Imagine kneeling before a bomb. Your job, deactivate. How do you calm your nerves? Nick Kush was a Seal Team Explosive Ordnance Device Technician serving 20 years in Special Ops. With combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, Nick was the EOD for Task Unit Bruiser under the command of JOCKO Willink in Ramadi. The EODs are the guys called to deactivate an IED improvised explosive device or bomb. After retiring, Nick trained Special Ops personnel in advanced parachuting. He has well over 10,000 jumps and was the project lead for The Triple 7 Expedition, a 168-hour skydiving journey led by a team of former special operators and skydiving veterans who completed seven jumps in seven days on seven continents.

​Artificial Intelligence (AI) is advancing so rapidly that entire industries are being reshaped as we speak. There's an urgent need for leaders to understand the impact of this technology on their company and their people. Rajeev Kapur, author of 'AI Made Simple', has vast and deep experience in high-tech and media and understands AI's impact and the complex challenges to come in areas such as privacy & safety. Rajeev provokes our thinking as to how we might use this rapidly developing technology to adapt to the changes ahead. In this conversation, we discuss Generative AI and why it matters, what the potential of Generative AI might be as well as what else might be ahead in the world of artificial intelligence both in our business lives, as well as in our lives outside of work.

On the outside, we see a lawyer with the external trappings of success, the office, the suit, the watch, the car, the home and assume they have the perfect life. Right? But often, behind the armour, it's a different story. Judd Shaw is a guy who blends his work as a lawyer/CEO of Judd Shaw Injury Law with his deep desire to help others. Judd chased success as a lawyer and made it to the top of the hill only to discover its hollow rewards without genuine human bonds. His story is a powerful reminder of the importance of genuine human connections in our lives. Judd went to a really dark place. He had it all going on from the outside, but under his armour, things were very dark, as you will hear. Judd's perspective on developing company culture is a master class on building something special.

​David Avrin consults on Customer Experience and Strategic Brand Development. The author of five books, his new book 'Ridiculously Easy to Do Business With. A Practical Guide to Giving Customers What They Want-When and How They Want It', takes a critical topic we take for granted and brings it front of mind. David has a remarkable ability to take everyday business topics and present them back to us as a wake-up call. This conversation is an essential audit for any company owner. We discuss: What's it like to do business with you and secondly how easy is it to actually do business with you?

Alicia Rodriguez is a writer, storyteller and personal coach. Based in the beautiful Algarve region of Portugal, Alicia runs retreats for people going through a transition or facing a challenging period. She works with entrepreneurs who need to step away from the noise in their lives to rest, recalibrate, and renew their vision for their lives. Her memoir, 'The Shaman's Wife: A Mystical Journey of Surrender and Self-Discovery', is based on her eight-year relationship with an Ecuadorian Shaman. In this fascinating conversation, we discuss what Alicia learned about shamanism and spirituality, most importantly, what she learned about herself and how that relates to the leaders she coaches.

​Jason Ferruggia has been helping people become the strongest version of themselves since the early 90's. Most want to be better, improve, and see what's possible. Jay helps us create a life with more health, wealth, happiness, less stress, and fewer regrets. He is credited as the guy who created group fitness and his work has been featured in Fast Company, Men’s Health, Muscle & Fitness, Huffington Post, LiveStrong, Entrepreneur, ESPN and CBS. He's old school hard-core hip-hop, about pushing weights, resistance training, adaptation, and in the field of health, wellness, strength, performance and a positive mindset to live our best life, Jay Ferruggia is the guy.

​The marketing game has changed; well, the fundamentals of the brand are the same, but how we express it has changed in many ways. Billy Broas, author of 'Simple Marketing for Smart People', outlines the playbook we didn’t know we needed. Billy shares a thoughtful, educated approach to marketing that demystifies the complex and often misunderstood world of selling your business with no shortcuts or tricks; it’s about building a solid foundation in understanding how to communicate your value effectively and authentically to a customer who cares.

Understanding twentysomethings as a company owner, C-suite Executive, parent or leader is a hot topic. The NY Times called our guest Dr Meg Jay “the patron saint of striving youth”, and her TED Talk “Why 30 Is Not the New 20” is among the most watched ever.  Dr.Jay earned a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of California, Berkeley and maintains a private practice in Charlottesville specialising in twentysomethings. So many twentysomethings are struggling with anxiety and depression, and this conversation about The Twentysomething Treatment explores why and unveils a ground-breaking approach that prioritises skills over pills.

Leadership isn't getting any easier. Globally each day millions of leaders are left to their own devices to navigate the complexities of leading people, organizations, change and leading themselves. Leadership today has changed drastically, and so must how we prepare leaders for success. Stan Peake, Canada's leading leadership coach has a new book Fixing Leadership, a comprehensive guide that delves into the very essence of modern leadership. Based on interviews with over 300 leaders and leadership coaches Stan's authentic and compelling writing offers practical advice, solid research, and takes a look at what's changed and what it takes to be a great leader today, no matter the industry.

Filipa Bellette is a PhD Scholar, accredited Clinical Nutritionist, Functional Medicine Practitioner, and Coach & Trauma Therapist who has worked with over 2,500+ burned-out clients to help them discover the root cause of their burnout. Filly's practice is best known for ending body burnout in “busy” people with energy, mood & gut issues using a root-cause approach. We unpack her new book 'Ending Body Burnout: Find Your Spark', a comprehensive look at body burnout, its root cause, its effect on us and how we move past it... it's a gut check on burnout.

​Dr Abbie Maroño is a scientist & practitioner of human behaviour who currently consults to the Secret Service. The US Department of State has recognised her extraordinary achievements, placing her in the top 1% of her field. Abbie completed a PhD in Psychology and became a Professor of Psychology at 23. A guest in Season 3, Episode 316, Abbie spoke in depth about trust. Her new book 'Work in Progress' delves into the science of shame and empowerment. Many books on empowerment are well-intentioned but overlook the science behind the experience of shame, how we reconcile self-perception and our surroundings, and how we achieve empowerment. We discuss Abbie's research, data, literature, and her journey with shame.
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Ryan Palmbaum, founder of startup Dabbl Discovery, is a huge advocate of finding your passion and letting it guide you through life. At the start, for Ryan, that was soccer at an international level. Today, Ryan has made it his life’s mission to help as many young people as possible find what makes them tick and discover the possibilities. His startup, Dabbl Discovery, is an educational, short-form video platform that helps younger people discover their passions through trusted, experienced professionals and educators in various career paths and industries.

​Dr Jane Foster, a leading researcher and educator with a PhD in health and education, noticed how the pervasive culture of blame, criticism and judgement was damaging and destructive for teams and individuals. Janes's work equips us with the means to manage our daily stresses by changing our perspective and creating new neural pathways. Jane's program, Emotional Resilience, was created in response to the increasing number of people who pretended to appear fine on the outside but, on the inside, weren’t coping at all, instead teaching self-regulation, replacing blame and judgement with responsibility, empathy and compassion.

Vice Admiral Robert Harward, a beacon of resilience and leadership, stands as the most decorated Navy SEAL in US Naval history. Over a 40-year career, he spearheaded the US Special Operations invasion of Afghanistan in the aftermath of 9/11, oversaw the Navy SEALs' role in Iraq in 2003, and undertook missions in Somalia, Syria and Yemen. His book, "The Gouge", a method for clear thinking under extreme pressure, is a testament to his ability to stay calm in the fog of war. The Gouge, a tool that aided The Admiral in making his best decisions in the face of unimaginable duress, is now used by the world's most elite fighters.

For more than half a century, Bill Raduchel has been the Zelig of the technology world, involved in nearly everything and knowing everyone worth knowing. Bill has served as a high-level executive and strategic adviser for Sun Microsystems, AOL Time Warner, Xerox, and McGraw-Hill and negotiated deals with the biggest names in technology. Bill has worked with systems, software, and networks for decades at the highest levels and has remained at the forefront of the media, education, and corporate governance technology revolution.

Ximena Vengoechea has a new book 'Rest Easy: Discover Calm and Abundance through the Radical Power of Rest', that explores why we don't get enough rest and how we can get more of it at a time when so many of us are feeling burned out. Many of us ignore the signs that it’s time to slow down. We keep going because we believe ourselves unstoppable or because life’s responsibilities—work, rent, kids—make it feel impossible to stop. 'Rest Easy' is a practical guide on how to get the vital rest we need not just to survive, but to thrive.

Katie Arnold is a writer, Zen practitioner and very successful elite ultrarunner. A longtime contributor for Outside Magazine, Katie has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, ESPN, Elle and Runner’s World. At the age of 46, 2 years after she was advised never to run again, Arnold shocked the running world by winning the Leadville Trail 100 Run, the largest, highest and most challenging 100 mile ultramarathon in the country with one of the fastest times in race history. Historically, less than 50 percent of entrants in the Leadville even finish the 100-mile, out-and-back course before the 30-hour cutoff. Katie won it! We discuss Katie's beautifully written book about life, the trails, dealing with trauma, comebacks, zen, self-awareness, and the power of nature.

​Dr Mark Cheng is a leading name in strength & conditioning for the body. He is also an authority for the strength and conditioning of the mind. Through a lifetime of learning, honing, refining, and distilling methods and practices from both the Western and Eastern world, Mark has developed a system that helps everyone from the office jock to top-performing athletes and c-suite executives to move better, perform better, feel better, achieve faster and shorter recovery times, and at the end of the day live better lives.

Oscar Trimboli is a deep-listening expert. Listening is a critical yet neglected skill, and in this interview, Oscar offers a practical and insightful guide on how to be better at this crucial skill. He works with executive leaders at any business level to help them unlock value through better alignment, understanding and communication to explore perceptions, seek out truths and differences, and, importantly, create shared understanding and meaning. None of this is possible without respectful and intentional listening. Oscar, who is also the author of 'How to Listen: Discover the Hidden Key to Better Communication', discovers the hidden key to better communication and is the perfect guide to help leaders and communicators understand and learn what to do and how to do it. A marketing veteran, Oscar consults with companies such as Microsoft, American Express, AstraZeneca, Cisco, Google, HSBC, IAG, Montblanc, PwC, Salesforce, Sanofi, SAP, and Siemens.

Don Mann is a decorated combat veteran, endurance athlete and author. His autobiography 'Inside SEAL Team Six: My Life and Missions with America's Elite Warriors', is a bestseller. His new book 'Reaching beyond Boundaries: A Navy SEAL’s Guide to Achieving Everything You’ve Ever Imagined', shares the secrets behind his impressive achievements, detailing the lessons he learned from his training and endurance pursuits, the stuff that we can apply to our daily lives to push beyond our own internal borders to achieve our goals and make our dreams a reality. Don is one of those guys that leaves you wanting to level up in every area of your world. He walks the talk.

Charlie Gilkey is a 'teams' guy. After 20 years of fieldwork incorporating systems thinking, strategy, execution, leadership and organizational development, his experience includes leading 200+ soldiers in the U.S. Army and 14 years consulting leaders in various industries. As challenging as leading and working in teams can be, few things are as rewarding as seeing your team come together and do a great job. He believes every team, everywhere, has the potential to be that kind of team, and that is precisely what his new book 'Team Habits' and this session are about. When we make working in teams better, we make work better, which means we make people’s lives better.

Life is a process of making trades in a quest for a better life. In the gym, we trade an hour of exercise daily for energy and strength. In marriage, we trade novelty for loyalty. As a parent, we trade freedom for fulfilment. There is one trade, however, that becomes less and less appealing as you mature: trading your time for money. Lon Stroschein operates a movement called Normal 40, which is based on helping people make their own life's second half "Trade", where you consider what's next. Is there more?, What am I trading? Is it the right trade? If you have ‘the perfect life’ but still feel unfulfilled, then The Trade is the perfect place to start your journey today.

Jeffrey Hayzlett is a primetime television and business podcast host on the C-Suite Network. Recognised as a leading business expert, Jeffrey regularly shares business executive insights on Bloomberg, Fox Business, and NBC. Jeffrey is also a former Bloomberg contributing editor and appeared as a guest celebrity judge on NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump for three seasons. He is a turnaround specialist of the highest order, a maverick marketer who delivers scalable campaigns, a guy who embraces traditional modes of customer engagement, and possesses a remarkable cachet of mentorship, corporate governance, and brand-building experience. 

Vinnie Tortorich, the highest profile celebrity trainer in Hollywood, has produced three films, has a best-selling book, and done over 2000 podcasts; he's an ultra athlete and is a guy who speaks the truth about health and wellness and how the big corporates and governments are leading us astray. This conversation challenges our constructs, assumptions, and beliefs on health, fitness, nutrition, and what we feed ourselves and our families. Vinnie is "the guy on the street" who steps up. Reinforced by world-leading experts in his documentaries, you will hear Vinnie's truth. Whether you choose to take action or not is up to you. ​