Corporate Unplugged

William Kim is the former CEO of All Saints, a global contemporary retail and digital fashion brand. He is currently working with Lion Capital, a private equity firm specialising in investments in the consumer sector. Today William talks about why it’s important to choose a future-proof business model, why it’s important for companies to be agile, principled and sustainable, how to get globalizati...

Leo Alsved has converted his passion for skiing and sailing into several successful businesses like The Ski Week, Radinn and Sail to Ski. Today Leo talks about quitting our comfort zones, changing our mindsets, thinking about what is truly important for us, why we need to prioritize sustainability, why long-term thinking has only benefits and why we need to step forward and lead the change. On tod...

John Lloyd CBE is a legendary English TV producer and writer best known for his work on comedy TV programmes such as “Not the Nine O’Clock News”, “Spitting Image”, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, “Blackadder” and “QI”. Today John talks about using comedy as a unifier, turning disasters into gifts, the curse of our current education system, his advice to business leaders, what makes a good...

Tiu de Haan is a ritual designer, creative facilitator and coach. Today Tiu talks about pronoia vs paranoia, doing random acts of kindness and beauty, how to retrieve our playfulness, why ideas have a life of their own, why it’s important to stay human and why we should all choose curiosity over fear. For full show notes, scroll down. On today’s podcast: Pronoia vs paranoia Doing random acts of ki...

Aleksandra Avli is the co-founder of HER Global Network and the founder and CEO of HON (Her Online Network). Today Aleksandra talks about her idea of creating networks of female entrepreneurs, the challenges of being a woman, what it’s like to be an entrepreneur, why companies need to be authentic and transparent in order to succeed, why being playful is good if you’re a leader, and why we need mo...

Petronella Panerus is the CEO of advertising agency Åkestam Holst. Today Petronella talks about what smart communication can achieve, the importance of putting people first and thinking long-term in order to be successful, refusing to compromise, why we need to start with ourselves in order to create positive change, why balance is the most important thing to have in life, and why we need to steer...

Jason Prall is an entrepreneur, filmmaker, and Health Optimization Practitioner. Today Jason talks about the secrets of the longest living people in the world, why we should give more credit to our intuition, why companies should bake more humanity into their business models, the power of human connection, why we should all let go a bit more, and how following your passion will also fix some of yo...

Amy Killen is a preventive and regenerative medicine physician specialized in aesthetics, hormones, and sexual health. Today Amy talks about restoring confidence in our bodies, why treating symptoms should no longer be the norm, why we should start speaking openly about sexual health, the benefits and costs of stem cells, why we should all be more willing to do uncomfortable things, and what shoul...

Nathalie Molina Niño is the CEO of BRAVA Investments and the author of “Leapfrog: The New Revolution for Women Entrepreneurs”. Today Nathalie talks about empowering women to do more, why poor access to capital leads to a lack of power, why counting the impact of the bottom is more important than counting the impact of the top, the importance of knowing what you stand for, why asset ownership is a...

Adam Gazzaley is a professor in neurology, physiology, and psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, and the founder and Executive Director of Neuroscape. Today Adam talks about neuroplasticity, his innovative approach to treating behavioral and psychiatric disorders, why we shouldn’t multitask, why we should build our own path, why fearless forward-thinking is the key to success,...

Zameer Kassam is a jewelry designer and the founder of a fine jewelry brand carrying his name. Today Zameer talks about the transformation of the jewelry industry, his fresh business model, putting the consumer at the center of his business, what really brings us back to a brand, his advice to leaders, and why it’s important to always remember that we are all more similar than we are different. Fo...

Dr. Srikumar Rao is one of the top MBA professors in the U.S, a legendary motivational teacher and a pioneer of practicing happiness. Today Srikumar talks about why nothing external will ever fulfill us, why we have to understand that we are all connected, why we should be able to recognize that we live in “a” reality, not in “the” reality, how to correctly deal with resolutions, why servant leade...

Judith Glaser is an organizational anthropologist and a specialist in conversational intelligence. Today Judith talks about why it’s important to understand how our brains work, why it’s not healthy to know everything as a leader, how to deal with a conflict, why it’s important to give children a voice, why you should help other people grow as a leader, and why we should all have more compassionat...

Zach Kuperstein is a cinematographer whose work earned nominations for Best Cinematography at the 2017 Independent Spirit Awards and Best Cinematography Debut at the Camera Image International Film Festival. Today Zach talks about his role as a cinematographer, the importance of collaboration, his need for friendlier environments on film sets, the Metoo movement, treating people like they are your...

Carl Rivera is the founder and CEO of Tictail, an NY-based e-commerce platform and social marketplace. Tictail houses online shops with thousands of brands from more than 140 countries and sells everything from ready to wear to original art, home goods, and beauty products. Today Carl talks about the uprise of story-driven commerce, reconstructing your identity through travel, the future of the sh...

Maksimilian Kallhed is the co-founder of the Pop Up Agency. He has travelled to over 30 countries and 50 cities with the mission of redefining how we use creativity in business. Today Maksimilian talks about having the right tools and mindset when it comes to creativity, the problem with the creative industry, turning towards a more agile approach, being open to change and movement, the way millen...

Marisa Peer is a coach to an extensive client list over the past 25 years, including royalty, rock stars, Hollywood actors, Olympic athletes, CEOs of multi-million companies, and political leaders. She’s a speaker, a therapist, a behavioural expert, and also a best-selling author. Marisa talks about how small adjustments can lead to great results, why companies should focus on meeting the needs of...

Eric Edmeades is an author, international business speaker and serial entrepreneur. He works with entrepreneurs and business owners from all over the world to inspire and empower them to achieve their full potential. Today Eric talks about the intricate set of rules making us unhappy, the problem with having too many choices, why big decisions drain us, reassessing your past in order to build your...

Ezekiel Vicente is the Chief People Officer at Mindvalley, a company based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mindvalley is all about innovating education by using mindfulness and personal development techniques. Today Ezekiel talks about what’s in the DNA of a true leader, the failures of our education system, the main values that guide them at Mindvalley, why people seek jobs at organizations they reson...

Anurag Gupta is a lawyer-turned-social entrepreneur who made it his mission to figure out a way to hack bias. He is also a public speaker, a mindfulness teacher, and an educator. He founded Be More America in order to train professionals to eliminate conscious and unconscious biases. Today he talks about measuring and hacking bias using the PRISM framework, how compassion is the essence of us as h...

Scott Goodson is the author of Uprising: How to Build a Brand and Change the World By Sparking Cultural Movements , the founder of creative agency StrawberryFrog and the person who brought movement marketing to the world. His groundbreaking work involves award-winning movement campaigns and innovative communications for some of the world’s most iconic brands. Today he talks about the strong appeal...

Seth Godin is an entrepreneur, best-selling author and speaker, and owner of one of the most popular and influential blogs in the world. Today he talks about dancing with fear, why there is no such thing as authenticity, what makes someone remarkable, the old way of doing education and his antidote to it, unlimited resources and possibilities, the difference between leadership and management, and...

Eric Edmeades talks about why it’s important to have the bigger picture in mind and protect the environment, how tough phases can translate into something greater, baby boomers and Brexit, the future of economies, automated workforce, changing buying patterns in order to influence manufacturers, and why companies should value their employees more. On today’s podcast: Keeping the bigger picture in...

Rachel talks about who we trust and why, pockets of stillness, companies that will win, how we got lost, living with trust scores, the missing human voice, how you can reframe your business, education factories, the power of communities, and where Facebook is going. On today’s podcast: A deeper understanding of trust Momentum follows pockets of stillness What is the future of trust? Why it’s impor...

Axel Dunlap  is 20 years old, from Stockholm with an American-Swedish background and is right now fully immersed in studying Italian. He lives in Rome enjoying La Vita and reflects on the next steps in life. Axel talks about passion, thresholds, what truly changed him at the age of seventeen, why not to rush, the importance of character, scrapping insecurities, how to lift a group up, why he...