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Welcome to the 864
So this one is a little different….it’s with two guests…
Adrien Schmidt & Marios Anapliotis are Co-founders of Bouquet.ai.
Bouquet.ai is the creator of Aristotle, your personal AI analyst available 24/7/365 to provide meaningful answers to your data questions. Getting answers at work made as easy as chatting with a friend. Aristotle is available today via Facebook Messenger, Slack and Alexa.
Marios has a very strong technical background, working with Nokia and then moved to California. That’s where he met Adrien and decided to go out on his own.
Adrien Schmidt is originally from France but moved to the US and has been working in the technology and start-up space from a very early age. Working as a product manager. He’s been working on data and early days of big data.
If you have an interest in the world of AI, Natural Language, Decision Making and how all of these work together to get better results for Business, you’ll enjoy this one.
Summary of the topics covered below with a link the website if you’d like to know more.
We discuss topics that cover:
•Decision Making
•The risk of moving into the start-up mode
•The Project with BouquetAI and now Aristotle
•The great mix of Corporate and Start-up Experience
•What is unique about Aristotle?
oMaking all the old technology disappear
oA new experience to get access to data – via a conversation
•Conversational Interfaces in Natural Language in Business Intelligence
•Data & Users
•Getting a Question from a User and Give an Answer, not a Report!
•Moving from just a report to an Answer!
•Bringing a Consumer Experience to the Business Problem – This is where Aristotle came.
•How Aristotle answers questions? It’s not a BI tool!
•Aristotle is trying to imitate a human analysts
•Keeping in Context of an Analyst
•Lack of Bias from Aristotle
•Removing feeling and emotion from the exchange with Aristotle
•You can still ask the stupid questions with Aristotle
•Trust & Algorithmic Bias – Being Objectives
•Designed to Learn, get better and more precise
•Can I trust the Chart 20 years ago? Not it’s common practices?
•Interest from Fortune 100 companies right from the outset from the US!
Check out more at www.Bouquet.ai
I hope you enjoyed the show!
Regards,
Rob -
The amount of work you can do when it matters to you!
Welcome to the 864 Podcast.
This one is a little bit different. Here the primary focus is on Bikram Yoga.
In reality, it’s more about the story of Bikram Yoga and how Julia Henderson, my guest and producer of the 30 for 30 podcast series on Bikram Yoga, came up with the idea for this show, the challenges she faced over the 18 month project, what she learned during it and where she’s at currently.
Since we recorded, Julia has been touring the world and has rightly so been received huge praise for the work she’s done with this show.
If you haven’t listened to it yet, do. After this show obviously. Links to the 30 for 30 Bikram series with the show notes below.
Below is the summary of our conversation:
The Background to the story – Julia had done so much Bikram Yoga in the past.
For a couple of years, managing a Bikram Studio
Using Bikram to unwind and destress
The effort and exertion that it takes really hardened her up and got so much done in that period – a sense of accomplishment and validation
Discipline!!!
Pitching the Yoga Story – was very unsure about how this would go over!
The bigger themes were coming out and it was key – met with support
The most challenging part of the journey?
Any point where this could be an end?
Meeting with Bikram Choudhry – the feelings around this?
Learning about yourself? Resilience, Tenacity and Pushing Through!
Note, we recording it back in in June, hence the world cup reference.
Thank you, Julia! This was one I had been looking forward to releasing for a long while!
The full 30 for 30 series on Bikram is here - https://30for30podcasts.com/bikram/
Connect/Follow Julia on Twitter here
Her website http://www.julialowriehenderson.com
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The 864 with Stephen Ryan – Story Telling, Creating Tribes & 4 Big Ideas!
Welcome to another episode of the 864 podcast.
Stephen Ryan is a Marketing expert, a Storyteller, a Lecturer and, just recently, he’s launched his own story telling agency, Narration.ie. On the same day, he launched another project called 24Stories (24Stories.ie). I caught up with him a few weeks back to learn about both.
He talks about the concept behind both and his hopes for both in the coming weeks and months.
Stephen also shared his own personal story during the show, talking about his physical disability growing up and how this had a massive impact on the person he has become today. He talks about the tools and skills he learned at Enable Ireland in his early years. This was a big turning point for Stephen.
Towards the end, Stephen shares some tips in the marketing space that he’s learned along the way as well as answering some random questions.
Tips for Marketing & Brand Creation
•What is your creative piece & then think about the time to release!
•Timing is everything – when is the time to release it?
•Press Releases – when best to share it?
•Digital World Releases?
•Asking people to do just one thing! #Narration
•4 Big Ideas in a Year?
•The Power of Creative Concepts!
•EdFm Example!
Random Questions
•Hardest decision ever had to make?
•What gets you into the zone!
Get in touch:
Stephen is active on social media on
Twitter - @MarketinginCork
Instagram –
LinkedIn – Stephen Ryan
Check out his story telling agency – www.narration.ie
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Welcome to the 864 Podcast.
We're continuing the sporting theme (last episode with Irish International Football John Egan), but shifting code to Rugby this time. I'm delighted to be able to share this podcast with the Leinster legend Isa Nacewa.
Isa joined Leinster in 2008 and, over the next decade, in two stints with the province, won four Champions Cups, the Challenge Cup and 3 Pro-14 titles. He has been called greatest import to Irish Rugby if not European. He’s been not only immensely successful at winning trophies, he’s humility, lack of ego, and selflessness also very much stand out in the legacy he’s created in the game.
I talked with Isa couple of weeks back when in Ireland just for a few days during which time there was a testimonial dinner in his honour. It was a flying visit, but he still managed to squeeze in time for an early morning chat for the podcast.
As we recorded it in the morning, morning routines started off the conversation and we went from there. Rugby does get a mention but habits, behaviours, and mental strength are at the core of the podcast.
It was a real pleasure to talk with Isa. I’ve taken something (actually many things) of value from it that I can put into practice. My hope is you can too. Thanks to Mereula for helping make the connection.
Just before I hand it over, please do subscribe to the podcast wherever you listen to it. Helps with extending the reach as well as ensuring you get notified when the new ones come down. Check out the other show – 1% Better, sign up to the newsletter on robofthegreen.ie and take a minute to connect/send feedback/troll/etc
Ok. Over to the conversation with the great man – Isa Nacewa.
Topics covered:
•Morning Routines during & post Rugby
•Taking 3 Months off to mentally reset
•Developing an approach and philosophy to mindset early in his career
•Retiring in 2013 and the Mindset with this!
•Work as a Mental Skills Coach
•Learning how to adapt and adopt approaches
•Documenting and Tweaking Approaches
•Decision Making
•Negative Self-Talk
•The law of attraction
•Benefits of Mindfulness, Yoga & Meditation
Books Recommendation:
•The Monk who Sold his Ferrari – Robin Sharma
•Win Forever – Pete Carroll
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Welcome to another episode of The864 podcast and the very special guest in this one is John Egan.
John is a current Irish International footballer, he’s also recently signed for what has been reported as a club record fee with Sheffield United. And he’s a Cork native. So I was really delighted to have him on to chat. We recorded a couple of weeks back, just before he started for Ireland against Poland during the international and we got through some good stuff in this 15+ minute conversation.
If you’re new to the show, do check out some of the previous episodes of The864 it’s on all podcast portals and on the robofthegreen.ie site. We have some more excellent episodes coming up very soon including one with Isa Nacewa, the Ex-Leinster Rugby star, as well as some other very interesting ones in the pipeline.
Do check out the other podcast, 1% Better also, for over 80 episodes released.
For now, listen and enjoy this one with John.
Summary of the topics covered:
•Earliest Memory
•Playing multiple sports growing up
•Loving Team Sports and Environments
•Making the decision to focus on Football at the age of 15
•Winning the National Cup with Greenwood at the of 16
•Adjusting to life away from Home with Sunderland
•Always enjoying and wanting to be the best
•Learning from each of the Managers during this time at Sunderland
•His first game on the bench for the first team at Old Trafford
•Highs, Lows and Dealing with a year out with injury
•Returning to Sheffield United in the summer
Random questions:
•A phrase or saying you live by!
•Fear – what comes up for you when you think of fear?
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Welcome to another episode of The 864 Podcast.
In this episode, I talk with Partnerships & Philanthropy Manager for Enable Ireland, Sinead O'Keeffe.
Sinead talks about her career in hospitality, great learnings from this area. She wasn’t 100% content in this space after coming home to Ireland in 2009 after working in the US for a number of years. She had a desire to work in an area where she could give back. That started out her journey working for non-profits and the charity space.
Her current role with Enable Ireland really connects with her values, beliefs, and sense of purpose.
We talk about her work in this role, how she builds relationships, develops strategy, goal setting and implementing, influencing skills, selling and other core competencies that she uses on a daily basis to be successful in the role. Sinead also talks about dealing with setbacks when funding doesn’t come her way. Feedback is key and ensuring it’s taken onboard and used to her advantage.
I hope you enjoy the show. Links to connect with Sinead below:
Twitter - @OK_Sinead
www.enableireland.ie/cork
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sineadokeeffe/
Thanks for listening! Please do subscribe to the show as we have some really great new episodes upcoming that you will enjoy and take some tips from to help you get that little bit better.
Best,
Rob -
Cynthia Johnson is an American entrepreneur, marketing professional, SEO specialist, columnist and public speaker. She is a co-founder of Ipseity Media and previously served as the director of brand development of American Addiction Centers (AAC). She is currently member of the Forbes Agency Council and advisory board for the Millennium Alliance. According to Entrepreneur Magazine, Cynthia was one of the 10 Personal Branding Experts to Follow, in 2017
Her work has been featured in Entrepreneur, Forbes, Huffington Post, TIME, and several other industry specific publications.
Below is a summary of the questions and topics we cover in this 15 minute podcast.
Q1 30secs – What stands out the most?
•Entrepreneurship portion – learning so much from this
Q2 1mins – Born with or learned?
•It’s an energy that you develop and be exposed to
Q3 2mins – First venture?
•Suspended for selling coolade
Q4 3mins – Starting young? Less fear?
•Yes and no – you get in trouble for this – maybe there is something wrong!
•For Cynthia, it was more interesting and learned more
Q5 4mins – A big mistake?
•Get the ego out of the way!
•Have the moments when things are not going your way – you get the ego out!
•Arriving to a presentation not prepared for CFOs
Q6 6mins – Teaching to be better prepared?
•Know who you’re audience are?
Q7 7mins – Public speaking?
•Not fear – perform much better in front of 2000 people than 2!
•When others do what you do and have the same view
•Knowing the material is key – you can learn faster when you are presenting something new
Q8 9mins – Prioritize work?
•Focus on the short term goals?
•Long term goals – break them down in much smaller chunks
•Making sure you’re doing things for other people – look at these points of value add
•Balance time with being useful to self and others
Q9 11mins – Chasing people – what was the turning point?
•Speaking at a conference – that she attended before
•Someone mentioned
•A girl can stand up there and look pretty – but we need good content
•Slide deck that stood out and became the most downloaded
Q10 13mins – A favourite phrase?
•Sit back and be objective – the only way you’ll get to the next level is find out what other people think of you
•Poe’s LAW
Q11 14mins – Advice?
•Don’t quit, ask for the time off!
Get in touch with Cynthia via:
Twitter - @CynthiaLive or @bellviyinc
www.CynthiaLive.com
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In this episode, I talk with Rosanna Arquette.
If you want to find out about her relationship with Madonna or other standard movie questions from her acting career, this is probably not the interview for you!
The 864 aims to understand a little bit more about the person, what they value, how they have been successful, deal with life challenges and other obstacles that get in the way and we stayed close to these topics in this conversation with Rosanna.
What I did totally not stay true to was the 864 seconds duration piece. It’s more like the 1500 second podcast but it’s not every day I get to chat with Rosanna Arquette and the good stuff kept coming so I wasn’t going to break the flow!
Check out the high-level summary of the conversation below along with some book recommendations and links the 1% Better podcast, Newsletter and more.
Quid Pro Quo Alert:
Finally, thank you for checking out this episode. My only ask – if you do enjoy, it, check out previous & future episodes, consider sharing it out in your own networks. Any of these take just a few seconds and would mean a lot me.
Summary:
•Values that Rosanna developed from a young age from her Mother & Family
•Growing up in diverse community and schools
•Her Mother having a struggle with wealth when Rosanna started to do well
•Marching with Martin Luther King
•The Flint Crisis
•Staying Positive & How to Deal with this – working hard to be positive – this is very difficult
•When you stay in gratitude, you can’t be in fear!!
•Inspired by the energies of the youth and students!
•Focus on the Good and We shall overcome!
•Harvey Weinstein
•Cliché & Sayings to Live by - March for our Lives & No human being is illegal
•The Porn Industry – the impact this is having on young boys
•Trump, Putin, Sex Trafficking
•Twitter Clean-up & Losing 300k followers Bots
•Rosanna’s New Show - Sideswiped
•Transition from Acting to Directing
Book Recommendations:
•Mary Beard – Women and Power
•An Essay on Love and Cruelty – Jacqueline Rose
•Sex and Rage – Eve Babitz
•Witches, Sluts, Feminists – Kristen J. Sollee
•The Despair of Monkey and other Trifles: A Memoir by Francoise Hardy
•Please Let Me Go – Caitlin Spencer
1% Better tips:
•Write list for what you’re grateful for!
•Practice Gratitude
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Welcome to the 864 podcast.
This one is with Niall Kelly who is the MD for TryTheTrend.com. We talk about Niall’s vision for the company, his experience, challenges faced and overcome and a lot more in the next 864ish seconds. It’s an exciting business model and one to watch! Do check out the last 60 seconds after the chat with Mike for more info that might be of interest! Enjoy!!
We talk about:
•The new business models
•Identifying the gap in the market in the Irish Business Market for this
•Pitching to Investing
•Always having an Entrepreneurial Mindset and having experience of running a business
•Training as an Account but always wanting to get back into running a business
•Applying some learnings from a master’s from Smurfit Business School in Strategy & Planning
•Finding the name of the Business that ‘fit’s Try The Trend!
•Focusing 100% Online
•Getting advice and mentorship along the way – with his father as the primary one
1% Better Tips/Key takeaway:
•2 main things:
oEverything takes longer to get done (development)
oEverything costs more
•Focusing on further investment to be able to scale
Random Questions:
•Decision making process
•Wishes for the next 3 years
•What excites Niall the most about the Business
TryTheTrend.com
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Welcome to the 864 Podcast.
This one is with Ruth Scott. If you’re an Irish listener, I’m pretty sure you’ve heard Ruth on the airwaves. If not, you should check her new show out on Radio Nova. She was just a fun guest to have on and she’s shared some learnings from her career so far!
Enjoy the show and check out more details on the full episode page on www.robofthegreen.ie
Cheers,
Rob -
Welcome to the 864 Podcast.
This episode is with Joseph Dalton. Joseph has had an expansive career in Sales, Marketing, B2B and B2C across many industries. He’s also the host of a podcast called Breakthrough Branks on Dublin South FM, 93.9 FM – released weekly on a Tuesday at 3pm.
This is a chat focused in on Joe’s approach to sales and marketing. I hope you enjoy it. Please do hang on for the 60 seconds after the chat for a few updates.
We discuss Joe’s career:
Learning & Earning in his 20’s as a standout part of his career
The Billionaires Boys club working in Sales
Always having a passion for selling and interacting with people
Using his ability to get along with People as a key asset
The psychology of selling hasn’t changed for thousands of years
The platforms how we sell have changed
Passion for Sales and Marketing and Mindset
Developing Keynotes speeches
25% of people will love you & 75% will not – but don’t let that stop you!
Learning from Breakthrough Brands Podcast Guests weekly
1% Better Tips:
Find your own Passion
Play to your core strengths
Be nice and genuine
People buy from people they like
Don’t over talk to people – or you’ll talk the sale back!
Gather Fact Finding Questions
Figuring out the 3 Pillars of business success
Mindset
Marketing
Sales – 5 Steps – C’s
Contacting – Rapport
Categorizing – Fact finding questions
Convincing – Get to turn their wants to needs?
Closing – Fact finding again
Completing – Keeping in touch with relative information
Advice from Guests – we’re all just normal human beings
Luck – No
Hard work – Yes
For the first 2/3 years, it’s very hard in business – be prepared for it!!
Make a Decision – Even if it’s wrong, you’ll learn from it
Connect with Joe:
On Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter - Joseph Dalton
Website www.jdc.ie
Emai: [email protected] -
Welcome to the 864 Podcast.
This episode is with Susie Horgan, Managing Director of Springboard PR & Marketing & Cork Network Business Woman of the year in 2017.
During this conversation, Susie shares some do's & don't on personal and business marketing and PR.
Do check out the last 60 seconds after the chat with Susie for more info that might be of interest! Enjoy!!
In the 15 minute chat, we touch on:
Success & Winning Awards in the Business
The Changing world of PR & Marketing since setting up the Business
Strong Engagement with Content
Sociology & Psychology and how these link to Susie's role today
Sociology and Critical Thinking
Psychology giving insights into how people think
Being in the moment
Building Business Strategies
Developing Agility over the years
Big lesson learned over the years – mainly in finance
Irish Businesses need better marketing strategies
Training Start-ups
SpringCubed - A new service that SpringboardPR are offering
1% Better Tips on Business, PR
Remind yourself to be brave
Surround yourself with supportive peers
Networking
Know your audience & chose your platform (or two) and focus on this!
Get clear on your messaging – What are you key messages translating everywhere!
Random Questions:
Management Style!
Unread Email & Inbox!
A Typical Day in the world of PR
Connect in with Susie's company --- www.springboardpr.ie -
Welcome to the 864.
This episode is with one of the most successful and well-known podcasters on the planet in John Lee Dumas.
John Lee Dumas is the Founder and Host of EOFire, a top-ranked, daily podcast featuring interviews with today's most inspiring and successful entrepreneurs. John & EOFire have been featured in Forbes, TIME and Inc. Magazine.
Do check out the last 60 seconds after the chat for more info that might be of interest! Enjoy!!
During the show, we touch on:
Why I didn’t name the podcast 2% Better!
Releasing Shows 7 Days a Week
Common Traits for Entrepreneurs – Focus!!
Follow one course until they get the success - Cut out all the fat!
Dealing with Negative Feedback with Empathy
Publishing monthly earnings from his business
Sharing mistakes and successes from the financial reports
Knowing when to shut down initiatives and have the courage to do it!
Stand out guests that John’s learned from!
Damian John – The power of broke – how to learn to hustle
Complacency – how to deal with that
Key Tips:
Be a person of Value, not as someone chasing success
If you want to Be, Do!
Do things that don’t scale – have 1-1 conversations to understand how they found you!
Link to JLD:
John Lee Dumas - https://www.eofire.com/
You can find John Lee Dumas on the socials
Twitter - https://twitter.com/johnleedumas
Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/johnleedumas/?hl=en
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/johnleedumas1
Please do let me know what you think via the feedback page or any of the socials – links below.
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Welcome to the 864 Podcast.
This episode is with Bibi Baskin. Bibi is a Motivational speaker, Wellness enthusiast, teacher of Public Speaking, curator of Twitter accounts and a very well know Irish TV presenter and hotelier (India). For more, check out the links in the show notes & where to follow Bibi on the Socials.
Takeaways:
•Growing up in Donegal and ambitions when growing up (or not having them)
•Never having a plan – no idea what to do!!
•Became a teacher & then an editor
•Writing a letter to RTE looking for a “small job” in broadcasting
•‘I wonder would you have a small job for a female voice’ – what it says in the papers!
•Plans to do small meditative tips in the future
•Life being very frenetic and working too hard!
•Getting bored with repetition
•Wanting something different and wanted change!
•Moving to the UK but doing the same work – realizing this wasn’t the right move
•Moving to India and learning Ayurveda for 3 weeks and staying for 15 years
•Becoming a hotelier and renovating and refurbishing the hotel
•Meditation Seeping over time
•Noticing the pace of feet of Indian and European people
•Getting up early and meditating – morning meditation
•How to get back into the Moment and be Present!
•Overcoming Insomnia
•Listening to the breath!
Tips:
•Figure out what you’re particularity good at!
•How important it is to do nothing to still the mind!
•Importance to practice and following your breath!
•A quote to live by “Change Knelt beside me
Do check out the last 60 seconds after the chat with Bibi for more info that might be of interest! Oh, and if you enjoy the podcast, please do subscribe, rate, review and tell someone else about it!
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Hi Folks,
Welcome to the 864. This one is with Mike Michalowicz. He’s a very well known Author, Podcast Host, Columnist for the Wall Street Journal and he’s even hosted a reality TV Show in the US. He’s a powerhouse guest to have on the show and I’m delighted share this with you.
Do check out the last 60 seconds after the chat with Mike for more info that might be of interest!
Links to Mike’s site & social media below:
http://www.mikemichalowicz.com/
He’s on Twitter @MikeMichalowicz
Thank you for checking out the 864 Podcast on RoboftheGreen.
Have a great day!
Rob -
Welcome to the introduction episode. Great to have you here to check it out.
In this episode, I go through what this is all about. Where the idea came from. Why I'm doing it. What my hopes are for it and lots more. I have also a new blog post up about the show which you can read on the www.robofthegreen.ie/blog page. Just check out the 864 post!
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Hope you enjoy this new podcast series and tell a friend that might like it too!
