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Building a brand can be both expensive and take a long time. However, it does not have to be that way. In this episode, I share a killer strategy for building a profitable brand. It has propelled man…
Regardless of how much knowledge and skills you have, you might feel like you're not on your way to reaching your dreams. In this episode, I talk about the missing piece; belief. When you change your…
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We all have them. Setbacks. We cannot avoid them either. So the question is, how do we deal with them? How can we make the most of them? In this episode, I share a few pretty simple ideas for how to …
In this episode, I talk about indisputably the most important ingredient behind all successful people - self-education.
Anyone who believes that traditional education methods will be enough to prepar…
In this episode I talk to Scott Gould, a former church minister turned entrepreneur, speaker, author, and consultant. Above all, Scott is an absolute expert when it comes to engagement.
In this episo…
What is the most valuable thing about your business? If you ask me, it's the quality of the relationships you have with your most valuable customers.
There are some customers that will always matter …
What does it take to design a culture that employees will love?
In this episode of the Extraordinary podcast, I interview Josh Levine, Founder of Great Mondays, a culture-design company from San Fran…
In this episode of Extraordinary, I talk to fellow brand strategist Matt Davies from the U.K. He is the author of a book called Storyategy, which is a great guide for how to storytelling and archetyp…
In this episode of The Extraordinary Podcast, I share what I've been working on behind the scenes for the last months. It's been my dream for over 5 years, and I am finally getting this thing off the…
In this episode I interview the great Chip Conley - the man who disrupted the hotel industry, twice. Chip first founded his own boutique hotel group, and grew it into 50 hotels, then sold it and late…
Welcome to season two of the Extraordionary podcast! In this opening episode I reflect on last year, and talk about the future direction of the podcast. And hopefully I inspire you to take a few mome…
How can you avoid pitching and price your services higher? If you are someone who makes a living from selling creative services (or any professional services) this episode is pure gold. I had the pri…
In my 12+ years of consulting clients on brand- and business development, I have come across very few companies that have a deep connection to the customers - who really understand them on an emotion…
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Why is it so hard to get things done? What is it that makes us procrastinate? How do we stay motivated and overcome doubts and fear?
It takes more that getting the mechanics right. In this short epis…
In this episode we cover:
What is strategic design?
How is it strategic design different from design thinking?
How can you use design to innovate?
What is a better method than the traditional "waterf…
In this episode I talk to Allen Adamson, former Chairman of Landor Associates and currently Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Metaforce. We discuss branding and business in general, what it takes t…
How do you build a brand that really stands out and stands for something? Brian Sooy from Aespire knows the answer, and in this episode he shares his insights from a career of well over 20 years as a…