The Switch by Ife Taiwo

Alain has coached, trained, consulted and spoken to over 2,000 groups, including 42 of the Fortune 100.  He is the author of the bestselling book Cracking the Leadership Code (Wiley). My work has taken me to 25 countries, and I serve on the Academic Advisory Council of the New Delhi Institute of Management and on the faculty of Duke Corporate Education. You can also find my work featured in Fast C...

Sam has mentored hundreds and engaged with thousands of students and professionals over the last many years and as a result, was the Co-Founder and Chief Motivating Officer of GradusOne, an organization to help high school/post-secondary and recent graduates in their life and career. 

In this episode, i spoke to Zakiya on how to pivot to a career and how you can make the most of your education. She shared her personal experience of coming from a family of educators amidst other things. Dr. Zakiya Akerele is an educator, author, and speaker who found an early passion in academic pursuits hoping to use them to improve herself and the world around her. She sought higher education...

I chatted with Scott, a founder, and we talked about what it means to be an entrepreneur. we discussed what it means for your product to have a product market-fit as this would determine how far your product will go. we also looked at the intricacies and nuances of the life of an entrepreneur. Scott has helped grow a startup from $0 to $100M ARR.

Follow me as I have a chat with an interesting individual who navigated the Nigerian academic rigour that eventually paid off.

Carolina is a serial entrepreneur that prioritizes and advocates for mental wellness in business. She speaks on and delivers solutions that contribute to the peace and well-being of entrepreneurs. Being a business owner is not for the faint of heart. Nothing properly prepares you for the ups and downs entrepreneurship brings. 72% of entrepreneurs suffer directly or indirectly from mental health ch...

Alvin is an Entrepreneur and Business Coach. His uniqueness is sharing the skills that business owners need to increase their income, provide value to their clients and customers, and live a life of massive personal freedom.  Trained as a Pharmacist in Melbourne, Australia, I bought my first business as a partnership a few years after I graduated from the University. Now, he has sold his businesse...

Mark is the author of The Career Toolkit, Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups and Fortune 500s and in academia. He helped to start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, dubbed MIT’s “...

Come with me on this journey of Forgiveness, Inner Peace and ForgivenessPilgrimage. My guest today is 72-year-old Kathleen Donnelly Israel. Kathleen took care of her disabled husband for 17 years. She studied online with many enlightened thought leaders and healers during that time. She developed some spiritual philosophies and she shared them with those I met on the Camino Frances from St. Jean P...

William Attaway is a Leadership Coach for Catalytic Leadership, LLC, a company he founded to help leaders to INTENTIONALLY grow and thrive. He has served in local church ministry for nearly 25 years, and as a pastor, author, and speaker, he is passionate about communicating the unchanging truths of the Bible in relevant and practical ways that people can understand and apply. He is the Lead Pastor...

In this Episode, we talked about the different aspects of the mind )subconscious,preconscious and conscious. We also looked at the how positive affirmations affect our lives and how parent can help their children become better..

In this episode, Peter speaks about the journey so far from the days of high school in ilorin to how he almost became a medical doctor, but life had other things in store for him. We spoke about his many jamb trials and how he eventually decided to teach himself how to code. We talked about his first laptop, his first coding gig, and all other firsts. we speak about family and how he can now call...

In this episode, I speak to the guys from Unboxd( Gloria Agboifoh,Tolu Adeshina and Ridwan Egbeyemi) We talked about the different options of transitioning into the tech industry and how you don’t have to be an engineer or developer before you can transition. We looked at the role of harnessing your passion and use that energy and zeal to make the switch. We looked at the Unboxd story, how it all...

Emily is a Certified Professional Coach. She is an experienced professional with over a decade of experience across Fortune 500 companies, small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures with a focus on turnaround, operational, and customer experience restructuring. She is currently the "Chief of staff" at fusionZONE Automotive, LLC. Emily is the author of "Hacking Executive Leadership", a book that...

Melina Palmer is the founder and CEO of The Brainy Business, which provides behavioral economics consulting to businesses of all sizes from around the world. Her podcast, The Brainy Business, has downloads in over 160 countries. Melina worked in corporate marketing and brand strategy for over a decade before earning her master’s in behavioral economics. In this episode, Melina explained the meanin...

Carissa is a leadership coach who has had a taste of corporate America. In this episode, we talked about how the understanding ones self can be a major contributor to leadership improvement both in the personal and corporate space. we also talked about the need  for a coach and how to sieve and find the right coach to help achieve ones life journey. we also speak about the need to have conver...

Wale started out his career as an Engineer, then when Covid hit, he had to upskill. He is now a data analyst and also shares his knowledge and passion with everyone who crates to listen. In this episode we talked about how he started and where he is now, he shared tips on how you can start out as an entry level data analysts and tools needed to succeed in the profession. For those that need data t...

In this episode, Jessica spoke about how organizations are designed to align with horizontal development patterns. we looked at the difference between vertical and horizontal leadership development theories and their critical differences. We also looked at the different human development ladders and how much of the adult population is located in the different spectrums. We finally looked at how to...

In this episode Gbemi and I talked about how she started off as a customer service agent, moved through content management in an e-commerce firm and is now trying her hands on UX design. We also spoke about how changing careers is not always linear and it’s not usually a one size fit all.

In this episode, myself and ian looked at how we have silently moved to remote working and how isolated it can be. We also looked at how we can do better as leaders to be engaged in the life of our remote team members and not leave them to just office calls and meetings.

In this episode, jacob breaks down the concept of market creating innovations and the difference other types of innovations. We looked at why this concept isn’t mainstream yet, and the role the Clayton Christensen institute is playing to take these ideas mainstream . We also spoke about the role of government in innovation..

David shared how he started, from using his tab to buying his first photography gear. We also talked about his inspiration, and the genre of photography he would like to do in the future.

Oyesola gives shares his thoughts on the recent AbokiFx saga and how the CBN should create a monitoring tool for the BDCs, we also spoke about China and The Evergrande Crisis and what it means if Nigeria should follow that path.

In this episode, we speak to a Ik who started his career as an IT support analyst and is now a Senior Developer at one of the leading Fintechs in Nigeria. He talks about how he taught himself to code and the experience. We also talked about the lack of talent in the Nigerian tech and space and a little about crypto..

Mowunmi is a seasoned banker with experience in corporate and investment banking. In this episode ,we looked at the 7 things you should know when you’re looking to deploy your hand earned funds.