This week’s Learning Nugget comes from a special two-guest episode.Paul Millerd is a former consultant at McKinsey and BCG turned author, writer of a weekly newsletter, and committed solopreneur. He teaches consulting secrets at StrategyU and i

#60 - Nicolas Cole on Category Design

Jan 6th, 2022 1h 22m

Joining me this week is Nicolas Cole.Nicolas Cole is 1/3 of Category Pirates - together with Eddie Yoon and Christopher Lochhead. This trio is pioneering the work around the concept of Category Design. The part that really intrigued me about Ca

#59 - Jack Murray on Storytelling for Business

Dec 23rd, 2021 58m 3s

Joining me this week is Jack Murray.Jack is the CEO of MediaHQ, a media contacts and press release distribution platform. Jack started his career as a political and media adviser to a political party in Ireland. He released an incredible book c

#58 - Harpreet Sahota on the Art and Science of Data

Dec 16th, 2021 57m 3s

Joining me this week is Harpreet Sahota.Harpreet is a data scientist at the Machine Learning company, Comet. He's also the host of a podcast called The Artists of Data Science, which has an extraordinary guest list. He's also a data science men

#57 - Nadine Kelly on Health Integration

Dec 9th, 2021 53m 29s

Joining me this week is Nadine Kelly.Nadine is the founder of NPK Health Integration. She graduated from the University of Chicago and studied Medicine, became a Pathologist, and she worked in the study of disease for many years. Until a quite

#56 - Steve Schlafman & Paul Millerd on The Space to Experiment With Living

Dec 2nd, 2021 1h 1m

The first guest joining me for this conversation is Paul Millerd. Paul is a former consultant at both McKinsey and BCG. He is now a committed solopreneur having left the traditional path. He teaches people about strategy and consultation at Str

#55 - Guest Medley: Mentorship

Nov 25th, 2021 1h 5m

Joining me this week are the guests from the podcast's past.I am very excited to present a mash-up episode as a way to give thanks to the masterminds who’ve been on the show and offer something special back to the community.This one is themed a

#54 - Scott Jeffrey Miller on Learning From Mentors

Nov 18th, 2021 1h 6m

Joining me this week is Scott Jeffrey Miller.Scott is an entrepreneur and also a Senior Advisor in Thought Leadership for Franklin Covey, a world leader in consulting and training, enabling individuals and organizations to achieve results that

#53 - Nicole Wilson on Tea: The More You Know The Better It Gets

Nov 11th, 2021 48m 26s

Joining me this week is the tea expert, Nicole Wilson.She has been exploring the world of tea and writing about what she learned on her blog Tea for Me Please since 2008. For the last 13 years she’s been following a passion, following her curio

#52 - Akira the Don on Spreading Ancient Meaning Through New Music

Nov 4th, 2021 1h 25m

My conversation today is with Akira the Don.He is a musician, artist, creator, and one-man record label, who has created a style of music that he calls Meaningwave.He takes meaningful lyrics from people like Jocko Willink, Jordan Peterson, Alan

#51 - Andrea Wojnicki on How To Control Your Own Narrative When You’re Not In The Room

Oct 28th, 2021 51m 32s

Andrea is a communication coach. She's an expert in Consumer Psychology, and word of mouth. She has an insatiable obsession with understanding - “Why you said whatever you just said.” Andrea created Talk about Talk, which is a learning platform

#50 - Sharon Salzberg on The Art of Mindful Connection and Real Happiness

Oct 21st, 2021 1h 9m

Joining me for our 50th episode is Sharon Salzberg!Sharon is among the most prominent teachers of meditation in the world. She’s the author of 11 books, including the New York Times bestseller, Real Happiness. Her writing has been featured on M

#49 - Gwyn Wansbrough on How to Create Breakthroughs in the Virtual Groups You Lead

Oct 14th, 2021 1h 6m

My guest this week is Gwyn Wansbrough.Gwyn is an independent facilitator, learning experience designer, and course creator. She focuses on empowering educators and team leaders with the skills to make learning more creative. Her focus is human-

#48 - Gilbert Eijkelenboom on Persuasive Communication for Analytical Thinkers

Oct 7th, 2021 50m 24s

Joining me this week from Amsterdam is Gilbert Eijkelenboom.Gilbert helps turn analytical thinkers into compelling communicators. He focuses mainly on data professionals, data scientists, data analysts, and works with many of them through train

#47 - Nathan Barry on How To Build An Audience Without Being An Expert

Sep 30th, 2021 1h 11m

Joining me this week is Nathan Barry.Nathan is a creator, author, speaker, designer, and founder of ConvertKit, an email marketing platform. Nathan has been cutting his teeth since 2010 by blogging online and selling various digital products to

#46 - KP on How To Play The Infinite Game... In Public

Sep 23rd, 2021 53m 58s

Joining me today is Karthik Puvvada, better known as KP.KP is a no-code builder, community leader, writer, podcast host, angel investor, and growth advisor for startups. In the last five years, he's built an audience of 20,000 people on the int

#45 - Caroline Goyder on The Surprising Secret to Speaking Confidently

Sep 16th, 2021 50m 10s

Joining me this week is Caroline Goyder. Caroline has an international reputation for her work as an expert speaker and voice coach. She's worked with many prestigious clients; including news anchors, reporters, actors, CEOs of FTSE 100 compani

#44 - Jeff Gothelf on How to be Forever Employable

Sep 9th, 2021 1h 1m

My guest this week was Jeff Gothelf. Jeff helps organizations build better products. He's the co-author of the award-winning book, Lean UX, and the creator of the methodology that goes into Lean UX, which has gone on to inform the way hundreds

#43 - Justin Mikolay on How To Go From Consumption To Creation

Sep 2nd, 2021 1h 7m

My guest this week is Justin Mikolay. Justin is a senior writer and the host of a podcast for Gumroad, an online platform that facilitates the sale of products by creators directly to consumers. He's also the creator and instructor of the onlin

#42 - Kaya Yurieff on the Creator Economy

Aug 26th, 2021 1h 4m

Joining me this week is Kaya Yurieff. Kaya is a reporter for The Information, a subscription-based technology publication. She writes a daily newsletter speaking on the “Creator Economy”, breaking ground on new developments and insights within

#41 - Luba Yudasina on the Creator Journey, from Just Start to Finding Joy in the Process

Aug 19th, 2021 1h 6m

Joining me this week is Luba Yudasina. Luba is a content creator with over 100,000 subscribers on YouTube. She's an entrepreneur, an opera singer, and a serial learner. Having started a business that connects US-based companies with Eastern Eur

#40 - Azhelle Wade on the Toy Economy

Aug 12th, 2021 1h 16m

Joining me this week is Azhelle Wade. Azhelle has had a career that spans across the toy industry, working as a toy entrepreneur and a toy inventor. Today, she helps the toy curious and toy experts turn their ideas into profitable products.Her

#39 - Tim Stoddart on Addiction, Recovery, and Building a Business Around Your Authentic Self

Aug 5th, 2021 1h 11m

Joining me this week is Tim Stoddart. Tim is the CEO of an internet marketing agency called Stodzy. He is also the owner of a blog, Sober Nation, and a partner in the website, Copyblogger. In addition to being a successful entrepreneur, Tim is

#38 - Marina Mogilko on How to Be Yourself and Thrive in the Creator Economy

Jul 29th, 2021 1h

Joining me this week is Marina Mogilko. She is an extremely successful entrepreneur, YouTuber, Tik Tok star, investor, and mother. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, she grew up with parents who always encouraged the importance of learning another

#37 - Jarrod Kimber on Sports Writing and the Art of Narrative

Jul 22nd, 2021 1h 23m

Joining me this week is Jarrod Kimber. Jarrod is first and foremost a cricket writer but has become somewhat of a polymath of Sports Media. He is a fantastic writer of features on a broad range of topics, as well as a talented novelist. In addi