Today’s guest has sparked an international debate by revealing the “mind hacks” Facebook, Apple, Google, and Instagram use to get you and your children hooked on their products. 

In Offline, he delivers an eye-opening research-based journey into the world of tech giants, smartphones, social engineering, and subconscious manipulation. This provocative work shows you how digital devices change individuals and communities for better and worse.

A must-read if you or your kids use smartphones or tablets and spend time browsing social networks, playing online games or even just browsing sites with news and entertainment.  

Learn how to recognise ‘mind hacks’ and avoid the potentially disastrous side-effects of digital pollution. Unplug from the matrix. Learn digital habits that work for you.

We talk:

• The Impact of Technology on the Brain
• Digital Fragmentation Syndrome
• The Tsunami of Technology Transformation
• Human Cognition
• Neural Pruning
• Hormonal Triggers
• Social Comparison
• Addictive Design
• BJ Fogg and Captology
• Online Selling
• Cambridge Analytica
• Data
• Online Marketing
• Insidious Plays
• Confirmation Bias
• FLOW and Life Stories

More about Søren here:

http://humansbeforetech.com/

Do you have an idea for a business but don’t know where to start? Thanks to high-speed Do you have an idea for a business but don’t know where to start? Thanks to high-speed Internet, game-changing technology, and innovative new platforms, you can go from idea to marketplace on a shoestring budget―and join the growing movement of successful Makers who’ve built their businesses from the ground up. 

Whether you’re a self-starting newcomer to the world of e-commerce, a member of the Maker Movement, or an experienced entrepreneur, the first crucial step in your journey to turning little ideas into big businesses is learning How We Make Stuff Now.

We welcome Jules Pieri, author of “How We Make Stuff Now: Turn Ideas into Products That Build Successful Businesses”

• Deciding if you want to be an Entrepreneur
• Maker Movement
• Empowering Innovation
• The Maker Challenge
• The Amazon Challenge
• Testing the Market
• Fraud Products
• Funding
• Data
• Fear and Failure

More about Jules: https://jules.thegrommet.com

https://twitter.com/julespieri

In Rebel Talent,  today’s guest shows us why the happiest and most successful among us are those who break the rules and how we can all do it more.

The world’s best chef.
The pilot who landed his plane on a river.
The magician who made history.
The computer scientist who changed animated films forever.
What do they all have in common?

They are all rebels.

Our guest has been studying rebellion and conformity for more than fifteen years. She has discovered that when we mindlessly follow rules and norms rather than constructively rebelling against them, we become less happy and less successful in every area of our lives. While rebels may seem disruptive, they are ultimately good for business: their passion, drive, curiosity and creativity can raise organisations to a new level.

When we break the rules, we fix our lives.

We welcome award-winning Harvard Business School professor, behavioural scientist and author of Rebel Talent: Why it Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life, Francesca Gino

We talk:

• Italian master chef and Rebel Massimo Bottura
• Rebellion reframed as a constructive force
• 5 core elements of Rebel Talent
• Napoleon, the rebel
• Hidden biases towards Rebellion
• Morningstar Case Study
• Breaking conformity
• Diversity
• Stereotyping
• GroupThink 
• The need for Novelty
• Following Rituals
• Novelty in Business
• Inviting Curiosity
• Adriano Olivetti and Exploration
• Counterfactual Thinking
• Authenticity

More about Francesca here:

https://www.rebeltalents.org/the-rebel-test

https://francescagino.com

“Every single child has an inner spark–a combination of a unique temperament and various experiences–and we want to fan that flame to help kids become happy, healthy, and internally driven to be the ‘best them’ they can become.” – Dr Tina Payne Bryson and Dr Daniel Siegel

The Yes Brain Child

Children can often act out or shut down when faced with a setback or a tricky issue like homework, food or screen time. Our guest calls the ‘No Brain’ response. But you can help develop the ability to cope, solve their own problems and thrive by nurturing the ‘Yes Brain’.

Drawing on her successful work with thousands of parents and children from all backgrounds, our guest provides the advice, tools and activities to help parents and children of all ages.

This is what the ‘Yes Brain’ approach looks like in action:

*A 5-year-old boy thinks about his first day at school and says, ‘I’m nervous but I’ll give it a try.’

*An 8-year-old girl says, ‘I’d like to join the football team, even though none of my friends like football.’

*A 14-year-old boy looks at a test he’s earned a D- for and says, ‘That’s not the mark I wanted but it’s not the end of the world. I’ll ask the teacher how I can improve.’

I would like to add to all that a Yes Brain is what we need in business environments today. A mind open to possibility and with the ability to control emotion and recognise when fear is a blocker. So please do listen to this show as a parent, a corporate innovator, change-maker or out of pure curiosity.

We welcome the author of “The Yes Brain Child: Help Your Child be More Resilient, Independent and Creative”, Dr Tina Payne Bryson

We discuss: 

• Yes and No brains 
• The Prefrontal Cortex
• Neuroplasticity
• Social and Emotional Intelligence
• Response Techniques
• Empathy
• Attuned Communication
• Self Regulation
• Overcoming Fear
• Building Resilience 
• Intuition and Morality
• Integration
• Tolerating Discomfort
• Perspective
• Discipline as Education

More about Tina here:

https://www.tinabryson.com

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Today’s guest is previously best known for his position as the head coach of the English national rugby union team from 2011 until 2015, In 2016, he joined the backroom team of the Ireland provincial side, Leinster Rugby and has been instrumental in their success.

I have asked our guest on to the show to discuss leadership lessons from sport, focus on a business context. In this episode we will talk about: creating a purpose, a why, a vision, values and behaviours and people-led leadership to achieve success.

We discuss:

• The benefits of failure and the necessity of resilience.
• The desired characteristics of organisational achievement.
• The individual characteristics needed to achieve in any field.
• The elements of mind, body and soul.
• How to build a high-performing culture.