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Service and Mission Driven - CloserIQ CEO Jordan Wan
bonusCloserIQ 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.

S1 Ep 42EP 42: Customer Service, Culture, Shep Hyken, Jordan Wan CloserIQ
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.

S1 Ep 41EP 41 - Social Media, Startups & Cognitive Kids Clothing
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/

S1 Ep 40EP 40 - Disrupt Yourself, Why you should commit career "S"uicide
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

S1 Ep 39EP 39: BioTech, Grow your own Milk, DNA storage, Cannabis for Health
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
bonusPioneer 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'.

S1 Ep 38EP 38: Artifical Intelligence Bias, Universal Basic Income, Star Trek Medical Devices and the Democratisation of Health Diagnosis.
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.

S1 Ep 37Ai, Agtech, Economic Singularity, Ransonware, Machine Learning
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/.
Platforms, Security, Nanobots, Dark Web, Health Tech, IoT
bonusWe 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.

The Dream and Sleep Pioneer
bonusWe 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

S1 Ep 36EP 36: Dream Deprivation, Creativity, Health Tech and Platform Development
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.

Leadership Lessons from Superheroes
bonusWith 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.

Podcasting in Virtual Reality with MeetingRoom.io
bonusWe 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.

Ai Driven Automated Data Entry with Ocrex and AutoEntry
bonusWe 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.

The definition of creativity and innovation through architecture
bonusArchitect, 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

Ai driven CV recommender engine
bonusWe 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.

VR for Music and Ai for Jobs
bonusOn this week's innovation show we talk to 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'. Check out his project Bjork Digital https://www.thirdspace.co/bjork-digital/ We speak to CEO and founder of www.opening.io Andreea Wade. Like Andrew she 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.

S1 Ep 34EP 34: Virtual Reality in the workplace and automation to empower employees
EP 34: First show done in VR! Virtual Reality in the workplace & automation to empower employees 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 AutocRec 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.

S1 Ep 33EP 33: Leadership Lessons from Superheroes and Dark Social
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. Robert Farrell is Director of the Digital Marketing academy and we talk Dark Social. Robert explains what it is, what the latest trends are and how chatbots and payments are entering the ecosystem at a rapid pace.

ITatCork with Anthony O'Callaghan
bonusWe talk to Anthony O'Callaghan, Director of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence with Johnson Controls. Anthony is vice chair of ITatCork and gives us a quick download of what the nonprofit does and about the upcoming event in Cork.

S1 Ep 32EP 32: Privacy, Tracking, VPNS and IT@Cork
Founder of https://www.freecodecamp.com/ Quincy Larson gives us some low hanging fruit of how to protect our data, including browsing data. He tells us how to set up a VPN and some simple hacks to improve personal security. We talk to Anthony O'Callaghan, Director of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Johnson Controls. Anthony is vice chair of Cork@IT and gives us a quick download of what the non profit does and about the upcoming event in Cork. https://www.itcork.ie/event/tech-summit-2017/ Quincy Larson, freecodecamp, How to set up a VPN, government tracking, data mining, Anthony O'Callaghan, Director of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Johnson Controls. Vice chair of Cork@IT

Man 3D Prints new hydraulic arm for his newborn son.
bonusOvercoming adversity: the story of Ben Ryan and his spider-inspired, 3D-printed hydraulic arm. Ben Ryan had 2 choices when he found out his new born son would lose his hand. He chose the road less travelled and founded ambionics and created a spider-inspired, 3D-printed hydraulic arm. Ben is crowdfunding the company and needs our help. http://www.ambionics.co.uk/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ambionics-the-future-of-infant-prosthetics

S1 Ep 31EP 31: Creativity and Resilience. What is creativity? Spider-inspired, 3D-printed hydraulic arm.
We have a fantastic chat with 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. http://www.pierluigiserraino.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Architect-Inside-Midcentury-Personality/dp/1580934250 Overcoming adversity: the story of Ben Ryan and his spider-inspired, 3D-printed hydraulic arm. Ben Ryan had two choices when he found out his newborn son would lose his hand. He chose the road less travelled and founded ambionics and created a spider-inspired, 3D-printed hydraulic arm. Ben is crowdfunding the company and needs our help. http://www.ambionics.co.uk/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ambionics-the-future-of-infant-prosthetics

The Irish Fairy Door Company Tale
bonusNiamh Sherwin Barry is one of the 4 founders of the Irish Fairy Door company. This is a great tale of adversity, imagination and influence. http://www.theirishfairydoorcompany.com/

S1 Ep 30EP 29: Fairy (Door) Tales Do Come True and Democratised Data
We speak to Velocidi CEO David Dunne and MD Alan McNab. We hear their great back stories and how they met. We hear how and why they formed Velocidi and the ambitions behind the Marketing Automation and Intelligence Platform driven by AI. Niamh Sherwin Barry is one of the 4 founders of the Irish Fairy Door company. This is a tale of adversity, imagination and influence.

Growth Mindset Personified, from Lion to CEO to Leadership Coach
bonusPower achiever Dr. Phillip Matthews is an ex-British and Irish Lion, he captained is country Ireland, holds a PhD, has been a sales leader, MD, CEO and now focuses on executive coaching. Growth Mindset is at the heart of Phillip's work, but also in his heart. It is what drives him to continuous success and now he wants to pass on the framework so that others can succeed.

S1 Ep 29EP 29: What is your AQ? Grit, Resilence and Growth Mindset, A Leadership Special
On this week's show we talk Grit and Growth Mindset with two leaders in their respective fields. Dr. Paul G. Stoltz is 38 years researching what makes the successful soar. He is founder and CEO of peaklearning.com and author of 5 books on GRIT and AQ, Adversity Quotient. Paul is considered the world's leading authority on the integration and application of grit, AQ and resilience. His newest book, GRIT — The New Science of What it Takes to Persevere, Flourish, Succeed is available now, in which he pioneers the first construct for growing both the quantity and quality of one's GRIT. We also speak to power achiever Dr. Phillip Matthews. Phillip is ex-British and Irish Lions captain, holds a PhD, has been a sales leader, MD, CEO and now focuses on executive coaching. Growth Mindset is at the heart of Phillip's work, but also in his heart. It is what drives him to continuous success and now he wants to pass on the framework so that others can succeed.

Our brains on technology
bonusBaroness Professor Susan Greenfield is a leader in brain science, multi-decorated and multiple time author, but also on the negative effects to over exposure of technology and screens to the brain. We discuss this from the perspective of children. We also discuss Susan's childhood and how her varied background leads to the magic or diverse thinking.

S1 Ep 28Ep 28: The Future of Radio? Melosity and Fred Jacobs
Fred Jacobs is President and Founder of Jacobs Media. We have an honest no holding back chat about radio, the blockers to its future and indeed some ways it can survive in the future. Fred has emerged over the past two decades as one of radio's leading visionaries. He founded Jacobs Media in 1983, when he had the notion that Album Rock could be fragmented by the creation of the Classic Rock format. Prior to launching the company, Fred spent the majority of his time designing and managing research projects as the Director of Research for the Radio and Publishing divisions for Frank N. Magid Associates, a leading research and consulting firm. Later, Fred became Director of Radio Research for the ABC-FM Owned and Operated Radio Stations. From there, Fred gravitated to the station side, becoming program director for legendary WRIF-FM in Detroit, before forming Jacobs Media. You can find Fred and his blog on http://jacobsmedia.com/ We also talk to Rory O'Farrell about his startup www.melosity.com. Melosity.com us the easiest way for musicians to collaborate online. Rory is ably support and mentored by Fred Karlsson, founder of Donedeal.ie. We get an insight into the product and Fred's mentorship.

Scott Galloway on the 4 horsemen, Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon
bonusScott Galloway talks about the 4 horsemen, Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon. We talk about a future for traditional media, we talk retail and we talk voice. Scott is a Clinical Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business where he teaches brand strategy and digital marketing. In 2012, Professor Galloway was named "One of the World's 50 Best Business School Professors" by Poets & Quants. He is also the founder of Red Envelope and Prophet Brand Strategy. Scott was elected to the World Economic Forum's Global Leaders of Tomorrow and has served on the boards of directors of Urban Outfitters (Nasdaq: URBN), Eddie Bauer (Nasdaq: EBHI), The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), Gateway Computer, and UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. He received a B.A. from UCLA and an M.B.A. from UC Berkeley.

Calum Chace - Expert of Artificial Intelligence, Economic Singularity
bonusWe talk to Calum Chace. Calum is an author and speaker about artificial intelligence, and its likely future impact on society. His work is informed by the experience of a 30-year career in business. You can see some of his talks here. If you are new to the idea that machine consciousness and superintelligence may be with us soon (in decades rather than centuries), his novel Pandora's Brain and his non-fiction books Surviving AI and The Economic Singularity are great places to start. http://www.pandoras-brain.com/

Robert "The Scobleizer" Scoble explains the potential of MR AR VR
bonusWe have a very special guest with Robert Scoble, co-author of "The Age of Context" and "The Fourth Transformation" with Shel Israel. The Scobleizer tells us about what is coming down the track in the MR space. He tells us about Apple's game changing moves, acquisitions. The Futurist with Upload VR also tells us about the great uses he has seen for AR, VR and MR. He talks Magic Leap, Hololens, HTC and much much more, worth a listen. Please forgive the crappy sound as we did this at a conference. https://uploadvr.com/0F

Niklas Jansen Co-Founder Blinkist
bonusWe also talk to Niklas Jansen, co-founder of the awesome app Blinkist. Blinkist summarises top books in audio and text format so you can try before you buy. It is a must have app at a very affordable price. www.blinkist.com

S1 Ep 27Ep 27: MR, the Scobleizer, AR, VR and Blinkist
We have a very special guest with Robert Scoble, co-author of "The Age of Context" and "The Fourth Transformation" with Shel Israel. The Scobleizer tells us about what is coming down the track in the MR space. He tells us about Apple's game changing moves, acquisitions. The Futurist with Upload VR also tells us about the great uses he has seen for AR, VR and MR. He talks Magic Leap, Hololens, HTC and much much more, worth a listen. Please forgive the crappy sound as we did this at a conference. https://uploadvr.com/ We also talk to Niklas Jansen, co-founder of the awesome app Blinkist. Blinkist summarises top books in audio and text format so you can try before you buy. It is a must have app at a very affordable price. www.blinkist.com

S1 Ep 26Brains and Drones
Brains and Drones, Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield is a leader in brain science, but also on the negative effects to over exposure of technology and screens to the brain. We discuss this from the perspective of children. We also discuss Susan's childhood and how her varied background leads to the magic or diverse thinking. http://www.susangreenfield.com/ We speak to Ian Kiely, COO of drones consulting Ireland and is running the drone event in Dublin on Friday 10th until Sunday 12th March. Ian tells us about some of the many reasons drones are used. http://droneconsultantsireland.ie/ .

Smartphones to open doors using encrypted sound
bonusDamien Browne, Founder, CEO of Standard access tells us about his Startup. Standard access does what it says on the tin, a keyless entry management system, where the key is the smartphone. Highly focussed on security with encrypted sound opening locks. http://web.standardaccess.co/

LeanStack founder Ash Maurya a must for anyone in product development
bonusWe are joined by Ash Maurya, CEO of LeanStack, creator of #LeanCanvas and author of Running Lean and Scaling Lean. https://app.leanstack.com/

S1 Ep 25Ep 25 - Lean Canvas, Experimentation, Constant Testing
We are joined by Ash Maurya, CEO of LeanStack and author of Running and Scaling Lean. Damien Browne, Founder, CEO of Standard access tells us about his Startup.

Habits are a Game Changer
bonusWe talk to the author of 'The Habit Factor' (and 'Pressure Paradox') Martin Grunburg. Martin is also founder of the top productivity (iOS and Android) app sharing the very same name The Habit Factor'. The book laid the important foundation; the ideas about habit development and habit alignment for more efficient goal achievement, and the app supplied the readers a real-life tool that enabled them to apply those ideas. http://www.thehabitfactor.com/

The Ethics of Habit Forming Products
bonusWe are rejoined by the Prophet of Habit forming products Nir Eyal. Nir discusses the ethics around habit forming products, gives us a recap of his Hook model and tells us about his great upcoming summit, the Habit Summit in San Fran on April 4th and 5th 2017 http://habitsummit.com/. Also find Nir on www.NirandFar.com.

S1 Ep 24Ep 24 - All about Habits : products, personal, cultural.
This week we talk habits, from habit-forming products to positive habits to corporate habits, even down to your gym routine we have it on the show. We talk to author of 'Habit Factor' (and 'Pressure Paradox') Martin Grunberg. Martin is also founder of the top productivity (iOS and Android) app sharing the very same name The Habit Factor'. The book laid the important foundation; the ideas about habit development and habit alignment for more efficient goal achievement, and the app supplied the readers a real-life tool that enabled them to apply those ideas. http://www.thehabitfactor.com/ We are also rejoined by the Prophet of Habit forming products Nir Eyal. Nir discusses the ethics around habit forming products, gives us a recap of his Hook model and tells us about his great upcoming summit, the Habit Summit in San Fran on April 4th and 5th 2017 http://habitsummit.com/.

Amazon Reviews and the art of the Email
bonusWe talk to Gisela Hausmann, author of nine books, including award-winning "Naked Determination" Gisela is an email evangelist, and an expert Amazon reviewer and review coach.

S1 Ep 23Influencer Marketing, Amazon Reviews, Virtual Assistant for learning difficulties
We talk to No.1 Global "Digital Marketing Influencer", 2016 and Forbes "Top 20 Influencers of CMO's" in 2017, Jeff Bullas. As an influencer Jeff tells us how to engage an influencer to excel at influence marketing. He also lets us know a bit about his mindset and what drives him. We talk to Gisela Hausmann, author of nine books, including award-winning "Naked Determination" Gisela is an email evangelist, and an expert Amazon reviewer and review coach. Finally, we talk to Lisa Marie Clinton, founder and CEO of Avail (Assisted Visuals Achieving Independent Living). Avail is a portable, discreet virtual assistant. It works as an e-learning app and web portal for children and adults with intellectual or development disabilities. The app and site deliver smart prompts based on the person's ability, so it is personalised to the user.

Inventor, Visionary, CEO, Grammy Voting Member
bonusGene Fein is a serial entrepreneur, inventor and innovator. He tells us about his illustrious career from organizing gigs with Bob Dylan to developing a miracle product with CBD called Therajoy. We also talk about the pitfalls of innovation and change.

S1 Ep 22Ep 22 - The 4 Horsemen, Media, Retail, Invention and Innovation
We talk to 2 wonderful guests. Scott Galloway talks about the 4 horsemen, Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon. We talk about a future for traditional media, we talk retail and we talk voice. Gene Fein is a serial entrepreneur, inventor and innovator. He tells us about his illustrious career from organizing gigs with Bob Dylan to developing a miracle product with CBD called Therajoy. We also talk about the pitfalls of innovation and change.

Cluster Funk - What is a data cluster?
bonusWe speak to Buddy Rizer of Loudoun County Data Centre during his tour of Europe. We talk data clusters and the opportunities they can bring. Finally, we speak to Wikimedia Foundation Director Juliet Barbara. We get an insight into how Wikipedia was founded, how it operates and how it is funded.

Luxury Selling with Style, NLP in Selling
bonusBest-selling author of 'Sell with Style' Carlo Pignataro. Carlo works with the most prestigious luxury brands all over the World. Carlo tells us about the psychology of luxury sales from active listening to CRM to NLP.

S1 Ep 21EP 21 - Luxury Selling, Wikimedia, Data Clusters.mp3
On this week's Innovation Show, we talk to best-selling author of 'Sell with Style' Carlo Pignataro. Carlo works with the most prestigious luxury brands all over the World. Carlo tells us about the psychology of luxury sales from active listening to CRM to NLP. We speak to Buddy Rizer of Loudoun County Data Centre during his tour of Europe. We talk data clusters and the opportunities they can bring. Finally, we speak to Wikimedia Foundation Director Juliet Barbara. We get an insight into how Wikipedia was founded, how it operates and how it is funded.

S1 Ep 20AI Special, Utopia? Dystopia? Singularity, Social Impact, Will we have jobs?
AI Special, Utopia? Dystopia? Singularity, Social Impact, Will we have jobs? We talk to Calum Chace. Calum is an author and speaker about artificial intelligence, and its likely future impact on society. His work is informed by the experience of a 30-year career in business. You can see some of his talks here. If you are new to the idea that machine consciousness and superintelligence may be with us soon (in decades rather than centuries), his novel Pandora's Brain and his non-fiction books Surviving AI and The Economic Singularity are great places to start. We tal to John Hubbs, CEO and Founder of Greymatter Alliance. ohn is a social entrepreneur. His job is empowering your world. John's Integrated Mission is to solve social, economic and environmental challenges through his portfolio of technical and social initiatives. His background as a highly focused and accomplished executive offers national and global B2B and B2C strategy and implementation expertise.

The Prophet of Telecoms, Communications and Voice - Martin Geddes
bonusWe talk to the recognised authority on future telecoms business models and technologies. Martin Geddes is formerly Strategy Director at BT's network division and Chief Analyst and co-founder at Telco 2.0. He previously worked on a pioneering mobile web project at Sprint, where he was a named inventor on 9 patents, and at Oracle as a specialist in high-scalability database systems. He co-runs public workshops on the Future of Voice and Telco-OTT Services, as well as provide speaking, consulting, training and innovation services to telcos, equipment vendors, cloud service providers and industry bodies. He is currently writing a book on the future of distributed computing, called The Internet is Just a Prototype. http://www.hypervoice.org/ https://vimeo.com/user15279745 http://www.slideshare.net/mgeddes/the-guardian-avatar