Hello Moonshots listeners! We are proud to share a very special edition, episode 72.5!
We have created a podcast and online learning platform, BottomUp.io, that we would like to introduce to all our listeners. It's normally exclusive to our clients, but we've now made them all available due to the current isolation situation.
Have a listen as Mike and Mark describe their highlights, and listen to find an exclusive secret gift at the end!
Completing our current 'Women In Innovation' series, Arianna Huffington is the innovator of Episode 71. Mike and Mark discuss some of Arianna's biggest advice from her amazing career.
Arianna Huffington is a prolific author and international media mogul who started the award-winning news platform The Huffington Post. In 2011, Arianna sold the site to AOL for more than $300 million, and she subsequently became president and editor-in-chief of the company's Huffington Post Media Group.
Arianna's 14th book, "Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder" was published in 2014, debuting at number one on the New York Times Bestseller list.
In August 2016, Huffington announced that she would be leaving The Huffington Post after 11 years to launch Thrive Global, a start-up company and digital platform dedicated to health and wellness.
Continuing their "Women In Innovation" series, Mike and Mark learn lessons from Melinda Gates as they listen to some of her most inspiring talks in Episode 70.
For the last twenty years, Melinda Gates has been on a mission to find solutions for people with the most urgent needs, wherever they live. Throughout this journey, one thing has become increasingly clear to her: If you want to lift a society up, you need to stop keeping women down. Melinda's debut book "The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World" was published in 2019.
Join Mike and special guest Mark Pearson-Freeland as they listen to some of Michelle Obama's incredible speeches, and apply Michelle's greatest insights to their own experiences. Her 2018 memoir, Becoming, discusses the experiences that shaped her, from her childhood in Chicago to her years living in the White House.
In Episode 68, we re-visit a true titan of innovation. We were saddened when he passed away earlier this year. We previously delved into Clayton in Episode 39. We are joined by a very special guest, Mark Hatch - Speaker, Writer, Advisor and Consultant in Exponential Innovation, Advanced Manufacturing and the Maker Movement.
“Great By Choice” analyzes what makes the world’s best companies thrive in even the most uncertain and chaotic times, by distilling nine years of research and great stories into three actionable principles.
We spent weeks studying courage and resilience with author Brené Brown - a leading expert in leadership, and the author of five #1 NY Times bestselling books - and distilled three of her books into three top tips to help unlock your inner courage. Following these tips will help you be the leader that’s already inside of you, and not be so afraid of what others think.
“Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't” is a management book by Jim C. Collins that describes how companies transition from being good companies to great companies, and how most companies fail to make the transition.
Drawing upon a six-year research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies and studied each in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. They examined the companies from their very beginnings to the present day -- as start-ups, as midsize companies, and as large corporations.
Following our series on 3 of Brené’s books - ‘The Gifts of Imperfection’, ‘Daring Greatly’, ‘Braving the Wilderness’ - here are a wider selection of talks if you want to learn more about what Brené has to say.
If you think we’ve missed a good one, please let us know via our social channels - we love to hear from you!
You can find all of these on our YouTube channel, ‘Moonshots Podcast’.
Braving The Wilderness challenges common notions about what it means to belong. In this episode we look into the links of feelings of unbelonging to feelings of anger and unrest. Brené Brown uses a potent combination of scientific research and storytelling to reveal what it means to truly belong. This includes remarkable tales of pain and suffering that show just how far people are willing to go to gain a sense of belonging.
Researcher and thought leader Dr. Brené Brown offers a powerful new vision that encourages us to dare greatly: to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly, and to courageously engage in our lives. In this episode we unpack Brené Browns expertise on Daring Greatly and how we can find the courage to be vulnerable.
Each day we face a barrage of images and messages from society and the media telling us who, what, and how we should be. We are led to believe that if we could only look perfect and lead perfect lives, we'd no longer feel inadequate. In this episode we pick Brené Browns expertise on The Gifts Of Imperfection and what we can do to accept it and succeed.
Cal Newport knows that real straight-A students don’t study harder—they study smarter. In this episode we take a look at Cal Newport’s breakthrough approach to acing assignments, from quizzes and exams to essays and papers, How to Become a Straight-A Student reveals the proven study secrets used by real straight-A students across the country.
In this episode we dive into Cal Newport’s book So Good They Can’t Ignore You discussing his long-held belief that "follow your passion" is not good advice. Not only is the cliche flawed-preexisting passions are rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work-but it can also be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. After making his case against passion, Newport sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving what they do.
Ever wondered what makes Simon Sinek inspire great leaders? What makes Bjarke Ingels one of the all time most innovative architects? What inspired Peter Thiel to co-found PayPal? Or what makes Martha Stewart businesses boom? The Moonshots Podcast goes behind the scenes of the world's greatest innovators to discover the secrets to their success and deconstructs the skills and behaviors that define their incredible breakthrough business ideas.
The Moonshots Podcast deep dives into new episodes each month and is now available via Spotify. Join Mike Parsons and Chad Owen as they take you on a journey to discover why innovation matters and how you can do it too.
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Most of us know that addiction to digital tools is costing us both productivity and peace. But giving them up completely isn't realistic. We're addicted to texting, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter not because we're stupid or shallow, but because they provide real value in the form of connection, community, affirmation, and information. In this episode we dive into Cal Newport’s philosophy and plan for a mindful, intentional use of technology that maximises its benefits while minimising its drain on our attention, focus and time.
Cal Newport is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University and the author of six self-improvement books. He also writes the Study Hacks blog focused on academic and career success. This series we will deep dive into his work starting with his book Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World.
Deep Work is a book about the science of productivity. Cal argues the best way to get more meaningful work done is by working deeply – working in a state of high concentration without distractions on a single task.
'The Infinite Game' will be Simon Sinek's fifth book. It promises to go beyond personal vision and leadership as keys to success. Sinek has discovered the way winners think. It's an infinite game. And when you think this way leaders can build stronger, more innovative, more inspiring organizations. Tune in for our final show of the Simon Sinek series.
