Ignite Creativity with Marysia Czarski
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 months ago -Join me as I explore and celebrate the power of curiosity, inspiration, playfulness, imagination, and collaboration to ignite creativity. We will have guests from all over the world who, from a human-centered approach, have embraced risk-taking, failure, paradox, challenge, and discovery to be authentic and vibrant leaders
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Episode #032: Bragging Rights with Lisa Bragg
June 28, 2023 13:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBLiving with the surname Bragg, Lisa has wittingly leveraged ways to use it in the context of her life’s work! I talk with Lisa Bragg about mastering the art and science of authentic self-promotion and when she’s seen being too humble cost people international deals and when bragging right has unlocked opportunities leading to untold fortunes. Jealousy is a lagging indicator of desire. Have you ever felt a pang of jealousy when you heard about someone else’s accomplishments or success? Cons...
Episode #031: The Difference Gratitude Makes with Michele Bailey
June 07, 2023 14:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBHave you ever felt unacknowledged for your work or contributions? What did that do to your motivation, engagement, and commitment to producing results? I talk with Michele Bailey about the necessary and sometimes forgotten role of offering gratitude to others and the transformative impact it can have. While you may be familiar with the practice of acknowledging what we are grateful for in the form of a Gratitude Journal, this is about turning the attention onto others and how small gesture...
Episode #31: The Difference Gratitude Makes with Michele Bailey
June 07, 2023 14:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBHave you ever felt unacknowledged for your work or contributions? What did that do to your motivation, engagement, and commitment to producing results? I talk with Michele Bailey about the necessary and sometimes forgotten role of offering gratitude to others and the transformative impact it can have. While you may be familiar with the practice of acknowledging what we are grateful for in the form of a Gratitude Journal, this is about turning the attention onto others and how small gesture...
EPISODE #30: Today’s Mission-Critical Work of Scenario Planning to be Ready for Tomorrow with Maggie Kolkena
April 19, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBIn this episode, we introduce you to the world of scenario planning and its role in making your organization more resilient in the future. Find out how this work will help you better manage the next disruption coming your way! In this conversation with Maggie, we discuss the following: The limits of traditional strategic planning Today’s complex, fast-paced world demands Scenario Thinking. Scenario Planning will help you make sense of everything coming at you. Unknow, doesn’t mean u...
Episode #030: Today’s Mission-Critical Work of Scenario Planning to be Ready for Tomorrow with Maggie Kolkena
April 19, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBIn this episode, we introduce you to the world of scenario planning and its role in making your organization more resilient in the future. Find out how this work will help you better manage the next disruption coming your way! In this conversation with Maggie, we discuss the following: The limits of traditional strategic planning Today’s complex, fast-paced world demands Scenario Thinking. Scenario Planning will help you make sense of everything coming at you. Unknow, doesn’t mean u...
EPISODE #029: Be Curious, Not Judgemental with Genein Letford
February 22, 2023 14:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBWhy Unconscious Bias Also Impacts Creativity & Innovation What is holding back your creative potential and, ultimately, your Human potential? This is the question I delve into with my guest on Igniting Creativity. Genein Letford is energized by this question and passionately engaged in helping people discover the answers. Here is what else we discussed: The best way to get novelty into your thinking and strategy (should include people who you don’t usually include) The importance of pr...
Episode #029: Be Curious, Not Judgemental with Genein Letford
February 22, 2023 14:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBWhy Unconscious Bias Also Impacts Creativity & Innovation What is holding back your creative potential and, ultimately, your Human potential? This is the question I delve into with my guest on Igniting Creativity. Genein Letford is energized by this question and passionately engaged in helping people discover the answers. Here is what else we discussed: The best way to get novelty into your thinking and strategy (should include people who you don’t usually include) The importance of pr...
Episode #028: How to Humanize Digital Transformation with Michael Ackerbauer
February 08, 2023 14:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MB25 years of experience at IBM leading transformational projects have provided Michael Ackerbauer with a unique perspective on the role of technology, creativity, and innovation. Listen in to hear ‘Macker’s’ sage advice to boost your creativity. Support the show
Episode #28: How to Humanize Digital Transformation with Michael Ackerbauer
February 08, 2023 14:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MB25 years of experience at IBM leading transformational projects have provided Michael Ackerbauer with a unique perspective on the role of technology, creativity, and innovation. Listen in to hear ‘Macker’s’ sage advice to boost your creativity. Support the show
Episode #027: Crazy Ideas Fueled by Purpose with Andrea Robinson
January 11, 2023 14:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBHow the collision of artistic creativity and law school produced an award-winning entrepreneur. In this episode, Andrea Robinson shares her journey that shaped her scaling a business that in the very early days earned her the reaction, ‘you must be crazy’! The company she founded, Robinson Global Management, advances innovative, ethical, sustainable & complex procurements globally. She shares how people reacted to the concept of ethical and sustainable procurement in the early days and ho...
Episode #026: What Doesn’t Kill You Might Make You Stronger with Nadia Hamilton
November 17, 2021 14:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBIn this episode, Nadia Hamilton of Magnusmode talks with such energy about what it takes to recover, learn and iterate from those moments of failure and utter breakdown in a way that will translate to any kind of business. Her company's mission is to create practical tools that improve everyday experiences and enable people with cognitive disabilities to participate in the world in ways that are meaningful to them. Nadia Hamilton is a passionate entrepreneur who was inspired by her autist...
Episode #025: The Greater Good with Madeleine Shaw
September 29, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBSocial Entrepreneurship and the Everyday Entrepreneur Madeleine Shaw is a multiple award-winning social entrepreneur and author based on unceded Coast Salish territory (Vancouver BC). She is best known as the co-founder of Aisle (formerly Lunapads), one of the first groundbreaking ventures in the world to commercialize reusable menstrual products, today a thriving industry. In 2014, she founded G Day, a national event series for tween girls and their supporters, and in 2017 she founded Nest...
Episode #024: Social Media with Lisa Pedersen
March 09, 2021 14:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBWe are in the age that every single entrepreneur needs a social media plan integrated into their marketing strategy. If this feels like a daunting thought, stay with me, you are in the right place! In this week's Create Velocity Podcast, I talk with Lisa Pedersen about finding your comfort zone with social media, why your ideal client needs to see you being 'social' and the importance of authentic engagement. Lisa also points out some watch-outs for how you engage. Lisa Pedersen is a socia...
Episode #023: Why You Need a Human Resources Strategy with Doreen Harvey
February 23, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBA human resources strategy is so much more than how much you pay your team members. No matter what size your company is, you need an HR (Human Resources) strategy. And whether you have employees or a bench of contractors, this strategy is a very important foundation for business growth. In this episode, I chat with Doreen Harvey who is a seasoned HR strategist. Doreen shares many important considerations regarding how you manage people in your business and then she zeros in on the two mo...
Episode #022: Living Your Values to Stay Alive with Kevin Wilson
February 09, 2021 14:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBYou don't have to look too far to get inspiration and ideas from entrepreneurs who have been building back, learning from, and creating a new during the pandemic. My guest on this week's Create Velocity podcast, Kevin Wilson, Chairman and CEO of Buzz Franchise Brands, is one of them. With franchises like Pool Scouts (pool cleaning), Home Clean Heroes (residential home cleaning) and The British Swim School (swimming lessons), Kevin and his team have worked long hours to ensure the business ow...
Episode #021: Take a Moment for Gratitude with Liz Doyle Harmer
December 21, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBThis episode is dedicated to the act of gratitude. It has been a roller coaster of a year and in some cases downright awful and in others, has had some lovely Silver linings. As an entrepreneur I know that taking time out and reflecting isn't always one of our strengths. However I'd like you to join me and my guest this week Liz Doyle Harmer to do just that. Liz will end the podcast with a gratitude meditation. And with gratitude I thank you for listening to our podcasts and engaging in thi...
Episode #020: Transforming Your Business to Transform Your Industry with Lisa Rafter
September 29, 2020 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBHow to build out your business from one channel to many. In this week's podcast I talk to Lisa Rafter who is the president of RAM Group Holdings, a media and publishing company based in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Lisa is a force of nature in the cause for equity, inclusion and diversity and how to use your business as a catalyst for change. We talk extensively about ways she is using her business as a platform to transform her industry and how it givers her a powerful gravitational pull to wa...
Episode #019: Know and Leverage YOUR Creative Superpower for Growth & Joy with Sarah Thurber
September 15, 2020 14:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBHow to Create More Value for Your Business Creatively Do you ever find yourself drained while doing certain tasks in your business? Or realize after the fact you solved the wrong problem and subsequently wasted a lot of time and money doing so? Maybe you just sense there is something missing in your business, and you can't quite put your finger on what it is. If any of this happens to you, you will want to tune into my latest conversation with Sarah Thurber, Managing Partner at FourSight. S...
Episode #018: Bootstrap Your Business with Ilana Ben-Ari
September 01, 2020 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBThere are many ways to finance your business and if you've gone to a bank lately you may find that channel is not one of them. That's why you may want to consider 'bootstrap financing", but it takes a certain approach to living and working to make it successful.My guest to share her successful journey doing this since 2012 is Ilana Ben-Ari, a dynamic innovator. She is the founder of Twenty-One Toys, and behind the internationally acclaimed Empathy Toy. Ilana's stories are engaging and rele...
Episode #017: Creating a Movement With Your Company with BE Alink
August 04, 2020 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBThe Time is Now! "Everything is broken, what a great time to be alive!"* The re-frame of this current moment in time is just one of the compelling conversations I had with BE Alink, the founder and inventor of The Alinker a non-motorized walking-bike without pedals. With an adjustable saddle and handlebars, it is custom designed to challenge society's assumptions about disability. Challenging assumptions and shifting paradigms is an everyday thing for BE, and necessary if you are going to ...
EPISODE #017: Creating a Movement With Your Company with BE Alink
August 04, 2020 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBThe Time is Now! "Everything is broken, what a great time to be alive!"* The re-frame of this current moment in time is just one of the compelling conversations I had with BE Alink, the founder and inventor of The Alinker a non-motorized walking-bike without pedals. With an adjustable saddle and handlebars, it is custom designed to challenge society's assumptions about disability. Challenging assumptions and shifting paradigms is an everyday thing for BE, and necessary if you are going to ...
EPISODE #017: Creating a Movement With Your Company with BE Alink
August 04, 2020 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBThe Time is Now! "Everything is broken, what a great time to be alive!"* The re-frame of this current moment in time is just one of the compelling conversations I had with BE Alink, the founder and inventor of The Alinker a non-motorized walking-bike without pedals. With an adjustable saddle and handlebars, it is custom designed to challenge society's assumptions about disability. Challenging assumptions and shifting paradigms is an everyday thing for BE, and necessary if you are going to ...
Episode #016: Vital Considerations for Brand Agility with Abena Perryman
July 21, 2020 13:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBSeven Considerations For Your Brand Abena Perryman joins me for this week's podcast to talk about vital considerations for brand agility. Abena brings her over 20 years of experience in the marketing and branding space to share her insights and ideas for how to think about your brand strategy during a pandemic and powerful movement for social justice. You will learn from this podcast: How technology is an enabler The importance of knowing the disruptors in your industry space Talent ma...
Episode #015: Resilience and Humility with Lisa Mattam
July 07, 2020 14:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBBuilding a Critical Muscle of Entrepreneurship In this episode, Lisa Mattam, the passionate entrepreneur and founder of Sahajan Skincare, makes the statement, "If you are standing still, you are actually going backwards." Lisa shares why, her entrepreneurial journey to date, the moment she almost gave up, or was practically brought to a stand still and how resilience played a huge part. She reflects on her key leanings and insights, all highly valuable for any entrepreneur wishing to grow t...
Episode #014: Possibility is an Attitude - Here's Why with Dan Trommater
June 23, 2020 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBA magical approach to seeing the world. Entrepreneurs have been asking me what does the future hold after COVID-19 and how can I make sense of what the new reality will be? These are great questions, and ones that Dan Trommater, Magician extraordinaire, explores with me by not providing any answers, but posing more questions! Consider a good question is worth its weight in gold and Dan delivers some golden ones. I promise you'll be glued to his stories about being a magician and how that le...
Episode #013: A Road Map Forward to Transform, Innovate and Grow with Brett Richards
June 09, 2020 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MBAccess and Insight into the Intangible Metrics of your Company To assess where to start takes a deep understanding of the intangible assets of your company and then the know how to have them work more effectively. The exciting news is that there is a tool that can help you with this - a crystal ball of sorts that can reveal the metrics needed to transform your company's culture into improved business performance. In this episode, Brett shares with us those metrics; culture, leadership, exec...
Episode #012: An Entrepreneur's Mindset with Charles Ruecker
May 26, 2020 14:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBThe Mindset Needed to Navigate the Future. NOTE: the Future is Now Entrepreneurs In this episode, we explore the entrepreneur's mindset with Charles Ruecker, a 16 year iconoclast entrepreneur. Right now, more than ever, how we think and act will make or break our businesses. Massive change and disruption began well before COVID-19 and as Charles and I discuss, the pandemic super charged all of that change and had it become more pronounced and identifiable. That is why now is the time to tak...
Episode #011: How to Market During COVID-19 with Mitch Solway
May 12, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThe ABC's of Marketing and Generating More Opportunity During and After COVID-19 If you've been a little unsure about how to engage in marketing and business development during COVID-19, listen in to this episode with Mitch Solway. Mitch is a seasoned marketing professional who has over 20 years of experience within a number of different industries. In this episode he provides practical and actionable steps to market and promote your business so you can stay engaged with your business devel...
Episode #010: Three Questions Entrepreneurs Should Be Asking Themselves Now
April 28, 2020 12:00 - 25 minutes - 17.3 MBQuestions are important, especially now. Take a moment and answer these three important questions for yourself. What you’ll get from this episode: Considerations on where you are and how you might view the current reality we are in A perspective on the opportunities that are available to you Thoughts on ways to stay connected with key stakeholders in your eco-system Glynnis Rengger is the Founder and CEO of The Immersion Lab. Her clients have included global market leaders across divers...
Episode #009: Talking to your Team about your Finances in Times of Upheaval with Bruce Sellery
April 19, 2020 20:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBIn this podcast, I talk to Bruce Sellery about how to approach this conversation in a productive, transparent and low-stress way and why it is important to do so. Bruce's perspective is informative, engaging and fun (really!). What you’ll get from this episode: Considerations of relevant results to be sharing and be clear about what you want your team to focus on Ways to position what you are sharing The importance of knowing where your people are at and their different experiences you s...
Episode #008: Re-Positioned and Ready with Patti Mara
April 07, 2020 12:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBIdeas to keep providing a valued customer experience in times of physical isolation. My guest is Patti Mara. She has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurial owned and operated businesses to re position them for success and dramatically increase their growth, customer retention, and profit. She is the author of UpSolutions – Turning Your Team into Heroes and Customers into Ravings Fans. What you’ll get from this podcast: An understanding of how to leverage the current crisis to pivot your ...
Episode #007: Cashflow is King with Cindy Warner Beck
April 02, 2020 13:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MBCalculate and Stay On Top of Your Company’s Cashflow right now. My guest is Cindy Warner Beck. She has over 15 years of experience working with companies of all sizes at the Royal Bank of Canada. Now, through her company Lightbulb Finance, she works with small and medium sized businesses as an outsourced CFO to on help business owners understand their finances to make more informed decisions on their growth. What you’ll get from this podcast: An understanding of what your most important f...
Episode #006: Simple Structures to Stay Focused and Sane with Marysia Czarski
March 31, 2020 12:00 - 5 minutes - 4 MBSimple Ways to Keep a Focused and Positive Mindset. I am solo on this podcast, and it is only 5 minutes long. This episode is the first in a series we're calling The Pivot Podcast Series. For more, head to Entrepreneur's Velocity. Support the show
Episode #005: Resonating as an Entrepreneur - Making Your Difference as a Leader, the Zen Way with Ginny Whitelaw
March 16, 2020 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBMark Twain said “Life does not consist of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that are forever blowing through one’s mind.” But what happens if that storm of thoughts is actually negatively affecting your confidence to make important decisions and take action? It has been my experience that the journey of being an entrepreneur is filled with a battle of the inner voice. In this episode, you will learn 3 essential ways to work with resonance to get you present, ...
Episode #004: Boosting your Well-Being as an Entrepreneur with Andrew Soren
February 25, 2020 18:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBIn this episode, Andrew Soren helps Marysia pull back the curtain on the roller coaster experience being an entrepreneur can be and the new research which is telling us what we know, entrepreneurs face tremendous stress and it is impacting their well-being. He will share his rich experience in positive psychology. Listen as Andrew teaches us about the mindset of well-being and how entrepreneurs can apply it in their work and personal lives to build resilience, confidence, and turn the dial o...
Episode #004: Boosting your Well-Being as an Entrepreneur with Andrew Soren
February 25, 2020 18:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBIn this episode, Andrew Soren helps Marysia pull back the curtain on the roller coaster experience being an entrepreneur can be and the new research which is telling us what we know, entrepreneurs face tremendous stress and it is impacting their well-being. He will share his rich experience in positive psychology. Listen as Andrew teaches us about the mindset of well-being and how entrepreneurs can apply it in their work and personal lives to build resilience, confidence, and turn the dial o...
Episode #003: Building Blocks for Sales Velocity with Arlene Mendoza
February 12, 2020 18:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBIn this episode, Arlene Mendoza shares with us her approach to re-frame your sales approach from pushing products and services onto someone to understanding the deeply intrinsic need of your potential customer and providing a valuable offering that they want to purchase. Arlene shares stories from her journey, overcoming and working with discomfort and intimidation and provides concrete examples and tips on how to. YOU WILL LEARN Reengineering from selling to pushing possibilities. How tr...
Episode #002: Making Market Research Work on an Entrepreneur's Budget with Louise Sheedy
February 04, 2020 13:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MBIn this episode, Louise Sheedy provides us with a better way to understand your customers and your market place. As a seasoned market research expert, Louise began her career at an advertising agency, but pivoted into market research when she realized this was her passion. Now, as an entrepreneur herself, she empathizes with entrepreneurs on a budget and shares actionable advice on how to approach market research and make it work for your business. YOU WILL LEARN The importance of using ma...
Episode #001: Understand and Define Your Value Proposition with Shari Walczak
January 15, 2020 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBIn this episode, Shari Walczak of The Garden Collective, a seasoned brand strategist, opens up the multi-dimensional importance of a company brand and value proposition and why every entrepreneur should have one. She will simplify what all the ‘jargon’ means, and provides the important aspects to understand the interconnected components of a brand, how they work together, and ways to go about defining or refining your company’s brand. Shari shares stories, analogies and structured approach...