Welcome to episode #800 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #800 - Host: Mitch Joel. I'm not one to celebrate milestones. Still, I found myself wondering who might make for a fascinating conversation if episode number 800 ever happened. I wanted it to be someone that I know, love and respect. At the same time, I wanted it be someone that has yet to be a guest on the show. Someone who knows what it's like to toil in the long conversations over the years. There was only one choice: Debbie Millman. Debbie has been creating her own podcast since 2005. It is the first and longest running podcast about design. I do believe that Six Pixels of Separation is the longest consistently running business podcast, but I could be wrong. Debbie is a national treasure, and if you're not listening to her show, Design Matters, you really should. Named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie is also an author, educator, and curator, along with being a famed podcast host. Debbie is the author of seven books, including two collections of interviews that have extended the ethos and editorial vision of Design Matters to the printed page. Her most recent book, Why Design Matters - Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People, will be published in February 2022. She is also the co-owner and Editorial Director of PrintMag.com. Debbie co-founded the world’s first graduate program in branding at the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2010. For 20 years, Debbie was the President of Sterling Brands, one of the world’s leading branding consultancies. She arrived in 1995 when the company was two years old and had 15 employees in one office. Under her leadership, Sterling grew to 150 employees in five offices and she was instrumental in the firm’s acquisition by Omnicom in 2008. Again, we share a lot of common and parallel career tracks. Let's celebrate 800 episodes, the power of design, and what it takes to stay the course in the world of podcasting. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 1:02:22.
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• Design Matters.
• Why Design Matters - Conversations with the World’s Most Creative People.
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• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #799 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #799 - Host: Mitch Joel. Best known for his reporting on artificial intelligence, driverless cars, robotics, virtual reality, and other emerging areas, Cade Metz is a reporter with The New York Times. Previously, he was a senior staff writer with Wired magazine, the U.S. editor of The Register, PC Magazine, and other outlets. His first book is called Genius Makers - The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World. Genius Makers looks are deep questions like: What does it mean to be smart? To be human? What do we really want from life and the intelligence we have, or might create? From the back cover: "The book presents the fierce conflict among national interests, shareholder value, the pursuit of scientific knowledge, and the very human concerns about privacy, security, bias, and prejudice. Like a great Victorian novel, this world of eccentric, brilliant, often unimaginably yet suddenly wealthy characters draws you into the most profound moral questions we can ask. And like a great mystery, it presents the story and facts that lead to a core, vital question: How far will we let it go?" Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 55:01.
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• Here is my conversation with Cade Metz.
• Genius Makers - The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World.
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• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #798 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #798 - Host: Mitch Joel. Named the Top Startup Coach in the World at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards in London, Alisa Cohn has been coaching startup founders to grow into world-class CEOs for nearly twenty years. She is the author of just-published book, From Start-Up to Grown-Up. This onetime startup CFO, strategy consultant, and current angel investor and advisor has worked with Venmo, Etsy, DraftKings, The Wirecutter, Tory Burch, and more. She is the executive coach for Runway Startups – the incubator at Cornell NYC Tech that helps post-docs commercialize their technology and build companies. She serves on the board of the Cornell Advisory Council. She has coached public and political figures. A recovering CPA, she is also a Broadway investor in productions which have won two Tony Awards and is prone to burst into song at the slightest provocation. That doesn't happen on this show (sadly). Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 1:00:14.
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• Here is my conversation with Alisa Cohn.
• From Start-Up to Grown-Up.
• From Start-Up To Grown-Up Podcast.
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• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #797 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #797 - Host: Mitch Joel. David Schonthal is a Clinical Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the Kellogg School of Management, where he teaches courses in new venture creation, design thinking, business acquisition, healthcare entrepreneurship, corporate innovation and creativity. He also serves as the Faculty Director of Kellogg's Zell Fellows Program, a selective venture accelerator program designed to help student entrepreneurs. Outside of Kellogg David is a Senior Director of Business Design at IDEO, David focuses on helping organizations build and launch new ventures, design new business models, and establish go-to-market strategies. David also serves as an Operating Partner at 7WireVentures, a healthcare technology-focused venture capital firm, and is a Venture Partner at Pritzker Group. He is also a Global Advisor at Design for Ventures, a Tokyo-based early-stage venture fund that invests in design-led Japanese startups. David is a co-founder of MATTER, a 25,000-square-foot innovation center in downtown Chicago focused on supporting healthcare entrepreneurship and serves as a member of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's technology, innovation and entrepreneurship council, ChicagoNext. More recently he co-authored the book, The Human Element - Overcoming the Resistance That Awaits New Ideas with Loran Nordgren. This is for anyone who wants to launch new ideas and innovation into the world and your work. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 53:57.
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• Here is my conversation with David Schonthal.
• The Human Element - Overcoming the Resistance That Awaits New Ideas.
• Loran Nordgren.
• Kellogg School of Management.
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• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #796 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #796 - Host: Mitch Joel. Internationally recognized as one of Canada's leading engineers, Dr. Indira V. Samarasekera has led an amazing career. Indira has been awarded the E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship, the Peter Lougheed award for leadership in public policy and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Engineering. A former president and vice-chancellor of the University of Alberta, Indira has honorary degrees from the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo, Queen's University Belfast, University of Montréal and the University of Western Ontario. She is also the first woman president ever at the University of Alberta. Indira is a member of the board of directors for Scotiabank and Magna International, and a member of the advisory board for Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year award. She serves on the boards of the Asia-Pacific Foundation and the Rideau Hall Foundation. Most recently, she has co-authored the book, Nerve - Lessons on Leadership From Two Women Who Went First with Martha Piper. This is a conversation about leadership, mentorship and the different routes to lead. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 56:07.
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• Here is my conversation with Dr. Indira V. Samarasekera.
• Nerve - Lessons on Leadership From Two Women Who Went First.
• Martha Piper.
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• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #795 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #795 - Host: Mitch Joel. The new book is called, You Are What You Click - How Being Selective, Positive, and Creative Can Transform Your Social Media Experience (and, you need to read it). This book is for realists, and it was written by Brian Primack. Brian in Dean of the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas. In this role, he guides over 5000 students, 300 staff members, and 180 faculty members. He also serves as the Chair in Educational Innovations and Professor of Public Health and Medicine. Prior to moving to the University of Arkansas, Dr. Primack was Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. There, he also served as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research on Health and Society and Chair in Patient Care. He was also founding director of the University of Pittsburgh's multidisciplinary Center for Research on Media, Technology, and Health, which is widely regarded as the most influential center of its kind globally. After graduating Yale University with degrees in English and Mathematics, Dr. Primack spent 4 years teaching adolescents and studying human development for his master's degree, which he received from Harvard University. He subsequently graduated first in his class and summa cum laude from Emory Medical School and trained in Family Medicine in Pittsburgh. His work is centered around his expertise in education, technology, human development, and medicine by researching both positive and negative effects of media messages on health. He is a pioneer on the use of media literacy education in preventing adolescent smoking, underage drinking, and other harmful adolescent health behaviors. His work is backed by rigorous research and it, in fact, will get you thinking differently about social media's impact on society and your mental health. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 1:03:50.
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• Here is my conversation with Brian Primack.
• You Are What You Click - How Being Selective, Positive, and Creative Can Transform Your Social Media Experience.
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• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #794 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #794 - Host: Mitch Joel. He is one of the kindest humans that I know. Jonathan Fields (aka the Good Life Guy) is all about delivering insights that spark purpose, possibility, and potential. He's been on a decades-long quest to discover what makes people come fully alive. Jonathan is the host of one of the world’s top podcasts, Good Life Project (I was a guest on the Good Life Project back in 2013). He's the author of the bestselling books, How to Live A Good Life and Uncertainty, but we're here to discuss his most recent venture, Spark Endeavors, where he is the chief architect and driving force behind the world’s first purpose, engagement, and flow archetypes – the Sparketypes. This tool has been tapped by over 400,000 individuals and organizations, generating a rapidly growing, global data-set, and insight-based solutions to help transform how we work, lead and live. This culminates in his just-released book, Sparked - Discover Your Unique Imprint For Work That Makes You Come Alive. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 1:03:21.
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• Here is my conversation with Jonathan Fields.
• Sparked - Discover Your Unique Imprint For Work That Makes You Come Alive.
• Sparketypes.
• Good Life Project.
• How to Live A Good Life.
• Uncertainty.
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• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #793 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #793 - Host: Mitch Joel. With a writing career spanning close to two decades, Ben Mezrich has authored over twenty books, including the wildly successful Bringing Down the House - The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, which spent sixty-three weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, sold over 2 million copies in fifteen languages, and was adapted into the #1 box office movie, 21. His book, The Accidental Billionaires - The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal was adapted into the movie, The Social Network, and was #1 at the box office, won Golden Globes for best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, best score, and was nominated for 8 Oscars, winning three including Best Adapted Screenplay. Ben is the only non-fiction author to have two number one box office movie adaptations, which has earned him the title of Sexiest Author on People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive List. Ben also co-writes a middle grade fiction series, Charlie Numbers, with his wife Tonya. Ben also recently joined the writers room for the hit TV show, Billions. Ben's latest book is, The Antisocial Network - The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees. In short, Ben loves chasing the craziest stories that are rocking the headlines. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 58:56.
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• Here is my conversation with Ben Mezrich.
• The Antisocial Network - The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees.
• Bringing Down the House - The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions.
• The Accidental Billionaires - The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal.
• Ben’s other books.
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• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #792 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #792 - Host: Mitch Joel. She's known as a "tough-love" advisor to Fortune 500 companies. Juliet Funt is a keynote speaker and Founder of the efficiency training firm, Juliet Funt Group. Juliet is also the author of the newly-published book, A Minute to Think - Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, And Do Your Best Work. She is an evangelist for freeing the potential of companies by unburdening their talent from busywork, and she has brought her powerful concepts to brands like Spotify, National Geographic, Vans, Sephora, and beyond. According to Juliet: "The global workforce today is so fried that it belongs in a food booth of a county fair. We’re relentlessly behind the curve, dousing fires everywhere, and our 3 a.m. insomnia provides the only unscheduled thinking time of the day." This pandemic hasn't helped. Want to rethink your productivity and workflow? Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 50:50.
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• Here is my conversation with Juliet Funt.
• A Minute to Think - Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, And Do Your Best Work.
• Juliet Funt Group.
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• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #791 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #791 - Host: Mitch Joel. One of the first big companies that I spoke for was Google. It was in the early 2000s. The sales team was small, but growing. Google had just acquired YouTube, and they were holding a summit at their original Silicon Valley campus to engage retailers with Google ads. One of the people who became a personal champion for my work at Google was Jim Lecinski (along with people like John McAteer, Chris O’Neill, Avinash Kaushik, and several others). Jim has spent close to 30 years in the marketing industry, including notably twelve years at Google, where he was Vice President of Customer Solutions for the Americas. He's also previously held leadership roles at major advertising agencies. Currently, he's a marketing educator and advisor. His focus areas are marketing strategy, brand strategy, digital transformation and the application of AI to marketing. Jim is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Marketing at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management where he teaches Marketing Strategy and Omni-Channel Marketing Distribution Strategy in the MBA program. If you ever heard of Google's famed ZMOT (Zero Moment of Truth in 2011), that was Jim. Now he's back with a new book (along with co-author, Raj Venkatesan) titled, The AI Marketing Canvas - A Five Stage Roadmap to Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Marketing. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 56:11.
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• Here is my conversation with Jim Lecinski.
• The AI Marketing Canvas - A Five Stage Roadmap to Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Marketing.
• Raj Venkatesan.
• Follow Jim on LinkedIn.
• Follow Jim on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.