Customer Experience: how to do it, how to make it real and how to make it matter. Geoff DeVito of Explora Journeys shares his background, TED talk content and the basics of creating REAL/high value customer experiences. His employer Explora is

The Marketing Detective and the Mystery of Positioning

Oct 19th, 2023 45m 3s

Author and professor Scott Habegger shares stories about positioning and how companies can do it better. Scott talks about the need for a shift in focus to what he calls "small data". We all know "big data" but it's the small data that colors w

A.I. Made Me Do It, or..."Dammit Lekan!"

Jun 7th, 2023 47m 2s

We throw out a run of show in favor of a discussion about a practical and unexpected application of A.I. that Lekan demonstrated. We discuss what happened and welcome the remarkable Amanda Schneider, President and Founder of ThinkLab. With Aman

Gin, Storytelling, Brands and Wieners!

May 22nd, 2023 42m 7s

We welcome Portuguese entrepreneur and founder Antonio Cuco of Sharish gin to the show this week. A literal start from nothing 10 years ago, to becoming the #1 gin maker in Portugal, Antonio tells a story everyone needs to hear. Tolerable Host

Gin, Story Telling, Brands and Wieners!

May 22nd, 2023 42m 7s

Season 2: We're Back! (Teaser Episode)

May 2nd, 2023 16m 27s

After 14 months, we're back with Season 2! Rumors of Ken starting a perineum sunning center were proven to be false. Lekan's move from the northwest to the southeast proved to be true. And Martin's perpetual reading of arduous and mostly boring

"Get Your Groove On" - The Psychology of Movement with Dr. Peter Lovatt

Feb 14th, 2022 56m 20s

Get your groove on, Tailgaters! We’re betting you’ve never wondered how adding a “boogie room” to your workplace can make you and your team mates more productive. Or how the timing of a woman’s fertility cycle, combined with dancing, increases

2022: Prognostications, Prophesies, Predictions and Pile-Ups

Jan 25th, 2022 1h 3m

After Episode 19’s postmortem of a particularly painful 2021, your Tolerable Hosts to kick off a new season by copping to the many imprecise projections we posited in the past year’s shows and making pragmatic predictions for 2022. Meaning: We’

Episode 19: Tolerable Hosts: The Year That Was

Dec 28th, 2021 42m 46s

Ooof...what a year! Our Brilliant Guests get a break and we wrap up 2020 with a show about the biggest event each host felt defined the year that was and what it means going forward. Lekan talks January 6th that includes part of his life story

"Made You Look!" From Forrest Gump to Motley Crüe: How Key Art (movie posters) Get Made

Dec 22nd, 2021 59m 43s

You've been moved by Robert Tepper. His work creating the artwork we all see for the entertainment we love is burned in your consciousness. As a Creative Director working on the art for movies featuring Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump), Marlon Brando (

Episode 17 Leadership Lessons from Everest and Beyond

Dec 2nd, 2021 1h 12m

Alison Levine is an author, explorer, mountain climber and a kick ass person. Accomplishing unbelievable feats in the elements and in business is even more bonkers given the fact she has had three heart surgeries and suffers from Raynaud’s dis

Episode 16 - Nowhere to HELLRAISER. Life Directing Horror Films (Passion, Hard Work and Luck)

Oct 28th, 2021 55m 34s

Dave Bruckner knows what terrifies us. And he knows the grittiness and struggle of believing in what you want to do and doing it. Starting as a kid in a backyard with a DV camera to rebooting horror icon Pinhead in Clive Barker's story and cla

Episode 14 - Business Funny

Oct 21st, 2021 46m 15s

Greg Schwem is an author, nationally syndicated humor columnist, TV travel host, as built a career doing so along with developing a unique perspective on the changing state business. His views on corporate communications, marketing and the nee

Episode 14 - Money, Players and the Future of Football

Oct 11th, 2021 1h 14m

With an 11-year playing career in the NFL and two Super Bowl rings with the New England Patriots, Don Davis knows the game. At the NFL Players Association he knows the business of the game having just lead the negotiations for the CBA (Collecti

Episode 13 - Follow The Money: A Finance Master Makes It Easy to Understand

Oct 4th, 2021 59m 33s

Helping firms like Coca-Cola, Nestle and 50 other firms set up their venture funds, Mark Kaiser is the go to guy in the corporate world for getting it right from the get go. Mark has been a CEO at a publicly traded firm where he bought over 30

Episode 12 - THE HITS! Volume 1. Failing, Scaling and Demi-Gods

Sep 29th, 2021 44m 42s

Listener mail, phone calls and reviews drove us to showcase elements of our first three shows with Mitch Lowe (founding exec) of Netflix and COO at Redbox, CEO Sarah Robb O'Hagan of EXOS and former President at Gatorade, and Dana Arnett, found

Episode 11 - USS Cole Commander Kirk Lippold, (Ret.) - Leadership Lessons Through the Lens of Al Qaeda Terrorist Attack

Sep 13th, 2021 1h 4m

This week we discuss Leadership with Commander Kirk Lippold, USN (Ret.).We discuss what good leadership is, why it's imperative, the consequences of not having it and why he believes leaders must do better to uphold this critical skill.Commande

Episode 10 - Are you (Customer) Experienced?

Sep 7th, 2021 53m

Tiffani Bova, Salesforce Growth and Transformation Advisor joins us to talk about the staggering gaps between what companies are doing and what needs to be done to get ahead. It is all about the customer, and companies still keep getting it wro

Episode 9 - A Better Place: Work, Society and the World Right Now

Aug 23rd, 2021 1h 7m

Cheryl Durst is a treasure trove of perspectives on work, place, design and how we navigate our surroundings. As CEO of the largest commercial design association with over 13,000 members in over 60 countries, Cheryl brings perspective to a prac

Episode 8 - There Be Monsters! Storytelling and Changing Media Landscape

Aug 11th, 2021 45m 18s

Dan Bush is a film maker, director, writer, producer and now podcast creator who has taken his ideas from independent movies to international renowned. Most recently his 13 episode immersive sci-fi thriller "Tomorrow's Monsters" starring John

Episode 7 - Media, Truth, an Olympic Bombing and Hollywood

Jul 27th, 2021 53m 29s

Author Kevin Salwen talks about his and co-Author Kent Alexander book, "The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle" went from a NYT best seller to a Clint Eastwood major motion picture.

Episode 6 - Massive Growth Powered by Passion

Jul 20th, 2021 56m 37s

For Chuck Runyon, CEO of Self Esteem Brands, building Anytime Fitness into one of the largest and most valuable non-food franchises in the world takes passion and resolve in equal measure. Being at the helm during the shutdown of more than 4,00

Episode 5 - Corporate Behavior and the Ethical Company

Jul 12th, 2021 53m 9s

Gabe Wing has spent 20 years at Herman Miller and is their Director of Sustainability. When Gabe talks about ethical companies and corporate behavior we listen. Herman Miller is renowned as a leader in corporate social responsibility, environme

Episode 4 - Scaling with Soul: Leading with Design

Jul 7th, 2021 45m 8s

Dana Arnett is a founding partner and CEO of VSA Partners, one of the world's largest and most successful design and marketing firms. Dana and his teams have led design, marketing, digital and interactive initiatives for multiple household-name

Episode 3 - Step up. Stand out. Kick ass. Repeat

Jun 23rd, 2021 38m 38s

Sarah Robb O'Hagan - CEO at EXOS, The Human Performance Company. Named among Fast Company’s “Most Creative People in Business” and Forbes’ "Most Powerful Women in Sports,” she led the reinvention and turnaround of Gatorade as its global presid