the UNCOMMODiFiED Podcast

This episode introduces a new series of UNCOMMODiFiED podcast episodes entitled ... “UNPEDDLING” where we (Chris Windsor and Tim Windsor) will chat with sales and marketing professionals about the art and craft of delighting customers. Here’s how we see it working ... We will have conversations with Sales and Marketing Experts and Practitioners that will uncover and highlight critical sales/market...

In the episode entitled …. "Pencils, Paint, and the Tale of 2 Windows " .... we brew up a thoughtful and thought-provoking conversation with a creator, artist, art educator, Art Psychotherapist, a maker, a bit of a mystic …  and my friend Lenore Walker.  It’s a coffee chat that is sure to encourage and challenge you to …  Gaze out the BACK and FRONT WINDOWS of your story … pick up your P...

the Couch to the Podium: the 1460 Day Journey of a Lifetime: an Uncork Conversation with Canadian Rowing Olympic Silver Medalist, Author, and Speaker Jeremiah Brown This episode is a really stirring conversation with a Canadian Rowing Olympic Silver Medalist who in just four years (1460 Days) went from being a bit of a “couch potato” to the Olympic podium in a sport he had never tried before.  Jer...

This "UNCORK CONVERSATION" is entitled, "Be a Bridge. Build a Bridge. And Become someone's Hero." In this conversation, we Uncork a wonderful Scotch Whiskey (in Kenya and Canada) and a dialogue with my "charity partner, colleague, and friend"…. Harmon Parker.  Harmon's story and the story of the whole Bridging the Gap Africa team is positively impacting the...

This is a truly inspirational and provocative conversation with the CEO of a movement and business that in just 8 years has gone from 5 Mexican mezcal sipping friends to events and encounters that inspires 1000’s of people and organizations in over 300 cities of 90 countries around the globe with the raw and real-life stories of professional failure …  of the crash and burn and rise again … of bur...

In this conversation, we UNCORK a Gin & Tonic (an African inspired concoction) and a conversation with my "counsellor, coach and colleague" Ray Befus about navigating the tricky waters of difficult conversations. Ray will help you understand how to shoot the dangerous rapids of Complicated Conversations with the oars of unexpected kindness and uncommon directness. Want to connect wit...

The only real Mystery for you and me lurks and lives in the UNYET moments of our lives. In the UNYET experienced. UNYET enjoyed. UNYET examined. UNYET explained. The only real Mystery for you and me lurks and lives in the UNMET moments of our lives. UNMET people. UNMET places. UNMET problems. UNMET possibilities. And in the UNYET and in UNMET brews and bubbles the real Magic; the Magic of Your Unt...

This UNCORK CONVERSATION will be a bit different. No observations afterwards. No questions afterwards. I will let the brilliant and boisterous conversation I had with my great friends … Kris and Liv MacQueen (the MACQUEENS … if you are familiar with their music) …. Here’s my encouragement and challenge to you, as you listen and laugh along with us, decide what questions you want to ask yourself al...

In this episode, we finish up our 4 part series entitled How to Be Uncommonly Inspiring & Influential by unearthing and exploring what over almost 30 years of research and interviews has revealed to me to about the final 3 of the 12 Consistent Characteristics that the most inspiring and influential People and Mentors that I have had the honour to meet and partner with possessed and practiced....

In this conversation, entitled …. Caterpillars, Cocoons, and the Curious Journey of Change, we Uncork a Gin Mash Cocktail and a conversation with my “life coach” Shelby Wallace about the process of change … the pain of change … and the possibilities and potential that present themselves to us when we stop wearing someone else’s life and become curious about the real-life we were meant to live. Ok...

In this episode, we get down and dirty and down to the nitty-gritty about the science and art of planning and execution. Once again we “UNCAGE IT” together and get unusually practical about another one of the 3 Consistent Characteristics that we unearthed in episode # 11 …  that the most inspiring and influential People and Mentors that I have ever meet … possessed and practiced.  They were Unpara...

In this episode, we continue to discover and delve into what over a 1/4 century of research and interviews has revealed about 12 Consistent Characteristics that the most inspiring and influential People and Mentors, possessed and practiced. Get ready, once again, to drink the elixir of their wisdom and experience and to be inspired and instructed by their philosophies and patterns. Get ready to be...

In this episode, we Uncork an amazing American Whiskey and another conversation with Craig Minchin (my friend of over 30 years) who shares at least 3 of my passions  … whiskey and bourbon drinking and learning from Historic Leaders …  we took the cork off an amazing bottle of 12-year-old Bourbon, celebrated with the last two drinks in the bottle, and then allowed the “wisdom of Sesame Street” to h...

In this episode, we get down to the "NITTY-GRITTY”  about Uncovering and Uncaging your Personal and Professional Passion.   In the last episode, I said that the people who are truly Inspiring & Influential are Unguardedly Passionate …  they moved with and are animated by the passionate expression of their unique Homo Sapien self, and that they were contagiously Passionate.  They feel thin...

Those who imbibe the antidote that breaks the evil “spell of sameness" … the unexpectantly extraordinary, the uncommodified … always have the potential to be the most inspiring and influential in your world. In this episode, we continue to unearth and explore what over 30 years of research and interviews have revealed about 12 Consistent Characteristics that the most inspiring and influential...

In this "UNCORK Conversation" we uncork a 16-year-old Single Malt and a Conversation with a 27-year-old ‘Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing’ and BTW my youngest child … after you hear this you may just re-think your ideas about millennials.  A conversation that underscores these ideas and truths ...  If you UNCOMMODIFY yourself … opportunities will come to you.  And the LEADE...

In this episode, we get down and dirty … down to the nitty-gritty … and learn to live it LOUD as we “UNCAGE IT” and get unusually practical about one of the 3 Consistent Characteristics that we unearthed in Episode # 7 …  that the most inspiring and influential People and Mentors that I have ever meet possessed and practiced. They were "Unconditionally Personally Accountable" and You and...

Those who ingest the antidote that breaks the evil “spell” of sameness … the positively unique and unusual … the uncommodified … on purpose and with a positive purpose kind of people are always the most inspiring and influential in your world and in the whole world. In this episode we will begin to discover and delve into what over a 1/4 century of research and interviews has revealed about 12 Con...

Whatever your Gender is ... this episode is a MUST LISTEN. In our second "UNCORK Conversation" we will take the cork off a great (yet inexpensive) bottle of red wine and on a conversation with Amanda … a friend and colleague of mine (who just happens to be an amazing women) and who absolutely belongs at this “table”… the “table” … any “table” … and quite frankly every “table”. Let’s take...

The uncommodified are the truly “unforgettable”.    If you uncommodify yourself, you will not go unnoticed and you will definitely not be an “out of sight out of mind” kind of person.  In this Episode we are going to uncover and investigate the last 3 of the 9 powerful and provocative traits of the Absolutely Unforgettable Leaders and Influencers, that I have had the privilege of connecting with o...

The uncommodified are the truly “Unforgettable”.   If you uncommodify yourself, you will not go unnoticed and you will definitely not “fade into the background”.   In this episode (Part 2 of 3) we uncover and delve into 3 more the powerful and provocative traits of the Absolutely Unforgettable Leaders and Influencers that I have had the privilege of connecting with over the past Quarter Century.  ...

Introducing a new monthly series of UNCOMMODiFiED Podcast - Conversations and Interviews called “UNCORK”.   This will be a series of special episodes that will be released on the 1st day of each month. These “UNCORK” conversations and interviews will have 3 distinct parts to them … a “drink” a “dialogue” and a “distillation”.   Here is how it will work … I will open a bottle of “something” with my...

The uncommodified are the truly “Unforgettable”. If you uncommodify yourself … you will not go unnoticed and you will definitely not “fly under the radar”.   In this episode we uncover and explore 3 of the powerful and provocative traits of the Absolutely Unforgettable Leaders and Influencers that I have had the privilege of rubbing shoulders with over the past 30 years.   They were Unafraid. Unma...

If the truth has the capacity to set you free (and it does) … than these last 3 big bold face lies will take your uniqueness captive and put you into a “commodity coma” in a heartbeat.  Just keeping your “head down” will get you noticed … that's Untrue. It’s too damn hard … that's so Untrue.   It’s the thought that counts … that's Absolutely Untrue. These lies almost sound like the...

If the truth has the capacity to set you free … than these 3 bold face lies (of the 6 we will explore over 2 episodes) will take your uniqueness captive and put you into a "commodity coma” in a heartbeat.  I am not ready … that’s Untrue   No one is watching me anyway … that’s so Untrue I am way too … (whatever) … insert whatever self-limiting belief, false sense of identity, or your go-to con...