Unusually Well Informed

Kira Tchernikovsky is co-founder of Customerization, a business technology consulting firm that helps small and medium sized businesses attract and delight customers. Kira and I discuss the digital tools that entrepreneurs can use to grow their impact and their revenue.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Kira Tchernikovsky

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Doctor George Zhu is a professor at the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University. He is also a Research Chair in Space Technology and Director of the Space Engineering Design Laboratory. George has published over 300 journal and conference papers and is internationally acknowledged as a leader in astronautics; spacecraft dynamics & control; and space debris mitigation. 

George and I  discuss his research projects and the exciting possibilities they create.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Dr. George Zhu

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Sharon Hartung is a retired aerospace engineering officer from the Royal Canadian Air Force and former technology executive from IBM. Sharon is the author of the book titled Digital Executor: Unraveling The New Path For Estate Planning. The last gift you’ll leave your loved ones now has a growing digital component. Sharon and I talk about estate planning for both our physical and digital assets.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Sharon Hartung

Digital Executor: Unraveling The New Path For Estate Planning

Your Digital Undertaker: Exploring Death in the Digital Age in Canada

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Robert Jacobson is an entrepreneur, advisor, and space advocate who believes that space holds the key to humanity’s successful future. Robert is the founder of Space Advisors, a strategic and financial consulting firm for space startups. Robert and I discuss his book titled "Space Is Open for Business: The Industry That Can Transform Humanity".

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Robert Jacobson

Space Is Open For Business: The Industry That Can Transform Humanity

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Dr. Jennifer Pierce is a corporate design consultant and user experience researcher who helps artists and businesses brainstorm, empathize, ideate, prototype, and test. Jennifer and I discuss how user experience research is done and how it impacts the products and services we use.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Dr. Jennifer Pierce

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Dr. BehNaz Gholami is the founder of Dizen, a research, design & innovation consulting firm. She is a change strategist, a social scientist and a researcher. BehNaz and I discuss human experience, agile software development, change management, culture setting, design thinking and artificial intelligence.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: BehNaz Gholami

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Jared Thatcher is a Lean Transformation business consultant.  He is currently a continuous process improvement program manager at the Port of Seattle. He’s also on the advisory board of the Design Thinking program at the Tambolo Institute at Bellevue College. Jared is the founder of the Virtual Lean Summit, an online event helping leaders build problem discovery and solving skills.

Jared and I discuss his book titled “Parenting the Lean Way”.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Jared Thatcher

Virtual Lean Summit

Parenting the Lean Way: Business Inspired Solutions for Empowering the Family

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Christie Turley is a serial entrepreneur and  growth strategist who helps companies develop their communication and branding. She is also a podcaster, keynote speaker and author.

Christie and I discuss her book titled “The Intuition-Led Business”.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Christie Turley

Check out resources we talked about in the show including the 4 Buying Languages and the Customer Avatar Interview:

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Fotini Iconomopoulos is an author, keynote speaker, MBA Instructor, trainer and advisor. Nicknamed “the negotiator” as a child, she helps people and organizations build the negotiation skills they need to get what they want.

Fotini and I discuss her book on negotiation titled “Say Less, Get More”.

Host and Producer: Tim Hampton

Guest: Fotini Iconomopoulos

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Hamza Khan is Managing Director at the Student Life Network, a two time TEDx Speaker, Author and award winning marketer. Hamza and I discuss his book titled “Leadership Reinvented”.

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Guest: Hamza Khan

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