Nat Schooler - Business Futurist

Influential Visions

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500+ conversations with global executives. Unfiltered. No hype. Hosted by ex-IBM Futurist Nat Schooler, Influential Visions is the show for leaders and professionals who need to understand what is actually happening in business, AI, and the future of work — and what to do about it. Every episode is a direct conversation with the people overseeing tens of billions in commerce. Leadership, strategy, AI, geopolitical shifts, digital transformation — decoded for people who need to act on what is coming. Full, uncut, ad-free episodes and the 500+ archive are available via MONDAY INFLUENCER®: www.mo...

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Nat Schooler - Business Futurist

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Business

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www.natschooler.com

Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

S3 Ep3: Mastering Imposter Syndrome - Just Do It Anyway 19.02.2021

Irene Lyakovetsky is an Ex-IBMer Turned Technology Talk Host. SaugaTalks - 🎙Weekly Chats With Fascinating People In Tech. Kim-Adele and Nat Schooler discuss the ins and outs of imposter syndrome with Irene as she explains how she moved to the USA and learnt English before becoming hugely successful at IBM. At SaugaTalks, Irene discusses technology trends and outlook to the 2020s with futurists, ex...

S3 Ep2: Mastering Imposter Syndrome – Presentations, Problems & Decision Making 12.02.2021

Mastering imposter syndrome when we start doing something new in our careers is tough, in this no holds barred episode Scott Francis shares so much valuable information Kim Adele and Nat Schooler thoroughly enjoyed it. Kim-Adele and Nat Schooler discussed how Scott moved beyond Imposter Syndrome to be happy and become a successful CEO. Scott is the CEO and co-founder of BP3. "Where our mission is...

S3 Ep1: Mastering Imposter Syndrome - Networking, Being Authentic & Vulnerable 05.02.2021

This is the first episode in the series: Mastering Imposter Syndrome: interviewing senior leaders in the technology industry, overcoming their inner imposter. Nathaniel Schooler and Kim Adele introduce the series, they explain a little bit about what they have learned so far and then they interview Ms. Jayne Archbold CEO. These are some of the things they discussed:  Finding Voice. Understanding t...

S2 Ep10: Secrets of Audience Research: Free Speech, Monopolies, Social & SEO 15.01.2021

Nat Schooler  was joined by Rand Fishkin - the co-founder & CEO of SparkToro, author of Lost & Founder, and previously founder of Moz. We discussed: Monopolies Freedom of speech Bing and DuckDuckGo combine at 6% of the market share and the rest is Google. Parler was being Hacked. Amazon, Google, Facebook Apple banning people from platforms. How social is not delivering the traffic promise?...

S2 Ep9: Secrets of Audience Research - Performance Led Messaging 08.01.2021

Nat Schooler as part of the Secrets of Audience intelligence series discussed performance led messaging. Performance led messaging is crucial to maximising ROI for marketing departments and who best to discuss this than Peep Laja, a former champion of optimisation and experimentation turned business builder. Founder of CXL, Speero, Wynter. With a major focus on improving businesses and providing a...

S2 Ep8: Secrets of Audience Research - Brand Storytelling with Content Marketing 04.12.2020

Brand storytelling is such an interesting topic and Branding Expert Jessica Gioglio and Nat thoroughly enjoyed their conversation around this epic topic. Jessica is the founder of With Savvy Media & Marketing Author, The Laws of Brand Storytelling Author, The Power of Visual Storytelling They discussed: - Brand storytelling with content marketing. How companies and brands can tell better stori...

S2 Ep7: Secrets of Audience Intelligence - Improving SEO Performance 20.11.2020

Rory Hope is Head of Inbound Marketing at Semetrical. Rory has experience in formulating successful SEO strategies that are designed to deliver a clear ROI, SEO growth and multi-million pound revenues for global organisations. We discussed: - 1) What are the benefits of an audience-first SEO strategy? 2) How do you integrate keyword intelligence and audience intelligence to formulate an SEO strate...

S2 Ep6: Secrets Of Audience Intelligence - Using Data To Build Consumer Relationships 13.11.2020

Jonathan Silver is Founder + CEO of Affinity Solutions. Affinity is the authoritative source of truth related to consumer purchase intelligence. Their vision is to use data to improve people's lives.  Jonathan is a Wharton graduate both engineering and MBA. We discussed: - 1) Story of how he built Affinity which is the source for purchase intelligence with access to 90 mil cardholders anonymized d...

S2 Ep5: Secrets of Audience Intelligence - The Social Dilemma 06.11.2020

Joined by Tim Hughes, Ceo and Co-Founder of DLA ignite. Your belief is that social media has changed the world? Technology platforms have evolved but our brains have not kept up. How do you recommend people take control of their minds?

S2 Ep4: Secrets of Audience Intelligence - Exploring Customer Experience 30.10.2020

Ginevra Adamoli - Digital CX Strategy Director - Digital Consulting Team (Epsilon Publicis Group) Where does Audience intelligence fit into CX? The limitation of the tools from using public data sources. Demand from clients to make it more granular. Clients don't see the value of audience intelligence VS internal customer records and how to match the two.

S2 Ep3: Secrets of Audience Intelligence - Virtual Influencers & Their Application Within B2B 21.08.2020

Audience intelligence is crucial to maximising your marketing ROI We have been working with Audiense to bring you ‘The Secrets of Audience Intelligence.’ This is the second podcast in the series of in-depth interviews on audience intelligence. It will enable you to learn more about the ins and outs of audience intelligence, deeper customer segmentation, we explore influencer marketing, social medi...

S2 Ep2: Secrets of Audience Intelligence - What Marketers Need To Know: 'Social Media Consumer Segmentation' 14.08.2020

We have been working with Audiense to bring you ‘The Secrets of Audience Intelligence.’ This is the second podcast in the series of in-depth interviews on audience intelligence. It will enable you to learn more about the ins and outs of audience intelligence, deeper customer segmentation, we explore influencer marketing, social media audience segmentation and how and where to find insights to brin...

S2 Ep1: Secrets of Audience Intelligence - Cultural Understanding 07.08.2020

Audience intelligence is particularly important, especially when it comes to understanding the kind of content that resonates with your audience. We have been working with Audiense to bring you 'The Secrets of Audience Intelligence.' This is the first podcast in the series of in-depth interviews that will enable you to learn more about the ins and outs of audience intelligence, deeper customer seg...

S1 Ep49: UK Cyber Security Policing Model, 2020 and Beyond—Panel Discussion 31.07.2020

Hosted by Nat Schooler and Tyler Cohen Wood CISSP-  and we had the privilege to speak with Peter Goodman — National Police Lead for Serious and Organised Crime at the National Police Chief’s Council- (retiring this Friday) Mandy Haeburn-Little CEO of Business Resilience International Management (BRIM). Andy Gould - Detective Superintendent, National Cybercrime Programme, National Police Chief’s Co...

S1 Ep48: E-Commerce and Maximizing Your Online Sales with The Founder of The E-Commerce Association John Lawson 17.07.2020

John is the CEO at ColderICE Media, Amazon #1 best-selling author, IBM Futurist and Ebay Influencer. He is celebrated as one of the Top 100 Small Business Influencers in America and crowned "Savviest in Social Medial" by StartUp Nation. Lawson is an international keynote speaker, “Commerce evangelist” and an absolute wealth of knowledge on all things eRetail and online marketing strategy. John is...

S1 Ep47: How Netflix Attracted the First 50K Subscribers: Insider Story 10.07.2020

Internet Marketing Consultant: Tom Leonard Discusses With Me: - How Netflix Attracted the First 50K Subscribers: Insider Story Despite Blockbuster Owning a Database of Over 284 Million People How Did Netflix Grow? What Were the First Steps You Took with the Team to Build Subscriptions? Evolution of Subscriptions Is it Possible Someone Else Could Duplicate This to Surpass Netflix?

S1 Ep46: Smart Cities Demystified: Award Winning Smart City Pioneer Tells All 03.07.2020

Futuristic Podcast Host Nat Schooler and Richard Godfrey, Ex-Director of a Digital Local Authority discussed the following topics: Winner of The Worlds Smartest City in 2015, AWS’ City on a Cloud competition,  now MD of SynCity providing help with digital efficiency. The definition of a smart city and how to avoid the hype. What outcomes do we want when setting up a smart city? Technology always s...

S1 Ep45: An Executive's Guide to Online Child Safety (with Tyler Cohen Wood) 19.06.2020

As a leader, you secure your business—but is your home network secure? In this critical episode from our archive, I'm joined by former Defense Intelligence Agency Cyber Deputy Chief Tyler Cohen Wood and data protection expert David Clarke. We discuss the real-world dangers facing our children online and provide a practical guide for busy professionals to protect their families from digital predato...

S1 Ep44: Accelerated Change within Retail Post Covid 19: Panel Discussion 12.06.2020

Our Expert Panel: - John Ashcroft A specialist in Economics, Strategy, Financial Markets, Creator of The Saturday Economist, NED, Consultant, Advisor, Chair ... Led over 50 corporate finance transactions, worked with First Boston, Bain & Co, Samuel Montagu, Goldman Sachs and many more. Eddie McAtominey: Head of Placecrafting at BECG.COM One of largest environmental communication consultancies...

S1 Ep43: Using Technology to be Included 05.06.2020

Debra Ruh - CEO of Ruh Global Impact - Disability, Inclusion and Accessibility Expert. We talk about: - Disabled rights  Tech for good  Tech for all  Digital inclusion  Disability inclusion Visit www.influentialvisions.com/using-technology-to-be-included

S1 Ep42: 5 childhood years without a word. 5 degrees later he’s a top NHS Data Analytics Surgeon. 29.05.2020

Naseer Ahmad - Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Clinical Director for the Mars Project (Manchester amputation reduction strategy), Aneurysm Screening Program. AI and Data Driven NHS Surgeon Naseer Ahmad didn't speak for five years and obtained five degrees As a child Naseer Ahmad did not speak for Five Years now he is an Data Driven Surgeon With 5 degrees We discussed: - What does a vascular surgeo...

S1 Ep41: Future of Retail: New Consumer Behaviours in Bricks and Mortar 22.05.2020

Melissa Gonzalez - CEO of the Lionesque Group and Principal of MG2 and Nat Schooler - discuss: - Online Shopping  Contactless Payments Kerbside Pickups BOPIS (Buy online pickup in store) Augmented Reality  Fulfilment Centres The Consumer Landscape  Here is a link to our website  https://www.influentialvisions/future-of-retail-new-consumer-behaviors-in-bricks-and-mortar

S1 Ep40: Creating Valuable Innovation in the Changing World: AI 3D Printing and More 20.05.2020

With Jude Pullen - Technologist & Physical Prototyping Expert. Jude has worked on micro-projects with the BBC and huge projects with Dyson, Lego and others. Turning conversations into something being useful in the changing world Localised manufacturing and micro design with the 3D printing revolution with last mile demands. Innovation within the company or outside the company. External consult...

S1 Ep39: Cyber Policing and Business Readiness During Covid19 and Beyond 15.05.2020

Mandy Haeburn-Little Chief Executive of Business Resilience International Management We discussed: – Ethical Hacking – Curious Frank The New Age of Cyber Policing Business Resilience If you want more information on this click https://www.influentialvisions.com/cyber-policing If you want more information on Nat Schooler click here 

S1 Ep38: Innovation in Technology - Talking Cars+ Robotic Dogs+ AI+ 3D Printing 13.05.2020

We discussed Nicolas Babin's history at Sony when he launched the first GPS system in the UK  The Robotic Dog that he had the pleasure to launch in Europe. Customer Experience (CX) Innovation with Covid AI Innovation DNA of Virus Ethics of AI 3D Printing And more... visit https://www.influentialvisions.com/innovation-in-technology or for more info on Nat  https://natschooler.com/

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