Thinking With Mitch Joel

Ekaterina Walter is the author of Think Like Zuck, and coauthor of, The Power of Visual Storytelling. She just published, 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. When Ekaterina is not working, she and her daughter write children’s books. In this episode, we explore what companies must do to win their customer's hearts and minds.

Welcome to episode #653 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #653 - Host: Mitch Joel. I had the please of hanging out with Alan Stein Jr. at a private meeting for professional speakers over the summer. I was super-impressed with his knowledge, capabilities and insights. Alan is a world-renowned coach, author and keynote speaker. He spent 15-plus years working the highest performing basketball players on the planet, and now coaches businesses on how to utilize the same strategies that elite athletes (like Kevin Durant) use to perform at a world-class level. Alan specializes in improving individual and organizational leadership, performance and accountability. He inspires and empowers everyone he works with to take immediate action and improve mindset, habits and productivity, which is why he recently published his first book, Raise Your Game - High-Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best. Want to raise your game? Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 59:37.
• 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 Alan Stein Jr..
• Raise Your Game - High-Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best.
• Follow Alan on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Alan Stein Jr. is a coach, author and keynote speaker. He spent 15-plus years working the highest performing basketball players on the planet, and now coaches businesses on how to utilize the same strategies that athletes (like Kevin Durant) use to perform. Alan specializes in improving leadership, performance and accountability. He recently published his first book, Raise Your Game - High-Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best. Want to raise your game? Enjoy the conversation...

Welcome to episode #652 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #652 - Host: Mitch Joel. Innovation is a big word. It's a tough word and many businesses claim to be doing it... but few can demonstrate it (well). I was fortunate to be introduced to Tendayi Viki via the good people at Thinkers50 (where Tendayi is writing a crowd-sourced book in partnership with them). Tendayi is an author and innovation consultant. He holds a PhD in Psychology and an MBA. He helps large organizations develop their ecosystems, so that they can innovate for the future while managing their core business. Through his company Benneli Jacobs, he has given keynotes, run workshops and worked as a consultant for several large organizations including American Express, Unilever, Airbus and many more. Tendayi has been shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Innovation Award and was named on the Thinkers50 2018 Radar List for emerging management thinkers to watch. He has written two books: The Corporate Startup and The Lean Product Lifecycle. The Corporate Startup was awarded the 2018 CMI Management Book Of The Year In Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He is currently working on another two books, Right Question, Right Time and Pirates in The Navy. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 50:38.
• 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 Tendayi Viki.
• The Corporate Startup.
• The Lean Product Lifecycle.
• Right Question, Right Time.
• The Lean Product Lifecycle.
• Benneli Jacobs.
• Thinkers50.
• Follow Tendayi on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Tendayi Viki is an author and innovation consultant. He helps large organizations innovate for the future. Tendayi has been shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Innovation Award and was named on the Thinkers50 2018 Radar List for emerging management thinkers to watch. He has written two books: The Corporate Startup and The Lean Product Lifecycle. He is currently working on another two books, Right Question, Right Time and Pirates in The Navy.

Welcome to episode #651 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #651 - Host: Mitch Joel. Two of my close friends from the marketing world are Christopher S. Penn and John Wall. Some know them as the dynamic duo that host the Marketing Over Coffee Podcast (and it's a glorious one). We've been friends for close to 15 years (from the early days of podcasting at the first-ever PodCamp). What some may not know, is that the two of them plus Katie Robbert have a great company called, Trust Insights. The company's big goal is to help brands light up their dark data. They live to build both predictive insights and push analytics to create better outcomes. Katie and I met at HubSpot's massive Inbound conference this past year, where she presented on the topic of predictive analytics. This is the kind of rich brand goodness that is no longer relegated to big companies with massive budgets. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 53:49.
• 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 Katie Robbert.
• Trust Insights.
• Katie's Predictive Analytics presentation on HubSpot's Inbound.
• Follow Katie on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Two of my friends are Christopher S. Penn and John Wall. They are the dynamic duo from the Marketing Over Coffee Podcast. What some may not know, is that the two of them plus Katie Robbert have a great company called, Trust Insights. The company’s big goal is to help brands light up their dark data. They live to build both predictive insights and push analytics to create better outcomes. Katie and I met at HubSpot’s Inbound conference this past year, where she presented on the topic of predictive analyt

Welcome to episode #650 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #650 - Host: Mitch Joel. When I got my first opportunity to speak in front of a large audience, I wasn't sure where to turn for more professional public speaking and presentation skills training. Many names of individuals and organizations were thrown my way, but one name that kept rising to the top was Nick Morgan. I immediately purchased his book, Give Your Speech, Change The World, and it did - in fact - change my world and perception of what a presentation is really all about. Then came Working The Room followed by Trust Me and then Power Cues. I eagerly bought and devoured them all. Thankfully, Nick jumped into social media and started blogging over at Public Words. Now, Nick is back with a new book, Can You Hear Me? - How To Connect With People In A Virtual World. According to Nick: "We're immersed in the digital world; in fact, we couldn't live without our mobile phones, computers, and social apps that allow us to work and play in ways unimaginable even two decades ago. But the blurring of the virtual and the real has a hidden cost that we pay every day. The technology strips ordinary human emotional understanding out of our communications, and we are the poorer for it." Take a listen to better understand how we can fix it. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 55:17.
• 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 Nick Morgan.
• Can You Hear Me? - How To Connect With People In A Virtual World.
• Power Cues.
• Trust Me.
• Working The Room.
• Give Your Speech, Change The World.
• Public Words.
• Follow Nick on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Nick Morgan is master of presentation skills. I purchased his book, Give Your Speech, Change The World, and it did - in fact - change my world and perception of what a presentation is really all about. Then came Working The Room followed by Trust Me and then Power Cues. Now, Nick is back with a new book, Can You Hear Me? Enjoy the conversation...

Welcome to episode #649 of Six Pixels of Separation.

Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #649 - Host: Mitch Joel. What's the move that you make after you graduate from business school? Many take a job and figure out if that path is for them, or if they need to strike out on their own. Chris Bailey got several job offers, but turned them all down. He had a different plan. For one year, he devoured everything on the subject of productivity. At the end of every day, he would write. This lead to his blog, A Year of Productivity. That was just the beginning. From there, he started to interview productivity experts from around the world, dug into deep academic and scientific research, and has conducted countless experiments on himself. A true guinea pig for productivity, Chris wants to become the most productive as humanly possible. After that, he wrote his first book, The Productivity Project. Now, he's back with his recently published sophomore business book effort, Hyperfocus - How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction. Want to be more productive? Want to know what it really takes (and how to really think about it)? This might be the show for you. Enjoy the conversation...

• Running time: 52:01.
• 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 Chris Bailey.
• Hyperfocus - How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction.
• The Productivity Project.
• A Year of Productivity..
• Follow Chris on Twitter.
• This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.