With a specialisation in leadership we talk to Dr. David Kahn. David found that most leadership content is great, but the delivery is geared towards academics, not frontline leaders. True to his growth mindset nature he decided to do something about it and wrote ‘Cape, Spandex, Briefcase: Leadership Lessons from Superheroes” David is also Editor of the great blog Leadersayswhat. On this week’s show we talk to David about the traits of true leaders which can be drawn from superheroes. We also focus on how these skills can be applied to true innovation. Robert Farrell is Director of the Digital Marketing academy and we talk Dark Social. Robert explains what it is, what the latest trends are and how chatbots and payments are entering the ecosystem at a rapid pace.
We talk to Anthony O’Callaghan, Director of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence with Johnson Controls.
Anthony is vice chair of ITatCork and gives us a quick download of what the nonprofit does and about the upcoming event in Cork.
Founder of https://www.freecodecamp.com/ Quincy Larson gives us some low hanging fruit of how to protect our data, including browsing data. He tells us how to set up a VPN and some simple hacks to improve personal security. We talk to Anthony O’Callaghan, Director of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Johnson Controls. Anthony is vice chair of Cork@IT and gives us a quick download of what the non profit does and about the upcoming event in Cork. https://www.itcork.ie/event/tech-summit-2017/ Quincy Larson, freecodecamp, How to set up a VPN, government tracking, data mining, Anthony O’Callaghan, Director of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Johnson Controls. Vice chair of Cork@IT
Overcoming adversity: the story of Ben Ryan and his spider-inspired, 3D-printed hydraulic arm. Ben Ryan had 2 choices when he found out his new born son would lose his hand. He chose the road less travelled and founded ambionics and created a spider-inspired, 3D-printed hydraulic arm. Ben is crowdfunding the company and needs our help. http://www.ambionics.co.uk/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ambionics-the-future-of-infant-prosthetics
We have a fantastic chat with architect, maverick and author Pierluigi Serraino on the definition of creativity and innovation through architecture. We talk about how the creative and the architect are truly innovators, often misunderstood and often suppressed, but hugely resilient. In 1950 an amazing creativity study of the top architects, including Eero Saarinen, I.M. Pei, Philip Johnson, Louis Kahn, Richard Neutra, George Nelson took place. Architect, maverick and author Pierluigi Serraino uncovered this study and tells us the story on this week’s innovation show. http://www.pierluigiserraino.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Architect-Inside-Midcentury-Personality/dp/1580934250
Overcoming adversity: the story of Ben Ryan and his spider-inspired, 3D-printed hydraulic arm. Ben Ryan had two choices when he found out his newborn son would lose his hand. He chose the road less travelled and founded ambionics and created a spider-inspired, 3D-printed hydraulic arm. Ben is crowdfunding the company and needs our help. http://www.ambionics.co.uk/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ambionics-the-future-of-infant-prosthetics
Niamh Sherwin Barry is one of the 4 founders of the Irish Fairy Door company. This is a great tale of adversity, imagination and influence. http://www.theirishfairydoorcompany.com/
We speak to Velocidi CEO David Dunne and MD Alan McNab. We hear their great back stories and how they met. We hear how and why they formed Velocidi and the ambitions behind the Marketing Automation and Intelligence Platform driven by AI. Niamh Sherwin Barry is one of the 4 founders of the Irish Fairy Door company. This is a tale of adversity, imagination and influence.
Power achiever Dr. Phillip Matthews is an ex-British and Irish Lion, he captained is country Ireland, holds a PhD, has been a sales leader, MD, CEO and now focuses on executive coaching.
Growth Mindset is at the heart of Phillip’s work, but also in his heart. It is what drives him to continuous success and now he wants to pass on the framework so that others can succeed.
On this week’s show we talk Grit and Growth Mindset with two leaders in their respective fields. Dr. Paul G. Stoltz is 38 years researching what makes the successful soar. He is founder and CEO of peaklearning.com and author of 5 books on GRIT and AQ, Adversity Quotient. Paul is considered the world’s leading authority on the integration and application of grit, AQ and resilience. His newest book, GRIT — The New Science of What it Takes to Persevere, Flourish, Succeed is available now, in which he pioneers the first construct for growing both the quantity and quality of one’s GRIT. We also speak to power achiever Dr. Phillip Matthews. Phillip is ex-British and Irish Lions captain, holds a PhD, has been a sales leader, MD, CEO and now focuses on executive coaching. Growth Mindset is at the heart of Phillip’s work, but also in his heart. It is what drives him to continuous success and now he wants to pass on the framework so that others can succeed.
Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield is a leader in brain science, multi-decorated and multiple time author, but also on the negative effects to over exposure of technology and screens to the brain. We discuss this from the perspective of children. We also discuss Susan’s childhood and how her varied background leads to the magic or diverse thinking.