Culture Hackers

Gary Ware is a creative yet strategic Play Consultant that was brought here to make your life even better than it already is. By day, Gary helps companies and professionals level up their skills, and by night he is an improv comedian. In between all of Gary’s passions, his most desirous one is helping people become the best versions of themselves through fun and entertainment. Now that you know that Gary is—indeed—a real person let’s hear more about why he created Breakthrough Play.

Michael Margolis the CEO of Storied, Inc – #1 narrative expert in techWorks with C-suite and VP leaders that need to get their story straightClients include product execs at Meta, Google, Shopify, Uber, Salesforce$13B+ in investments thru executive buy-in and influence at scale500+ keynotes and talks for Microsoft, Visa, Moody’s, SXSW, TEDxAuthor of Story 10x: a playbook for strategic narratives and tech disruptionColor-blind, left-handed, and eats more chocolate than the average humanA few links from the show: The Liver KingYanis Veroufakis on YoutubeMichael's Free book, Story10X

Today’s guest is Ion Valaskakis — an executive coach, AI strategist, and expert in helping people thrive at the intersection of technology, neuroscience, and human performance. He’s the founder of Prometheus Strategic Advisors and writes the popular IoNTELLIGENCE newsletter, where he shares practical ways to upgrade your brain and master AI in today’s fast-changing world. Ion works with top executives and entrepreneurs to sharpen their thinking, boost their leadership, and stay future-ready. He’s passionate about coaching the next generation of AI-enhanced executives. 

In this episode, we go into the culture of content, consumption and dopamine addiction with Ion Valis.  Ion is a strategic advisor to entrepreneurs and executives. He helps them perform, transform, and flourish in an era of accelerating change. In 2014, he published his first book, The Magnificent Mistake: How We Can Earn More from Failure than We Learn from Success. It describes an innovative system he developed to teach leaders and teams how to learn from their errors, and why it’s so important to do so.

Alan Heymann is an executive coach, and was previously Vice President of Communications for The Humane Society of the United States. He also held various roles in the Government of the District of Columbia, including agency public information officer, mayoral speechwriter and legislative staffer. Earlier in his career, Alan was a television reporter, producer and anchor in his native Illinois.

When you run a business, it's so tempting to try new things. But it can come at the cost of the core business. How many do you do? Which ones do you pick? I share my answer through a metaphor...

John is currently the executive-in-residence at Harvard Business School’s Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH) and founder and CEO of Open Assembly, a company that provides content, community, and strategic advising to organizations, people, and platforms to co-create the future of work. He was also vice president and executive director of strategy and innovation at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky. Winsor’s books include “Beyond the Brand,” “Spark,” “Flipped, and the best-selling “Baked In,” winner of the 2009 800-CEO-READ Business Book Award in marketing, Winsor is an advisor to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and the Digital Initiative at Harvard Business School, and a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, The Guardian, Forbes and Digiday.

We talk to the founder of Arcimoto, Mark Frohnmayer. He's pioneering the FUV - the Fun Utility Vehicle, and creating a new category. We talk about the business lessons and culture behind being bold.

In Unfollow Your Passion, Terri Trespicio—whose TEDx talk has more than seven million views—skewers the platitudes, inverts conventional wisdom, and calls into question everything you think you need to succeed: passion (fun, but fleeting), plans (flimsy at best), and a bucket list (eye roll), to name a few.

Great to sit down with my fellow culture hacker, Berke Brown. Let me know what you think!

This is an invention ahead of its time. a 5 hour workday, getting more done than a standard day. It's like the 4 Hour Work Week (book by Tim Ferriss), but for a company. Will you dare to explore and experiment?

Robbe Richman and Kellen Schuh talk culture, San Diego, coffee, music and many other things.

We're all dealing with it, both in corporations and in our everyday lives. Let's talk about it.

In this episode I take your questions and answer them!

NYC native Danielle Beinstein has always been passionate about physical, emotional and mental health. After nearly 10 years in the media world, she returned to school, receiving her MA in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica in 2012, followed by an additional year in Consciousness, Health & Healing in 2014. She is particularly fascinated by the role that feelings play in our both our personal and collective experiences and narratives. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in Humanities from NYU in 2003.

Kanban System - 4:32 Thinking Fast and Slow - 8:30Bot Revolution - 16.33Phil Libin Investment Thesis - 18:14Slackbot Integrations on Producthunt - 22Slack has 600 app integrationsOzlo -23:54Butter - 29:08Glide - 31:24

Featuring Robert Bakhshai and Brian Schoenbaum

Show Notes Introduction of Shirley Eylor Asif [0:22] How Shirley got involved in the field of procrastination [1:25] What do you do when you procrastinate? [2:11] The pattern/cycle/stages/phases of procrastination [2:25] What is at the core of procrastination [6:50] What research shows the reasons for procrastination is [8:15] Can procrastination be hacked just by doing it? [9:16] Research is on motivation [11:26] Strongest motivation [11:56] The procrastinators mindset [12:26] Pareto role applied to behavior [13:29] Trying to do too many things cause procrastination? [14:34] On schedule tool [17:46] Are busy people more efficient? [19:39] Shifting your mind [23:12] Way to make growth mindset active [26:51] False beliefs [31:36]

Robbe on anti-marketing, adrenal fatigue and the big productivity hack.

A new and very practical theory on networked leadership.

Mike Gagerman and Andrew Waller are two screenwriters I went to high school and college with. We get a bit ridiculous and then cover the darker side of entertainment.

Start-ups, Vegas and more with Jill and Robbe

Rich shares with us the history behind the culture of love.

Product launches, agile, start-ups and personal efficiency.(and his magic skateboard!)

Hacking Charisma with Robin Sol

A new culture of self-organizing management structures is evolving.

Culture Hacking with Presence with Scott Schwenk

The Culture of Dating with Dating Hacker Adam Gilad

Carrie Kish is CEO of CultureSync. We have fun getting into sensitive subjects and even tell about our embarrassing drinking stories! You can find out more about CultureSync at www.culturesync.net and more about Carrie at www.carriekish.com

This is a second episode with Jill Richmond, who will be a co-host on the show.

Influence hacker Sharí Alexander and I get into fun, random and personal conversation.

We get into some racy stuff!

This was recorded after the first time I introduced Leadership hacks. Dehra took one and ran with it and she got immediate results.

Chapter 9 - The Culture Blueprint Is This Really Worth It? Don’t Medicate with Culture Change Why Isn’t This Working The Hypnosis of Language The End of “Buy-In." This is Frustrating! I’m Stuck in the Parent Trap! People Are Not Proactive. Everyone is so Entitled! The Delay: Know It’s Coming. Are you Truly Committed. by Robert Richman

Chapter 7 - The Culture Blueprint Preparing to Build Your Team The Driver The Corporate Navigator The Subculture The Culture Crew The Support Network by Robert Richman

Chapter 8 - The Culture Blueprint Teamwork Create Immediate Safety Break Through Obstacles Solve Problems. Resolve Conflicts The Best Team Building Activity Share the Finances Delegate by Robert Richman

Chapter 6 - The Culture Blueprint No-Bullshit Leadership Traits of Highly Successful People Stress is for Amateurs The Power of the 1:1 by Robert Richman

Chapter 5 - The Culture Blueprint The Culture Toolkit Immediate Wins Culture Hacking Hack Your Meetings Recognize Reflect Create Serendipity by Robert Richman

Chapter 4 - The Culture Blueprint INCLUDES Ideation Experiments over Prototypes The Beta Blueprint A Beta Story Market Internally The Culture Cell Story Capture Reinvention The Process of Transformation by Robert Richman

Chapter 3 - The Culture Blueprint INCLUDES: Introducing the Blueprint The Culture Blueprint Inspiration The Culture Hero The Immersion Vision Bold Action Step The Culture Crew The Culture Growth Engine Attract and Repulse Job Descriptions Interview Process Induct and Initiate Induct into the Organization Team Initiation New Manager Introduction  Serve and Deliver World Class Service The New Service Model Use Data Collectors Engage and Sustain Personalized Engagement Coach Up or Coach Out Dynamic Learning Unbreakable Rituals Schedule the Celebrations Policy Design: The 99% Rule Empowerment Epic Engagement Share and Observe Share to Keep By Robert Richman

Chapter 2 - The Culture Blueprint INCLUDES: Determine Your Mission Create Your Vision Establish Your Values Why Values are Valuable The Magic Formula Types of Values Clear Values vs. Vague Values Optimize Your Values The Mindset Model The Core Value Discovery Formula Aligning the Core Values Navigating the Core Pitfalls The True Values Test By Robert Richman

Chapter 1 - The Culture Blueprint Includes: What is Culture? The Simple Idea Behind Culture Old Model vs. New Model of Management Culture The Seven Principles of Culture: Culture is Co-Created Share What You Want to Keep Culture Feeds on Culture Culture is Composed of Systems Culture is a Game The Story is Currency The Secret to Innovation by Robert Richman

INTRODUCTION - The Culture Blueprint Includes: Who Is This Book For? Problems This Book Will Solve The Installer How this Book Got Started (Includes the Zappos story) How to Use This Book by Robert Richman

This is a podcast all about culture in organizations, but the cutting edge ideas about what's really happening. It starts off with a free audiobook, of my book The Culture Blueprint and continues with ideas, rants and off-the cuff conversations with some great culture hackers.