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Join internationally known business performance expert and author Pamela S. (“Pam”) Harper, Founding Partner and CEO of Business Advancement Inc., and her business partner/husband D. Scott (“Scott”) Harper, an internationally known innovation expert, for thought-provoking conversations with visionary leaders who are transforming the face of business. Each week, a new show focuses on sparking fresh insights, inspiration, and immediately useful ideas to take you and your organization to new heights of success in this rapidly changing world.

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Join internationally known business performance expert and author Pamela S. (“Pam”) Harper, Founding Partner and CEO of Business Advancement Inc., and her business partner/husband D. Scott (“Scott”) Harper, an internationally known innovation expert, for thought-provoking conversations with visionary leaders who are transforming the face of business. Each week, a new show focuses on sparking fresh insights, inspiration, and immediately useful ideas to take you and your organization to new heights of success in this rapidly changing world.

    Celebrating our 10th year – Answering Your Questions

    Celebrating our 10th year – Answering Your Questions

    How do you celebrate your company’s major milestones? Maybe you have a party; some companies ring bells. It’s important to celebrate in meaningful ways that fit with your company’s culture. Beyond the celebration, milestones can serve as an opportunity to reflect on your vision and what you’ve learned so far. This can help you make the important decisions about what’s next.

    As for us, we’re celebrating our three-hundredth episode and entering our tenth year of Growth Igniters® Radio!  As you’ll hear, this is about much more than a podcast. We’ve found that it’s been an important part of continuing to build significant relationships in our business community!  It means so much to us when you tell us about an episode that’s had an impact on you.

    That’s why In this week’s episode, we’ll answer some of the questions about Growth Igniters® Radio we’ve been asked over the years. Our answers will reflect on what’s changed, what’s stayed the same, and what’s next for us on the journey.

    What milestone are you celebrating? How are you going to build on that to create new value in the changing world? – Pam Harper

    This week on Growth Igniters® Radio:



    * How we have adapted our focus on emerging trends in response to the constant stream of unexpected changes in the world that have emerged since we started our podcast in 2015

    * The things we have been and are happy about and grateful for across our years of conversations with amazing executives, thought leaders, and ourselves, and looking to what’s next

    * Three immediately useful ideas about developing what we call a “Growth Igniters® mindset,” based on our past 9+ years of experience as podcasters and strategic advisors

    * A special offer for our listeners in honor of our 10th year celebration: Contact us to tell us about which Growth Igniters® Radio episode is your favorite, and why — the first 3 people to do by April 10, 2024 will receive a complimentary Kindle edition of Pam’s critically acclaimed book, “Preventing Strategic Gridlock“



    Resources Mentioned:



    * Read our press release announcing our 10th year of Growth Igniters® Radio

    * Learn more about Pam’s keynote address at Pam Harper Speaks





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    • 10 min
    Leadership & the Ethics of Gen AI – with Andrea Bonime-Blanc, JD/PhD

    Leadership & the Ethics of Gen AI – with Andrea Bonime-Blanc, JD/PhD

    As Chat GPT and other forms of generative AI emerge as potentially powerful resources for accelerating momentum for game-changing growth, we’re finding that many top leaders are discussing questions of the ethics of generative AI.  What is top leadership’s role in mindfully creating a culture of ethics and reasonable governance around these complex matters?

    In this week’s episode, we discuss these issues with Andrea Bonime-Blanc, JD/Ph.D. She’s the founder and CEO of GEC Risk Advisory, a governance, risk, ethics, and tech advisor to businesses, NGOs, and government.

    A former C-suite executive, Andres serves on several boards and is an Independent Ethics Advisor to the Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico. She is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a keynote speaker, and author of several books, including Gloom to Boom: How Leaders Transform Risk into Resilience and Value (Routledge 2020). Andrea also is a 2023 Diligent Governance 100 award recipient and a 2022 National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Directorship 100 awardee. She is currently writing a new book on the governance of exponential technology, due in 2025.

    Leadership must manage the ethics and the risks of the seemingly ungovernable while simultaneously leaving room for creativity and innovation. | Andrea Bonime-Blanc, JD/PhD

    This week on Growth Igniters® Radio:



    * Andrea shares the biggest challenges CEOs, C-Suite teams and Boards face around the governance of AI and other “exponential technology”

    * Andrea’s views on what it means to “Lean-In to generative AI governance and leadership”

    * A comparison and contrast of how Microsoft and Open AI deal with the issue of the ethics of generative AI

    * Three immediately useful ideas for leading “a measurable culture of AI ethics”



    Resources for This Episode



    * Read more about Andrea Bonime-Blanc JD/PhD and connect with her on LinkedIn

    * Read more about Andrea’s book, “Gloom to Boom: How Leaders Transform Risk into Resilience and Value“

    * Read Andrea’s article, “8 steps to make your organization generative AI resilient“

    * Read the Athena Alliance “AI Governance Playbook“

    * Read Andrea’s article in NACD Directorship, “Governing Exponential Tech“

    * Visit PamHarperSpeaks.com to find out more about her new keynote “Break Orbit: Leading for Long-Term Growth in a Short-Term World”



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    • 35 min
    How Everyday Adventure Can Be Fuel For Game-Changing Growth

    How Everyday Adventure Can Be Fuel For Game-Changing Growth

    As a visionary top leader, you’re already thinking big and seeking out new adventures to help you challenge your boundaries of what you think is possible. Maybe you’ve climbed Kilimanjaro or sailed to the Antarctic. However, adventures such as these can be few and far between. Fortunately, there is another route to redefining what’s possible to keep fueling game-changing growth. You can deliberately embrace the eye-opening new adventures that are all around you. We call these “Everyday Adventures.”

    Examples include having conversations with people you don’t usually interact with, embracing pushback rather than rejecting it, finding the opportunity in a setback, and other ways that expand your imagination, resilience, and curiosity. These are all characteristics of what we call “Growth Igniters® Leadership.”

    In this fan-favorite “Quick Take” episode, we describe how “Everyday Adventures” can ignite game-changing growth in your organization. We also share three immediately useful ideas for embracing your own new adventures every day as a leader to expand your horizons.

    “Everyday adventures can help us challenge the boundaries of what we think is possible.” – Pam Harper

    This week on Growth Igniters Radio:



    * How seeking out new adventures can help us grow as individuals and leaders

    * Why “everyday adventures” can help us improve our lives as much as “big adventures”

    * Ideas for embracing your own everyday adventures as a top leader



    Question:

    What can I do, starting today, to expand my awareness and embrace the everyday adventures all around me?

    Resources Mentioned:



    * How many of your Conventional & Unconventional Stakeholders do you know? Download Pam Harper & Scott Harper’s Expanding Your Company’s Stakeholder Perspectives Checklist

    * Learn more about Pam’s keynote address at Pam Harper Speaks





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    • 7 min
    Becoming Predictably Lucky – with Monica Laurence

    Becoming Predictably Lucky – with Monica Laurence

    Have you ever wondered why some people seem to be luckier than others? What if there were ways to go beyond random chance to make luck more predictable?

    This week, we feature our Fan Favorite conversation with Monica Laurence, a TEDx speaker, global entrepreneur, business strategist, and mentor. We discuss what she’s learned about using what she calls “lucky behaviors” to become more predictably lucky.

    Monica draws upon her experiences as an executive at Lucasfilm, Disney, and Accenture, international consulting, and veteran of Silicon Valley startups with 7 exits, along with her MBA from UCLA.  An explorer at heart, Monica is the creator of Tavola Fiji – her luxe private villa and venue for transformational retreats.

    Monica shares what she discovered about the behaviors that can make the difference between lucky and unlucky people. She discusses the practice of  “quantum surfing.” This is a mindset training that combines quantum mechanics, neuroscience, and spiritual principles to create a winning mental game and new business opportunities. She also recommends three immediately useful ideas for increasing luck.

    Lucky people remain curious and open and engaged with their environment, even when they’re under time pressure or under stress. | Monica Laurence

    This week on Growth Igniters® Radio, we discuss:



    * Contrasting conventional wisdoms about being lucky vs. the social science around attracting luck

    * The difference between lucky and unlucky behaviors

    * Monica’s practice of “quantum surfing,” a mindset training to create a winning mental game

    * Immediately useful ideas for reimagining your approach to becoming more predictably lucky



    Resources for This Episode



    * Read more about Monica Laurence and connect with her on LinkedIn

    * Find out more about Quantum Surfing and download Monica’s “Be Lucky” ebook

    * Explore Robbie Samuels’ Thought Leadership Resources

    * Visit PamHarperSpeaks.com to find out more about her new keynote  “Break Orbit: Leading for Long-Term Growth in a Short-Term World”



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    • 42 min
    Changing Patterns to Create Game-Changing Value

    Changing Patterns to Create Game-Changing Value

    If you’re like many of the visionary CEOs we speak with, you know that leading to create game-changing value often requires challenging established patterns of feeling, thinking, and acting. There are many ways to do this; what’s important is finding the unique ways that are right for you and your company’s culture.

    This week, listen to our Fan-Favorite “Quick Take” episode about disrupting established patterns in your company and market. This can open the doors to creating game-changing opportunities for growth. We discuss the importance of helping yourself and others in your organization become mindful of patterns that are no longer relevant. Pam shares the story of how she used different kinds of games in an advisory engagement. This helped change thinking patterns and behavior in a company whose leaders needed to increase commitment and collaboration after a merger. We also share three immediately useful ideas you can use to change established patterns and create new value for your markets.



    Changing patterns of feeling, thinking, and action can help you create game-changing value for everyone

    – Pam Harper



    This week on Growth Igniters Radio:



    * What we mean by “game-changing” business value

    * How changing established patterns can create game-changing value for your many stakeholders

    * The power of using games to inspire new feelings and create new thinking

    * A story of how changing established patterns enabled a company to change its game

    * Three immediately useful ideas for changing established patterns to create new value



    Resources Mentioned:



    * Find out about Pam’s keynote address at Pam Harper Speaks

    * Curious about “Spelling Bee?” Check out the Spelling Bee Forum

    * Related episode: Using the Power of Games to Inspire Strategic Thinking with Shari Spiro, CEO of Ad Magic & Breaking Games





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    • 9 min
    The CEO’s Role in Fostering Confident Business Innovation – with Robyn Bolton

    The CEO’s Role in Fostering Confident Business Innovation – with Robyn Bolton

    One of the themes that keeps coming up in our conversations with top leadership is finding the appropriate balance of confidence that can inspire employees, partners, and others to reach past the status quo and create new value for game-changing innovation and growth. The CEO has a critical role in fostering confident business innovation. Over-confidence can lead to pushback from the people who bring big dreams to life; under-confidence can lead to missing game-changing opportunities.

    In this week’s episode, we speak about these issues with Robyn Bolton, the Founder & Chief Navigator at MileZero, a consultancy that helps leaders of $100M + companies use innovation to confidently and repeatedly grow revenue. She previously worked at Innosight, BCG, and Procter & Gamble, where she helped develop and launch the Swiffer product. Robyn holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Marketing from Miami University. Her articles and perspectives have been featured in Fast Company, Harvard Business Review Online, The New York Times, and NPR’s Marketplace.

    Appropriately confident innovation is about being ready to live with ambiguity and navigate your way through it step by step. | Robyn Bolton

    This week on Growth Igniters® Radio:



    * Challenging a common wisdom about innovation

    * Robyn’s perspectives about the CEO’s role in fostering “confident business innovation”

    * How a CEO led his company to more confidently shape their innovation portfolio

    * Immediately useful ideas for leading to foster confident business innovation



    Resources for This Episode



    * Read more about Robyn Bolton and MileZero and connect with her on LinkedIn

    * Take Robyn’s complimentary self-assessment: “How Strong are Your Innovation ABCs?“

    * Read Robyn’s blog

    * Visit PamHarperSpeaks.com to find out more about her new keynote “Break Orbit: Leading for Long-Term Growth in a Short-Term World”



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    • 30 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
16 Ratings

16 Ratings

PeteSteg ,

The dynamic duo for leader growth

Great podcast with a unique “team” style that is chock full of value for CEOs and other leaders. As a company president, the insights help my business grow, but also me personally.

Thanks Pam and Scott for all of the value bombs!

Tim Ash PrimalBrain.com ,

A great show for the C-suite

Pam and Scott Harper are gracious and talented hosts who make sure that their guests get the most out of each episode. If you are a C-suite or senior executive, and want to dig below the surface for solid growth insights, this is the podcast for you - highly recommended!

Nucklz63 ,

Fuel Your Growth with Pam and Scott

"Insightful. Entertaining. Actionable."

If growth is your business engine, you want the best fuel and plenty of fresh cool air.

Growth Igniters Radio (hosted by Pamela Harper and D. Scott Harper) is like Fresh Air - literally and figuratively. The thoughtful discussions with their guests offer fresh perspectives for growth—like breathing in pure oxygen. (For NPR fans, it is like listening to "Fresh Air," but for growth-minded business leaders.)

Sharing my fuel — #PeripheralThinking™ — with Pam and Scott was a blast. I hope you enjoy it too!

As always, your comments and suggestions are welcome and appreciated. So, have a listen and share your thoughts in the comments.

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