Future Squared with Steve Glaveski

Mark Twain famously said that “whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, stop and reflect”. It’s easy for us to get sucked into the matrix and grind out work, day after day, and look around at our colleagues all doing the same thing and assume that ‘this is the way it’s supposed to be’ without really ever taking the time to reflect on what we really want and whether or not we’re trul...

Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine. He co-founded Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor for its first seven years. He is also founding editor and co-publisher of the popular Cool Tools website, which has been reviewing tools daily since 2003. From 1984-1990 Kelly was publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review, a journal of unorthodox technical news. He co-founded the...

This week I had a conversation with Kevin Kelly, of Wired fame, on education. Find out why we need to keep learning, every damn day, in this episode of Future Squared and listen to my chat with Kevin Kelly this weekend in episode #161 of Future Squared!  --- Join the conversation on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/where  you can discuss episodes, request guests, pro...

Andy Molinsky is a Professor of International Management and Organizational Behavior at Brandeis University's International Business School, with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology. Andy’s second book, Reach: A New Strategy to Help You Step Outside Your Comfort Zone, Rise to the Challenge and Build Confidence , came out earlier this year, and it makes a case for successful people...

This is a special midweek bonus episode! I joined Bernard on his popular Analyse Asia podcast to talk corporate innovation in Asia Pacific. We discussed the concept of corporate innovation, how companies from Asia Pacific are thinking about disruption as a whole and a lot more. Bernard was kind enough to have us republish the episode on Future Squared so here it is!   Show Notes: Analyse Asia...

Some words of wisdom on learning from Epictetus and introducing our brand new podcast! Check out Corporate Innovation School on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher and Google Play! W: soundcloud.com/corporateinnovationschool --- Join the conversation on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/where  you can discuss episodes, request guests, propose questions for forthcoming guests and...

Sean Ellis is CEO and founder of GrowthHackers.com, the number one online community built for growth hackers. He coined the term "growth hacking" in 2010, after using it to ignite growth for Dropbox, Eventbrite, LogMeIn and Lookout - each now worth billions of dollars. Sean also founded and sold customer insights company Qualaroo, growing it to millions of dollars in recurring revenue with custome...

In this episode of Future Squared, Steve is joined by colleagues Shay Namdarian and Sean Qian atop the balcony of a Singapore high rise on a slightly inebriating Thursday night to talk about all things tech, innovation, food, culture, psychology, growth hacking, building networks, innovation theatre and mobility services or lack thereof. Parental discretion is advised. Special thanks to Chivas Reg...

This week we're going to talk how to stop your innovation lab from failing. 10 new labs opened their doors each month from March to October 2016 globally. One in three corporations has some kind of innovation lab, but are they working, or is it just theatre? --- Join the conversation on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/where  you can discuss episodes, request guests, prop...

Jordan Harbinger is an entrepreneur, talk show host and world-renowned social dynamics expert. As co-founder of The Art of Charm, Jordan has helped develop one of the leading self-development programs in the world, with a special expertise in social capital, relationship-building and authentic rapport. He is also the host of The Art of Charm Podcast, where he interviews leading entrepreneurs, cele...

Just yesterday, one of Australia’s long running broadcast networks, TEN, went into voluntary administration after reporting a $232 million loss - another sobering reminder that the once mighty will fall unless they begin to not only challenge but replace their existing business models. Corporate innovation is all the rage right now. Companies are scrambling to stay relevant - or at least look like...

Massimo Pigliucci is a Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York. His research is concerned with philosophy of science, the relationship between science and philosophy, and the nature of pseudoscience. He received a Doctorate in Genetics from the University of Ferrara in Italy, a PhD in Botany from the University of Connecticut, and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Tenne...

We have a bit of fun in this instalment of Fast Fix Friday! --- Join the conversation on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/where  you can discuss episodes, request guests, propose questions for forthcoming guests and access exclusive content and special offers! Listen on iTunes @  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Listen on Spotify @  spoti.fi/2G2QsxV Listen on Stitcher @  www....

This instalment of Future Squared is a little bit different. I had two big name guests lined up this week but both had to reschedule their interviews to a later date. So I was left scrambling with only 4 days to go until our normal go live every Sunday. I left an update on my Linkedin seeking anybody doing cool things in the corporate innovation, entrepreneurship or personal development space and...

We have a bit of fun in this instalment of Fast Fix Friday! --- Join the conversation on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/where  you can discuss episodes, request guests, propose questions for forthcoming guests and access exclusive content and special offers! Listen on iTunes @  goo.gl/sMnEa0 Listen on Spotify @  spoti.fi/2G2QsxV Listen on Stitcher @  www....

We bring you not one, but two guests, in this week’s episode of Future Squared. First, Joel Gerschman. Joel is a leading coach, author and educator in the field of business growth, management and leadership. Drawing on more than 15 years of battle-tested experience running multiple fast-growing technology start-ups and learning under some of the world’s leading business gurus, including...

This week, I’m going to pass the mic over to my colleague and go to guy for all things CX and design thinking Mr Shay Namdarian, who you might remember from episode #75 which was all about customer experience. Shay spent a decade consulting with the likes of EY and CapGemini before founding two successful fashion startups and joined Collective Campus a year ago to combine and leverage his talents...

Brad Feld has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987. Prior to co-founding venture capital firm Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures. Brad is also a co-founder of Techstars, the global startup accelerator program that has incubated over 1,000 startups since inception that have collectively raised US$3.3B. In addition t...

In an era where every large company is under pressure to innovate, or at least show that they’re being innovative, it can be all too tempting to take an old meeting room, turn it into an ‘innovation lab’ by throwing some bean-bags around the place and setting up a fussball table and running a hackathon. Oftentimes though, these hackathons amount to little more than team-bonding activities, with li...

Jeb Blount is a Sales Acceleration Specialist who helps sales organizations reach peak performance fast by optimizing talent, leveraging training to cultivate high-performance sales culture, developing leadership and coaching skills, and applying more effective organizational design. His last book, Fanatical Prospecting, has been the number one ranked Sales and Marketing textbook on Amazon since i...

Technology is not just an enabler of new business models. It’s an enabler of young talent and the earlier we encourage kids to start exploring the possibilities, the likelier they are to succeed and have their own A-team moment. In this episode, I tell the tale of Tommy, my best friend in the third grade, how small decisions lead to devastatingly different outcomes and how tech might help us to av...

Emilie Wapnick is a writer, career coach, blogger, and community leader. She is the founder and creative director at Puttylike.com , where she helps multipotentialites (people with many passions and creative pursuits) integrate all of their interests to create dynamic, fulfilling, and fruitful careers and lives. Unable to settle on one path herself, Emilie studied music, art, film production and l...

It’s been well documented by the likes of Steve Blank and Clayton Christensen that if you want explore disruptive innovation in a large company, you have to redesign or create parallel processes, systems and values internally in order up to support behaviours critical to innovation - think moving fast and experimentation. Failing that, take innovation outside of the building by spinning out a comp...

Jon Acuff is the New York Times Bestselling author of five books including his most recent, Do Over: Make today the first day of your new career. For 19 years he’s helped some of the biggest brands in the world tell their story, including The Home Depot, Bose, Staples, and the Dave Ramsey Team. Most recently he’s spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at conferences, colleges, companies and chu...

Recorded in a hurry in transit at Kuala Lumpur airport, this Fast Fix Friday delves into 10 ways to get buy-in from executives for corporate innovation initiatives and projects. Try them at home!  --- Join the conversation on Facebook:  www.facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/where  you can discuss episodes, request guests, propose questions for forthcoming guests and access exclusive...