The Innovation Show

If approximately 70 percent of all businesses are family businesses, and two out of three don't survive to the next generation, what can you do to make sure your business will survive and thrive?  Today's episode comes clean with much-needed info on nitty-gritty issues, such as entitlement, letting employees (even family members) go when they just aren't working out, compensation, including: Your...

Our guest today presents a practical approach to ensure that your employees perform at their highest possible levels. It's not about increasing salaries, offering huge bonuses, or investing in the latest employee engagement tools. The real answer is simpler, deeper, and longer-lasting: getting your people to love where they work.  He takes us step by step through the process of building a lasting...

Nearly all scientists who study the biology of aging agree that we will someday be able to substantially slow down the aging process. Today's guest is perhaps the most bullish of all such researchers and believes that the key biomedical technology required to eliminate aging-derived debilitation and death - is now within reach. In his book, he and his research assistant Michael Rae describe the de...

This episode focuses on the business story of Walt Disney and the company he built. Combining a unique blend of entrepreneurship, creativity, innovation, and a relentless drive to bring out the best in his teams, Walt Disney created one of the most successful ventures in business history. Outlining the specific processes of the company, our guest provides us with the tools we need to embrace our o...

Do you want more from work than just a paycheque or a title? Are you ready to manifest a work life rooted in joy, purpose, and contentment? Career expert Kourtney Whitehead will guide you on a self-discovery journey to bridge the gap between your spiritual life and your work and help you bring intention and satisfaction to your professional life. In Working Whole, she shares eight principles that...

Today's guest offers a unique pathway toward identifying the right career, finding the ideal job and developing a moral compass--the solid value system that will then anchor us in our professional lives. With a creative and engaging mix of coaching practice, management theories, case studies and personal story-telling, this book helps us to identify both our own compass—which relates to integrity,...

Today's guest has sparked an international debate by revealing the "mind hacks" Facebook, Apple, Google, and Instagram use to get you and your children hooked on their products.  In Offline, he delivers an eye-opening research-based journey into the world of tech giants, smartphones, social engineering, and subconscious manipulation. This provocative work shows you how digital devices change indiv...

Do you have an idea for a business but don't know where to start? Thanks to high-speed Do you have an idea for a business but don't know where to start? Thanks to high-speed Internet, game-changing technology, and innovative new platforms, you can go from idea to marketplace on a shoestring budget―and join the growing movement of successful Makers who've built their businesses from the ground up. ...

In  Rebel Talent ,  today's guest shows us why the happiest and most successful among us are those who break the rules and how we can all do it more. The world's best chef. The pilot who landed his plane on a river. The magician who made history. The computer scientist who changed animated films forever. What do they all have in common? They are all rebels. Our guest has been studying rebellion an...

"Every single child has an inner spark–a combination of a unique temperament and various experiences–and we want to fan that flame to help kids become happy, healthy, and internally driven to be the 'best them' they can become." - Dr Tina Payne Bryson and Dr Daniel Siegel The Yes Brain Child Children can often act out or shut down when faced with a setback or a tricky issue like homework, food or...

Today's guest is previously best known for his position as the head coach of the English national rugby union team from 2011 until 2015, In 2016, he joined the backroom team of the Ireland provincial side, Leinster Rugby and has been instrumental in their success. I have asked our guest on to the show to discuss leadership lessons from sport, focus on a business context. In this episode we will ta...

We create human-centred interactions and experiences in our field. Empathetic purpose drives our every decision. Mobile First? In reality, it's  humans  first. This same mentality turned inward, forms the cornerstone of something amazing:  a creative culture . Designers and front-enders have a unique advantage in solving the cultural problems in business that are sucking the life out of us. Severa...

Do you feel restricted by your career, by your workplace identity? Do you feel you are not doing what you would really like to do? Are you good at many things, but feel you cannot do them for fear of appearing odd or going against the grain? You may just be a polymath and that is a major gift! Every human is born with multifarious potential. Why, then, do parents, schools and employers insist that...

From 1990 to 1995 our guest conducted DEA-approved clinical research at the University of New Mexico in which he injected sixty volunteers with DMT, one of the most powerful psychedelics known. His detailed account of those sessions is an extraordinarily riveting inquiry into the nature of the human mind and the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. DMT, a plant-derived chemical that is also manu...

"The new normal is perpetual change" - Scott D. Anthony Innovation may be the hottest discipline around today - in business circles and beyond. And for good reason. Innovation transforms companies and markets. It's the key to solving vexing social problems. And it makes or breaks professional careers. For all the enthusiasm the topic inspires, however, the practice of innovation remains stubbornly...

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear."—Mark Twain For the past few years todays guest   has been talking to people about what scares them and helping them to work through their fears. His book brings together what he has found. Maybe it is about time that we looked at fear differently and asked why it is still such a problem for us. Hacking fear involves looking at f...

The world created in Last Tango is based very closely on our world about five years from now, and all technology in the book either exists in labs or is rumoured to exist.  With its electrifying sentences, subtle humour, and an intriguing main character, readers are sure to find something that resonates with them in this groundbreaking cyberpunk science fiction thriller. We welcome award-winning j...

Did you know learning is a skill? Did you know that learning to learn stuff better is much easier once you know how? Did you know there are dozens of ways to improve your ability to learn more stuff in less time that you can apply immediately? It doesn't require brain surgery, hormone injections, getting tattooed in unmentionable places or paying for extra tuition. In fact, beyond the (extremely m...

The fast-moving up-and-down economy we live in makes keeping our companies afloat increasingly difficult. Just as we handle one crisis, another appears. Digital, millennials, new regulations, new competition, political turmoil, Artificial Intelligence, Industry 4.0, Blockchain, sharing economy, circular economy, substitute products, you name it – the waves of disruption come crashing faster and fa...

Stunning new scientific discoveries about your brain's functioning show that all the cells of your body are affected by your thoughts. Our guest is a renowned cell biologist and describes the precise molecular pathways through which this occurs. Using simple language, humour, and everyday examples, he explains how the new science of  epigenetics  is revolutionising our understanding of the link be...

America has gone from an open, competitive marketplace to an economy where a few very powerful companies dominate key industries that affect our daily lives. Digital monopolies like Google, Facebook and Amazon act as gatekeepers to the digital world. Amazon is capturing almost all online shopping dollars. We have the illusion of choice, but for most critical decisions, we have only one or two comp...

The questions we will grapple with in today's show are not about transistors and neurons and algorithms and such. They are about the nature of reality, humanity, and mind. The confusion happens when we begin with "What jobs will robots take from humans?" instead of "What are humans?" Until we answer that second question, we can't meaningfully address the first. We welcome serial entrepreneur, foun...

Our guest's goal was to create a book and guide that allows us to redirect our thoughts in a positive, focused manner. This book is the culmination, it presents easy ways to learn a few simple changes you can make in our lives, and why these will help us enjoy life more. After many years of hands-on research and collaboration with top professors, Our guest has put together a 90-day guide book and...

"We teach our children how to read and write, but not how to speak and listen. Listening is untaught and usually unpractised. Our amazing human voice is marginalised as we communicate more and more through text, not spoken word." - Julian Treasure (5xTED talk speaker and author) Have you ever felt like you're talking, but nobody is listening? Wouldn't it be nice to know how to speak so that people...

What do James Bond and Lipitor have in common? What can we learn about human nature and world history from a glass of water? In  Loonshots , our guest reveals a surprising new way of thinking about the mysteries of group behaviour that challenges everything we thought we knew about nurturing radical breakthroughs. Drawing on the science of  phase transitions , our guest tells us why teams, compani...