Decoding the Power of PressureHow can we harness the positive powers of pressure? How can we mitigate the negative effects of pressure when the stakes are high?Dane Jensen is the CEO of Third Factor, an instructor at Queen’s University and the

Episode 24: Jeff Wetzler

May 16th, 2024 37m 33s

How to Tap into the Hidden Wisdom of the People Around YouWhy do people withhold information from each other? Why are some of the smartest, successful people the worst at learning from each other? Jeff Wetzler is on a quest to transform learnin

Episode 23: Neri Karra Sillaman

Apr 16th, 2024 43m 44s

Neri Karra Sillaman: From Refugee to Fashion Revolutionary At age 11, Neri Karra Sillaman’s world was turned upside down when her Bulgarian-Turkish family was forced to flee their home country. Driven by a hunger for education and a better life

Episode 22: Marcus Collins

Mar 27th, 2024 45m 5s

Culture, Connections, and CommunityMarketer extraordinaire, Marcus Collins is a clinical professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. A former advertising executive who worked on iTunes + Nike sport music initiatives at App

Episode 21: Amy Chang

Feb 15th, 2024 44m 26s

Amy Chang: Becoming An AI EntrepreneurAmy Chang serves on the board of directors for The Walt Disney Company and Procter & Gamble, and has previously served on the boards of Cisco, Splunk, Marqeta, and Informatica.In 2018, Amy’s start-up busine

Episode 20: Reflections

Feb 1st, 2024 51m 27s

What did we learn from our provocateurs in 2023? Who provoked us to think again and act differently? Which stories remain with us?The Provocateurs podcast series gives you direct access to the ideas, experiences, and insights of remarkable lead

Episode 19: Chip Bergh

Nov 2nd, 2023 42m 22s

Rescuing Levi’sA self-declared ‘brand guy’, Chip Bergh was appointed president and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. in 2011. During his tenure the company has experienced a dramatic turnaround marked by outstanding performance and reclaiming its cultu

Episode 18: Sunny Bonnell

Oct 5th, 2023 35m 22s

Rare Breeds – Marching To A Different Drum Leadership and brand expert Sunny Bonnell is the bestselling co-author of Rare Breed: A Guide to Success for the Defiant, Dangerous, and Different (with Ashleigh Hansberger, 2019). Sunny and Ashleigh

Episode 17: Kim Scott

Aug 30th, 2023 50m 10s

The author of New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity, Kim Scott joins Steve Goldbach of Deloitte and Stuart Crainer of Thinkers50 to talk through the politics, practical

Episode 16: Morra Aarons-Mele

Jul 11th, 2023 39m 42s

Author of The Anxious Achiever and Hiding in the Bathroom, Morra Aarons-Mele is also founder of the award-winning social impact agency Women Online. In this Provocateurs podcast episode, she joins Geoff Tuff of Deloitte and Stuart Crainer of Th

Episode 15: Annie Duke

Jun 21st, 2023 55m 37s

Former professional poker player Annie Duke is a master of decision making. In this Provocateurs podcast, hosted by Stuart Crainer of Thinkers50 and Steve Goldbach of Deloitte, she challenges us to examine our own biases and self-narratives to

Episode 14: Martin Lindstrom

May 31st, 2023 44m 33s

Self-confessed contrarian thinker and provocateur since childhood, Martin Lindstrom is an international branding expert and one of the world’s leading authorities on the metaverse. Here he joins Geoff Tuff of Deloitte and Des Dearlove of Thinke

Episode 13: Shelley Zalis

May 1st, 2023 40m 4s

Shelley Zalis is a pioneer for online research, becoming the first female chief executive ranked in the research industry’s top 25, and today she works with Fortune 500 companies, impact organizations, and conscious leaders to advance equality

Episode 12: Jim Stengel

Mar 3rd, 2023 47m 16s

Jim Stengel is the President and CEO of The Jim Stengel Company, which works to build brands and companies by activating their purpose. He has authored the books ‘Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World’s Greatest Companies’ as we

Episode 11: Tiffani Bova

Jan 30th, 2023 51m 46s

Tiffani Bova: The Inside Track on Growth Tiffani Bova is the global growth evangelist at Salesforce and the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller GROWTH IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business. Tiffani is

Episode 10: What we have learned so far

Dec 19th, 2022 47m 5s

Stuart Crainer, Des Dearlove, Steve Goldbach, Stacy Janice and Geoff Tuff marshall their thoughts and make sense of our podcast episodes from the year. What have they learned? What has surprised them? Which guests really made them re-think and

Episode 9: Ben Fanning

Nov 9th, 2022 44m 25s

What is peanut butter and jelly leadership? And why does every business leader need a podcast? Ben Fanning is the host of the top ranked Lead the Team podcast, where he interviews world-class CEOs about their everyday success strategies that ca

Episode 8: Tom van der Lubbe

Oct 4th, 2022 38m 51s

Tom van der Lubbe is the visionary and inspirational co-founder of Viisi, a Dutch financial services company that offers customized mortgage solutions. Founded in 2010 at the height of the financial crisis, Viisi is a remarkable company. Its p

Episode 7: Charles Camarda

Sep 7th, 2022 44m 14s

It isn’t every day you get to meet a real-life astronaut! Dr Charles Camarda – (Charlie to his friends) was selected as an Astronaut Candidate in 1996 and flew as a Mission Specialist on STS-114, NASA’s Return-to-Flight mission immediately foll

Episode 6: Robert Lefkowitz

Jul 27th, 2022 49m 46s

Trained at Columbia, the National Institute of Health and Harvard before joining the faculty at Duke University in 1973, Bob Lefkowitz is a Nobel Prize winning scientist who is best known for showing how adrenaline works via stimulation of spec

Episode 5: Julie Carrier

Jun 21st, 2022 48m 49s

Julie Carrier is a trailblazer in the field of young women’s leadership. The CEO of Girls Lead Worldwide and founder of The Leadership Development Institute for Young Women, she researches and brings evidence-based, applied-neuroscience leaders

Episode 4: Hubert Joly

May 24th, 2022 49m 21s

Hubert Joly has been described as ‘a visionary’, and ‘one of the most gifted leaders of our time.’ As CEO of the electrical retailer Best Buy, Joly led a turnaround that Amazon’s Jeff Bezos described as ‘…remarkable – a case study that should b

Episode 3: Debbie Bial

Apr 13th, 2022 51m

The Posse Foundation identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential and places them in supportive, multi-cultural teams. Since 1989, Posse’s partner colleges have awarded $1.6 billion in scholarship

Episode 2: Dambisa Moyo

Mar 15th, 2022 42m 5s

Dambisa Moyo is a true pioneer. Zambian-born, she serves on the global corporate boards of the 3M Corporation, Chevron, and Condé Nast. Her compelling combination of contrarian thinking with measured judgment, plus a uniquely wide ranging cur

Episode 1: Valerie Rainford

Feb 15th, 2022 44m 25s

Valerie Rainford: Passion Plus PurposeIf passion and purpose are the currency of business, then Valerie Rainford has a lifetime of wealth from which to draw. Now, the founder and CEO of Elloree Talent Strategies, she is author of the award-winn