The Innovation Show

We talk everything from creativity, the law of attraction, setting goals, living life to the fullest and how we can unlock our inner innovation. Links to Pam: www.pamgrout.com Ted Talk https://youtu.be/1VCrPvvohGk Books: https://www.amazon.com/Pam-Grout/e/B001HCWQX4/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1514653824&sr=8-1

Dr Srini Pillay. Srini is CEO of Neurobusiness group and part-time assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard. He is Author of 'Think Less, Learn More' In this fantastic chat, we discuss how individuals can harness their inner creativity through a series of easy to do daily rituals. Dr Srini Pillay shares some of the tools he had developed to unleash our innovation. We discuss how and why individuals can become more innovative, more creative, happier and less stressed. We discuss how corporations can embrace the true diversity of thought. We discuss how leaders can harness vision to create better organisations. We discuss the mindset behind the law of attraction and why it works when done properly.

GDPR is a Tidal wave headed for the digital media ecosystem. All data brokers and publishers who make margins based on personal data will be affected. This includes Global giants such as Facebook and Google. Websites are leaking personal data to unwarranted parties. Consenting audiences will be tiny compared to what we have today. The transition to non-personal data is the answer. This week's guest is Dr Johnny Ryan, Head of Ecosystem for PageFair. Johnny is currently focussing on GDPR, the ePrivacy Regulation, and media sustainability. Johnny is also the author of "A History of the Internet and the Digital Future". Johnny breaks down what GDPR means in general and more specifically for digital publishers of all types. He discusses the pitfalls and the solutions.

Shane Reilly is co-founder of Moyee Coffee in Ireland with Killian Stokes. Moyee Coffee is a social business supplying Ethiopian speciality coffee to offices, independent retailers and online subscribers since September 2016. Their approach to changing the coffee industry is called FairChain, which is about leaving more value, profit and jobs in coffee-producing countries like Ethiopia. Since the early November, Moyee has been running a pilot project in Ethiopia with blockchain pioneers bext360 to prove more than ever that coffee is capable of leading the way to a more honest, fairer society. The first 'block' in the chain has already begun and you can follow real-time payments to Ethiopian farmers for their coffee cherries. This is nothing less than a revolution and the start of a project that will bring an unprecedented level of transparency in a profoundly unfair industry. The bext360 blockchain project will mean by next year all Moyee's coffee will be fully blockchain-traceable from the washing station in Ethiopia to our retail and office customers in Europe.

Vince tells us how Blockchain will act like a canvas to connect the World, like a giant brain. We discuss the many benefits of a connected World built on this new technology. Vince gives us a plethora of fantastic examples where we will see Blockchain realise its potential. We discuss the blockers to adoption, some possible routes of how to begin. We discuss accountability, transparency and trust and how the World of business will dramatically change. Fascinating listen, worth the time investment. http://www.brightlands.com http://techruption.org/ www.LockChain.co

Nathan Waters is the founder of Peerism, a blockchain-based economic protocol which aims to solve job automation and wealth inequality via skill tokens, proof-of-skill and matching paid work to tokenized skill levels. He is a futurist, entrepreneur and social decentralist. He also founded and organises one of the largest Ethereum meetups in the world SydEthereum and the largest independent hackathon in Australia Hackagong. http://peerism.org https://medium.com/peerism/blockchain-commons-the-end-of-all-corporate-business-models-3178998148ba http://sydethereum.com

Don is a leading Global authority on the impact of technology on business and society. He has authored over 15 books, including Wikinomics, The Digital Economy, Digital Capital, Growing up Digital, the Naked Corporation, Radical Openness and Blockchain Revolution We talk a little about Don and his ethos and how he has overcome adversity to change over the years. We talk about his phenomenal 2008 "Wikinomics - Mass Collaboration" Don tells us how technology changes the way society functions and how collaboration is an engine of the new economy. We talk Decentralisation, Blockchain v middlemen, banks, governments, smart contract, establishing trust, Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. We talk how bank systems exclude poorer nations, prohibitive costs and complex systems and how Blockchain can reduce corruption and improve contracts. 70% of the world has no enforceable claim to the land they own and this can be fixed. We talk Imogen Heap and music payments and copyright. We talk about data issues and how you own your own identity, you could rent data to an advertiser for example. Blockchain and smart contracts can enable many smaller players to play just like the internet liberated people from the printing press. For more on Don's latest work see: http://dontapscott.com/ For more on his Blockchain Research instate, see https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/ For Don's books see: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Don-Tapscott/e/B0045AJUQ6/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1512690802&sr=8-1 For Don's Ted talks see: https://www.ted.com/speakers/don_tapscott Twitter: @dtapscott

Should we fire top talent if they are killing our workplace? What will it do to the rest of the team? Will it kill your business? Will it kill morale? Or will it be the best decision you ever made? We talk to software architect and technical collaboration leader at UCLA, Jonathan Solórzano-Hamilton. Jonathan wrote a blog post that took the world by storm where he told us of his experience in letting go the top talent and with that the toxic attitude that talent brought to the workplace. Links: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/we-fired-our-top-talent-best-decision-we-ever-made-4c0a99728fde https://medium.freecodecamp.org/@peachpie

EP 66: Rising above a Toxic Workplace - Brutal Bosses. Poisonous People. Soul-Crushing Cultures. Are you operating in a toxic workplace? Is your boss a narcissist? Do you have a black walnut tree in your midst? Is it worth risking your health for financial gain? Do you know what to do? We are joined by Dr. Paul White, psychologist, speaker, consultant and author whose passion is "making work relationships work." For over 20 years, he has assisted businesses, government agencies, schools and non-profit agencies. Paul talks to us about the challenges of a toxic workplace and how we can deal with it.

On this episode, we talk about how to get the boss to buy into new ideas. Jim Detert is a Global expert in this field. Organizations do not prosper unless middle managers have the confidence to identify and champion change. Getting buy-in is key. Jim identifies the problems faced by so many corporate innovators, intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs in residence. He then discusses his frameworks on how to circumnavigate so many blockers to enable much-needed change and innovation. We also discuss how leaders can create the conditions for such recommendations to be made from simple changes in where ideation happens to how they mingle with their teams.

What ways could people have escaped from the Titanic? How can we unlock talent in gifted people who are framed as less? We explore how we can be fixed in our mindsets and how there are techniques to unlock their thinking. We discuss a new kind of school and approach with Eagle Hill School. We discuss how AI and humanity can co-operate for even better results than working separately. We talk to "Captain Sideways" a.k.a. Dr. Tony McCaffrey, CTO, Innovation Accelerator, Inc. and Director of Entrepreneurial Studies at Eagle Hill School

We talk to two founders. CEO of Coindrum Lukas Decker tells us of Coindrum, which provides airport self-service units that turn leftover coins into duty-free vouchers worth 110% of deposits. Lukas tells us of his journey and how he had the radar on for an innovation. He discusses his mindset and how he made it all happen. http://www.coindrum.com/ Founder of Cubii Shivani Jain joins us to tell us how Cubii can help us. She tells us how ignorance can be an advantage when starting out and how her co-founders and her benefitted from the maker community and the help of others to forge Cubii. For years, we've been told how 'sitting is the new smoking' and that prolonged sitting can increase your risk for cardiovascular disease, varicose veins and high blood pressure and cholesterol. Recent studies suggest active sitting could be the solution. Active sitting has numerous health benefits including better circulation, core engagement, higher energy and productivity levels and improved posture. https://mycubii.com

Corporate structures are broken and rely on managerial hierarchies and organizational structures developed for the 19th and 20th century. Holacracy is a revolutionary self-management practice used by companies, like Zappos, Blinkist and the David Allen Company and developed for the way business is done today. Brian is an experienced entrepreneur, organizational pioneer, and author of the book Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World. He is most well-known for his work developing Holacracy, a self-management practice for running purpose-driven, responsive companies. Brian currently works as a business partner at HolacracyOne, the organization he launched to steward the Holacracy practice and assist other organizations seeking to adopt it. Holacracy has been adopted by over 1,000 companies around the world to date. We talk about his background, why he pioneered Holacracy, who thrives in this system and how you can get started. Links: https://www.holacracy.org/ Talks, Blogs, Events: https://www.holacracy.org/resources/#top Book: http://a.co/8YusiTc

On this week's innovation show we shine a light on the lack of gender balance in the workplace. Bringing balanced thinking into the workplace means different thinking, in a world craving different thinking. Representing 100% of your customers inevitably leads to innovation and breakthroughs, yet half the population is often underserved or misunderstood. In parallel, 60% of today's global graduating classes female, yet they are entering workplaces designed for their fathers. This is not a case of fairness, when 60% of the talent and 80% of the market is female, this is no longer a diversity dimension, it's the future! Avivah Wittenberg-Cox is CEO of the leading gender consultancy, 20-first, and a world authority on leadership, gender and business. Avivah suggests we stop Fixing the Women, and start adapting the workplace to 21st-century talent and markets. That's where innovation lies. Right here, right now. Not on the other side of the world, or in Silicon Valley's latest app. But sitting right there, on the other side of the kitchen table. You can find out more about Avivah, her consulting, books and keynotes here: http://20-first.com/

Dominic Frisby is a true polymath, actor, writer for MoneyWeek, presenter and author of the excellent "Life after the State", "Let's Talk about Tax" and "Bitcoin". While Bitcoin is around since the financial crisis, it is misunderstood. Dominic gives us a jargon-free history of the origins of Bitcoin. He also tells us where it is headed and how so many industries will be disrupted. As always, these industries are late to react, while Dominic tells us "The horse has bolted". If you want to understand Bitcoin and Blockchain this is well worth a listen.

Peter Himmelman is an American singer-songwriter and film and television composer from Minnesota, who formerly played in the Minneapolis indie rock band Sussman Lawrence before pursuing an extensive solo career. Peter is also the founder of Big Muse, a company which helps individuals and organizations unlock their creative potential. Peter is also the author of the best-selling "Let Me Out", a book which aims to liberate creativity and potential in individuals and organisations. On this week's show, we talk about the tools that can unleash potential, about the way corporations shackle their talent and how we as individuals can take control of their lives to release their potential. You can find out more about Peter here: http://www.peterhimmelman.com/home.php and here: http://www.bigmuse.com/ You can find his book here: http://a.co/akxm8VO You can find his albums here: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/artist/peter-himmelman/id910855

Jerry Kennelly is one of Ireland's original tech success stories. Jerry tells us how his childhood was key to his successful mindset. We talk about his parents' business run from the home in Kerry and how their focus on craft, quality and customers informed his own working practices. He tells us of how his family built one of Ireland's most successful regional papers "Kerry's Eye" www.kerryseye.com, still in the family today. He tells us of how his family built one of Ireland's most successful regional papers "Kerry's Eye" www.kerryseye.com, still in the family today. Jerry tells us how to overcome the dark days of entrepreneurship and how focus and commitment led him to build Stockbyte, one of the world's first royalty-free stock imagery websites. After the acquisition of Stockbyte Jerry tells us how he focused on not-for-profit ventures in entrepreneurship. While he still continues to mentor and supports the entrepreneur community Jerry co-founder Junior Entrepreneur http://www.juniorentrepreneur.ie/,a phenomenal movement to instil the mindset and practices of entrepreneurship in children at a young age. Finally, Jerry tells us of his current venture www.tweak.com, which democratizes design offering a similar model to that he built with Stockbyte and offering organizations an easy way to control and save costs on their design and creative process.

Bill tells us of a gaping void we have in our midst. Children are being raised to do what they think their parents want more than what they want themselves. A huge number of third level students are afraid to study what they want and instead chose subjects that are "accepted" and "expected". We talk how this originates in the home with "Tiger Parents", we discuss the problems of pressure and aimlessness on the campuses and the so-called "Stanford Duck Syndrome". We discuss the true meaning of diversity and how corporations can harness it for the future. We discuss the inequality of the education system and how it is no wonder that GroupThink is alive and well. Bill also informs us of how presidential candidates all follow the same path of education. Finally, Bill offers some sound advice to break the cycle so we stop producing 'Excellent Sheep' You can find out more about William, including how to book him for Keynote talks here. http://www.billderesiewicz.com/ You can find Bill on twitter here : https://twitter.com/WDeresiewicz

Professor Naftali Tishby is a professor of Computer Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a Global leader in machine learning research and computational neuroscience and his numerous ex-students serve at key academic and industrial research positions all over the world. In this week's show, Naftali discusses his breakthrough in understanding how machines learn. He calls this the "bottleneck technique". During our chat, we draw parallels in how we humans learn and the lessons we can draw from his findings in how education might work in the future. We go off on a tangent after we discuss how part of learning is forgetting. We explore the gifts of ADD and ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and how if understood early people can harness the gifts and thrive. We discuss the future of humanity, the history of machine learning and the present of education. It is a truly fascinating listen. Professor Naftali Tishby, Computer Science, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, machine learning, computational neuroscience, bottleneck technique, innovation, artificial intelligence, Ai, AGI, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, ADD, ADHD

Imagine the possibilities, maybe we would be in a job we actually like, maybe we would have written a best-selling novel, maybe we would have written Harry Potter. What is worse, our education and often our parenting teaches kids to fear failure and to fear exploration. As we discuss on the show some kids are fearful of "going outside the lines" and this continues in life. We learn how comedian Chris Rock uses a fail fast method to win over his audiences. We learn how to use a "happiness map" and we learn lessons from pottery class. Ryan Babineaux is the author of 'Fail Fast, Fail often'. He is CEO and founder of Happenstance Counseling http://www.happenstancecounseling.com/ Ryan is leading a Stanford research project that examines the work practices of masters in diverse fields—beer making, journalism, social entrepreneurship, engineering, long-distance running, mathematics, etc.He earned his M.Ed. in psychology and human development from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in educational psychology from Stanford University.

On this week's innovation show we talk to Hamilton Perkins the founder and CEO of HPC, the Hamilton Perkins collection. Hamilton tells us how his passion to find the perfect bag led him to create it. Not only that, this former financial consultant ensured this bag was made from recycled materials and made HPC into a B corporation, which gives back as it earns. As an extra bonus use the coupon code InnovationShow and save 10% on your first order.

This episode is for those who are selling anything, whether it is an idea to their boss, product to their client or the idea of a new car to their partner. For over 25 years, Jeffrey Fox has been helping clients grow revenues and increase gross margins. Jeffrey is founder of Fox & Company, a management consulting firm that shows clients how to dollarize their value proposition to overcome the price objection and to shorten the sales cycle. Fox has written eleven best-selling business books that have been translated into over thirty languages Fox is the author of How to Become CEO which was on the NY Times, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Knight-Ridder, and Amazon.com best seller lists. His books have been best sellers in France, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Russia. His book How to Become a Rainmaker was selected as one of the 100 best business books ever written. His Dollarization Discipline was selected as one of the top thirty business books of 2005. He is a popular speaker, appearing regularly before senior management groups and sales forces. Jeff is a graduate of Harvard Business School. Fox & Company is located in Chester, CT

Aaron Price is CEO and Founder of Propelify, which is an event, but more than that, it is a community. Aaron tells us how the authentic approach to events is a huge advantage. He tells us how starting events with Minimal Viable Products (Meetups) is a smart move. He tells us how involving the community from day 1 is the best way forward. Great chat with Aaron, you can sign up for Propelify Beta Community now here: https://www.propelify.com/ Ben Raffi is CEO and Founder of Growlabs, a sales force automation tool with a difference. Growlabs uses both AI and natural language processing to save the sales team time mining emails and deleting polite "go away" (P.F.O) emails by analysing sentiment. Growlabs also has an ultra clean database of emails and positions by geography, company and responsive rate. You can find out more here: www.growlabs.com

Maura Nevel Thomas is an expert on the topics of productivity, attention management, and work-life balance. She is a speaker, trainer, and author of Work Without Walls and Personal Productivity Secrets. You can find out more about Maura here maurathomas.com. We talk about our waning attention spans, how we are training ourselves to have less focus. In the current shift to a knowledge worker economy, where we do most of the work with our brains, we must protect those brains. Deep work is essential and so is the ability and environment to perform it. We talk about the workplace, open space working, email culture and personal hacks to overcome email fatigue, which accounts for half of our workdays every day. We talk about leadership understanding the outputs of knowledge work and telecommuting and what it means to the workplace and leadership.

On this week's innovation show we talk to Dr. Wendy Suzuki, PhD, author of "Happy Brain, Healthy Life", Wendy is Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in the Centre for Neural Science at New York University. We talk about how exercise changed the course of Wendy's life, her career and her brain. We talk about Brain Hacks and how we can all benefit from small changes for big effects. We talk about how new experiences create new synapses and brain connections and how children can get an advantage in a distraction and tech obsessed society. http://www.wendysuzuki.com/the-book/

On this week's Innovation show, we talk to Author, lecturer and Futurist in Residence at the Tech Foresight Practice at Imperial College, Richard Watson. We talk about the threat to deep thinking in this digital age, even though that's the last bastion for human jobs. We talk about the sex life of ideas and how ideas are formed. The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled - Plutarch 46-120AD. We talk about the benefits of free play and how children can escape flippant thinking and a reliance on screens. We talk about screenagers as multi-taskers and how that means less "deep" in their work and how they are constantly connected causing unnecessary mental stress. Despite an increase in IQ, basic reading and writing skills have deteriorated hugely. How they are mentally agile but culturally ignorant. In the workplace we talk about "Busyness" and indeed the lack of "tune-out" and sleep due to distractions and overwork. We also touch on corporate resistance to change and how it may be possible to plant new ideas in old companies and how corporations can attract new thinkers. Finally, we look at solutions for the future. You can find out more about Richard and his work here: https://nowandnext.com/who-is/ and the book is here: https://www.amazon.com/Future-Minds-Digital-Changing-Matters/dp/185788549X

On this week's innovation show we talk to Mark Emalfarb the founder and CEO of Dyadic International, Inc. a public company that trades on the OTCQX Markets under the stock symbol "DYAI". This is a phenomenal story and a truly remarkable 4 decade entrepreneurial journey. Mark was told he had rocks in his head when he helped pioneer the concept of using rocks (pumice stones) in a washing machine, the process of stonewashed jeans. When Mark looked to innovate and move to enzyme-based stonewashing, he hired a team of Russian bioengineers and biotechnology experts to develop an enzyme that could soften and fade denim using a biotechnology process that was more environmentally friendly, thus making denim more comfortable and fashionable. Through this work he discovered a Russian fungus that he nicknamed C1 which Dyadic scientists hyper accelerated C1's ability to make large amounts of low cost enzymes Dyadic sold to the blue jeans manufactures like Levi, Guess, Wrangler and others for use in the stonewash process. In December of 2015 Dyadic's industrial biotech company was acquired by DuPont for $75 million and this has allowed Dyadic to focus on what Mark describes in his interview as the final frontier. Ever the pioneer, Mark and Dyadic are now focussed on pursuing research and development collaborations, licensing arrangements and other commercial opportunities with its partners and collaborators to leverage the value and benefits of the C1 technology to help in developing and manufacturing biopharmaceuticals. In particular, as the ageing population grows in developed and undeveloped countries, Dyadic believes the C1 technology may help bring biologic drugs to market faster, in greater volumes, at lower cost, and with new properties to drug developers and manufacturers and, hopefully, improve access and cost to patients and the healthcare system, but most importantly save lives.

We talk to change maker Bibop Gresta, co-founder and chairman of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. Bibop tells us about his past as a teen tech whizz, managing a department of developers while a teenager in school. His subsequent stint at being a popstar and then an MTV presenter. After selling his company he moved to California in search of a mission with meaning. This meaning in fact found him, when he met his co-founder of Hyperloop Dirk Ahlborn. He is now chairman of what is dubbed the biggest startup in the world. Hyperloop was made popular after an Elon Musk white paper outlining the possibility. That vision is now being realised by Bibop and a team of visionaries, scientists and contributors from all over the world. Hyperloop is always looking for collaborators and more can be found on this movement on www.hyperloop.global.

Barney Loehnis has a diverse rich background as a Chief Digital Officer, in digital transformation, customer experience, digital product management & integrated marketing. He gives us insight into the future of work and how data can help us make better choices in our lives.

Brian Merchant is a journalist and producer based in Los Angeles. He is editor of Motherboard, VICE's science and technology department. Brian is also founder of Terraform, the VICE online fiction outlet, and his work has appeared in the Guardian, Slate, VICE Magazine, Salon, Fast Company, Discovery, GOOD, Paste, Grist, and beyond. Brian is author of the great book 'The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone.' Brian has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, BBC World News, NPR, and a host of other TV, radio, and livestream shows; he's spoken at SXSW Eco, NYC's Green Room, and the Social Change Institute, and was an author of Occupying Wall Street: The Inside Story of an Action that Changed America, published by OR Books.

Kim Parnell is the co-founder and Chief Evangelist of Blank - a ground-breaking technology that builds apps automatically without code, thus making app development available to everyone. She's a social media influencer, a professional speaker, a fitness enthusiast and a startup veteran with a successful exit under her belt. Her passion for Blank comes from her frustration in finding a technical partner during the early phases of her first software startup. Alongside the team at Blank, she's working to level the playing field so that anyone with an idea and the ambition to make it happen has the tools they need to do so. We chat with Nico Bouchard, CEO and Founder of Sex Positive Diagnostics of Sex Positive Diagnostics of Macrofluidics Ltd. His biotech product is an at-home self diagnosis kit for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Nico tells us about his experience in becoming a biotech founder from his previous profession as a teacher. He also shares with us the benefits of being part of the Rebel Bio accelerator in Cork, Ireland.

Joel is founder and leader of MMM, Man Made Music is a strategic music and sound studio. MMM score entertainment and brand experiences by creating and curating soundtracks and sonic ids. Joel Beckerman is an award-winning composer and author and had the vision to set up MMM, when very few saw the value in sound. Fast forward to today and Joel is a leader in his field and his services employed by Global, forward-thinking brands. Joel is author of the great book 'The Sonic Boom: How Sound Transforms the Way We Think, Feel, and Buy'. We discuss the book, the main insights and how you can use sound to transform your brand and yourself.

We talk to Professor Barry O'Sullivan, Director of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics in UCC. He is also deputy president of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI) and current SFI researcher of the year. Barry discusses the impact of Ai, we talk about the inevitable bias in data based Ai and how it is extremely important to "teach" Ai responsibly. We discuss UBI, Universal Basic Income, job automation and the societal challenge ahead.

Shep Hyken is an author, amazer and consultant on customer service. Shep began his customer amazement at the ripe age of 12 with his magic shows and tells us how some early lessons from his parents shaped his career. We talk Amazon, Netflix, Nordstrom. Shep tells us how customer amazement is a philosophy and not a thing you just do. Packed with some great anecdotes, this is a great conversation. For more on Shep and customer amazement be sure to visit www.Hyken.com and check out Shep Hyken titles such as 'Amaze Every Customer Every Time' The Amazement Revolution and The Cult of the Customer, all available here and listed here. Also check out Hyken.com, Shep TV and the online courses available here.

CloserIQ CEO and Founder Jordan Wan joins us to discuss how an overarching company philosophy of customer care and a service mindset drives his company to success. CloserIQ is a modern recruitment company, which matches ideal sales candidates with the right companies. CloserIQ is the career platform for technology sales professionals. As a CloserIQ user, you record an audio intro which allows you to apply for any jobs on the platform. Startup hiring managers listen to your intros and your application skips the resume pile. Jordan focusses heavily on his own company values to drive the company to success. In this great chat Jordan tells us about how he formed the company, how he instills values and how he sees the future of sales.

Shep Hyken is an author, amazer and consultant on customer service. Shep began his customer amazement at the ripe age of 12 with his magic shows and tells us how some early lessons from his parents shaped his career. We talk Amazon, Netflix, Nordstrom. Shep tells us how customer amazement is a philosophy and not a thing you just do. Packed with some great anecdotes, this is a great conversation. For more on Shep and customer amazement be sure to visit www.Hyken.com and check out Shep Hyken titles such as 'Amaze Every Customer Every Time' The Amazement Revolution and The Cult of the Customer, all available here and listed here. Also check out Hyken.com, Shep TV and the online courses available here. Closer IQ CEO and Founder Jordan Wan joins us to discuss how an overarching company philosophy of customer care and a service mindset drives his company to success. Closer IQ is a modern recruitment company, which matches ideal sales candidates with the right companies. Jordan focusses heavily on his own company values to drive the company to success. In this great chat Jordan tells us about how he formed the company, how he instills values and how he sees the future of sales. s.

We talk about his entrepreneurial drive. His trials and tribulations with College Times and his unwavering resilience and ultimately his decision to sell College Times and move on. In this warts and all chat we also discuss the broken model and methodologies in digital marketing. You can more about Jamie and Leading social on http://www.leadingsocial.com/ and http://jamiewhite.com/ We also talk to CEO and founder of Cognikids Ollwyn Moran. Olwynn and her team develop a series of cognitive development products for children. The range includes crawl suits,which helps children develop crawling, which in turn has repercussions on mental development. Ollwyn tells us about her story and gives us a sneak peek at some future products. You can find out more about Ollwyn and Cognikids at https://cognikids.com/

On this week's innovation show we talk to Whitney Johnson, author of the critically acclaimed book 'Disrupt Yourself (TM): Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work' (2015) and 'Dare, Dream Do' (2012). Whitney also hosts the 'Disrupt Yourself' podcast. We talk about why everyone should consider disrupting their career, what the benefits are, how companies can assist and nurture disruption and much more. You can find out more about Whitney at http://whitneyjohnson.com/meet-whitney/ You can find a link that Whitney mentions on the show here: http://whitneyjohnson.com/innovationshow and http://whitneyjohnson.com/innovationsystem

We speak to Bill Liao, Co-Founder of CoderDojo and General Partner of SOS Ventures. He tells us of his journey in entrpreneurship and his latest focus on the RebelBio Biotech lab in Cork. We talk CoderDojo, Leadership, Education, BioTech, Ai, Singularity and much more. Nils Rehmann is CEO and Founder of Canuevo, a Cannabinoid Pharma approach to healthcare. Nils team has a unique approach to accessing Cannabis for health for Epilepsy, Insomnia and Pain relief.

Pioneer of new forms of media, CEO and founder of the Third Space Agency Andrew Melchior. After a childhood filled with the wonders of building televisions, radios and (primitive) synthesisers with his time served electronics engineer grandfather (ex Royal Corps of Signals), Andrew embarked on a journey to use his passion for electronics, music and art to visualise and create new forms of media. After a passage as Digital Tribal Chief with Magic Leap and a long standing career in music with EMI, he now works across multimedia, connecting researchers, inventors, engineers, performers and dynamic digital companies to bring about the 'adjacent possible'.

We talk to Professor Barry O'Sullivan, Director of the Insight Centre for Data Analytics in UCC. He is also deputy president of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI) and current SFI researcher of the year. Barry discusses the impact of Ai, we talk about the inevitable bias in data based Ai and how it is extremely important to "teach" Ai responsibly. We discuss UBI, Universal Basic Income, job automation and the societal challenges ahead. "An inevitable revolution in healthcare is coming. In this revolution, the consumers are the drivers and technology is the equalizer." - Dr. Basil Harris Dr. Basil Harris is CEO and founder of Basil Leaf Technologies www.basilleaftech.com Basil and his team were inspired by Star Trek to create a tricorder, a portable Ai device that could tell whether you had pneumonia or diabetes or a dozen other conditions all by yourself. This is like the one waved around by Dr. McCoy on the Star Ship Enterprise. With it, people can monitor their own blood pressure, heart rate and other health vitals. Basil emphasizes how this device is to free up doctors and health practitioners, not to replace them.

Alternative Investment Explorer, AI and Agtech futurist Brian D Colwell joins us for a chat about the future of work, AI, economic singularity, his investment trend suggestions and much more. For more on Brian, visit https://briandcolwell.com Ronan Murphy, CEO of Smarttech 247 joins us to let us know about his latest global partnership with IBM Watson and how AI has led to more jobs in his firm. He also tells us about the global ransomware attacks and that there are much more where that came from. You can find out more about cybersecurity and threats from https://www.smarttech.ie/.

We talk to John Murphy, Co-CEO of 8 West Consulting, an award-winning, full service, an enterprise software development company with a 20 year history of innovation and on-time delivery. We talk platforms, security, nano robotics, the dark web and the "Irish" no. We talk about the team's side project in Health Tech, IoT and a platform for AR with a CPR app, which triggers drones when needed.

We talk to the pioneer in the development of integrative medicine approaches to sleep and dreams Dr. Rubin Naiman PhD. Dr. Naiman works with everybody from Fortune 500 CEOs to world-class athletes. He is author of the fantastic book Hush: A Book of Bedtime Contemplations and runs sleep and yoga retreats all over the globe. Find out more on www.drnaiman.com On the show we talk about the perils of not only sleep deprivation, but dream deprivation. We talk creativity, sleep aids, REM, dreams, dream eyes and much more. https://www.amazon.com/Hush-Contemplations-Rubin-Naiman-PhD/dp/0615979424

We talk to the pioneer in the development of integrative medicine approaches to sleep and dreams Dr. Rubin Naiman PhD. Dr. Naiman works with everybody from Fortune 500 CEOs to world-class athletes. He is author of the fantastic book Hush: A Book of Bedtime Contemplations and runs sleep and yoga retreats all over the globe. Find out more on www.drnaiman.com On the show we talk about the perils of not only sleep deprivation, but dream deprivation. We talk creativity, sleep aids, REM, dreams, dream eyes and much more. https://www.amazon.com/Hush-Contemplations-Rubin-Naiman-PhD/dp/0615979424 We talk to John Murphy, Co-CEO of 8 West Consulting, an award-winning, full service, an enterprise software development company with a 20 year history of innovation and on-time delivery. We talk platforms, security, nano robotics, the dark web and the "Irish" no. We talk about the team's side project in Health Tech, IoT and a platform for AR with a CPR app, which triggers drones when needed.

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.

We talk to co-founders of meetingroom.io Jonny Cosgrove and Dr. Abraham Campbell. We do the show in a VR meeting room and discuss the advantages and advancement of VR.

We talk to CEO and Founder of OCREX and AutoEntry about his journey from recession to the brink of abundance. Brendan Woods is CEO and founder and is currently seeking funding to grow the business in Canada and the USA.

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. www.pierluigiserraino.com/ www.amazon.com/Creative-Architec…ity/dp/1580934250

We speak to CEO and founder of www.opening.io Andreea Wade. Andreea has a diverse background steeped in coding, design, journalism, event organizing, advertising, marketing and product management. Andreea and opening.io are in the space of Recruitment intelligence, automatically matching talent with job openings. Opening.io uses linguistics algorithms to identify patterns within the structure and phrasing of job posts and CVs, converting them into data points to match candidates to suitable jobs. In short, they built a CV recommender engine.