The Global Discussion

Arne Maus is known worldwide as a leading expert in thinking preferences. He is a management coach, trainer, and consultant to large organisations. He founded Identity Compass International in 1994 and continues to develop an international network of consultants who specialise in using the Identity Compass profile. Arne now dedicates his time researching thinking preferences and enhancing the profiling system. Arne is the author of the book "Forget About Motivation" (KONA Publishing & Media) and the leading developer of the Identity Compass®.  He explains in his book the building blocks of thinking and how to understand people in a better way—sharing the Learning around why people do what they do. Arne dedicates much of his time to the research on Cognitive Intentions. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Chris Rabbitt, Cofounder of Meeow Ltd, a Director at Carrot Ltd, and a Chapter Director, at Startup Grind, in addition to being a Founder member of Yorkshire Bikers In Business. Meeow was founded at the beginning of the COVID pandemic when face-to-face events shut down. It was launched by two entrepreneurs - Chris Rabbitt and Simon Glenn. Meeow aims to remove some of the unconscious bias that can present itself in face-to-face networking through its randomised solution.    A Meeow is an online video meeting created by a user on a subject they're interested in and scheduled for a specific time. Up to 3 people (who the creator probably doesn't know yet) can book onto the Meeow to talk to them about that subject. With Meeow, you can search for the subjects you love, find the people from around the world who’ve created Meeows on those subjects and book to talk to them in groups of no more than four.  Every time you attend a meeting on Meeow, the AI engine AI-ME (pronounced Amy) learns more about you, helping her to introduce you to more of the people you want to speak to. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Peter Benei has a successful track record in the enterprise world, specifically the advertising industry. He served as an agency executive for Fortune 500 brands in London and CEE. In 2014, Peter switched to focusing only on helping growing companies as a remote CMO.  Peter knows first-hand about becoming burned out and working in toxic or poorly optimised environments, and he has witnessed the same patterns repeating themselves. Peter changed his focus first, stopping working for others and starting working with consulting clients. He has scaled and managed remote teams from 5 to 50 and helped remote businesses to go from idea to fundraising as a CMO/COO. His mission is to transform 10,000 managers into remote leaders through training and mentorship. Peter is a veteran marketing & growth leadership consultant focusing on remote-first operations. He specialises in supporting remote managers to become better remote leaders with a customised group training program. Peter also provides consulting services for growing companies as a CMO, mentor, and advocate.  Peter wrote a book on remote and asynchronous leadership. This book is a leadership manual for those who want to be more efficient, productive, and inspiring leaders of remote companies. Asynchronous work is the next step in the remote work journey. People who work at asynchronous companies can perform not just regardless of their location but also of their time. Creating an environment that facilitates time-independent work is a massive challenge for leaders. Getting people aligned, measuring their performance, and tracking the results of their work while collaborating to solve bottlenecks is more challenging than ever. As a remote leader for the last decade, Peter shares his knowledge on how to meet this challenge. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Ulli Appelbaum is an award-winning marketing and brand strategy consultant with over 20 years of experience creating and building brand strategies. Ulli has held senior strategy roles at some of the largest advertising agencies in the world, including BBDO, Leo Burnett, Fallon Worldwide, and SapientNitro. He started a brand research & strategy boutique First The Trousers Then The Shoes Inc., in 2014 in Minneapolis, MN. Ulli has contributed to seven Effies and an ARF (Advertising Research Federation) Ogilvy award for Excellence in Research, and his insights and strategies for Wrigley, Harley Davidson, Hallmark, Nestle, Procter & Gamble, Chrysler, and others have helped build these brands in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the US. He is the author and creator of 2 sets of method cards to help marketers be better at their jobs: 1. The best-selling Positioning-Roulette method cards, only available on Amazon, a set of 26 method cards, validated by over 1200 case studies of effective brand building, designed to stimulate and inspire your thinking when developing brand positioning platforms, brand positioning statements, value propositions, communication strategies and product concepts. This methodology is in use with thousands of marketers and strategists worldwide. It can be found as a course on skillshare and enjoys overall five-star reviews on Amazon. 2. “Aha!, The Ultimate Insight Generation Toolkit”, a deck of 49 exercise method cards, also available exclusively on Amazon, designed to help you mine for and uncover insights faster (4.5 stars reviews on Amazon). Ulli has also created the family game, the “26 Popular Children Games from Around The World”, a set of cards designed to help promote cultural understanding and tolerance among children through play (also available on Amazon). He is a blogger for the Huffington Post, a contributor to various trade publications in the US and Europe, and a regular podcast interviewee and speaker. Ulli is a member of the Practitioner Council of the American Marketing Association. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Ruth is on a mission to help entrepreneurs, coaches, and other "knowledgepreneurs" get clients and build their communities. She guides entrepreneurs along the book-writing journey, providing a framework and time-saving tips to help them get a quality book written, published, and into the hands of readers. Ruth has shared her expertise on platforms like Thrive Global, Women in Publishing, Authority Magazine, The Write Coach, and Author Audience Academy. She guides people through practical steps that make writing a book an attainable goal. She is dedicated to ensuring her clients are in the eight per cent of people who successfully get their books written, published, and into the hands of eager readers. Ruth's clients write their book outline in a day, and they go on to write their first draft in 30 days. In six months or less, powerful books are birthed, and authors are holding their published books in their hands. Ruth's childhood experiences of living and growing up in southern Africa and learning from her parents, who served as missionaries, is why she is passionate about helping people find their unique message and turning it into a book. While in Africa, she attended school in three countries – South Africa, Botswana, and Rhodesia (now called Zimbabwe). Her favourite childhood memories include camping in Kruger National Park and Chobe National Park, visiting Victoria Falls, and falling asleep to the rhythm of rain pelting their tin roof. She now resides close to Glendon (the Pyrogy capital of Alberta, Canada) with her husband and five children. Ruth enjoys writing articles, devotionals, short stories, and Christian fiction. She has had pieces published in Testimony, Chicken Soup for the Soul, The Upper Room, and FellowScript. Her publication credits include three novelettes: Cecile's Christmas Miracle, Shadows and Sunshine, and Life Lessons; a devotional booklet: Uplifting Devotionals for Parents; and some books on using Twitter effectively: Learn Twitter: 10 Beginning Steps and Learn Twitter: 10 Intermediate Steps. She is a member of The Word Guild and The Christian PEN. Ruth currently serves as the President of InScribe Christian Writers' Fellowship. Ruth's children have taught her many things about living with special needs. She is a strong advocate and spent several years as a school board trustee on the local public school board. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Cassius Rayner has over 20 years of experience in video production across various sectors, from documentaries, drama, music videos, corporate videos, branding and NGOs. Since 2014 Cassius has dedicated his art, craft and skills to using mobile phones to capture stories. He works overseas, telling important stories in hostile situations that only a mobile phone could capture, always exploring and pushing the boundaries of mobile lenses and using light. He has won several international awards for short films, documentaries and a music video winning Best Director at the Tokyo Film Festival. Cassius is featured by various media, podcasts and magazines on his work producing video content using mobile phones and has built up a reputation as an expert in this field. He has worked in the USA, Chile, Brazil, China, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Europe and Hong Kong. Since 2017 Cassius has received 12 international film awards for his films. His work takes Cassius worldwide, making documentaries and teaching filmmaking.  Films and documentaries by Cassius include The Missing, London Falls Silent, Walking in our shoes, The Invisible Monster, Black Lives Matter, Black Women Rising, Street Art and Dead Eye. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Billy Dees is a Multimedia Specialist with a professional audio and radio production, video editing, and content marketing history. Billy creates audio for radio broadcasts, podcast productions, commercials, and flash briefings. His other endeavours at Perfect Media Productions, LLC include assisting people in creating various media in web and social media video, video editing, and voice-overs. Billy also serves in the marketing department of CommQuest Services, Inc., predominately as a multimedia specialist. He takes great pride in helping an organisation focused on mental health and recovery services, which makes the work incredibly satisfying. He is passionate about the human condition, the existence and fragility of all life, and our place in the universe.  Billy's podcast is "The Billy Dees Podcast." His subjects include news, societal issues, and human interest. One of Billy's passionate recurring subject lines is the scientific understanding of our world and the analysis of human behaviour. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Mirjana Prokic is the Founder and CEO of hangAIR Global. Mirjana is an Award Winner, Thought Leader, University Guest Lecturer, and former Global CMO. hangAIR is a pioneering health tech brand combining hardware (patented) with a supporting wellness SaaS ecosystem (app) to help 3 billion people worldwide with modern life's mental and physical strain. A Smart Rocking Incliner with a subscription model for use at home, in medical, sport, business and tourism environments to reduce mental and physical strains (sleep deprivation, stress and anxiety, back pain) by promoting effective rest breaks, lowering stress-related errors and improving focus, productivity and overall wellbeing. From executive burnout to helping a world breathe, sleep and reset anywhere and anytime. Mirjana is a former 'burnout workaholic' who successfully reset her life to follow an entrepreneurial dream to improve people's lives. Formerly, Mirjana is an award-winning Global Chief Marketing Officer and Business Turnaround Expert with years of outstanding performance successfully managing Global and Regional B2B and B2C sales and marketing ecosystems for diverse companies and industries: specialist chemicals, premium consumer brands, commercial/industrial goods and marketing agencies.  Mirjana is a trustee of the Global Angels Foundation, a charity transforming disadvantaged communities worldwide, and a guest lecturer at Oxford Brookes University. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Steve Pugh is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer with values based on empowering people and creating positive and creative cultures. In 2011 he invented a world-first financial fund which unlocked £300+ million of work for UK companies, building and safeguarding thousands of jobs. In 2018 Steve wrote his first book, and in 2021 he launched a business, Roadmap MBA bringing accessible and free business education and training to the world.  The Roadmap MBA mission is to make business education and training accessible for five billion people. Steve believes that it shouldn't matter where you grow up or your financial background to decide if you can access information to help you build a better life for yourself. Steve and the team understand that good business education can help almost everyone, and they are building something which gives the complete roadmap to grow a business or career as an alternative to a traditional MBA, based on real-world skills designed for people with passion, not a privilege. For businesses, this is the opportunity to train a team with high-quality, low-cost training accessible from anywhere. The Roadmap MBA can also support CSR and ESG credentials through community programmes. Steve and the team at Roadmap MBA are on a mission to help people around the world build a better life for themselves, creating an accessible platform for all communities to thrive and celebrate together. They currently have users in over 50 countries and are growing.  Steve holds a Master of Engineering (MEng) Hons, Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Mechanical Engineering Tribology, Lubricant performance in aircraft landing gear pin joints from The University of Sheffield. He has been published twice in respected journals and presented at international conferences worldwide. During his time at the university, he also won a special award for developing new teaching and communication methods for children with Cerebral Palsy.  In addition, Steve has an International MBA in Business Administration and Management from the University of Sunderland. About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn

Orla Kelly is a successful book publisher who has grown a business to offer a comprehensive range of publishing services to authors from all walks of life. Orla began as an author and has never forgotten what it is like to be an author, the vulnerability, feeling of exposure, doubts, and fear of judgement. These elements help Orla remain grounded and focused on delivering the best bespoke publishing service for all her clients. Orla understands that writing a book takes time, talent and perseverance, and she loves the book publishing industry, helping to make the hopes and dreams of her clients come alive by publishing a book that reflects who they are and what they want to achieve. Orla has published for authors from all walks of life and backgrounds, supporting them in telling their stories authentically and publishing the kind of books they are delighted to share with the world. She knows that an author's hard work requires special attention, whether an eBook, print book, or audiobook. Her publishing business genuinely cares about the author and the book creation process. It is evident to anyone meeting Orla that she is passionate about her work and is there every step of the way for her clients. As an author and publisher, she likes to do things differently, offering a warm, personal, bespoke professional service for each client who works with Orla Kelly Publishing.  Many of Orla's clients have won international awards for their books and become bestselling authors. Since their book launch, some clients have become keynote speakers; others have set up courses and mastermind groups, and others have been featured widely in the media.   About The Global Discussion: The podcast features carefully curated guests from an exciting cross-section of creatives, leaders, and thinkers. New episodes are available on Apple, Google, and Spotify podcasts and several leading podcast platforms. You can listen to and watch the episodes on our dedicated YouTube channel and the website. To learn more about The Global Discussion, please visit: https://www.theglobaldiscussion.com Audio: Spotify | Google | Apple Video: YouTube | Website Social Media: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn