TAILGATING WITH GENIUSES

We all get it: how do we keep ourselves, our work and our world going in harmony. Ok...how do we get back to harmony? For +35 years Interface.com's Chief Design Officer Chip DeGrace has been deep in the weeds and traveling the entire world trying to answer that question. From the bowels of factories to shop floors to the board rooms of the biggest corporations in the world, Interface has become kn...

Kevin Wenzel spent over 20 years as a brand VP at Procter & Gamble developing marketing and marketing initiatives for some of the biggest name brands in the world. In his final years he was asked to lead the training and integration of an AI system the company rolled out to move faster and smarter as they managed their brand portfolio. Inadvertently, P&G created one of the most well rounde...

Derrick Kayongo was a happy child living in Uganda until civil war forced him and thousands more to flee. As an immigrant to the US he was told by his father that America is an experiment and that he needed to seize the opportunity. To date he's changed a massive waste stream in the hotel industry and turned that waste to save lives in the developing world. He's been the CEO of the Civil and Human...

From tending sheep on an Iowa farm to revolutionizing cow burps, Joan Salwen isn't your typical climate change warrior. Picture this: a former Accenture Managing Director who once led organizational strategy now spends her days wrestling with bovine digestion and seaweed science. As the CEO of Blue Ocean Barns, Joan has transformed from corporate strategist to agricultural innovator, proving that...

“Hey Siri: What’s the most beloved podcast right now?”  Siri: “Are you kidding? Tailgating With Geniuses.”  Siri’s right. Siri’s always right. Her calm, assuring voice – even when we swear at her (you’ve done it) – is always there.  So we wondered, “Who is Siri?” Or at least, “Who is the voice of Siri?” Now we know. She’s voice-over mega-talent Susan Bennett and she’s our brilliant guest this week...

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Enough already with the over-hype, over-promising and over-committing to A.I. It’s time for a sensible, fact-based look at what’s really happening and how global businesses should be reacting. And who better to guide us down the road to sensibility than Nikhil Suresh, executive director of Hermit Tech –  a software engineering consultancy focused on a model of “radical honesty and trust” – and wri...

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Sarah Furness is a genuine badass. She served 21 years in the Royal Air Force as a squadron leader and helicopter fighter pilot. After leading on combat operational tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, she taught at the Defence Academy of the UK and became a leading voice in prioritizing, focusing and staying calm under pressure. We learned some awesome combat techniques that can be used to train our mi...

Ken and Martin talk to Jamie Clark. Jamie Clark is a master at the psychology of motivation and how to foster it, bring it to life and put it to work. From the Stanley Cup winners, The Washington Capitals to the tallest peaks around the world; Jamie helps people reach heights they didn't know they could reach but does so by fostering camaraderie while balancing both fear and the euphoria of freedo...

Jamie Clark is more than a motivational speaker. Jamie Clark is a master at the psychology of motivation and how to foster it, bring it to life and put it to work. From the Stanley Cup winners, The Washington Capitals to the tallest peaks around the world; Jamie helps people reach heights they didn't know they could reach but does so by fostering camaraderie while balancing both fear and the eupho...

Ken and Martin follow Bob Keefe's suggestion and simply "follow the money". Partisanship, the economy and how American's are making more money than now (through stock investments mostly) than before. And still...we're being told things are going badly.  We discuss the personal effect of living with boredom as a result of Hurricane Helene. Ken wrestles with the fact that the algorithms have targete...

If you want to uncover where sweet, sexy buckets of money are being made today, do what we did: Talk with Bob Keefe about America’s clean economy revolution. Wait. What?! When the world’s largest businesses are actively supporting and pursuing clean energy policies and working to convince elected officials to get on board, issues such as climate change and income inequality become solvable. Why? B...

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Sure, there's been a movie. And if you're fortunate, you'll have heard Aron speak and tell his story. We took our time with him to discuss not only what happened, but what it's meant to him and what the human body can endure in the most extreme conditions.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Just WOW! Mariana Atencio gave us so much great content, and better still...items you can do right now to create change in yourself and your company. We'll talk about what we learned, and helped us better understand more about uniqueness and visibility.  What Got Our Attention showcases Martin talking about tone, language and discourse is taking place in US politics (and works really hard not to b...

Navigating change and uncertainty in life is hard for everyone. It’s even harder when you’re not confident about who you are (see: TWG’s Tolerable Hosts). Peabody Award-winning journalist, network news anchor and reporter, Mariana Atencio came to America from Venezuela, felt uncomfortable trying to fit in, became a hugely successful journalist  and turned her story into a Ted Talk that’s been view...

We discuss the Monday interview with Jeff Henderson, the former cocaine dealer found redemption in a prison kitchen, where he discovered a new direction for his life, then went on to become a massive success as the first African American executive chef at The Bellagio in Las Vegas.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chef Jeff Henderson is the ideal role model for anyone who needs the encouragement to reinvent their life. The former cocaine dealer found redemption in a prison kitchen, where he discovered a new direction for his life, then went on to become a massive success as the first African American executive chef at The Bellagio in Las Vegas. His New York Times best-seller, “Cooked” united him with Oprah...

We discuss the Monday interview with Theresa Payton, the tactics she shared to protect yourself from cybercrime as well as "What Got Our Attention" where Ken talks hotdogs and Martin discusses his love of nice people, great roads and our lovely neighbor to the north.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Right now, some scumbag, somewhere, is scamming you or your business – or tying to. We all know how if feels to be a victim and the futility of trying to stop it from happening again. Because it always does.  Protecting yourself and your family, protecting your business, protecting your sanity can be overwhelming because the crooks are always one stop ahead of the good guys. TWG breaks it down and...

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The Power of Simplification with FutureThink Founder Lisa Bodell. We’d all love to stop wasting so much time (looking at you, Flaherty) doing crap that sucks the productivity, life and joy out of our workdays. Impossible, you say?  Let’s learn from the person who teaches the major businesses you buy from every day how to do it. Lisa Bodell is a two-time best-selling author and the founder of Futur...

In less than 15 minutes you’ll hear your TWG tolerable hosts offer up a few how-to storytelling lessons based on our recent episode with Disney/Pixar’s Matthew Luhn, then listener-favorite “What’s Got Our Attention” with Ken delving into how all-you-can-eat shrimp dinners can be fatal and Martin shamelessly promoting Apple. Again.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matthew Luhn is a former storyboard artist, animator and "story guy" on Pixar's "Toy Story" films, "Monsters Inc.," "Finding Nemo," "UP," "Cars," "Ratatouille" and other smash hits. Today we discuss the power of great stories to build demand, differentiation and memorability -- with one of the greatest story creators of all time.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio...