The Reboot Chronicles with Dean DeBiase

Next-Gen Media, Entertainment and Leadership On this episode of the Reboot Chronicles, fresh out of my COVID-19 recovery, I discussed one of my favorite sectors, the entertainment industry, with  Jacqueline Parkes , CMO, and SVP of Digital Studios Entertainment Youth Group and ViacomCBS . Responsible for overseeing marketing, creative and digital content, and social media for MTV , Comedy Cen...

Can we Crowdsource Government? NASA ’s Deputy Director for the Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI), Steve Rader , joined me for an episode of the Reboot Chronicles, to discuss how our government went from “not-invented-here” to crowdsourcing and the art of Dancing with Startups. Founded in 2011 by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, NASA's CoECI goal was...

Why did Accenture Stock rise 24% in 2020? Leadership, talent, digital and focus— and with record earnings for its software products and services, management has just increased their fiscal 2021 outlook from 2%-5% to 4%-6% revenue growth. Sitting as Number 279 on the Fortune 500 list and about $43 billion in annual revenue, Accenture is one of the world's largest consulting companies, with over 500...

Should you get the COVID-19 Vaccine? I’ve been off the air for a while— personally recovering from COIVD-19 —and with Pfizer shipping vaccines to a provider near you today, kicking off the largest vaccination rollout in U.S. history, I talked with Dr. Nicole Saphier about the question on the year: should you get the shots? Author of the new book Make America Healthy Again , Fox News guest anchor a...

How The World’s Largest Company Can Be The Most Innovative From its beginnings as a discount store with a simple way of helping people save money and live better lives, Walmart, with 2.2 million employees serving 265 million customers weekly and annual revenues over a half-trillion dollars, has become not only the world’s largest retailer, but the quintessential example of the traditional retail a...

To the Future and Back On this episode of the Reboot Chronicles, I invited Ian Ginsberg , third-generation President of C.O. Bigelow Apothecaries, to join me for an action-packed episode about the past, present and future. Founded in 1838 by Dr. Galen Hunter, Bigelow is the oldest apothecary in the United States, with some amazing history. Ian and his ancestors have stayed true to the company’s tr...

Challenges of the Female Entrepreneur in the Beauty Jungle In this Startup Stories episode of the Reboot Chronicles, I talked with Franziska Leonhardt , co-founder of AVE + EDAM, an award-winning company based in Berlin, that offers tech-enabled personalized products. As you may have guessed, the company's name is a play on Adam and Eve and was founded in Silicon Valley at Stanford University, on...

The Rise of Luxury Indie Brands In another Entrepreneur Indie-Brand episode of the Reboot Chronicles, I invited KYPRIS Founder   Chase Polan to discuss emerging luxury in the booming global skin care market. As many know, skincare is one of the fastest-growing segments within the beauty industry with high demand for quality product formulations and self-care. According to the NDP Group, skinc...

Driving Cadillac's Tech Innovation On this episode of the Reboot Chronicles Podcast, Cadillac’s CMO, Melissa Grady , and I look at how they are driving innovation and technology—and what's next for the auto market. Arriving Home - Back in the Auto Industry Coming out of grad school, Mellissa started her career in the auto industry, and the years, she has been on the digital industry's leading-edge...

The Art of Serendipitous Innovation On this episode of the Reboot Chronicles Podcast, Rose Fernandez, CEO of Algenist , and I explored how her company was accidentally discovered and born in a lab, and instead of being cast aside, it was repurposed, carved out and acquired. Throughout Rose's career, she's helped build a handful of well-known beauty companies in executive roles,  includin...

On this episode of the Reboot Chronicles, I invited the head of Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) at The Clorox Company , Jackson Jeyanayagam  to discuss consumer shifts and the future of consumer packaged goods (CPG). For over 100 years, this $7 billion dollar giant, with over 9,000 employees in over 200 markets, has been developing and acquiring market leading products that consumers rely on wo...

Ivan Markman , Chief Business Officer of Verizon Media, joined me on the Reboot Chronicles to discuss all things tech, media, advertising and the next-gen of content for Verizon Media . With an impressive background, Ivan also serves as an advisor, investor or director at   CreatorIQ , Measured, Holly by Nimblr.ai , TrueData , PetInsurer , Wonder , QLess, and Local ID .   At Verizon he i...

Robert Foye , CEO of Accolade Wines , an amazingly thoughtful global leader who knows how to scale big-time, joined me for a fun episode of The Reboot Chronicles to dive into what’s next for one of the world’s largest wine companies, on track to be a global powerhouse. From 1836 to The Millennials With their first winery founded in 1836, Accolade has a fascinating history and expanding footpr...

Elana Drell- Szyfer , CEO of ReVive Skincare , and Algenist and This Works board member joined me on the Reboot Chronicles to dive into what’s happening in the beauty industry. A Startup Journey ReVive Skincare was founded in 1997 by Dr. Gregory Brown, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who crafted the luxury skincare company. Before its founding, Brown spent most of his time dedicated to resear...

On this episode of The Reboot Chronicles, beauty health and wellness industry leader Joel Palix joins me to discuss the brand and shopping “Jungle” consumers are faced with. Over the years, Joel has been a game-changer across various industry sectors including beauty, wellness, fashion, luxury, and premium service brands. His experience has led him to advise brands, startups, and private equity fu...

The travel and leisure industry has been devastated in 2020. I invited my friend, colleague and digital thought leader, Atif Rafiq President at MGM Resorts International on the Reboot Chronicles to explore how he is helping to reboot Vegas and the global hospitality industry. Over the years, Atif has worn a variety of hats as an exec. at Amazon, McDonald’s, and Volvo. Now, at the $14 billion dolla...

Pivoting Your Culture and Taking Flight On this episode of the Reboot Chronicles, we take a trip down memory lane with Robert Pasin , CEO of Radio Flyer, and explore why brave leaders are needed to reboot their organization's People, Platform and Passion. Humble Beginnings Radio Flyer was founded in 1917 by Robert’s grandfather, Antonio, an Italian immigrant who moved to America,  at the age...

Join  Dean 迪恩 DeBiase  and Author & CEO at OutThinker,  Kaihan Krippendorff – Strategy and Innovation Speaker , business strategist, keynote speaker, former McKinsey consultant, and author of four business strategy books, for a discussion about Rebooting Companies: The new challenges in technology and strategy.

Named “one of the most creative and brilliant business minds of our time” by Forbes, Salesforce’s Global Innovation Evangelist, best-selling author, keynoter and futurist Brian Solis joined me for a fun episode on The Reboot Chronicles. Over the years, Brian has immersed himself in mastering business market disruption, society and the future in a digital anthropologist role. Now w orking at the $1...

I recently spoke with  Carl Martin Lindahl , CEO of SVP Worldwide, on an episode of The Reboot Chronicles about how millennials are driving the company’s growth, what the latest technological advancements are in sewing and what new opportunities lie ahead for the company in terms of innovation and partnership. SVP Worldwide  is the world’s largest consumer sewing machine company and home...

On this episode of The Reboot Chronicles, industry veteran Stirling Murray , CEO of Red Tree, the UK's leading international brand consultancy, joined me to discuss the challenges facing the global health, beauty and wellness industries. Deep Roots Stirling’s roots are deep in the beauty industry, having worked for copious companies, including Unilever, Estee Lauder, and Chanel globally. Red Tree...

On this episode of The Reboot Chronicles, I took a look at startup  Atolla , a custom skincare subscription company created by Co-Founder and CEO  Meghan Maupin  to dive into the insights of AI in skincare data and technology. Meghan, an MIT graduate, created Atolla to target customer skincare concerns at a very personalized level. Her background lies in design, mass customization,...

On this episode of Reboot Chronicles I had a no BS conversation with Rishad Tobaccowala on how we can stay human in the data-driven age, and what it means to be human in light of all the technology and data that’s flying around us. Named by Business Week as one of the top business leaders and top five marketing innovator by TIME , Rishad uncovers insightful secrets in his book Restoring the Soul o...

"I have been fascinated by the amount of innovation happening in the food and beverage sectors by big corporations and startups around the world. I invited Ellie Rubenstein a friend and CEO of a new private equity group, Manna Tree Partners , for an episode of The Reboot Chronicles to discuss the future of food and the importance of private equity and venture investing in the next-gen of human hea...

We recently sat down with Jesus Mantas, IBM’s Senior Managing Partner, who provided us with some powerful insights into how the company is approaching digital transformation while also humanizing technology.  For digital transformation strategy to succeed, companies need to be designed to excel at time-to-market and time-to-customer performance at scale. According to Forbes 45% of organizatio...