TAILGATING WITH GENIUSES
TAILGATING WITH GENIUSES
Lawn chair conversations with A-listers from the worlds of business, media, entertainment, sports and academia. The show's primary objective is to help listeners improve the competitiveness of their businesses and be more personally successful. Tailgating with Geniuses (TWG) is hosted by: Ken Schmidt and Martin Flaherty.Social links:
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Rethinking "Stuff" & The Business of "Stuff". Profits + Purpose = Better
We all get it: how do we keep ourselves, our work and our world going in harmony. Ok...how do we get back to harmony? For +35 years Interface.com's Chief Design Officer Chip DeGrace has been deep in the weeds and traveling the entire world trying to answer that question. From the bowels of factorie…
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How to AI: A former P&G Exec Goes "How To" with AI
Kevin Wenzel spent over 20 years as a brand VP at Procter & Gamble developing marketing and marketing initiatives for some of the biggest name brands in the world. In his final years he was asked to lead the training and integration of an AI system the company rolled out to move faster and smarter …
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Life as a Refugee, Innovator and World Changer
Derrick Kayongo was a happy child living in Uganda until civil war forced him and thousands more to flee. As an immigrant to the US he was told by his father that America is an experiment and that he needed to seize the opportunity. To date he's changed a massive waste stream in the hotel industry …
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Burping Cows, and How Seaweed Can Save the Planet
From tending sheep on an Iowa farm to revolutionizing cow burps, Joan Salwen isn't your typical climate change warrior. Picture this: a former Accenture Managing Director who once led organizational strategy now spends her days wrestling with bovine digestion and seaweed science. As the CEO of Blue…
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Getting Cozy With (The Voice of) Siri
“Hey Siri: What’s the most beloved podcast right now?” Siri: “Are you kidding? Tailgating With Geniuses.” Siri’s right. Siri’s always right. Her calm, assuring voice – even when we swear at her (you’ve done it) – is always there. So we wondered, “Who is Siri?” Or at least, “Who is the voice of S…
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TWG Friday MicroDose Show: Nikhil Suresh
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To AI or Not AI? That’s the Wrong Question
Enough already with the over-hype, over-promising and over-committing to A.I. It’s time for a sensible, fact-based look at what’s really happening and how global businesses should be reacting. And who better to guide us down the road to sensibility than Nikhil Suresh, executive director of Hermit T…
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TWG Friday MicroDose Show: Sarah Furness
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Imposter Syndrome, Proving Your Mettle and Life Under Pressure
Sarah Furness is a genuine badass. She served 21 years in the Royal Air Force as a squadron leader and helicopter fighter pilot. After leading on combat operational tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, she taught at the Defence Academy of the UK and became a leading voice in prioritizing, focusing and st…
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TWG Friday Micro Dose Show: Jamie Clarke
Ken and Martin talk to Jamie Clark. Jamie Clark is a master at the psychology of motivation and how to foster it, bring it to life and put it to work. From the Stanley Cup winners, The Washington Capitals to the tallest peaks around the world; Jamie helps people reach heights they didn't know they …
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