Christian Baujard, President of the French Ad Agency Les Présidents is this week's guest. As my second Storyteller guest, his story intersects with mine back in the late 90s and early 2000s when we worked together in London at an Ad agency called EURO RSCG Wnek Gosper. During this period working on the Microsoft account, I grew to respect Christian for his laconic and irreverent humor, self-depreciation, tech, and internet savvy-ness, before many know what it was, oh and let’s not forget his encyclopedic knowledge of film…He was also a willing and able accomplice on my many debauched nights of drinking in the darkened basement bars of London advertisings’ then heartland - SohoChristian has since ascended the career ladder to now running boutique Paris Agency Les Presidents where agility is a given, hierarchy is shunned, and egos banished. As I move forward with this experiment in interviewing and connecting storytellers, difference makers, and domain experts, Christian’s fresh perspective on problems, lateral strategic thinking, and disarming humor will certainly open up some new paths for action. What We DiscussWho he is and living in the shadows (4.00- 5.30)Who made him - personally and professionally? (5.45 - 11.31)The nurturing and role of his humor 12.00 - 13.45What he is working to achieve (14.30- 16.00) Stress and managing it (17.00 - 19.00)Developing his curiosity, the role of books, and questions - how does it work and where is it? (19.30- 23.00)Distraction and the loss of curiosity in today's youth (24.00- 26.00) His natural talents and lateral view of the world (26.30-31.00 The issues on his mind in 2023 (32.00 - 33.00)Can agencies be a force for good and the role of brand purpose? (33.30- 38.00)The need for more inclusion in agencies in France (39.00- 43.10) AI’s threat or opportunity? And my challenge to Christian(43.15 - 47.00)His ask of The Impossible Network ( 48.00 -51.00) Social Links LinkedinInstagramLinks In Show Les Presidents SoundZ Sound Engineer Ehrenberg BassByron Sharp ChatGPTDogma genre BMW Shaken not stirredDiesel Studid CampaignSolve For Happy  Jeremy Bullmore Post.news Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TLDR edition - If you're short on time and still want to hear some of the strategies, insights, and actions being implemented by Karl Popham's transportation electrification team, then here are 7-minutes of soundbites If you do have the time, on a run, cycle, or drive, check out the full episode. Now over to Karl.About KarlI would describe Karl as a domain expert in change management. Karl leads the EV and Emerging Technologies team at Austin Energy and is making significant progress in transitioning from fossil fuel dependency through a holistic transportation electrification strategy.I was keen to speak to Karl and learn more about the hyper-local strategies he’s implementing to drive change and how these can be scaled to other cities and countries.The urgency to decarbonize growing. The creator of the Global Green Economy Index, Jeremy Tamanini, told me recently that we face a climate paradox: while people, products, and policies are building momentum to address the climate crisis, GHG emissions, social equity, and environmental health worsen.So gaining and sharing insights into the strategies and tactics employed by Karl and his team is an imperative that can’t be overstated.Social Links Karl’s LinkedinLinks EV Buyers GuideGeneral Motors Mary Barra Ford F150 Zappy Ride Chargeway Austin Forum For Technology Smart Mobility RoadmapTony Fadell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Karl Popham is a domain expert in change management. Karl leads the EV and Emerging Technologies team at Austin Energy and is making significant progress in the transition away from fossil fuel dependency through a holistic transportation electrification strategy.We DiscussKarl’s early journey in life ( 2.00 - 4.00)His Education and joining the military (4.00 - 7.00)Developing an early interest in Internet technology (7.30 - 9.30)We discuss Karl’s insights on affecting behavior change and change management (12.20- 15.00)Karl discusses developing his interest in electric vehicles and emerging technologies (18.00 - 22.30)Why Austin is embracing electrification and adopting a startup culture (23.00 - 25.30 )Creating the EV buyers Guide and working with Dealers and addressing barriers to adoption (26.00 - 35.20)Karl explains how he and his team are driving electrification Bad EV marketing examples and consumer behavior (37-00- 41.00)I ask Karl to break down his Future of Electric Bow Tie of the growth drivers 42.00 - 51.00)Karl explains the reality of Crypto mining on the demand for Electricity and discusses the societal impact vs value (51.00 - 60.00)We then discuss desired outcomes and innovations driving transformation (1.02.00 - 1.06.00)We discuss decentralized power and vehicle-to-grid (1.06.30 -1.09.00)We discuss advances in battery technology and the benefits of EV’s (1.10.00-1.15.00) Karl explains his 5 Pillar strategy in detail and scaling to other cities and partners (1.15.30- 1.30.00) Social Links Karl’s Linkedin Links EV Buyers GuideGeneral Motors Mary Barra Ford F150 Zappy Ride Chargeway Austin Forum For Technology Smart Mobility RoadmapTony FadellDina Lovinsky Electrify Expo Austin Climate Equity Plan Global Green Economy Index Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tomorrow’s pod drop is my first domain expert interview. My guest is Karl Popham - he’s an expert in change management, electric vehicles, and Emerging Technologies.Karl and his team at Austin Energy are making impressive progress in transitioning from fossil fuel dependency through a holistic transportation electrification strategy.After seeing Karl speak at Electrify Expo in Austin was keen to speak to him and learn more about the hyper-local strategies he’s implementing to drive change, ev adoption, and how his success can be shared and scaled to other cities and countries.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TLDR alert - If you're short on time and still want to hear some of the gems of wisdom and inspiring actions of female powerhouse Katz Kiely then here is 7-minutes of soundbites If you do have the time, on a run, cycle, or drive, check out the full episode. About KatzKatz is an award-winning digital pioneer, transformation leader, and systems thinker. She has a proven track record of delivering strategic cultural and operational programs that have led to measurable improvements in Employee Experience, employer brand, and operational efficiency.She has supported some of the world's traditional organizations through change, including the first Open Innovation Platform with HP Labs, rearchitecting the way the UN does business, and designing a city-scale behavior change platform with Intel and the GLA.She is passionate about using design thinking and digital tech to unlock the full potential of people, judges for digital awards writes for b2b publications, and regularly shares her vision of a more human-centered Future of Work at conferences, including twice at TEDxShe believes that doing good is good business, is the Founder, Chair of Trustees for Frontline.Live and a proud ambassador of the Burning Man Foundation. Social Links Katz's Site Katz TedX Talk Frontline.Live Ukraine Frontline Live mapTwitterLinkedinShow LinksSky Manifest Mira Microsoft What three words Giles Rhys Jones Bracken Darrel   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katz Kiely Katz is an award-winning digital pioneer, transformation leader, and systems thinker. She has a proven track record of delivering strategic cultural and operational programs that have led to measurable improvements in Employee Experience, employer brand, and operational efficiency.She has supported some of the world’s traditional organizations through change, including the first Open Innovation Platform with HP Labs, rearchitecting the way the UN does business, and designing a city-scale behavior change platform with Intel and the GLA.She is passionate about using design thinking and digital tech to unlock the full potential of people, judges for digital awards, writes for b2b publications, and regularly shares her vision of a more human-centered Future of Work at conferences, including twice at TEDxShe believes that doing good is good business, is the Founder, Chair of Trustees for Frontline.Live and a proud ambassador of the Burning Man Foundation. What We Discuss (3.00-8.00) Katz discusses who she is and what made her.(9.30) - Self-diagnosed with ADHD (12.50) Getting Pregnant and having a child while at University (14.15) How her tenacity manifests (16.10) Dealing with fragility and doubt (18.00 - 22.00) Her gifts and talents and what she is complimented for (26.30) How she fell in love with digital and formed her first start-up Between working with the BBC(31.27 -35.00) Katz explains her Greatest Show for Earth Idea for innovation(35.20 - 39.00) Driving digital transformation for the UN and ITU through design thinking (42.20-47.00) BEEP (48.20-56.00) The need to use technology to bond and break tribalism (1.01.30- 1.04.00) CREAT Leadership Framework (1.07.40-1.12.00) Applying the framework while Running a co-creation design thinking workshop with school children and we discuss education and the need for system change (1.15.00- 1.19) Katz explains how she created Frontline.Live (1.21.00 - 1.26.00) How she is pivoting the platform to support Ukraine and the changes she is having to make to the tech platform, and the reality of dealing with international NGOs1.29.00 - Katz’s ambition for the open source value and application of the BEEP platformSocial Links Katz's Site Katz TedX Talk Frontline.Live Ukraine Frontline Live mapTwitterLinkedin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here are seven minutes of soundbites from my storyteller series of interviews with guest Jennifer Hutchins - award-winning Hollywood TV and film producer and now Austin-based Founder of All Entertainment Business, the fast-growing entertainment industry networking event series. Social Links Austin Entertainment Business Jennifer Hutchins siteLinkedin Instagram TwitterFacebookLinks in the show Robert Rodriguez Richard Linklater Suzanne Lyons Barbara Doust Michael Blum Dr. Merritt Moore Hopefully SowSteve Jobs - The Man Who Thought Different NeevaDescript - Our edit tool for the podcast   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jennifer Hutchins - award-winning Hollywood TV and film producer and now Austin-based Founder of All Entertainment Business, the fast-growing entertainment industry networking event series. Key sections Jennifer’s reason for pivoting from Journalism to Hollywood to tell stories  The rollercoaster ride of working and competing in Hollywood, Breaking her neck and ribs in a car accident - 28.40 Finding herself working 20 hours plus on Dr. Phil while pregnant, knowing something was not right As a single mother being drawn to Austin and the realization that Austin was calling her (39.30) The genesis of the Austin Entertainment Business and how Jennifer grew the network to over 10,000 by cultivating a culture of abundance and building the event she always wanted (43.00- 52.00)The serendipity of events that led her to achieve her goal of working with Richard Linklater and Bill GuttentagHow she pivoted the event during Covid to All Entertainment Business by embracing Zoom and opening it to the world (57.00)Her global mission and ambition for All Entertainment Business and to discover and support the underrepresented 59.00-1.05 Jennifer describes her natural gifts as an example of her ability and tenacity to bring ideas to life (1.08.00) Dealing with fragility and doubt (1.11.30)The importance of dependability 1.13.00Jennifer's three pieces of advice (1.15.30-1.17.30)  The power of affirmations (1.18.00)The importance of belief, desire, and taking action Her advice on people wanting to get into the industry 1.22.00The change she would like to see in the world 1.28.20Jennifer asks for a financial partner to support her and allow her to grow her global team. 1.34.00Social Links Austin Entertainment Business Jennifer Hutchins siteLinkedin Instagram TwitterFacebookLinks in the show Suzanne Lyons Barbara Doust Michael Blum Dr. Merritt Moore Hopefully SowSteve Jobs - The Man Who Thought Different NeevaDescript - Our edit tool for the podcast   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s been 7 months since our last drop and four years since I began the podcast. So before season 5 kicks off, I wanted to explain the changes to the type of guests we will interview and the outcomes we are hoping to effect. Back in July last year, I paused the podcast, and during this hiatus, I worked with creative elder, coach, mentor, and award-winning ex-ad guy, Paul ‘Nobby’ Davies on my underlying mission and vision for the Impossible Network. During one of my Creative Coaching calls, I recounted how a previous pod guest Jeremy Hymans in his book New Power, co-authored with Henry Timms, stated that the event series TED had cornered ideas worth spreading. But what we need in the world are people focused on the problems that need solving. Now, if there is one thing I have learned over the years is that when all great problems were solved, serendipity played a part. This got me thinking, let’s make the podcast a genuine serendipity experiment. So I started with this question. If we have all these problems that need solving, instead of think tanks publishing papers on possible solutions, surely we should have Action Engines doing real work to solve the problem? And could the Impossible Network Podcast play its part and be a catalyst for creating Action Engines to accelerate problem-solving and progress? Why not try?So here’s what we’ll do. We will interview three types of people - what we are calling The Difference Makers - Those on the ground change agents working to make an impact on a particular social problem The Domain Experts - respected people of authority with specialist knowledge or skills whose ideas could have value in finding solutions to problems.The Storytellers - creative folk, those able to shape or change attitudes and behavior through the compelling or emotive stories they tell, committed to improving the world in which we live. Then every two to three months, we will create Action Engine events where we will challenge these guests to collide with each other, those with different perspectives, skills, and experiences in what we are calling Random Collision interviews and participate in structured design thinking workshops where we will explore alternative ways to solve the problems they care about. For example, educational innovation, criminal justice reform, mental health, decarbonization, transportation, electrification, food insecurity, homelessness, artificial intelligence risks, or building sustainable cities.And finally, we will build an Action Engine community and database. A place to easily discover and connect with change-makers, domain experts, and storytellers, filterable by experience, skills, and areas of focus.   It might sound like a crazy experiment, but I think it’s going to be a blast. Ok. Let’s get started.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To say that Robert Hansen, aka RSnake is a man of impact is an understatement. Robert is on a journey to positively impact a billion lives and to leave the plant slightly better than when he arrived. This is a long episode, but it’s an important one for anyone concerned about the threats and risks we face in today’s world. We cover: Robert’s serendipitous start to developing his hacking skillsBuilding a hacker alliance to take down Paedophile groupsHis philosophy and approach to solving problems at the architectural level.  Robert’s perspective on online security, risks, and privacy We discuss the potential damage from insulting children from risk, The threats posed by China’s CCP, their Thousand Grains of sand strategy, and their creeping social credit system, their growing threat to western security from the power of the CCP, the threat of hypersonic missile technology and quantum cryptographyRobert describes his top three existential threats, risk of AIAnd I seek Robert’s perspective on guns. And the historical context of the 2nd amendment and Americans’ s right to bear arms and emerging solutions to gun violence. On a very personal level I also ask how he overcame depression in his twenties. For anyone interested in gaining deeper insights into our fractured world and the risks we face, this episode is unmissable. Social LinksLinkedinPodcast - The RSnake Show Instagram  Links In The Show Tenable White Hat Security Jeremiah Grossman Chinese CCP Thousand Grains of Sand Hypersonic MissilesChina’s Social Credit System 1980’s Fairness Doctrine Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.