Six Pixels of Separation Podcast

Welcome to episode #656 of Six Pixels of Separation.  Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #656 - Host: Mitch Joel. It’s the most wonderful time of the year when I get to speak media theorist, Douglas Rushkoff. He is - without a doubt - one of the smartest humans beings on this earth that I get to call a friend. Douglas is back with one of his most compelling pieces of work. It’s not (really) about the media… it’s about us. It’s about our need to find “find the others” and figure out how we - as a team - are going to work in this ever-technological world. Humans feel more isolated and repressed than ever before, and it’s going to take teamwork to pull this all together if we don’t want to lose out to automation, robotics and algorithms. That’s his new book, Team Human. Named one of the world’s ten most influential intellectuals by MIT, Douglas Rushkoff is an award-winning author, broadcaster, and documentarian who studies human autonomy in the digital age. He hosts the popular Team Human podcast, Rushkoff has written twenty books, including the bestsellers Present Shock and Program or Be Programmed, plus he’s a regular writer for CNN, Daily Beast, and The Guardian. He is also the person who made the PBS Frontline documentaries Generation Like and The Merchants of Cool. Douglas coined such concepts as "viral media" and "social currency,” and has been a leading voice for applying digital media toward social and economic justice. He is a research fellow of the Institute for the Future, and founder of the Laboratory for Digital Humanism at CUNY/Queens, where he is a professor of media theory and digital economics. I’m up for the challenge of building team human… are you? Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 1:01:00. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. 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. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Douglas Rushkoff. Team Human. Team Human podcast. Present Shock. Program or Be Programmed. Follow Douglas on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #654 of Six Pixels of Separation.  Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #654 - Host: Mitch Joel. I love people are not only creative, but understand how to talk about creativity. It's something that deeply motivates me to make stuff. Srinivas Rao is the host and founder of The Unmistakable Creative podcast, where he has conducted over 600 interviews with thought leaders and people from all walks of life (sounds familiar!). He's also the author of three books, including The Art of Being Unmistakable, Unmistakable - Why Only is Better than Best, and his latest, An Audience of One - Reclaiming Creativity for Its Own Sake. His work has been featured in many new outlets and publications. Many people also cite The Unmistakable Creative as being one of the more compelling podcasts on the creative landscape. What if creativity wasn't a job, but the work that you were meant to do? Here's what that might look (and sound) like. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 52:27. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. 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. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Srinivas Rao. An Audience of One - Reclaiming Creativity for Its Own Sake. Unmistakable - Why Only is Better than Best. The Art of Being Unmistakable. The Unmistakable Creative. Follow Srinivas on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #654 of Six Pixels of Separation.  Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #654 - Host: Mitch Joel. Ekaterina Walter is not just a friend. She is a business and marketing innovator, speaker, and author of the bestseller, Think Like Zuck, and coauthor of, The Power of Visual Storytelling. She recently published the book, The Laws of Brand Storytelling (with co-author Jessica Gioglio). After working in social media and digital marketing brands like Intel and Accenture, she co-founded a start-up that was acquired by Sprinklr, where she served as Global Evangelist. She now consults on transformation strategies. When Ekaterina is not writing about digital and business innovation, she and her eight-year-old daughter coauthor children’s books. The first, Amber and Sapphire - The Magic Spell, was published in 2017. In this episode, we explore her new book, The Laws of Brand Storytelling, and what companies must do to win (and keep) their customer's hearts (and minds). Enjoy the conversation...  Running time: 54:49. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. 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. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Ekaterina Walter. The Laws of Brand Storytelling. The Power of Visual Storytelling. Think Like Zuck. Amber and Sapphire - The Magic Spell. Follow Ekaterina on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #653 of Six Pixels of Separation.  Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #653 - Host: Mitch Joel. I had the please of hanging out with Alan Stein Jr. at a private meeting for professional speakers over the summer. I was super-impressed with his knowledge, capabilities and insights. Alan is a world-renowned coach, author and keynote speaker. He spent 15-plus years working the highest performing basketball players on the planet, and now coaches businesses on how to utilize the same strategies that elite athletes (like Kevin Durant) use to perform at a world-class level. Alan specializes in improving individual and organizational leadership, performance and accountability. He inspires and empowers everyone he works with to take immediate action and improve mindset, habits and productivity, which is why he recently published his first book, Raise Your Game - High-Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best. Want to raise your game? Enjoy the conversation...  Running time: 59:37. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. 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. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Alan Stein Jr.. Raise Your Game - High-Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best. Follow Alan on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #652 of Six Pixels of Separation.  Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #652 - Host: Mitch Joel. Innovation is a big word. It's a tough word and many businesses claim to be doing it... but few can demonstrate it (well). I was fortunate to be introduced to Tendayi Viki via the good people at Thinkers50 (where Tendayi is writing a crowd-sourced book in partnership with them). Tendayi is an author and innovation consultant. He holds a PhD in Psychology and an MBA. He helps large organizations develop their ecosystems, so that they can innovate for the future while managing their core business. Through his company Benneli Jacobs, he has given keynotes, run workshops and worked as a consultant for several large organizations including American Express, Unilever, Airbus and many more. Tendayi has been shortlisted for the Thinkers50 Innovation Award and was named on the Thinkers50 2018 Radar List for emerging management thinkers to watch. He has written two books: The Corporate Startup and The Lean Product Lifecycle. The Corporate Startup was awarded the 2018 CMI Management Book Of The Year In Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He is currently working on another two books, Right Question, Right Time and Pirates in The Navy. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 50:38. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. 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. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Tendayi Viki. The Corporate Startup. The Lean Product Lifecycle. Right Question, Right Time. The Lean Product Lifecycle. Benneli Jacobs. Thinkers50. Follow Tendayi on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #651 of Six Pixels of Separation.  Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #651 - Host: Mitch Joel. Two of my close friends from the marketing world are Christopher S. Penn and John Wall. Some know them as the dynamic duo that host the Marketing Over Coffee Podcast (and it’s a glorious one). We’ve been friends for close to 15 years (from the early days of podcasting at the first-ever PodCamp). What some may not know, is that the two of them plus Katie Robbert have a great company called, Trust Insights. The company’s big goal is to help brands light up their dark data. They live to build both predictive insights and push analytics to create better outcomes. Katie and I met at HubSpot’s massive Inbound conference this past year, where she presented on the topic of predictive analytics. This is the kind of rich brand goodness that is no longer relegated to big companies with massive budgets. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 53:49. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. 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. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Katie Robbert. Trust Insights. Katie’s Predictive Analytics presentation on HubSpot’s Inbound. Follow Katie on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #650 of Six Pixels of Separation.  Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #650 - Host: Mitch Joel. When I got my first opportunity to speak in front of a large audience, I wasn't sure where to turn for more professional public speaking and presentation skills training. Many names of individuals and organizations were thrown my way, but one name that kept rising to the top was Nick Morgan. I immediately purchased his book, Give Your Speech, Change The World, and it did - in fact - change my world and perception of what a presentation is really all about. Then came Working The Room followed by Trust Me and then Power Cues. I eagerly bought and devoured them all. Thankfully, Nick jumped into social media and started blogging over at Public Words. Now, Nick is back with a new book, Can You Hear Me? - How To Connect With People In A Virtual World. According to Nick: "We’re immersed in the digital world; in fact, we couldn’t live without our mobile phones, computers, and social apps that allow us to work and play in ways unimaginable even two decades ago. But the blurring of the virtual and the real has a hidden cost that we pay every day. The technology strips ordinary human emotional understanding out of our communications, and we are the poorer for it.” Take a listen to better understand how we can fix it. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 55:17. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. 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. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Nick Morgan. Can You Hear Me? - How To Connect With People In A Virtual World. Power Cues. Trust Me. Working The Room. Give Your Speech, Change The World. Public Words. Follow Nick on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #649 of Six Pixels of Separation.  Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #649 - Host: Mitch Joel. What's the move that you make after you graduate from business school? Many take a job and figure out if that path is for them, or if they need to strike out on their own. Chris Bailey got several job offers, but turned them all down. He had a different plan. For one year, he devoured everything on the subject of productivity. At the end of every day, he would write. This lead to his blog, A Year of Productivity. That was just the beginning. From there, he started to interview productivity experts from around the world, dug into deep academic and scientific research, and has conducted countless experiments on himself. A true guinea pig for productivity, Chris wants to become the most productive as humanly possible. After that, he wrote his first book, The Productivity Project. Now, he's back with his recently published sophomore business book effort, Hyperfocus - How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction. Want to be more productive? Want to know what it really takes (and how to really think about it)? This might be the show for you. Enjoy the conversation... Running time: 52:01. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. 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. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Chris Bailey. Hyperfocus - How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction. The Productivity Project. A Year of Productivity.. Follow Chris on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #648 of Six Pixels of Separation.  Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #648 - Host: Mitch Joel. This is the type of human being that the world (and business) desperately needs today. Kate O’Neill is helping humanity prepare for an increasingly tech-driven future by teaching business how to be successful with human-centric data and technology. Kate’s expertise comes from more than 20 years of experience and entrepreneurship leading innovations across technology, marketing, and operations. She created the first content management role at Netflix, was founder & CEO of [meta]marketer - a first-of-its-kind analytics and digital strategy agency, led the online optimization work at Magazines.com, developed Toshiba America‘s first intranet, and held leadership and advisory positions in a variety of other start-ups. Kate is now founder of KO Insights, a consultancy committed to improving human experience at scale. Kate is the author of four books including her latest, Tech Humanist (and we can't forget Pixels And Place). How do we make technology better for business and humans alike? Let's find out. Enjoy the conversation...  Running time: 54:16. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. 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. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Kate O’Neill. Tech Humanist. Pixels And Place. KO Insights. Follow Kate on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.

Welcome to episode #646 of Six Pixels of Separation.  Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #646 - Host: Mitch Joel. It's a pretty amazing life. Karen Wickre has been involved in the communications space for a very long time. She's based in Silicon Valley, sits on many boards and has even been written about quite a few times (check out Chip Conley's latest book, Wisdom @ Work for more about her abilities to be an executive whisperer and EQ guide). A veteran editor, curator, content strategist and connector of people and ideas, Karen is super-passionate about all forms of communication. She really has done it all from writing one of the very first consumer books about the Web (in 1995!) to working in content strategy for Sapient. With that, she is best known for being an integral part of Google's communications and public affairs, before moving on to become the Editorial Director at Twitter. Now, she is out on her own and has published her latest book, Taking the Work Out of Networking - An Introvert's Guide to Making Connections That Count. It's an excellent read for those who want to think differently about making connections that really count, and add value in their life by building out a strong community. Enjoy the conversation...  Running time: 52:13. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. 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. or you can connect on LinkedIn. ...or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Karen Wickre. Taking the Work Out of Networking - An Introvert's Guide to Making Connections That Count. Karen’s work on Medium. Follow Karen on Twitter. This week's music: David Usher 'St. Lawrence River'.