEOs, helping them show up powerfully behind the mic to gain the exposure they need.

In our conversation Tyler talked to me about

• The importance of reframing our approach to public speaking to focus on what we can give the audience rather than worrying about how we will be perceived;
• How the audience is on our side, as they are there to learn from us, and they are expecting us to do well;
• Identifying stories we can use to tell and how to tell them in an engaging way.

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Our guest in this episode is Beate Chelette the Growth Architect and Founder of The Women’s Code who provides visionaries and leaders with strategies that grow their authority so that they can scale their impact.

Beate is also host of the Business Growth Architect Show and author of the #1 International Award-Winning Amazon Bestseller “Happy Woman Happy World – How to Go from Overwhelmed to Awesome”– a book that corporate trainer and best-selling author Brian Tracy calls “a handbook for every woman who wants health, success and a fulfilling career.”

In our conversation, Beate talked to me about:

• The cadence of growing, building and scaling a business, starting with a foundation and structure which gives you freedom;
• Identifying a clear customer journey with multiple touch points that can provide smaller products for different customers;
• Pitching to podcast hosts in a way that provides value and makes it easy for them.

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Our guest in this episode is Brandon Leibowitz, who runs and operates SEO Optimizers, a digital marketing company that focuses on helping small and medium-sized businesses get more online traffic, which in turn converts into clients and sales.

In our conversation Brandon talked to me about

• Why backlinks are important to your search engine ranking and how quality is more important than quantity;
• The best way to organically generate backlinks is to publish articles in relevant, high quality publications;
• Social media posts have little impact on SEO rankings, but are important to build trust with your target audience.

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Our guest in this episode is Richard Medcalf, executive coach & leadership consultant to exceptional founders & CEOs and their leadership teams. He's the founder of XQuadrant and host of the Impact Multiplier CEO Podcast.

His clients are elite performers who've already achieved incredible things, and still have the ambition to 10x their impact and influence and achieve something that seems impossible right now. That can involve 1:1 coaching, taking the leadership team to its next level, or scaling high-performance culture throughout the business.

Richard previously appeared on InnovaBuzz Ep 480, and has since written a new book "Making TIME for Strategy: How to be less busy and more successful"

In our conversation on this episode, Richard talked to me about:

• Identifying the shift we can make in our mindset to multiply our impact;
• How strategic time is the key indicator of our success and how to make time for strategic thinking;
• Creating breakthroughs via creativity.

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Our guest in this episode is Brent Freeman, the Founder & President of Stealth Venture Labs and a serial entrepreneur who’s passionate about using business to generate both profits & social impact.

In 2009, Brent founded Roozt.com, an online marketplace platform for social good consumer brands which was featured in Mashable, Forbes, Huff Post, INC, The Today Show, NBC, and ABC. He was honored by Forbes as a Name You Need to Know in 2011.

Today, Brent is an angel investor, former venture capitalist, and writes for Entrepreneur and INC on startup life. He is the Founder & President at Stealth Venture Labs, has co-founded five ecommerce brands, and is the Chairman of the Board of the Bay Area chapter of the Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship that teaches entrepreneurship to inner-city kids.

In our conversation Brent talked to me about

• Finding joy in everything, even the "unenjoyable";
• How finding joy in the small things and investing in them daily creates a compounding effect of happiness over time;
• The journey as the destination and creating from a place of "white space".

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Our guest in this episode is Tatiana LaBello, CEO of LaBello LifeStyle, a lifestyle company dedicated to empower and educate others to “inner” work, creating a life by design while creating a mind, attitude and body transformation. Tatiana's passion is helping women step into their calling with clarity, confidence and courage. Tatiana has been an entrepreneur and built multiple businesses for over 30 years. As a world-renowned fitness expert, she has dedicated her life to personal growth and development and sharing her expertise, knowledge, and insight to others. She is an author of a how to book, “Step-by-Step Guide to Fitness Competition Success” and recently released her second book called “Break Through”.

In our conversation Tatiana talked to me about

• Overcoming comparison which is the killer of your calling;
• Transforming our self-talk to shape our reality;
• Recognizing our uniqueness and utilizing our talents and gifts - our superpower.

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Elle Ballard in episode 534 introduced us to Tatiana.

Our guest in this episode is Jody Glidden, the founder and CEO of Introhive. Founded in 2012, Introhive is the fastest growing B2B revenue acceleration system. The company was recently recognized by Deloitte’s Fast 50 and Fast 500 Awards programs and was named the MarTech 2020 Breakthrough Award winner for Best CRM Innovation. Jody has been involved in founding and building five companies and has successfully exited three of them.

In our conversation Jody talked to me about

• How Introhive uses data to help companies improve sales via relationships
• Why retention of existing customers should be every business' number one priority
• How to supercharge outbound marketing

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Our guest in this episode is Victoria Rader, Possibility Coach and founder of YU2SHINE. Her journey of coaching others to be successful led her to realization of the importance of subconscious programming and energy work. She received her Ph. D. in Metaphysical Studies and mastered various energy modalities and combined spiritual practices with practical applications that have been helping her clients and students to live a life of true freedom and fulfillment. She is a four times best-selling author, with her most recent book Prosper mE: the 35 Universal Laws to Make Money Work for You and founder of Free mE EFT, Quantum Freedom, and creator of Empower-mE and Master-mE apps.

In our conversation Victoria talked to me about

• The law of Kaizen Way - how tiny steps and increments done consistently, lead to huge results;
• Shifting our mindset from things happening TO us to happening FOR us, then to happening THROUGH us, which is true empowerment;
• Focusing on our golden clients.

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Our guest in this episode is Anieke Lamers, a former Venture Capital investor turned Startup Founder on a mission to make every child in the world feel special and connected to roots & loved ones. With her company Peekabond she helps global families to unlock deep bonds between children, family and loved ones at a distance through asynchronous connection with playful content inspiration such as interactive lessons, activities, games, stories, songs. She’s also host of the Peekabond podcast, interviewing parents, grandparents, fellow FamilyTech Founders and Child Development and Play experts about Connecting with young children at a distance.

In our conversation Anieke talked to me about

• First making an impact with your idea, then building a sustainable business around that idea,
• Why it's important to focus on the process of getting results, to get results,
• Surrounding yourself with people who have diverse skills, personality and aligned values.

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Alyea Sandovar in episode 409 introduced us to Anieke.