The One Away Show

Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg is a Harvard Business Press author, keynote speaker, and globally recognized expert on reframing, innovation, and problem solving. His most recent book, "What's Your Problem?", was recommended by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt with the words "If you want the superpower of solving better problems, read this book".    Thomas' research has been translated into 17 languages a...

Jill Stelfox is the Executive Chair and CEO of Panzura, the fabric that transforms cloud storage into a global file system, allowing enterprises to use the cloud as a high-performance, globally available data center. Prior to joining Panzura, Jill founded and acted as Co-CEO of marketing consulting firm EDGY, where she helped companies like McAfee, Adobe, and USAA transform their business and tech...

Brock Weatherup is a consumer growth board member, advisor, and executive, as well as a 3x exit startup ceo/founder, multi-billion dollar c-suite leader, and active early stage investor. Brock currently serves as an Operating Partner on the Private Equity Investment Team at MidOcean Partners, a premier New York-based alternative asset manager specializing in middle-market private equity and altern...

Jennifer Maanavi is an accomplished growth-minded entrepreneur and thought leader with more than 20 years of success across the health & wellness, fitness, and financial services industries. Leveraging extensive hands-on experience building and managing a global organization from the ground up, her broad areas of expertise include strategic planning, business development, marketing, branding, team...

Avani Desai is Chief Executive Officer at Schellman, the largest niche cybersecurity assessment firm in the world that focuses on technology assessments. Avani is an accomplished executive with domestic and international experience in information security, operations, P&L, oversight, and marketing involving both start-up and growth organizations.  She has been featured in Forbes, CIO.com, and the...

David Geier is a double board-certified orthopedic surgeon, sports medicine specialist, author, keynote speaker, and medical media expert. David takes pride in helping his patients feel and perform their best, regardless or age, injury, or medical condition. As a surgeon who suffered burnout earlier in his career, David is passionate about helping other physicians overcome and eliminate burnout th...

Bo Mahr and Max Gottlieb are the cofounders of Ridge, a company at the intersection of environmentalism and finance. Ridge is more than just a national provider of sustainable digital banking services, it's a community of individuals working to make better things and, in turn, make things better. Focused on the triple bottom line—people, planet, and prosperity— Bo and Max founded Ridge out of Appa...

Shelley Paxton is the Founder of Soulbbatical, a company she started with the mission to liberate the souls of leaders and organizations by inspiring them to realize (and rebel for) their greatest purpose, possibility, and impact. As an ICF-certified professional coach, Shelley works with executives at Fortune 100 companies as well as fellow rebel soul individuals and entrepreneurs. Shelley wrote...

Chris Goward is a top-rated keynote speaker at conferences and seminars globally, where he evangelizes how marketers should test and gain insights about their messages and websites. Today, his marketing optimization system is helping some of the world's most successful websites lift their leads, sales, and revenue.   An entrepreneur at heart, Chris has launched numerous businesses since his early...

Lilit Davtyan is the CFO and executive vice president of Phonexa, a web and call lead tracking and distribution software specializing in finance, health, home services, and insurance verticals. Lilit oversees the company's business development, supervises on questions of compliance and internal finances, and maintains relationships with key clients. She works closely with company leadership on lon...

Joe Musselman is a passionate founder, entrepreneur, and investor whose experience spans nearly twenty years of building, advising, and coaching extraordinary, teams, leaders, and cultures. He makes obvious his deep love for people immediately and enjoys creating the space for others to become their best selves while inspiring them to do the same for others.    Early in his career, Joe was the CEO...

Tommy Breedlove is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Selling Author of the Book, "Legendary," as well as the founder of the Legendary Life Movement , a movement that empowers driven people to be Pros in Leadership, Business, Mindset, & their Relationships. Tommy challenges high achievers to stop chasing the Ghost of "More" & "When" and lean-in to the Legendary leaders, spouses, and humans...

Lauren Goldstein is founder and CEO of the award-winning and globally recognized boutique business consulting firm, Golden Key Partnership.  Her clients lovingly call her "The Business Doctor," because Lauren helps business owners diagnose the REAL root cause of their team and operations challenges to bring the business back to a healthy flow and retain more revenue.   As a trusted advisor to some...

Rich Diviney is the author of The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance.   During his twenty years as a Navy SEAL Officer, Rich was intimately involved in the world-renowned SEAL selection process, which whittles exceptional candidates down to a small cadre of the most elite optimal performers. But Diviney was often surprised by which recruits washed out and which succeeded. Someone...

Skye Michiels is a recognized Motivational Speaker, Coach and Leader in the Real Estate industry. Fueled by a love of education and creating meaningful connections, Skye has helped thousands of Realtors develop the skills and strategies necessary to elevate their business. Currently, Skye is the National Head Of Agent Development at Compass where he is creating and teaching a national training cur...

Lacy Garcia is the Founder and CEO of Willow, an award-winning financial technology and guidance platform that helps financial institutions better engage and serve women and new majority investors. Through Willow, Lacy also helps employers better support and retain these employees. Lacy founded Willow so that other women can access the coaching and personalized guidance that she needed to achieve...

Jesyka Harris is a fashion model, attorney, TV host, avid traveler, Mom and human rights advocate based in Los Angeles, California.    Jesyka has developed a following by providing not only genuine, high quality content with a purpose, but also leading by example. She received a dual Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and Communication from the University of Southern California and...

Caleb Guilliams is the founder and CEO of BetterWealth, a company committed to showing people how to have efficiency and control over their money today while maximizing their future wealth potential.   At an early age, Caleb read every financial book he could get his hands on and was fascinated with the idea of ordinary people being able to achieve extraordinary wealth.   While still in college, h...

Brandon Lee is the Founder and CEO of FunnelAmplified, a platform that provides businesses the tools to conduct outreach outside of social media. When Brandon had a sales job in college, he realized he had a natural inclination towards sales operations, but didn't like the way technology could often take humanity out of the sales process. While he loves the way technology and automation can help m...

Ryan Smith is the founder and CEO of Recyclops, a technology-driven startup that innovates solutions for sustainability, starting with recycling. Ryan believes that recycling and sustainable options should be accessible to everyone, and achieves this by leveraging community and technology. For his work in sustainability, Ryan was named to the 2020 Forbes 30 under 30.   Ryan attended Brigham Young...

Colleen O'Brien is an accomplished marketing executive with over a decade of experience leading strategic internal and external communications for companies of all sizes—from Fortune 500 corporations to early-stage startups. Currently, she is the chief communications officer for high-end clothing rental startup Armoire.   Previously, Colleen led brand marketing, content creation, and communication...

​​ Chris Schembra is the bestselling author of "Gratitude and Pasta: The Secret Sauce for Human Connection" and "Gratitude Through Hard Times." Forbes ranks his book as the #2 book of 2020 to create Human Connection, USA Today calls him their "Gratitude Guru", and he's a Founding Member of Rolling Stone's Culture Council.   Alongside being a bestselling author, Chris is the Founder of the 7:47 Gra...

Michael Bervell is a Ghanaian-American angel-investor, entrepreneur, and author. His debut book "Unlocking Unicorns" was an Amazon best-selling new release that investigates the founders, philosophies, and strategies for building a unicorn company in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. In 2007, Bervell co-founded "Hugs for" an international, student-run non-profit organization focused on using gras...

Pete Erickson is the founder of Modev, a community-based organization that creates conferences and special events aimed at keeping developers ahead of the fast-moving technology curve. Pete believes that human connection is vital in the era of digital transformation, and built Modev to fulfill this need. Through his organization, Pete aims to foster the exchange of ideas, guided by the desire to l...

As a leading keynote speaker, author, and advisor on innovation, Stephen Shapiro has developed a proven approach for increasing speed, reducing risk, and improving innovation Return On Investment tenfold. For the past 20 years, Stephen has been helping organizations accelerate the way they innovate by helping them create a culture of innovation at 24/7 Innovation. In 2020, Stephen founded the Invi...