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Conversations between a daughter, Jane Craigie, and her father, Iain Craigie. Iain spent a career in Intelligence from the late 1950s until the early 2000s, living in the UK, Cyprus, India, Turkey, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and Labuan. The podcast covers the technology used, the methods of spying, the targets, the relevance of place and time and the historical context. The observations and intrigues of a life in surveillance make compelling listening, as well as what it was like having an adve ...
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Iain Craigie and daughter Jane revisit Cyprus after over 50 years. The island is now divided between the Greek and Turkish ruled areas, after separation in 1974. The island remains strategically hugely important, given its location in the middle of the Mediterranean sea and the unrest in the middle east. Iain and Jane, also visited Famagusta, where…
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Sam Dixon of Womble Bond Dickinson, The Evolving Role of Lawyers in the AI Era #341 Summary Sam Dixon, Chief Innovation Officer of law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, discusses the role of AI in the legal profession and the challenges of driving innovation in a traditional industry. He shares his journey from online retail to law and how he became invo…
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John Craske of CMS, Collaboration between Humans and Machines in the Legal Industry #340 Summary John Craske, the director of innovation at CMS, discusses the firm’s AI strategy and the role of innovation in the legal industry. He emphasizes the importance of fostering a culture of curiosity and experimentation. The firm has implemented an innovati…
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JD Meier of Microsoft, Productivity Strategies for Success #339 Summary JD Meier, high performance and innovation coach, discusses his focus on using AI to advance high performance and change how the world innovates. He emphasizes the power of one person businesses to impact and influence a billion minds. Meier shares his two-track transformation m…
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Sir David Omand, Author of How Spies Think 10 LESSONS IN CRITICAL THINKING #338 Summary Professor Sir David Omand, former UK security and intelligence coordinator, shares insights from his book ‘How Spies Think: 10 Lessons in Intelligence’. He discusses the importance of critical thinking, the SEES model used by intelligence analysts, and the role …
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Chicago Keynote Speaker: Importance Of Collaboration Good morning, James Taylor here. Keynote speaker on creativity, innovation, and future trends. Today I'm in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. NEWS & DEALS! Free Course! FULL TRANSCRIPT Chicago Good morning, James Taylor here. Keynote speaker on creativity, innovation, and future trends. Today I'm in Ch…
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Henry David Thoreau And His Creative Mastermind ? Today I'm in Concord, Massachusetts and I'm here because I'm visiting the homes and the last resting places for three of my favorite authors Alcott, Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau. NEWS & DEALS! Free Course! FULL TRANSCRIPT Creative Mastermind Thoreau wrote an incredible book called Walden the […]…
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Mark Twain On Creative Genius ? Hey there, it's James Taylor here keynote speaker on creativity, innovation, and future trends. NEWS & DEALS! Free Course! FULL TRANSCRIPT This week, I'm in the east part of the United States, actually the Northeast of the United States. I just came to New York City yesterday. Today, I'm […] The post Mark Twain On Cr…
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In this episode, Jane Craigie and her Dad, Iain Craigie, look back into Iain's career in intelligence to hear his take on what is happening following the upheaval and displacement caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This was recorded at the height of this summer's UK heatwave before Russia permitted the first shipment of grain from Ukraine.…
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Top Metaverse Keynote Speaker We're talking about the future and what the future is for their industry. And I'm going to be speaking about the metaverse and what the metaverse can mean for different industries, how people are starting to make money from this world of metaverse, and how they're creating more immersive experiences for […] The post Me…
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Resilience Keynote Speaker ? I've just come off stage speaking at the St. Regis Hotel downtown in Dubai. I was speaking for a US company on the topic of resilience, and the role that collaboration and innovation plays in resilience. But as part of my talk, I was also talking about the resilience of Dubai, […] The post Resilience Keynote Speaker app…
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The World's Most Creative People With Debbie Millman - #337 Named as “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, Debbie Millman is a designer, author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters, one of the world’s first and longest running podcasts. In the 16 years since its inception, “Design […] The post The World…
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The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley With Jimmy Soni Tesla, Facebook, YouTube, SpaceX, Yelp, Palantir and LinkedIn. What do all of these companies have in common? They were all formed, funded, or advised by a small group of men who founded or worked at one company, PayPal. Members of the […] The post The Story of Payp…
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The New Leadership Playbook with Andrew Bryant - #335 Being an effective leader in a post-pandemic world goes beyond being good at what you do; it requires balancing empathy with accountability. In The New Leadership Playbook, self-leadership coach Andrew Bryant provides a practical guide to being human and understanding people, whilst simultaneous…
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The Creative Brain With Dr Iain McGilchrist - #334 My guest today says that in order to understand ourselves and the world we need science and intuition, reason and imagination. Dr. Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher, philosopher, and literary scholar. He is a Quondam Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, an Associate Fellow…
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How Emotions Shape Our Thinking With Leonard Mlodinow How can you make better decisions? How can you improve your relationship with others? What can you do to live a happier life? My guest today argues that the answers to all these questions and more lie in understanding our emotions. Leonard Mlodinow is a theoretical physicist […] The post How Emo…
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Lean Innovation Problem Solving With Peter Newell Peter Newell is a nationally recognized innovation expert whose work is transforming how the government and other large organizations compete and drive growth. He is the CEO of BMNT, a Palo Alto-based innovation consultancy and early-stage technology incubator that helps solve some of the hardest re…
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Innovation Is All About People With Alison Hawks Dr. Alison Hawks is the CEO of BMNT, Ltd and Executive Director of the Common Mission Project in the UK, and a recognized expert in military strategy and sociology. Ali was previously the Director of Research of the Section 809 Panel, a US congressionally mandated commission tasked […] The post Innov…
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Many large companies today have begun to adopt the principles of Lean Startup, a methodology first adopted among Silicon Valley tech startups in order to become more innovative and agile in implementing new products, services and business models. However large corporations are not just bigger versions of startups. My guest today, Jim Euchner has [……
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Human Creativity in the Age of Analytics With Chris Jones Chris Jones is a long-time journalist and short-time screenwriter. He has written extensively for Esquire, The Atlantic, WIRED, the New York Times Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal, and has won two National Magazine Awards for his feature writing. He was also a producer on […] The post H…
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The Lean Startup Approach To say that Steve Blank has led an interesting life would be an understatement. He’s had three careers: First, in the U.S. Air Force for four years during the Vietnam War. Next, as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur in 8 startups in two decades (with four IPOs). Currently as an academic teacher […] The post The Lean Startup App…
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Anh Dao Pham: Project Management And Leadership How many books have you read on project management? What about leadership? The problem is these topics don't exist in silos. My guest today says we need to combine the practice of project management and leadership into one balanced approach - project leadership. Because as we emerge from […] The post …
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How to Find What You Love With Marcus Buckingham Did you know that less than 16 percent of us are fully engaged at work, with the rest of us just selling our time and talent and getting compensated for our troubles? Meanwhile, many leaders' energy levels are depleted; employees are burning out at an alarming […] The post How To Find What You Love –…
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Michael Hendrix: What Musical Minds Teach Us About Innovation What can great musical minds teach us about creativity and innovation? That's the topic of 'Two Beats Ahead', the new book by R. Michael Hendrix, global design director at IDEO, and Panos A. Panay, co-president and chief revenue officer of The Recording Academy (the organization behind […
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Sebastian Mallaby: Venture Capital and the Art of Disruption Innovations rarely come from “experts". When it comes to improbable innovations, one legendary tech Venture capitalist told my guest today that the future cannot be predicted, it can only be discovered. Sebastian Mallaby is the Paul Volcker Senior Fellow in International Economics at the …
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Elaine Pofeldt: Strategies for Creating a High-Revenue Business Whether you've launched your own e-commerce endeavor, built your own professional services firm, sold online courses or membership programs, or are just itching to flex your entrepreneurial muscles, starting a small business - a company with 20 employees or fewer - is a rewarding way t…
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Maria Brito: The Art And Business of Turning Your Ideas into Gold There has never been a more crucial time than now to develop your creativity and your ability to innovate. In her new book 'How Creativity Rules The World', New York-based contemporary art advisor and curator Maria Brito illustrates how creativity is merely a […] The post The Art And…
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David Schonthal: Overcoming The Resistance That Awaits New Ideas. David Schonthal is an award-winning Professor of Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship at the Kellogg School of Management where he teaches courses on new venture creation, design thinking, healthcare innovation, and creativity. Along with his colleague Loran Nordgren, David is one…
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How To Achieve Your Worthy Goals Perhaps you’ve already achieved things in your career, but now feel it’s time to “climb that second mountain” and think about your legacy. Or maybe you’re unhappy with how the world is working out right now, and you want to change your part of it for the better. You […] The post How To Achieve Your Worthy Goals – #3…
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The Future Of Office Work As remote working becomes the norm rather than the exception for many office workers around the globe, my guest today proposes a radical new way of thinking about work both now and in the future. Julia Hobsbawm is an entrepreneur, writer, and consultant who addresses the challenges of the hyper-connected […] The post The F…
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Cirque du Soleil's Daniel Lamarre on Creative Leadership Without creativity, there is no business. That is an idea that has guided Cirque du Soleil Executive Vice-Chairman Daniel Lamarre as he helped grow and pilot a billion-dollar business through stormy waters. In his new book 'Balancing Acts', Daniel shares what it takes for anyone, regardless o…
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Fredrik Haren Dream-Inspired Creativity Fredrik Haren is The Creativity Explorer. He has spent the last 25 years traveling the world to learn as much as he can about human creativity. He is the author of ten books - including “the idea book” which was included in “the 100 best business books of all time” and […] The post Fredrik Haren on Dream-Insp…
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Daniel Pink: The Power Of Regret Regrets, I've had a few. But then again, too few to mention. These lines from the Frank Sinatra hit 'My Way' can often be heard at funerals across the Western world. And according to one study of the common emotions that people feel each day, the two mentioned most […] The post Daniel Pink The Power Of Regret – #315…
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In this episode, Iain Craigie remembers his early life - in the 1940s and ‘50s in a little North Eastern Scottish village, Kingston-on-Spey. The rich conversation with his daughter, Jane Craigie, covers a young boy’s relationships with nature, the long-lost shopkeepers and the ebb and flow, and immense freedom of living in a coastal village at the …
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Keynote Speaking In Dubai Today, I'm in Dubai, I'm here speaking in a few hours' time going to be on stage giving the keynote on the closing day of an of conferences for about 100 executives from one of the banks here in the region. NEWS & DEALS! Free Course! FULL TRANSCRIPT New Normal We're […] The post Dubai Keynote Speaker appeared first on Jame…
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Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation, and Intuition at Work I'm James Taylor and you're listening to the super creativity podcast a show dedicated to inspiring creative minds like yours. Natalie Nixon is a creativity strategist, global keynote speaker, and author of the award-winning The Creativity Leap: Unleash Curiosity, Improvisation, and Intuition …
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Fashion Industry’s Impact On Climate Change I'm James Taylor and you're listening to the super creativity podcast a show dedicated to inspiring creative minds like yours. This month witness cop 26 in Glasgow a summit that brings the world together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement, and the UN Framework Convention […] The…
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Animal Ethics Tony Milligan is an author and academic whose main research area is ethics with a particular focus upon otherness are the humans are the creatures are the places, and how the shift between here and there alters our sense of what matters. In addition to his books on space ethics, including the ethics […] The post Animal Ethics- #312 ap…
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How To Thrive At Work I'm James Taylor and you're listening to the SuperCreativity podcast a show dedicated to inspiring creative minds like yours. You probably don't realise this but every working day you replay and reenact complex dynamics and relationships from your past. Whether it's confusing an authority figure with a parent, avoiding conflic…
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Embracing Digital Disruption Now, we're all told we need to embrace digital disruption to thrive in the 21st century. But how can legacy companies and new startups blend both digital and traditional business functions to achieve long-term competitive advantage? That's the question my guest today set out to solve in his new book, The brains […] The …
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Ethical Vegan This week sees the start of COP26 in Glasgow, a summit that brings the world together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. To mark the occasion we decided to record a special series of the SuperCreativity podcast that will focus on […] The post The Ethical Veg…
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The Travel Writing Tribe Travel can be one of the greatest things you can do to spark your creativity and curiosity. I spent much of the Pandemic lockdown reading books about countries that I wanted to visit when the world opened up again. That’s how I discovered today’s guest. Tim Hannigan is a writer and […] The post Travel Writing – #308 appeare…
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Innovative Cities I’m James Taylor and you’re listening to the SuperCreativity Podcast, a show dedicated to inspiring creative minds like yours. Professor Dan Breznitz is known worldwide as an expert on rapid-innovation-based industries and their globalization, as well as for his pioneering research on the distributional impact of innovation polici…
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Make Your Big Ideas Irresistible You have a terrific idea—an amazing product, an incomparable service, a bulletproof business model—and you know it is so powerful that it could change a life, a market, or even the world. There’s just one problem: others can’t or don’t see its power… yet. That's what my guest on today's […] The post How To Make Your…
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Can Artificial Intelligence Be Creative? ? Today, I want to talk to you about whether machines can be creative. NEWS & DEALS! Free Course! FULL TRANSCRIPT Hi, it's James Taylor, keynote speaker and founder of SuperCreativityU. Today, I want to talk to you about whether machines can be creative. Turing test Now have you heard […] The post Can Machin…
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