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Matthew E. May and Pablo Dominguez co-wrote "What A Unicorn Knows" and explain there is nothing random about becoming a unicorn. Growth-focused companies think about small steps, make experimentation part of the job, and most importantly, put the time and commitment into forming a strategy. 
May and Dominguez are operators at Insight Partners. They joined forces to create a light book that's dense in value and detail. The book strikes the balance between something easy-to-consume but thorough and detailed enough to take your executive team through to put your company on a growth trajectory. 
They discuss
why strategy is vital to growth, every step you can take to build a strategy, and why even well-established companies skip this part due to their inaccurate belief it limits flexibility or is a waste of time. why companies resist focusing on "where to play" but why they can't grow without it.  how lack of experimentation kills your company Check out the shows notes, buy the book, and connect with Dominguez and May: https://justinkbrady.com/matthew-may-pablo-dominguez 

Are battery-powered appliances the future? When I saw musings on Twitter, the idea was hilarious to me. After looking into it and speaking with Sam D'Amico the founder of Impulse Labs, however, I'm convinced the technology is the future. And it's a future all of us will quickly fall in love with.
D'Amico explains how battery-powered stoves solve the problems of electric stovetops that home cooks and chefs have come to hate. Controllability. He describes why the technology actually provides more power to the pan, why future pans will "talk" to your stove, and how your appliances may actually power your house.
Check out the images and video on the show notes page: https://justinkbrady.com/sam-damico

Mike Berland is nuts... or at least that's what I thought when I first hosted him on this very show years ago. He claimed to have developed a tool that analyzes what has cultural momentum, and therefore what the future likely looks like. But after he kept predicting trends using his "M Factor" analysis, I knew he was onto something. (It was also a bit creepy!) I ask him what 2023 has in store for us. 
Berland is the founder of Decode_M, recently acquired by Penta Group. Berland applies a physics definition to culture. Mass X Velocity = Momentum. They do this by analyzing all public available information from social media, blogs, news, and publicly accessible data. He explains why 7-11 will be the surprising brand winner of 2023, and ideas that have momentum you can tap into. 
What are the big ideas that will drive you to success in 2023 with steadily rising inflation? Helping customers save money instead of using credit, moving from whimsy to function, and getting your brand ready for the stakeholder economy. Learn more about these ideas on the show notes page. https://justinkbrady.com/mike-berland-penta-group 

This is the 100th year of the Harvard Business Review! The Editor and Chief of the Harvard Business Review Group, Adi Ignatius, joins the show for a deep dive into today's most critical business topics. He unpacks the manufacturing blows to the Chinese economy and how US manufacturing will respond. He discusses ESG and DEI controversies. And he says how he is handling the pressure to publish polarizing and slanted political content. 
See the full show notes and get 1 year of Harvard Business Review magazine on ME at https://justinkbrady.com/adi-ignatius
 

Author and Bloomberg columnist Julia Hobsbawm explains why so much emphasis has been put on various work models, but most don't consider what's truly best for workers and customers. She explains corporate leaders' never-ending quest to get the workplace right, and how even work-from-home jobs can actually be a disadvantage to some folks, while being advantageous to others. 
Hobsbawm also addresses why face-to-face communication is important but simultaneously problematic for single parents and those with disabilities. And she explains the office's relevancy isn't dead but simply changing. 
If you or you company aren't sure how to move forward utilizing remote work, hybrid, or the office, this is the show for you.
Read the full show notes at: https://justinkbrady.com/julia-hobsbawm

Jason Feifer, Editor in Chief of Entrepreneur is back to discuss his new book, Build for Tomorrow and why your laser focus on your career path is bad. But before that, we discuss why being in the top 1% of pod downloads isn't that great, and he calls out a phony pitch he got from a dude that had a fake TV show!
Feifer's brain is packed with stories about misplaced public freakouts and our narrow-minded reactions to them. He explains how this narrow-minded thinking hurts not only profitable paths at companies but in your own career path. 
He also gives us a subtle hint at what might be next in his future. 
Check out the full show notes at https://justinkbrady.com/jason-feifer-build-for-tomorrow