Unleashed - How to Thrive as an Independent Professional

Rachel Weingarten is a marketing and brand strategist, journalist, copywriter, beauty historian, and - in her words, a 'skillionaire.' Read more about Rachel on her website: https://rachelsfaves.com/about-rachels-faves/ Follow Rachel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachelcw  

Kim Calichio is a chef and educator.  When the pandemic shut down NYC, she realized there were many New Yorkers who would not be eligible for government assistance and who would be going hungry.   She set up Lifelife Grocery, which buys groceries from wholesale restaurant suppliers and involves volunteers to pack and deliver the groceries to 700 families per week. You can support this effort and feed a family for $35 per week by donating here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/lifeline-food-packages-for-families Visit the website for Kim's firm, The Connected Chef, here: https://theconnectedchef.com/

Steve Wunker worked closely with Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, who first popularized the concept of "jobs to be done." After serving for over five years as a Senior Partner at Innosight, the consulting firm founded by Christensen, in 2009 Steve started his own firm, New Markets Advisors. In 2017, Steve co-authored the book Jobs to be Done: A Roadmap for Customer-Centered Innovation. In this episode, Steve provides an overview of the Jobs to be Done approach. For more info on Jobs to be Done visit: https://www.newmarketsadvisors.com/jobs-to-be-done-book.html For more info on New Markets Advisors visit: https://www.newmarketsadvisors.com/  

Sree Sreenivasan has been the Chief Digital Officer at Columbia University, New York City, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is considered one of the most influential people in social media. We cover many topics in this episode, including the work of Sree's firm Digimentors, which produces world-class virtual events.  https://digimentors.group/ Sree mentions the course he developed for Muck Rack on Fundamentals of Social Media. Check it out here: https://academy.muckrack.com/ During the COVID-19 crisis, Sree is hosting a daily, global conversation with experts: http://bit.ly/sreecovid19call How to follow Sree: Sign up for Sree's Sunday Note newsletter with tech, social and life tips: http://bit.ly/sreenote. Join his FB Group, Sree's Advanced Social Media: http://bit.ly/sreefbadvanced His NYT guide to social media: http://bit.ly/nyt2017 His five TEDx talks: http://bit.ly/sreetedxvideos Twitter: @sree: http://twitter.com/sree Instagram: @sreenet: http://instagram.com/sreenet  

The Declaration of Independence Read by: Amada Soto Alejandra Bachman Sarah Sonnenfeld Naomi Soto Rosina Samadani Stacy Gilstrap Roopa Unnikrishnan Aparna Mukherjee Veronica Bachman Alejandra Campos Nancy Bachman Leah Burnett Esther Kim Surbhee Grover Julie Gupta Julie Mallozzi Maya Dijkstra Katherine Mechner Marissa Cherian Nayla Bahri Soyini Coke Lilly Minkove Evie Hantzopoulos Susie Chang DeVelde Sonia Dijkstra Kazuki Kozuru-Salifoska Rebecca Tushnet Susmita Pati Tere Riera-Carrion B.B. Banful Margarita Soto Video editor: Samuel Bachman Producer: Will Bachman

Kwame Christian, the Founder and Director of the American Negotiation Institute, is an expert in mediation and conflict resolution, serving a range of corporate and government clients. Links: American Negotiation Institute: https://americannegotiationinstitute.com/ Kwame is the author of Nobody Will Play With Me: Using Compassionate Curiosity to Find Confidence in Conflict https://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Will-Play-Compassionate-Confidence/dp/0578414368/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=nobody+will+play+with+me&qid=1593376796&sr=8-1 See Kwame's TEDxDayton talk "Finding Confidence in Conflict" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6Zg65eK9XU&t=11s

Cyrus Massoumi is one of the three founders of ZocDoc, an online medical care appointment booking service that has raised over $280 million in funding and currently has roughly 600 employees. Cyrus has stepped down from his role as CEO of ZocDoc. In this episode, he shares the three pillars of his current activities: 1) Philanthropy 2) His efforts to solve the problem of "lost," manifested in a new company he founded, Shadow, which has an app that helps reunite lost dogs with their owners: https://shadowapp.com/ 3) Investing along with his partner through their fund Humbition  

David Nguyen is the Founder of My Consulting Offer, a firm that helps experienced professionals and students get job offers from the top management consulting firms. In this episode, David shares his firm's process, and what explains how his firm manages to help 85% of its clients get an offer from a top firm. To learn more, visit: https://www.myconsultingoffer.org/  

Nick Kane is a Managing Partner at Janek Performance Group, which provides sales training, coaching, and consulting. Learn more about Janek Performance Group at: https://www.janek.com/

Srikumar Rao developed the groundbreaking course "Creativity and Personal Mastery" at Columbia Business School, which I had the good fortune to take in 2003. It is the only business school course in the world with its own active alumni association - including annual retreats for CPM alums. Srikumar has taught this course at other top business schools and delivered a program based on the course to many corporate clients. He is running an online program that is currently taking applications: https://theraoinstitute.com/cpm-online-2020/ He is the author of two books: 1) Are YOU Ready to Succeed?: Unconventional Strategies for Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and Life 2) Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful - No Matter What In this episode, Srikumar discusses several mental models, including: "Good thing, bad thing, who knows?" and "Don't shoot the second arrow."