Thinking With Mitch Joel

Welcome to episode #793 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #793 - Host: Mitch Joel. With a writing career spanning close to two decades, Ben Mezrich has authored over twenty books, including the wildly successful Bringing Down the House - The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions , which spent sixty-three weeks on the New York Tim...

Welcome to episode #792 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #792 - Host: Mitch Joel. She's known as a "tough-love" advisor to Fortune 500 companies. Juliet Funt is a keynote speaker and Founder of the efficiency training firm, Juliet Funt Group . Juliet is also the author of the newly-published book, A Minute to Think - Reclaim Creativity, Conquer Busyness,...

Welcome to episode #791 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #791 - Host: Mitch Joel. One of the first big companies that I spoke for was Google . It was in the early 2000s. The sales team was small, but growing. Google had just acquired YouTube , and they were holding a summit at their original Silicon Valley campus to engage retailers with Google ads. One...

Welcome to episode #790 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #790 - Host: Mitch Joel. He works with leadership teams to help them set and achieve their strategic growth goals with ease. Dave McKeown is the Founder of Outfield Leadership , author of The Self-Evolved Leader and a keynote speaker, leadership trainer and growth advisor. He also has a podcast cal...

Welcome to episode #789 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #789 - Host: Mitch Joel. Are you in the mood for an incredible story from an amazing human being?  Carey Lohrenz was the first female F-14 Tomcat pilot, she was a pioneer in military aviation. Having flown missions worldwide as a combat, mission-ready United States Navy pilot, Carey is used to work...

Welcome to episode #788 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #788 - Host: Mitch Joel. What are your silver linings from this pandemic? I've had a few (and I know my level of privilege to even be this lucky). One silver lining was taking part in a mastermind (or a virtual meet-up) with just a handful of people that, mostly, took place on an app called, Marco...

Welcome to episode #787 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #787 - Host: Mitch Joel. It feels like I have known Tamsen Webster since before she became the "Tamsen Webster" that the world has come to know. Tamsen has spent the last twenty years helping experts drive action from their ideas. Part message strategist, part storyteller, part English-to-English t...

Welcome to episode #786 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #786 - Host: Mitch Joel. My friend,  Clint Pulver , is a keynote speaker, author, musician, pilot, and he cares deeply about the workforce. His sweet spot is employee retention. Why do people love their work and the company that they work for? More importantly, what turns them off (and how can your...

Welcome to episode #785 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #785 - Host: Mitch Joel. Margot Bloomstein spends her time in the content strategy industry. She's the author of Content Strategy at Work and the principal of Appropriate, Inc. , a brand and content strategy consultancy based in Boston. For more than twenty years, she has led workshops, keynoted co...

Welcome to episode #784 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #784 - Host: Mitch Joel. When it comes to content marketing, social media and personal brands, you will meet some of the sketchiest people. Lots of talk with little protein. Joe Pulizzi is the real deal, and since his first Content Marketing World back in 2010, I count him as both a good friend and...

Welcome to episode #783 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #783 - Host: Mitch Joel. We call each other "Cuzzz!" (Mostly because we are cousins... way off in the distance and through marriage, so it's our little bit). With that, I've known Leslie Ehm for a long time. She is a former TV host and advertising Creative Director turned training guru that has spe...

Welcome to episode #782 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #782 - Host: Mitch Joel. One of the first "digital" buddies I made through the power of blogging and podcasting going back to 2005(ish) was Jason Falls . Always at the forefront of all things digital, Jason is a digital strategist, author, speaker and thinker in the digital and social media marketi...

Welcome to episode #781 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #781 - Host: Mitch Joel. When it comes to innovation, the thinking (and work) of Tendayi Viki is unparalleled. He is also an author and innovation consultant. Currently, he is an Associate Partner at Strategyzer (home of Alex Osterwalder ), where he helps large organizations innovate for the future...

Welcome to episode #780 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #780 - Host: Mitch Joel. Prior to founding Retail Prophet , Doug Stephens spent over 20 years in the retail industry. He is the author of two groundbreaking books, The Retail Revival - Re-Imagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism and Reengineering Retail - The Future of Selling in a Post-Di...

Welcome to episode #779 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #779 - Host: Mitch Joel. You never know who you are going to meet and become friends with online. Going back to the early days of Amazon 's Alexa , Google Home , Siri and beyond, the idea of apps (or skills, as they are called) for these interactive audio platforms has always interested me (so much...

Welcome to episode #778 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #778 - Host: Mitch Joel. Lost in translation. I fear there is no better phrase to explain what has happened to our ability to better communicate since the pandemic took hold. Zoom meetings, using emojis, and cultural shifts have turned an already complex world of communications into one that is eve...

Welcome to episode #777 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #777 - Host: Mitch Joel. He is a teacher of innovation at Harvard University , is the founder of RISE, and the author of the new book, Backable – exploring how to get people to believe in your ideas . The book is rooted in Suneel Gupta 's journey from first-time entrepreneur to being named, "The Ne...

Welcome to episode #776 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #776 - Host: Mitch Joel. His latest book, Shapers - Reinvent The Way You Work And Change The Future , really intrigued me. Jonas Altman is an experienced design strategist and entrepreneur. He is the Managing Partner at Social Fabric , a marketing consultancy, that helps organizations launch new ve...

Welcome to episode #775 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #775 - Host: Mitch Joel. Here is one of the more fascinating humans that you can connect with. George Dyson fancies himself as someone who makes boats, but he is also a technologist, historian, and one of the true polymaths in our world today. Dyson is the son of the theoretical physicist Freeman D...

Welcome to episode #774 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #774 - Host: Mitch Joel. First off, Happy Mother's Day! This week's guest and I do similar work. Maybe that's what attracted me to this conversation? Nancy Giordano built her career in the marketing agency business at several companies in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. For more than a decade,...

Welcome to episode #773 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #773 - Host: Mitch Joel. After a long and successful career at L'Oréal , Minter Dial returned to his entrepreneurial roots to become an author, consultant and speaker. Minter has spent over a decade helping senior management teams and boards to adapt to the new exigencies of the digitally enhanced...

Welcome to episode #772 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #772 - Host: Mitch Joel. I was really excited about the opportunity to spend some time with Luvvie Ajayi Jones . She is an author, podcast host, speaker, and someone who has been blogging just a little bit longer than me (there are not many of us left). Luvvie thrives at the intersection of comedy,...

Welcome to episode #771 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #771 - Host: Mitch Joel. When I first started getting interested in being a professional marketer, the work of Martin Lindstrom was always front and center... and for a good reason. Martin Lindstrom one of the world's leading brand and culture transformation experts. Time Magazine called him one of...

Welcome to episode #770 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #770 - Host: Mitch Joel. Women and people of color are underfunded and under-index when it comes to entrepreneurship. There are both systemic and societal reasons for this (none of them are fair or reasonable). This needs to change. Charlene Walters is here to help. Charlene is an entrepreneurship...

Welcome to episode #769 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #769 - Host: Mitch Joel. These past few years have seen many fascinating books in the non-fiction and business book genre. Look no further than the archive of podcasts and conversations that have taken place right here. With that, James Suzman 's latest book, Work - A Deep History, from the Stone A...