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This week I am thrilled to welcome Mike Walsh to the show. Mike is the CEO of Tomorrow, a global consultancy on designing companies for the 21st century. A global nomad, futurist, and author of the bestselling book, The Algorithmic Leader, he advises some of the world’s biggest organizations on digital transformation and disruptive innovation in this new era of machine intelligence. Mike is also a prolific writer and commentator, whose views have appeared in a wide range of international publications including the Harvard Business Review, Inc. Magazine, BusinessWeek, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. Each week he interviews provocative thinkers, innovators, and troublemakers on his podcast, Between Worlds, and his latest book, The Algorithmic Leader: How to be smart when machines are smarter than you, offers a hopeful and practical guide for reinventing leadership and organizations. Mike's other books include Futuretainment (winner of the design award by the Art Director’s Club in New York), published by Phaidon, and The Dictionary Of Dangerous Ideas.  

THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… individuals, innovators, leaders, start-ups, organizations, and brands. 

TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Mike talks about innovation, disruption, and the algorithms of leadership. He also expounds on the inherent biases in algorithms, the far-reaching implications of critical design-choices, the necessity of granularity in data anthropology, the future of automation, and what it is that drives decision-making and should drive it moving forward. It is a riveting and future-facing conversation that is incredibly timely as we live through a civilization-scale, disrupting event that has touched virtually every part of the globe. 

WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… his ability to use stories to share future use cases of technology. 

Running time: 30:59 

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This week I am beyond thrilled to welcome Chris Schembra to the show. Chris is the bestselling author of "Gratitude and Pasta: The Secret Sauce for Human Connection", chronicling his adventures as one of the most sought-after dinner hosts in the World. Forbes has just ranked his book as the #2 book of 2020 to create Human Connection and USA Today calls him the "Gratitude Guru.” He is the Founder + Chief Question Asker of 7:47, an advisory firm that helps companies give the GIFT of community and belonging to their VIP clients and partners. Having used their signature pasta sauce to spark over 400,000 relationships around the dinner table, their core hypothesis is that giving gratitude to others is the key to fulfillment, and ultimately good for business. Currently, 7:47 is leading a year-long study on how gratitude and empathy affect entrepreneurship and the values their companies stand for. Their research revolves around a singular question, “If you could give credit or thanks to one person in your life, that you don’t give enough credit or thanks to, who would that be?”  

I am beyond delighted to have Chris Schembra on the What’s Next! Podcast for a timely and moving conversation you don’t want to miss. 

THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… people who need and/or want connection, people who want to do better and succeed more, and people who love pasta. 

TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Chris shares his journey through success and plenty, as well as loneliness and rebuilding, and through it all, what gratitude, connection, and pasta have meant to him and to the people around him. He shares the value of connection from catharsis and physical health, to the strengthening of both personal and business connections that directly affect how successful, fulfilled, and prosperous you ultimately are. He also discusses the importance of connection in our current, COVID-19-locked-down reality, how to do it better and drive innovation and creativity, and how his dinners are going virtual!

WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… When in doubt, show gratitude! 

Running time: 34:06 

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This week I am thrilled to welcome Joel Peterson to the show. Joel is the Chairman of the Board of Overseers at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, as well as the Chairman of the Board at JetBlue Airways. He has served on more than three dozen boards over the past 45 years, most notable among them being The Dallas Market Center, Texas Commerce Bank (Dallas), and Asurion. He currently serves on the boards of Franklin Covey and Packsize, and is also the Founding Partner and Chairman of Peterson Partners, a Salt Lake City-based investment management firm. Peterson Partners has invested in over 200 companies through 13 funds in four primary asset classes: growth-oriented private equity, venture capital, real estate, and search funds. Joel earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and now teaches at Stanford University. He has been awarded the 2005 Distinguished Teaching Award and the 2016 Robert K. Jaedicke Silver Apple Award at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. I am beyond delighted to have Joel Peterson on the What’s Next! Podcast.    

THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… leaders, entrepreneurs, and those wanting to move into entrepreneurial and leadership roles. 

TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Joel discusses the crisis of trust, entrepreneurial leadership, the future of travel in the face of a global pandemic, and remote learning. Building a high-trust culture within your organization is the best and most powerful way to manage a company–and come back from this pandemic. That kind of trust isn’t possible to achieve in an instant, but it can be lost in an instant. It is powerful but fragile. So, to help us navigate trust and leadership, Joel breaks down the laws that underpin trust and the skills that underpin a true entrepreneurial leader!  

WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… Talking about the culture of trust and the competitive edge that it brings!

Running time: 25:57 

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This week I have the absolute pleasure of welcoming Gretchen Carlson to the show. Gretchen is a journalist, author, and empowerment advocate who paved the way for the #MeToo movement with her historic 2016 sexual harassment complaint against the chairman of Fox News, Roger Ailes. Named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World,” Carlson is one of America’s most successful news anchors, as well as a globally recognized advocate for female empowerment–her TED Talk on the subject garnering almost 2 million views.  She is also the celebrated author of the New York Times bestseller “Be Fierce,” and a main character in the 2019 film, Bombshell, where she is played by Oscar-winner, Nicole Kidman. In December 2019, Carlson founded the organization “Lift Our Voices” with former Fox News colleagues Julie Roginsky and Diana Falzone. Its mission is to end the practice of Non-Disclosure Agreements, confidentiality provisions and forced arbitration clauses that have prevented employees from publicly discussing and disclosing toxic workplace conditions, including sexual harassment and assault.  

An honors graduate of Stanford University, Carlson was valedictorian of her high school class and studied at Oxford University in England. A violin prodigy, she performed as a soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra at age 13, and in 1989 became the first classical violinist to win the Miss America crown.  I am beyond thrilled to have Gretchen Carlson on the What’s Next! Podcast. 

THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone and everyone looking to build their courage, stand up for what’s right and feel safe in telling your own story. 

TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Gretchen shares her story of moving from opportunity to opportunity and witnessing her life work in mysterious ways. She impresses upon us the importance of being prepared to rise to the opportunity and building your courage along the way. Throughout her storied career, Gretchen says she was building courage–the courage that would ultimately serve her in her advocacy for women. She shares her experience in journalism and television and her advocacy work to help lift the voice of other women and keep them from being silenced. If you don’t tell the truth, who will? 

WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… I love talking to Gretchen about courage, taking chances, and standing up for what you believe in! 

Running time: 36:16 

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This week I am beyond delighted to be speaking with Alain Hunkins. Alain is a sought-after speaker, consultant, trainer, and coach. He is the author of the gound-breaking new book about leadership, Cracking The Leadership Code: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders. Over his twenty-year career, he has led over 2,000 groups in 25 countries himself. Alain’s clients include Wal-Mart, Pfizer, Citigroup, General Electric, State Farm Insurance, IBM, General Motors, and Microsoft. He has designed and facilitated seminars on numerous leadership topics, including teambuilding, conflict management, communication, peak performance, innovation, engagement, and change. Alain serves on the faculty of Duke Corporate Education and has published over 400 articles on leadership. I am thrilled to have Alain Hunkins on the What’s Next! Podcast. 

THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… leaders both new and old, aspiring and current! Anyone who wants to shorten the leadership learning curve and accelerate their growth. 

TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Why do people choose to do what they do? Where is the disconnect between intention and actual performance? Are we truly self-aware? Alain breaks down how we can crack the leadership code and how we can learn from great leaders as well as mediocre ones to get the best results! Alain is all about shortening the learning curve and accelerating your growth. He analyzes the principles and what he terms “shadow principles,” to help you get there too. 

WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… I love how timely this conversation on Leadership, as well as working from home, is! 

Running time: 28:36 

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This week I am beyond delighted to be speaking with Molly Bloom. Molly is an inspirational keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and the bestselling author of Molly’s Game, a memoir which was adapted into an award-winning film of the same name by Aaron Sorkin. Molly began her career as a world-class skier. While training as a pre-teen she was diagnosed with severe scoliosis and had to undergo surgery that doctors said would end her athletic career. A year later, fully recovered, she was back on the slopes and went on to join the U.S. Ski Team. But, her Olympic dreams would go unrealized and this would lead her to what she thought would be a year sabbatical in LA. She was finishing her degree in Political Science at the University of Colorado – Boulder and was in the process of applying to top tier Law Schools, when her assistant job turned her into an accidental entrepreneur running one of  the most exclusive, high-stakes underground poker games in the world, pulling in as much as $4 million per year. What happened next is where her story truly begins!  

The film Molly’s Game, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, stars Jessica Chastain (as Molly), Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Brian d’Arcy James, and Chris O’Dowd. Bloom has appeared on numerous shows and in media outlets such as Ellen, Vice, The Los Angeles Times, NPR, Vulture, and has been asked to speak at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women, for companies like Blackrock Financial, SiriusXM Radio, and delivered the 2018 commencement speech at Colorado State University.  I am truly delighted to have Molly Bloom on the What’s Next! Podcast. 

THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… everyone! Everybody and anybody will find Molly’s story fascinating and intriguing.

TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Molly shares her story of inspiration, intrigue, and events straight out of a Hollywood movie! She recounts her journey from Olympic-hopeful and college student, to LA waitress, to building and operating the largest and most notorious private poker game in the world. Molly’s story is one of innovation, inspiration, ambition, redemption, and entrepreneurship. 

WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… I love what Molly has to say about owning your name, and really being seen and heard. I also love how clear she is on finding what you stand for and getting clear on what you are and are not willing to do. 

Running time: 32:40 

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This week I am thrilled to be speaking with Mitch Lowe. Mitch was one of the early pioneers in the movie rental industry opening video rental stores in the early 1980’s. In the late 90’s Mitch joined Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings at Netflix as the video industry expert. As VP of Business Development and Strategic Alliances for Netflix’s first 5 years, and as a member of its core executive team, Mitch led many of the partnerships that drove new subscribers to join Netflix. Mitch left Netflix in 2003 after a very successful IPO and joined the business development team at McDonalds Ventures to build a DVD evening machine business called Redbox. Mitch served as its COO and President for 8 years, growing the company from $36k in first-year revenue to over $1.5B in revenue 8 years later. Today Mitch invests in startups and gives inspirational speeches around the world to corporations, conferences, and students sharing stories of innovation, disruption and facing the challenges of building new products and services. I am truly delighted to have Mitch Lowe on the What’s Next! Podcast. 

THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… executives, managers, founders of small and large organizations – anyone looking to hear from someone who has been part of one of the biggest disruption stories in the new digital age. 

TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Mitch shares his proven experience and tips on how to become more innovative and disruptive in your own organization. What should you do and when? Mitch shares how you can identify a need on the frontlines of your customer base and use that data to create a company that truly addresses that need.  

WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… I get to chat with an innovator whose work I covered in my own book, and I love the concept of the order and sequence in which you do things! Mitch gives you actionable items you can implement Monday morning to start making that progress.  

Running time: 32:48 

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This week I am thrilled to be speaking with Adam Kingl. Adam is an author and keynote speaker who educates future leaders on culture, purpose, team dynamics, the future of work, creativity, strategic innovation, management innovation, and the generational paradigms of work and leadership. He is Adjunct Faculty at Ashridge – Hult International Business School.  He was the Regional Managing Director, Europe, for Duke Corporate Education and the Executive Director of Thought Leadership and Learning Solutions for London Business School. Adam’s new book, Next Generation Leadership, is out now. I am delighted to have Adam Kingl on the What’s Next! Podcast. 

THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… managers, leaders, CEOs, Start-ups, entrepreneurs and anyone recruiting and/or managing young professionals! 

TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Adam helps us understand how best to navigate five generations of workers in the workforce for the first time in history, especially the GenY workforce. How you recruit, manage, enable, and retain new generations of workers is critical to the success of your organization. Without happy employees, you won’t have happy customers. Adam helps us navigate this most critical frontier. 

WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… Hearing what Gen Y thinks, thinking about how we invest in talent moving forward, and even how we handle losing and rehiring talent in the future! 

Running time: 33:22 

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This week I am speaking with the delightful and purpose-driven, Raj Sisodia. Raj is the FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business and Whole Foods Market Research Scholar in Conscious Capitalism at Babson College, and Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Conscious Capitalism Inc. He has a Ph. D. in Marketing from Columbia University and has published eleven books, including Firms of Endearment: How World Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose and his most recent book, The Healing Organization: Awakening the Conscience of Business to Help Save the World. Raj is also the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business (2013) and Wall Street Journal bestseller Everybody Matters (2015). He was named one of “Ten Outstanding Trailblazers of 2010” by Good Business International, and one of the “Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior” by Trust Across America for 2010 and 2011. He is on the Board of Directors at The Container Store and a trustee of Conscious Capitalism Inc. I am thrilled to have  Raj Sisodia on the What’s Next! Podcast.      

THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… People searching for their personal purpose in the work they do each day.  

TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Raj uncovers and expands on the unmet need for conscious capitalism in contemporary business. We are talking about ethics in business and marketing, purpose, value, and true happiness. This is not something mutually exclusive from business and capitalism, but the way Raj explains it, something that is vitally a part of the business ecosystem and indispensable to building a worthwhile and successful brand. Learn how to be courageously patient, identify your brand’s true purpose, and care for your team, your employees, and your customers at scale. 

WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… Raj’s journey from marketing to uncovering a true passion that seeks to make business more conscientious, impactful and valuable to society. 

Running time: 29:51 

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This week I am speaking with luminary, and world-famous juggler, Michael J. Gelb. Michael is the world’s leading authority on the application of genius thinking to personal and organizational development.  He is the author of 16 books including How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci, Innovate Like Edison and Discover Your Genius.  Michael’s books have been translated into 25 languages and have sold more than one million copies. His new book The Healing Organization: Awakening the Conscience of Business to Help Save the World, co-authored with Professor Raj Sisodia, was released on September 17, 2019. I am thrilled to have Michael J. Gelb on the What’s Next! Podcast.      

THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone and everyone wanting to approach life with genius and mastery.  

TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Michael Gelb breaks down how we too can think like innovation master and genius, Leonardo Da Vinci. It is a conceptual roadmap that is sure to change how you approach work and life. Confidence and a desire to find the beauty of truth will change how you approach and learn from failure and continue to feed your curiosity. Moreover, as a world-famous juggler, Michael also shares how we can keep multiple balls in the air ourselves, and how we can solve problems quickly and efficiently. 

WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… Michael’s motto of maintaining the curiosity of a child with the focus of a grown-up. 

Running time: 35:30 

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