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Mitch Joel
Six Pixels of Separation - Mitch Joel's weekly conversation with business leaders, thinkers, innovators and cultural icons. The show is about insights and provocations on brands, consumers, technology, business and how connected we've all become.
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Jan 8, 2023 • 1h 3min
SPOS #861 - Shawn Kanungo On Becoming A Bold One
Welcome to episode #861 of Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast - Episode #861. I first met Shawn Kanungo many years back (we share the same speaking bureau). He was also on the speaking circuit and making quite a ruckus (he still is). We became fast-friends. Shaw recently published his first book, The Bold Ones - Innovate And Disrupt To Become Truly Indispensable. While he's known for his thinking on innovation and strategy, Shawn also has incredible video skills. From his virtual presentations (that are next level) to his work on TikTok. Prior to this work, Shaw spent over a decade working at Deloitte. His success at the consultancy paved the way for him to pursue a career in speaking and innovation on his own. Shawn helps people to think differently, to make bold decisions, and to create an environment of collaboration and innovation in their work. By sharing his personal story, Shawn demonstrates the power of collective action and encourages readers to take action and make a difference in their organization. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 1:02:54. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. 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. Check out ThinkersOne. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Shawn Kanungo. The Bold Ones - Innovate And Disrupt To Become Truly Indispensable. Follow Shawn on TikTok. Follow Shawn on Instagram. Follow Shawn on LinkedIn. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Jan 1, 2023 • 57min
SPOS #860 - Mauro Porcini On The Human Side of Innovation
Welcome to episode #860 of Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast - Episode #860. People are at the heart of innovation, and creating an environment that encourages collaboration and open communication is essential for success. Nobody knows this better than Mauro Porcini. Mauro is an influential global design leader and the Senior Vice President and Chief Design Officer of PepsiCo (which includes a ton of brands like Mountain Dew, Gatorade, SodaStream, Doritos and countless others). His journey to the top started from humble beginnings, and prior to PepsiCo, he served as the first-ever Chief Design Officer at 3M. He is an advocate of innovation and his latest book, The Human Side of Innovation, shares his take on the true nature of innovation and how to create meaningful work. Through his book, he encourages readers to use their craft, courage, intelligence and ingenuity to make meaningful impact. Mauro is committed to mentoring and storytelling, and he is passionate about connecting with others and helping them to realize their potential. The Human Side of Innovation offers unique insights and valuable guidance from someone who was managing design in industries that were very skeptical of his work. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 57:19. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. 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. Check out ThinkersOne. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Mauro Porcini. The Human Side of Innovation. PepsiCo. Follow Mauro on Instagram. Follow Mauro on LinkedIn. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Dec 25, 2022 • 47min
SPOS #859 - Joshua Gans On The Economics Of Artificial Intelligence
Joshua Gans, co-author of 'Power and Prediction' and a professor at the Rotman School of Management, dives into the economics of artificial intelligence. He highlights how AI can reshape our global economy while discussing its potential benefits and risks, such as biases and regulatory challenges. Gans also explores the transformative potential of AI in everyday life, drawing parallels between historical technological shifts and our current landscape. He emphasizes the intriguing 'AI bullwhip effect' that can disrupt supply chain dynamics.

Dec 18, 2022 • 1h 3min
SPOS #858 - Joseph Jaffe Explores The Future Of The Internet
Welcome to episode #858 of Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast - Episode #858. What role will Web3 and NFTs play in the future of digital ownership and intellectual property rights? Can the adoption of Web3 and NFTs lead to greater inclusivity and access to opportunities in the digital economy? Joseph Jaffe is widely regarded as one of the top marketing thinkers in the world (Jaffe Juice). He is the author of many excellent books (Life After The 30-Second Spot, Join The Conversation, Flip The Funnel, Z.E.R.O., Built To Suck). More recently, he launched the Alpha Collective a hybrid mastermind, online community and Web3 venture to help business leaders better connect to the future of tech. He's also the host of his business talk show, Joseph Jaffe Is Not Famous. A long-time friend (and one of the main inspirations behind the Six Pixels of Separation podcast), we used to record semi-regular conversations, debates and back-and-forths that would dive a little deeper into the business, innovation and marketing landscape. Well, we're back, and in this episode we discuss the future of the Internet and how the past may look a lot like its future. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 1:03:23. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. 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. Check out ThinkersOne. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Joseph Jaffe. Alpha Collective. Joseph Jaffe Is Not Famous. Built To Suck. Life After The 30-Second Spot. Join The Conversation. Flip The Funnel. Z.E.R.O. Check out Joe on ThinkersOne. Check out Joe on Twitter. Check out Joe on LinkedIn. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Dec 11, 2022 • 51min
SPOS #857 - Jay Baer On Consumer Expectation And Speed
Welcome to episode #857 of Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast - Episode #857. What does it take to truly win at the customer experience? Speed. Sure, there are plenty of other ways to do better, but speed is the main thing these days. That's what Jay Baer has discovered in the 2022 Consumer Patience Study that he conducted titled, The Time To Win. My friend Jay has spent 29 years in digital marketing and customer experience. His last book, Talk Triggers, was the complete guide to creating word of mouth excitement. He's also the author of Hug Your Haters, Youtility and more. Before selling his agency, Convince & Convert, he also hosted the Social Pros podcast and the Standing Ovation podcast. If that were not enough, Jay is currently a business influencer and an amazing keynote speaker. Jay is also a certified tequila sommelier, and creates custom tequila education/live tasting programs for in-person and virtual events. Now, how fast is fast enough for today's demanding consumers? Let's find out. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 51:13. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. 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. Check out ThinkersOne. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Jay Baer. The Time To Win. Talk Triggers. Hug Your Haters. Youtility. Jay is also a certified tequila sommelier. Check out Jay on ThinkersOne. Check out Jay on Twitter. Check out Jay on LinkedIn. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

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Dec 4, 2022 • 52min
SPOS #856 - Gabriella Rosen Kellerman On Developing Your Tomorrowmind
Gabriella Rosen-Kellerman, a Harvard-trained physician and tech executive, shares insights on thriving in the modern workplace. She discusses her transition from psychiatry to behavioral health technology and the role of BetterUp's coaching model, including Prince Harry's involvement. The conversation highlights the principles from her upcoming book, Tomorrowmind, focusing on positive psychology and adapting to post-pandemic work cultures. Gabriella emphasizes the importance of meaning at work, social connection strategies, and resilience amid uncertainty.
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Nov 27, 2022 • 46min
SPOS #855 - Mike Evans On The Startup Journey
Welcome to episode #855 of Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast - Episode #855. The recently release book, Hangry, is a humorous, rags-to-riches, cautionary tale about Mike Evans, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, who founded GrubHub in his basement and expanded it into the multi-billion dollar online food delivery colossus. Hungry and tired one night, Mike wanted a pizza, but getting a pizza delivered was a pain in the neck. He didn't want to call a million restaurants to see what was open. So, as an avid coder, he created GrubHub in his spare bedroom to figure out who delivered to his apartment. Then, armed with a $140 check from his first customer and ignoring his crushing college debt he quit his job. Over the next decade, Mike grew GrubHub into the world's premier online ordering website. In doing so, he entered the company of an elite few entrepreneurs to take a startup from an idea all the way to an IPO. GrubHub's journey from Mike's bedroom to Wall Street doesn't fMit into how business schools teach entrepreneurship. With a razor-sharp wit, Mike reveals surprising insights about how people approach food, and hard-won truths about how startups succeed — and even harder-won truths about how startups fail. Shocking everyone, at the pinnacle of startup success, Mike left it all behind, quitting the company he started to bike across the United States in search of balance. But eventually, the grand vistas of America bring the lessons of the past into focus, driving the realization that for entrepreneurs a hunger for success doesn't end, and he starts another company, even more ambitious than the first. The company is Fixer. Fixer is an on-demand handyperson service. The key to the business is that the fixers are W-2 employees with benefits, trained from scratch in-house. Their goal is to reboot trade education in the United States. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 46:16. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. 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. Check out ThinkersOne. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Mike Evans. Hangry. GrubHub. Fixer. Follow Mike on LinkedIn. Follow Mike on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Nov 20, 2022 • 58min
SPOS #854 - Jeremy Utley On Ideaflow And Coming Up With Better Ideas
Welcome to episode #854 of Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast - Episode #854. As a dynamic and engaging speaker, Jeremy Utley translates his research into the history of invention and discovery into transformative learning experiences. He co-leads the d.school's Executive Education programs, and co-teaches two celebrated courses at Stanford, Leading Disruptive Innovation and LaunchPad, which focus on creating real-world impact with the tools of design and innovation. One of the most prodigious collaborators at the d.school, Jeremy has taught alongside the likes of Lecrae, Dan Ariely, Laszlo Bock, and Greg McKeown. He has a new book out called, Idealflow - The Only Business Metric That Matters (along with co-author Perry Klebahn). In Ideaflow, they focus on offering their proven strategy for coming up with great ideas by yourself or with your team, and quickly determining which are worthy. Creativity is everyone's business... and this book proves it. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 58:22. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. 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. Check out ThinkersOne. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Jeremy Utley. Idealflow - The Only Business Metric That Matters. Free bonus chapter: How To Think Like Bezos & Jobs. d.school. Perry Klebahn. Follow Jeremy on LinkedIn. Follow Jeremy on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Nov 13, 2022 • 53min
SPOS #853 - Heidi K. Gardner On Smarter Collaboration At Work
Welcome to episode #853 of Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast - Episode #853. If you're studying the current (and future) state of work, there is no doubt that when we talk about "back to office," the main reason to do this is for better collaboration. But what does that mean... and is that true? Well, let's ask the expert on smarter collaboration, Dr. Heidi K. Gardner. Heidi is an advisor, keynote speaker, and facilitator for organizations. Named by Thinkers50 as a Next Generation Business Guru, she is a Distinguished Fellow at Harvard Law School and former professor at Harvard Business School. She is currently the faculty chair and instructor in multiple executive education programs at both institutions. She has authored (or co-authored) more than 100 books, chapters, case studies, and articles. This includes the Washington Post best-selling book, Smart Collaboration - How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos and the newly published, Smarter Collaboration - A New Approach to Breaking Down Barriers and Transforming Work. Her research has received the Academy of Management's prize for Outstanding Practical Implications for Management and has been selected multiple times for Harvard Business Review's "best of" collections. If you're trying to figure out how to make the work flow better in your work, please take a listen. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 52:46. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. 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. Check out ThinkersOne. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Dr. Heidi K. Gardner. Smarter Collaboration - A New Approach to Breaking Down Barriers and Transforming Work. Smart Collaboration - How Professionals and Their Firms Succeed by Breaking Down Silos. Gardner & Co. Follow Heidi on LinkedIn. Follow Heidi on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast - Episode #853.

Nov 6, 2022 • 54min
SPOS #852 - Tom Peters On What Truly Matters At Work
Welcome to episode #852 of Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - The ThinkersOne Podcast - Episode #852. There are few true business thinkers that have impacted my life - at every twist and turn - in the way that Tom Peters has. He is the patron saint of management strategy and business thinking. Full stop. When I think of Tom Peters, there is only one word that comes to mind: Legend. He is that. He is the "oracle of business" to me, personally (and for many others) when it comes to business, business book writing, public speaking, personal branding, and how to show up. If you want to know how much his work and thinking has impacted my life, you can click back about ten years to when I wrote a very public love letter to him (here it is: Dear Tom Peters). From the moment I first read The Project 50 – close to twenty years ago – to every book, program and article that he's put out, I have been a fan. To say that I studied his public speaking style and adopted it for my own would not be a lie. A bio for Tom Peters? Where to begin? In 1982 he co-authored the seminal business book, In Search Of Excellence, which has been named one of the top three business books of the century by NPR. For my dollar, he's changed almost everything I thought I knew about business through a series of books called, The Reinventing Work Series 50 List Books. In 2003, I devoured Re-Imagine! Business Excellence In A Disruptive Age, and it still sits within arm's reach on my desk (one of the only books to do so). In 1987 he wrote the article, The Brand Called You, in Fast Company and it – literally – ushered in the era of individuals as brands (so, don't believe those who think that they created the notion of a personal brand… it was Tom). His list of accolades and awards could fill a book. About a year ago, he claimed that, Excellence Now - Extreme Humanism, would his (gasp!) last book. Thankfully, he just published another gem: Tom Peters' Compact Guide to Excellence. This is another one of Tom's small books that packs a massive pop. It is filled with exhilarating quotes that will inspire you to recognize what truly matters at work. Tom compiled these gems of wisdom from those down in the trenches creating extraordinary places to work. In this episode, we discuss everything from new work spaces to equity, and what really matters as we toil through our work. I am also very proud that Tom is active on ThinkersOne. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 53:56. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. 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. Check out ThinkersOne. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Tom Peters. Tom Peters' Compact Guide to Excellence. Excellence Now - Extreme Humanism. The Project 50. In Search Of Excellence. Re-Imagine! Business Excellence In A Disruptive Age. The Brand Called You. The Reinventing Work Series 50 List Books. Check out Tom on ThinkersOne. Follow Tom on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.


