What's Next! with Tiffani Bova

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week I have the absolute pleasure of speaking with Ron Tite. Ron is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, speaker and investor. He has been an award-winning advertising writer and Creative Director for some of the world's most respected brands including Air France, Evian, Fidelity, Hershey, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft, Intel, Microsoft, Volvo and many others. He is Founder and CEO of Church+State, an agency that unifies content and advertising for global brands and media companies and has written for television, a children's book, a hit play and an award-winning comedy book. He was the Executive Producer & Host of the award-winning comedy show, Monkey Toast and now hosts the podcast The Coup. An in-demand speaker all over the world, Ron also speaks to leading organizations about creativity, disruption, branding, and leadership. His first book, Everyone's An Artist - Or At Least They Should Be (Co-written by Scott Kavanagh and Christopher Novais), was published in 2016, and his most recent book, Think • Do • Say: How to Seize Attention and Build Trust in a Busy Busy World, has just hit store shelves! I am thrilled to be speaking with Ron Tite on the What's Next! Podcast. THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… brands looking to build trust and lead with creativity and true insight! TODAY'S MAIN MESSAGE… Ron gives us his insightful and humorous take on building brands. He talks about using humor and creativity to deliver insight, investing your time and creative energy in the "original," and building brands that cut through and inspire real trust. It's so important for brands to invest in what they think, do, and say, and Ron breaks it down for us. Every brand and organization should have a belief that goes beyond product; a belief that provides purpose. Once you have that, you must do something actionable that reinforces that purpose, and moreover, if that purpose is truly sincere and essential to your brand, it will be worth talking about! So, talk about it! Talk about your purpose in an authentic and focused way. Only then can your brand truly weather the crisis of trust. WHAT I LOVE MOST… Ron talks about seizing the attention of customers and employees by staying curious, staying passionate, and building that authentic trust! Running time: 30:40 Subscribe on iTunes Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Find Ron on social: Twitter Facebook Instagram YouTube Ron's Books: Everyone's An Artist (or At Least They Should Be) Think. Do. Say.

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week I have the absolute pleasure of speaking with Kara Swisher. Kara is the co-founder and editor-at-large of Recode, producer and host of the Recode Decode and Pivot podcasts, and co-executive producer of the Code Conference series. She also has a special series on MSNBC called "Revolution" on the impact of technology on work, society and more, and is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. She is also the author of "aol.com: How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates, Nailed the Netheads and Made Millions in the War for the Web." THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone wants to hear a no-holds-barred conversation about the state of Silicon Valley, what the next generation of Unicorns might look like and what VCs want, what they need, and what they should be paying attention to. TODAY'S MAIN MESSAGE… Kara Swisher talks about the role of AI and automation moving forward and the onus that will be placed on employees to reskill. In this new job market, creativity and problem-solving will be more important than ever before. Kara rounds out this episode with what trust looks like in the new tech economy, the role of regulators moving forward, and the importance of ethical thinking in new technologies in an industry that is facing a crisis of privacy. WHAT I LOVE MOST… Kara Swisher is out having the tough conversations, fighting the good fight every day and staying engaged and aware as technology evolves in our society. Running time: 27:19 Subscribe on iTunes Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Find Kara on social: Twitter Facebook Instagram Kara's Podcast: Recode Decode

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Soledad O'Brien. Soledad is an award-winning journalist, speaker, author and philanthropist who anchors and produces the Hearst Television political magazine program "Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien." Soledad is also the founder and CEO of Starfish Media Group, and reports for HBO Real Sports, the PBS NewsHour, WebMD and has authored two books. She has appeared on networks, Fox and Oxygen, and anchored and reported for NBC, MSNBC and CNN. She has won numerous awards, including three Emmys, the George Peabody award, an Alfred I DuPont prize and the Gracie, and Newsweek Magazine named her one of the "15 People Who Make America Great." With her husband, she is the founder of the PowHERful Foundation that helps young women get to and through college. I am absolutely thrilled to be speaking with Soledad O'Brien on the What's Next! Podcast. THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone looking to be a better storyteller, feed their curiosity and attract people to your mission. TODAY'S MAIN MESSAGE… Soledad shares her journey and how she made the leap from preparing for med-school to a career in journalism. As an award-winning journalist, she also shares the importance of being curious and asking the right questions, how we can become better storytellers, and how we can prepare and listen better. Are you confident in being able to tell your story, or your company's story, well? Listen to my chat with Soledad O'Brien and find out! WHAT I LOVE MOST… Having the opportunity to interview a world-renowned journalist, with over 30-years of experience, who champions telling the true stories of real people who wouldn't have the opportunity to have their stories told. Running time: 39:21 Subscribe on iTunes Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Find Soledad on social: Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Soledad on Matter of Fact TV: https://matteroffact.tv Soledad's Book: The Next Big Story: My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Emily Chang. Emily is a San Francisco-based anchor and an executive producer of "Bloomberg Technology." Before joining Bloomberg in 2010, Chang served as an international correspondent for CNN in Beijing and London, as well as a reporter at KNSD, NBC's affiliate in San Diego. While at KNSD she won five regional Emmy Awards. She is also the author of Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley, which investigates and examines sexism and gender inequality in the tech industry. I am absolutely thrilled to be speaking with Emily Chang on the What's Next! Podcast. THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… leaders, peers, and business owners who create professional environments and who want to foster more diverse and inclusive environments that thrive. TODAY'S MAIN MESSAGE… Emily talks about her book Brotopia and shares small but brilliant ways to make sure you're actively creating a diverse working environment that is inclusive and diverse in thought. It's our responsibility as leaders, peers, and business owners to make sure that those around us feel that they are listened to, they are heard, and that they have the opportunity to share their stories. WHAT I LOVE MOST… It doesn't take a lot to create a more diverse and inclusive environment, and Emily teaches us how small things can make a massive impact. Running time: 33:23 Subscribe on iTunes Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Find Emily on social: Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Emily on Bloomberg: www.bloombergmedia.com Emily's Book: Brotopia

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Hal Gregersen. Hal is Executive Director of the MIT Leadership Center and Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His newest book, Questions are the Answer: A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and In Life (a Nautilus Book Award winner in 2018), builds on 200+ interviews with renowned business, technology, education, government, social enterprise, and artistic leaders. Ranked one of the world's 25 most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50, and winner of the 2017 Distinguished Achievement Award for leadership, Hal regularly delivers inspirational keynote speeches, motivational executive seminars, and transformational coaching experiences. He has co-authored ten books and is the author of more than 50 articles, book chapters, and cases on leading innovation and change (with more than 10,000 citations by other scholars). His research has been highlighted in global media such as BBC, CNN, The Economist, Fast Company, Financial Times, Forbes, Fortune, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. He is also the founder of The 4-24 Project, an initiative dedicated to rekindling the provocative power of asking the right questions in adults so they can pass this crucial creativity skill onto the next generation. I am absolutely thrilled to be speaking with Hal Gregersen on the What's Next! Podcast. THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone who wants to get better and rekindle his or her curiosity! TODAY'S MAIN MESSAGE… Hal teaches us all about asking questions and really listening to the answers. Are you stopping and reflecting on how many and what kinds of questions you ask? Are you getting and acting on good feedback? Hal helps us pause and take a moment to rediscover our child-like curiosity and move forward as better leaders, better employees, and better humans! WHAT I LOVE MOST… Hal's 24-hour question audit. We all should be doing this! Running time: 35:46 Subscribe on iTunes Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Find Hal on social: Twitter LinkedIn Hal's Website: halgregersen.com Hal's Book: Questions are the Answer

Liz Fosslien, co-author of 'No Hard Feelings', discusses the power of embracing emotions at work and creating a culture of belonging. She highlights the importance of emotional intelligence, preventing burnout, and practical strategies for efficiency in the workplace.

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week I have the pleasure of chatting with Jerry Colonna. Jerry is an American Venture Capitalist, Professional Coach, and the CEO and co-founder of Reboot.io which is an executive coaching and leadership development firm. For nearly 20 years he has used the knowledge gained as an investor, an executive, and a board member for more than 100 organizations to help entrepreneurs and others lead with humanity, resilience, and equanimity. Prior to his career as a coach, he was a partner with JPMorgan Partners (JPMP) the private equity arm of JP Morgan Chase. He joined JPMP from Flatiron Partners, which he launched in 1996 with Fred Wilson. Flatiron became one of the most successful, early-stage investment programs in the New York City area. I am thrilled to have Jerry Colonna on the What's Next! Podcast. THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… new leaders looking to be empowered, leaders and stakeholders looking for the best way to make a return on investment, and anyone seeking radical self-inquiry. TODAY'S MAIN MESSAGE… Why aren't human beings predictable, relatively easy to program, and why is it that my input doesn't give me the output that I expect? Jerry talks about the internal wish to ameliorate our own internal anxiety that leads us, instead of learning to work around fear of unpredictability and change. He takes us on a therapeutic journey to make space for innovation and the mess that creates it and addresses the radical self-inquiry that helps us unpack our belief systems and how we operate in relation to important things like money. WHAT I LOVE MOST… Jerry's breakdown of leadership styles and how our upbringing influences how we lead and ultimately succeed in one of the most open, honest and vulnerable interviews I have done. Running time: 35:47 Subscribe on iTunes Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Find Jerry on social: Twitter LinkedIn Jerry's Website: www.reboot.io Jerry's Book: Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up Jerry's Podcast: The Reboot Podcast

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week I am so thrilled to be able to chat with Tasha Eurich. Tasha is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times best-selling author. Over her 15-plus-year career, Tasha has built a reputation as a fresh, modern voice in the business world by pairing her scientific grounding in human behavior with a pragmatic approach to professional development. She's helped thousands of leaders—from public company CEOs to early-stage entrepreneurs—improve their self-awareness and success. Her TEDxMileHigh talks have been viewed more than three million times and in 2019, Thinkers50 named her one of the top 30 emerging management thinkers in the world. She was also chosen from more than 16,000 candidates as one of Marshall Goldsmith's "100 Coaches" to advance the practice of leadership. Her first book, Bankable Leadership, debuted at #8 on The New York Times bestseller list and her latest book, Insight, was named a Best Book of 2017 by Strategy+Business and nominated for Best Book of the Year by 800CEOREAD. I am beyond thrilled to be speaking with Tasha Eurich on the What's Next! Podcast. THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… aspiring and current leaders, as well as anyone interacting with other humans in the 21st century who want to become more self-aware. TODAY'S MAIN MESSAGE… As the foundational skill for our success and happiness in both our professional and personal lives, it behooves us to become self-aware both internally and externally, and Tasha breaks it down. WHAT I LOVE MOST… I have always thought that the conversation around self-awareness, how we lead and how we think we lead, and how we communicate and think we communicate is fascinating and so beneficial. This podcast will open your eyes to the reality of your own self-awareness and how others might perceive you. Running time: 34:10 Subscribe on iTunes  Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Find Tasha on social: Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn YouTube Tasha's Website: tashaeurich.com Tasha's Books: Insight Bankable Leadership: Happy People, Bottom-Line Results, and the Power to Deliver Both The Insight Quiz: The Insight Quiz

Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week I am thrilled to be speaking with Doug Stephens. Doug is the Founder of Retail Prophet. He is one of the world's foremost retail industry futurists whose intellectual work has influenced well-known international retailers, agencies and brands like Walmart, Google, L'Oreal, Disney, BMW, Citibank, and LVMH. Doug is the author of two groundbreaking books, The Retail Revival: Re-Imagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism (2013) and Reengineering Retail: The Future of Selling in a Post-Digital World (2017). Doug is also the nationally syndicated retail columnist for CBC Radio and sits on multiple corporate and academic advisory boards including the David Sobey Centre for Innovation in Retail & Services at St. Mary's University. His unique perspectives on retailing, business and consumer behavior have been featured in many of the world's leading publications and media outlets including The New York Times, The BBC, Bloomberg Business News, TechCrunch, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company. I am excited to be speaking with Doug Stephens on the What's Next! Podcast. THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone looking to understand the future of retail and what value brands can derive from maintaining storefronts, investing in multi-channel engagement and what disruptions might be right around the corner. TODAY'S MAIN MESSAGE… Doug Stephens breaks down the past, present, and future of retail, and talks bringing metrics and experience into the future to keep stores open. Have we come full circle? Doug thinks so, and he is sharing just how. He also shares his insight on giants like Amazon, why he thinks they are ripe for disruption, the retail experience, how our current metrics are living in the past, and how brick and mortar stores can be your most powerful and measurable media channel. WHAT I LOVE MOST… So often I get asked about the death of retail, so it was really great to get a chance to talk to an expert like Doug who can shed more light on the realities. Running time: 39:01 Subscribe on iTunes  Find Tiffani on social: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Find Doug on social: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Doug's Website: www.retailprophet.com Doug's Books: The Retail Revival: Re-Imagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism Reengineering Retail: The Future of Selling in a Post-Digital World

Olympic medalist & design thinking expert John Coyle shares insights on leveraging strengths in sports, reframing challenges with design thinking, optimizing performance, memory storage's impact on time perception, hero's journey in storytelling, and the transformative power of recognition and gratitude.