Collective Café To Go

Episode 163 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Clubhouse’s Startup Club from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Elmo is just checking in to see how everyone is doing. Alrighty then. Some of the key takeaways discussed today included: The viral potential of authentic engagement thr...

Episode 165 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Clubhouse’s Startup Club from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Today was all about Reciprocity as a Core Value with references to the EOS Core Value of “Help First” and a suggestion as to how some of the mainstream brands could have...

Episode 163 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Clubhouse’s Startup Club from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Elmo is just checking in to see how everyone is doing. Alrighty then. Some of the key takeaways discussed today included: The viral potential of authentic engagement thr...

Episode 164 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Clubhouse’s Startup Club from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Today we began our LIVE concurrent read and discussion of book #2, Crucial Conversations. After just reading Chapter 1, I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to sink m...

Episode 162 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Clubhouse’s Startup Club from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. During the month of February we’ll be reading Patrick Lencioni’s Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. Quote of the session from the book: Senior people should...

Episode 161 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Clubhouse’s Startup Club from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Today we discussed underrated emotions at work / in the workplace. It was a wonderful discussion which I’m “happy” to share with you. P.S. That’s one of the emotions we...

Episode 160 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Clubhouse’s Startup Club from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Back on Clubhouse (Déjà vu again) and I ask the question, “why did social audio not catch on?”  Some of the highlights from today's session included: Social audio has po...

Episode 159 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Are you running away from something or running towards something? This was the central theme today, in addition to the subject of apathy.   Some of the highlights from today's s...

Episode 158 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Our Monday morning session focused on Psychological Safety and using Amy Edmondson’s matrix, how to move from the Apathy, Anxiety and Comfort Zones into the Learning Zone i.e. h...

Episode 157 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Today’s live read continues in Saneel Gupta’s book, Backable and specifically the chapter on playing “Exhibition Matches.” Some of the highlights from today's session included:...

Episode 156 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Today was all about feedback and how this is really an art form if practiced as a means to grow, expand and evolve. Here’s the catch: it’s hard. Super hard, but if you follow th...

Episode 155 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Happy Monday! Today I referenced Brian Collins’ 11 key principles on leading work. It came full circle as I referenced an early Friday morning car accident. Show notes based on...

Episode 154 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Happy Monday! Today I have the pleasure of dissecting and discussing EOS Founder, Gino Wickman’s revelation after 2,000 sessions completed (I am on 10!) on what makes a company...

Episode 153 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Today we read another chapter from Suneel Gupta’s book, Backable: Flip Outsiders to Insiders. It was just amazing! Literally, this chapter could change your life. Show notes bas...

Episode 152 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. It’s 2024 and we’re back! Today, I reference previous guest on my show, Baratunde Thurston and specifically his 10 predictions for 2024. You won’t want to miss this. Show notes...

Episode 151 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Our No Agenda Friday ended up with a distinct agenda: discussing a recent study that reflects on both new and existing CEO priorities. The results and discussion were quite illu...

Episode" 150 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Today’s session focused on New Year’s Resolutions and specifically why they fail…and building on top of this, work and professional commitments from content creation to account...

Episode" 149 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Today I unpacked The Economist’s Ten business trends for 2024. I was a little nervous as I am not much of an economist, but I think I held my own and then some. Show notes base...

Episode" 148 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. On Wellness Wednesday, I discuss an industry colleague’s “disappearance” and how we should be handling mental health “check ins”  Show notes based on our discussion (as per Ott...

Episode" 147 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. It’s all about Elon Musk and his 3 word message to advertisers and Disney’s Bob Iger in particular. GO. F***. YOURSELF! Was that clear enough for you?  Show notes based on our...

Episode" 146 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. After a bit of a break due to being in South Africa and then getting COVID, we return for one coffee this Thanksgiving break, where the subject is the NFT space and specificall...

Episode" 145 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. On a whim, I picked up Suneel Gupta’s Backable and began the LIVE read of what it takes to  Show notes based on our discussion (as per Otter.ai's beta tool):   Entrepreneurship...

Episode" 144 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. I do a bit of a redux/debrief on ANA’s Masters of Marketing Conference and in many respects it was less about who was there and what they said, as opposed to who wasn’t there a...

Episode" 143 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. Back from South Africa and today we discuss the saying, “you can’t want it more than them” and to what extent this is both accurate and not accurate Show notes based on our dis...

Episode" 142 of our week-daily virtual coffee, which takes place in Alpha Collective's discord server: discord.gg/alphacollective and Zoom (see below) from 8-9am EST. It's free and open to anyone from anywhere in the world. The Future of Business is Community. The Future of Business to Business is Community. Here are some thoughts on building strong B2B communities and in particular, on the princi...