A collection of podcasts hand-picked by Robinson Speakers, from brilliant strategists, business tycoons, authors, speakers… some of the leading thinkers of today, who are also modern enough to have discovered SoundCloud!
Cindy Gallop has turned her illustrious advertising career into a lifelong pursuit of changing the world, her way — one daring project after another. With Mike Walsh, both perched on a large sofa in her gorgeous Manhattan apartment, she speaks about sex, diversity and re-inventing advertising
Founder of Blurb, Eileen Gittins started her career in imaging at Eastman Kodak, then left to found a number of successful digital companies before coming up with the idea of creating a simple digital platform for authors to produce high quality books. With Mike Walsh, she spoke about where books will go in the future, how games like Minecraft help teach kids computational thinking, and what can be done to encourage more young women to become entrepreneurs.
Ian Goldin is Professor of Globalization and Development and Director of the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford. With the modern age so inextricably connected and interdependent, like the original Renaissance, he believes we are about to live through a new age of innovation, transformation and reinvention.
Malcolm Gladwell searches for the counterintuitive in what we all take to be the mundane: cookies, sneakers, pasta sauce. A New Yorker staff writer since 1996, he visits obscure laboratories and infomercial set kitchens as often as the hangouts of freelance cool-hunters — a sort of pop-R&D gumshoe — and for that has become a star lecturer and bestselling author.
Seth Godin is a singular thought leader and innovator in what he describes as our post-industrial “connection economy.” Rather than merely tolerate change, he says, we are all called now to rise to it. We are invited and stretched in whatever we do to be artists — to create in ways that matter to other people.
Gary Vaynerchuk is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author, self-taught wine expert, and serial entrepreneur.
Kristen Ashburn an award-winning documentary photographer and humanitarian, whose photographs and stories from the Middle East, Europe, and Africa have appeared in publications worldwide. She began photographing the impact of HIV/AIDS in southern Africa in 2001 and released a book of this work in 2009 entitled I Am Because We Are with a forward by Madonna.
Brene Brown believes courage is borne out of vulnerability, not strength. This discovery of hers on shame and “wholeheartedness” shook the perfectionist ground beneath her own feet. And now it’s inspiring millions to reconsider the way they live, parent, and navigate relations with members of the opposite gender.
Matt McFadyen is a motivational speaker and the youngest Australian ever to reach the North Pole. As a keynote speaker and facilitator Matt has worked with organizations all over the world to engage, align and inspire leaders and their teams. As a storyteller Matt McFadyen is world class; inspirational, relevant, and memorable.
Tim Sanders is one of the most prolific keynote speakers today. A rare hybrid of business speaker, motivational speaker, and people skills guru, his research, passion, and ability to move audiences to action sets him apart as the people-centric business expert.
Aaron Dignan is one of the best technology speakers on the market, and brings deep insights to audiences about how digital strategy is changing the game for corporations, undoing the classic management systems with the modern ‘network’ mindset.