Moving People to Action

Episodes

1. 9

   ⁠Become Inspiring: How to Get the Best out of those around you⁠

   This episode is about how to become someone who is inspiring to those around you. There are 4 key ingredients of the people that get the best out of the teams around them. Conor Neill shared this talk with over 800 school heads, teaching leaders and educational leaders at the Global Forum on…

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   Mar 20, 2026

   14 min
2. 8

   Life rewards Action not Intelligence

   Conor Neill argues that consistent, imperfect, and immediate action, rather than high intelligence or planning, is the primary driver of success and progress. He emphasizes that smart individuals often use their intellect to justify inaction, whereas taking one step after another creates…

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   Mar 13, 2026

   5 min
3. 7

   4 Ways to Stop Self-Sabotaging Your Success

   Take control of your life and end self-sabotaging behaviour. The world will put countless obstacles in your path but none will be as big as your own self-sabotage. The 4 Destructive Self-Sabotage Mindsets: Distraction Emotional Impulsiveness Arrogance and sense of Entitlement Fixed Mindset

   Mar 6, 2026

   13 min
4. 6

   Conor Neill – Developing Leaders of 2050: Mass Cooperation Networks

   Conor Neill, entrepreneur and Professor of Leadership Communications at IESE Business School gave this speech at the Leadership Concert in Bucharest, Romania in 2014. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/podcast-mpta/20180505-Toastmasters-D59-speech.mp3

   May 5, 2018

   42 min
5. 5

   MPTA #6 Leadership Concert – Conor Neill – Session 4

   Conor Neill, entrepreneur and Professor of Leadership Communications at IESE Business School gave this speech at the Leadership Concert in Bucharest, Romania in 2014. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/podcast-mpta/MPTA-Romania-LeadershipConcert-4.m4a

   Dec 18, 2014

   14 min
6. 4

   MPTA #5 Leadership Concert – Conor Neill – Session 3

   Conor Neill, entrepreneur and Professor of Leadership Communications at IESE Business School gave this speech at the Leadership Concert in Bucharest, Romania in 2014. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/podcast-mpta/MPTA-Romania-LeadershipConcert-3.m4a

   Dec 18, 2014

   16 min
7. 3

   MPTA #4 Leadership Concert – Conor Neill – Session 2

   Conor Neill, entrepreneur and Professor of Leadership Communications at IESE Business School gave this speech at the Leadership Concert in Bucharest, Romania in 2014. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/podcast-mpta/MPTA-Romania-LeadershipConcert-2.m4a

   Dec 18, 2014

   14 min
8. 2

   MPTA #3 Leadership Concert – Conor Neill – Session 1

   Conor Neill, entrepreneur and Professor of Leadership Communications at IESE Business School gave this speech at the Leadership Concert in Bucharest, Romania in 2014. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/podcast-mpta/MPTA-Romania-LeadershipConcert-1.m4a

   Dec 18, 2014

   18 min
9. 1

   MPTA #2 Life Story Conor Neill

   Conor Neill, founder of Taxijet & lecturer at IESE Business School shares his entrepreneurship story with the Barcelona Internet Startups meetup on 19th November 2013. This event was part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/podcast-mpta/MPTA-GEW13-ConorNeill.m4a

   Nov 21, 2013

   10 min
10. MPTA #1 Life Story Andre Vanyi-Robin

    Andre Vanyi-Robin, founder of Param24-7XS shares his entrepreneurship story with the Barcelona Internet Startups meetup on 19th November 2013. This event was part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/podcast-mpta/MPTA-GEW13-Andre-Vanyi-Robin.mp3

    Nov 21, 2013

    9 min
11. The Power of Focus

    Warren Buffett and Bill Gates were speaking. A member of the audience asked “What is the key to your success?” Without hesitation, both Bill and Warren responded “Focus”. https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/podcast-mpta/MoveToAction-001-Focus.m4a

    Dec 15, 2012

    2 min
12. How to do things with Words, Speech Act Theory

    Words that Change the World One difference between gods and men is that a god’s words directly change the world, whereas the words of men depend on action of others to cause the change. A god might say “let there be light”, and the sun appears. A man might say “can you turn on the […]

    Dec 15, 2012

    4 min