Maverick Wisdom Podcast

Fern Adria Gastromic hero, pioneer and illustriously great chef.

Ferran’s culinary empire stems around the world, blessing each location with boundary-pushing, gastronomic phenomena that leave its guests dumb-struck and in love. Most popular is the now defunct elBulli, which was voted The World’s Best Restaurant five times in a row from 2002 to 2009, with over 2 million reservation requests every year.

Experimenting with ingredients, flavours and techniques, chef Adrià’s culinary career began in a renovated beach shack in Spain, pioneering Molecular Gastronomy. In 1984, upon joining the kitchen staff at ElBulli as a line cook, Ferran was nominated Head Chef only to make it one of the most sought after restaurants showcasing avant-garde cuisine.

Today, chef Adrià writes cookbooks, teaches and lectures on cooking, stars in culinary programs and has launched LaBullipedia, a type of culinary Wikipedia and heads up the Elbulli Foundation.

Debbie Landa is CEO of Dealmaker Media a media company and a network of innovators who see the opportunities in building relationships and sharing information about trends and the future. From early-stage startups with an eye for disruption, to some of the most influential companies in the world. She is also an Investor in both Upside Partnership a true seed-stage investment firm building a portfolio of purpose-built founders creating high potential companies and Buddybuild world's first mobile iteration platform for iOS and Android. Debbie is also General Manager & Executive Producer of the Grow Conference – about the future of innovation, growth and entrepreneurship and General Manager and & Executive Producer of Under the Radar Conference, Silicon Valley’s most effective showcase and business development conference.

David Chan is Commercial Director of the Drucker Society London and

Director, Information Leadership Network at Cass Business School

As part of a team that created the DSL, I have assumed executive responsibility for commercial activities including revenue generation, sponsorships etc. The Drucker Society London is an affiliate of the Drucker Society Europe, dedicated to putting into action what we have learned from the work of Peter Drucker about management and leadership for the benefit of society as a whole.

Chris is Founder of a movement called The Art of Conformity He is a writer, entrepreneur, and world traveller. Over the past five years he has visited every country in the world (193/193), documenting the quest on his blog. His recent books, The Happiness of Pursuit and The $100 Startup, were New York Times bestsellers. His most recent book is Born for This. Chris produces and hosts the World Domination Summit (WDS), www. WorldDominationSummit.com.a gathering of thousands of remarkable people that takes place each summer in Portland.

Chris Barez Brown is Founder of Upping Your Elvis, an Author, Speaker, Capability Maker, Improving Business Folk's Creative Leadership

Chris’s life mission is to re-awaken our minds, take people off auto-pilot and engage them in their everyday working lives. In high demand around the globe, he has spoken on every continent and to all types of audiences from intimate conferences to large scale events. The author of three books and therefore rich in content, Chris loves to shake things up with lots of interaction, energy and hard hitting messages that can easily be incorporated into business and life. Human, simple, entertaining yet provocative; guaranteed to leave audiences inspired and buzzing with creative.

Charles Day helps leaders and their organizations to unlock the economic power of creativity. He works with many of the world's most disruptive companies - from global brands to entrepreneurs - and he is an executive coach to some of the world's most celebrated creative leaders. Charles is an Adjunct Professor at New York’s Columbia University, where he teaches the art and science of building companies that unlock 'Profitable Creativity'.

Brendan Murray is Catalyst Opportunity Development Strategist, a senior member of the Catlysts Department at Shell Oil. In addition Dr Murray is often asked to work closely with joint venture partners and select global customers. In his 22 years at Shell he has been involved in a number of commercial developments in the petrochemical and refiniing fields. His most important contributions have been in zeolite catalysis, novel catalytic processes, surfactants and difficult separations.

Boris is Founding Partner at Full Stack, an angel stage investing firm. Managing Partner at Human which improves & creates products through prototypes, business design, and interaction research. And is an advisor for Mobify and PROXXI Industrial Wearables Inc.

Amal Graafstra, Founder of Dangerous Things www.dangerousthings.com He is pioneer of the DIY RFID implantation movement, Amal has been helping hobbyists and biohackers explore RFID technology since implanting his first tag in 2005. Since then, he has authored the book RFID Toys, spoken at various venues including hacker clubs, TEDx, and a number of universities. He has also co-authored a peer reviewed research paper on the subject of DIY RFID implantee subculture for the ISTAS 2010 symposium on technology and society.

Alex is Co Founder of Intelligent Change Luxy Hair Five Minute Journal and Productivity Planner. He also runs Dreamers & Creators, a creative agency that allows me to pursue and work on new business ideas. He is fortunate enough to share all of my entrepreneurial and life activities with my lovely wife and business partner, Mimi Ikonn. They together are also angel investors and have invested in great companies like Calm, Shyp, Sprig, Tradesy, and others.