Today, Maria interviews Seth Godin, a Stanford Business School graduate, international bestselling author and host of the Akimbo podcast. Seth has written over 7000 blog posts read by more than a million people and was inducted in the Marketing Hall of Fame in 2018. Seth shares his learning journey that led him to create the Akimbo workshops, a set of online community-based learning spaces that help thousands of people address their fear for change and create meaningful work in our fast-changing world.


Production team:


Host : Maria Xenidou


Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian


Introduction Voice: David Bourne


Contact us:


[email protected]


Music credits:


Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals


Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks


Mentioned in this episode


Seth’s Blog


Seth's Books


Akimbo Workshops


The altMBA


The Marketing Seminar


The Podcasting Fellowship


The Akimbo Podcast


Listen to this episode and explore:


Seth’s childhood (4:17)


Seth’s experience at Stanford University (7:18)


The Akimbo Workshops (8:52)


The importance of seeing the end of the journey before you start (12:04)


Addressing the fear of change (16:02)


About the generosity in the Akimbo workshops (20:33)


Seth’s view on the bigger problems of the world today (23:54)

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