Pushing Beyond the Obvious - Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed

Pushing Beyond the Obvious - Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed

Pushing Beyond the Obvious is a podcast dedicated to help entrepreneurs succeed in a hyper-competitive & ever-changing business environment. We will invite practitioners and thought leaders to share their experience, strategies and secrets about their success, that can entrepreneurs can apply in their day-to-day life. Join us on a journey of discovering new insights every week.

Episodes

February 26, 2024 49 mins

This is the recording of a live conversation I had with Dr. Efrat Goldratt-Ashlag to explore how the principles from the Theory of Constraints can be applied to multi-project environments (Digital transformation efforts) to deliver projects on time, on budget and on spec.

She shared insights from her latest book (now available in Worldwide) Goldratt’s Rules of Flow to help us understand how to increase the velocity and throughputs ...

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In this episode of the podcast, we host the inimitable and unapologetically ambitious, Sophie Krantz. We had a conversation about leadership and the need for economic growth and opportunity. We discussed the possibility of creating positive change in the world through frameworks like exponential organization (ExO) and coaching ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

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In this conversation with @DrAlanBarnard, we explore how the principles of the Theory of Constraints (originally created by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt) can be used to not only drive significant business results but also to help us make high stake decisions as leaders.

In this freewheeling conversation, we explore Dr Barnard's story about how he met with Dr. Goldratt and ...

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In this free wheeling conversation,

we cover

  • What it takes to lead in an ever changing world 
  • What are some of the key skills leaders need to cultivate to thrive
  • What are some of the things that leaders need to avoid to thrive
  • How AI or Artificial Intelligence will change the face of the organisation and therefore the role of a leader
  • The importance of having a clear strategy or a "True North" when everything around us is chan...
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In this interesting conversation, Speaker, Author and Advisor (and Public speaking coach)  @ColFink  shares his perspective on the importance of clear and effective communication for leaders.

He also shares insights on how to get good at communication and specifically when speaking to an audience (internal or external).

He shares how leaders can learn to communicate to inform, inspire and connect...

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In this first episode of a new series, which will be focused on leadership, we host a practicing leader - Pankaj Rusia. He currently works for SAP as the Head of Customer Success for the SAP HR Cloud business are and is based out of Singapore. As the Head of Customer Success for SAP South East Asia, he is on a mission to make customers look great in front of their leadership, employees, and manager...

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This the first episode of the current season of my podcast - Pushing Beyond the Obvious and I am super happy and excited to kick off the season with none other than Lisa O'Neill. She is a self described energy and human expert.

In this wide ranging conversation about energy and leadership, she shared a lot of great insights...

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In this episode of Pushing Beyond the Obvious, we host Stacey Barr - The Performance Measure Specialist. She

Stacey is a specialist in strategic performance measurement and evidence-based leadership.

Stacey specialises in using practical performance measurement as the catalyst for creating a high-performance culture that achieves measurable success.

She is also the creator ot PuMP®. PuMP® is a performance measurement methodology th...

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September 29, 2021 57 mins

In this episode, we speak to Radhika Dutt, the author of the book - Radical Product Thinking. 

 

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November 7, 2018 59 mins
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One of the greatest strengths of the human race is also one if its weakest link. Our ability to imagine is the source of all the innovations around us that has made our lives and our species so dominant in the also what causes us to trip in a lot of our pursuit.

We could end up living in our imaginary worlds and never see the reality. This is the reason why so many ...

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In this episode, we speak with Anne Sugar. She is an executive coach and speaker who has advised top leaders at companies like TripAdvisor, Sanofi Genzyme and Havas, She also serves as an executive coach for Harvard Business School Executive Education.

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In this episode, we host David Burkus and talk about his latest book - Friend of a Friend. In the book he talks about the science of networks and what we can learn from them. 

He shares a lot of great insights into how to use the science of networking to build a network that will help us get what we want while helping our friends get what they want. 

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Who is on the show today
 
James “Chip” Massey is the CEO of Plowshare Communications, which advises business leaders on strategic negotiations and how to accelerate the sales process by building strong, powerful, and trust-based relationships.
 
Why is he on the show: 
 
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In this episode, we host Denise Lee Yohn. She is a best selling author, keynote speaker and the leading authority on building great brands and exceptional organizations.

Why is she on the show:

Her book "Fusion" comes out today in which she shares her insights on the importance of bringing organisationa...

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In this epsiode, we host best selling author Dorie Clark. She has written multiple best selling books - Reinventing You, Stand Out & her latest book Entrepreneurially You. 

She shares great insights on how to create a brand for yourself and also about the importance of being entrepreneurial, even if you are not an entrepreneur. 

I had a great time talking to her and is an insightful conversation. 

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In this episode, we host Harold Jarche. He is focused on providing actionable insights for workplace transformation. He works with individuals, organizations, and public policy influencers to develop practical ways to adapt to the technological, demographic, and societal changes facing us today. 

We talk about how we can create our very own personal knowledge mastery strategy (Seek --> Sense --> Share) & how this can help us make s...

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