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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 short period of time). At the forefront of this space (and other audio platforms and technologies) is Bret Kinsella. Bret is founder, CEO, and research director of Voicebot.ai. He was named commentator of the year by the Alexa Conference in 2019 and is widely cited in media and academic research as an authority on voice assistants and AI. He is also the host of the Voicebot Podcast and editor of the Voice Insider newsletter. I reached out to him several times back when I was investing in the space, but he was too busy to connect. Then, through the power of Clubhouse, we met and became fast friends. Our world continues to evolve. Smart audio, podcasting, bots, and more are becoming a powerful tool for businesses smart enough to understand the potential, opportunity and inevitability of it all. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 59:11. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Bret Kinsella. Voicebot.ai. Voicebot Podcast. Voice Insider newsletter. Follow Bret on LinkedIn. Follow Bret on Twitter. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #779 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

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’s lighting is off). Thankfully, management thinkers like Erica Dhawan are around. Even better, she’s tackled this topic in her latest book, Digital Body Language – How to Build Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance. Whether it’s emails, being ghosted, or trying to understand if that “lol” is really a laugh or sarcasm, Erica has decoded most of this for the rest of us. Erica also wrote, Get Big Things Done – The Power of Connectional Intelligence, back in 2015. Erica is a leadership expert and keynote speaker that helps organizations and leaders innovate faster and further, together. She is the founder of Cotential – a company that has helped leaders and teams leverage twenty-first-century collaboration skills globally. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 56:39. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Erica Dhawan. Digital Body Language – How to Build Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance/ Get Big Things Done – The Power of Connectional Intelligence,. Follow Erica on LinkedIn. Follow Erica on Twitter. Follow Erica on Instagram. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #778 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

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 like Greylock and Google Ventures, and he served as an Entrepreneur in Residence inside Kleiner Perkins. He has personally backed startups including Impossible Foods, Airbnb, 23&Me, Calm, and SpaceX. In 2018, Suneel ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan’s 11th Congressional District. An expert at accelerating growth and innovation, in less than two years, Suneel helped grow Groupon from a tiny startup into a multi-billion-dollar company. Prior to serving as Groupon’s first vice president of product, he built products for Mozilla as their director of product development. Suneel is also a lawyer and filmmaker. He started his career in the Clinton White House where he served as a speechwriter. A few years later, he was asked to co-author the national platform for the Democratic Party. Suneel has always moved quickly. In less than six years total, he earned a BS from the University of Michigan, an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, and a JD from Northwestern University School of Law. He also is the co-founder at Gross National Happiness Center of America in partnership with the Kingdom of Bhutan. What does it take to become bankable? Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 49:29. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Suneel Gupta. Backable – exploring how to get people to believe in your ideas. Follow Suneel on LinkedIn. Follow Suneel on Twitter. Follow Suneel on Instagram. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #777 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

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 sector, Jonas also launched one of the first accelerator programs in London (dedicated exclusively to the lifestyle industries and has enabled many early stage businesses to secure investment and grow). He is also an advisor to startups, speaker and writer. He’s also the co-author of, The Little Booklet on Business Design. So, how do we design the future of our work? Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 53:27. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Jonas Altman. Shapers – Reinvent The Way You Work And Change The Future. Social Fabric. The Little Booklet on Business Design. Follow Jonas on Instagram. Follow Jonas on LinkedIn. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #776 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

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 the grandson of the British composer Sir George Dyson. Dyson’s early life is described in Kenneth Brower‘s book The Starship and the Canoe. When he was sixteen he went to live in British Columbia to pursue his interest in kayaking. From 1972 to 1975, he lived in a treehouse that he built from salvaged materials on the shore of Burrard Inlet. Dyson became a Canadian citizen and spent 20 years in British Columbia, designing kayaks, researching historic voyages and native peoples, and exploring the Inside Passage. He nows lives in Washington state where he makes kayaks and writes about history, science and technology. His books are Baidarka, Project Orion, Turing’s Cathedral, and his latest: Analogia – The Entangled Destinies of Nature, Human Beings and Machines. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 55:12. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with George Dyson. Analogia – The Entangled Destinies of Nature, Human Beings and Machines. Turing’s Cathedral. Project Orion. Baidarka. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #775 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

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 dives deeply into the emerging intersection of tech, business and society. More recently, she has helped build the team for an artificial intelligence start-up, produced a conference on the seven most disruptive technologies for enterprise, is a board member for a non-profit trade organization focused on the future of retail, and is working with a leading fintech/martech provider to ensure the survival of community banks and credit unions nationwide. Nancy is committed to advancing societal structures and new mindsets necessary to effectively harness the significant technology innovations heading our way… and ensure a safe and thriving future for us all. This culminates in her latest book, Leadering – The Ways Visionary Leaders Play Bigger. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 54:02. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Nancy Giordano. Leadering – The Ways Visionary Leaders Play Bigger.. Play Big Inc.. Follow Nancy on LinkedIn. Follow Nancy on Instagram. Follow Nancy on Twitter. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #774 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

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 is 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 few years. Martin continues to be an in-demand public speaker, and has authored seven bestselling books that have been translated into 60 languages (if you have not checked out Brand Sense, Buy-ology, Small Data, and his latest, The Ministry of Common Sense, you definitely should). Martin is still a marketing expert, but has been expanding his thought leadership into the truism that business needs much more common sense, a lot less bureaucracy, red tape, and corporate mumbo jumbo. His work is both thoughtful and humorous. And, after reading his latest, you will be constantly asking yourself, “what happened to common sense?” Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 55:46. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Martin Lindstrom. The Ministry of Common Sense. Brand Sense. Buy-ology. Small Data. Follow Martin on Linkedin. Follow Martin on Instagram. Follow Martin on Twitter. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #771 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

Welcome to episode #770 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #770 – Host: Mitch Joel. Women and people of color are underfunded and under-index when it comes to entrepreneurship. There are both systemic and societal reasons for this (none of them are fair or reasonable). This needs to change. Charlene Walters is here to help. Charlene is an entrepreneurship coach, branding mentor, author and speaker. She developed a Digital Entrepreneurship MBA program, serves as a mentor to many, and is constantly fighting hard to get more diverse voices to start their own business. Her new book is titled, Launch Your Inner Entrepreneur – 10 Mindset Shifts for Women to Take Action, Unleash Creativity, and Achieve Financial Success. The truth is that the book’s content is valuable for all of us. According to Charlene, “36% of all small business or franchise owners are women, and there are 13 million female-owned businesses contributing to more than $1.8 trillion in revenue. Now, with a fast-changing economy making traditional employment unsteady, there’ s never been a better time for becoming a fempreneur.” There’s also never been a better time to support fempreneurs, and create a more equitable marketplace for all of us. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 49:02. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at Apple Podcasts. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Charlene Walters. Launch Your Inner Entrepreneur – 10 Mindset Shifts for Women to Take Action, Unleash Creativity, and Achieve Financial Success. Follow Charlene on Instagram. Follow Charlene on LinkedIn. Follow Charlene on Twitter. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #770 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

Welcome to episode #733 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #733 – Host: Mitch Joel. When I think of Tom Peters, there is only one word that comes to mind: Legend. He is that. He is the “man on the mountaintop” for me, personally (and for many others) when it comes to business, business book writing, public speaking, personal branding, and how to show up. If you want to know how much his work and thinking has impacted my life, you can click back about eight years to when I wrote a very public love letter to him (here it is: Dear Tom Peters). From the moment I first read The Project 50 – close to twenty years ago – to every book, program and article that he’s put out, I have been a fan. To say that I studied his public speaking style and adopted it for my own would not be a lie. We last connected for a podcast recording about two years ago, as he was publishing his last book, The Excellence Dividend. When I think about the current state of business, my default question is always: WWTPT? (What Would Tom Peters Think?). Now, we get the chance to ask those questions and listen to his reflections on business today… and tomorrow. A bio for Tom Peters? Where to begin? In 1982 he co-authored the seminal business book, In Search Of Excellence, which has been named one of the top three business books of the century by NPR. For my dollar, he’s changed almost everything I thought I knew about business through a series of books called The Reinventing Work Series 50 List Books. In 2003, I devoured Re-Imagine! Business Excellence In A Disruptive Age, and it still sits within arm’s reach on my desk (one of the only books to do so). In 1987 he wrote the article, The Brand Called You, in Fast Company and it – literally – ushered in the era of individuals as brands (so, don’t believe those who think that they created the notion of a personal brand… it was Tom). His list of accolades and awards could fill a book. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 1:07:35. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Tom Peters. The Excellence Dividend. In Search Of Excellence. Re-Imagine! Business Excellence In A Disruptive Age. The Reinventing Work Series 50 List Books. The Brand Called You. Follow Tom on Twitter. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #733 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

Welcome to episode #732 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #732 – Host: Mitch Joel. The one person I think of when the state of marketing and technology shifts is Avinash Kaushik. Google‘s Digital Marketing Evangelist, bestselling author (Web Analytics – An Hour A Day and Web Analytics 2.0), powerful writer (Occam’s Razor), dear friend and business big brain is back with more passion, empathy and criticism than you might be ready for. Each article he writes for his amazing newsletter, The Marketing-Analytics Intersect (you better sign up for it), may as well be a business book unto itself. His insights into what should really count today for business leaders is refreshing. He’s got attitude, is full of passion, and he does not hold back. What is the role of technology in society? What does the data say about our politics and who we are? How do we fix the tech backlash? And that’s just the beginning. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 57:00. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Avinash Kaushik. The Marketing-Analytics Intersect. Web Analytics – An Hour A Day. Web Analytics 2.0. Occam’s Razor. Follow Avinash on Instagram. Follow Avinash on Twitter. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #732 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

Welcome to episode #731 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #731 – Host: Mitch Joel. If you want a glimpse into what this pandemic can do to business, look no further than the state of retail. Some retailers are experiencing great growth, while many are filing for bankruptcy. The winners are digital-first (think Amazon, Shopify, etc…). How do we make sense of consumer’s today, how they shop, and what they will want from this day forward? Enter Steve Dennis. Steve has over three decades of experience as a strategic advisor, board member, general manager and C-level executive at two Fortune 500 retailers. He has worked with dozens of retail, luxury, technology and social impact brands to design more profitable growth strategies. Steve’s signature “tell is like it is” style and ‘8 Essentials of Remarkable Retail’ framework makes him one of the industry’s most in-demand thought leaders. He has delivered keynotes, led management workshops and consulted across six continents, sharing what it takes to win and keep customers in the age of Amazon, Alibaba, and digital disruption. Steve recently published his book, Remarkable Retail – How to win and keep customers in the age of digital disruption. Steve is also one of Seth Godin‘s oldest friends. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 1:01:21. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Steve Dennis. Remarkable Retail – How to win and keep customers in the age of digital disruption. Follow Steve on Instagram. Follow Steve on Twitter. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #731 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

Welcome to episode #730 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #730 – Host: Mitch Joel. The work of Pim de Morree and his partner (Joost Minnaar) has been on my radar for a few years. It came up more recently, when I saw them on the famed Thinkers50 list and with the publication of their latest book, Corporate Rebels – Make Work More Fun. This may seem like an archaic concept as we all struggle to find our grounding during this pandemic, but it may be a more radical (and much-needed) way to think about our work than ever before. Pim wants workplaces to change for the better. That doesn’t change in a work from home world, it gets amplified and becomes more important. Corporate Rebels is really a global movement to make work more fun. Pim and Joost quit their frustrating, corporate jobs and set out to travel the world to visit the world’s most inspiring organizations. While checking off their renowned Bucket List they share everything they learn. Their cult blog is read in over 100 countries, and they have been listed among the ‘Top 30 Emergent Management Thinkers’ and won the 2019 Thinkers50 ‘Radar Award’. We’re all faced with re-thinking work. Here’s some additional perspective. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 1:00:59. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Pim de Morree. Corporate Rebels – Make Work More Fun. Joost Minnaar. Follow Pim on Instagram. Follow Pim on Twitter. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #730 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

Welcome to episode #729 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #729 – Host: Mitch Joel. At the beginning of the commercialization of technology, Steven Levy was there and reporting on it. He still is. Steven is Wired’s editor at large. The Washington Post has called him “America’s premier technology journalist.” His previous positions include founder of Backchannel and chief technology writer and senior editor for Newsweek. Steven has written seven previous books and his work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, and everywhere in between. He is the author of incredibly insightful books like Hackers – Heroes of the Computer Revolution, Insanely Great – The Story of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything, In the Plex – How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives and many others. Most recently, he published, Facebook – The Inside Story, where he had unprecedented access to Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg for three years. This book is the definitive history of one of the world’s most powerful and controversial companies, especially these days. How should we see Facebook and other technologies? What does the future have in store for us? Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 59:10. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Seven Levy. Facebook – The Inside Story. In the Plex – How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives. Insanely Great – The Story of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything. Hackers – Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Wired. Steven on Twitter. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #729 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

Welcome to episode #728 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #728 – Host: Mitch Joel. I’ve been following his work for many years. Books like Business Model Generation, The Team Alignment Map, Value Proposition Design, Testing Business Ideas and more, are not just jam-packed with ideas, but are also visual stunning and hyper-graphical. Alex Osterwalder‘s passion for both making business better and business model creation is contagious. It’s hard not to think differently about business after spending any amount of time with his content. His company is called Strategyzer and they’ve also deployed the Business Model Canvas (along with many online courses). Most recently, Alex and I both took part in a multi-day online event called, SpeakAid 2020 (put together by another great thinker, Dan Pontefract). Out of the multi-day/many speaker event, I found Alex’s to be the best presentation (by far). With his latest book, The Invincible Company, Alex (along with his regular co-author and business partner, Yves Pigneur) are digging deep into how to constantly reinvent your business with inspiration from the world’s best business models. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 55:47. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Alex Osterwalder. The Invincible Company. Business Model Generation. Value Proposition Design. Testing Business Ideas. The Team Alignment Map. Strategyzer. Business Model Canvas. Follow Alex on Instagram. Follow Alex on Twitter. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #728 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

Welcome to episode #727 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #727 – Host: Mitch Joel. I didn’t blink. I saw the title of Emily Heyward’s new book, Obsessed – Building a Brand People Love From Day One, and I knew it would be right for me. I wasn’t wrong. During Emily’s 12+ years building and running Red Antler (a branding agency for startups and new ventures), Emily has not only witnessed the landscape of business evolve, she has helped shape it. Now with Obsessed, she demonstrates why brands big and small have a hugely significant role to play in driving our culture, through times of great uncertainty and beyond. Since 2007, she’s worked closely with founders to develop purposeful, strategic visions for their companies and has led branding efforts for some of the most disruptive brands on the planet such as Casper, Allbirds, Boxed, and Prose. After beginning her career in advertising, Emily started Red Antler along with her co-founders to directly apply consumer insights and brand positioning to launching and growing new and beloved businesses. In 2018, Red Antler made Fast Company’s list of Most Innovative Companies in Marketing and Advertising and was dubbed the “cult brand whisperer.” Emily was named among the Most Important Entrepreneurs of the Decade by Inc. Magazine, and has also been recognized as a Top Female Founder by Inc. and one of Entrepreneur’s Most Powerful Women of 2019. Let’s get obsessed… Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 54:51. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Emily Heyward. Obsessed – Building a Brand People Love From Day One. Red Antler. Follow Emily on Instagram. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #727 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

Welcome to episode #726 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #726 – Host: Mitch Joel. For over a decade, I have been a fan of everything that Mike Walsh has created. From the genuine and beautiful aesthetic of his brand, style and design, to how his brain thinks so rapidly about our rapidly changing work space. He moves so quickly (and fast) that whenever I was at the airport (remember airports?), I would wonder if I would run into him. Mike used to travel over 300 days a year, researching trends, collecting case studies and presenting on the future of business and leadership. Now, we both sit and wait for the stages, conferences and associations to come back to life. With that change comes opportunity. Mike is the CEO of Tomorrow, a consultancy on designing companies for the 21st century. The Futurist and author recently published, The Algorithmic Leader, which digs into digital transformation, disruptive innovation and machine intelligence. Mike’s other books include Futuretainment (winner of the design award by the Art Director’s Club in New York), published by Phaidon, and The Dictionary of Dangerous Ideas. Most recently, he has been sharing his thoughts on YouTube with his highly visual and instructive vignettes, New Rules For A New World. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 52:27. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Mike Walsh. The Algorithmic Leader. Futuretainment. The Dictionary of Dangerous Ideas. New Rules For A New World. Follow Mike on Instagram. Follow Mike on Twitter. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #726 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

Welcome to episode #725 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #725 – Host: Mitch Joel. It’s hard to grow a business. It’s hard to build a business. I wrote about the struggles (and the glory) this past week (The Heart of The Entrepreneur). When I speak to those who are starting up, there is always a book. A secret weapon. I can’t tell you how many times, I’ve heard an entrepreneur or small business owner say: “Have you read Profit First?” The author of that book is Mike Michalowicz, and many people consider him the horse whisperer for startups and small businesses. As we all grapple through this pandemic, Mike’s work couldn’t be more profound. Over half a million people have read Mike’s books (other gems include: Surge, Clockwork, The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur). Mike’s mission is clear: “Eradicate entrepreneurial poverty. I have devoted my life to fixing those struggles for you, for myself, and for every entrepreneur I have the privilege to connect with. Successful entrepreneurship is not easy, but it can be a whole lot simpler. That is what I am here to do with you, right now.” His latest book is titled, Fix This Next – Make The Vital Change That Will Level Up Your Business. Mike has built and sold many businesses – in good times and in tougher times. Thinking about what’s next for you? Your business? Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 56:12. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Mike Michalowicz. Fix This Next – Make The Vital Change That Will Level Up Your Business. Profit First. Surge. Clockwork. The Pumpkin Plan. The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur. Follow Mike on Instagram. Follow Mike on Twitter. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #725 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

Welcome to episode #724 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #724 – Host: Mitch Joel. This is how Simon Sinek‘s website begins: “We imagine a world in which the vast majority of people wake up inspired, feel safe wherever they are and end the day fulfilled by the work they do.” Simon is an unshakable optimist. He believes in a bright future and our ability to build it together – even during this crisis. Described as “a visionary thinker with a rare intellect,” Simon has devoted his professional life to help advance a vision of the world that does not yet exist. Simon is the author of multiple bestselling books including, Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last, Together is Better, and his latest, The Infinite Game. Simon may be best known for popularizing the concept of “why,” which he described in his first TED Talk in 2009. That talk went on to become the second most watched TED Talk of all time, and is still in the top five with over 50 million views. His interview on millennials in the workplace broke the internet in 2016. With over 80 million views in its first week, it has now been viewed hundreds of millions times. This led to Simon being YouTube’s fifth most searched term in 2017. Simon is very busy with his live online classes and rethinking how to work beyond speaking on big stages for conferences, organizations and other live events. With that, there is no one else that I wanted to speak to on the topic of the day, how to be a great leader and how to live with optimism. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 56:09. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Simon Sinek. The Infinite Game. Start With Why. Leaders Eat Last. Together is Better. Simon’s famous TED Talk. Simon’s live online classes. Simon on Instagram. Simon on Twitter. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #724 – Host: Mitch Joel.

Welcome to episode #723 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #723 – Host: Mitch Joel. How do we make career choices that make our life (and business) that much more creative? John S. Couch is Vice President, Product Design for Hulu where he led the redesign of the Hulu Experience. Now he is leading the design of the future of next generation storytelling in emerging platforms and formats at Hulu. His first job out of college was curating an art show in London of Beat writer William Burroughs’ Shotgun Paintings (as implied, shotguns and exploding cans of spray paint were involved) and then, in classic young starving artist mode, he ambulated to Paris, Vienna and Tokyo before finally settling in San Francisco. He launched his design career at Wired Magazine, where he shared an office with Douglas Coupland and developed a love for technology, design and tech and, as he is fluent in Japanese and could write copy, he helped launch Wired Japan. Then he moved to LA, taking leadership roles at The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), CBS and eBay before landing at Hulu. John is a true artist, and writing is one of his metier. He has written fiction in the past, but most recently published, The Art of Creative Rebellion – How to champion creativity, change culture and keep your soul. In this episode we discuss the difficult and delicate balance between art, commerce and fulfilling life. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 59:15. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with John S. Couch. The Art of Creative Rebellion – How to champion creativity, change culture and keep your soul. Hulu. Follow John on Instagram. Follow John on Twitter. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #723 – Host: Mitch Joel. Before you go… if you enjoyed this, please subscribe (all new content arrives in your inbox). It’s easy, it’s free and it’s right here.

Welcome to episode #722 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #722 – Host: Mitch Joel. I had not heard of Rana Foroohar until I saw her most recent book, Don’t Be Evil – How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles And All of Us, hit the shelves. Rana is the Global Business Columnist and an Associate Editor at the Financial Times. She is also CNN’s global economic analyst. Her first book, Makers and Takers – The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business, was about why the capital markets no longer support business. Prior to joining the FT and CNN, Foroohar spent six years at Time, as an assistant managing editor and economic columnist. She previously spent thirteen years at Newsweek, as an economic and foreign affairs editor and a foreign correspondent covering Europe and the Middle East. She is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and sits on the advisory board of the Open Markets Institute. In this episode, we discuss the current economic situation in the world, the future of business and whether or not we will excuse the past issues we had with big tech because of how we’ve all shifted towards more screen time. Enjoy the conversation… Running time: 52:54. Hello from beautiful Montreal. Subscribe over at iTunes. Please visit and leave comments on the blog – Six Pixels of Separation. Feel free to connect to me directly on Facebook here: Mitch Joel on Facebook. or you can connect on LinkedIn. …or on Twitter. Here is my conversation with Rana Foroohar. Don’t Be Evil – How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles And All of Us. Makers and Takers – The Rise of Finance and the Fall of American Business,. Financial Times. CNN. Follow Rana on Twitter. This week’s music: David Usher ‘St. Lawrence River’. Download the Podcast here: Six Pixels of Separation – Episode #722 – Host: Mitch Joel.