Feisworld Podcast

Barry Alexander and Cosmo Buono are helping classical musicians worldwide launch and sustain careers as professional artists, while also helping build the next generation of audiences. Alexander & Buono International (ABI)  is the parent company of  The Alexander & Buono Competitions (ABC) , and  The Alexander & Buono Festival of Music . I often refer to ABI as a classical music business empire.  ...

O’Malley Tae Kwon Do Center teaches traditional martial art and practical self defense for men, women and children. The program is an individualized and comprehensive approach to helping students achieve their fitness levels. Instead of only focusing on a student’s strength, Mr. O’Malley helps overcome his or her unique challenges. Mr. O’Malley created a unique program to teach children and adults...

Today's guest is Michael J. O'Malley. Mr. O'Malley has been my Taekwondo instructor and mentor for over 10 years. After receiving my first degree black belt in 2005, I continued training under Mr. O'Malley and was able to advance to 2nd degree, and most recently to 3rd degree black belt in 2014. Taekwondo has been a practice for me throughout my college and professional life, and I still look forw...

In this episode, you will hear A Day in the Life of Matt Lindley, the director of innovation. Beyond growing a business, Matt is interested in growing and enabling the people around him - we talk about the overlying theme and the collective wisdom that help us move forward in every direction. We also catchup on Matt's own invention of a Breakfast Club, where he brings likeminded people, friends to...

Matt Lindley is the Director of Innovation for SapientNitro. We became friends instantly when he first started working there in 2009. Matt had such an impact on my life. If you ask me to list 3 people who have helped shape me into who I am today, Matt would be one of them.    Matt's list of accomplishments in the advertising and marketing world goes way way back. He's been a storyteller for over 2...

John Haggerty is a dear friend of mine since 2003.  I welcomed him to the feisworld podcast to share his experience as an on and off Broadway actor for 25 years. John has been casted in shows such as Les Mis, King and I, Miss Saigon, Batboy, Yoshimi, Living Room. In this episode, John reveals the randomness, rejections and excitement of being an actor. The phase "everything has changed" is so prof...

Inna is a very special guest on feisworld podcast, for two reasons -  1, she's the first female guest on my show and 2, Inna is a restaurant owner, but not just any restaurant. She owns my personal favorite restaurant called Inna's Kitchen.  A Jewish deli with the kind of food I can eat all day long. This special episode was recorded inside that kitchen.   Inna grew up in Russia. She and her famil...

This is part 2 of my conversation with Stephen Shapiro - If you haven’t listened to Part 1 in Ep 4, I encourage you to do so. But if you a happen to feel like a rebel today, by all means, keep listening. I’m thrilled to have Stephen on my podcast.   In this episode, he talks about tips and tactics on engaging audience from different backgrounds and interests. Why visceral reaction is the key in en...

Stephen is a keynote speaker and author who sparks innovation by showing leaders and their teams how to approach, tackle and solve business challenges.   In this episode of the feisworld podcast, Stephen reveals how he helps companies and people innovate. He tells us how he conditions himself to step on stage in front of hundreds or thousands of people. In this episode, Stephen shares these secret...

In Part 2 of my conversation with Josh Green, he talks about one of his books called Spreadable Media, which analyzes logic that helps understand how content moves around the internet. Josh discusses some fascinating findings that "bond comes in a variety of forms and multitudes of reasons why people share".  Listen in and find out what Justin Bieber has to do with all this... Furthemore, Josh spe...

Josh helps create digital experiences and the organizational changes to realize them. So what does that mean? In Part 1 of my discussion with Josh, he will break down these  concepts for you. Furthermore, he dives into the world of digital strategy, including the curious question such as how and when was digital appended to general strategy.   Josh also offers Advice for people fresh out of school...

Caleb Brown is a user experience designer, a comic book artist and an incredible human being.  We met at an ad agency in Boston and I had the privilege to work with Caleb on a number of projects. Caleb lights up every room he walks in and inspires everyone around him. You can check out Caleb’s heart-felt comics via his website at  http://caleb-brown.com/,  and other links and resources he mentione...