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Jan. 26, 2023

Bo Burlingham: Small Giants & the roots of great businesses

Best known for his books Small Giants and The Great Game of Business, Bo Burlingham is an editor-at-large of Inc. magazine and the author of five books which have profoundly impacted values-led business creation. I don't know of anyone that has explored more deeply, through real-world examples, what it means…

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Jan. 26, 2023

David Kadavy: Creative self-actualization

David Kadavy will help you follow your curiosity, find your way to creative self-actualization, and learn to discern what you really want. He’s an author and thinker who has profoundly shaped my thinking as a creative person since his first book, Design for Hackers, taught me the fundamentals of graphic…

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Jan. 26, 2023

Matt Kressy: Love as creative fuel

Matt Kressy is the founding director of the Integrated Design & Management (IDM) program at MIT. This conversation is a heartfelt exploration about art, design, and the inner drives that fuel our creative work. See all links & shownotes here: https://blog.makethingsthatmatter.com/p/matt-kressy-love-as-creative-fuel

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Jan. 26, 2023

Ash Maurya: The Innovator's Gift

Ash Maurya introduces "The Innovator's Gift" to help you find problems worth solving, and navigate the uncertainty of new product ideas. He’s the bestselling author of Running Lean and Scaling Lean, and the creator of the lean canvas, one of the most widely-used tools to visualize how the pieces of…

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Jan. 26, 2023

#57 Rob Fitzpatrick: Shaping an Entrepreneurial Career

Rob Fitzpatrick is the author of The Mom Test, which is my go-to book on how to see if your idea is actually worth building. He is currently focused on supporting indie non-fiction authors with software and a thriving authors community. In this conversation, we talk about the realities of…

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Jan. 26, 2023

#58 Scott Young: Learning for Real Life

Scott Young is an expert on rapid, effective learning. This ep will help you learn new skills effectively and quickly amidst the chaos of real life. Whether you’re a new parent trying to carve out time for that side project, or you’re a swamped company leader who needs to learn…

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Jan. 26, 2023

#59 Kenny Borg: Identity transformation + embodying fulfillment

Kenny Borg helps us explore the ongoing evolution of our identity, deal with imposter syndrome, and embody fulfillment throughout the journey instead of putting it off to the end. He cofounded Ethr, a coaching collective that exists to help you develop a relationship with your own consciousness and actualize your…

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Jan. 26, 2023

#60 DJ DiDonna: Navigating sabbaticals and career breaks

DJ DiDonna helps us approach taking REAL time off and evolving our identity along with our career. Whether you’re feeling like you need to take time off, or if you’re curious about what sabbaticals are and why they might be good for both you and your organization, have a listen.…

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Jan. 25, 2023

Sahil Lavingia: Independent Thinking + Pricing Changes at Gumroad

Sahil Lavingia has had an epic journey as an entrepreneur: he dropped out of college to become employee #2 at Pinterest and then went on to found Gumroad, one of the largest platforms for creators to sell their work and earn a living online. After the company failed to meet…

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Jan. 18, 2023

#18 Josh Seiden: How to create clarity with outcomes thinking | Make Things That Matter

Follow Andrew Skotzko Twitter (https://twitter.com/askotzko) @askotzko Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/skotzko/) @skotzko Follow Josh Seiden Twitter @jseiden (https://twitter.com/jseiden) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jseiden/) Explore these Resources In this episode, we mentioned the following resources: Josh Seiden - Twitter (https://twitter.com/jseiden) & website (https://www.joshuaseiden.com/) Josh's book: Outcomes Over Outputs (https://amzn.to/3ekWZWv) Sense & Respond Press (https://www.senseandrespondpress.com/) Ryan Jacoby (https://twitter.com/jacobyryan?lang=en)…

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Jan. 18, 2023

#17 Dr Matthew Cook: Identity shifts, beating trauma triggers, and continually recreating who...

Follow Andrew Skotzko Twitter (https://twitter.com/askotzko) @askotzko Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/skotzko/) @skotzko Follow Dr Matt Cook Facebook (http://facebook.com/BioResetMedical/) Instagram (http://instagram.com/bioresetmedical/) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmsycuC7y2PNar5Q1OoQy5g) Twitter (https://twitter.com/BioResetMedical) Explore these Resources In this episode, we mentioned the following resources: Dr Matthew Cook (https://www.bioresetmedical.com/dr-matthew-cook/) ( @BioResetMedical (https://twitter.com/BioResetMedical) ) BioReset Medical website (https://www.bioresetmedical.com/) BioReset podcast website (https://bioresetpodcast.com/) - iTunes…

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Jan. 18, 2023

#17 Dr Matthew Cook: Identity shifts, beating trauma triggers, and continually recreating who...

Follow Andrew Skotzko Twitter (https://twitter.com/askotzko) @askotzko Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/skotzko/) @skotzko Follow Dr Matt Cook Facebook (http://facebook.com/BioResetMedical/) Instagram (http://instagram.com/bioresetmedical/) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmsycuC7y2PNar5Q1OoQy5g) Twitter (https://twitter.com/BioResetMedical) Explore these Resources In this episode, we mentioned the following resources: Dr Matthew Cook (https://www.bioresetmedical.com/dr-matthew-cook/) ( @BioResetMedical (https://twitter.com/BioResetMedical) ) BioReset Medical website (https://www.bioresetmedical.com/) BioReset podcast website (https://bioresetpodcast.com/) - iTunes…

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Jan. 18, 2023

#18 Josh Seiden: How to create clarity with outcomes thinking | Make Things That Matter

Follow Andrew Skotzko Twitter (https://twitter.com/askotzko) @askotzko Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/skotzko/) @skotzko Follow Josh Seiden Twitter @jseiden (https://twitter.com/jseiden) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jseiden/) Explore these Resources In this episode, we mentioned the following resources: Josh Seiden - Twitter (https://twitter.com/jseiden) & website (https://www.joshuaseiden.com/) Josh's book: Outcomes Over Outputs (https://amzn.to/3ekWZWv) Sense & Respond Press (https://www.senseandrespondpress.com/) Ryan Jacoby (https://twitter.com/jacobyryan?lang=en)…

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Jan. 14, 2023

#4 Marshall Mosher: tough product calls, acclimating to fear & what it feels like to be Iron Man

Marshall Mosher is the cofounder and CEO of Vestigo, a company that uses outdoor adventure experiences to help people push outside their comfort zones, get comfortable being uncomfortable, and build deep trust with their teammates. Marshall caught the entrepreneurial bug at the tail end of his masters program, and hasn't…

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Jan. 14, 2023

#1 May Lindstrom: The power of having a North Star

In this episode, we meet May Lindstrom, the founder of May Lindstrom Skin. She shares her incredible story of creating a beloved company that is transforming the skincare industry and creating a thriving life for herself and her employees. And how she's delivered love with unwavering integrity. For more, go…

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Jan. 14, 2023

#3 Christina Wodtke: Unleashing potential with extraordinary teams

Christina Wodtke is an author, Stanford professor and speaker who helps turn groups into high performing teams all around the world. For more content on building products that matter, check out https://blog.makethingsthatmatter.com

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Jan. 14, 2023

#2 Barry O'Reilly: Unlearning and creating culture change

In this episode we meet Barry O'Reilly, a business advisor, entrepreneur, and author who helps people invent their future instead of fearing it. We start by dropping right into a powerful moment in Barry's career as an entrepreneur and go on to cover everything from deliberate practice, to culture change…

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Jan. 14, 2023

#9 Amy Edmondson: Creating environments where people feel safe | ENLIVEN, with Andrew Skotzko

Show notes "You don't belong to you, you belong to the universe.", Buckminster Fuller [0:03:00] "You might not be in the best position to know why you're special. It's not up to you to decide if you're good enough to be here. You are." [0:05:16] Amy's first day working for…

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Jan. 14, 2023

#7 Becky Baybrook: culture, candor, and how Millenials are changing management | ENLIVEN, with...

What Becky's work is about [0:02:40] Becky's background [0:05:06] What does "culture" mean? [0:09:33] The culture health spectrum [0:11:44] One of Becky's favorite books of all time [0:15:52] What are the cultural traps people fall into in difficult situations? [0:21:36] How leaders at the top screw up culture [0:24:27] The…

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Jan. 14, 2023

#8 Paula Daniels: Living on the edge of your own invention | ENLIVEN, with Andrew Skotzko

Show notes Paula's favorite movie that informs her work [0:02:41] Paula's mentor: Dorothy Green [0:05:20] How Paula originally got involved in environmental work [0:06:56] What did Paula learn from Dorothy? [0:10:45] Being against something vs being FOR something [0:13:35] LAFPC's origin story & what was it like for Paula when…

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Jan. 13, 2023

#6 Barry Brown: Shaping the shapers | ENLIVEN, with Andrew Skotzko

Show notes Barry's focus [0:02:50] Putting the body into submission to the mind [0:05:17] A leader's first transformational relationship [0:06:15] "So they're reading all these books on leadership, but they're not gonna miss lunch today.""" [0:07:15] Internal & external measures of leadership [0:07:52] "You just adorn yourself iwth these external…

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Jan. 13, 2023

#5 Rich Mironov: Building a thriving product organization | ENLIVEN, with Andrew Skotzko

My guest in this conversation is Rich Mironov (@RichMironov (http://twitter.com/richmironov)). Rich is known as the "product mensch" in Silicon Valley, and for good reason. Educated at Yale and Stanford, Rich is a 30-year veteran of product management at multiple enterprises and startups that have gone public who now consults as…

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