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By Tailgating With Geniuses {Brilliant Guests, Tolerable Hosts}
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The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.
Alison Levine is an author, explorer, mountain climber and a kick ass person. Accomplishing unbelievable feats in the elements and in business is even more bonkers given the fact she has had three heart surgeries and suffers from Raynaud’s disease. From a career that includes work at pharmaceutical companies, Goldman Sachs and then as deputy finance director for Arnold Schwarzenegger in his successful bid to become Governor of California; Alison knows adversity and success.
Her work at the Thayer Leader Development Group at West Point and stories about starting out and getting noticed created great storytelling for our show.
Additionally we cover the recent troubles the retail shopping world is facing and What's Got Our Attention This Week as well.
Dave Bruckner knows what terrifies us. And he knows the grittiness and struggle of believing in what you want to do and doing it. Starting as a kid in a backyard with a DV camera to rebooting horror icon Pinhead in Clive Barker's story and classic Hellraiser; Dave has come a long way. He talks about the psychology of fear, making things, why we love to be scared and the thinking and craft behind the movies we watch.
From his writing, co-directing to directing work on critical and fan favorite horror anthologies The Signal, V/H/S , Southbound, as well as directing Netflix's "The Ritual" and the remarkable "The Night House" starring Rebecca Hall, Dave is one of the bright lights in the world of film terror.
We also discuss The Facebook Files, their potential name change, Eric Clapton and Vikings!
Greg Schwem is an author, nationally syndicated humor columnist, TV travel host, as built a career doing so along with developing a unique perspective on the changing state business. His views on corporate communications, marketing and the need for businesses to take themselves less serious show a need for more humor in the workplace, but with limitations.
With an 11-year playing career in the NFL and two Super Bowl rings with the New England Patriots, Don Davis knows the game. At the NFL Players Association he knows the business of the game having just lead the negotiations for the CBA (Collective Bargaining Agreement) that will change all aspects of players financial lives in and after their time in the league.
Candid, funny and blunt...Don shares insights to the changing nature of the game of football, how we now look at the game and how that will change in the next years. Don brings his personal story to the table as well and his association's work to drive financial freedom and success for all players.
Helping firms like Coca-Cola, Nestle and 50 other firms set up their venture funds, Mark Kaiser is the go to guy in the corporate world for getting it right from the get go. Mark has been a CEO at a publicly traded firm where he bought over 30 companies and now sits as an External Advisor to Bain & Company.
No one knows both sides of a deal like Mark and fewer still are as funny, candid and willing to talk about how it all works. He even discusses the red flags that show up as the game gets played.
Mark shares what's really going on with all that money businesses have and talks about where he sees serious change happening. (Oh...and he wants to know why we aren't spending more time on the Pringles redesign. Damn he's good.)
Listener mail, phone calls and reviews drove us to showcase elements of our first three shows with Mitch Lowe (founding exec) of Netflix and COO at Redbox, CEO Sarah Robb O'Hagan of EXOS and former President at Gatorade, and Dana Arnett, founding Partner and CEO at VSA Partners.
Short excerpts about scaling, learning that what got you where you are won't get always get you where you (and your company) need to be, failing and how great brands think their ways to better success.
This week we discuss Leadership with Commander Kirk Lippold, USN (Ret.).
We discuss what good leadership is, why it's imperative, the consequences of not having it and why he believes leaders must do better to uphold this critical skill.
Commander Kirk Lippold was the Commanding Officer of the USS Cole when it came under a suicide terrorist attack by al Qaeda in the port of Aden, Yemen. During his command, he and his crew distinguished themselves by saving the American war ship from sinking. This event is widely recognized as one of the most brazen acts of terrorism by al Qaeda prior to September 11, 2001.
Tiffani Bova, Salesforce Growth and Transformation Advisor joins us to talk about the staggering gaps between what companies are doing and what needs to be done to get ahead. It is all about the customer, and companies still keep getting it wrong. However in an unexpected shift, she encourages companies to first focus on their employees. Eye opening stats, observations and perspective make Tiffani a joy to listen to and learn from.
Also we talk Ford's shift to "build to order", bad customer service and what's got our attention.
Cheryl Durst is a treasure trove of perspectives on work, place, design and how we navigate our surroundings. As CEO of the largest commercial design association with over 13,000 members in over 60 countries, Cheryl brings perspective to a practice that literally informs how we move through our world. Funny, blunt, deeply empathetic and fearless in what she'll talk about; Cheryl provided us with profound insights, laughs and hope.
Dan Bush is a film maker, director, writer, producer and now podcast creator who has taken his ideas from independent movies to international renowned. Most recently his 13 episode immersive sci-fi thriller "Tomorrow's Monsters" starring John Boyega and Darren Criss has become a podcast hit that's gotten the attention of both the media and Hollywood.
We talk about the determination, goals, focus and the essential need of pivoting to different thinking when the opportunity presents itself.
Also Reece Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson and Rhyianna are part of our discussion of platforms and the changing landscape of "IP".
The podcast currently has 16 episodes available.