Thought Talk
95 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBest-selling author, and branding and marketing strategist Karen Tiber Leland, has engaging conversations with today’s thought leaders from the worlds of business, art, technology, science and entertainment.
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From Actualization To Transcendence — Finding Joy In Giving With Jenny Santi
May 05, 2020 15:17 - 33 minutes - 45.4 MBHow can we keep giving during the COVID-19 crisis, when many of us have seen our livelihoods negatively impacted? In order to address this question and shed light on how giving can change our lives, I welcome Jennifer Rose Santi to the show! Jenny founded the philanthropy services firm Saint Partners and has been a charity advisor to some of the wealthiest people on earth for the past 13 years. She is the author of the acclaimed book The Giving Way to Happiness: Stories & Science Behind th...
Thought Talk Chat Tuesday — How Are You Going to Make Today Matter, With Michelle Young
April 29, 2020 20:01 - 24 minutes - 33.3 MBWelcome to the first Thought Talk chat Tuesday, a weekly informal discussion with some of my close friends and colleagues. I am so very happy to welcome my guest Michelle Young — a great, great friend, enough so that we have had to promise not to swear! Tune in for a fun chat about why I said Michelle couldn’t call herself a life coach, how this COVID-19 quarantine is an introvert’s heaven, and what Michelle and I plan to do with this time that has been given to us. Chat Tuesday Tidb...
Find What You Love And Do It For The Greater Good — Putting Purpose Over Profit With Travis Hollman
April 21, 2020 14:22 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MBWhen one of my colleagues first suggested that I should interview the CEO and President of Hollman Lockers — I wondered how much is there really to say about lockers? Turns out quite a bit. Join me today for a chat with serial entrepreneur and innovator Travis Hollman. We discuss his leadership style, business as a force for good, and the future of privacy in public spaces. We will also discuss the mind-boggling use of data and technology in lockers today and ways that leading-edge mate...
The Future of Your Personal Belongings in Public Space - with Travis Hollman
April 21, 2020 14:22 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MBWhen one of my colleagues first suggested that I should interview the CEO and President of Hollman Lockers — I wondered how much is there really to say about lockers? Turns out quite a bit. Join me today for a chat with serial entrepreneur and innovator Travis Hollman. We discuss his leadership style, business as a force for good, and the future of privacy in public spaces. We will also discuss the mind-boggling use of data and technology in lockers today and ways that leading-edge mate...
Build Your Edge — From Adversity to Advantage — With Harvard Professor and Author Laura Huang
April 14, 2020 08:00 - 42 minutes - 58.5 MBToday’s Thought Talk show is about overturning adversity in the workplace. I’m happy to welcome Laura Huang — Associate Professor at Harvard, the author of the new book From Adversity to Advantage. The book is based on her research on interpersonal relationships and implicit bias in entrepreneurship and in the workplace. Tune in for insight on topics ranging from the biases that women should be on the lookout for when pitching projects — and what to do with them, what “Hard work, Plus” and...
Logos And The Visual Storytelling Revolution With Rodney Abbot
March 31, 2020 10:00 - 29 minutes - 28.4 MBRodney Abbot is a senior partner at Lippincott, the global creative consultancy behind the logos of Walmart, Starbucks, Delta, and Southwest Airlines, among others. In this podcast, he discusses the process of creating a logo for a company. Topics include using a logomark, logotype (or both), color’s impact on a logo, and the hottest logo design trends for 2020.
The Power Of Crafting A One Person Show With Gretchen Cryer
March 29, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 31.1 MBGretchen Cryer has been at the center of writing, performing and directing one person shows for more than three decades. In this episode of Thought Talk she shares insights, experiences and knowledge about how businesspeople can use these techniques in public speaking.
Aesthetic Intelligence: What It Is And Why It Matters With Pauline Brown
March 24, 2020 10:00 - 27 minutes - 39.2 MBPauline Brown the Former Chairman of LVMH North America discusses her new book, “Aesthetic Intelligence”. Brown left her position at LVMH to do a deep dive into the way aesthetics impact us personally and professionally and teaches about what she learned at Harvard.
Creating A Chocolate Company With Purpose With Sritha Thayi
March 17, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutes - 26.2 MBSritha Thayi, the co-founder of W3 Chocolate, discusses her journey (from idea to execution) in introducing a new chocolate to an already crowded marketplace. Sritha shares about how she and her co-founders conceived of the concept in a meditation and how she personally went door to door in Brooklyn hawking her chocolates to coffee shops.
Why Original Content Creation Is The New Currency For Success With Ben Pines
March 10, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 40.2 MBBen Pines, Head of Content for Elementor, a Drag and Drop Site builder for WordPress, shares his take on the way content management has evolved and what every business needs to know about creating content for websites and beyond.
13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don’t Do With Amy Morin
March 02, 2020 10:00 - 24 minutes - 24.2 MBThis episode features Amy Morin a psychotherapist and author of 13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don’t Do from HarperCollins. Her work as a psychotherapist, combined with her personal experiences of overcoming tragedy, taught her what it takes to be mentally strong. Her TEDx Talk, “The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong” has garnered more than eight million views.
How To Capture The Creativity In Your Brain With Judah Pollack
February 24, 2020 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBThe creative mode in your brain is like a butterfly. It’s beautiful and erratic, hard to catch and highly valued as a result. If you want to capture it, you need a net. Enter the executive mode, the task-oriented network in your brain that help you tie your shoes, run a meeting, or pitch a client.
Life Lessons From Broadway That Small Business Owners Can Use
February 17, 2020 10:00 - 28 minutes - 27.3 MBIn this episode, Tony Award-winning producer, Mara Isaacs, shares the life and business lessons learned from being a Broadway producer As the founder of Octopus Theatricals, an independent production company, Mara shows the parallels between the way Broadway and startups function. She also talks us through the branding and marketing approach she took with her eight Tony Award-winning show, Hadestown.
How Brilliant Careers Are Made – And Unmade With Carter Cast
February 10, 2020 10:00 - 25 minutes - 25 MBThere are a multitude of ways one’s career can go off the rails. Carter Cast, a Professor of Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management discusses the need for white-collar professionals to do some serious self-accounting in order to have careers that thrive instead of stall.
Two Ways To Be More Peaceful At Work In 2019
January 07, 2019 10:00 - 35 minutes - 34 MBJoel Kimmel, leading expert in ontological design and author of the new book, Self: The Vast World Behind Your Words, shares how with just two simple shifts, we can all be more peaceful inside even when the external circumstances aren’t what we would hope.
The Growing Trend Of Adding Legal CBD/Hemp To Health And Beauty Products
June 12, 2018 10:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBHaving discovered the use of CBD and hemp when she had to take in her sister who was having ovarian cancer three years ago, Tea guru Miriam Novalle is now utilizing CBD/Hemp in her business. Miriam is the CEO and founder of the world-renowned T Salon in New York City and the founder of High Tea Today. She discusses her new tea line which contains legal CBD/hemp buds and the growing trending of adding CBD/hemp to beauty and health products. She shares that hemp under 3% of THC is legal in eve...
Why We All Need To Become Global Citizens
June 07, 2018 10:00 - 32 minutes - 58.6 MBKunal Sood is the Founder of X Fellows, Novus and X-Impact Group. Sood is also a TED Speaker and Resident. He discusses: How an extraordinary experience can transform a person’s life; what is the difference between an ordinary conference and a curated event and why we all need to be global citizens. Sood works with Fortune 500 companies such as Facebook, Google, and SAP, as well as social enterprises like X Prize Foundation, Singularity University , TED and United Nations. He has won numerou...
How 3 College Friends Started A Jerky Company
June 05, 2018 10:00 - 28 minutes - 52.9 MBJess Thomas is the Co-Founder and CEO of True Jerky, a consumer brand of protein snacks. Thomas discusses the challenges and rewards of a start up in the food space including: What it’s like to start a business with friends; how to survive in a competitive market with a few large incumbents and a lot of local boutique brands and how to stand out. True Jerky, which was founded by college friends in 2015 and based in San Francisco. makes bold & delicious protein snacks inspired by regional or ...
How Social and Emotional Intelligence Makes Kids Better Citizens
May 31, 2018 10:00 - 39 minutes - 71.4 MBLeslee Udwin is the founder of “Think Equal” a non profit whose mission is to create a global system change in education. Udwin discusses the powerful impact teaching young children emotional and social intelligence has on their role as citizens – in the country, world and their careers. She was voted by the NY Times the No 2 Most Impactful Woman of 2015 (second to Hillary Clinton), and has been awarded the prestigious Swedish Anna Lindh Human Rights Prize (previously won by Madeleine Albrig...
Want to Give a TEDx Talk? Here’s What You Need to Know.
May 29, 2018 10:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBAjit Mathew George is the Organizer & Executive Producer for TEDx Wilmington. In this episode he discusses why and when to share your one, great idea through a TEDx Talk; elements of a sucessful TEDx talk; how to apply and what a TEDx talk can do to shape your personal brand. He has organized 29 different TEDxWilmington events between 2012 and February 9, 2018 showcasing 397 speakers from all around the world who gave 375 TEDx talks. These talks have collectively had 7,449,846 views on the T...
The Power of Classical Music to Transform Our Lives
May 24, 2018 10:00 - 29 minutes - 53.8 MBYelena Dudochkin has captivated audiences across the world with her expressive stage presence, rich soprano voice, and powerful interpretations. Her operatic roles include Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, Violetta in La Traviata, Snow Maiden in Snow Maiden, Iolanta and Brigitta in Iolanta, Gilda in Rigoletto, Chernyafka in Magic Mirror, and Marfa in Tsar’s Bride, with Opera Boston, New Opera NYC, Commonwealth Lyric Theater, Opera Classica Europa, The Mariinsky Opera Young Artists, and others.
Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent
May 22, 2018 10:00 - 33 minutes - 61.6 MBProfessor Sydney Finkelstein discusses his latest book Superbosses and what superbosses do that’s so special including how they manage millennials, and where to find them in your organization. Sydney Finkelstein is the Steven Roth Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Leadership at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Masters degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Professor Finkelstein has published 22 books a...
Epicured Food Delivery: Gourmet Food Solutions With A Healthy Twist with Richard Bennett
May 17, 2018 10:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBRichard Bennett the co-founder and CEO of Epicured, a gourmet kitchen and food delivery service designed to make healthy eating simple and joyful. Epicured is the first 100% low FODMAP and gluten-free food company offering healthy, unique, and digestion-friendly menus.
Why Quirky Wins The Day
May 15, 2018 10:00 - 41 minutes - 75.3 MBIf you look at the greatest innovations of this world, it may surprise you to find deviant personalities and quirky innovators behind them. Melissa Schilling, Professor of Innovation and Strategy at New York University’s Stern School of Business, was inspired to do a multiple case study on serial breakthrough innovators. She didn’t actually try to set out and find unusual or quirky people to study, but ended up being pretty surprised that almost uniformly, they all had this strange social aw...
The Power Of Onlyness
May 10, 2018 10:00 - 34 minutes - 63 MBNilofer Merchant discusses her latest book The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World. Now that the Internet has liberated ideas to spread and scale through networks rather than hierarchies, power is no longer determined by your status, but by “onlyness”—that spot in the world only you stand in, a function of your distinct history and experiences, visions and hopes.
Finding The Top Leadership Thinkers In The World
May 08, 2018 10:00 - 40 minutes - 73.7 MBStuart Crainer and Des Dearlove, the founders of the Thinkers50 Conference, discuss how they search out and honor the top management and leadership thinkers from around the world – and what they have learned from them. At Thinkers50, Stuart and Des’ job is to scan, rank, and share the very best management ideas in the world at work, careers, and lives in the future as they look for the bright and up and coming thinkers. They release ranking of the 50 most important management thinkers in the...
What Is John Sculley Up to Today?
May 03, 2018 10:00 - 35 minutes - 65.2 MBFormer Apple CEO and Pepsi President John Sculley talks about his past, present and future as an entrepreneur and technology leader as co-founder of Zeta Global, an independent marketing cloud company. John says AI is going to be as foundational to the world of business as oil and electricity was back in the industrial age, and the real disruption is applying the technology. It’s a wonderful time to be an entrepreneur even if you’re starting out with a very small business. Technology in 2019...
Why You Need to Create Multiple Income Streams
May 01, 2018 10:00 - 35 minutes - 65.4 MBHow do people make money? What are the options? Dorie Clark, the author of Entrepreneurial You, attempts to answer those questions in her book, as well as a few others like if you want to create multiple income streams in your business, what are the possibilities, how do you implement them, and how can a regular person add to their arsenal so that they can become more successful? Dorie discusses why everyone needs multiple income streams and how to create them in today’s social media and onl...
Technology in Everyday Life
April 26, 2018 10:00 - 15 minutes - 29 MBOver the last ten years, we’ve seen a huge transformation of technology in everyday life, especially on the types of devices that people are using to connect to the internet and how people consume content. One of the biggest changes has been the shift from traditional cable satellite or terrestrial antenna television to streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and HBO Go. That means now the average consumer is using the internet almost every hour of every day when they’re home. The access to i...
The Theatrical Culinary Project
April 23, 2018 10:00 - 41 minutes - 75.3 MBAs a developer of new work and a foodie, director and choreographer, Marlo Hunter, has always been trying to look for a way to marry her two passions, words and food. Her most recent project, the Theatrical Culinary Project, was baked from her goal to see if chefs and playwrights could speak the same language and creates a play with words and food that was greater than the sum of its parts. The Theatrical Culinary Project is an immersive play in development which allows five esteemed playwri...
The New & Exciting Future of Conferences with Bernardo Moya
March 19, 2018 10:00 - 36 minutes - 67.7 MBBernardo Moya is the founder of The Best You EXPO, and editor-in-chief of The Best You magazine. He navigated economic adversity during the 2008-2009 recession by seeking opportunities, where others saw obstacles. Bernardo runs Europe’s largest personal development trade fair. In this episode he discusses the future of conferences and how to get the most out of them.
Take A Step Back From Technology And Seal The Deal with Joanne Black
February 26, 2018 10:00 - 26 minutes - 47.9 MBA lot of leaders and business people turn to technology these days as the easy fix to everything. While that is the intention of technology, we have so much dependency on it that when a certain technology fails, we blame it and don’t look at the human element that was also involved in the process. President of No More Cold Calling Joanne Black is asking people to stop and step back from technology and see that we can seal the deal by having a conversation with the client. Sending emails is t...
How Can Your Leadership Development Make Your Staff Smarter? With Expert Liz Wiseman
May 23, 2017 10:00 - 41 minutes - 75.5 MBMy guest today is Liz Wiseman. She is the founder and the president of The Wiseman Group. She’s also the author of the very popular book, Multipliers; How The Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter. The book has just been released in its 2nd edition with new refreshed and new content including: Accidental Diminisher chapter Dealing with Diminishers chapter Building a Multiplier Culture section of the “Becoming a Multiplier” chapter. Multipliers Experiments in appendix I spoke with Liz abo...
The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness, with Lolly Daskal
April 24, 2017 10:00 - 34 minutes - 63.7 MBMy guest on today’s podcast is Lolly Daskal, CEO and founder of Lead from Within, a leadership consulting firm. Her extensive cross-cultural experience spans 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies. Lolly has also been designated a Top 50 leadership and management expert by Inc. magazine. I am particularly excited to interview her because her new book The Leadership Gap:What Gets Between You and Your Greatness will be released in May 2017 by Penguin Portfolio. In this episode L...
The Soul of Money with Lynne Twist
September 30, 2016 10:00 - 50 minutes - 91.6 MBOn today’s podcast I am interviewing Lynne Twist, author of The Soul of Money and founder of the Soul of Money Institute. Lynne is also a founding member of The Pachamama Alliance, an organization dedicated to rain forest preservation. On today’s show we will discuss branding in the non-profit world, and the significant role that money plays in our business and personal lives.
The Power of A Self Published Book To Build Your Brand With Joel Friedlander
September 14, 2016 10:00 - 41 minutes - 75.4 MBMy guest on today’s episode is Joel Freidlander of Marin Bookworks. Joel is a blogger and book designer who was named by Writer’s Digest as one of the 10 people to follow in book publishing. On today’s program we discuss the power of self publishing a book including: • The most important things you need to know about self publishing • The main differences between self publishing and traditional publishing • On demand print publishing • Major mistakes people who self publish make • ...
Acting Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Steal To Build Their Brand with Anthony Meindl
September 06, 2016 10:00 - 37 minutes - 68.4 MBAnthony Meindl is the founder of AMAW and an international acting coach. Tony’s focus is on teaching actors how to be get beyond the typical acting training which teachers actors to be someone else, and instead draw on their own unique way of being, and bring that into the role. In today’s episode I explore with Tony the branding lessons entrepreneurs, executives and CEO’s can steal from actors.
Growing Your Business and Brand In An Internet Age with Ken Courtright
August 30, 2016 10:00 - 41 minutes - 76.6 MBGuest: Ken Courtright, founder and CEO of the Inc. 5000 company Income Store The Internet has created a new way for businesses to brand and market themselves, and Ken Courtright, founder of IncomeStore.com knows just how to help companies do business in the Internet age. Based on his popular system on how to “Grow any business in any industry at any time,” Ken shares his insights on how to build company webpages that avoid coming off “salesy” but build social proof and establish trust.
Creating Your Personal Brand Sound Bites with Susan Harrow
August 23, 2016 10:00 - 37 minutes - 68.4 MBGuest: Susan Harrow, PR Expert and Media Coach Mastering the ability to create your own personal sound bites is about more than being entertaining; it’s about positioning your business and your brand to the media, and public at large. PR expert and media coach, Susan Harrow’s will discuss how the ever dwindling attention span of today’s audiences requires you to use descriptive and well formed sound bites to get your message across. Learn the main types of sound bites, how to create them, ...
Using a Book to Grow Your Brand with Tanya Hall
August 16, 2016 10:00 - 42 minutes - 77.7 MBGuest: Tanya Hall, CEO of Green Leaf Book Group Tanya Hall CEO of Green Leaf Book Group discussed how to use a book to grow your personal, business or CEO brand. By adopting the best of both traditional and self-publishing methods, any author (be they a first timer or best selling scribe) can gain greater and brand recognition. We will discuss how to determine if your content is right for a book, and the biggest publishing mishaps to avoid.
How Being Funny Can Help You Build Your Brand with David Nihill
August 09, 2016 10:00 - 50 minutes - 92.9 MBGuest: David Nihill, founder of Funny Biz, and author of Do You Talk Funny. Being funny is not just a natural talent you are born with. It is also a skill you can learn. And it’s a skill that can be invaluable in building your personal brand. My guest today is David Nihill, founder of FunnyBiz – a company that specializes in helping people be funnier in print and in front of an audience. Among other things we will talk about how doing improv comedy can make anyone a better public speaker, ...
Creating Thought Leadership for Women CEOs and Executives with Marlene Williamson
July 12, 2016 10:00 - 32 minutes - 59.7 MBGuest: Marlene Williamson, Chief Executive Officer of Watermark Marlene Williamson, CEO of Watermark, discusses how to create thought leadership for women CEOs and executives. Watermark, which started 22 years ago in the San Francisco Bay area, has a mission to increase the representation of women in leadership positions. Learn about the work required to become a thought leader in more male dominated fields such as engineering and three top recommendations to become a thought leaders in yo...
Personal Mastery and Leadership with Shayne Hughes
June 27, 2016 10:05 - 35 minutes - 64.1 MBGuest: Shayne Hughes, Author and President of Learning as Leadership Shayne Hughes, President of Learning as Leadership discusses the connection between personal mastery and leadership presence. What happens when leaders learn to step away from their aggressive egos, and eliminate workplace politics? We will explore how CEOs and C-suite executives contribute to office turf wars and how they can move from reactive feelings in times of crisis and stress to being their authentic selves.
Grow Your Small Business Brand Beyond Yourself with Aaron Young
June 27, 2016 10:02 - 1 hour - 120 MBGuest: Aaron Young, CEO of Laughlin Associates and creator of the Unshackled Owner Program Today we are going to talk to small business consultant and advocate Aaron Young about how you can build a business brand that goes beyond your individual efforts. In addition to running his company, Laughlin Associates, Aaron has developed the Unshackled Owner program. We will explore how to put systems in place to create a business that is bigger than you, hire the right people that will help free ...
How to Build your Entrepreneur and CEO Brand with Podcasting with Tom Hazzard
June 27, 2016 10:00 - 53 minutes - 97.8 MBGuest: Tom Hazzard of Brandcasters, Inc. Podcasting is one of the fastest growing media opportunities, with over 57 million repeat listeners in the Unites States per month. On today’s show, Tom Hazzard, co-founder of Podcast Start Point and co-host of WTFFF?! a 3D printing podcast, discusses how to tap into podcasting as a way to build your personal brand and establish yourself as an industry expert.