TAILGATING WITH GENIUSES Tailgating With Geniuses {Brilliant Guests, Tolerable Hosts}

Customer Experience: how to do it, how to make it real and how to make it matter. Geoff DeVito of Explora Journeys shares his background, TED talk content and the basics of creating REAL/high value customer experiences. His employer Explora is a cruise ship unlike any other on the seas, they're creating deep experience for both passengers and crew. We discuss hospitality and the thinking behind creating great experiences, plus how those lessons can cross over to all businesses. The...

Author and professor Scott Habegger shares stories about positioning and how companies can do it better. Scott talks about the need for a shift in focus to what he calls "small data". We all know "big data" but it's the small data that colors what people think and say about your company. Scott shares stories related to banking, retail and Harley's. We discuss Bed Bath and Beyond as well.

We throw out a run of show in favor of a discussion about a practical and unexpected application of A.I. that Lekan demonstrated. We discuss what happened and welcome the remarkable Amanda Schneider, President and Founder of ThinkLab. With Amanda we discuss the ideas about where work is going and the notion that it's process and not any product that will inform the next wave of how work gets done. Amanda also joins us for our "What's Got Your Attention" feature. To put it mildly, Am...

We welcome Portuguese entrepreneur and founder Antonio Cuco of Sharish gin to the show this week. A literal start from nothing 10 years ago, to becoming the #1 gin maker in Portugal, Antonio tells a story everyone needs to hear. Tolerable Host Lekan Bashua had to answer his version of the Bat Signal leaving Ken and Martin to go "duo". We discuss storytelling and highlight its value through the perspectives of legendary brands Harley-Davidson and The Coca-Cola Company. Plus we...

After 14 months, we're back with Season 2! Rumors of Ken starting a perineum sunning center were proven to be false. Lekan's move from the northwest to the southeast proved to be true. And Martin's perpetual reading of arduous and mostly boring content is a constant.We discuss everything from the new show structure, A.I. changing the world, Ken's frustration with Hallmark cards and the remarkable - on brand - send off of legendary drag/female impersonator Dame Edna (R.I.P.).

Get your groove on, Tailgaters! We’re betting you’ve never wondered how adding a “boogie room” to your workplace can make you and your team mates more productive. Or how the timing of a woman’s fertility cycle, combined with dancing, increases her attractiveness. Hoo boy! You’ve got a lot to learn and we’ve got the best teacher for the job, Dr. Peter Lovatt, who’s one of the world’s leading authorities on the psychology of movement, with an academic career that extends from Cambridge Universi...