Episodes

  • 36. Kathleen Steffey & Recruiting for Success
    Nov 3 2021

    🤹 Pandemic & home/work balance 02:19

    🕵️‍♂️ Ghosting employers and employees 03:38

    📲 NO to cover letter & YAS to playing a game and experience 05:49

    🆒 What are the new sexy terms for recruiting 08:15

    🧑‍💼 Importance of a relationship with candidates 10:37

    🕴️ Kathleen was a shy and creative child. She loves adding a personal touch in work. 13:05

    🎆 Kathleen is 4`11 feet tall but thinks in a giant way. 16:21

    💰 Future of recruiting firms is certain. 18:36

    😎 Confidence grows with practice. How Kathleen went from typewriting to business. 20:55


    Connect with Kathleen: www.navigarecruiting.com

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com

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    27 mins
  • 35. Dene Menzel & Musical Branding
    Oct 27 2021

    😻 The tale of two Dene’s? 01:32

    🎹 Baby grand piano and organ lessons. 02:27

    🎼 Her journey of falling in love with music began as a child. 03:12

    🔀 Every musician goes through a certain crossroads of giving up or not. 07:09

    👯 Knowing decade-old jingles? Music can amplify the message in an effective way. 08:06

    👩‍💼 A passionate musician who knows how to run a business. 11:36

    👩‍🎤 From 70s glam band to branding through music. 13:19

    ⏩Evolution of jingle to Brand anthem. 18:04

    😎 Emotional impact on the local audience. 21:57

    🌏 Variations of brand anthems for different markets. 23:03

    🤖 Music will be part of us forever, even with AI-generated music in the future. 24:51

    🎤 Waltzing Matilda project with Kate Soprano. 26:45

    🎶 Music branding is for businesses that think long term and want to be memorable. 27:28

    🎵 Stepping stones in business vision: Innovation and branding through music. 29:40

    😵‍💫 The worst jingles ever. 30:46

    Connect with Dene: www.branthem.com.au

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com

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    34 mins
  • 34. Gill Tiney & Collaboration as a Superpower
    Oct 20 2021

    🏖️ Beautiful paintings of Porthminster and Porthcurno beach on Gil’s wall. 02:11

    🇬🇧 Living in the East End of London was tough in the 50s and 60s. 03:34

    🌉 Thames river and the docks her father worked on. 05:20

    🧶 Handmade clothes were not good enough. 06:21

    😇 Growing up in inclusion and connection: Her business’ value is human beings first. 07:42

    🏘️ Nan’s terraced house. 10:19

    👱‍♀️ Living very adventurously while young. 11:35

    🤩 Business model is about impact, sustainability, and having enough. 13:34

    ⚡ “Together, we're an amazing entity.” 15:10

    🌻 Creating an empowering space for learning about development. 16:12

    🤝 Collaboration is an answer to so many issues around us. 18:17

    🤩 The feel-good factor, that feeds the soul. 21:10

    💭 Randy’s memories of London in the 80s. 22:23

    📖 Gill’s book: Together, We Can Do Something Wonderful. 23:20


    Connect with Gill: www.collaborationglobal.org

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com

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    25 mins
  • 33. Theresa Bailey & Team-building With Play-Doh
    Oct 13 2021

    🌞 Sunny background around Theresa. 02:13

    💡 Hasbro playdough power solutions workshops. 02:43

    🧂 Is it salty? 03:50

    ❓ Community psychology: What makes some people succeed and some not? 04:45

    🙃 Experience, strategies, evidence-based research, and play dough! 07:40

    😵‍💫 People don’t have strategies to deal with all that is coming upon us. 09:40

    🎯 Playing with playdough: building creativity and freedom from boundaries.12:06

    😀 Fast tracking connections and joy. 14:05

    🖥️ Virtual group training for hybrid teams. 15:09

    😻 Engage with your team differently and increase trust. 16:51


    Connect with Theresa: www.starfishsynergies.com

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com

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    21 mins
  • 32. Jayesh Surisetti & Smarter Usage of Screen Time
    Oct 6 2021

    😇 Jayesh means “to praise the Lord”. 01:15

    ⚠️ What you can’t eat with Southern food in India: 01:54

    📵 Apprison, usage of smartphones, and misuse of other apps. 02:37

    ☹️ Dependence on smartphones and smartphone addiction. 05:03

    🤕 The physical damage of misusing smartphones. 08:06

    🏃‍♂️ Chasing the instant gratification.08:59

    ♾️ The infinite feed is a design that most apps and games are using. 10:26

    🧑‍⚖️ The Apprison has a gamification prison system, and users become the judge and the warden. 12:13

    😃 The more responsible you are, the more freedom you get from the app. 14:36

    💰 Jayesh’s business model and sources of revenue. 15:09

    😵‍💫 Average time spent on the phones keeps piling up somehow. 17:50

    🙌 Using productive apps while using the phone is a good solution. 19:00

    🤔 Happea is enabling people to understand the science of happiness. 19:55

    ☮️ Peace for Jayesh is internal and external. 22:34

    👏 Lack of digital well-being has a strong correlation with unhappiness. 24:16

    🤯 Phubbing phenomenon. 26:39

    🙃 The humor behind his work and the smile on his face. 28:26


    Connect with Jayesh: www.happea.life and www.linkedin.com/in/jayesh-surisetti

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com

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    33 mins
  • 31. Shelley Smith & Why Culture Matters
    Sep 29 2021

    🖼️ Shelley’s exciting wall art. 00:51

    🧐 When a company’s culture and values are not aligned, they experience “rubs and leaks.” 02:54

    🌊 A tsunami of resignations due to zero tolerance for feeling undervalued. 04:40

    🤔 Do I work to live, or do I live to work? 06:38

    😟 Toxic working environments, abusive language, and working relationships. 09:04

    🙄 “Suck it up Buttercup” mentality and staying in toxic working environments. 11:10

    👧 The excitement of the flea market during her childhood and family values. 14:59

    😇 Shelley’s dad was the flea market auctioneer and had a fantastic gift. 17:26

    🏢 Playing CEO from an early age: She wanted to be the owner. 20:02

    🙌 Positive culture and CEOs grow slowly. 21:18

    👉 Culture giddy-up for the day. 23:15

    Connect with Shelley: www.premierrapport.com

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Screw Harvard, go to Crazy MBA: www.crazymba.com

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    25 mins
  • 30. Asger Lindholdt & Public Speaking as a Tool To Grow
    Sep 15 2021

    🤓 The bearer of spears: helping other people excel. 01:20

    💻 Learning how to connect through a camera is vital to getting value out of virtual sessions. 03:22

    💡 All great talks are structured like a story. 05:05

    🌞 We don’t need only incredible stories because all experiences have value. 05:58

    🤩 Public speaking is a tool to grow. 08:57

    👍 Finding the balance between passion and hard work: Do one thing really well. 10:22

    😎 “Outsource as much as possible and focus on the core side of your business because that’s where you can deliver the most value.” 12:38

    👨‍👦 Looking for validation, Asger followed his dad’s dream at first, but eventually, he decided to follow his own dream. 15:05

    🤔 Scientific studies show that people feel better once they‘ve connected and dealt with their fear. 16:17

    🙌 “Work on your signature story: Have your passion and get really good with one story—one keynote that you really work in depth.” 19:05


    Connect with Asger: www.asgerlindholdt.com

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

    💡 Join us: www.crazymba.com

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    22 mins
  • 29. Dr. Karthik Nagendra & Building Reputation Capital in India
    Sep 8 2021

    🛕 What the name Karthik means in Hindu culture. 02:06

    🤓 The difference between a warlord wielding leadership and thought leadership. 03:08

    ✅ Shifting from corporate sales at a multinational bank to running his own consulting practice. 4:40

    ⏳ Thought leadership doesn't get built overnight. 09:35

    🔀 First generation entrepreneur: For Dr. Karthik, it was always about doing something different and not following the traditional path. 10:12

    🦄 He has been choosing to be different since he was a young child and considers himself to be the black sheep of the family. 11:05

    🎓 Collaborating with Ivy League Universities to come up with thought leadership programs. 13:07

    🇮🇳 He sees India becoming more of a “smart country” rather than a “manufacturing giant.” 14:57

    📖 Dr. Karthik’s book: The Thought Leader Way: Leading Your Business with Thought Leadership in an Altered World. 16:45

    🚕 Kent jokes about a taxi honking outside. 17:20


    Connect with Dr. Karthik Nagendra: www.thought-starters.com/who-we-are.html

    🤓 Connect with us: www.thoughtpartnergroup.com

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    20 mins