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Ep 209: Phil Adams – Seven Minutes Soundbites
Overview My guest this week is Phil Adams. Phil is an Edinburgh-based independent brand strategist, consultant, writer, and documentary filmmaker. I briefly crossed paths with Phil in the mid-90s at the legendary Edinburgh ad agency Leith. Phil is not your average ad guy. The fusion of his engineering first principle
Ep 208: Phil Adams – Applying First Principles Thinking And Storytelling to Solve Brand Problems and Reimagine Democracies
Overview My guest this week is Phil Adams. Phil is an Edinburgh-based independent brand strategist, consultant, writer, and documentary filmmaker. I briefly crossed paths with Phil in the mid-90s at the legendary Edinburgh ad agency, Leith. Phil is not your average ad guy. The fusion of his engineering-first-principle problem-solving ability,
Ep 207: Lenore Anderson – Seven Minute SoundBites
If you’re short on time and want to hear how Lenore Anderson is advocating for Smart Justice Policy Reform and Creating Safer Communities to break the cycle of victim trauma, then here are 7 minutes of key soundbites. If you do have the time, on a run, cycle, or drive,
Ep 206: Lenore Anderson – Breaking the Cycle of Trauma, Smart Justice Policy Reforms and Creating Safer Communities
Lenore Anderson This week’s guest is Lenore Anderson. Lenore is Co-founder and President of Alliance for Safety and Justice, one of the largest reform advocacy organizations in the US, that combines smart policy reform with grassroots organizing to replace reliance on incarceration with more effective public safety solutions. With deep
Ep 205: Dr. Melanie van De Velde – Seven Minute Soundbites
Leading Like A Genius TL:DR – If you’re short on time and want some topline insight into the thinking and work of Melanie Van De Velde, then here are 7 minutes of key soundbites. If you do have the time on a run, cycle, or drive, check out the full
Ep 204: Dr. Melanie Van De Velde – Leading Like A Genius To Ace Sustainability and Change the World
This week’s guest is Dr. Melanie Van De Velde. Melanie wholeheartedly believes that we can make this world a way better place. As Founder of Big Tree Global, Melanie and her team support business leaders and MBA students from around the world with insights and tools to help them create
Ep 203: Marianna Koval – Seven Minutes of Soundbites
Invest NYC TL:DR – If you’re short on time and want some topline insight into the work of Marianna Koval in bringing transportation equity and economic opportunity to New York’s Bronx neighborhood by enabling increased e-bike access through The Equitable Commute Project, then here’s 7 minutes of key soundbites. If
Ep 202: Marianna Koval – Delivering Equity and Economic Opportunity Though E-Mobility
Guest Overview This week’s guest is Marianna Koval. Marianna is the Director of Invest NYC, SDG at the NYU Stern Center For Sustainable Business. Invest NYC SDG is a multi-year initiative that aims to build a sustainable, inclusive, and resilient economy in New York City by using the
Ep 201: Barbara Daoust – Seven Minutes of Soundbites
TL:DR – If you’re short on time and want to hear some of Barbara’s wisdom and insights into how we affect change in our lives, unleash your creativity, unlock the power of the unconscious mind, achieve one’s goals, and develop a growth mindset, then here’s 7 minutes of key soundbites
Ep 200 – Barbara Daoust – Unleashing Creative Potential, Changing Personal-Realities, To Unlock Dreams
Barbara Daoust is this week’s guest. She has lived a transformational life. From acting, directing, and storytelling, she is now an internationally respected Author, Speaker Success Coach, and Business Growth Accelerator. For me, Barbara understands how our minds are coded and how to unlock the changes people desire, to
Ep 199: Don Smith Seven Minutes of Soundbites
TL:DR – If you’re short on time and want to hear some of the gems of wisdom, life philosophy, and his transformation journey from ad creative to the inventor, here are 7 minutes of critical soundbites from Don Smith. If you have time on a run, cycle, or drive, check
Ep 198: Don Smith – Living, Creating and Inventing Guided By An Emergent Mindset
Don Smith is this week’s guest. I won’t say much about Don other than he is an inspiring example of how transformation can occur in one’s life if you set your mind to it, take bold actions, and seek help and advice from experts. From a career as an advertising
Ep 197: David Risley – Seven Minutes of Soundbites
TL:DR – If you’re short on time and want to hear some of the insights, ideas, and practical solutions to the current US Criminal Justice System then here’s 7 minutes of key soundbites, from criminal justice expert, thought leader and advocate, David E Risley. If you do have the time
Ep 196: David Risley – How To Redesign and Reform The Criminal Justice System
David E Risley is the host of Justice Voices, the podcast that delivers eye-opening stories and commentary about criminal justice, healing, and safer communities. For 32 years…yes, 32 years David was a federal prosecutor for the Central District of Illinois, where he led counter-terrorism prosecutions, and was the lead attorney
Ep 195: Christian Baujard – Seven Minutes of Soundbites
TLDR – If you’re short on time and still want to hear some of the perspectives, life experiences, and practical advice from French Ad Agency Strategist and leader Christian Baujard then here are 7 minutes of his soundbites. If you do have the time, on a run, cycle, or drive,
Ep 194: Christian Baujard – Leading With a Strategy of Humor and Stupidity
Christian Baujard, President of the French Ad Agency Les Présidents is this week’s guest. As my second Storyteller guest, his story intersects with mine back in the late 90’s and early 2000s when we worked together in London at an Ad agency called EURO RSCG Wnek Gosper. During this period
Ep 193: Karl Popham – Seven Minute Soundbites
Austin Energy EV lead Karl Popham – TLDR edition – If you’re short on time and still want to hear some of the strategies, insights, and actions being implanted by Karl Pophams transportation electrification team then here are 7-minutes of soundbites If you do have the time, on a run,
Ep 192: Karl Popham – Driving Transportation Electrification and EV Adoption in Texas
Karl Popham is a domain expert in change management. Karl leads the EV and Emerging Technologies team at Austin Energy and is making significant progress in transitioning from fossil fuel dependency through a holistic transportation electrification strategy. Karl’s Electric Vehicles & Emerging Technologies Team was founded in 2011. Through a
Ep 191 – Katz Kiely Seven Minute Soundbites
Katz Kiely Seven Minute Soundbites TLDR alert – If you’re short on time and still want to hear some of the gems of wisdom and inspiring actions of female powerhouse Katz Kiely then here is 7-minutes of soundbites If you do have the time, on a run, cycle, or drive,
Ep 190 – Katz Kiely – The Pioneering Vision of a System Thinker & Difference Maker
Katz Kiely Guest Overview Welcome back to The Impossible Network season 5, where I interview Storytellers, Difference Makers, and Domain Experts to tell their stories, invite them to connect with each other, and challenge them to take action on issues and problems they care about, the problems that need solving.
Ep 189: Jennifer Hutchins – Seven Minute Soundbites
Jen Hutchins – Guest Overview Here are seven minutes of soundbites from storyteller Jennifer Hutchins – the award-winning Hollywood TV and film producer and now Austin-based Founder of All Entertainment Business, the fast-growing entertainment industry networking event series. If you’re short on time and still want to hear some of
Ep 188: Jennifer Hutchins – Storyteller And Founder Of The All Entertainment Business
Jennifer Hutchins – Guest Overview Hey, hey, welcome back, this is the first interview in my new format, where I will interview Storytellers, Difference Makers, and Domain Experts to tell their stories, invite them to connect with each other, and challenge them to take action on issues and problems they
Ep 187: Action Engines and Random Collisions – Broadening Our Social Purpose
Mark Fallows welcomes you back to THE IMPOSSIBLE NETWORK It’s been 7 months since our last drop and four years since I began the podcast. So before season 5 kicks off, I wanted to explain the changes to the type of guests we will interview and the outcomes we are
Ep 186: Robert Hansen RSnake – Ideas To Impact A Billion Lives
To say that Robert Hansen, aka RSnake is a man of impact is an understatement. He applied his hacker skills to expose Pedophile networks in his early 20s, He was responsible for the authentication, anti-fraud systems, and anti-phishing technologies at eBay, tech that is now in every modern web browser
Ep 185: Dina Lovinsky – Write Like A Human
Dina Lovinsky is a Russian-born, SF-based writer. She is also the ghostwriter of the recent NYT and WSJ bestseller Tony Fadell’s Build – An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making. This is a fun episode. We cover Dina’s upbringing, and she shares some of her parent’s backstory from being
Ep 184: Negar Tayyar – Empowering The Forcibly Displaced People Through Her Values, Vision and Vitality.
Negar Tayyar is a philanthropic refugee rights advocate, life coach, and co-founder and director of the Global Whole Being Fund (GWBF), an international fund supporting the humanitarian and long-term needs of forcibly displaced people. We cover a lot in this episode from Negar’s early memories of growing up in Iran,
Ep 183: Matteo Vianello – A Life of Channeling Curiosity and Expressing Creativity to Create a Better World
Rarely do my guest’s serendipitous recommendations as to who I interview next lead me to someone from the same industry in which I work. This is one of those rare weeks. Born and raised in Venice Italy, Matteo Vianello is a Creative and Design leader who has led an extraordinary
Ep 182: Chris Debiec – The Rule-Breaking, Detail-Driven, Honest-Talking Path to Hollywood Production Success
Chris Debiec is an award-winning writer/producer/executive with a thirty-plus-year track record of producing film and tv series, working with icons across all aspects of the entertainment industry. Chris recently moved from LA to Austin, and as a result of a serendipitous connection, we sat down to discuss his insights and
Ep 181: Michael Plitkins – Redefining The Human Experience With Immersive Sound
This week’s guest is Michael Plitkins, co-founder and Co-Der of Spatial Inc – the Immersive Audio start-up that redefines the human experience by creating virtual soundscapes where you work, where you play, and where you stay. In this interview, Michael takes us on a serendipitous journey through his life; a
Ep 180: The Forced Displacement Of Ukrainians – Sana Mustafa
This week we have a follow-up to our recent interview with Sana Mustafa. When I interviewed Sana back in November 2021, we could not have imagined the Ukrainian refugee crisis. So I wanted to hear Sana’s perspective as Director of Partnership and Engagement at Asylum Access, on the mass migration