What's Next! with Tiffani Bova

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.   This week I’m thrilled to bring you an episode of What’s Next! Podcast with Scott Simon.    Scott Simon is a happiness entrepreneur, speaker, and founder of Scare Your Soul, a movement inspiring individual and global change through small acts of courage.    He has spoken around the world, motivated people at schools and companies, given a TEDx Talk, co-founded a happiness incubator, and studied and worked with international thought leaders in the areas of courage and happiness.    Scott is the author of Scare Your Soul: 7 Powerful Principles to Harness Fear and Lead Your Most Courageous Life, a book that guides others to find the courage to face their fears and live in freedom.      THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… people who want to face their fears head-on and take a courageous step, whether personally, professionally, or in another area.      TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… fear is an inevitable part of the human experience. Having fear isn’t what holds us back, it’s avoidance of it that makes us comfortable and complicit. When we face our fears, we open ourselves up to positions of growth and power.      WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… Scott’s tips for how leaders can inspire courage in their teams by sharing their own vulnerabilities first and by celebrating what he calls “micro-steps”, one brave act in a different or new direction.      Running time: 25:50    Subscribe on iTunes    Find Tiffani on social:  Facebook  Twitter  LinkedIn    Find Scott online:  Official Website  Twitter    Scott’s Book:  Scare Your Soul: 7 Powerful Principles to Harness Fear and Lead Your Most Courageous Life   

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova for this What’s Next! Reload.  This week I have the pleasure of bringing back an episode with Tiffany Pham who is the Founder and CEO of Mogul, an award-winning, worldwide platform that connects women to trending content and courses, and personalizes it to meet the needs of the individual users. Mogul is visited by millions of women from over 196 countries and territories and 20,000+ cities worldwide. Mogul was named one of the top sites for marketing your company online by Forbes in 2015 and Tiffany was named one of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Media in 2014 as well as Business Insider’s 30 Most Important Women Under 30 in Technology in 2014. She is the co-author of the book From Business Strategy to Information Technology Roadmap and a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School. Her newest book You Are a Mogul, is in bookstores now.   THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… aspiring millennial moguls, parents of teens, or anyone who is interested in attracting more millennials to their workforce, or to buy their products. If you want to be inspired to reach your full potential and build something innovative and impactful, this episode is perfect for you.  TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE…   This episode is all about understanding what drives millennials and challenging yourself to go out and be a mogul. Tiffany talks about starting where you are and allowing your passions to drive and inspire you to push yourself farther and reach higher. She also shares her insights into the minds of millennials and how they view education and their overall contribution where they work and to the world. Tiffany shares her own journey of excellence from immigrating to the U.S. at a young age, to becoming a “Millennial Mogul.”   WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST…  Tiffany’s inspirational personal story and how her promise to her grandmother drove her to become the influential and inspiring media and technology mogul she is today. Tiffany’s story makes me want to wake up tomorrow and stay inspired!  Running time: 34:20  Subscribe on iTunes  Find Tiffani on social:  Facebook  Twitter  LinkedIn  Find Tiffany on social:  LinkedIn  Mogul 

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. I’m excited to share this conversation with Mindy Weinstein who shares her personal philsophy and corporate experience with consumer psychology. Mindy Weinstein is the founder and CEO of Market MindShift, as well as a national speaker, trainer, and digital marketing strategist. She has worked with and trained companies of all sizes. Throughout her career, Mindy has trained such companies as Facebook, The Weather Channel, World Fuel Services, Hampton Products, Putman Media and more. Other digital marketing agencies come to Mindy to learn the latest trends, concepts and methodologies. Mindy has been named as one of the top women in SEO and has presented at such conferences as Digital Summit, Pubcon, SMX, the SEJ Summit and more. She is an Ask the SEO Expert columnist for SearchEngineJournal.com. Mindy has often appeared in the media, with television interviews that aired on Fox, NBC and ABC as well as various other multimedia platforms. Mindy is the author of “The Power of Scarcity: Leveraging Urgency to Influence Customer Decisions” (McGraw Hill). She is also the host of Persuasion in Business, a podcast that dives into a persuasion-related concepts and provides real-world application for businesses.   THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone in consumer finance, marketing, retails, sales, or really any position that   TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… consumer psychology is about understanding and listening the thoughts and perspectives of your customers, so you have to keep an eye on the digital conversations happening on social media and online platforms, but you can’t forget about the direct contact modes from the sales team and customer service representatives.     WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… Scarcity mindset is hardwired into the human mind, but we can harness our basic instincts and use this power for good to build community and make better decisions for ourselves!     Running time: 30:25 Subscribe on iTunes     Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram   Find Mindy online: Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn   Mindy’s Book: The Power of Scarcity

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. I'm happy to revisit my conversation 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: 35:37 Subscribe on iTunes     Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram   Find Michael on social: Twitter Michael's Website Healing Leader Website   Michael’s Books: How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci The Art of Connection Discover Your Genius Creativity on Demand

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week I’m welcoming the New Year alongside new author Alex Budak to talk about how to help people create positive change. As a social entrepreneur, UC Berkeley faculty member, and author of Becoming a Changemaker, Alex dedicates his life to helping people from all walks of life make a positive impact in their lives, careers, and communities. He co-founded StartSomeGood.com, a platform that breaks down the barriers that prevent people from enacting change. StartSomeGood.com has now helped over 1,000 changemakers in 50 countries raise over $12 million to catalyze new initiatives. He previously ran Sweden’s leading social innovation incubator, Reach for Change, and worked at Change.org At UC Berkeley Haas, Alex puts his heart and soul into teaching students and executives from around the globe the mindset, leadership skills and action steps required to become changemakers. He also serves as Executive Director of the Berkeley Haas Global Access Program and as a Faculty Director for UC Berkeley Executive Education programs. He has given lectures on changemaking, entrepreneurship, and leadership in venues ranging from Ukraine to Cambodia, LA to the Arctic Circle, and at the White House and UN agencies.   THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… people who are looking to inspire change within their organizations, their communities, society at large, and most importantly, themselves.   TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Everyone has the potential to be a changemaker, we just have to be willing to embrace the mindset and apply the concepts to a particular issue. Becoming a changemaker is a journey, and if you take the first step, you’ll find that you can navigate and thrive amidst any uncertainty.   WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… You can be a positive changemaker anywhere and everywhere you go!     Running time: 30:49 Subscribe on iTunes     Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram   Find Alex online: Website Twitter LinkedIn   Alex’s Book: Becoming a Changemaker

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. As this year comes to a close, I’m revisiting one of my favorite episodes with retired U.S. Army colonel and Silicon Valley investor Peter Newell! Pete is the co-founder and a managing partner of BMNT, an investment company that provides early-stage investment to companies developing technology for the commercial market that have relevant applications in solving national security problems. He is a co-author of Hacking for Defense, a platform that merged the rapid problem-solving techniques curated on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan with a lean startup methodology developed by Steve Blank in Silicon Valley. Pete is a former Army Ranger who has received numerous military awards and decorations, including the Silver Star and the Presidential Unit Citation. It's an honor to have Pete on with us today to discuss innovation, deploying, and forward-thinking.   THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR…  Leaders who are interested in identifying and fixing problems and who want to move their teams and companies forward with an innovation-focus.   TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE…  Today’s episode is all about bringing the battlefield to the boardroom and re-engineering the problem. Your role as a leader is not to sell products. Your role as a leader is to identify the problem and guide your team and your customers to an innovative solution. Lack of investment in understanding the problem is what ultimately leads us to failure.   WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… I love the concept of innovation exhaustion and the difference between “innovators,” “makers,” and “hackers.” I love that distinction along with the thinking around deploying an idea and making sure you design what people are actually looking for–thinking about the customer. It's necessary to be innovation-focused if we want to keep pushing ourselves, our people, and our companies forward.   Running time: 34:38 Subscribe on iTunes     Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn   Find Pete Newell on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova.    In the search for life’s purpose, Bill George has an authentic perspective. His brilliant insight hones in on the characteristics needed to shape the next generation of leaders, inspiring others through courage, empathy, and vision for the future. In his latest remastering of the subject, The Emerging Leaders Edition of North, Bill explores the topic of leadership with top executives of the business world with honest conversation about their fears, failures, and ultimately how they overcame those hardships and emerged successful.   Bill George is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic.  He joined Medtronic in 1989 as president and chief operating officer, was chief executive officer from 1991-2001, and board chair from 1996-2002. He is currently a senior fellow at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004.     Bill is the author of: Discover Your True North and The Discover Your True North Field book, Authentic Leadership, 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis True North, Finding Your True North, and True North Groups. He served on the boards of Goldman Sachs, ExxonMobil, Novartis, Target, and Mayo Clinic. He received his BSIE with high honors from Georgia Tech, his MBA with high distinction from Harvard University, where he was a Baker Scholar, and honorary PhDs from Georgia Tech, Mayo Medical School, University of St. Thomas, Augsburg College and Bryant University.        THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR…  emerging leaders and seasoned professionals alike who wish to find their purpose and lead with their hearts full of passion and courage.    TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… the real magic happens when business leaders, employees, and customers alike can align their values with the values of the business. This creates genuine value for the company and inspires the public view of your brand.      WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… Bill has a practical approach to leadership that involves empathy from the bottom up. In his view, the only way to be a successful leader is understanding the needs of workers across all levels of the business spectrum to create a sense of belonging and inclusion.     Running time: 30:36 Subscribe on iTunes      Find Tiffani on social:  Facebook  Twitter LinkedIn Instagram   Find Bill on social: Website Facebook Twitter LinkedIn   Brian's Book: True North Emerging Leader Edition

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. Flashback to the week when we welcomed Jeremy Gutsche to the show! Jeremy is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning innovation expert, and the CEO of Trend Hunter, the world's largest trend firm with 3 billion views, 200,000 idea hunters from 150 million visitors. He even got to help NASA prototype the journey to Mars! Jeremy has been interviewed by media ranging from The Economist and The New York Times to CNN, Bloomberg and WIRED. He is the winner of the Canadian Young Entrepreneur Award and Canada's Top 40 Under 40 Award.   THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone looking to create opportunity and be a part of driving innovation!   TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Trend Hunter Jeremy Gutsche is here to define what innovation really means to him and what it can mean for you. He also breaks down the difference between chaos and crisis, and how to create opportunity and innovation out of chaos. Heard of Path Dependency? Well, Jeremy breaks down what he calls the traps of Path Dependency so that you can see the great ideas already in your grasp and not repeat the same mistakes that undercut giants like Kodak. A company’s great culture can be the seed of its own destruction. If you’re interested in hearing more, Jeremy’s got plenty to share!   WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… I really enjoyed reimagining, along with Jeremy, what the future could look like, and I hope you do too!     Running time: 28:36 Subscribe on iTunes   Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram   Find Jeremy online: LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube   Jeremy's Book: Create the Future

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week I am grateful to revisit my conversation with Chris Schembra on 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. At the time of recording, 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 air this RELOAD episode of Chris Schembra on the What’s Next! Podcast for a timeless and moving conversation you’ll keep coming back to again and again.   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 Subscribe on iTunes     Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram   Find Chris online: Chris' Website (747) LinkedIn Facebook Instagram YouTube Gratitude and Pasta

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova.  Scheduling between the time zones, I found the time to sit down with Brian A. Wong this week to share his experience working for Alibaba, the powerhouse Chinese e-commerce giant. His insight draws on both his American education and industry experience working for billionaire business investor Jack Ma as one of the early employees at Alibaba, which he documents the experience in his newest book “The Tao of Alibaba: Inside the Chinese Digital Giant that Is Changing the World” released in November 2022.    Brian A. Wong is a Chinese American entrepreneur and investor. He was the first American and only the 52nd employee to join Alibaba Group, where he contributed to the company’s early globalization efforts and served as Jack Ma’s special assistant for international affairs. During his 16-year tenure, Wong established the Alibaba Global Initiatives (AGI) division and was the founder and executive director of the Alibaba Global Leadership Academy. Wong remains an adviser to the AGI team and regularly teaches courses on China’s digital economy and the Tao of Alibaba management principles. Wong founded RADII, a digital media platform dedicated to bridging understanding between East and West. Wong earned his bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College, a master’s certificate from the Johns Hopkins University (SAIS)–Nanjing University Center for US and China Studies, and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2015, is a China Fellow with the Aspen Institute and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, and is a member of the Committee of 100. He is based in Shanghai, China.   THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR…  people who are looking to redefine their leadership style and explore the pathway of balance and harmony in management principles, workplace habits, and business perspectives.   TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… There's a dual philosophy that guides the business operations of Alibaba – Eastern principles of Chinese Daoist philosophy combined with Western American management systems lay at the foundation of the success story. In Brian’s view, it’s about finding balance between the need to change while remaining firm and consistent in your brand identity. Finding the synergy between market, societal, and universal forces will ultimately guide your business on a path to victory.      WHAT  I  LOVE  MOST… Brian went on a journey to find his own North Star, and while expanding his “comfort zone” after seeking advice from his mentor, he reaffirmed his life mission to enable marginalized groups and communities.     Running time: 32:52 Subscribe on iTunes     Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram   Find Brian on social: Website LinkedIn   Brian's Book: The Tao of Alibaba