Unleashed - How To Thrive As An Independent Professional

Avy Punwasee is a Partner at Revenue Management Labs, which helps clients develop practical pricing solutions that deliver sustainable revenue and profit growth. In this episode, Avy walks me through a detailed case study of a pricing project for an aftermarket auto parts manufacturer. Learn more about Revenue Management Labs on their website: https://revenueml.com/

Paddy Padmanabhan is the founder of Damo Consulting, which provides digital transformation advisory services to enable healthcare organizations navigate the technology-enabled transition to telehealth and virtual care. Paddy is also the author of two books: 1) The Big Unlock: Harnessing Data and Growing Digital Health Businesses in a Value-Based Care Era and 2) Healthcare Digital Transformation: How Consumerism, Technology and Pandemic are Accelerating the Future (HIMSS Book Series) Learn more about Paddy's work at: https://www.damoconsulting.net/  

Dr. Diane Hamilton is the creator of the Curiosity Code Index, which helps you understand the things that might influence how much you embrace your natural curiosity. In this episode we discuss Diane's work helping clients develop action plans to remove the roadblocks to curiosity at work. Learn more about Diane's work at: https://drdianehamilton.com/

Trond Arne Undheim is a futurist, speaker, entrepreneur and former director of MIT Startup Exchange, based outside of Boston. He has accelerated four unicorns and helped launch over 50 startups.  In this episode we discuss his latest book, the 450-page Pandemic Aftermath, which he wrote between February and April of this year. Visit Trond's website: https://trondundheim.com/ Check out his podcast, Futurized https://trondundheim.com/podcast/ And buy Pandemic Aftermath on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0894QJWW3/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0

Bethel Desmond is the Founder of The Content Corp and former Chief Storytelling at IBM Global Business Services. In this episode, she shares tips on how to use stories to engage customers. Learn more about Bethel's work at: https://www.thecontentcorp.org/

Lee Frederiksen is the Managing Partner of Hinge, a branding and marketing firm that focuses on serving professional services firms. In today's episode, Lee shares key insights from the High Growth Study 2020 conducted by Hinge, which includes results from 1,000 professional services firms around the globe. An executive summary of this study is available free at: https://hingemarketing.com/library/article/2020-high-growth-study-executive-summary    

Rachel Weingarten is a marketing and brand strategist, journalist, copywriter, beauty historian, and - in her words, a 'skillionaire.' Read more about Rachel on her website: https://rachelsfaves.com/about-rachels-faves/ Follow Rachel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachelcw  

Kim Calichio is a chef and educator.  When the pandemic shut down NYC, she realized there were many New Yorkers who would not be eligible for government assistance and who would be going hungry.   She set up Lifelife Grocery, which buys groceries from wholesale restaurant suppliers and involves volunteers to pack and deliver the groceries to 700 families per week. You can support this effort and feed a family for $35 per week by donating here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/lifeline-food-packages-for-families Visit the website for Kim's firm, The Connected Chef, here: https://theconnectedchef.com/

Steve Wunker worked closely with Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen, who first popularized the concept of "jobs to be done." After serving for over five years as a Senior Partner at Innosight, the consulting firm founded by Christensen, in 2009 Steve started his own firm, New Markets Advisors. In 2017, Steve co-authored the book Jobs to be Done: A Roadmap for Customer-Centered Innovation. In this episode, Steve provides an overview of the Jobs to be Done approach. For more info on Jobs to be Done visit: https://www.newmarketsadvisors.com/jobs-to-be-done-book.html For more info on New Markets Advisors visit: https://www.newmarketsadvisors.com/  

Sree Sreenivasan has been the Chief Digital Officer at Columbia University, New York City, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is considered one of the most influential people in social media. We cover many topics in this episode, including the work of Sree's firm Digimentors, which produces world-class virtual events.  https://digimentors.group/ Sree mentions the course he developed for Muck Rack on Fundamentals of Social Media. Check it out here: https://academy.muckrack.com/ During the COVID-19 crisis, Sree is hosting a daily, global conversation with experts: http://bit.ly/sreecovid19call How to follow Sree: Sign up for Sree's Sunday Note newsletter with tech, social and life tips: http://bit.ly/sreenote. Join his FB Group, Sree's Advanced Social Media: http://bit.ly/sreefbadvanced His NYT guide to social media: http://bit.ly/nyt2017 His five TEDx talks: http://bit.ly/sreetedxvideos Twitter: @sree: http://twitter.com/sree Instagram: @sreenet: http://instagram.com/sreenet  

Kwame Christian, the Founder and Director of the American Negotiation Institute, is an expert in mediation and conflict resolution, serving a range of corporate and government clients. Links: American Negotiation Institute: https://americannegotiationinstitute.com/ Kwame is the author of Nobody Will Play With Me: Using Compassionate Curiosity to Find Confidence in Conflict https://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Will-Play-Compassionate-Confidence/dp/0578414368/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=nobody+will+play+with+me&qid=1593376796&sr=8-1 See Kwame's TEDxDayton talk "Finding Confidence in Conflict" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6Zg65eK9XU&t=11s

Cyrus Massoumi is one of the three founders of ZocDoc, an online medical care appointment booking service that has raised over $280 million in funding and currently has roughly 600 employees. Cyrus has stepped down from his role as CEO of ZocDoc. In this episode, he shares the three pillars of his current activities: 1) Philanthropy 2) His efforts to solve the problem of "lost," manifested in a new company he founded, Shadow, which has an app that helps reunite lost dogs with their owners: https://shadowapp.com/ 3) Investing along with his partner through their fund Humbition  

David Nguyen is the Founder of My Consulting Offer, a firm that helps experienced professionals and students get job offers from the top management consulting firms. In this episode, David shares his firm's process, and what explains how his firm manages to help 85% of its clients get an offer from a top firm. To learn more, visit: https://www.myconsultingoffer.org/  

Nick Kane is a Managing Partner at Janek Performance Group, which provides sales training, coaching, and consulting. Learn more about Janek Performance Group at: https://www.janek.com/

Srikumar Rao developed the groundbreaking course "Creativity and Personal Mastery" at Columbia Business School, which I had the good fortune to take in 2003. It is the only business school course in the world with its own active alumni association - including annual retreats for CPM alums. Srikumar has taught this course at other top business schools and delivered a program based on the course to many corporate clients. He is running an online program that is currently taking applications: https://theraoinstitute.com/cpm-online-2020/ He is the author of two books: 1) Are YOU Ready to Succeed?: Unconventional Strategies for Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and Life 2) Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful - No Matter What In this episode, Srikumar discusses several mental models, including: "Good thing, bad thing, who knows?" and "Don't shoot the second arrow."

Jim Peters is the Chief Operating Officer at Rite Aid, which is number 150 on the Fortune 500, with $21.7 billion in revenue in 2019. For the three years prior to joining Rite Aid, Jim ran his own boutique consulting firm serving healthcare and life sciences companies. In this episode, Jim discusses the steps Rite Aid has taken during the coronavirus epidemic to keep its employees and customers safe.  Jim also covers the innovation initiatives Rite Aid has underway, including steps to help pharmacists operate at the top of their license. For more on Rite Aid, download this 2020 Investor Day presentation: https://www.riteaid.com/content/dam/riteaid-web/corporate/investor-relations/analyst-day/20200316_Rite_Aid_Analyst_Day_Presentation.pdf

Umbrex member and McKinsey alum Tim DeRoche is an independent management consultant, a screenwriter, an award-winning novelist and a non-fiction writer. In Episode 66 of Unleashed, Tim discussed his novel Huck and Miguel, a re-imaging of the story of Huck Finn, set in modern-day Los Angeles. In today's episode, Tim discusses his latest (non-fiction) book, A Fine Line: How most American kids are kept out of the best public schools. Learn more about Tim: https://timderoche.com/a-fine-line/  

Michael Niczyporuk, currently SVP of Global Product Strategy at Visa, has been the Chief Strategy Officer at USAA, the Global Head of Strategy at Citi FinTech and Digital Payments, and the Head of Strategy for Digital at Capital One. In this episode, Michael draws on his broad experience across digital financial services to discuss innovation in the payments industry.

Alan Iny is the Global Lead for Creativity and Scenarios at Boston Consulting Group, and the co-author of Thinking in New Boxes: A New Paradigm for Business Creativity. In this episode, Alan shares practical tips to unleash creativity in your business. Follow Alan on Twitter: @Alan_Iny Alan's bio at BCG: https://www.bcg.com/en-us/about/people/experts/alan-iny.aspx Check out Alan's book: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-New-Boxes-Paradigm-Creativity/dp/0812992954/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TUCBZAF10VEY&dchild=1&keywords=thinking+in+new+boxes&qid=1592407024&sprefix=thinking+in+new+boxes%2Caps%2C160&sr=8-1

Jamie Head is the Chief Digital and Technology Officer at Ocean Spray Cranberries, which is an agricultural cooperative with over 700 member growers. The cooperative accounts for over 70% of North American cranberry production. In this episode, Jamie discusses innovations that are underway at this leading global producer. To learn more about Ocean Spray (and find plenty of recipes), visit: https://www.oceanspray.com/