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A glow up is a fresh start. Many Australians want a nuclear glow up. Is nuclear power in Australia's future?

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Tim uncovers an illegal trash dump in Australia, only to find out it was an art exhibit. He also explains why social media algorithms appear evil and criticizes self-serve supermarket kiosks.

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I love fungus. What other organism enables you to be a farmer with only a plastic bucket, spent coffee grounds, and leftover Weet-Bix? In this episode of 'Timbo Talks' I discuss why I have embraced the tasty fungal kingdom.

REFERENCES: – Beyond the button: Exotic mushroom growing takes off in Australian sheds and suburbs

– Urban Kulture: The School of Fungal Wizardry (I recommend this workshop!)

– Photo of one of my recent mushroom kits

I recorded this episode of 'Timbo Talks' after I finished curating my 45-hour long 1990s Spotify playlist. The experience of carefully selecting 600+ songs impressed on me why I should not let algorithms curate my life.

SHOW NOTES:

— Timbo's 1990s Spotify Playlist (curated by me from the last great decade for music)

— Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Your Free Will (interview with James Williams)

— App 'Happiness' Ratings from the Center for Human Technology

— Why the modern world is bad for your brain (includes marijuana reference)

Who is better placed to make an emotional connection with a human being – a logo or a person?

My vote is for person. Therefore, Thought Leadership – placing a human face on your business – makes sense to me. People want to connect with people!

Unfortunately, most Thought Leadership in business-to-business (B2B) marketing sounds like it comes from pushy robots. In my latest podcast episode, I share the ingredients of effective B2B Thought Leadership (and help you avoid the robot curse!)* SHOW NOTES: — The importance of emotion in B2B marketing (includes reference to research from Les Binet and Peter Field)

— 2020 Edelman-LinkedIn B2B Thought Leadership Impact Study

*This podcast episode was inspired by a talk I gave on Tuesday, 16 March 2021, entitled 'How thought leadership influences your customer ecosystem' as part of Digivizer's 'Building B2B Sales Pipeline Through Digital' webinar.

Lone wolves – people who prefer to act alone – are often accused of selfishness and self-promotion. I wolfsplain in my new podcast episode why this is plain wrong.

SHOW NOTES

— The serial killer tree I refer to at the start of my episode

— The beneficial effect wolves have on their environment

Motivation is not what it's cracked up to be. Especially for a self-confessed lazy person like myself. Curiosity is a lot more potent and it will take you much further. More in my new podcast episode.

SHOW NOTES

— My detailed account of my long-ass walk along Stockton Beach

— Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins

"When you have a creative mind, you are never bored." My podcast guest, Oscar Venhuis dropped that gem in our conversation. Oscar is the CEO of EQ Lab in Hong Kong and he is deeply interested in "extending the intelligence" of organizations. Oscar and I talk about the great mystery that is creativity. We also discuss how organizations fool themselves when they claim to build diversity while pursuing consensus above all else.

Show Notes

– Arne Dietrich, the Professor of Psychology at the American University of Beirut (referenced by Oscar during our discussion)

– Oscar Venhuis on LinkedIn

– EQ Lab (one of Oscar's many interesting pursuits)

– My previous podcast episode about why it is difficult to hire creative people

Creative people are hard to hire because the hiring process struggles to identify them. If your responsibility is to hire creative people, you are probably excluding imaginative individuals from the interview process. You likely do so unconsciously. If you are conscious of what you do, please click away now. For those who have not fled in disgust, this podcast episode is just for you! It's time to get honest about the challenge of recruiting talent.

I would love to live in a world where we retire the whole idea of Blue vs Red. The eternal battle between primary colors is a tired concept that's as dull and unhealthy as the Cola Wars of the 1980s. Fortunately, I have a new idea which I generously share with listeners of my new podcast episode.

SHOW NOTES The green cicada I photographed on the day of this episode: https://twitter.com/TimboHoran/status/1324902019426000896 Press release for the study that finds over 80 percent of COVID-19 patients have vitamin D deficiency: https://www.endocrine.org/news-and-advocacy/news-room/2020/study-finds-over-80-percent-of-covid19-patients-have-vitamin-d-deficiency