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Welcome to episode #698 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #698 - Host: Mitch Joel. If you asked me who is one of the smartest people in the world on the topic of disruption, innovation and technology, it would be Charlene Li. For the past two decades, Charlene has been helping people see the future. She's the bestselling author of six books, including her newest, The Disruption Mindset - Why Some Businesses Transform While Others Fail. With that, many first heard of her when she co-authored the massive book, Groundswell and followed it up with Open Leadership. Charlene founded Altimeter Group, a disruptive industry analyst firm that was acquired by Prophet in 2015. She continues working at Prophet as a Senior Fellow. She was also a vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research, worked in online newspaper publishing, and was a consultant with Monitor Group. Let's discuss disruption. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 57:29.
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• Here is my conversation with Charlene Li.
• The Disruption Mindset - Why Some Businesses Transform While Others Fail.
• Groundswell.
• Open Leadership.
• Altimeter Group.
• Follow Charlene on Instagram.
• Follow Charlene on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

For the past two decades, Charlene LI has been helping people see the future. She’s the author of six books, including her newest, The Disruption Mindset. Many first heard of her when she co-authored the book, Groundswell, and followed it up with Open Leadership. Charlene founded Altimeter Group, an analyst firm that was acquired by Prophet. She continues working at Prophet. She was a vice president at Forrester Research, worked in online newspaper publishing, and was a consultant with Monitor Group.

Welcome to episode #697 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #697 - Host: Mitch Joel. I'm a very lucky human being. I get to call Neil Pasricha my friend. Neil is the author of six books. Let's start with, The Book of Awesome, a spinning rolodex of simple pleasures based on his 100-million-hit, award-winning blog, 1000 Awesome Things. Then there's, The Happiness Equation, originally written as a 300-page love letter to his unborn son on how to live a happy life. After that was, Awesome Is Everywhere, an interactive introduction to guided meditation for children. He then published, How To Get Back Up, a memoir of failure and resilience released as an Audible Original. He is a publishing juggernaut. His books are New York Times and #1 international bestsellers, and have sold millions of copies across dozens of languages. He also speak to groups (a lot). His first TED talk, The 3 A's of Awesome, is ranked as one of the 10 Most Inspiring of all time, and his second is called, How do you maximize your tiny, short life?, an artistic side-project called the world's first TED Listen, composed entirely of questions. His podcast is a personal favorite as well. It's called 3 Books, and it's a 15-year-long mission to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each of the 333 chapters unpacks the 3 most formative books of an inspiring individual like Judy Blume, Chris Anderson of TED, the world's greatest Uber driver, or David Sedaris. His latest book is titled, You Are Awesome - How to navigate change, wrestle with failure and live an intentional life. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 1:02:36.
• Hello from beautiful Montreal.
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• or you can connect on LinkedIn.
• ...or on Twitter.
• Here is my conversation with Neil Pasricha.
• You Are Awesome - How to navigate change, wrestle with failure and live an intentional life.
• The Book of Awesome.
• 1000 Awesome Things.
• The Happiness Equation.
• Awesome Is Everywhere.
• How To Get Back Up.
• 3 Books.
• Follow Neil on Instagram.
• Follow Neil on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Neil Pasricha is the author of six books: The Book of Awesome, The Happiness Equation, Awesome Is Everywhere, How To Get Back Up and more. His first TED talk, The 3 A’s of Awesome, is ranked as one of the 10 Most Inspiring of all time, and his second is called, How do you maximize your tiny, short life? His podcast is 3 Books, and it's a 15-year-long mission to uncover and discuss the 1000 most formative books in the world. His latest book is titled, You Are Awesome.

Welcome to episode #696 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #696 - Host: Mitch Joel. Nancy Duarte is a communication expert. Hard stop. That's not hyperbole. She is an expert... maybe even THE expert in how to tell great stories and present them in a compelling way. Her firm, Duarte, is the global leader behind some of the most influential visual messages in business and culture. As a persuasion expert, she cracked the code for effectively incorporating story patterns into business communications. She's written five best-selling books (including the must-have Slide:ology, Resonate and Illuminate), four of which have won major book awards. Her company is one of the top woman-owned businesses in North America. Nancy has won several awards for communications, entrepreneurship, and her success as a female executive. On the list of top 250 Women in Leadership, Nancy ranks #67 and on World's Top 30 Communication Professionals for 2017, Nancy ranks #1. She is also a professional speaker at and has many more speakers in her firm's clientele. Her TEDx talk has had over two million views (The secret structure of great talks). Her latest book, DataStory looks at how to inspire action and story through a company's data. You don't want to miss this chat. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 57:48.
• Hello from beautiful Montreal.
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• Here is my conversation with Nancy Duarte.
• DataStory.
• Duarte.
• Slide:ology.
• Resonate.
• Illuminate.
• Follow Nancy on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Nancy Duarte is a communication expert. Her firm, Duarte, is the global leader behind some of the most influential visual messages in business and culture. She’s written five best-selling books (including the must-have Slide:ology, Resonate and Illuminate). Her company is one of the top woman-owned businesses in North America. Her TEDx talk has had over two million views. Her latest book, DataStory, looks at how to inspire action and story through a company's data.

Welcome to episode #695 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #695 - Host: Mitch Joel. Long before Marcus Sheridan became one of the most sought-after speakers and trainers in the world, he was just some dude I saw speak on a small stage in front of an unsuspecting audience. Sometimes, you just know it when you see it. That day, I saw it. The "it factor" in Marcus. Speaking, teaching and training audiences to think differently (and better) about their sales and marketing in one of the most captivating ways. Since then, I have watched Marcus' massive ascent. From just another pool salesperson, into what he is now. He is the author of the bestselling book, They Ask, You Answer. As I alluded to, Marcus' story didn't begin on the stage. It started with a business created and run out of the back of a beat-up pickup truck. Marcus' experience of saving his swimming pool company, River Pools and Spas, from the economic collapse of 2008 has been featured in multiple books, publications and university case studies from around the world. From its humble beginnings as a three-person company to one of the largest manufacturers and installers in the country, River Pools and Spas has the most visited pool website in the world. From there, he built his sales and marketing consultancy, The Sales Lion, and in early 2018 that company merged with Impact, where they are now building a leading sales and marketing agency. With that, he recently updated and revised his book, They Ask, You Answer. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 54:00.
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• Here is my conversation with Marcus Sheridan.
• They Ask, You Answer.
• Impact.
• River Pools and Spas.
• Follow Marcus on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Marcus Sheridan went from being a pool salesperson into the author of the book, They Ask, You Answer. Marcus’ experience of saving his swimming pool company from the economic collapse of 2008 has been featured in multiple books and publications. From there, he built his sales and marketing consultancy, The Sales Lion, and in early 2018 that company merged with Impact, where they are now building a leading sales and marketing agency. With that, he recently updated and revised his book, They Ask, You Answer

Welcome to episode #694 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #694 - Host: Mitch Joel. Before it was even a thing, Diane Mulcahy created the first course in the United States on the gig economy and teaches it in the MBA program at Babson College. The course gained immediate traction and was named by Forbes as one of the Top Ten Most Innovate Business School Courses. Out of that course grew a book. Diane is the author of The Gig Economy. She also walks her talk. She works independently, remotely and flexibly in the gig economy as a consultant, advisor, speaker, writer and teacher. Diane has been an investor for the past fifteen years. She is an Advisor to the Kauffman Foundation, where she manages the private equity and venture capital portfolio. She is also the author of We Have Met the Enemy …and He Is Us, a widely read report on the VC industry. In this episode we dig deep into the future of work, if the gig economy is tenable for our society, and the evils of the big market caps and over-promising based on the gig economy (Uber and WeWork much?). Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 52:18.
• Hello from beautiful Montreal.
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• Here is my conversation with Diane Mulcahy.
• The Gig Economy.
• We Have Met the Enemy …and He Is Us
• Follow Diane on Twitter.
• Follow Diane on Instagram.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.