Thinking With Mitch Joel

Rahaf Harfoush is a Digital Anthropologist and Best-Selling Author. Rahaf was the Associate Director at the World Economic Forum. Her first book, Yes We Did chronicled her experiences as a member of Barack Obama’s digital media team during the 2008 Presidential elections. Her second book was the best selling, The Decoded Company (that she co-authored). Her latest book is Hustle & Float - reclaim your creativity and thrive in a world obsessed with work. Enjoy the conversation...

Welcome to episode #658 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #658 - Host: Mitch Joel. He's been running in the digital marketing circle for as long as I can remember. While we have never met in person, we have been connected and following one another's work and perspectives for many years. Shiv Singh now advises Fortune 500 companies and startups on strategy, marketing and how to succeed in the digital era as the Founder of Savvy Matters. Prior to starting his consultancy, Shiv was a senior executive driving marketing, innovation and digital strategies at Visa and PepsiCo. Before that, he was an agency guy (like me) at Razorfish (now PublicisSapient). In 2016, Shiv was inducted into the American Advertising Hall of Achievement has also been recognized by Adweek as a Top 50 marketer. He published the book, Social Media Marketing for Dummies back in 2014 and now he's back with his latest book, Savvy - Navigating fake companies, fake leaders, and fake news in the post-truth era. He co-authored this book wit his wife, Rohini Luthra. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 56:02.
• Hello from beautiful Montreal.
• Subscribe over at iTunes.
• Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
• Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
• or you can connect on LinkedIn.
• ...or on Twitter.
• Here is my conversation with Shiv Singh.
• Savvy - Navigating fake companies, fake leaders, and fake news in the post-truth era.
• Social Media Marketing for Dummies.
• Rohini Luthra.
• Savvy Matters.
• Follow Shiv on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Shiv Singh advises Fortune 500 companies and startups on strategy and marketing as the Founder of Savvy Matters. Shiv was a senior executive driving digital strategies at Visa and PepsiCo. Before that, he was at Razorfish. He published the book, Social Media Marketing for Dummies and now he's back with his latest book, Savvy. He co-authored this book with his wife, Rohini Luthra.

Welcome to episode #657 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #657 - Host: Mitch Joel. There's no denying that change is important. One of my favourite quotes of all time is this: "If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less." - Retired United States General, Eric Shinseki. But (as we all know), change is hard. Very hard. And in happens slowly... over time. What if that were not true? What if change could happen in an instant? That is the argument (and strategy) behind the book, The Holy Sh!t Moment - How Lasting Change Can Happen in an Instant by James Fell. James was in debt, drunk, flunking out, and tipping the scales toward obesity, at one point in his life. Still, there was one single moment that changed his life. It was in that moment that split his life in two, dividing it into "before," and "after." From there, James become one of the most popular health and fitness writers in North America (writing for the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Chatelaine, Men's Health, and many others). He wrote a book about weight loss (Lose It Right), but it's this new book, The Holy Sh!t Moment, that he is most excited about. Can we change in a instant and have it last forever? Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 53:30.
• Hello from beautiful Montreal.
• Subscribe over at iTunes.
• Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
• Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
• or you can connect on LinkedIn.
• ...or on Twitter.
• Here is my conversation with James Fell.
• The Holy Sh!t Moment - How Lasting Change Can Happen in an Instant.
• Lose It Right.
• Follow James on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #657 of Six Pixels of Separation. 

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #657 - Host: Mitch Joel. There's no denying that change is important. One of my favourite quotes of all time is this: "If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less." - Retired United States General, Eric Shinseki. But (as we all know), change is hard. Very hard. And in happens slowly... over time. What if that were not true? What if change could happen in an instant? That is the argument (and strategy) behind the book, The Holy Sh!t Moment - How Lasting Change Can Happen in an Instant by James Fell. James was in debt, drunk, flunking out, and tipping the scales toward obesity, at one point in his life. Still, there was one single moment that changed his life. It was in that moment that split his life in two, dividing it into “before,” and “after.” From there, James become one of the most popular health and fitness writers in North America (writing for the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Chatelaine, Men’s Health, and many others). He wrote a book about weight loss (Lose It Right), but it's this new book, The Holy Sh!t Moment, that he is most excited about. Can we change in a instant and have it last forever? Enjoy the conversation... 

• Running time: 53:30.
• Hello from beautiful Montreal.
• Subscribe over at iTunes.
• Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
• Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
• or you can connect on LinkedIn.
• ...or on Twitter.
• Here is my conversation with James Fell.
• The Holy Sh!t Moment - How Lasting Change Can Happen in an Instant.
• Lose It Right.
• Follow James on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #656 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #656 - Host: Mitch Joel. It's the most wonderful time of the year when I get to speak media theorist, Douglas Rushkoff. He is - without a doubt - one of the smartest humans beings on this earth that I get to call a friend. Douglas is back with one of his most compelling pieces of work. It's not (really) about the media… it's about us. It's about our need to find "find the others" and figure out how we - as a team - are going to work in this ever-technological world. Humans feel more isolated and repressed than ever before, and it's going to take teamwork to pull this all together if we don't want to lose out to automation, robotics and algorithms. That's his new book, Team Human. Named one of the world's ten most influential intellectuals by MIT, Douglas Rushkoff is an award-winning author, broadcaster, and documentarian who studies human autonomy in the digital age. He hosts the popular Team Human podcast, Rushkoff has written twenty books, including the bestsellers Present Shock and Program or Be Programmed, plus he's a regular writer for CNN, Daily Beast, and The Guardian. He is also the person who made the PBS Frontline documentaries Generation Like and The Merchants of Cool. Douglas coined such concepts as "viral media" and "social currency," and has been a leading voice for applying digital media toward social and economic justice. He is a research fellow of the Institute for the Future, and founder of the Laboratory for Digital Humanism at CUNY/Queens, where he is a professor of media theory and digital economics. I'm up for the challenge of building team human… are you? Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 1:01:00.
• Hello from beautiful Montreal.
• Subscribe over at iTunes.
• Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
• Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
• or you can connect on LinkedIn.
• ...or on Twitter.
• Here is my conversation with Douglas Rushkoff.
• Team Human.
• Team Human podcast.
• Present Shock.
• Program or Be Programmed.
• Follow Douglas on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year when I get to speak media theorist, Douglas Rushkoff. His new book is Team Human. Douglas is an author, broadcaster, and documentarian who studies the digital age. He hosts the popular Team Human podcast, Rushkoff has written twenty books. He made the PBS Frontline documentaries Generation Like and The Merchants of Cool. Douglas coined such concepts as "viral media" and "social currency.” I’m up for the challenge of building team human… are you?

Welcome to episode #654 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #654 - Host: Mitch Joel. I love people are not only creative, but understand how to talk about creativity. It's something that deeply motivates me to make stuff. Srinivas Rao is the host and founder of The Unmistakable Creative podcast, where he has conducted over 600 interviews with thought leaders and people from all walks of life (sounds familiar!). He's also the author of three books, including The Art of Being Unmistakable, Unmistakable - Why Only is Better than Best, and his latest, An Audience of One - Reclaiming Creativity for Its Own Sake. His work has been featured in many new outlets and publications. Many people also cite The Unmistakable Creative as being one of the more compelling podcasts on the creative landscape. What if creativity wasn't a job, but the work that you were meant to do? Here's what that might look (and sound) like. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 52:27.
• Hello from beautiful Montreal.
• Subscribe over at iTunes.
• Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
• Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
• or you can connect on LinkedIn.
• ...or on Twitter.
• Here is my conversation with Srinivas Rao.
• An Audience of One - Reclaiming Creativity for Its Own Sake.
• Unmistakable - Why Only is Better than Best.
• The Art of Being Unmistakable.
• The Unmistakable Creative.
• Follow Srinivas on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Srinivas Rao is the host and founder of The Unmistakable Creative podcast, where he has conducted over 600 interviews. He's also the author of three books: The Art of Being Unmistakable, Unmistakable, and his latest, An Audience of One. What if creativity wasn't a job, but the work that you were meant to do? Here's what that might look (and sound) like. Enjoy the conversation.

Welcome to episode #654 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #654 - Host: Mitch Joel. Ekaterina Walter is not just a friend. She is a business and marketing innovator, speaker, and author of the bestseller, Think Like Zuck, and coauthor of, The Power of Visual Storytelling. She recently published the book, The Laws of Brand Storytelling (with co-author Jessica Gioglio). After working in social media and digital marketing brands like Intel and Accenture, she co-founded a start-up that was acquired by Sprinklr, where she served as Global Evangelist. She now consults on transformation strategies. When Ekaterina is not writing about digital and business innovation, she and her eight-year-old daughter coauthor children's books. The first, Amber and Sapphire - The Magic Spell, was published in 2017. In this episode, we explore her new book, The Laws of Brand Storytelling, and what companies must do to win (and keep) their customer's hearts (and minds). Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 54:49.
• Hello from beautiful Montreal.
• Subscribe over at iTunes.
• Please visit and leave comments on the blog - Six Pixels of Separation.
• Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook.
• or you can connect on LinkedIn.
• ...or on Twitter.
• Here is my conversation with Ekaterina Walter.
• The Laws of Brand Storytelling.
• The Power of Visual Storytelling.
• Think Like Zuck.
• Amber and Sapphire - The Magic Spell.
• Follow Ekaterina on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.