Masters of Craft

The Ad Council engages millions in global causes through creative messaging and experiences. As the organization's director of innovation, Ariba Jahan is charged with exploring future-forward methods and platforms for the organization through technology partnerships, creative development, and internal education. Threatened with completely losing her hearing at age eight, after emigrating...

Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity is one of the most highly sought after events in the world. From Bill Clinton to Mindy Kalig to Omnicom Media Group, the worlds top filmmakers, advertisers, brands, technology makers, politicians, and executives gather each year in the south of France to celebrate one another, network, and see some of the greatest achievements in the world. Now through his compa...

Adored by both cult and mainstream entertainment fans, Tim Kring is a pioneer in creating vast, mutliplatform story worlds. Most notably known as creator or writer of television series like, Heroes, Crossing Jordan, Dig, and currently Freeform's Beyond, Tim is an expert at transmedia storytelling, extending story into social, mobile, and real life experiences. At C2 Montreal, Tim explains the triu...

Miami has become the quintessential poster child for reinventing the classical music experience. A true blend of business and pleasure, there is a movement of reimagining the medium itself, as well as how audiences engage their time and money with live experiences -- including among other things, an outdoor, 4K "wallcast" with 165 speakers built into the lawn. Recorded live at the Sagamore Hotel d...

Winner of Adweek's 2017 Grand Brand Genius Honor, Linda Boff has been at the helm of GE's marketing and branding for almost 2 years. As such, she is a master of amplifying human connection and emotion through brand messaging and experiences. From the annual GE BBQ at SXSW to creating a limited edition Moon Boot with Android Homme and even the company's mission to hire 20,000 women by 202...

As the former founding director the Ogilvy Labs, Nicole Yershon set new precedents in how companies connect with connect with culture. Equal parts brain and brawn, the multiple Cannes Gold Lion award winner has been referred to as "an irresistible force against immovable objects," a metaphor that simply translates into knowing how to get sh*t done. She is also now the author of Rough Dia...

With a collective 12+ million followers, and presence across multiple platforms from YouTube to Live.ly to Gas Station TV, Shira Lazar and Bart Baker are a true new-era power couple. On this episode, Shira, the award-winning host and CEO of What's Trending, and Bart, a comedy and music-parody maven, both discuss navigating the ever-changing ecosystem of content creation. From audience de...

Recorded live at Success Magazine's 2nd annual "Success Live" event, Tom Bilyeu and Peter Voogd join Innovation Crush for a pair of conversations centered on their journey's toward success. Tom, a filmmaker turned serial entrepreneur turned CEO and host of Impact Theory is on a mission to help people increase their capacity. Peter is the king of millennial entrepreneurial culture, launching severa...

Recently named one of INC's 30 Inspiring Women in Tech, Jessica Naziri is the ultimate combination of geek and chic. Teaching tech to the masses through her own Tech Sesh platform, as well as in classrooms at the famed Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Jessica has figured out an almost magical way of translating the most complicated trends across technology and culture to laymen's ter...

Currently valued at over $160,000 per member, WeWork boasts over 156 global offices, and caters to more than 120,000 entrepreneurs and team members from Fortune 100 companies. With a global community he describes as one big support system, co-founder Miguel McKelvey has built a network of likeminded workers and businesses that support one another through an exchange of products, services, collabor...

Responsible for over $18 billion worth of product launches, and having worked alongside the likes of Apple, Symantec, Logitech, Autodesk and more, Nilofer Merchant is an expert at making wild ideas reality. She has graced the illustrious TED stage, been awarded the Future Thinker Award by Thinkers50, and has traveled the world preaching the innovation gospel to startups, Fortune 500 companies, and...

As the CEO and co-founder of Who What Wear, Katherine Power took her passion for fashion from a newsletter to a multi-million dollar brand empire in just under 10 years. Who What Wear's parent company, Clique, owns and operates a handful of massively successful retail and content properties designed to accompany women at any stage of life, from college to home to the boardroom. With brands like Gu...

What do BP, McDonald's, architecture, and eSports have in common? The genius of Ann Hand. As Chairman and CEO of Super League, Ann is quite literally changing the game. What the NFL is to football, or MLB to baseball, Super League is becoming for gaming. With professional team franchises, and sold out competitions popping up all over the country, Super League is now at the forefront...

After serving 12 consecutive years in federal prison for the largest MDMA bust in history, Louis Ziskin decided to take the world by swarm... of drones that is. His company, DropIn, Inc pairs on-demand drone pilots with insurance companies, enabling customers to leverage streaming video and high-res photos and achieve better insight into auto and property damage. A first of its kind, Zis...

Recently inducted into the speaker hall of fame, Simon T. Bailey has worked with the likes of AT&T, Microsoft, Chevron, Marriott and more to help individuals and leadership teams achieve new levels of brilliance. With most companies facing what he's dubbed "VUCA" (Volatility Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity), the best selling author has become a master at navigating the age of reinv...

For Dr. Michael Gervais, getting your head in the game is more than a motivational catch phrase, it's what his entire life's work has been about. The high performance psychologist - who once trained Felix Baumgartner for the Red Bull space jump - is one of the world's best when it comes to training your mind for success under pressure. From CEO's to athletes to the military and even a partnership...

As the newly appointed CMO of Starbucks China, Emily Chang is on a mission. With a stint heading Apple retail marketing in the region, and another at the helm of commercial functions for the InterContinental Hotel Group under her belt, Emily is prepared to take on the company’s deepest dive into China since it began. While most US companies are pulling out of the regi...

With over 30 million viewers each week, heart surgeon turned political satirist, Bassem Youssef quickly became dubbed "the Egyptian Jon Stewart." His show-- and his very existence as television host-- challenged the powers that be, made people laugh, empowered viewers to take take action, and put himself and his team in constant danger. Like many entrepreneurs, the odds are typically nev...

As the former global head of design for the Jordan brand, Jason Mayden is no stranger to the world of icons and heroes. In his role, he worked with world class athletes to refine their performance, and define their brand. Over the past 3 years, Jason has put himself through the entrepreneurial school of hard knocks, teaching at Stanford, working for startups, learning the ropes of finance, and the...

Courtesy of www. WORLDZ.us. Combining technology, engineering, circus antics, play, robots, and big business entrepreneurialism, Brent Bushnell is no stranger to creating wonder. Throughout his career, the big kid turned CEO has helmed creative projects alongside the likes of The White House, Google, Microsoft, Pepsi, The CW, OK Go, to name a few. in 2018, his company, Two Bit Circus, will open th...

Troy Carter doesn't mind being known as "the VC formerly known as Lady Gaga's manager." The bets he made to move the iconic artist from obscurity to super-stardom are the same bets he's made for organizations like Lyft, Uber, Spotify, Warby Parker, and countless others. His ability to spot winners in both entertainment and business is uncanny, fueled by his one true skill--empathy. It's this empat...

Courtesy of  www. WORLDZ.us . With a roster of celebrity talent like Katy Perry, Robert Downey Jr., Eminem, and Arnold Schwarzenegger to name a few, Omaze has set a new precedent for those seeking to do good in the world. The organization creates once-in-a-lifetime fan experiences that range from playing dodgeball with Ben Stiller to being a cast member in STAR WARS and pairs them with charit...

Probably one of the nicest guys to ever fired by, JT McCormick is the consummate CEO. A master of scale, JT recently made the transition from president of a software company, to heart-wrenching autobiography writer, to CEO of the company that helped him write his book. As he states, "I'm not your zero to one guy. I'm your one to a billion guy." On this installment of the Crush, JT walks us through...

The adult industry is one of the most oversaturated and simultaneously innovative industries in the world. For 10 years, punk genre pioneer and Burning Angel CEO, Joanna Angel has mastered the art of calculated risks, evolving her company's brand and her business acumen slowly and carefully. From virtual reality to sub genres to custom products, Joanna continues to find ways to reinvent her presen...

Comedian, intellectual, television host and cultural challenger, Adam Conover has mastered the art of getting down the why's behind societal beliefs. Whether debunking the jewelry industry, staring death in its many faces, fighting the idea of generational marketing, or uncovering the origins of jay-walking, the host of Tru TV's Adam Ruins Everything is adept at questioning our so-called realities...