The Mojo Sessions

David Avrin, an in-demand global customer experience speaker, helps companies better understand and connect with their changing customers to future-proof their business. The author of 5 books including 'It's Not Who You Know, It's Who Knows You!', 'Why Customers Leave (and How to Win Them Back)' and his newest book 'The Morning Huddle, Powerful Customer Experience Conversations to Wake You Up, Sha...

Bryce Hoffman, the bestselling author of ' Red Teaming: How Your Business Can Conquer the Competition by Challenging Everything' , helps companies worldwide plan better, using systems learnt from business and the military. Bryce became the first and only civilian to graduate from the U.S. Army's Red Team Leader Program at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Red Team Thinking is a systematic way of making cr...

We are told that the secret to success is hard work, determination, hours of practice and a never quit attitude. In this fast-pace changing world, what if a crucial skill is knowing when to stick at something or when to change track and walk away - to quit? Annie Duke, World Series of Poker championship bracelet winner & winner of the WSOP Tournament of Champions, specialises in decision making an...

Navy Ace and former TOPGUN instructor Bill Driscoll demonstrates how his own life-or-death aerial dogfights, and the preparation for them, can help guide us when making our own high stakes decisions. Bill's 170 combat missions, 5,200 jet dogfights and the fact that he is one of the highest decorated living Naval flight officers of the past 50 yrs underlies his exceptional performance under pressur...

Luke Burgis explores human ecology and how our technology, relationships, politics, economics, education & systems affect what we want, our desires. Our future is shaped by what we learn to want and why. Luke wrote 'Wanting', a book based on the work of René Girard, a French polymath who coined the term mimetic theory, which describes the process of imitation or mimicry through which people portra...

We live in a short-term, reactionary world. It's rare to meet a leader who has a long-term view beyond short-term metrics, a leader who has a hypothesis about what the future holds for their industry, category or their company. Named in the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, Duke University Professor Dorie Clark is described by the NY Times  as an "expert at self-reinvention and...

Dr. Abbie Maroño is both a scientist and a practitioner in the field of human behaviour with a PhD and academic research specialising in trust, cooperation, and the psychological mechanisms underpinning human decision making. Trust is vitally important as our survival depends on our ability to cooperate with others. What signals should we look for to determine someone's trustworthiness? Can we tru...

In this session author Connie Steele, a marketing strategy specialist and host of the Strategic Momentum Podcast, discusses 'Building the Business of You' , a book that highlights how business is no longer binary, hierarchical, or absolute. It is instead non-linear, collaborative, and fluid. In today's new world of work the definition of success is fundamentally shifting. Connie has always been in...

Alan Stein Jnr, a world class coach and author, spent 15 years working with the world's highest performing basketball players. In this session, he shares how we can utilise the same strategies that elite athletes use to perform at a world-class level in our business. Strategies that improve company performance and ultimately develop a winning mindset. Working with giants such as American Express,...

Jon Macaskill is a retired Navy SEAL Commander turned leadership and mindfulness coach who deals with his own personal trauma including that associated to the story of Operation Red Wings. During his 24-year Navy career, he served in multiple highly dynamic leadership positions from the battlefield to the operations center and the board room. His style of teaching leadership is unconventional yet...

The only constant today is change. Constructs, assumptions, protocols, formats need to be unlearnt and reconsidered in today's business world. It's the heart of true innovation. Barry O'Reilly, author of the international bestseller 'Unlearn: Let Go of Past Success to Achieve Extraordinary Results',  unpacks how to unlearn and why today's leader must embrace this skill. The ability to unlearn is a...

Joe Navarro spent 25 years with the FBI pursuing spies and dangerous criminals. In this line of work successful leadership was a matter of life or death. During his time in the FBI Joe became known as a body language expert, and his latest book,  'Be Exceptional: Master the Five Traits That Set Extraordinary People Apart',  distills a lifetime of experience into 5 principles that outstanding indiv...

Emmanuella Grace has helped thousands of people globally to find their voice and perform at their best.  With an impressive singing and songwriting resumé, Emmanuella has performed both as a soloist and in choirs at the Sydney Opera House, BBC Radio in the UK, ABC Radio and played the Royal Albert Hall. As a composer, her music was short-listed for an award at the ÉCU European Independent Film Fes...

Pat McNamara spent 22 years in the United States Army in a myriad of special operations units. In the premier special missions unit, he was recognised as an impeccable marksman, shooting with accurate, lethal results and tactical effectiveness. His military experience quickly taught him that there is more to tactical marksmanship than merely squeezing the trigger. Running several of his own busine...

This is an extraordinary rags to riches true story. As a teenager, Shaahin Cheyene was living in his car on Venice Beach California, and then in a very short period of time he created a multi million dollar global empire as the mastermind of the smart drug movement, eventually attracting the attention of the federal authorities. His legal party drug "herbal ecstasy" took the music world, pop and c...

Kute Blackson, author of the bestseller ' The Magic of Surrender', is widely considered the next gen leader in the field of personal development. Featured on Larry King, Fox and Friends, Dr. Drew. Inc magazine calls him 'The Mindfulness Guru Billionaires Go To For Advice'.  Born in Ghana, West Africa his mother is Japanese, his father a healer who led a large church congregation and who believed K...

Mike McCastle, inspired by Greek mythology of the 12 Labors of Hercules, undertook 5,804 pull-ups in a day to break the world record, pulled a 5,000-pound pick up across the Mojave Desert in summer, climbed a rope to the equivalent height of Mount Everest, and recently broke the record for submersion in an ice bath....all for a greater purpose. Mike raises funds and awareness for causes such as ca...

Author Ron Karr works with leaders to eliminate risk, gain buy-in and achieve better results faster using The Velocity Mindset. He's generated billions in incremental revenue for his clients. His new book ' The Velocity Mindset' outlines the right balance of speed and direction, both of which must remain in alignment for business and personal attainment. It's a fusion of science and business leade...

Dr. Tasha Eurich, a world-leading thinker and researcher on self-awareness and business psychology, uses real science to help us to really understand ourselves and what personally drives us. As an organizational psychologist, Dr. Eurich gives leaders the scientifically-supported tools they need to succeed in an ever-changing world. Working with the NBA, Walmart, Salesforce, as well as the White Ho...

Coach Dana Cavalea spent the majority of his career as the Director of Performance for the New York Yankees. In 2009 he led the team to a World Series Championship and was voted by his peers as the top Strength Coach in Major League Baseball. The author of "Habits of a Champion: Nobody Becomes A Champion By Accident", Dana writes about the mindset and habits we can use to elevate ourselves to Cham...

Hilary Corna, former Senior Exec at Toyota Asia Pacific, specialises in Kaizen and Customer & Employee Experience. Featured in the NY Times, Fortune, WSJ and NBC, Hilary is building a community of like-minded UNprofessionals. There is an evolution occurring in business. It's not just about tech, tactics, integrations and how much money leaders pump into companies, it's about something greater and...

Major General John Gronski is a proven combat leader with over 40 years service in the United States Army. He believes strong principles will win the day in every situation. As Brigade Commander in Ramadi, Iraq, one of the bloodiest battles in modern war, he led 5,000 soldiers and marines in combat. We discuss John's recent book ' Iron-Sharpened Leadership: Transforming Hard-Fought Lessons Into Ac...

Jay Morton spent 10 yrs in the SAS, 4 in the Parachute Regiment, then summited Mt Everest twice. Jay is a guy who knows what it takes to become the best of the best. Whether serving as an elite soldier, training as a high-level shooter or becoming an expert in HALO (high-altitude low-opening) parachuting, Jay has always strived to be at the very top of the game. ... to find his greatness. Many of...

April Rinne is a futurist, advisor, microfinance lawyer, and a global development change expert who has worked with clients such as Airbnb, The World Bank and many Global Governments. April has become an expert at navigating change and recently written 'Flux : 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change'. When we develop a Flux Mindset we're able to surf the waves of constant fluctuation with pr...

Leading New York psychoanalyst Erica Komisar's new book  'Chicken Little the Sky Isn't Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety' , is an important book every parent needs to read. Erica is a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Huff Post. Erica provides a comprehensive guide as well as the tools we need to help navigate this tumultuous time o...