Think Differently

Jeff Toppel is an Arizona based lawyer working on groundbreaking legislation to legalize the use of psychedlics for medial purposes.

Dan Maigler is a licensed clinical social worker, life coach, and therapist who helps his patients and the world see opportunity where others see despair. This episode is a MUST LISTEN because Dan clearly defines, describes and discusses issues of mental health, treatment and optimism. PLEASE listen and share this episodes with your loved ones, colleagues and friends; it's too important to simply not share.

Mark King is a Chicago-based Design Thinker who creates meaningful shared experiences, products and services that make humans happy!

Think Differently Podcast #048 Derek E. Weeks - 4x CMO, founder of Unfair Mindshare, author of "Unfair Mindshare: A CMO's guide to community-led marketing in a product-led world"
BIG TAKEAWAYS
Empathy in marketing: Derek discusses his career path in marketing, starting as a product marketer and transitioning to leadership roles. He emphasizes the importance of empathy in marketing, highlighting that it's about understanding the customer's perspective and how a product fits into their lives.
Storytelling in marketing: Derek emphasizes the power of storytelling in marketing, drawing a comparison to the movie Toy Story. He argues that effective marketing resonates with the audience by making them feel like the story is about them, not just the product or service being sold.
Community-led marketing: Weeks discusses the concept of community-led marketing, where a brand builds a community around its product or service and empowers them to share their experiences and create content. He shares an example of how he built a community of 100,000 people and used it to inform marketing decisions and identify sales opportunities.
Call to action: Connect with Derek here on LinkedIn if you're interested in learning more about community-led marketing or have ideas to bounce off him.

In this episode, I sit down with Maris Garcia, a seasoned professional in the world of human-centered design. Maris shares her journey from studying architecture and psychology in college to working at Gravity Tank, a leading innovation consulting firm. She discusses the importance of empathy in her work and how she uses a combination of research, strategy, and design to create new things that can range from the next camcorder for Samsung to Illinois's response to mass shootings.

Welcome to episode 46 of The Think Differently podcast, a weekly show that explores those who are challenging the status quo in their work and life. In this episode:

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Dan Tyre has launched and sold businesses, traveled the world, funded countless startups, had dinner with the Grateful Dead, breakfast with Bob Marley (and his wife), worked with Steve Jobs and was employee #6 at HubSpot. After years of grind and hustle, love and loss, mistakes and "being the luckiest guy on the planet", Dan found that his ultimate passion is do the most good for the universe and he means it. Dan is a founder, author, public speaker, investor, father and most of all...a friend.

Episode 45

Dan Tyre has launched and sold businesses, traveled the world, funded countless startups, had dinner with the Grateful Dead, breakfast with Bob Marley (and his wife), worked with Steve Jobs and was employee #6 at HubSpot. After years of grind and hustle, love and loss, mistakes and "being the luckiest guy on the planet", Dan found that his ultimate passion is do the most good for the universe and he means it. Dan is a founder, author, public speaker, investor, father and most of all...a friend.

Demetrio Cardona-Maguigad is LimeRed’s strategic design director. He is a passionate creator and producer with a focus on cultural diversity, social justice, and community development. Demetrio also coaches startups and entrepreneurs, advocating for human-centered design approaches toward problem-solving and business success.

www.limered.io

Chad Bernstein is a husband and father of four amazing kids, Co-Founder/CEO of Guitars

Over Guns, and a professional musician who has been instrumental in the evolution of the

“Latin Funk” sound of Miami. Chad received a Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University

of Miami in 2012, turning the focus of his dissertation to Guitars Over Guns’ research-based

methods. In 2015, Chad was honored as a CNN Hero for his work, and has since been

featured by the Steve Harvey Show and People Magazine. Most recently, Chad was named

an inaugural recipient of The Elevate Prize, selected from among thousands of global

changemakers. Chad is currently serving as a Governor on the board of the Recording

Academy, co-chairing their Education Committee. In addition, he remains one of South

Florida’s premier Latin, jazz, and funk artists, performing with the Latin Grammy-nominated

Spam Allstars and Miami-based Latin-funk band, ¡Suénalo!.