Six Pixels of Separation Podcast

SPOS #820 - Jenny Blake On How To Love Your Work

Welcome to episode #820 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #820 - Host: Mitch Joel. Time is not money. Time is life force. This is the core of Jenny Blake's powerful new book, Free Time - Lose The Busywork, Love Your Business. Jenny is an author and podcaster (and friend) who loves helping people navigate change and free time to do more of their best work. Jenny is the author of the award-winning book, Pivot - The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next...

SPOS #819 - Maria Brito On How To Turn Your Ideas Into Gold

Welcome to episode #819 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #819 – Host: Mitch Joel. You can learn how to make creativity work for your business or career. In her new book, How Creativity Rules The World, Maria Brito shows how creativity is merely a series of habits, actions, and attitudes that you can develop — regardless of who you are and what you do. There has never been a more crucial time than now to develop your creativity and your ability to ...

SPOS #818 - Jennifer Moss On The Burnout Epidemic

SPOS #817 - Carla Johnson On Rethinking Innovation

Welcome to episode #817 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #817 - Host: Mitch Joel. Carla Johnson helps organizations that are constrained by an old-school approach when taking on new world problems. They're struggling with unpredictability, frustrations, and a shortfall of results. They might think the problem is the wrong people or strategy or product. But they’re really suffering from an outdated and faulty architecture. Even the hardest work and...

SPOS #816 - Gaurav Bhatnagar On Breakthrough Performance And Well-Being

SPOS #815 - Sarah Stein Greenberg On How To Think, Create And Lead

SPOS #814 - Barry Nalebuff On Better Ways To Negotiate

SPOS #813 - Sucharita Kodali On The Future Of Retail And Consumer Behavior

Welcome to episode #813 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #813 - Host: Mitch Joel. When I think of retail and the state of eCommerce, I'm always curious what Sucharita Kodali is thinking. As Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester, Sucharita is a leading expert on eCommerce, multichannel retail, consumer behavior, and trends in the online shopping space. In her research (you can get a taste of it right here), Sucharita covers such consume...

SPOS #812 - Michael Bungay Stanier On Doing Something That Matters

SPOS #811 - Ruth Gotian On Peak Business Performance

Welcome to episode #811 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #811 - Host: Mitch Joel. Dr. Ruth Gotian is the Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology and former Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine. She has been hailed by the journal Nature and Columbia University as an expert in mentoring and leadership development and is currently a contributor to For...

SPOS #810 - Martin Ford On The Rule Of The Robots

Welcome to episode #810 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #810 - Host: Mitch Joel. Martin Ford is a futurist and the author of four books, including including his latest, Rule of the Robots - How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything, the New York Times Bestselling Rise of the Robots, Architects of Intelligence, and The Lights in the Tunnel. He is also the founder of a Silicon Valley-based software development firm. His TED Talk on ...

SPOS #809 - Dorie Clark On How To Play The Long Game

Welcome to episode #809 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #809 - Host: Mitch Joel. One of the great pleasures of my professional career has been getting to know Dorie Clark and watching her ascent in the business world. Dorie has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, and was recognized as the #1 Communication Coach in the world by the Marshall Goldsmith Leading Global Coaches Awards. Dorie, a consultant and keyn...

SPOS #808 - Len Herstein On Vigilance

Welcome to episode #808 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #808 - Host: Mitch Joel. I first heard about Len Herstein because he was running an ever-popular live event called, Brand ManageCamp. A few years later we spoke, and he asked me to give one of the keynote presentations (virtual… because… ya know…). From there we exchanged messages from time to time and became quick friends. Len also understands the danger of complacency. He just wishes he ha...

SPOS #807 - Karen Walrond On How To Work For Change

Welcome to episode #807 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #807 - Host: Mitch Joel. She is on a mission to help people name their gifts, attain their goals and make light. Karen Walrond is an author, a leadership and activism coach, and a Certified Dare to Lead Facilitator, having been trained in Brené Brown's work on vulnerability, courage, shame-resilience and worthiness. Karen also trained in positive psychology coaching from the Wholebeing Inst...

SPOS #806 - Martin Moore On Reconnecting Leadership With Results

Welcome to episode #806 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #806 - Host: Mitch Joel. Meet a very animated (and passionate) leader... who demands real results. His business, Your CEO Mentor, creates cut-through content for leaders who want to build their leadership confidence and skills, fast. Co-founded by father/daughter duo Martin Moore and Emma Green, their purpose is to improve the quality of leaders, globally. Together they have distilled Marty'...

SPOS #805 - Vanessa Bohns On Influence And Persuasion

Welcome to episode #805 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #805 - Host: Mitch Joel. I’m really into this book called, You Have More Influence Than You Think - How We Underestimate Our Power Of Persuasion, And Why It Matters by Vanessa Bohns. Vanessa is a social psychologist, an award-winning researcher and teacher, and a professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University. She holds a PhD in psychology from Columbia University and an AB in p...

SPOS #804 - Azeem Azhar On This Exponential Age

Welcome to episode #804 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #804 - Host: Mitch Joel. Azeem Azhar is on a mission to explain how our societies and ways of life will change under the force of exponential technologies. He is determined to bring together the two cultures of innovation and tech and of business, society and policy and help us understand the real implications of the changes we are witnessing; which he is able to do from the vantage point of...

SPOS #803 - Pamela Slim On New Customers And New Markets

Welcome to episode #803 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #803 - Host: Mitch Joel. When the book, Escape from Cubicle Nation, came out in 2009, it changed a lot (for many people). The author, Pamela Slim, established herself as a recognized authority in what business could be. She is also a community builder, consultant and former corporate director of training and development at Barclays Global Investors. Over the years, it has been amazing to bec...

SPOS #802 - Adam Tooze On How Covid Shook The World's Economy

Welcome to episode #802 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #802 - Host: Mitch Joel. Are you sick about all the Covid talk? Don't let that stop you from listening to what Adam Tooze has to say about it. Adam is the author of the recently published book, Shutdown - How Covid Shook The World's Economy. Adam's perspective is a little different than most. Adam holds the Shelby Cullom Davis chair of History at Columbia University and serves as Director of...

SPOS #801 - Dave Pell On Breaking News And Being The Internet's Managing Editor

Welcome to episode #801 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #801 - Host: Mitch Joel. One of the best newsletters online is NextDraft. It is a a quick and entertaining look at the day's most fascinating news curated and with commentary by Dave Pell (who has self-appointed himself as Managing Editor of the Internet). Dave has been writing about news, technology, and media since 1999. He's been news obsessed since he was child. He has also been investin...

SPOS #800 - Debbie Millman On Why Design (And Podcasting) Matters

Welcome to episode #800 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #800 - Host: Mitch Joel. I'm not one to celebrate milestones. Still, I found myself wondering who might make for a fascinating conversation if episode number 800 ever happened. I wanted it to be someone that I know, love and respect. At the same time, I wanted it be someone that has yet to be a guest on the show. Someone who knows what it's like to toil in the long conversations over the yea...

SPOS #799 - Cade Metz On The Mavericks Who Brought AI to Google, Facebook, and the World

Welcome to episode #799 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #799 - Host: Mitch Joel. Best known for his reporting on artificial intelligence, driverless cars, robotics, virtual reality, and other emerging areas, Cade Metz is a reporter with The New York Times. Previously, he was a senior staff writer with Wired magazine, the U.S. editor of The Register, PC Magazine, and other outlets. His first book is called Genius Makers - The Mavericks Who Brought...

SPOS #798 - Alisa Cohn On Startups, Leadership And Growth

Welcome to episode #798 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #798 - Host: Mitch Joel. Named the Top Startup Coach in the World at the Thinkers50/Marshall Goldsmith Global Coaches Awards in London, Alisa Cohn has been coaching startup founders to grow into world-class CEOs for nearly twenty years. She is the author of just-published book, From Start-Up to Grown-Up. This onetime startup CFO, strategy consultant, and current angel investor and advisor ha...

SPOS #797 - David Schonthal On Innovation And New Ideas

Welcome to episode #797 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #797 - Host: Mitch Joel. David Schonthal is a Clinical Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the Kellogg School of Management, where he teaches courses in new venture creation, design thinking, business acquisition, healthcare entrepreneurship, corporate innovation and creativity. He also serves as the Faculty Director of Kellogg's Zell Fellows Program, a selective venture accelera...

SPOS #796 - Indira Samarasekera On Leadership And Nerve

Welcome to episode #796 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #796 - Host: Mitch Joel. Internationally recognized as one of Canada's leading engineers, Dr. Indira V. Samarasekera has led an amazing career. Indira has been awarded the E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship, the Peter Lougheed award for leadership in public policy and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Foreign Associate of the National Academy...

SPOS #795 - Brian Primack On You Are What You Click

Welcome to episode #795 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #795 - Host: Mitch Joel. The new book is called, You Are What You Click - How Being Selective, Positive, and Creative Can Transform Your Social Media Experience (and, you need to read it). This book is for realists, and it was written by Brian Primack. Brian in Dean of the College of Education and Health Professions at the University of Arkansas. In this role, he guides over 5000 students, 3...

SPOS #794 - Jonathan Fields On Work That Makes You Come Alive

Welcome to episode #794 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #794 - Host: Mitch Joel. He is one of the kindest humans that I know. Jonathan Fields (aka the Good Life Guy) is all about delivering insights that spark purpose, possibility, and potential. He's been on a decades-long quest to discover what makes people come fully alive. Jonathan is the host of one of the world’s top podcasts, Good Life Project (I was a guest on the Good Life Project back i...

SPOS #793 - Ben Mezrich On GameStop, Facebook And Other Crazy Stories

Welcome to episode #793 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #793 - Host: Mitch Joel. With a writing career spanning close to two decades, Ben Mezrich has authored over twenty books, including the wildly successful Bringing Down the House - The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, which spent sixty-three weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, sold over 2 million copies in fifteen languages, and was adapted into the #1...

SPOS #792 - Juliet Funt On Beating Busyness

Welcome to episode #792 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #792 - Host: Mitch Joel. She's known as a "tough-love" advisor to Fortune 500 companies. Juliet Funt is a keynote speaker and Founder of the efficiency training firm, Juliet Funt Group. Juliet is also the author of the newly-published book, A Minute to Think - Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness, And Do Your Best Work. She is an evangelist for freeing the potential of companies by unburdeni...

SPOS #791 - Jim Lecinski On Artificial Intelligence In Marketing

Welcome to episode #791 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #791 - Host: Mitch Joel. One of the first big companies that I spoke for was Google. It was in the early 2000s. The sales team was small, but growing. Google had just acquired YouTube, and they were holding a summit at their original Silicon Valley campus to engage retailers with Google ads. One of the people who became a personal champion for my work at Google was Jim Lecinski (along with ...

SPOS #790 - Dave McKeown On The Self-Evolved Leader

Welcome to episode #790 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #790 - Host: Mitch Joel. He works with leadership teams to help them set and achieve their strategic growth goals with ease. Dave McKeown is the Founder of Outfield Leadership, author of The Self-Evolved Leader and a keynote speaker, leadership trainer and growth advisor. He also has a podcast called, Lead Like you Give a Damn and writes a column for Inc.. Dave grew up in Belfast and after c...

SPOS #789 - Carey Lohrenz On What We Can (And Cannot) Control

Welcome to episode #789 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #789 - Host: Mitch Joel. Are you in the mood for an incredible story from an amazing human being? Carey Lohrenz was the first female F-14 Tomcat pilot, she was a pioneer in military aviation. Having flown missions worldwide as a combat, mission-ready United States Navy pilot, Carey is used to working in fast moving, dynamic environments where inconsistent execution can generate catastrophic ...

SPOS #788 - Ron Friedman On Decoding Greatness

Welcome to episode #788 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #788 - Host: Mitch Joel. What are your silver linings from this pandemic? I've had a few (and I know my level of privilege to even be this lucky). One silver lining was taking part in a mastermind (or a virtual meet-up) with just a handful of people that, mostly, took place on an app called, Marco Polo. One of the people in the group was Ron Friedman. I knew his name. I knew him as the autho...

SPOS #787 - Tamsen Webster On Making Ideas Irresistible

Welcome to episode #787 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #787 - Host: Mitch Joel. It feels like I have known Tamsen Webster since before she became the "Tamsen Webster" that the world has come to know. Tamsen has spent the last twenty years helping experts drive action from their ideas. Part message strategist, part storyteller, part English-to-English translator, her work focuses on how to find and build the stories partners, investors, clients, ...

SPOS #786 - Clint Pulver On Nurturing A Great Organization

Welcome to episode #786 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #786 - Host: Mitch Joel. My friend, Clint Pulver, is a keynote speaker, author, musician, pilot, and he cares deeply about the workforce. His sweet spot is employee retention. Why do people love their work and the company that they work for? More importantly, what turns them off (and how can your business fix that)? Clint has spent many years helping companies through his work and research a...

SPOS #785 - Margot Bloomstein On Trust And Beating Consumer Cynicism

Welcome to episode #785 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #785 - Host: Mitch Joel. Margot Bloomstein spends her time in the content strategy industry. She's the author of Content Strategy at Work and the principal of Appropriate, Inc., a brand and content strategy consultancy based in Boston. For more than twenty years, she has led workshops, keynoted conferences, and advised marketing teams around the world. She developed the popular message archi...

SPOS #784 - Joe Pulizzi On Being A Content Entrepreneur - Live From Clubhouse

Welcome to episode #784 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #784 - Host: Mitch Joel. When it comes to content marketing, social media and personal brands, you will meet some of the sketchiest people. Lots of talk with little protein. Joe Pulizzi is the real deal, and since his first Content Marketing World back in 2010, I count him as both a good friend and one of the kindest, smartest minds in the business. Joe has founded four companies including h...

SPOS #783 - Leslie Ehm On Swagger (And Why You Need Some)

Welcome to episode #783 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #783 - Host: Mitch Joel. We call each other "Cuzzz!" (Mostly because we are cousins... way off in the distance and through marriage, so it's our little bit). With that, I've known Leslie Ehm for a long time. She is a former TV host and advertising Creative Director turned training guru that has spent decades traveling the globe with her company Combustion - working with executives and teams....

SPOS #782 - Jason Falls On Generation Influencer

Welcome to episode #782 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #782 - Host: Mitch Joel. One of the first "digital" buddies I made through the power of blogging and podcasting going back to 2005(ish) was Jason Falls. Always at the forefront of all things digital, Jason is a digital strategist, author, speaker and thinker in the digital and social media marketing industry. He is an innovator in the conversation research segment of social analytics, having...

SPOS #781 - Tendayi Viki On Being The Innovator

Welcome to episode #781 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #781 - Host: Mitch Joel. When it comes to innovation, the thinking (and work) of Tendayi Viki is unparalleled. He is also an author and innovation consultant. Currently, he is an Associate Partner at Strategyzer (home of Alex Osterwalder), where he helps large organizations innovate for the future while managing their core business. Tendayi co-designed Pearson’s Product Lifecycle which is a...

SPOS #780 - Doug Stephens On Resurrecting Retail

Welcome to episode #780 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #780 - Host: Mitch Joel. Prior to founding Retail Prophet, Doug Stephens spent over 20 years in the retail industry. He is the author of two groundbreaking books, The Retail Revival - Re-Imagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism and Reengineering Retail - The Future of Selling in a Post-Digital World. Doug is passionate about retail and what the future of shopping should be (just lik...

SPOS #779 - Bret Kinsella On The State of Smart Audio, Clubhouse, Podcasting And Beyond

Welcome to episode #779 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #779 - Host: Mitch Joel. You never know who you are going to meet and become friends with online. Going back to the early days of Amazon’s Alexa, Google Home, Siri and beyond, the idea of apps (or skills, as they are called) for these interactive audio platforms has always interested me (so much so, that I was an investor in a voice skills company, and became interested in running it for a ...

SPOS #778 - Erica Dhawan On Digital Body Language

Welcome to episode #778 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #778 - Host: Mitch Joel. Lost in translation. I fear there is no better phrase to explain what has happened to our ability to better communicate since the pandemic took hold. Zoom meetings, using emojis, and cultural shifts have turned an already complex world of communications into one that is ever-more complex (it’s amazing how badly a message can now be received simply because the speaker...

SPOS #777 - Suneel Gupta On Being Backable

Welcome to episode #777 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #777 - Host: Mitch Joel. He is a teacher of innovation at Harvard University, is the founder of RISE, and the author of the new book, Backable – exploring how to get people to believe in your ideas. The book is rooted in Suneel Gupta’s journey from first-time entrepreneur to being named, “The New Face of Innovation” by the New York Stock Exchange. Suneel’s ideas have been backed by firms lik...

SPOS #776 - Jonas Altman On Reinventing The Way You Work

Welcome to episode #776 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #776 - Host: Mitch Joel. His latest book, Shapers - Reinvent The Way You Work And Change The Future, really intrigued me. Jonas Altman is an experienced design strategist and entrepreneur. He is the Managing Partner at Social Fabric, a marketing consultancy, that helps organizations launch new ventures and adopt better ways of communicating. With over twenty years of working in the creative ...

SPOS #775 - George Dyson On Nature, Human Beings And Machines

Welcome to episode #775 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #775 - Host: Mitch Joel. Here is one of the more fascinating humans that you can connect with. George Dyson fancies himself as someone who makes boats, but he is also a technologist, historian, and one of the true polymaths in our world today. Dyson is the son of the theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson and mathematician Verena Huber-Dyson, the brother of technology analyst Esther Dyson, and ...

SPOS #774 - Nancy Giordano On Leadering

Welcome to episode #774 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #774 - Host: Mitch Joel. First off, Happy Mother's Day! This week's guest and I do similar work. Maybe that's what attracted me to this conversation? Nancy Giordano built her career in the marketing agency business at several companies in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. For more than a decade, she has been the Founder of Play Big Inc. (a strategic inspiration company). Her current work d...

SPOS #773 - Minter Dial Wants You To Lead

Welcome to episode #773 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #773 - Host: Mitch Joel. After a long and successful career at L’Oréal, Minter Dial returned to his entrepreneurial roots to become an author, consultant and speaker. Minter has spent over a decade helping senior management teams and boards to adapt to the new exigencies of the digitally enhanced marketplace. Minter’s focus is on brand strategies, technology integration and digital tools. He...

SPOS #772 - Luvvie Ajayi Jones On Being A Professional Troublemaker

Welcome to episode #772 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #772 - Host: Mitch Joel. I was really excited about the opportunity to spend some time with Luvvie Ajayi Jones. She is an author, podcast host, speaker, and someone who has been blogging just a little bit longer than me (there are not many of us left). Luvvie thrives at the intersection of comedy, media, and justice. Her debut book, I'm Judging You - The Do-Better Manual, was released to cri...

SPOS #771 - Martin Lindstrom Wants To End Bureaucracy

Welcome to episode #771 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #771 - Host: Mitch Joel. When I first started getting interested in being a professional marketer, the work of Martin Lindstrom was always front and center... and for a good reason. Martin Lindstrom one of the world’s leading brand and culture transformation experts. Time Magazine called him one of the “World’s 100 Most Influential People.” He's also been on the Thinkers50 list for more than...