The Second Act Advantage: Why Your Best Years May Still Be Ahead with Jay Samit

About this episode:

What if everything you have learned, achieved and experienced so far isn't the culmination of your career—but preparation for what could become your most meaningful chapter?

International bestselling author, entrepreneur and renowned disruption expert Jay Samit has spent decades at the forefront of technological and business change, working alongside some of the world's most influential innovators and helping transform major organisations. Yet after reaching the heights of corporate success, Jay found himself asking a different question: what next?

In this episode of The Business Elevation Show, Chris Cooper talks with Jay about his new book, The Second Act Advantage, and why our experience, relationships, knowledge and perspective can become powerful assets for reinvention.

At a time when AI is radically reshaping work and longer lives are giving many of us decades of additional opportunity, how can we make those years truly count?

Drawing on inspiring examples and his own remarkable reinventions—from technology pioneer and corporate leader to author, teacher and artist—Jay shares how we can embrace change, identify new possibilities and turn everything we've learned into greater purpose, fulfilment and impact.

More about Jay Samit:

International bestselling author Jay Samit, is a dynamic entrepreneur and intrapreneur who is widely recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on disruption and innovation. Described by Wired magazine as “having the coolest job in the industry,” he raises hundreds of millions of dollars for startups, transforms Fortune 500 firms, revamps government institutions, and for three decades continues to be at the forefront of global trends. Everyone from the Pope to the President calls on Samit to orchestrate positive change in this era of endless innovation. A former NASDAQ company CEO and Independent Vice Chairman of Deloitte, Samit helped grow pre-IPO companies such as LinkedIn, held senior management roles at EMI, Sony and Universal Studios, pioneered breakthrough advancements in artificial intelligence, robotics, ecommerce, social media, data analytics, mobile, and digital music that are used by billions of consumers every day. Combining innovation with commercial success, Samit is the consummate dealmaker; his list of partners and associates reads like a who’s who list of innovators, including Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg, Steve Jobs, Reid Hoffman, David Geffen, Richard Branson, Paul Allen, and Pierre Omidyar.

A proven trend spotter, Samit accurately predicts the future because he is constantly working with those who create it.

Samit is author of The Second Act Advantage, Future Proofing You, and Disrupt You! (published in twelve languages). His articles on exponential technologies appear in Harvard Business Revenue, Fortune, Wired, The Wall Street Journal and he frequently appears on ABC, Bloomberg, CBS, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and NBC.

Samit is a change agent, who combines his bold vision and humour, to motivate listeners to become innovators within their organisations. Samit gets people passionate about overcoming obstacles, teaching them how to think bigger and embrace change. Samit motivates and delights audiences from Moscow to Mumbai, Lisbon to London, Phoenix to Philadelphia, Berlin to Beverly Hills, Toronto to Tokyo, Seoul to São Paulo, Amsterdam to Adelaide, Dubai to Denver with compelling keynotes that leave the crowd wanting more.

Samit provides disruptive solutions for such corporate clients as Adobe, Amazon, American Express, AT&T, Best Buy, Coca Cola, Disney, Facebook, Ford, GE, Google, IBM, Intel, McDonalds, Microsoft, Proctor & Gamble, Starbucks, Unilever, Visa, and dozens more. His keynotes are a high energy presentation on how to create and embrace change in any field. Designed to be as entertaining and inspiring as it is informative, Samit customises each presentation to highlight the sales, marketing, and leadership goals of the audience before him. Samit delivers a message that stays with the audience long after the conference has ended.