Troublemakers

Getting to know Clement King, you get the sense that his career trajectory was single minded.He spent 17 years in highly important roles guiding companies like Wells Fargo, HSBC, S&P Global, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Barclays Investment Bank, and Citi. During that period, Clement was focused on risk and business strategy. Then best-selling author Patrick Lencioni came to do a 3-day workshop. He had written "The Advantage. Why organizational health trumps everything ...

When I run into someone whose job title on LinkedIn is Chief Disruption Officer, I know the podcast will be terrific. Alan F3 Zorro Blakeborough did not disappoint. He is packed with energy and pulls people into his orbit simply based on his total optimism. While solving a critical issue for the accounting sector, he also identified another totally overlooked issue. A lack of succession planning in the accounting sector. Alan's LinkedIn profile shows at least 20 di...

Jessica Wolf has had six jobs. All of them were focused on community building. She is a great example of finding a career path you like and sticking to it. Her latest is Skye, a platform for coaching and serving leaders and their teams. A 2022 paper from Statista found the United Kingdom and the United States spending the least on e-learning or business or life coaching. (source) This fact and and Jessica's focus on growth prove she and Skye are in the right place at the righ...

When troublemaker CEOs find ways to disrupt sleepy business sectors there's always a lot they can teach us. Founder and CEO of Bunafr, Anjani Annumalla, set his sights on a business sector 200 years old - the coffee industry.For centuries, coffee enthusiasts had no control of the part of the process that gives coffee its taste - the roasting. This from an interview with Anjani - “Home coffee roasting can revolutionize the way each cup is personalized and consumed. And on top of...

The more I do these podcasts, the more optimistic I am that opportunities are all around us entrepreneurs. If you have the instinct to see them, and the bravery to jump in, you can be like my next guests.Perry Griffith and Harry Dubke spotted, a gap in the three-to-four month rental market for student and intern housing – not just in DC, but world-wide. Their company is Cortado, which means "stripped down" or efficient. And that's how they run their company.You're going to enjoy this one.

We who are comfortable with technology, navigating social media, and working the web naturally think everyone else is just as adept. But that's not the case. All across America, HVAC installers, restaurants, and fashion stores are trying to survive post Covid and keep the lights on. Many don't even have a website and most don't have time to understand social media - much less to use it to grow their businesses.My next guest, Rolan Reichel, has recognized just how lucrative this underserv...

The consumer loyalty market worldwide is valued at more than four billion U.S. dollars and it's expected to surpass 18 billion by the end of 2028. - Statista I remember when customer loyalty programs meant airline miles and credit card rewards. When Generation Z came along the rewards programs had to adapt to the demands of instant gratification. Denis Huré, entrepreneur, disruptor, and Founder / CEO of Reward the World, followed a path of marketing and One thing you’ll l...

Confidence isn't binary. It manifests in degrees. Doug Standley, CEO of niolabs is 100% confident. Deeply driven. Yet, humble. Most of his career was at Deloitte, helping companies not get too spun up about all the new digital solutions out there. Instead, Doug's team helped companies understand digitization and building successful implementations. They earned a ton of money and the trust of their clients by simply telling the truth, with none of the hype. He wrote the first 3 ...

618 BCE - The toothbrush was invented during the Tang Dynasty.2021 CE - After 3 years of research and invention, Dr. Keith Arbeitman launched the SymplBrush. It cleans more effectively, and it’s safer (and faster) than any other toothbrush.Dr. Arbeitman - "As a dentist, a lot of the work I do is the consequence of people either brushing too hard and hurting their teeth and gums, or not brushing hard enough to clean their teeth, causing cavities and gum infections," says Keith Arbeitman, DDS, ...