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Amos Tunde
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Hi, my name is Amos a UI/UX designer, digital experience enthusiast, and emerging technologist obsessed with understanding how design and technology shape human behavior. I’m passionate about crafting intuitive, human-centered products and exploring how emerging technologies can transform everyday experiences. I also have a strong interest in entrepreneurship, constantly learning how design, innovation and business strategy come together to bring powerful ideas to life.

  1. 23h ago

    From Invisible to Influential: Personal Branding, LinkedIn & the Power of Visibility with Karen Yankovich

    What if the biggest thing standing between you and your next opportunity isn't your expertise but whether the right people can actually see it? In this episode, we sit down with Karen Yankovich, LinkedIn and PR strategist, personal branding expert, and host of the Good Girls Get Rich podcast, to explore what it really takes to become visible, influential, and sought after in today's business landscape. For more than 20 years, Karen has helped thousands of women over 40 use LinkedIn, media visibility, and strategic personal branding to land major contracts, earn media coverage, and establish themselves as trusted experts in their industries. We explore how to build a thought-leader brand that attracts premium opportunities, turn your LinkedIn profile into a business asset, and create meaningful relationships with journalists that can lead to valuable media exposure. Karen also brings a unique perspective to visibility by combining marketing strategy with energetic alignment. We discuss imposter syndrome, the beliefs that can keep talented people hidden, and how becoming more visible can create opportunities without requiring you to constantly hustle or compromise who you are. The conversation goes beyond personal branding to explore what it means to build a business around ease, impact, relationships, and purpose and why visibility isn't simply about being seen, but about being recognized for the value you already bring. If you're interested in personal branding, LinkedIn, PR, thought leadership, entrepreneurship, visibility, or building a business without burning out, this episode offers practical strategies and a fresh perspective on turning expertise into influence. Your expertise can open doors but visibility helps make sure the right people know you're the one who can walk through them. #KarenYankovich #GoodGirlsGetRich #PersonalBranding #LinkedIn #LinkedInStrategy #PR #ThoughtLeadership #Visibility #Entrepreneurship #BusinessGrowth #WomenInBusiness #BrandStrategy #MediaVisibility #Leadership #ImposterSyndrome #PersonalGrowth #DigitalMarketing #Influence #Podcast #DesignWave

  2. 6d ago

    The New American Dream: AI, Opportunity & Human Potential with Bradley R. Aman

    What happens to the American Dream when artificial intelligence changes the way we work, create, and build wealth? In this episode, we sit down with Bradley R. Aman, author of American Dream AI, to explore the evolving relationship between technology, human ambition, and opportunity in the modern world. Bradley shares his perspective on how AI is redefining what is possible for individuals across industries and why the conversation shouldn't only focus on what technology might replace, but on what it can help people accomplish. We discuss how artificial intelligence can become a partner that amplifies human capability, rather than simply a tool that automates tasks. Bradley explains why learning to understand and integrate AI into everyday work and decision-making could become increasingly important for people looking to adapt and create new opportunities. The conversation also explores innovation, leadership, economic transformation, personal growth, and the changing definition of success in the twenty-first century. Rather than approaching AI from a purely technical perspective, Bradley brings a human-centered view of technological change encouraging people to remain adaptable, curious, and willing to rethink traditional ideas about work and achievement. If you're interested in AI, entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership, technology, or the future of work, this episode offers a thought-provoking look at how humans can adapt and thrive alongside rapidly advancing technology. #BradleyAman #BradleyRAman #AmericanDreamAI #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Leadership #Technology #EconomicTransformation #BusinessGrowth #AIForBusiness #PersonalGrowth #HumanPotential #DigitalTransformation #Success #Podcast #PodMatch #DesignWave

  3. Sep 11

    Beyond Prompting: Building a True AI Partnership with Summer B Joy

    What if the next evolution of AI isn't about making smarter machines, but about creating better partnerships between humans and AI? In this episode, we sit down with Summer B Joy, an entrepreneur, strategist, and unlikely tech founder who turned to AI after COVID disrupted her family business and challenged everything she believed about strategy, coaching, and creating results. Summer shares how her experience working with elite business masterminds led her to a deeper question: why can smart, capable people have the right strategy, resources, and support and still struggle to take action? That question became the foundation for SoulCoded AI—an approach to AI designed to understand not just the strategy, but the person using it. We explore the difference between generic AI, trained AI, and AI as a strategic partner, and why better prompting may not be the real answer to getting more from AI. Summer explains how AI can help people recognize their default patterns, strengthen decision-making, and move from knowing what to do to actually doing it. We also discuss the risks of relying too heavily on AI, including losing our originality, judgment, and ability to think for ourselves. The goal isn't to let AI replace human thinking, but to use it to become more intentional, more effective, and more unmistakably ourselves. If you're a founder, entrepreneur, strategist, creative, or professional exploring how AI can genuinely improve the way you work and make decisions, this conversation offers a fresh perspective on what human-AI collaboration could look like. #SummerBJoy #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #SoulCodedAI #Entrepreneurship #FutureOfAI #AITools #AIForBusiness #BusinessStrategy #Innovation #Leadership #DecisionMaking #EntrepreneurMindset #Technology #PersonalGrowth #FutureOfWork #HumanCenteredAI #Podcast #PodMatch #DesignWave

  4. Sep 10

    Own Your Revenue: Finding the Right Levers for 7-Figure Business Growth with Rion Westfall

    What if the biggest obstacle to business growth isn't a lack of opportunity, but pulling the wrong growth levers? In this episode, we sit down with Rion Westfall, founder of Own Your Revenue, to explore how businesses can identify the revenue patterns that actually matter and scale without sacrificing their margins. Rion brings a unique perspective shaped by engineering, international business development, entrepreneurship, and years of building companies across different business models. From working on specialty projects for the Department of Defense to scaling industrial businesses internationally, his career has taken him across 15+ countries and into the world of both small and large-scale business growth. Having built nine companies across solo ventures, family businesses, joint ventures, and private equity-backed companies, Rion has experienced both the opportunities and challenges that come with building and scaling. We explore why businesses often create more chaos instead of more profit when they try to grow, how to identify the right revenue levers, and what it takes to achieve significant growth while keeping margins intact. Rion also shares practical insights into strategic business development, operational decision-making, and the frameworks founders and operators can use to move from unpredictable growth to a more deliberate and sustainable revenue engine. If you're a founder, business owner, operator, or growth leader, this episode offers real-world lessons on finding the opportunities that matter, making smarter growth decisions, and building a business that grows without losing control. Growth isn't about pulling every lever. It's about knowing which ones are actually worth pulling. #RionWestfall #OwnYourRevenue #BusinessGrowth #RevenueGrowth #Entrepreneurship #BusinessStrategy #ScalingBusiness #SmallBusiness #BusinessDevelopment #GrowthStrategy #RevenueStrategy #Profitability #Leadership #Operations #EntrepreneurMindset #SMBGrowth #BusinessSuccess #SustainableGrowth #Podcast #DesignWave

  5. Sep 10

    Beyond the Book: Turning Your Ideas Into Authority, Leads & Business Growth with Sarah Bean

    What if your book could do more than sit on a shelf? What if it could become a powerful tool for building your brand, attracting the right audience, and growing your business? In this episode, we sit down with Sarah Bean, publishing and book marketing expert at Book Launchers, to explore how authors can think beyond simply writing and launching a book and start using it strategically. With more than 20 years of experience across traditional publishing and self-publishing, Sarah has worked with 800+ authors, celebrities, athletes, and bestselling authors, giving her a unique perspective on what makes books succeed and why many publishing strategies fail. We explore how to determine whether a book is actually the right strategy for your goals, how to position yourself as an authority without needing a massive following, and how authors can align their message, audience, and business vision. Sarah also shares insights from behind the scenes of publishing, including what publishers look for, the role of storytelling and publicity, how to approach book marketing, and why the future of publishing may be less about mass audiences and more about communities, authority, and multi-format content. We also dive into the growing role of AI in book marketing, building communities around ideas, and turning intellectual property into something that can support a broader business ecosystem. If you're an entrepreneur, expert, consultant, thought leader, creator, or aspiring author, this episode offers practical insights into transforming your knowledge into a book and transforming that book into a meaningful business asset. A book isn't just something you publish. Done strategically, it can become the foundation for what you build next. #SarahBean #BookLaunchers #BookMarketing #Publishing #SelfPublishing #Authors #Entrepreneurship #PersonalBranding #ThoughtLeadership #BusinessGrowth #ContentMarketing #Storytelling #BrandStrategy #AuthorityBuilding #AI #AIMarketing #AuthorMarketing #Publicity #CommunityBuilding #Podcast #DesignWave

  6. Sep 9

    The Bezos Letters: Risk, Innovation & Building a Business That Scales with Steve Anderson

    What can the rise of Amazon teach us about taking risks, testing ideas, and building a business that lasts? In this episode, we sit down with Steve Anderson, author of the international bestselling book The Bezos Letters, to explore the principles behind Amazon’s extraordinary growth and what business owners can learn from Jeff Bezos’ approach to risk. Through his analysis of 21 letters to Amazon shareholders, Steve reveals how Bezos used a long-term mindset, experimentation, and calculated risk-taking to help transform Amazon from an online bookstore into one of the world’s most influential companies. We explore the four growth cycles Test, Build, Accelerate, and Scale and how they can help businesses make better decisions, learn from failure, and turn promising ideas into sustainable growth. Steve also breaks down the 14 principles that shaped Amazon’s approach to innovation, customer experience, and long-term value creation. The conversation goes beyond Amazon’s success story to examine how these lessons can apply to entrepreneurs, leaders, and businesses of all sizes. From knowing when to experiment to understanding when an idea is ready to scale, Steve offers a practical framework for navigating uncertainty and building with intention. If you're interested in entrepreneurship, business strategy, innovation, leadership, risk management, or scaling a business, this episode offers valuable insights into the decisions and principles that can turn ambitious ideas into lasting results. Great businesses are not built by avoiding risk they are built by learning how to take the right risks, at the right time, with the right mindset. #SteveAnderson #TheBezosLetters #JeffBezos #Amazon #Entrepreneurship #BusinessGrowth #BusinessStrategy #Innovation #Leadership #RiskManagement #ScalingBusiness #CustomerExperience #LongTermThinking #DecisionMaking #GrowthMindset #BusinessLeadership #EntrepreneurMindset #SuccessPrinciples #Podcast #DesignWave

  7. Sep 8

    Beyond the Dashboard: AI, Data Storytelling & the Human Side of Analytics with MK Quigley

    What happens when a company has more data than ever but still struggles to answer the questions that actually matter? In this episode, we sit down with MK Quigley, an analytics and business strategy professional with more than a decade of experience working across healthcare analytics, alternative data, sales engineering, AI, and GTM strategy. MK’s career began in enterprise data systems and business intelligence, evolving into a role that connects technical analysis with real-world business decisions. From building dashboards and writing SQL to supporting executives and translating complex findings for non-technical audiences, MK has learned that the value of data is not just in getting the answer it’s in understanding what the answer means and what to do next. We explore how AI is changing the future of analytics, why judgment and curiosity remain essential, and why a technically correct answer can still be practically useless without context. MK also shares insights on data validation, storytelling, and the skills that can help analysts become more valuable in an increasingly AI-driven workplace. The conversation also dives into MK’s writing project, Letters to a Young Analyst, which uses everything from Good Will Hunting and Bama Rush to country music and early-2000s pop culture to make analytics more approachable. We discuss why data work is often messy, political, funny, and deeply human and why the best analysts need to understand people as much as they understand numbers. If you're interested in AI, analytics, data storytelling, business strategy, career growth, or the future of work, this episode offers a practical and refreshing perspective on what it really takes to turn data into better decisions. The future of analytics may belong not to those who can produce the most data, but to those who can make the most sense of it. #MKQuigley #Analytics #DataScience #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DataStorytelling #BusinessStrategy #GTMStrategy #CommercialAnalytics #DataDriven #FutureOfWork #CareerGrowth #BusinessIntelligence #DataAnalytics #Leadership #Technology #CriticalThinking #PersonalGrowth #Podcast #DesignWave

  8. Sep 7

    From Fear to Freedom: Cybersecurity, Mindset & Building a Better Life with Michele Novack

    In this episode, we sit down with Michele Novack, cybersecurity risk management expert, author, and founder of CardinalsByte, to explore what it really takes to build confidence, navigate change, and protect the things that matter. With more than 30 years of leadership experience across the financial sector and cybersecurity, Michele brings a practical perspective on helping small businesses understand compliance and cybersecurity without getting overwhelmed by technical language or complicated requirements. We explore why cybersecurity is not just an IT issue, but a business responsibility and how small business owners can begin protecting their organizations even when they do not have the resources for a full-time IT team. Michele shares why understanding the risks, knowing where to start, and taking manageable steps can make a meaningful difference. The conversation also moves beyond technology into mindset, resilience, entrepreneurship, and personal growth. Drawing from her book Shifting Your Mindset to 21 Days of Abundance and her experiences as a leader, mother, mentor, and entrepreneur, Michele shares how gratitude, determination, and surrounding yourself with the right people can help create a stronger foundation for success. We also discuss the courage it takes to make difficult choices, overcome self-limiting beliefs, and embrace new opportunities while remaining committed to helping others through knowledge, encouragement, and shared resources. If you're interested in cybersecurity, small business protection, leadership, entrepreneurship, personal growth, or building a life with greater purpose, this episode offers practical insights and an inspiring reminder that meaningful change often begins with one informed decision. You do not have to know everything to get started you just have to be willing to take the next right step. #MicheleNovack #CardinalsByte #Cybersecurity #CyberSecurityAwareness #SmallBusiness #RiskManagement #Compliance #BusinessProtection #Entrepreneurship #Leadership #Mindset #PersonalGrowth #Resilience #AbundanceMindset #WomenInBusiness #BusinessStrategy #DigitalSafety #Innovation #Empowerment #Podcast #DesignWave

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Hi, my name is Amos a UI/UX designer, digital experience enthusiast, and emerging technologist obsessed with understanding how design and technology shape human behavior. I’m passionate about crafting intuitive, human-centered products and exploring how emerging technologies can transform everyday experiences. I also have a strong interest in entrepreneurship, constantly learning how design, innovation and business strategy come together to bring powerful ideas to life.

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  • Creator
    Amos Tunde
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    195
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Amos Tunde
  • Show Website
    DESIGNWAVE PODCAST