Melanie is an Optimizer and has a gift for guiding fast-paced, mission driven entrepreneurs to thrive as they emerge as leaders in their business and industry. With over 15 years mentoring high achieving game changers, Melanie is a revenue strategist – removing productivity and progress derailers while identifying high payoff, profit boosting opportunities that position the entrepreneur to achieve their dream business. Melanie is a lifestyle enthusiast and spends her free time in search of the best spas and beaches in the world.
Episode 031: Yuan Wang : Civilization 2.0
Yuan Wang is a futurist, technologist, manifestation architect, #1 best selling author and parallel entrepreneur who designs #DLT systems and transformational experiences that help humanity play its way to Abundance. For over two decades, Yuan designed, coded and operated some of the most popular 3D video games in history including Descent, Lucasarts’ Jedi Knight and World of Warcraft. He has built multiple startups, served as an executive at Blizzard Entertainment, Disney, and Midway Games and is currently building and advising decentralized technology and human performance organizations for Civilization 2.0.
Episode 030: Ed Rush : F18 Fighter Pilot
Dr. Heidi and Ed Rush, Former F18 fighter pilot, 5 time bestselling author and 7 figure advisor talk mastering your time and productivity hacks. 950 miles an hour. That’s fast. But it’s not nearly as fast as Ed Rush flew in his combat career as a decorated F-18 pilot which included over 50 combat missions and 2 tours to Iraq. While in the Marines, Ed served as the one of the country’s leading instructors on aerial dog fighting and recently worked as a key player in the development of the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Episode 029: Thom Singer: Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do
Thom Singer – host of Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do podcast and a professional speaker who has delivered over 700 talks to corporate and association audiences over his career.
Episode 028: Monica Parker –Organizational Change
Monica has been an author, speaker, designer, CEO, activist, clown, opera singer and, most recently, founder. Her specialism of more than a decade has been navigating and communicating organizational change. She is a blogger for the Huffington Post and Thrive Global, a contributor to publications such as the FT and Sunday Times and is a workplace authority for BBC Worldwide and BBC Radio.
Episode 020: Lisen Stromberg
Lisen Stromberg is an author, culture innovation consultant, and widely regarded speaker who empowers people and companies to reimagine the future of work through work/life success. As CEO and Founder of PrismWork, she and her team partner with companies, leaders, and advocates, to ensure women and Millennials thrive in the workplace. She is currently Partner+COO of the 3% Movement, committed to changing the ratio of women in leadership in the advertising industry.
Episode 019: Gabe Zicherman
Gabe Zichermann, Author & CEO of Onward – an anti tech addiction startup. Gabe is a serial entrepreneur, author and speaker with a family history of addiction and a decade of experience building systems for behavior change. His vision is to foster a world where balanced relationships between “real life” and technology make everyone healthier, happier and more truly connected.
Episode 016: Dr. Sue Thomas, Digital Wellbeing
Our guest Dr. Sue Thomas and host Dr. Heidi Forbes Öste talk about how to integrate our digital lives with the physical world for better balance. Sue Thomas’s latest title is Nature and Wellbeing in the Digital Age (2017) which offers practical ways to connect to nature without logging off.
Episode 015: Bryan Kramer
Our guest Bryan Kramer and host Dr. Heidi Forbes Öste talk Human to Human and Shareology: the journey through evolving tech, keeping our humanity and reaching customers. How to survive and thrive amidst health challenges using tech. Bryan is “The Zen Master of Marketing” Forbes.
Episode 011: Howard Rheingold
Our guest Brian Solis and host Dr. Heidi Forbes Öste talk the journey through evolving tech, keeping our humanity and leading change. Thoughts on digital Darwinism, supporting digital change agency in organizations and the changing landscape for leadership.