TAILGATING WITH GENIUSES

We all get it: how do we keep ourselves, our work and our world going in harmony. Ok...how do we get back to harmony? For +35 years Interface.com's Chief Design Officer Chip DeGrace has been deep in the weeds and traveling the entire world trying to answer that question. From the bowels of factories to shop floors to the board rooms of the biggest corporations in the world, Interface has become known as one of a handful of companies actively trying to figure things out. And what's crazier still, they're a flooring company. 

Chip is beyond smart, he gets right to genius territory in that he never stops asking for better answers and trying to solve the biggest problems today and tomorrow. 

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Kevin Wenzel spent over 20 years as a brand VP at Procter & Gamble developing marketing and marketing initiatives for some of the biggest name brands in the world. In his final years he was asked to lead the training and integration of an AI system the company rolled out to move faster and smarter as they managed their brand portfolio. Inadvertently, P&G created one of the most well rounded thinkers on how to actually "use" AI to support research, teamwork and create ideas that test ideas faster than ever before. 

We go over all of that plus his take on what are his favorite tools to use.  

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Derrick Kayongo was a happy child living in Uganda until civil war forced him and thousands more to flee. As an immigrant to the US he was told by his father that America is an experiment and that he needed to seize the opportunity. To date he's changed a massive waste stream in the hotel industry and turned that waste to save lives in the developing world. He's been the CEO of the Civil and Human Rights Museum in Atlanta and is now working with companies around the world to take bad acting chemicals out of products. 

We talk leadership, empathy and more. And while Ken discusses bio pics, Martin laments the loss of a Girl Scout cookie line and the celebrates cottage cheese. 

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From tending sheep on an Iowa farm to revolutionizing cow burps, Joan Salwen isn't your typical climate change warrior. Picture this: a former Accenture Managing Director who once led organizational strategy now spends her days wrestling with bovine digestion and seaweed science. As the CEO of Blue Ocean Barns, Joan has transformed from corporate strategist to agricultural innovator, proving that sometimes the most unexpected solutions to global challenges come from the most surprising places. Today, we're diving into a conversation about how a simple red seaweed supplement could be the unexpected hero in our fight against climate change – one cow burp at a time.

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“Hey Siri: What’s the most beloved podcast right now?”  Siri: “Are you kidding? Tailgating With Geniuses.”  Siri’s right. Siri’s always right. Her calm, assuring voice – even when we swear at her (you’ve done it) – is always there.  So we wondered, “Who is Siri?” Or at least, “Who is the voice of Siri?” Now we know. She’s voice-over mega-talent Susan Bennett and she’s our brilliant guest this week. How’d she land such an amazing gig? How do people get work in the voice market? Does it help if you sing with famous rock and rollers? She’s got your answers. As always. 

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Enough already with the over-hype, over-promising and over-committing to A.I. It’s time for a sensible, fact-based look at what’s really happening and how global businesses should be reacting. And who better to guide us down the road to sensibility than Nikhil Suresh, executive director of Hermit Tech –  a software engineering consultancy focused on a model of “radical honesty and trust” – and writer with a bazillion followers? We’re all in on honesty and trust at TWG. Well, sorta.

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Sarah Furness is a genuine badass. She served 21 years in the Royal Air Force as a squadron leader and helicopter fighter pilot. After leading on combat operational tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, she taught at the Defence Academy of the UK and became a leading voice in prioritizing, focusing and staying calm under pressure. We learned some awesome combat techniques that can be used to train our minds to be bulletproof when we’re facing the worst.. Great stuff!

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Ken and Martin talk to Jamie Clark. Jamie Clark is a master at the psychology of motivation and how to foster it, bring it to life and put it to work. From the Stanley Cup winners, The Washington Capitals to the tallest peaks around the world; Jamie helps people reach heights they didn't know they could reach but does so by fostering camaraderie while balancing both fear and the euphoria of freedom. 

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