Have you ever hid behind anything – perhaps something that held you back? Are you still hiding behind something – is it paralysing you? I want you to meet Nadia Finer.
Our conversation with Nadia in the latest episode of the podcast is both fun and powerful. It is about not hiding, and becoming bigger and stronger than you think you could be. Nadia is one of the UK’s foremost business coaches and an accomplished author. As you will hear, for many years Nadia had an insecurity – her voice. That insecurity affected many of the other aspects of her life.
It was when she stopped hiding behind that insecurity that she started to flourish. This took bravery – which, as you will hear – is a skill. Nadia took all of that, turned it on its head, launching her brand, her site, and helping many others, particularly entrepreneurs to “unleash their bigness”.
And, if that’s not enough to convince you that Nadia plays big and faces fears, then how about knowing that she has gotten into boxing, and has already fought three bouts. We talk about all of that, taking risks, and much more.
Show notes:
Nadia’s book, Little Me, Big Business
The Mask of Masculinity by Lewis Howes
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The46in219 – my 46 km birthday run – https://the46in219.carrd.co/
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Today, we talk China and how it is attempting to create a world in its own image. My guest is Daniel Wagner, someone we have had on the show quite regularly. Daniel is an author, speaker and expert on country risk – he is the founder and CEO of his firm Country Risk Solutions.
Daniel is also a prolific writer and his latest book – China Vision: China’s Crusade to Create a World in its Own Image is out now and it brings a much-needed, more nuanced look at China and its place in the world. In the book and in this episode, Daniel explains how China is on the precipice of global supremacy, why the Chinese government acts the way it does, and what that means for the world.
We get into all that and more. Daniel gives us an overview of:
- Where its global vision comes from;
- China’s relationship with the West and the US specifically.
- China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” and the neo-colonial bent of that;
- China’s very different approach to the rule of law;
- Its ambitious and highly successful project to control the internet – and some of the dark implications of that;
- Its “Social Credit System” – a real-life version of Black Mirror;
- Prospects for violent conflict between China and the West;
- Cyber security;
- The internal pressures China faces;
- Much more
Show notes:
China Vision on Amazon’s US site
China Vision on Amazon’s UK site
Daniel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/countryriskmgmt
Daniel’s company, Country Risk Solutions: http://countryrisksolutions.com/
Ep. 91 with Daniel and Keith Furst, Ep 98 Ep 69, Ep 57, Ep 17 and Ep 10 with Daniel Wagner
China’s
China’s “Social Credit System”;
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI);
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Today, I get to share a conversation with one of my favourite people – ultra endurance athlete, adventurer, speaker, coach and author Luke Tyburski. This is Luke’s second appearance on All Things Risk. If you listened way back to episode 9, you know that Like completed a crazy adventure called the Ultimate Triathlon. This involved swimming across the Strait of Gibraltar, cycling along the coast of Spain, and running along southern France into Monaco – 2,000+ km over 12 days. The Ultimate Triathlon is now the subject of an award-winning documentary.
However, there is a deeper, more interesting, raw and inspirational side to Luke. For years, Luke concealed a diagnosis of clinical depression – and it is only very recently that he shared how he persevered through some of the darkest moments in his life in his new book Chasing Extreme. The message of Chasing Extreme and that Luke brings is particularly important to us men – we don’t typically acknowledge our feelings – and the longer that goes on, the more we suffer – the outcomes of that are never positive. Luke is a great role model to inspire us to talk about these things more openly (as I do at a point in the conversation). In doing so, I think we all benefit.
We get into all of that, as well as the importance or purpose in facing uncertainty and facing challenges, Like’s future challenges, and loads more.
Show notes:
The Ultimate Triathlon documentary
The 500 Man Challenge film by Fizeek Media
The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins
The Mask of Masculinity by Lewis Howes
Start with Why by Simon Sinek
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Some thoughts on uncertainty and that special moment when you know you will meet and overcome a tough challenge. That, and my upcoming 46 km run, The46in219.
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My 46 km birthday run - https://the46in219.carrd.co/
David Goggins - https://davidgoggins.com/
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Today, we talk about something we all feel - fear. Unfortunately, it is accurate to say that there is a lot fear in the world. It is equally accurate to say that we rarely acknowledge our fears openly. This creates unrealised potential, division, and paralysis. If only there was a better way to approach fear.
Meet Hilary Gallo. Hilary is an author, speaker, and enabler. His latest book Fear Hack offers a unique and powerful take on fear. Instead of fighting your fear, Hilary advocates befriending it. We talk about all of that and more, including:
- Hilary’s background as a lawyer and negotiator – and what he learned during his extensive time in the corporate world;
- Fear in politics and society;
- Fear and the narratives we use;
- The power of reframing;
- Why Hilary believes we are on the cusp of something amazing;
- The importance of backing yourself;
- Tons more!
Show notes:
Hilary’s earlier book The Power of Soft
“We must rethink the purpose of the corporation” by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times
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This is our now 3rd annual “best of” episode – some of my and your favourite clips from the podcast over the past year. Let me be honest with you – this is probably the most difficult episode to put together. That’s because not only is it a lot of work, it is brutally difficult to leave stuff out. The method is highly unscientific. In putting this together, I was reminded of this scene from the film Dead Poets’ Society. A good long-form conversation is like a piece of art – there are a multitude of ways of looking at it and there are different things that different people can take away from it. So, you will probably think that this collection is missing some great clips – and you’d be right. It's "best of" in quotes / inverted commas.
Nonetheless, these are some of the conversations that stuck with me and with some of you. If you are new to the podcast, this is a great way of understanding the show. If anything piques your interest, go back and check out the full episode. And please go back and check out any of our other great episodes.
In this one, we’ve got clips from:
- Ep. 98: Daniel Wagner – The Big Risk Picture in 2018 and 2019
- Ep 97: Oliver Bullough – Moneyland – How to Take the World Back from Kleptocrats
- Ep. 96: Chris Solarz – Running, Ultra Endurance and Mindset
- Ep. 93: Lloyd Figgins – Travel Survival to Push Boundaries
- Ep. 92: David Quammen – The Tangled Tree
- Ep. 91: Daniel Wagner and Keith Furst – AI Supremacy
- Ep. 90: Annie Duke – Thinking in Bets
- Ep. 89: Dan Davies – Lying for Money
- Ep. 86: Ken Bensinger – “Red Card”, FIFA, Corruption and the Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game
- Ep. 85: Matthew Del Negro – Perseverance and “10,000 Nos”
- Ep. 81: Adam Connors – Rediscover the Lost Art of Networking
- Ep. 79: Srdja Popovic – How to Topple a Dictator
- Ep. 78: Oscar Scafidi – Kayaking the Kwanza River
- Ep. 76: Gleb Tsipursky – How to Seek Truth
- Ep. 75: Paula McGuire – Adventures in Anxiety, and a Big, Mad, Swim Around Britain
- Ep. 71: Gary Noesner – Hostage Negotiations, and Why Listening is More Important Than You Realise
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Our final episode of 2018 is a look back at how some of the year’s “big picture” risks played out and a look ahead at 2019 in geopolitics, technology, the economy and society. My guest is Daniel Wagner, who I have had the pleasure of having on the show half a dozen times now. We did an episode in the same format at this time last year and it was fun and interesting, so thought we should do it again.
If you don’t know Daniel, he is the founder of Country Risk Solutions and a prolific author and commentator. We get into a variety of things including the USA, China, Saudi Arabia, cybersecurity, technological change, sex robots, and a few things to be positive about as well.
Show notes:
Daniel and Keith Furst’s latest book: AI Supremacy: Winning in the Era of Machine Learning
Daniel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/countryriskmgmt
Daniel’s company, Country Risk Solutions: http://countryrisksolutions.com/
Ep. 91 with Daniel and Keith Furst, Ep 69, Ep 57, Ep 17 and Ep 10 with Daniel Wagner
Today, we take a little trip to a place called “Moneyland”. Moneyland is a virtual place – but it is also very real. In fact, it is the third richest “country” in the world.
Moneyland is the title of the Times of London’s Business Book of the Year, written by our guest Oliver Bullough. Oliver is an award-winning investigative journalist. He previously wrote two non-fiction books on Russia’s history and politics.
The book’s full title is Moneyland: Why Thieves and Crooks Rule the World and How to Take it Back. It is where many of the world’s mega rich, particularly kleptocrats in a variety of countries characterised by high levels of corruption, hide and spend their stolen wealth.
As you will hear from Oliver, Moneyland is a lawless, stateless place. It is also one that the West’s own institutions have helped to create, and in the process undermine the foundations of Western stability. We cover that and more in this enthralling conversation, including:
- What Moneyland is and how it got created;
- How Moneyland works – how kleptocrats can steal, hid and spend their ill-gotten wealth (and do things like buy passports);
- Tax havens and how they work;
- The role of the West in creating Moneyland, and how Moneyland is undermining democracy;
- What we can do to fight back against Moneyland
Show notes:
Moneyland: Why Thieves and Crooks Rule the World and How to Take it Back
A Kleptocracy Tour of London with Oliver
Gabriel Zucman’s The Hidden Wealth of Nations
Civil Society Groups:
The Hudson Institute’s Kleptocracy Initiative
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I try to find words and concepts that encapsulate my guests, what they are about, and what we cover in each episode. In thinking about this one, the word that kept coming back to me was “mindset”. My guest is ultra endurance athlete Chris Solarz. Chris has set nine world records, including the total combined time for marathons on all seven continents, number of stairs climbed in 12 days, fastest time to visit all 468 stations in the New York City subway system, and more. He has completed hundreds of marathons, the Ultraman triathlon, the Epic 5 challenge, and recently raced the Deca Man, 10 Ironman distance triathlons in 10 days.
So, who is this guy? Is he some type of professional ultra endurance athlete? Actually, no. Chris is married, a father of three and a Managing Director at a hedge fund. This is where the concept of mindset comes in. Chris has an incredible way of prioritising and integrating family, his passion for endurance sport, and his career. Of course, this isn’t easy, as you will hear. However, there is a lot we can take away from the mindset that Chris has developed and apply it to any aspect of life.
We get into that. Chris talks about his background, how he got into running and ultra endurance events, some of the world records he has set and more. However, this isn’t a conversation about endurance training. It is about motivation, family, overcoming obstacles, managing time, prioritising, decision-making, and much more.
I feel very privileged to bring this one to you. Chris is very authentic and insightful. I think you’ll love it.
Show notes:
Interview with Chris in The Week;
Chris’ 12 hour treadmill world record;
Chris’ stair climbing world record;
“It’s Okay to be Good and Not Great” by Brad Stulberg
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This one is a conversation about personal risk-taking, “skin in the game”, democracy, values, geopolitics and much more. It is a conversation that resonates based on what is happening across much of the world – particularly the rise of populism and authoritarians like Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro, and the entrenchment of old hands like Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Erdogan, to name a few. However, it is also a conversation about personal and collective values and taking risks based on these. It, therefore, offers many lessons across a variety of contexts.
My guest is Philippine Congressman and opposition member Gary Alejano. Before becoming a Congressman, Gary was a soldier in the Philippine Marine Corps and risked his life in various combat operations. He was awarded the Medal of Valour for his service to his country.
In 2003, he was one of a group of young officers who led a mutiny to protest corruption in his country’s armed forces. Yes – I said this one is about risk-taking. This was known as the “Oakwood Mutiny” (named after the luxury Manila hotel Alejano and his colleagues occupied). It was an incident that received worldwide attention.
We talk about that. We also talk about his becoming a Congressman and getting into politics – including the negative perception people in the Philippines have about their politicians (which of course, is a phenomenon many people have about their politicians across most countries in the world, particularly now!). We also discuss:
- Opposing his President’s bloody and ineffective “war on drugs”, which by some estimates has led to the deaths of over 20,000 people;
- What is happening inside the Philippines;
- Fake news, democracy and authoritarianism;
- China and geopolitics in the region;
- Running for a Senate seat next year;
- Taking acute personal risks in public life;
- Much more!
I came away from this thinking that Congressman Gary Alejano is one of the world’s good guys. I hope you enjoy this fascinating conversation.
Show notes:
The Philippines “War on Drugs”
Philippine v China South China Sea Arbitration case
Failure of the UN’s 10 year War on Drugs
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It’s great to be back with another episode! This one is about quite a few things, but if I had to define it with one word, it would be fear, and what happens when we take on our fears in the face of uncertainty. My guest is Deepak Shukla. Deepak is many things – CEO of Pearl Lemon SEO, an award-winning Search Engine Optimisation company, an ultra endurance athlete, a rapper, and many other things.
If there is anything that underpins what Deepak is about, it is a willingness to face his fears and to do difficult things – and the power in doing that. Deepak grew up in London, is the son of immigrant parents and as you will hear, followed a non-linear and unconventional path. It is one that has led him to some interesting places in his career and life. This has included the TEDx stage, kick-boxing in Brazil, ultramarathons, Ironman triathlons, a stint as a tax consultant, his rap career, and loads more.
We get into all of that and along the way cover some valuable ground about facing uncertainty, managing your career, having an experimental mindset, dealing with mental health challenges (which we as men need to speak more openly about), entrepreneurism, and more,
Show notes:
DJ Luck and MC Neat - A Little Bit of Luck;
Books mentioned:
The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari;
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This one is all about travel. Without question, travel is awesome. We can and should explore this amazing world and all that it has to offer. However, we need to travel safely and intelligently. And, for certain types of travel, we need to build some foundations so we can push the envelope.
That’s what we get into today with Lloyd Figgins. Lloyd is a travel risk expert, adventurer, author and speaker. He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a respected authority on travel risk and crisis management. He makes regular appearances on the BBC, ITV and Sky News.
He has also led many expeditions to some of the most interesting yet hostile parts of the world, including the jungles of Colombia during that country’s civil war, helped evacuate clients during a coup in Madagascar, and as you will hear, face a direct threat to his own life in Syria a few years ago. Lloyd is also an adventurer, having rowed across the Atlantic Ocean in a plywood boat!
This episode however focuses on Lloyd’s recent book The Travel Survival Guide: Get Smart, Stay Safe. This is a great handbook, which draws on Lloyd’s direct experiences, for anyone planning an overseas trip. It is loaded with practical advice on everything from aircraft safety, accommodation, medical emergencies, natural disasters, crime and much more.
We get into all of that and as you will hear, Lloyd believes in taking the measures he recommends not to detract from travel experiences, but to push the boundaries and enhance them. If you need any confirmation of that, the foreword to the book was written by Sir Ranulph Fiennes, the world’s greatest living explorer.
This was a very interesting conversation that I am sure you will enjoy.
Show notes:
The Travel Survival Guide: Get Smart, Stay Safe;
Lloyd’s company LFL Risk Mitigation;
The Royal Geographical Society;
How burglars use social media to commit crimes;
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Some thoughts on what it means, and how, to make decisions “like a human being”.
Show notes:
Bruce Lee’s 1971 interview with Pierre Berton;
Ruth Chang’s TED talk on how to make hard choices;
The microbiome its links to neurobehaviours;
Cardiovascular exercise and the brain;
Our podcast episode with Adam Connors on networking;
Our podcast episode with Tom Hardin, AKA “Tipper X”
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This conversation is absolutely fascinating. In fact, it blew me away. My guest for this episode is science, nature, and travel writer David Quammen. David’s books have included The Song of the Dodo, The Reluctant Mr. Darwin which chronicles’ Charles Darwin’s reluctance to publish his On the Origin of Species, Spillover which later informed shorter books Ebola and The Chimp and the River: How AIDS emerged from the African Forest. David has also written hundreds of articles for the likes of National Geographic, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and The Atlantic, amongst others.
The bulk of this episode however relates to David’s latest book The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life, which explores the dramatic revisions in our understanding of life’s history on this planet caused by recent discoveries of genome sequencing and the story of a scientist called Carl Woese. You will also hear about the concept of ‘horizontal gene transfer’ amongst others which revolutionises our understanding of the human genome, how we think about all species of life on earth and other profound and radical implications.
David has a wonderful knack in his writing and speaking for making science understandable and pleasurable to absorb. We get into all of that and much more including:
- David’s background in writing and how he got into writing about science and nature;
- Pandemics and what we know and don’t know about them, drawing heavily on David’s recent writing on the Ebola outbreak in West and Central Africa;
- The various themes of The Tangled Tree;
- The role of personalities in science – to quote David “science itself, however precise and objective is a human activity”;
- The risks and implications of some of the findings described in The Tangled Tree;
- Much, much more
Show notes:
The Tangled Tree: A Radical History of Life on Earth;
Review of the Tangled Tree in the New York Times
The Chimp and the River: How AIDS Emerged From the African Forest;
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Browse through anything about Artificial Intelligence and machine learning and chances are, you will run into two types of articles: First, you will find all the thought pieces by the likes of the Big 4 accountancy firms, major consultancies, the World Economic Forum and others that discuss all the opportunities that AI provides. Second, you will find very technical articles for the “techies” that focus on the ins and outs of these technologies. What you will struggle to find are pieces and conversations about the key risks and related implications these technologies create with a broader audience in mind. Until now. Today, we talk AI Supremacy.
If you are a long-time listener to the show, then the names Daniel Wagner and Keith Furst should be familiar to you. Both have appeared on the podcast previously (and in Daniel’s case, he has appeared a record four times on the show) and join me again today. The two have recently teamed up to write AI Supremacy: Winning in the Era of Machine Learning. This is a book that makes AI accessible to a broad audience and opens up a conversation that we desperately need to have. I am delighted to bring this one to you.
The book is loaded with fascinating insights and we get into many of these in this episode including:
- What AI, machine learning and neural networks are;
- The opportunities AI brings to a range of industries including financial services, manufacturing, healthcare and law;
- AI in policing and “predictive policing”
- The risks associated with AI and governance, ethics and privacy;
- AI and sex and relationships – the world in which we live is going to get weirder in this regard!;
- International relations and AI – the “race” for AI supremacy;
- What China is doing in this space and why is leading;
- What most other countries are not doing and what this means;
- Governance of AI and what we should be doing to manage its risks;
- Much more!
Show notes:
The book AI Supremacy: Winning in the Era of Machine Learning
Keith’s firm, Data Derivatives
Daniel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/countryriskmgmt
Daniel’s company, Country Risk Solutions: http://countryrisksolutions.com/
Ep 69, Ep 57, Ep 17 and Ep 10 with Daniel Wagner
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As a podcast host, you are not supposed to have favourite episodes – but you still do. This is one of those. I have the pleasure today of bringing you my conversation with Annie Duke. Annie is a decision scientist and former professional poker player. In fact, for two decades, she was one of the best in the world. In 2004, she beat a field of 234 players to win her first World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet. In 2010, she won the prestigious NBC national Heads Up Poker Championship.
However, this is not an episode about poker – well it isn’t and it is. As you will hear, poker is a game that mimics life. That is because it is all about making decisions under conditions of uncertainty. Therefore, this is a conversation about making decisions. In fact, Annie has a background in cognitive psychology and received a prestigious National Science Foundation fellowship prior to her poker career. She currently is working on many projects in the realm of decision science including with the likes of Phillip Tetlock, a giant in this field.
Earlier this year, Annie’s book was published – Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts. It is an excellent book which I highly recommend. We get into a number of the concepts Annie discusses in her book and much, much more including:
- Annie’s origin story as a poker player and decision scientist;
- The concept of “resulting” and how we apply this to lives – very useful stuff!
- “Decision quality” – and why this is so important. Annie discusses an example that comes from American football: the Seattle Seahawks’ coach Pete Carroll’s decision to throw a pass late during Super Bowl 49 which ultimately cost them the game. Contrary to popular opinion, this was a high quality decision that turned out badly – Annie explains why and why we do this type of thing in other domains.
- Ways in which we can make better decisions;
- The importance of thinking in probabilities;
- Why “thinking in bets” is so powerful;
- Much more!
Show Notes:
Thinking in Bets – Making Smarter Choices When You Don’t Have All the Facts
Poker players Howard Lederer, Dan Harrington, Erik Seidel
UBS’ 2018 World Cup prediction model
Malcolm Gladwell on “pulling the goalie”
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf by John Coates
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Today, we talk fraud. If we think about some of the most prominent frauds in recent history – from the Bernie Madoff scandal, the LIBOR case or the collapse of Enron, they all seem to have a number of complexities to them. However, as you will hear, all fraud follows a simple logic. That logic is based on trust.
My guest is Dan Davies. Dan is a former regulatory economist with the Bank of England. He has worked at a variety of investment banks and always had a fascination with the many larger-than-life financial scandals in we have all hear about. Scandals like the collapse of Barings Bank caused by rogue trader Nick Leeson (and the subject of the film “Rogue Trader” featuring Ewan McGregor), the Swiss Nazi gold case, and many more.
Such is Dan’s fascination with fraud that he recently wrote a fascinating book on the topic entitled Lying for Money: How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of Our World. This is a very readable book that gives you almost everything you need to know about fraud. Nassim Taleb, of Black Swan fame says that “if you want to learn to fend fraud, read this. And if you want to commit fraud…don’t. But if you absolutely must, read this first.”
We get into the various topics covered in the book including:
- The concept of the “optimum level of fraud” in and economy – this sounds counter-intuitive but because both fraud and economic growth depend on trust, there will always be a level of fraud in an advanced economy;
- The types and characteristics of fraud;
- The mechanics of different types of fraud, including lots of examples;
- Rogue traders;
- Why frauds have a “snowball effect”;
- The role of primal, human emotions in fraud
- Much more
Show notes:
Lying for Money – at Amazon’s UK site
Mentioned during the episode:
The Speed of Trust by Stephen Covey
The Smartest Guys in the Room – The Amazing Rise and the Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf by John Coates
The UK Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) Scandal
“ Enron’s Open Secrets” by Malcolm Gladwell
Triumph of the Optimists by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh and Mike Staunton
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Today, it’s all about creativity, design, marketing and careers. That, and authenticity, a now over-used word. In the past, we’ve talked about “inauthentic authenticity” – the appearance of authenticity to create some type of one-sided sales or marketing benefit. This is a practice that one sees regularly online which can create risks and unintended consequences – for all sides in the equation. We need more people who speak their minds and are genuine.
My guest today is exactly that. Meet Michael MidKnight. Michael is a Design and Marketing Consultant with his brand Mik Tek Studios, Career Advocate with his series Recruitamentary and a fellow podcast host. We cover the art of marketing, value of genuine authenticity and enjoy the rich depths and importance of storytelling for an experience - Lion King references included!
If Marketing, Sales, Design, Creative Thinking or a wide range of humorous takes on his industry experience as a whole, this would be the episode for you worth listening to. And even if it isn’t there are loads of great insights applicable to many other aspects of our lives.
Show notes:
Mik Tek Studios: www.miktek.tv
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmidknight
YouTube: www.youtube.com/miktekstudios
Mik Tek Studios on Facebook: www.facebook.com/miktekstudios
Instagram: www.instagram.com/miktekstudios
Twitter: www.twitter.com/miktekstudios
Mik Tek Studios Podcast is on iTunes, SoundCloud and Google Play, search for ‘miktekstudios’)
Recruitamentary:
website: www.recruitamentary.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/recruitamentary
Facebook: www.facebook.com/recruitamentary
Twitter: www.twitter.com/recruitamentary
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Today, it’s all about communication. That, and mountaineering – because these two things are so intertwined. Well, they will seem to be once you listen to my conversation with our guest Chuck Garcia. Chuck is an executive coach, professor at the Graduate School of Engineering at Columbia University, and a speaker. He worked for many years at Bloomberg – and started before it became the giant financial news and media company that it is today. He has worked very closely with its founder Michael Bloomberg.
Chuck is also an avid mountaineer and this conversation is primarily one around the parallels between mountain climbing and effective communication – and there are more than you realise. There are so many in fact, that Chuck has written a wonderful, best-selling book on the topic called A Climb to the Top: Communication and Leadership Tactics to Take Your Career to New Heights.
We get into that and much more including:
- How Chuck started his career and the early days at Bloomberg;
- Mountaineering and his expeditions;
- What makes a great leader;
- Some very difficult conversations he had following the 9/11 attacks which tragically claimed the lives of three of Chuck’s colleagues;
- Climbing expeditions to honour fallen colleagues
- The perils of knee-jerk reactions – both in climbing and communicating;
- Agility versus planning;
- Much more!
Show notes:
Chuck’s book: A Climb to the Top: Communication and Leadership Tactics to Take Your Career to New Heights;
Climb Leadership International
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
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As we are talking about books, I thought I’d share with you some recommended books that I have read and am currently reading, and some that I am about to read:
Red Card: FIFA and the Fall of the Most Powerful Men in Sports by Ken Bensinger
Lying for Money: How Legendary Frauds Reveal the Workings of Our World by Dan Davies
Signals: How Everyday Signals Can Help Us Navigate the World’s Turbulent Economy by Pippa Malmgren
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress by Steven Pinker
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
Endure: Mind, Body and the Curious Elastic Limits of Human Performance by Alex Hutchinson
Skin in the Game by Nassim Taleb
The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold by Tim Moore
How to Not Die by Dr. Michael Greger and Gene Stone
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We have released this episode right in the middle of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. You might love football (and you may call it “soccer”). You might revel in Lionel Messi’s unbelievable skills or Cristiano Ronaldo’s athleticism (even though both are now gone from the tournament). Perhaps you play the game. Perhaps your children do. Maybe you support your local club side, one of the big European teams, or both. Your national team’s performance might have a lot of meaning for you.
Conversely, you might not care about the game at all. You might be appalled by the amount of money in it, or the fact that people spend far too much time obsessing over it. You might be all of the above.
Regardless, what is often called “the people’s game,” or “the beautiful game,” has a very dark side. It is a side that you should know about because it affects our world. That side is corruption, which we talk about in this episode.
My guest is Ken Bensinger. Ken is an award-winning investigative journalist. He has worked at the Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times and now at BuzzFeed News. He was a Pullizer Prize finalist. He has recently written Red Card: FIFA and the Fall of the Most Powerful Men in Sports.
Red Card is an enthralling account if the FBI’s investigation into FIFA, football’s global governing body, arguably the most powerful institution in all of sports. The book shows the greed, arrogance and self-interest of those who ran the sport for decades, and how a determined investigation brought this small cabal to justice. It is also a book that asks questions about the role of big money and politics in sport, including geopolitics.
We get into that and more, including:
- How the book came about;
- How FIFA’s structure facilitates corruption, including why that structure has similarities with organised crime syndicates;
- How the money flowed and how the corruption worked – and very plausibly, how it still might be working today;
- How the USA got involved in investigating FIFA;
- Whether or not FIFA is cleaner now;
- Things Ken is watching out for in Russia 2018;
- Parallels to the Russia/Trump investigation;
- Similarities to Russia’s athletics doping scandal;
- Risks to the sport;
- Whether or not it is “ok” to watch the World Cup;
- Plans for a movie;
- Much more!
Show notes:
Red Card: FIFA and the Fall of The Most Powerful Men in Sports – UK edition, US edition here
The 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids
Christopher Steele and the Trump Dossier
Brazil’s Odebrecht corruption scandal
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
The Icarus Documentary about Russia’s systemic doping in sport
The Russian athletics doping scandal
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We often think of outcomes as binary – either they happen, or they don’t. Think about something you want to happen – this could be a career, relationship or personal goal. Now imagine that at some point in the future, you will learn about the outcome of that objective. You get to that future point, and the outcome is a “no”.
Now imagine that you can do something about that – but that this requires you to run a type of weird marathon. At every kilometre marker, you once again get to learn about the outcome to the goal you have been pursuing. In all likelihood, that outcome will once again be a “no”. However, you also know that if you keep running, at some point you will get to a “yes”. You just don’t know when. What is the strategy you take to maximise the number of kilometre markers you reach? How do you get through all of those “nos”?
This is in many ways, the story of this episode’s guest, actor Matthew Del Negro. If you were to read through the list of Matthew’s television credits, it reads like a list of some of the most acclaimed and popular shows in American, and world, TV history:
- The Sopranos,
- Law and Order;
- The West Wing;
- CSI: Miami:
- Criminal Minds;
- And most recently the Amazon Prime series Goliath
You might think that Matthew’s success was either pre-ordained or that it was the result of a massive lucky break. As you will hear however, that is not how it went down. Matthew had to go through many “nos” (perhaps 10,000 of them as goes the title of his own wonderful podcast), to get to the point where he could call himself “an actor”.
This is a conversation about perseverance and resilience. It’s not only about the necessity of having a passion and self-belief, but it is also about practical strategies and tactics necessary to achieve great things in the face of long odds.
Show notes:
The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks
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This is a wonderful conversation under the banner of “resilience”. My guest is Stephanie Harris. Stephanie is an author and a self growth and progress coach. She is a South African based in New Zealand and specialises in supporting those experiencing grief – that could be grief caused by the death of a loved one, friend or pet – but it also could be caused by a major setback.
Stephanie book Death Expands Us is based on her personal experience dealing with the sudden loss of her brother. She wrote the book she wished she had when she was going through that loss. Losses and setbacks will happen at various points in our lives and yet, we are often not taught the valuable life skills associated with dealing with them. This is where Stephanie’s work comes in.
As you will also hear from Stephanie, a loss could come from not only a death, but also the end of a relationship, the loss of a job, or many other things. We talk about all of that, as well as the way in which our minds and bodies interact under these circumstances in a very honest and valuable conversation.
Show notes:
Stephanie’s book Death Expands Us
Stephanie on Twitthttps://stephanieharriscoaching.com/er
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In our previous episode with Justin Recla on cryptocurrencies, we mentioned that we were going to broaden out the conversation on finance, the global economy, technology and how all of that is changing us. This is exactly what we do in this episode – and then some.
My guest is Keith Furst. Keith runs a firm called Data Derivatives, which focuses on implementing financial crime systems. He is an expert in anti-money laundering, fraud and financial abuse. However, Keith also has a background in philosophy and brings a wide-ranging and insightful perspective on the world in which we live. If you are interested in understanding the changes we are going through in finance, our economy, and in technology, I think we will enjoy and get a lot out of this episode.
We cover all of the above and more including:
- If the global financial system is safer now than in 2008;
- Where the next risks to the global economy may come;
- The benefits and limitations of cryptocurrencies;
- How the crypto world may evolve;
- The perils associated with technology and social media;
- Income and happiness
- Much more!
Show notes:
Keith’s firm, Data Derivatives
Keith on Twitter – he is admittedly less active here!
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Mark Blyth – “the Hamptons are not a defensible position”
The Steiner Education Approach
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Sometimes, certain iconic film scenes serve as appropriate metaphors for phenomena in real life. In this episode, we talk about the world of cryptocurrencies. In searching for the appropriate comparative movie scene, I first considered the Matrix’s red pill / blue pill scene. Depending on what you think about cryptocurrencies, you might have varying viewpoints on whether they represent the red pill – emancipation from an artificial reality or the blue pill – a blissful, yet false fantasyland.
However, in speaking to Justin Recla, my guest in this episode, it actually dawned on me that the world of cryptocurrencies most closely resembles the cantina scene from Star Wars. You might find the best fighter pilot in the galaxy, but you are more than likely to run into many of the unsavoury characters crawling around the place. This is where Justin’s work comes in.
Justin is a former counter-intelligence officer with the US Army. Following a career in the military he and his wife Tonya (also my guest in episode 62), brought those skills to the business world. As of late, Justin has focused on cryptocurrencies. Through something called Crypto Bit Verified, a service of his firm Clear Business Directory, Justin conducts due diligence and vetting on cryptocurrency opportunities.
Whatever your views on cryptocurrencies are – if you think they are the future of finance, fairy dust, or just don’t know – one thing is clear: the media attention they have attracted has brought with it all manner of scams, ineptitude and other risks that many crypto investors either don’t see or don’t want to see. Justin’s work helps people distinguish between those opportunities that have a fighting chance, from those that have none at all.
We get into all of that in this episode. Justin shares his background, talks counterintelligence and how those skills are applied to crypto due diligence and vetting, the world of cryptocurrencies, the types of frauds and scams out there, how investors can protect themselves, and much more.
Show notes:
Cryptocurrency due diligence Facebook group
The Security and Exchange Commission’s alert “Ponzi Schemes Using Virtual Currencies”
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