The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson

Not every struggle looks like a breakdown on the outside. Sometimes it looks like years of trying, years of writing, years of showing up, and still wondering if anything will ever happen. In this episode of The Limitless Podcast, I speak with Jake Brown, award winning music biographer and author of Songs of Nashville , about the deeper side of creativity, purpose, self doubt, and the long road beh...

A lot of leaders are talking about AI. But behind the confident language, there is often something else going on. Pressure. Confusion. Fear of falling behind. And in many cases, a rush to act before the business is truly ready. In Episode 301 of The Limitless Podcast, I speak with Srirangam R Srirangarajan of Siemens about what leaders must get right if they want AI to create real business impact....

Most breakdowns do not happen overnight. They build slowly while we keep performing, keep coping, and keep telling ourselves everything is fine. In Episode 300 of The Limitless Podcast, I speak with Cindy Tien about the lies we tell ourselves before life forces us to face the truth. Cindy shares her story with rare honesty. From chasing titles and success on the outside to hitting moments where ev...

AI is everywhere right now. But if you are a business owner, it can still feel cluttered, confusing, and a little overwhelming. In Episode 299 of The Limitless Podcast, I sat down with Daniel Hindi, Founder and CEO of Noam.ai, to strip away the hype and focus on what actually matters for business. Daniel is a software engineer by trade and a serial founder. He has built five successful startups, a...

This is an episode #298 of The Limitless Podcast, and I am pleased to welcome Sujit Radhakrishnan, Head People and Franchisee Europe at Yum Brands. In this conversation, we tackle a reality many leaders are still avoiding. Employee Experience is no longer an HR initiative. It is a business survival strategy. Sujit shares what is reshaping Employee Experience in 2026 and why leaders must move away...

This is Episode 297 of  The Limitless Podcast  with  Nick Jonsson , and I am pleased to welcome  Jen Marr , Founder and CEO of  Showing Up . We are tackling a topic that is really important, and one that many of my clients around Asia are struggling with and want to learn more about. It is  the conversations you are avoiding, and the ones shaping your culture . Jen has spent the last decade diving...

In this episode, we talk about  Adaptive Leadership in Hospitality . Shaun has spent more than twenty years leading across cultures, markets, and constant disruption. His message is simple and powerful. Start with people. Understand the culture. Know the why. Then grow. We speak about navigating uncertainty in a world shaped by geopolitics, AI, restructuring, matrix organisations, and constant tec...

This is Episode 295 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson, and I am honored to welcome David Greer, entrepreneur, executive coach, and 16 years sober. In this deeply honest and powerful conversation, David shares the moment that changed everything. After more than 20 years as a daily drinker and a high performing executive, he admitted to his coach, “Kevin, I have a drinking problem.” That si...

This is Episode 294 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson, and we are honored to welcome Ricky Foo, Partner and Board and CEO Practice APAC Lead at Mercuri Urval, and the author of his new book Jobhunting . In this episode, Ricky shares why he wrote Jobhunting, and why it took him five years to complete. What started as a personal milestone as he turned forty became a serious project built on...

This is Episode 293 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson, and we are pleased to welcome John Frost, Vice President of Enrollment Management and Marketing at Doane University . In this episode, John shares a real and deeply human perspective on why education is still one of the most powerful tools we have to change lives. John opens up about his own unexpected journey, from local news journal...

This is Episode 292 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson, and we are pleased to welcome Andrea Edwards, Founder and CEO of The Digital Conversationalist. In this episode, Andrea introduces and explains the polycrisis, a moment in history where climate change, AI disruption, geopolitics, supply chain instability, and rising authoritarianism are all happening at the same time and feeding into...

This is Episode 291 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson, and we are pleased to welcome Stephen Lew , Founder and CEO of The School of Positive Psychology. In this conversation, Stephen goes straight to what many high performers need to hear right now. Burnout is not a personal phenomenon. It is a global phenomenon. He shares why people may say it is my boss, it is this meeting, it is this c...

This is Episode 290 of The In-Person Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson, and we are honored to welcome Sterling, a 71 year old athlete and a man whose resilience will stay with you long after the episode ends. Nick meets Sterling in Phuket, where they train together in the pool and the ocean. What begins as a warm conversation between swim buddies quickly becomes something deeper. Sterling shares...

This is Episode #289 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson , and we are pleased to welcome Steven Puri, Founder of The Sukha Company. In this episode, Steven shares practical insights on healthy high performance drawn from an uncommon career spanning engineering, film, and technology. From bridging engineers and creatives during the digital transformation of Hollywood to holding senior execut...

This is Episode #288 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson , featuring Gil Petersil, Quantum Networking and Strategy Expert, and Founder of MeetPartners. In this episode, Gil Petersil explores relationship capital and why it is the currency leaders don’t see on the balance sheet. In a world filled with inauthentic content where people question what is real, Gil explains why we have not yet ma...

This is Episode #287 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson , and we are pleased to welcome Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work . In this episode, Michael breaks down the one word most leaders underestimate — trust — and why it is the real engine behind performance, retention, innovation, and sustainable growth. He shares how Great Place to Work discovered that many organisations can l...

This is Episode #286 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson , and we are excited to welcome Fredrik Härén , global conference speaker, author, and the world-renowned “Creativity Explorer.” In this episode, Fredrik takes us deep into The World of Creativity — and flips the entire conversation on its head. Because creativity isn’t just about “having ideas.” It’s about identity. It’s about courag...

This is Episode #285 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson , and we are pleased to welcome Nitin Goil , Co-Founder & CEO of Restoration Labs , and author of the best-selling book “The Restored Organization.” In this episode, Nitin delivers a raw, urgent truth about the workplace today — we are not dealing with a motivation problem… we are dealing with a disconnection crisis. He shares why...

In this deeply honest and courageous episode of The Limitless Podcast Ep. #284 , Nick Jonsson is joined by Edalyn Dictaan Hadjula , Director of Human Resources at FrieslandCampina , for a conversation that pulls back the curtain on leadership, bias, courage, and what it truly takes to rise as an Asian woman in male-dominated industries. From managing highly unionised manufacturing environments to...

This is  Episode #283 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson , and we are honoured to welcome  Anil Tannoo ,  Senior Customer & Commercial Leader, Africa . In this episode, Anil shares a leadership journey that begins in the most unglamorous place imaginable:  door-to-door sales, selling vacuum cleaners —knocking on doors, taking rejection after rejection, and learning the real meaning of...

This is Episode #282 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson , and we are pleased to welcome Rohan Mathur , Marketing & Commercial Director (Consumer Business) — a seasoned consumer leader with 18+ years across global giants, fresh off a powerful TEDx, and now deeply immersed in the mindset shift leaders need to thrive in the AI era. In this episode, Rohan doesn’t talk about “success” like...

Episode #281 – Why Men Are Dying in Silence — and How Men’s Groups Are Saving Lives This is  Episode #281 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson , featuring  Tim Hewson, CEO of Mongrels Men Health & Wellbeing . In this raw, confronting, and deeply human conversation, Tim shares his journey from decades in high-pressure corporate leadership to quietly battling anxiety, panic attacks, depres...

This is  Episode #280 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson , and we are pleased to welcome  Amy Jacobson , Emotional Intelligence Specialist and author of  The Emotional Intelligence Advantage . In this episode, Amy explains why emotional intelligence has moved from being “nice to have” to being  a core capability for leadership, culture, and performance  — especially as organisations face r...

This is Episode #279 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson , and we are pleased to welcome Wasanthi Stephen , Group Chief Human Resources Officer at JXG (Janashakthi Group), Sri Lanka. In this episode, Wasanthi shares why many traditional leadership models — built on hierarchy, control, long hours, and pressure — are no longer effective, particularly as the next generation enters the workforc...

This is Episode #278 of The Limitless Podcast with Nick Jonsson, and we are pleased to welcome Greg Hawks, Founder of Hawks Agency and author of Act Like an Owner . In this episode, Greg delivers a direct and uncomfortable truth many leaders avoid: employee engagement doesn’t break down because people are disengaged — it breaks down because leaders tolerate the actively disengaged . He introduces...