Backstage Pass Podcast

Peter Warren Singer is Strategist and Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, founder of NeoLuddite, a technology advisory firm, the author of multiple award-winning books, and a contributing editor at Popular Science. He has been named by the Smithsonian Institution-National Portrait Gallery as one of the 100 "leading innovators in the nation," by Defense News as one of the 100 most influent...

Lying on a bed paralyzed, with a bullet hole in his chest, Mike promised that if he survived, he would share his unique story all over the world and help as many people as he could. This is happening!

Vinh Gian is first and foremost a businessperson and entrepreneur. While in his 20s, he started an online business with two good friends; all of them had decided to leave their careers in accounting and pharmacy, to pursue their dream of building a successful business. Their online platform, Encyclopedia of Magic, now teaches magic to almost 50,000 students around the world. For this innovative an...

Greg McKeown is emerging as one of the most refreshing and transformative business thought leaders and speakers on leadership, peak performance, and business growth. He is a NYT and WSJ best-selling author of 'Essentialism', founder and CEO of THIS Inc.—a leadership and strategy design agency in Silicon Valley—and one of the most popular writers for Harvard Business Review and LinkedIn’s Influence...

Todd Whitthorne is the President of ACAP Health, a company committed to dramatically improving the healthcare trends of individuals and employers nationally. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine, the International Association for Worksite Health Promotion, and Vistage International.

A former CEO of three successful tech startup companies and principal at consulting firm Future Point of View, Scott Klososky specializes in seeing beyond the horizon of how technology is changing the world.

This is our second podcast with Ridgely Goldsborough. He is the co-author of the newly released Wealth Kryptonite, which sets you on the path to discovering your Wealthy Avatar and paves the way for your journey to wealth. When you understand your Avatar and can incorporate the three-pillar approach of blending emotional, financial and tax intelligence, you move from being an Average Avatar to a W...

Mike Walsh is the CEO of Tomorrow, a global consultancy on designing companies for the 21st century. He advises leaders on how to thrive in the current era of disruptive technological change. Rather than focusing on the distant future, Mike takes an anthropological approach - scanning the near horizon for emerging technologies and disruptive shifts in human behavior, and then translating these int...

Seth Mattison is an International expert on workforce trends and generational dynamics. He is the founder and CEO of Futuresight Labs and a Strategic Partner at BridgeWorks, LLC., which allows him to advise many of the world’s leading brands and corporations on the key shifts happening around talent management, change, leadership, and the future of work.

Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo is a Licensed Practicing Psychologist with a Master’s degree in Physical Therapy and a Ph. D. in Psychology. She authored the bestselling book, "Better Than Perfect: 7 Strategies to Crush Your Inner Critic and Create a Life you Love," which helps anyone suffering from conditional self-worth or perfectionism turn down their critic’s voice, turn up their self-confidence and ga...

Chip Eichelberger spent five years with Tony Robbins as his international point man. Today, Chip has worked with 1,000+ clients to get them “switched on’, including: Hyatt, Harley Davidson, & Campbell Soup Company. He's a proven pro that does his homework to customize a high-energy, interactive message EVERY TIME. For booking info contact GDA Speakers at 214.420.1999 or visit gdaspeakers.com

Lisa Ford is best known for her work in the areas of customer service. She is the author of the #1 best-selling training series, How to Give Exceptional Customer Service.

As the founder and CEO of five tech companies, Josh Linkner built his businesses from a blank page into a combined value of over $200 million. As a hyper-growth CEO of over 20 years, he’s used innovative approaches to topple competitors, fight through adversity, and achieve at the highest levels. In addition to his own startups, Linkner has been involved with the launch, growth, or financing of ov...

The world is changing and human beings are evolving rapidly. Business-as-usual will no longer work. Raj’s inspiring and original research shows that companies rooted in higher purpose and built on love and care outperform dramatically financially while creating many kinds of value for all stakeholders, including society and the planet.

Carey Lohrenz, was the 1st Female F-14 Tomcat Fighter Pilot, flying Missions Worldwide as a Combat-Mission-Ready United States Aircraft Carrier Navy Pilot. She has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, NBC, CBS, ABC, NPR, TIME Magazine, Huffington Post, and is author of 'Fearless Leadership: High-Performance Lessons from the Flight Deck'.

A young entrepreneur, industry pioneer and highly regarded marketing expert, as well as a man who has surpassed new heights of commercial and financial success, are just a few ways people have described Daymond John. Over the last 20 years, Daymond John (The Shark) has evolved from one of the most successful fashion icons of his generation to a highly sought-after branding expert, author, consulta...

For two decades Polly LaBarre has used her writing and speaking to help make organizations more resilient, innovative and inspiring - and to embolden and equip leaders at every level to make a meaningful impact. Polly’s work is driven by three core questions: How can organizations change the way they change in order to become endlessly adaptable and gain an advantage over time? How do you embed in...

Christopher Bishop is passionate about the power of emerging technologies to deliver positive transformation at the intersection of business and culture. He is especially excited about the potential of artificial intelligence to provide solutions to problems once considered the realm of science fiction. As a futurist, David Houle has always had keen insights into how new and future technologies wi...

Diana Kander is a successful entrepreneur, having founded and sold a number of ventures; a Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Missouri; a Senior Fellow at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the largest non-profit in the world dedicated to entrepreneurship and education; & author of 'All In Startup', a New York Times Best-selling novel.

Mike Rayburn’s personal, business and career mission is simple: Transform communities. Whether that community is a business audience, an association, enrollees in his “What If…?” keynote experience, impoverished people worldwide, or the lost in his hometown of Las Vegas, Mike’s daily efforts and life work are dedicated to transforming communities. Mike does this most often with his “What If…?” key...

Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler is a recognized global leader on how to optimize organizational vitality by solving the unsolvable in organizational life. Her presentations leave audiences highly motivated and equipped with practical tools for taking action and achieving the results they desire.

Michelle Gielan, a national CBS News anchor turned UPenn positive psychology researcher, is the bestselling author of Broadcasting Happiness. She is partnered with Arianna Huffington to research how transformative stories fuel success.

Juliet Funt is the founder and owner of WhiteSpace at Work, a training and consulting firm that helps organizations, their leaders and employees flip the norms of business in order to reclaim their creativity, productivity and engagement.

Mike Maddock is an entrepreneur, an inventor, a writer and a keynote speaker. Mike calls himself an Idea Monkey because he loves to solve problems with disruptive ideas. This passion for problem-solving led him to establish Maddock Douglas, Inc. in 1991. Maddock Douglas has become an internationally recognized innovation agency that helps leading corporations invent and launch new products, servic...

Abi Ferrin has a passion for empowering women and has been doing so through her eponymous clothing line for 14 years. As a fashion designer, she has had a perfect platform to inspire women, and as a philanthropist she created her company to support women while dressing them.