Thinking With Mitch Joel

Welcome to episode #759 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #759 - Host: Mitch Joel. If we have learned anything during this pandemic, it is this: the brands that are either purely digital or the ones with a strong digital component felt much less pain. Look no further than the value of a company like Amazon or the incredible rise of Shopify . Watching so m...

Welcome to episode #758 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #758 - Host: Mitch Joel. She has an incredible work ethic. That was one (of the many) takeaway from this episode. Lisa McLeod is a strategy consultant, executive coach, and keynote speaker who has worked with some of the coolest companies on the planet. Lisa is the author of five books, including t...

Welcome to episode #757 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #757 - Host: Mitch Joel. Erich Joachimsthaler , is a rare combination of consultant, author, entrepreneur, academic, and researcher who sheds light on massive branding, marketing, and digital transformations. A man after my own heart. He has authored several books and hundreds of articles. He is bo...

Welcome to episode #756 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #756 - Host: Mitch Joel. The past is something that we easily forget. Before the pandemic, many looked at the disastrous rise and fall of WeWork . So much so, that journalist, Reeves Wiedeman , decided to use the WeWork story as the topic for his debut book, Billion Dollar Loser - The Epic Rise and...

Welcome to episode #755 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #755 - Host: Mitch Joel. Some managers work their way into the position after years of working for other leaders. Many managers, these days, are thrust into the position. That was Julie Zhou . Julie loves learning about people. As one of Silicon Valley's top product design executives, she leads the...

Welcome to episode #754 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #754 - Host: Mitch Joel. There is no doubt that when it comes to writing business books on the creative process and how it flows in business today, Todd Henry is the gold standard. He bills himself as "an arms dealer for the creative revolution," and that's just one of his creative ways to describe...

Welcome to episode #753 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #753 - Host: Mitch Joel.  Dr. Stefanie K. Johnson is an author, professor, and speaker who studies the intersection of leadership and diversity. She is focused on how unconscious bias affects the evaluation of leaders, and strategies that leaders can use to mitigate bias. If I've learned anything i...

Welcome to episode #753 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #753 - Host: Mitch Joel.  Dr. Stefanie K. Johnson is an author, professor, and speaker who studies the intersection of leadership and diversity. She is focused on how unconscious bias affects the evaluation of leaders, and strategies that leaders can use to mitigate bias. If I've learned anything i...

Welcome to episode #752 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #752 - Host: Mitch Joel. First, a mea culpa: I had to record the audio for this episode over Zoom . There was a glitch with my usual software (it kept crashing), so I am hopeful that you will stick with this content, because it's important… and it matters. Who wrote the book on sales? Jeffrey Gitom...

Welcome to episode #751 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #751 - Host: Mitch Joel. I have been a fan of Dan Pontefract for many years. We first met when he was working at the national Canadian telecommunications and media company, TELUS , as their Chief Envisioner and Chief Learning Officer. Dan has always been more than that. Now, he's a leadership strat...

Welcome to episode #750 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #750 - Host: Mitch Joel. With a book titled, Uncharted - How to Map the Future Together , you would think that Dr. Margaret Heffernan is a futurist as well. Margaret produced shows for the BBC for over thirteen years. She then moved to the US, where she spearheaded multimedia productions for Intuit...

Welcome to episode #749 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #749 - Host: Mitch Joel. In the early days of blogging and podcasting (2004/2005), I spent a lot of time teaching business professionals about digital marketing and media. One of the more confounding technologies to explain was RSS - the way in which someone would subscribe to a blog/podcast, and h...

Welcome to episode #748 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #748 - Host: Mitch Joel. I'm a reader. I pride myself on reading. Mostly business and non-fiction books. I can work through 1-2 of them per week... that is until Covid 19 hit. I was in a funk with my reading. Just could not get through a book. No matter what I did. No matter how hard I tried. Then,...

Welcome to episode #747 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #747 - Host: Mitch Joel. Another part of this pandemic that can get me down is not meeting my fellow speakers in person. That's how I first connected and became friends with Brant Menswar . We both share a love of music, the music industry, and then with a slight (or major) zig zag into the speakin...

Welcome to episode #747 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #747 - Host: Mitch Joel. Another part of this pandemic that can get me down is not meeting my fellow speakers in person. That's how I first connected and became friends with Brant Menswar . We both share a love of music, the music industry, and then with a slight (or major) zig zag into the speakin...

Welcome to episode #746 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #746 - Host: Mitch Joel. Have you ever felt like an outsider? Like you don't belong? Like the things that you like, don't seem to be the things that everybody else likes? Growing up as a Russian immigrant in West Texas, Olga Khazan always felt that there was something different about her. This feel...

Welcome to episode #745 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #745 - Host: Mitch Joel. One of the things that I miss most during these Covid times, is my breakfast meetings. Danny Iny is one of the usual suspects that I meet up with. I've said it before, and I will say it again: Danny is a kind-hearted, gentle and generous soul. Many others know Danny as the...

Welcome to episode #744 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #744 - Host: Mitch Joel. When I first read, Keith Ferrazzi 's book, Never Eat Alone , something clicked. In a big way. Since then (putting aside the pandemic, which makes this activity near-impossible), I always book breakfast, lunch (and even coffee) meetings with different kinds of people. It has...

Welcome to episode #743 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #743 - Host: Mitch Joel. It's hard to imagine a more recognized business thinker than Gary Hamel . He is, without question, one of the world's most influential and iconoclastic business thinkers. He has worked with leading companies across the globe, and is a dynamic and sought-after management spe...

Welcome to episode #742 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #742 - Host: Mitch Joel. I've been following the Big Think videos since they first started. Always fascinating perspectives, insights and stories from real leaders in business, life, entertainment and beyond. The truth is, that I knew nothing about the Big Think story. Until now. Victoria Montgomer...

Welcome to episode #741 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #741 - Host: Mitch Joel. Since this pandemic started, I have been grappling with reading books (which, before all of this was never an issue). Alex Kantrowitz 's debut, Always Day One - How The Tech Titans Plan To Stay On Top Forever , was one of the few books that got my reading gears going again....

Welcome to episode #740 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #740 - Host: Mitch Joel. Any day is a happy day when Jonah Berger publishes a new book. And here we are. The bestselling author of Contagious and Invisible Influence is back with The Catalyst - How To Change Anyone's Mind , and I hope you are as happy as I am. Jonah is a marketing professor at the...

Welcome to episode #739 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #738 - Host: Mitch Joel. When asked who my favorite business book authors are, the Heath brothers (Dan and Chip), show up at the top of that list. It's hard to not love brilliant books like, Made To Stick , Switch , Decisive, and The Power of Moments . Combined, they've sold over three million copi...

Welcome to episode #738 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #738 - Host: Mitch Joel. I had hear about Matt Ridley 's work ( The Rational Optimist ), but we had not met until last year. I was invited to speak at a CEO summit for Google and their clients in Amsterdam. We had a short interaction, but after watching him present, I knew he would make a great gue...

Welcome to episode #737 of Six Pixels of Separation . Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #737 - Host: Mitch Joel. One of the world's leading business thinkers (and my friend), David Burkus , is a forward-thinking idea machine focused on helping leaders and teams do their best work ever. He is the best-selling author of five books about business and leadership (including The Myths of Cr...