What's Next! with Tiffani Bova

Steve Dennis, bestselling author and retail expert, discusses the importance of making bold leaps over incremental changes to navigate industry disruption. He emphasizes embracing discomfort, managing fear, and incorporating both bold moves and incremental changes in response to evolving markets. The podcast delves into technological advancements impacting retail, leadership lessons for business success, and the role of ego in limiting innovation.

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    I have the honor and pleasure of welcoming Ty Wiggins to the show today. He advises leading companies on leadership transitions and executive onboarding to ensure more expedient paths to effectiveness. His new book, The New CEO, is based on original research and candid conversations with world-leading CEOs. In the book, Ty offers a backstage pass to nailing your first year as a leader and sometimes CEO, whether it's your first, second, or third time in the role.   THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… leaders who want to learn from the experiences of the most successful CEOs.    TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… stepping into the role of CEO is a big step, whether it’s your first time or not. After working with many CEOs on their transitions, Ty has picked up on patterns and lessons. In this episode, he underscores the nuanced nature of CEO transitions and the need for thoughtful, strategic approaches to leadership. Key takeaways:  The significance of early actions and decision-making during the first 12 to 24 months of a CEO's tenure. The two most common regrets CEOs have about their transitions. How to strike a balance between addressing immediate challenges and investing in long-term growth. How to navigate the complexities of organizational culture and communication.   WHAT I LOVE MOST… the decisions you make at the senior leadership level end up somewhere. They aren’t just problems solved in the boardroom. Ty asks the question, “Is your decision landing well? Is it theoretical, or is it actually helping?”. Add these questions into your decision-making process to understand the full effect.    Running Time: 30:56   Subscribe on iTunes   Find Tiffani Online: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn   Find Ty Online: Website  LinkedIn    Ty’s Book:  The New CEO: Lessons from CEOs on How to Start Well and Perform Quickly (Minus the Common Mistakes)  

Experienced corporate leader Andrew Grill and host discuss digital disruption, personal branding, and workplace culture. They highlight the importance of being digital, navigating the gig economy, and the shift towards experiential selling. Andrew emphasizes the need to build personal brands while working for employers and shares his expertise on thought leadership.

Guest Marga Hoek, a visionary on sustainable business, discusses using technology for societal impact and how businesses can drive change. Focus on embracing technology for global challenges while driving business growth. Highlight statistic that 69 of top economies are businesses, not countries. Explore robot teachers in education, digital innovation, sustainable development goals, and technology for positive impact.

Jeremy Utley, Director of Executive education at Stanford's d.school, shares insights on creativity and innovation. He challenges listeners to go beyond their first idea, embrace diverse inputs for problem-solving, and cultivate an innovative culture. The podcast emphasizes the importance of thinking outside the box and exploring new possibilities to foster creativity.

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week, I’m excited to share a replay of a great conversation with Maria Konnikova.    Maria graduated from Harvard and earned her Ph.D. in psychology from Columbia. She’s written two New York Times bestsellers: The Confidence Game and Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes. While she had zero poker experience before her first trip to Las Vegas in the fall of 2016, she has now won multiple tournaments, including the PCA National Championship, and finished second at an Asian Pacific Tour, Macau event.    THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… those looking to be confident when facing change.    TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… you might think that it’s all about luck when it comes to being successful in life, but Maria differs. The old adage that luck is opportunity and preparedness meeting sounds great in theory but is only applied to positive aspects of people’s lives.      Luck just happens. It’s not personal. It’s not about a linear career path that led you to a moment of success. In fact, successful people often come from the outside.  They have a true advantage because their mind is more flexible; they are not hemmed in by convention to behave in a certain way. They are free from preconceptions.    IF YOU’RE A BUSINESS LEADER… be willing to make good decisions right now and being willing to change later. Many leaders don’t want to change once they've already invested significant resources into a project, but change will always come.     IF YOU’RE A STUDENT (OR PARENT OF A STUDENT)… Maria encourages you to read fiction and poetry. Get curious about the world, beyond your current interests and skill-sets. Consider what you’ll learn from taking the “outsider” courses that make you more curious.     WHAT I LOVE MOST… the marriage of psychology, game theory and poker that uncovers insights to be a better leader and change agent. Being an outsider may come with challenges, but having a fresh perspective on the established set of wisdom may be the key to unlocking the unmet potential in yourself and your company.      Get uncomfortable - seriously, it makes you (and your business) better.    Running time: 42:17   Subscribe on iTunes   Find Tiffani Online: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn   Find Maria Online: Website  Twitter  Facebook   

Organizational psychologist Bob Sutton discusses the importance of addressing friction in organizations, highlighting how being a 'friction fixer' at any level can make a difference. He emphasizes the balance between good and bad friction, using examples like the DMV's greeter to show how inefficiencies can be reduced. Sutton also explores how positive friction can drive innovation and team dynamics, while incorporating love and compassion into organizational growth.

Career entrepreneur and academic, Steve Blank, discusses the essence of startups as temporary organizations. He highlights the pitfalls of acting like big companies and emphasizes the distinction between entrepreneurs and innovators. Steve delves into the challenges faced by those stuck in 'the frozen middle' and offers insights on how to navigate the ever-changing business landscape.

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week I have the honor of welcoming Dr. Neha Sangwan to the show.    Dr. Neha is the CEO and founder of Intuitive Intelligence, is an internal medicine physician, international speaker, and corporate communications expert. Her private practice in corporate consulting addresses the root causes of stress, miscommunication, and interpersonal conflict, often healing chronic conditions such as insomnia, anxiety, depression, and burnout. She is the author of Talk RX and Powered By Me.   THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone who has dealt with burnout our overwhelm and leaders who want to learn how to proactively fight against burnout in their teams.    TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… burnout is a common feeling, sometimes so common that you might not even realize it’s happening to you. Many of us are conditioned early on to prioritize external demands and ignore the internal signals that are telling us it’s too much. This is exactly what Dr. Neha faced in her role as a physician, but it took the people around her to help her realize that she desperately needed a break. In this episode, Dr. Neha discusses how to recognize the symptoms of burnout and how to treat the root cause.    WHAT I LOVE MOST… it’s not just about hitting pause on your daily obligations. Dr. Neha goes deep and looks at the mental, emotional, and social sides of burnout and how to sustainably heal those.    Running Time: 32:05   Subscribe on iTunes   Find Tiffani Online: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn   Find Dr. Neha Online: Website  Burnout Exercises    Dr. Neha’s Book:  Powered by Me: From Burned Out to Fully Charged at Work and in Life

Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova.    This week, I’m featuring a conversation I had with Dr. Tony Byers a while back. He is best known for leading Global Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) at Starbucks where he was responsible for developing and leading the strategic direction for D&I to drive engagement, innovation and business growth. He's an accomplished inclusion and change management specialist with 20 years of demonstrated experience leading change in large, multinational organizations.    THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… people looking for more information on the power of diversity and inclusion to drive growth in business.    TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Tony begins our conversation by defining diversity simply as who you are (looks, background, etc). Inclusion, however, is a behavior driving people to be involved, respected, valued, and connected. In short, diversity is a noun and inclusion is a verb. These definitions not only encompass everything I (and my past guests have said all along) but is succinct, simple, and spot-on.    Tony’s research found that leaders do not see the full spectrum of diversity, which results in a lack of innovation. There’s a small chance — the innovation window — when organizations can positively affect their product growth. This window lives at the top of the S-Curve when a product has peaked. How companies uncover     WHAT I LOVE MOST… the distinction between “D” and “d.” Finding diversity goes beyond gender, race, ethnicity, age and other factors we cannot control. However, what we can control is our thinking styles and the ways in which we behave when working with people who are different in some way. I will continue to think about D&I as an all-encompassing term and will continue to talk about how D&I can help companies be better at growth, product development, and innovation.     Running time: 33:10   Subscribe on iTunes    Find Tiffani Online: Facebook  Twitter  LinkedIn    Find Tony Online: LinkedIn