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Sisters In SongEpisode 98: Interview with John Mailander We had a very insightful chatwith John Mailander about working with the legendary Bruce Hornsby, the hardest part about being a musician, and the practice of being receptive to song ideas (and so much more!) His latest release “Let the World In” is availableeverywhere!
Originally assembled for the live debut of John’s 2019 album Forecast, the group adopted the name for a series of residency shows in Nashville. John Mailander’s Forecast has since developed a dedicated following through their adventurous improvisations, singular collaborations, and genre-bending, joyful musical explorations.
Forecast is John Mailander on fiddle, keys, and electronics; Eth...2025-04-1834 min
Mailander PodcastBilly Goodrum Talks Dumb & Dumber, Something About Mary, Sophia Loren - Life as a Hollywood ComposerStep into the private studio of Hollywood composer Billy Goodrum as he shares the creative secrets behind some of comedy's most iconic films. From crafting the memorable music for “Dumb and Dumber,” “There’s Something About Mary,” and countless other Farrelly Brothers classics to collaborating with Sophia Loren’s son on award-winning international projects, Goodrum offers a rare glimpse into the collaborative genius of film composition.In this intimate conversation, discover:• How a chance meeting and “Two Foot of Butt Crack” launched Goodrum’s Hollywood career• The subtle art of film scoring and how he helps create compelling...2025-03-0645 min
Alles GehtTrotziger Tisch mit Lea SchmidbauerIn dieser Folge (92) spricht Mareike mit Lea Schmidbauer, Alumna der HFF München (Abt. IV) und Bestseller-Autorin der beliebten Ostwind-Romane und -Drehbücher. Lea gibt uns einen faszinierenden Einblick in ihr Leben als Autorin, Regisseurin und Teilzeitlandwirtin – und teilt ihre inspirierenden Gedanken über Freiheit, Kreativität und ihre Liebe zu Pferden.In dieser Episode erfährst du:Wie Lea Schmidbauer ihren Weg von Starnberg über ein abgebrochenes Amerikanistik-Studium über das Dokumentarfilm-Studium hin zur Autorin fand.Die Entstehung von Ostwind: Wie die Geschichten rund um den schwarzen Hengst entstanden sind und was das mit...2025-01-2036 minMailander PodcastJosh Gilbert & Gopal Erinjippurath | Geospatial AI | Reshaping Climate Prediction & Global PowerIn an era where AI giants like Palantir, Google, Microsoft, and NVIDIA battle for supremacy, a new frontier is emerging: the race to predict Earth's future. Josh Gilbert and Gopal Erinjippurath, co-founders of Sust Global, reveal how geospatial AI is becoming the next critical battleground in the global tech war. Drawing parallels to the nuclear arms race, they explore how major tech players, defense contractors, and financial institutions are competing to harness vast satellite and environmental datasets to predict everything from hurricane paths to economic shockwaves. This episode pulls back the curtain on how AI is revolutionizing climate risk...2025-01-091h 21Mailander PodcastAndrew Jones: Global Thinker | Complex Decision-Making | Climate InteractiveAndrew Jones is one of the foremost experts on the use of simulation modeling to improve decision-making for our most pressing global challenges, including the socio-economic and geopolitical ramifications of climate change. He is Co-Founder and CEO of Climate Interactive, and creator of the En-ROADS simulation model which has been used by an estimated 1.4 million people in over 170 countries, including by global negotiators, U.S. Senators and more than 178 Members of Congress, and multinational corporations. In this episode, filmed in Asheville, North Carolina, following the devastation of Hurricane Helene, we explore how system dynamics modeling, simulations, and synthetic experiences...2024-12-301h 04Mailander PodcastJan Jensen: Iowa WBB; Caitlin Clark; Building an Elite Program; The New College AthleteJan Jensen is the new head coach for women’s basketball at the University of Iowa. Jensen takes over an elite program that developed generational phenom, Caitlin Clark (WNBA Rookie of the Year with the Indiana Fever), and reached the NCAA Championship game the last two years. Previously named NCAA Assistant Coach of the Year, Jensen has been instrumental in recruiting and developing such athletes as Kate Martin (now with the Las Vegas Aces) and Megan Gustafson (also with the Las Vegas Aces, who recently competed for Spain in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and was NCAA Player of the Year wh...2024-11-261h 45Mailander PodcastEliot Puplett | Fintech Founder on Entrepreneur’s Journey | Mailander PodcastTech entrepreneur Eliot Puplett shares his vision for democratizing global finance through blockchain technology. As founder of Medici, he's building a decentralized financial system that could do for money what the internet did for information. Puplett discusses the challenges of disrupting entrenched financial institutions, navigating regulatory hurdles, and building new infrastructure from scratch. He explains how blockchain can dramatically reduce costs and complexity in international investments by eliminating middlemen and creating transparent, immutable transactions. Beyond the technology, Puplett reveals his deeper mission: enabling thousands of people who've been excluded from traditional finance to build wealth, start companies, and access...2024-11-192h 36Mailander PodcastIntention & Patience: Carefully Curate Your Decision ArchitectureAre you giving your greatest decisions the time they deserve? Short-term decisions are easy—they fit into neat timelines with clear metrics. But when it comes to the decisions that will most significantly impact your company's long-term future, you need to be willing to think differently, break the rules, and allow ideas to evolve. The best leaders know that patience and a bit of chaos have the greatest benefit. If you’re ready to rethink how you plan for the future, I’ll show you how to intentionally curate your company’s decision architecture to create the greatest long-term value. L...2024-09-1008 minMailander PodcastBeat Grandma (The ’Tells’)What do card games with Grandma and corporate strategy have in common? They're both high-stakes games of deception and decoding how the other player thinks. Beneath the surface lies a battle of wits, where every move is calculated to win. But how do you decipher the moves of your competitors and partners? Join me to learn how to outsmart Grandma and apply the same techniques to your corporate strategy. By decoding the DNA of decision-making, you'll gain a strategic advantage and pave the way for success in your leadership journey. Put yourself into position to play a...2024-05-2102 minMailander PodcastEpic Shifts: Lessons from Admiral Rickover on Leading TransformationThis is a story about an admiral unlike any other. Admiral Rickover was no ordinary leader. He was the architect of the US Nuclear Navy. How did he pull off the feat of creating asymmetric power for the United States through technological leadership? He did so not as a traditional military leader, but instead by rewriting the rules for driving transformational change. We now stand on the brink of a new technologically-driven era, fueled by the mysterious potential of artificial intelligence. AI promises to change everything about how we think, live, and work, and as such fills ma...2024-04-0306 minMailander PodcastThe Intangibles: Underdogs Embrace the UnconventionalUnderdogs. We revel in them. We identify with them. Their stories become ours. They are the clever ones who find innovative ways to achieve victory over the bigger and stronger.The methods of the underdog apply equally well to the private companies and innovators seeking to compete with their much larger brethren. For those CEOs and management teams seeking extraordinary outcomes, the methods of the underdog may be their most effective method for competing. Underdogs do not win by replicating the strategies of their larger competitors. They don’t have the money, mar...2024-02-2004 min
The Next-Level Income ShowEp 190: Decoding the Emotions of Business with Chris MailanderLearn how to decode the emotions of business with Chris Mailander. With over 30 countries as his classroom, Mailander has guided corporations and governments through their toughest decisions. His latest book, “Judgment: The Art of Momentous Decision-Making” (2023), delves deep into the intricate landscape of business emotions.
Chris shares his expertise on decoding the subtle nuances of emotions in the business realm. Explore how emotions shape critical decisions and strategies, and uncover practical approaches to navigate the complex interplay between logic and sentiment in the corporate world.
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Follow us o...2024-02-1333 minMailander PodcastVolatility Is Your GiftVolatility. It is often feared by leaders and decision-makers. In reality, it is a powerful gift. As we gear up for 2024, learn the art of perceiving and embracing change -- a skill essential for leaders, CEOs, and decision-makers navigating today's dynamic business landscape.Key Insights:Strategic Perception: Master the ability to perceive and respond to changing conditions, shifting your focus from anticipating the nature of surprises to adeptly navigating evolving landscapes.Team Conditioning: Equip your team with the skills to not only weather uncertainty but t...2024-01-2507 minMailander PodcastIdeas vs. Power: The Lesson that Changed JFKImagine yourself in the Oval Office. Eighteen months before, you suffered a debacle that will come to mark the low point of your presidency. Your poor decision-making then changed the game, and not in your favor. Castro got stronger. The Soviets were emboldened to challenge you. Your reputation as a statesman on the international stage was damaged. Now, the young JFK was at the center of deliberations surrounding the most pressing threat. Soviet ships were shuttling nuclear weapons across the Atlantic towards Cuba. They threatened establish nuclear capabilities within lethal range of 80 million Americans. The fate of t...2023-12-1214 minMailander Podcast2024 Unveiled: CEO Strategies for Decoding Unfolding Systemic ShiftsExplore the rules and pitfalls of decision-making amidst the significant systemic shifts we will likely see in 2024. From significant economic change, to the chaos of being a presidential election year, to a shifting global security and power framework, uncover your strategies for navigating these uncertainties which lie ahead in this thought-provoking episode. Dive into the intricate world of decision-making during systemic shifts with this episode. We dissect the pivotal moments unfolding in 2024 which will reshape industries, economies, and the way we work. Learn the two fundamental rules that dictate decisions when situational contexts shift, paving the way for three...2023-11-1907 min
Fast Company DigestEssential stories from Fast Company for the week of November 6-10This week, contributor Chris Mailander explains the three types of CEOs most at risk of poor decision-making and the three common scenarios where they are most likely to get things wrong. And Skims founder Kim Kardashian discusses her company’s new partnership with the NBA and WNBA, and of course, that controversial nipple bra.2023-11-0915 minMailander PodcastTarget Blind Spots: How a Wall Street Captain Was ExposedIdentify the red flags that CEOs can look for in targeting the decision-making of opponents, as well as to overcome in their own decision-making patterns and tendencies through an exploration of how one of the most influential captains of a venerable institution went to stewarding one of the most profitable financial engines on Wall Street to overseeing its demise. Joe Cassano was CEO of AIG Financial Products for two consecutive periods in its history. During the first period, he turned FP, is it was known on Wall Street, into a financial engine that turned out...2023-11-0304 minMailander PodcastWorst Decision-Making: Myth Versus RealityThe seeds of decision-making success or failure are planted years before we witness the climactic result. Four common CEO archetypes are at risk of getting their decision wrong when it will matter most. There is a myth that there are singular moments of brilliance or failure in CEO decision-making. It is the climactic high point in the stories we tell and movies we watch. More often than not, it is a myth. The reality is the seeds of poor decision-making are most often planted years before the climactic high point of the story. Chris...2023-11-0304 minMailander PodcastProcess Determines Outcome: Teachings from a U.S. House of Representatives ParliamentarianMany CEOs believe their strategic success depends on the strength of their product, service, technology, financing, or branding. In reality, however, the most powerful asset available to the CEO in leading a company’s strategic execution is the process by which they make decisions. The process determines the outcome. A former parliamentarian in the U.S. House of Representations, who would go on later to become a parliamentarian in the U.S. Senate, introduced Mailander to the subtle but profound power of understanding and influencing the path of decision arcs. These paths wind. They ebb an...2023-11-0302 minMailander PodcastMy Blind Spot: Hard Lessons Learned Painfully WellSound CEO decision-making is fundamentally rooted in a willingness to persistently challenge the dominant logic and narrative that runs in your mind. This is my story of getting hit in a blind spot. These moments hurt. They are remembered. This is where some of our greatest learnings can come from. Mailander learned a hard lesson while building a Silicon Valley technology company. Like many executives on a string of success, the quest is to keep chalking up the wins, all in hope for achieving the beautiful prize in the end, which in the case of...2023-11-0304 minMailander PodcastCompete Higher: Three Core Tenets for Leveling UpLeverage these three core tenets for enabling your company to level up against the next higher level of competition. Drawn from the experience of working with a mid-market leader that was successful, had more ceiling with their current business, but for the young CEO, could reach so much higher, this episode reveals three core tenets to competing at a higher level. When leveling up to enable your company to play against the big boys, the nature of the competition and how they protect their positions can be awe-striking for the emerging company. 2023-11-0304 minMailander PodcastTarget Poor Judgment: Be a Short SellerLeverage the methods and mindset of the short sellers that hunt mistakes in judgment by CEOs in the public markets to strengthen the decision-making of companies in the private markets.This is a technique that CEOs and boards of directors can use to test both public and private companies’ decision-making prowess. It leverages the methods of short sellers, who hunt for companies to bet against, harvesting large gains from the mistakes of others. For this reason, short sellers are not popular, but they play an important role. This technique is more fully outlined in my ar...2023-11-0304 minMailander PodcastCurate Friction: The Good Fight You Should Be HavingThere is a fight for influence over your decision-making process amongst your internal teams. This is how to curate a healthy fight, and harvest its benefits for your company. There are competitors amongst those on your team who fight for influence over your decision-making. The battle can be overt, passive-aggressive, or quite subtle. It can be unhealthy. If curated well, it can be very healthy to your stewardship of the company. There will be several camps. In one, there is a strong preference for creating routine rhythms to the decision-making in the company, wi...2023-11-0304 minMailander PodcastDecision Bias: Find the Subtle Influences on Your Decision-MakingA quick exercise for CEOs to better understand how their decision-making is influenced by key actors, both in overt and subtle ways. In this excerpt from Decidedly, a podcast focused on helping private company CEOs, family offices, and HNWs manage their wealth, Mailander describes a process for revealing the subtle but profound influences on your own decision-making. It is an exercise frequently used with CEOs who are members of YPO in a workshop format. The exercise involves identifying the overt objective the CEO seeks to attain – whether that be an M&A or exit f...2023-11-0304 minMailander PodcastPlace the Mark: The Great Chess Match Between Goldman Sachs and AIG (2005-2008)Elite CEOs and companies do not shy away from the noise, confusion, and chaos of shifting markets. Instead, they study them. They move their assets and players into place. They place a mark on others, including those less savvy, stuck in their mindset, unable to move, or simply certain they are right, because they always were before. If played well, they emerge even stronger in the end. This is a story of how. This is the short story of the long arc of events that led to the 2008 global financial crisis. It begins with warning s...2023-11-0306 minMailander PodcastSpotting Weakness: How a U.S. Nuclear Sub Commander Changed the GameThis is the story of a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine commander’s ability to challenge the Soviets when they were at their weakest. He changed the rules of the game. And won. He secured asymmetric advantage, but for a moment. It was by targeting the decision-making weaknesses of his Soviet nuclear counterparts for but a moment. The Cold War ended three years after his exploits. This is a story pieced together from reviewing thousands of pages of now declassified documents and images from the U.S. Government, including the Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agenc...2023-11-0308 min
Decidedly I Decision Tips for Business OwnersEp.110 HIGHLIGHT I Making life-changing business decisions with your spouseWANT THE FULL EPISODE? Search Ep.110 I Chris Mailander I Deciding with Purpose: Business Decisions Aren’t One-Size-Fits-All, or download it directly using this link.Sanger and Chris discuss the dynamic nature of business decisions, revealing strategies to progress and preserve your company for generational impact. KEY TOPICS Noticing the helpful and hurtful trends in your business decisions.Making joint decisions effectively.Protecting your business from aging out.Getting out of day-to-day tasks and harnessing vision for your business. CONNECT WITH US...2023-10-1209 min
Decidedly I Decision Tips for Business OwnersEp.110 I Chris Mailander I Deciding with Purpose: Business Decisions Aren’t One-Size-Fits-AllSanger and Chris discuss the dynamic nature of business decisions, revealing strategies to progress and preserve your company for generational impact. KEY TOPICS Noticing the helpful and hurtful trends in your business decisions.Making joint decisions effectively.Protecting your business from aging out.Getting out of day-to-day tasks and harnessing vision for your business.DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THE FULL EPISODE? Check out the 10-minute highlight episode by searching Ep.110 HIGHLIGHT I Making life changing business decisions with your spouse, or download it directly using this...2023-10-1145 min
Get Down To Business with Scott "Shalom" KleinPodcast of “Get Down To Business” – 08/06/2023 - Chris Mailander, Anita Kaul, Raoul Davis and Martha MarchesiJoin Scott "Shalom" Klein on his weekly radio show, Get Down To Business with guests:
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2023-08-0339 min
Everyday MBASpecial 2019 Year End EpisodeSpecial Episode - 2019 Year End. Action items from our Knowledge Leader Circle members Erin Pheil, Rich Horwath, Kyle Westra, Chris Mailander, Eric Shultz and John Kennedy. Thanks for listening to the show in 2019...and stay tuned for more great guests and discussion in 2020....and as always, our Everyday MBA action items. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to be a sponsor? Everyday-MBA.com/sponsor2019-12-2817 min
BizWiz PodcastChris Mailander: The Craft of Successful Business NegotiationChris Mailander is author of The Craft. The book really plays at the intersection of corporate strategy and psychology. It decodes how business leaders perceive, react and think in their most critical moments. Those moments when the pressure is really on. In 'The Craft', Chris reveals his methods for how you can succeed in moments like this. Grab your copy of The Craft, in paperback, Kindle and audiobook formats Questions You'll Hear Today: What does the saying Fizz, Spark, Oomph mean to you? What motivated you to take a more in depth look a...2019-10-2117 minEveryday MBA221: Unlocking Financial ValueEpisode 221 - Chris Mailander discusses his book The Craft and secret codes and methods to unlock exponential financial value. Chris has a law degree from Georgetown University and he has served as an adjunct fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies , a leading foreign policy think tank. But more than that, he has worked across five continents as a CEO, senior director and vice president. Stay tuned for three action items you can use today. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want...2019-10-0519 min
The Nice Guys on Business970 Jesse Henry: Overcome Personal Challenges and Build Your NetworkJesse Henry is an entrepreneur, author, and TEDx Speaker. He’s a Managing Partner at Cloud Nine Capital – an investment firm focused on renewable energy, hemp, and technology commercialization. He has previously worked alongside Tony Robbins as a national speaker, and Oren Klaff developing pitch narratives for entrepreneurs. Connect with Jesse Henry: Website: www.jessehenry.co LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jessehenry4 Brad’s new book The Millennial Merger: How to Sell, Manage, Empathize and Communica...2019-09-2139 min
The Nice Guys on Business969 Brad Sugars: Business Re-educationBrad Sugars started the ActionCOACH brand in 1994 in Brisbane, Australia. Today the company is ranked as the leading business coaching franchise by Entrepreneur magazine. ActionCOACH operates in over 70 countries and has more than 1,000 coaches around the world, coaching 15,000 business every week. The franchise has received numerous awards including Fastest Growing Franchise, Franchisee Satisfaction, Best Overall Company and has been named the number one business coaching franchise in the world every year since 2004. Using the coaching strategies that have helped thousands of companies around the world, Brad Sugars and his executive team...2019-09-1735 min
The Nice Guys on Business967 Steve Olsher: Break Into New MediaA 25+ year entrepreneur, Steve Olsher is the Chairman & Founder of Liquor.com, online pioneer who launched on CompuServe’s Electronic Mall in 1993, New York Times bestselling author of What Is Your WHAT? Discover The ONE Amazing Thing You Were Born To Do, author of the Business Technology Book of the Year, Internet Prophets: The World’s Leading Experts Reveal How to Profit Online, creator of The New Media Summit, host of the #1 rated radio shows/podcasts Reinvention Radio and Beyond 8 Figures, international keynote speaker, and an in-demand media guest who has appeared on CNN, The Huffington Post, the cover of F...2019-09-1243 min
The Nice Guys on Business964 Zack Friedman: Living the Lemonade LifeZack is the founder and chief executive officer of Make Lemonade, a leading personal finance company that empowers you to live a better financial life. He is an in-demand speaker and has inspired millions through his powerful insights, including more than 14 million who have read his advice in Forbes. Previously, he was chief financial officer of an international energy company, a hedge fund investor, and worked at Blackstone, Morgan Stanley, and the White House. Zack holds degrees from Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins. Zack will release his debut book “The Lemonade Life: How To Fuel Success, Create Happiness, an...2019-09-0530 min
The Nice Guys on Business963 Chris Mailander: The Intersection Of Corporate Strategy And PsychologyChris Mailander is author of The Craft. The book really plays at the intersection of corporate strategy and psychology. It decodes how business leaders perceive, react and think in their most critical moments. Those moments when the pressure is really on. When emotions run high. When things become unpredictable. The moments when there is a direct relationship between psychology of the individuals at the negotiating table, and the financial value that is going to show up later on the P&L or balance sheet. Chris has worked around the world, from political Washington, to Corporate America, to doing deals...2019-09-0325 min
The Next-Level Income ShowCHRIS MAILANDER INTERVIEW – The Craft: Secret Codes and Methods for Unlocking Exponential Financial ValueYour success will be determined by your ability to decode the underlying beliefs, values, and attitudes of those who sit across the table from you.Chris Mailander is the CEO of Ironheart Corporate Advisory. Over the last 25 years, he has worked across five continents and nine industries helping CEOs, leaders of nations and global investors navigate their most critical moments – while creating billions of dollars in new financial value for the companies and economies they lead.Working in many post-conflict emerging economies over the years has left Chris with a myriad of interesting stories and expe...2019-06-2528 min
Jon Nastor's Hack the EntrepreneurHTE 355: The Entrepreneur’s Game | Chris MailanderToday’s guest has more than two decades of experience as a technology executive, internal M&A lawyer, management consultant, and an entrepreneur. He was co-founder and CEO of a healthcare tech company called Health Access Solutions, which he and his team scaled and then sold in 2016. He is currently the founder of Ironheart Corporate Advisory, an operating partner to high-potential companies focused on making a disruptive impact. During this conversation we discuss being opportunistic, uncovering huge market opportunities, and The Entrepreneur’s Game. Now, let’s hack… Chris Mailande2017-06-2200 min
Hack The EntrepreneurHTE 355: The Entrepreneur’s Game | Chris MailanderToday’s guest has more than two decades of experience as a technology executive, internal M&A lawyer, management consultant, and an entrepreneur.
He was co-founder and CEO of a healthcare tech company called Health Access Solutions, which he and his team scaled and then sold in 2016.
He is currently the founder of Ironheart Corporate Advisory, an operating partner to high-potential companies focused on making a disruptive impact.
During this conversation we discuss being opportunistic, uncovering huge market opportunities, and The Entrepreneur’s Game.
Now, let’s hack…
Chris Mailander.2017-06-2240 min