Episodes
Jan. 30, 2024
Transforming Strategy Development in Today's Dynamic World
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, we must rethink strategy development. Traditional methods no longer suffice in a dynamic world fueled by technological advancements and shifting consumer demands. We unlock inno...
Jan. 23, 2024
Unveiling new ways to address Unconscious Bias
In this episode, we explore the fascinating world of unconscious bias. We dive deep into the unconscious biases that affect our thoughts, decisions, and actions without realizing it. We shed light on this often-overlooked phe...
Dec. 19, 2023
"AI's Rapid Revolution: Transforming the customer conversation
AI is advancing at an astonishing speed! The rate of development is truly remarkable, with breakthroughs and innovations happening every day. From machine learning to natural language processing, AI technologies rapidly evolv...
Nov. 28, 2023
Unleashing Unicorn Potential: Strategies for Success
Becoming a startup Unicorn is the dream for many ambitious entrepreneurs. In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving business landscape, a Unicorn refers to a start-up company valued at over $1 billion. The path to achieving thi...
Nov. 21, 2023
The Role of the Personal Touch in Sales Success
Imagine a world where every sales interaction begins with a genuine understanding of our customers. Placing the customer at the heart of the sales process is a philosophy that resonates deeply across industries. It empowers u...
Nov. 7, 2023
The impact digitalisation has had on the Media Landscape
The decline of newspaper and print media over the last 20 years has been dramatic. In 2000, the print revenue of newspapers worldwide peaked and has declined ever since. The rise of the internet has changed how news is produc...
Oct. 31, 2023
Igniting Transformation with the Power of Trust by Zain Raj
We often miss vital signals that can help us better prepare for life's surprises. We very often focus on the wrong things and do not see the things we should. But there is one thing that can help us see better, and that is tr...
Oct. 24, 2023
The digital presence of business in a competitive online space
In today’s digital age, having a strong and effective online presence is crucial for small and medium-sized businesses. In this episode, we will explore how these businesses enhance their digital presence to reach their targe...
Oct. 3, 2023
How AI is changing the digital media landscape
Microsoft launches a new AI tool, and Google strikes back. AI bots on social media compete with each other, fighting for prevalent places in our lives. AI touches almost every aspect of our lives, but it is most prevalent in ...
Sept. 26, 2023
The connection between positive influence and great leadership
Many people influence us, and we influence many people, but what is influence, and how does it differ from power? Power is more your ability to impose your will or thoughts on others, while influence is the ability to affect ...
Sept. 12, 2023
The Art of Feminine Negotiation with author Cindy Watson
In 2018, an experiment was conducted by four female educators and psychologists that tested a group of adolescent girls in Zambia on their ability to negotiate. After the initial test, the educators put the girls through six ...
Sept. 5, 2023
Stop Monologuing: Enable Trust-Centric Customer Dialogues with AI
The Monologue and Dialogue are two literary devices that involve speech. Monologue refers to a speech delivered by one person to express thoughts. In contrast, the Dialogue refers to a conversation between two or more persons...
Aug. 29, 2023
Leading in the Age of Deep Expertise with Dr. Wanda T. Wallace
Have you ever thought about why companies have difficulty promoting the right people? Is it that they do not know how to recognize talent and potential? Or are we looking for the wrong things? Our expectations are too high. D...
Aug. 22, 2023
“Sizzlin' Social: Heat Up Your SMB's Success with Local Social"
Thirty years ago, advertising was in newspapers, billboards, and telephone directories, and there was always effective word of mouth. Today we still have word of mouth but in a completely different form, social media. It is h...
Aug. 15, 2023
Moving Beyond Performance When Determining Leadership Potential
When we talk about leadership, most of the time, the focus is on the results, like share prices and profit, rather than on the elements that create them, and this distracts us from the aspects of good leadership. Today's chal...
Aug. 8, 2023
How reading fiction can make you a better leader!
A Forbes Leadership article encourages leaders to pick up a novel that will engage and stretch the right side of their brain—the creative, reflective, empathetic side—because the left side of your brain is busy so many hours ...
Aug. 1, 2023
Broadening digital solutions to support SMBs
In the face of changing customer demands and hybrid buying behaviors, the SMBs that are pivoting quickly and welcoming new technology are demonstrating higher adaptability and resilience than those SMBs who are slow to embrac...
July 25, 2023
Staying competitive with a solid digital strategy
When it comes to technology, the key for any organization is uptime. Every company has employees, whether a small business with one or two employees or a large enterprise with thousands. However, they all use technology, so i...
July 18, 2023
Helping women become strong negotiators
Negotiating is critical for women, and we know it leads to better outcomes: for example, when it comes to wages, women who ask for a raise are more than twice as likely to get one as women who don’t. But the truth is that wom...
July 11, 2023
How to take an Idea and make it into a profitable business
Many people have ideas and want to start their own businesses, but how many of these ideas become successful businesses? Pursuing an idea and trying to start and run a business can be scary because you must give up a lot. You...
June 27, 2023
How acquisitions provide an opportunity for growth for all sides
Mergers and acquisitions happen constantly, but being acquired can sometimes be tough for many companies because it comes with many challenges. Still, it can also be an excellent opportunity for many companies. It can be an o...
June 20, 2023
Office Shock- Creating Better Futures for Working and Living
When you google or ask an individual what the future office will look like, you usually get an answer like “hybrid, greener, home office, open spaces, modern, but these are things already happening today. They are also very “...
June 13, 2023
Understanding Organizations- unraveling their complexity
Why do most businesses make their organizations so complex? According to a new study by The Economist Intelligence Unit, 55 percent of all surveyed organizations would call their operational structure very or extremely compli...
June 6, 2023
Finding Your Way in a Data Driven World
We, as leaders, are always starved for data. We want facts, analysis, and research and are given it, but even when surrounded by data, we often still need a clue. Why is that? Because even if we are starved for data, we drown...