Doug Powell is directing design thinking across the global tech company but many know Doug from when he served as the national president of AIGA, the professional association for design, the largest and oldest design organization in the world. Doug discusses how IBM has stayed relevant over the last 100 years and also why positive changes and transitions can actually be met with hostility if you aren't careful. Go to www.justinkbrady.com/podcast for more info.

Shawn Lee is one of the most prolific musicians of our generation. He has released 34 albums and has played, produced and written on hundreds of records with artists including Jeff Buckley, Kelis, Money Mark, Amy Winehouse and others. You likely have heard his music in both film & TV on The Monuments Men, Oceans 13, Eastbound & Down, Ugly Betty, Nip Tuck, Confessions of a Shopaholic and many others. Go to www.justinkbrady.com/podcast for more info.

Dr. Herbert Bresler is the guy in charge of Battelle’s Neurolife Project. Neurolife has made it possible for quadriplegics to regain the movement using their own limbs. They basically “read” the brain waves and re-introduce that brain data into the arm via a specially designed sleeve that stimulates muscles! Go to www.justinkbrady.com/podcast for more info.

Steve Farber has a LOT of passion for developing people, turning them into creative powerhouses and in this very energetic episode, we unpack how to grow engaging, creative employees and Steve talks about one of his hidden failures that looked like a success. Go to www.justinkbrady.com/podcast for more info.

This week we welcome Dr. Robert Greenberg onto the podcast. Dr. Greenberg is the inventor of the Bionic Eye and founder of Second Sight. He goes into detail about how he invented the eye, how blind people can now see and some of the unbelievable challenges he experienced. Go to www.justinkbrady.com/podcast for more info.

What an interesting episode this week! Jamie Casap, the Chief Education Evangelist at Google, discusses education and technology. Jaime is our second podcast guest that has been invited to The White House and he also talks about how technology, isn’t actually the silver bullet. He also unpacks how so many of the same challenges in business are the same challenges in education. Don’t miss this! Go to www.justinkbrady.com/podcast for more info.

She thought her future was going to be as a stand-up comedian, but ended up becoming CEO of Clockwork a large digital strategy company in Minneapolis. Clockwork has beer on tap, you can work from anywhere you want to at any time, but Nancy doesn’t actually believe that makes a great work culture. Nancy shares what makes her work culture famous from coast to coast. She was even invited to The White House to speak on work culture! Go to www.justinkbrady.com/podcast for more info.

He worked with Steve Case to launch AOL, he calls The NFL a client, he helped Tim Ferriss get published in the news, he’s written 8 books, and I’m interviewing him from his home on the Pacific. Who is he? Dan Janal! I have the pleasure of calling Dan a friend. He’s direct, unique, and never says the safe or standard answer. Learn about Dan’s unique take on creativity, how to fix your toilet flapper, and some hard lessons he learned but overcame. Go to www.justinkbrady.com/podcast for more info.

All the big data and information in the world isn’t helpful unless you can use your intuition to understand the information given to you. This week is Lynn Robinson, author of several books, with her newest just coming out. Why is it that we trust all the fancy computers around us, but the most sophisticated computer of them all, the human brain and intuition are often overlooked? Lynn has the answers (and she may be the only person in the world that guessed the lotto numbers right and still didn’t win.) Go to www.justinkbrady.com/podcast for more info.

Frank Eliason, creator of the ComcastCares twitter account, is a literal customer service pioneer. At a time when customer service on Twitter wasn’t a thought, Frank started engaging customers on his own, fixing problems and changing public perception for the entire organization. Frank discusses why great customer service is so elusive but how anyone can easily turn the ship around. He also discusses the two things that will catapult any average company into a creative service powerhouse. Go to www.justinkbrady.com/podcast for more info.