Subject Matter

Brian Ford is the co-founder of For Purpose, a social impact platform modernizing what it means to be a philanthropist. For the past 3 years he has hosted Self Improvement Daily, a podcast that shares personal development insights in two minutes every single day, with over 7 million downloads. We spoke about why investing in your personal brand all comes down to the relationships you build, how Brian's brand led to him co-founding For Purpose, and how Brian learned why punchy phrasing is essential to creating an aligned company culture.

Chris Hull is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Otus (otus.com), a Chicago-based EdTech company. Otus lets school leaders can focus on student learning, not technology, and they serve 160 unique school districts with over 1,000,000 monthly users. In this episode we covered how learning in an organization starts with listening, what Chris learned going through a major reorganisation scaling from 20 to 70 employees, and how the guiding principles of transparency and honesty empowers his team.

David is the Founder of Khandy Tech, a web-implementation and product consulting agency that was recently acquired by JUICE Labs, where he now oversees the operations of their sister web development company, Peachy. In this episode you'll learn why results are not the most important thing for agency leaders: it is their communication. We also covered how to use poker as a framework to make business decisions and calculate strategy, and how to empower team members to foster a culture focused on transparency.

Yoav Vilner is the CEO at Walnut.io, the world's leading sales demo platform making interactive experiences that convert. In this episode we unpack the Israeli mindset that gives Founders & CEOs in Tel Aviv a distinct advantage, why you should NOT use your product when creating content for communities, and how Yoav convinced some of Tel Aviv's most experienced talent to join a relatively unproven startup.

A brief introduction to what you can expect from Subject Matter Season 4. This season's theme: How Founders & CEOs can build a strong company culture.

For today's season finale, we're going behind-the-scenes to share our reflections on producing this season of Subject Matter, while centering around tangible takeaways that can be applied to your own podcast or to keep in mind for other content you create.

Nick Hague has helped half of the world’s 100 largest B2B companies succeed with leading market research. He is the Co-Founder & Head of Growth of B2B International, an international market research agency with over 100 employees across the glove. Today's interview will explore why context can help you become a better listener, the subtle power of focus groups, and why viewing your company headquarters as an academy is a great mental model to build a healthy long-term culture in your team.

David Nour is a subject matter expert on how strategic relationships create sustained innovation, profitable growth and lasting change. He has studied business relationships for decades, and his latest book, "Curve Benders" outlines how why Curve Benders, a special kind of relationship, are the best way to amplify your relationships, relevance, and personal market value. Tune in to learn more about powering your non-linear growth in the future of work.

People in the business world mistake communication and conversation as the same, when in fact the two are quite different. Clint Padgett is an expert in this field of project management and drawing the line of when one is necessary over the other while offering his unique perspective. In today's episode, you will learn about the history of communication, when to use a conversation over simply a conversation, and how to leverage your experiences outside your comfort zone to become an empathetic leader.

Whether it is investors, customers, or employees, you need to know how your target audience is consuming. Way back in human history, the only option was the written word, but now we have a number of options where connecting with "the reader's ear" has never been more important. On today's episode, we'll explain why you need to understand why resensing is a practical tool that will allow you to meet your consumers where they are.