The Innovation Show

"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." Steve Jobs We are forever in a rush In a high-tech volatile society, we barely have time to enjoy our lives and we tolerate tired joyless states. We talk to the pioneer of energy psychiatry Judith Orloff M.D. Ju...

We live in a world of unprecedented disruption. But we are all born of the sun, and travelling towards it. How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci is a guidebook, inspired by one of history's great souls, for that journey. This book is an invitation to breathe the vivid air, to feel the fire in your heart's centre, and the full flowering of your spirit. We welcome specialist in innovation and creativi...

"Someone once told me the definition of hell; on your last day on earth, the person you could have become will meet the person you became." We often go through life doing stuff, often without assessing is it the right stuff, we don't even do stuff for ourselves and we end up wondering what we could have done in our lives. Globally, not having enough time is a cause of immense stress. Today's show...

We live in a world where the art of communication has become more important than ever, yet very few of us are taught how to communicate.   Joel Schwartzberg is a strategic communications trainer. The biggest obstacle he's come across—one that connects directly to nervousness, stammering, rambling, an epic fail is that most speakers and writers don't have a point.   They typically have just a title...

If you pick up a book on innovation or creativity, it is often written from an expertise-in-one-area perspective. This isolates other elements which may be much more relevant to your challenge. Professor David Owens has written this accessible book for everyone breaking the silos of discipline to give a rounded framework useful to all fields. This is a must listen for corporate innovators, leaders...

"A great many college-educated, white-collar workers are going to discover that their jobs, too, are squarely in the sights as software automation and predictive algorithms advance rapidly in capability." ― Martin Ford Martin Ford is a futurist and the author of the New York Times bestselling "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future" (winner of the 2015 Financial Times/Mc...

"It is time we focus less on our hardware and more on our humanware." - Larry D. Rosen PhD. Dr Larry Rosen is the best-selling author of multiple books including ones we will talk about today: iDisorder and The Distracted Mind, which touch on the disorders we are experiencing, amplified by technology and why we are behaving the way we do. We talk: The state of distraction The increasing anxiety ex...

Space Elevators, Asteroid Mining, Buckets of programmable matter, à la carte physical features and printable houses. We are joined by authors of 'Soonish', Dr Kelly and Zach Weinersmith. Dr Kelly Weinersmith works in the BioSciences department at Rice University, and is the co-host of Science . . . Sort Of, a top-rated science podcast. Her research has been featured in the Atlantic, National Geogr...

Experience is the new battlefield. Satisfaction is not enough anymore. Customer experience is the main driver of future loyalty and will turn your customers into raving fans. Our guest is Chief Xperience Officer (CXO) and Managing Partner at Solutions Unlimited. He is the author of the wonderful book Start Reverse. In this must-listen chat, Andre tells us about the philosophy of starting in revers...

In this eye-opening chat, we realise how we can improve our company by changing our language. We look at the problems, there are a lot of them: 90% of American Companies have a recognition programme Yet, most workers receive no recognition! The No.1 reason people leave their jobs is not feeling appreciated 67% say more motivated by praise than anything else Labour turnover is one of the significan...

Larry Osborne is a senior and teaching pastor at North Coast Church, acclaimed as one of the most influential and innovative churches in America. Under his leadership, the church has grown from 128 to over 12,000 on a weekend. With Larry's success with innovating in a traditional organisation, many leading CEOs and organisation sought out his formula. On this show, we discuss that formula. Larry's...

Only 33% of people in the USA and 15% Worldwide are engaged in the workplace. We discuss how great leaders can manage their people like a portfolio, they develop their people by enabling them to learn, leap and repeat. We discuss how organisations can build an ecosystem where people will disrupt themselves in the short-term for the growth of the organisation in the long term. In this great chat, w...

We are at a rare moment in time where the future is up for grabs and the following realms are in a state of upheaval: Environment Economics Society Education Politics Technology "When the winds of change blow, some people build walls, others build windmills" - Chinese Proverb This book and this innovation show are about this windmills and the people who are building them. We talk about the heroes...

John Warrillow is the creator of The Value Builder System™, a statistically proven methodology for improving a company's value by up to 71%. We talk about the many pitfalls facing companies including "The Owner's Trap", where the revenue cannot grow beyond the owner's time. We talk about how businesses falter because of over-exuberance by the entrepreneur owner and how this leads to employee churn...

Dale Archer M.D. is a Psychiatrist and Founder/CEO of The Institute for Neuropsychiatry and NYT bestselling author of two great books: 'The ADHD Advantage' and 'Better than Normal'. We talk to Dale about how ADHD can be a huge advantage if we society reframes ADHD-ers to see it as an advantage and not a sickness. We talk about the perfect storm of overdiagnosis, the profits from ADHD medication an...

From Buddhist monks to the early stages of psychology, attention has been deemed a vital element of success. In a world vying for our attention, if we can become masters of this attention, we can lead happier more present lives. Dr Joseph Cardillo is this week's guest. He is a martial artist, doctor and author of: 'Body Intelligence - Harness Your Body's Energies for Your Best Life', 'The Five Sea...

We speak with Andrew Keen, the pioneer of calling into question the impact of technology and the resulting new business models on society. He has been called a luddite and a technological Antichrist for calling out such concerns. Today, no-one calls him that today. He is the author of the fantastic books: 'The Cult of the amateur' 'Digital Vertigo' 'The Internet is Not the Answer' and the focus of...

The anti-bullying movement has been full throttle for 18 years since Columbine shooting in 1999. The efforts to stop students from becoming victims of bullying have been solely focused on changing the world around the victim to create a less hostile environment. This has failed. Brooks Gibbs has flipped the approach to bullying and empowers victims to be emotionally resilient so they are not hurt...

Friederike Fabritius, M.S., is a trained neuropsychologist, a certified coach, a popular keynote speaker, an internationally recognized management consultant, and author of The Leading Brain. She is an expert in the field of Neuroleadership. We discuss strategies to improve our lives by understanding how to maximise the brain. This great conversation includes thoughts on sleep, exercise, brain tra...

Jon Acuff is the New York Times  Bestselling author of six books including his most recent  Wall Street Journal  #1 Bestseller,  Finish: Give yourself the gift of done . For over 20 years he's helped some of the biggest brands in the world tell their story, including The Home Depot, Bose, Staples. He speaks internationally and was named amidst the INC. top 100 leadership speakers. We discuss how o...

Steve Waddell is founder and CEO of Nasoni. Steve is disrupting a very mature market, this is the first functional change to the faucet in over 80 years. Steve shares his mindset, his background, his challenges and his motivation. This show is very useful for anyone who wants to understand bootstrapping a physical product from everything from patent to prototype. You can find out more here: https:...

David Gluckman is the common denominator of so many brands we know and love. Kerrygold butter, Baileys Irish Cream, Smirnoff Black, Le Piat D'or and many more. We discuss his book That s!it will never sell!  through the lens of the lessons it imparts. We discuss the best ways to sell ideas. We discuss the best ways to deliver ideas. We discuss new product development and how to get them over the l...

On this week's show, we discuss how goods and services are no longer enough. How competing on price alone will kill your business. We discuss how we need to move beyond designing the thing to designing the experience of the thing. We discuss how business is a theatre and how employees should be cast members. How employees shift from task mindset to experience mindset, it is no longer about a task...

Smartbox is the European leader in experience gifts and offers unique experiences to create unforgettable memories. Ex-Apple Senior Executive John Perkins shares his story and why he sees Smartbox on the crest of a wave. We talk experience economy, the gifting market and company culture.

In this great chat, we discuss every aspect of creativity from personal energy to organisational energy. From personal purpose to aligning the purpose of the organisation. We talk how our brains can be our enemy and our liberators. We touch on how we can enable our inner genius and once again be confident in being who we truly are. Chris is determined to inject energy and more humanity back into b...