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Curve Benders by David Nour82 - Final Curve Benders Episode: Ten Attributes to Success in 2023From our 2022 Relationship Economics Summit - an intimate gathering of senior executive clients, partners, and friends this past October, to over 100 senior executive conversations since Nour Group Managing Partner David Nour has gathered Ten Attributes to success in 2023. Join us for insights on where you and your team should focus in the New Year as we sign off on the Curve Benders Livestream and broaden our horizons moving forward.
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2023-01-0255 min
REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth16 - Accelerated Time to Close: What does scale have to do with it?Is your business scalable? Are your processes able to grow with you as the team grows and sales increase? Most executive leadership teams don't consider the impact or "stress" internal growth can have on a companies tech stack and operational resilience.
Join Nour Group Partners Jenn Cordz + David Nour today as they explore why scaling your people, processes and tech stack is an important step in the go-to-market journey, and the critical final piece of the Accelerated time to Close process.
We are live weekly on each Tuesday at 11AM ET with our brand new...
2022-08-1654 min
Curve Benders by David Nour81 - Curve Benders Live on Agile ExecutionRelationships take time and nurturing, you need to be very intentional in building relationships and meeting curve benders. Join David Nour on this episode of Curve Benders Live and learn how to grow a relationship from a seed into a fruit bearing tree.
Be sure to chime in with your thoughts after the episode in the Nour Forum! Join our community of like-minded professionals to build relationships with industry leaders, share wisdom with peers, and get access to exclusive content.
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2022-07-2746 min
REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth14 - Dashboards and Board Insights from Your Tech StackJoin Jenn Cordz and David Nour for a brand new LIVE Series: REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth, where each Tuesday at 11AM ET, they dive into Marketing Technology (MarTech), Sales Technology (SalesTech), Customer Success Technology (CSTech) and the overarching Revenue Operations (RevOps).
In this episode they discuss the importance of the dashboard, using your insights to fuel growth, and Jenn's fly fishing prowess.
Tune in after the show and share your thoughts in the Nour Forum, our private community of growth-driven industry leaders.
2022-07-2645 min
Curve Benders by David Nour80 - Curve Benders Live on Strategic RelationshipsYour relationships shape who you are and in turn who you will grow to be. Join David Nour on this episode of Curve Benders Live and learn how to choose which relationships you should invest into and how you can become that person for others.
Be sure to chime in with your thoughts after the episode in the Nour Forum! Join our community of like-minded professionals to build relationships with industry leaders, share wisdom with peers, and get access to exclusive content.
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2022-07-2144 min
Curve Benders by David Nour79 - Curve Benders Live on Immersive InquiryNow that you've found your spark, where are you going to direct your energy? Join David Nour on this episode of Curve Benders Live and learn the importance of learning, learning, and more learning!
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2022-07-2144 min
Curve Benders by David Nour78 - Curve Benders Live on the CatalystDo you feel like something is missing in your life? Are you ready to become the best version of you? Join David Nour on this episode of Curve Benders Live and learn how to find that spark to set off your personal journey of growth.
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2022-07-2146 min
Curve Benders by David Nour77 - Curve Benders Live on Professional CommitmentAre you exceeding expectations? How committed are you to your professional development? Join David Nour on this episode of Curve Benders Live and learn how to double down on where you are, what you're doing, and the value you're creating.
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2022-07-1543 min
Curve Benders by David Nour76 - Curve Benders Live on Personal FoundationHow do you prioritize which relationships you invest in? Join David Nour on this episode of Curve Benders Live and learn why a smaller network of deeper relationships is more powerful than a huge network of shallow relationships.
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2022-07-1439 min
Curve Benders by David Nour75 - Power and Promise of Product MarketingJoin David Nour in this episode of Curve Benders Live! Listen to David discuss Product Marketing with Michele Konetski.
Learn how to optimize your customer experience, shorten your sales cycle, and the importance of knowing your product.
Chime in with your thoughts and questions on the Nour Forum after the episode and engage with like-minded professionals in a setting designed to facilitate your growth.
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2022-07-1146 min
Curve Benders by David Nour74 - Curve Benders Live on Your Personal Market ValueWhat are you really worth? How are you assessing your personal market value? Join David Nour on this episode of Curve Benders Live and learn about the three foundational rings that make up your personal market value, and how you can make a proper assessment of where you stand in the war for talent.
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2022-07-0539 min
Curve Benders by David Nour73 - Field Service-Centricity with Karin HamelHow important is recognizing the efforts of the people who represent your brand directly to the customer? The answer: very.
Join David Nour on this episode of the Curve Benders podcast as he hosts Karin Hamel, VP of Services for Digital Buildings at Schneider Electric. Listen to Karin talk the importance of people, customer experience, and strong company culture, and get insights from someone at the top of one of the country's most important industries.
Chime in with your thoughts and questions on the Nour Forum after the episode and engage with like-minded professionals in...
2022-07-0146 min
Curve Benders by David Nour72 - Unstuck - Unlocking Wisdom of Others with Craig LemastersAre you feeling stuck? How are you utilizing your personal and professional networks to their fullest potential?
Join David Nour as he explores how to become Unstuck by embracing and engaging the knowledge and experience of the people around you with Craig Lemasters. Craig is the author of Unstuck - How to Unlock & Activate the Wisdom of Others, and is Chairman at GCX. Listen on as Craig tells us about the power of listening and learning, building your network up, and not being scared of external help.
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2022-06-3054 min
REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth13 - Accelerated Time to Close: Improve + OptimizeJoin Jenn Cordz and David Nour for a brand new LIVE Series: REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth, where each Tuesday at 11AM ET, they dive into Marketing Technology (MarTech), Sales Technology (SalesTech), Customer Success Technology (CSTech) and the overarching Revenue Operations (RevOps).
In this episode, they'll discuss improving and optimizing your revops to accelerate your time to close.
Tune in after the show and share your thoughts in the Nour Forum, our private community of growth-driven industry leaders.
2022-05-2440 min
REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth12 - The State of MarTech and What it Means For Operations TeamsJoin Jenn Cordz and David Nour for a brand new LIVE Series: REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth, where each Tuesday at 11AM ET, they dive into Marketing Technology (MarTech), Sales Technology (SalesTech), Customer Success Technology (CSTech) and the overarching Revenue Operations (RevOps).
In this episode, she'll discuss new MarTech tools, assessing your system architecture, and strengthening your operations.
Tune in after the show and share your thoughts in the Nour Forum, our private community of growth-driven industry leaders.
2022-05-1032 min
REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth11 - User Journeys, Why They're Critical In Alignment Between Selling & BuyingJoin Jenn Cordz and David Nour for a brand new LIVE Series: REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth, where each Tuesday at 11AM ET, they dive into Marketing Technology (MarTech), Sales Technology (SalesTech), Customer Success Technology (CSTech) and the overarching Revenue Operations (RevOps).
In this episode, they'll discuss how integral user journeys are to the success of your business.
Tune in after the show and share your thoughts in the Nour Forum, our private community of growth-driven industry leaders.
2022-05-0345 min
REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth10 - Accelerated Time to Close - Buyer Profiles, Needs, and BehaviorsJoin Jenn Cordz and David Nour for a brand new LIVE Series: REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth, where each Tuesday at 11AM ET, they dive into Marketing Technology (MarTech), Sales Technology (SalesTech), Customer Success Technology (CSTech) and the overarching Revenue Operations (RevOps).
In this episode, they'll discuss shortening your customer life cycle maturity model to increase your revenue.
Tune in after the show and share your thoughts in the Nour Forum, our private community of growth-driven industry leaders.
2022-04-2645 min
REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth9 - Data DeDup, Why You Can't Build an Intelligent Omni Channel Without ItJoin Jenn Cordz and David Nour for a brand new LIVE Series: REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth, where each Tuesday at 11AM ET, they dive into Marketing Technology (MarTech), Sales Technology (SalesTech), Customer Success Technology (CSTech) and the overarching Revenue Operations (RevOps).
In this episode, they'll discuss the importance of detecting duplicate data, aligned messaging, and harmonized information.
Tune in after the show and share your thoughts in the Nour Forum, our private community of growth-driven industry leaders.
2022-04-1942 min
REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth8 - Routing - Responsiveness Sets You Apart!Join Jenn Cordz for a brand new LIVE Series: REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth, where each Tuesday at 11AM ET, they dive into Marketing Technology (MarTech), Sales Technology (SalesTech), Customer Success Technology (CSTech) and the overarching Revenue Operations (RevOps).
In this episode, she'll discuss lead routing and how you can reduce friction in your sales cycle.
Tune in after the show and share your thoughts in the Nour Forum, our private community of growth-driven industry leaders.
2022-04-1232 min
REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth7 - Enrich Untapped Potential in Your Marketing AutomationJoin Jenn Cordz and David Nour for a brand new LIVE Series: REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth, where each Tuesday at 11AM ET, they dive into Marketing Technology (MarTech), Sales Technology (SalesTech), Customer Success Technology (CSTech) and the overarching Revenue Operations (RevOps).
In this episode, they'll discuss optimizing your marketing automation, data integrity, enriching your tech stack, and more!
Tune in after the show and share your thoughts in the Nour Forum, our private community of growth-driven industry leaders.
2022-04-0540 min
REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth6 - CMO Highlight: Susan Vaillancourt, Query.AIJoin Jenn Cordz and David Nour in episode 6 of REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth, where each Tuesday at 11AM ET, they dive into Marketing Technology (MarTech), Sales Technology (SalesTech), and Revenue Operations (RevOps).
Jenn and David are joined by Susan Vaillancourt, CMO of Query.AI, to talk about cybersecurity operations, centralizing data, optimization for growth, streamlining the buyer's journey, and more!
Continue the conversation in the Nour Forum and tune in every Tuesday at 11AM ET.
2022-03-2240 min
REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth5 - Marketing Automation And The Buyer JourneyJoin Jenn Cordz and David Nour for a brand new LIVE Series: REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth, where each Tuesday at 11AM ET, they dive into Marketing Technology (MarTech), Sales Technology (SalesTech), Customer Success Technology (CSTech) and the overarching Revenue Operations (RevOps).
This episode is focused on Marketing Automation And The Buyer Journey
Ask most marketing professionals and they'll describe marketing automation as the technology that manages marketing processes and multifunctional campaigns, across multiple channels, automatically. They use marketing automation to target customers with automated messages across email, web, social, and text. Ask any pr...
2022-03-0849 min
REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth4 - CRM: Critical Hub in the Customer Lifecycle Maturity ModelJoin Jenn Cordz and David Nour for a brand new LIVE Series: REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth, where each Tuesday at 11AM ET, they dive into Marketing Technology (MarTech), Sales Technology (SalesTech), Customer Success Technology (CSTech) and the overarching Revenue Operations (RevOps).
This episode is focused on CRM: Critical Hub in the Customer Lifecycle Maturity Model
Have you noticed that most Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems leave out the Relationship part? World-class organizations put those relationships at the center of all that they do! The global pandemic has proved that remaining relevant is no lo...
2022-03-0148 min
REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth3 - The RevOps Baseline Audit: A Candid Perspective on Your Processes, Capabilities, and Tech StackJoin Jenn Cordz and David Nour for a brand new LIVE Series: REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth, where each Tuesday at 11AM ET, they dive into Marketing Technology (MarTech), Sales Technology (SalesTech), Customer Success Technology (CSTech) and the overarching Revenue Operations (RevOps).
This episode is focused on The RevOps Baseline Audit: a Candid Perspective on Your Processes, Capabilities, and Tech Stack
Mention an "audit" and most people think of it as an indictment of a person or a team! Astute, confident leaders with a growth mindset see it as an independent perspective. That's the le...
2022-02-2249 min
Curve Benders by David Nour71 - Super Bowl Marketing and Your Personal Growth StrategyDid you watch the Super Bowl last sunday? How about the ads? Beyond their entertainment value, which ones did you think were really smart, delivered a well-thought out strategy, and were executed well?
What if we applied some of the lessons from Super Bowl marketing into your personal growth strategy? In this session, I'll share 14 I've captured - from the Worst Overall Marketing Strategy by Amazon Alexa, to the Best Integration of a Social Good by Google, let's look at some of the highlights.
Actual ads and the 14 points can be found in our private...
2022-02-1536 min
REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth2 - The Fab Five of Digital RelationshipsJoin Jenn Cordz and David Nour for a brand new Series: REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth, where each Tuesday at 11AM ET, they dive into Marketing Technology (MarTech), Sales Technology (SalesTech), and Revenue Operations (RevOps).
In this episode they discuss The Fab Five: CRM, EM Marketing, Enrich, Routing, and DeDup. Five critical areas in identifying, building, and nurturing digital relationships most organizations miss!
Jenn and Nour dive into the enterprise impact of each, the biggest mistakes most organizations make in selecting the right solution in each, and the connective tissue necessary to make these fiv...
2022-02-1542 min
Curve Benders by David Nour70 - Curve Benders Live on The Success Factor with Dr. Ruth GotianWhat do astronauts, Olympic champions and Nobel laureates do differently that allows them to achieve at such a high level?
Join David Nour for the next Curve Benders Live as he welcomes Dr. Ruth Gotian, author of the new book, The Success Factor, which outlines the methodological approach that individuals aspiring to improve their performance can adopt to achieve success. High achievers share the same four attributes (intrinsic motivation, perseverance, strong foundation, constantly learning through informal means). The key to their success is that they do all four of these things in tandem.
Using these fo...
2022-02-0843 min
REV:Up - Accelerating Your Growth1 - The Power and Promise of RevOpsOrganizations spend countless resources (time, effort, human, capital) in failed attempts to connect their marketing and sales initiatives. This costly and often disjointed effort is lost revenue opportunities on a daily basis.
What if there was a better way? At the Nour Group, we believe there is - that's why we've launched a new RevOps practice and our unique Accelerated Time to Close (ATC) process as a repeatable, predictable path to invest in the right marketing technologies (MarTech), connect those to the relevant sales technologies (SalesTech), and optimize, align, and amplify the process with revenue operations (RevOps).
2022-02-0853 min
Transforming Work with Sophie WadeDavid Nour — How Transforming Work Relationships Improves OutcomesDavid Nour, CEO of the Nour Group, brings his extensive expertise on applications of strategic business relationships to the challenges of 2022's marketplace uncertainties and work conditions. As a senior leadership and board advisor, educator, executive coach, and prolific, best-selling author, David shares his insights about the importance of reciprocity, empathy, and the exchange of value to transform our professional exchanges and develop mutually beneficial, rewarding, and deep long-term relationships. KEY TAKEAWAYS [02:44] How David grew up in Iran and as a child was sent to live in the US with relatives.
2022-01-1448 min
Curve Benders by David Nour69 - Curve Benders Live on MarTech and RevOps with Jenn CordzHow's your pipeline? How well do you understand your audience, buying behaviors, and your ability to connect their needs with your solutions? Did you know the average organization utilizes more than 70 tools in an attempt to connect their marketing efforts to revenue, many of which are disjointed or are missing critical data? That's 70 of the 8,000+ unique techs addressing the needs of organizations from advertising & promotions, to content & experience, social & relationships, commerce & sales, data, and management.
Join The Nour Group founder David Nour and new RevOps partner, Jenn Cordz as they discuss Marketing Technologies (MarTech) and Revenue Operations...
2022-01-1155 min
Curve Benders by David Nour68 - Nour Curve Benders Live on ReflectionWhat went well for you in 2021? What didn't quite click or materialize as you had hoped or expected? Through another year of the global pandemic, what lessons did you learn, what will you think about differently in 2022? Most importantly, which relationships enhanced, elevated or otherwise amplified your personal and professional growth? And which ones let you down, held you back, or you left neglected?
Use this simple, but powerful template to really think about the year that just passed. Equally valuable is the opportunity to think, feel, or do - in essence, lead differently in the New...
2022-01-0428 min
The Leadership Project Podcast039. Invest in Relationships with David Nour💭 Do you know how to make the most of your relationships.Leadership and success all relates to how well we relate to others. Invest in your relationships and you will achieve great dividends. This week we are joined by David Nour of the Nour Group. Nour is the best selling author of 11 books, including Relationship Economics, Return on Impact; Co-Create and his latest offering Curvebenders.During this amazing interview, Nour shares the secret to his success and how to invest in relationships that reap great rewards.Nour considers that "relat...
2021-12-141h 19
Curve Benders by David Nour65 - Digital Body Language with Erica DhawanJoin David Nour on this episode of the Curve Benders podcast, featuring Erica Dhawan and her new book, Digital Body Language.
When leaders want to break team silos, drive exponential growth, and innovate through teamwork, they call Erica Dhawan. She is an internationally recognized leading authority, speaker, and advisor on 21st-century teamwork, collaboration, and innovation. Named by Thinkers50 as the “Oprah of Management Thinkers”, she is the author of two books Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence and Digital Body Language: How to Build Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance.
It’s 2021...
2021-08-1735 min
Curve Benders by David Nour64 - Reimagining Work with Michael WatkinsJoin David Nour on this episode of the Curve Benders podcast as he hosts Michael Watkins, Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change at IMD, and the author of the international bestseller The First 90 Days, Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, which The Economist recognized as "the on-boarding bible."
With more than 1,000,000 copies sold in English, and translations in 24 languages, The First 90 Days has become the classic reference for leaders in transition and a standard resource of leading change. In 2011, it was named one of the best 100 business books of all time 800-CEO-Read. Amazon d...
2021-08-1041 min
Curve Benders by David Nour63 - Value-Based Leadership with Harry KraemerJoin David Nour on this episode of the Curve Benders podcast as he hosts Harry Kraemer, Jr., an executive partner with Madison Dearborn Partners, a private equity firm based in Chicago, Illinois, and a Clinical Professor of Leadership at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, where he was named the 2008 Kellogg School Professor of the Year.
Harry is the author of three bestselling leadership books: From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership, Becoming The Best: Build a World-Class Organization Through Values-Based Leadership. and Your 168: Finding Purpose and Satisfaction in a Values-Based Life. He is the...
2021-08-0430 min
Curve Benders by David Nour62 - Values-Based Alignment with Dr. Mandeep RaiJoin David Nour on this episode of the Curve Benders podcast as he hosts Thinkers50 Radar 2021 colleague, Dr. Mandeep Rai to discuss values-based alignment. Mandeep is a global authority on values, working with companies, institutions, and individuals around the world. She has traveled to more than 150 countries and reported as a journalist for the BBC World Service and Reuters, amongst others.
She began her career in private banking at J.P. Morgan and later worked for the United Nations, the European Commission, and grassroots NGOs before setting up the UAE’s first media venture capital fund.
2021-05-1836 min
Curve Benders by David Nour61 - From Ideas to Impact with Stuart Crainer + Des Dearlove, Thinkers50Join David Nour for this episode of the Curve Benders Podcast, as he hosts the founders of Thinkers50, Stuart Crainer, and Des Dearlove.
Internationally recognized experts and commentators on management thinking, Stuart and Des have championed the very best new management ideas for the past two decades. The editors of the Financial Times Handbook of Management, they are the authors of a number of best-selling books, including Generation Entrepreneur, Gravy Training, What We Mean When We Talk About Leadership, and the six-book Thinkers50 McGraw Hill series.
Through their work with Thinkers50, they are frequently asked...
2021-05-1137 min
Curve Benders by David Nour60 - Who vs. How Many with Mitch JoelJoin David Nour for this episode of the Curve Benders Podcast with Mitch Joel as they discuss the fundamental evolution of digital marketing. Called “one of North America’s leading visionaries” by Strategy Magazine, Mitch is the Founder of Six Pixels Group - an advisory, investing and content producing company focused on brands, commerce, community, and what’s next. Prior to Six Pixels Group, Mitch spent close to two decades building, running, and selling his agency to WPP.
Mitch's books include Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, which was named one of the best business books of...
2021-05-0640 min
David Burkus PresentsHow Strategic Relationships Power Your Growth with David NourDavid chats with David Nour, author of the new book "Curve Benders: How Strategic Relationships Can Power Your Non-linear Growth in the Future of Work" about the role of networking and relationships in your personal and professional growth AND how recent events have changed that role. This episode will help you Gain insight into the value of your current strategic relationships and how they help you achieve your work and life goals.
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2021-05-0426 min
Curve Benders by David Nour59 - Path To Your Curve BendersHave you ever thought of the individuals in your past who have left an indelible imprint on shaping the manager, the leader, the professional you are today?
What if you had met them earlier, knew more of these quality, caring, and impactful relationships? More importantly, in the future of constant disruptions in our lives, how could these relationships accelerate your reinvention to keep you relevant?
These profound relationships I'm calling your Curve Benders in my brand new book launching this week. Path to Your Curve Benders is both the subject of my podcast this week...
2021-04-2739 min
Curve Benders by David Nour58 - Reducing Variations with Subir ChowdhuryHe is one of the 50 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50. He has been a pioneer in championing the Quality movement across the globe through his thought-provoking ideas, unique methods, pedagogy, and passion. Hailed by the New York Times as a leading quality expert and by BusinessWeek as The Quality Prophet, he is the author of fifteen books, including several international bestsellers translated into more than 20 languages with over a million copies sold, including The Difference, The Ice Cream Maker, The Power of Six Sigma, and Management 21C.
He is the chairman and CEO...
2021-04-2043 min
Curve Benders by David Nour57 - Hybrid RelationshipsIn the post-pandemic world, you'll need to think about your business relationships differently. Those you new pre-pandemic, mostly through your in-person interactions, you've been forced to engaged only online for the past 13 months! Conversely, there are others you've only met/connected with online whom you'll need to prioritize and engage in person. Welcome to the world of Hybrid Relationships.
I believe we're thinking about coming back to work all wrong. Beyond the tactical 'how many days in the office,' we need to rethink and reimagine our work. A strong enabler of that journey will be the...
2021-04-1341 min
Curve Benders by David Nour56 - Operating System for Relationships with Thor Ernstsson, CEO - StrataJoin us on this episode of the Curve Benders Podcast, as David Nour hosts Thor Ernstsson, CEO of Strata, the operating system for professional relationships. Prior to Strata, Thor founded Feedback Loop to bring customer feedback into product management and Rally Health to transform how people engage with their health. Aside from building companies, Thor is an avid hot sauce maker.
Three quick notes:
Thor will be our guest on LinkedIn Live today at Noon ET, so hope you'll join us there.
We turn the show notes from these episodes into more in-depth articles, so join u...
2021-04-0644 min
Curve Benders by David Nour55 - Outside-In Leadership with Dennis SadlowskiHe's a battle-tested CEO and a respected board member. After stepping in from the Board of Directors to become the Chief Executive Officer, he led an outside-in growth strategy and the transformation of CECO Environmental into an integrated and aligned force in the market. His efforts steered the company around debt covenant risks and delivered 29% organic orders growth over two years. He successfully transitioned his CEO role in late 2020.
He has a strong track record delivering benefits for customers that generate growth and value for shareholders. While CEO of Siemens Energy and Automation, he led the Siemens...
2021-03-3040 min
Curve Benders by David Nour54 - Splendid Torch with Diane Ryan, Tufts UniversityShe joined Tisch College in 2017 as the Associate Dean for Programs and Administration, overseeing a portfolio of programs and curricula that support the entire Tufts University undergraduate and graduate student body as well as provide resources for faculty research and professional development.
She has devoted her career to public service, serving in the U.S. Army and spending nine years as a faculty member and senior leader at the United States Military Academy in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership. While at West Point, her teaching and research were focused on leadership and civic engagement. During...
2021-03-2344 min
Curve Benders by David Nour53 - Leading a Culture to Improve, Protect, and Save Lives with Damon Griggs, Dovel TechnologiesHe is the Chief Executive Officer at Dovel Technologies and a member of the company’s Board of Directors. He brings more than two decades of executive leadership in the government technology space, including strategic planning, P&L stewardship, world-class service delivery for customer success, and the development of high-performing, growth-oriented teams.
In his current role, he leads the overall corporate direction and strategy at Dovel, focused on expanding the company’s competencies and capabilities, enhancing relationships with current and prospective customers, and providing opportunities for employee growth. Through Dovel’s strong market presence in health IT, life s...
2021-03-1636 min
Curve Benders by David Nour52 - Reinvention of the Enterprise with Julian Birkinshaw, London Business SchoolHe is a Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Faculty Advisor for Executive Education at the London Business School. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the (American) Academy of Management.
He has a Ph.D. and MBA degrees in Business from the Richard Ivey School of Business, Western University, Canada, and a BSc (Hons) from the University of Durham, UK. He was awarded Honorary Doctorates by the Stockholm School of Economics in 2009 and Copenhagen Business School in 2018.
He is a recognized thought-leader on the impact of digital technology on the strategy and...
2021-03-0938 min
Curve Benders by David Nour51 - Intellectual Honesty with Sydney Finkelstein, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth CollegeHe is the Steven Roth Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He holds a Masters degree from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has published 25 books and 90 articles, including the bestsellers Why Smart Executives Fail and Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Master the Flow of Talent, which LinkedIn Chairman Reid Hoffman calls the “leadership guide for the Networked Age.” He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Management, a consultant and speaker to leading companies around the world, and a top 25 on the global Thinkers 50 list of t...
2021-03-0234 min
Curve Benders by David Nour50 - B2E with Tiffani Bova, SalesforceShe is the chief growth evangelist at Salesforce and the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book GROWTH IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business. She has been named to the latest Thinkers50’s list of the world’s top management thinkers and is a welcomed guest on Bloomberg, BNN, Cheddar, MSNBC, and Yahoo Finance, among others. She also contributes her thinking to publications including Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Diginomica, Quora, Thrive, Rotman School of Management, and Duke Dialogue Review. She is a change-maker whose thought-provoking and forward-thinking insights have made her...
2021-02-2332 min
Curve Benders by David Nour49 - Rethinking Careers as Projects with Joel KoblentzHe is nationally recognized for resolving our clients’ most sensitive, critical, and confidential leadership and governance challenges. He advises publicly traded companies and private equity concerns, globally. Over the past three decades, he has advised on CEO successions and has led the recruitment of CEOs for a wide range of clients as well as recruiting several hundred new board of directors and senior executive leaders. He has led numerous “sensitive matter” Board of Director examinations, recommending improvement in their governance practices.
Previously, he was a Senior Partner at Egon Zehnder, a leading global executive search and board of dir...
2021-02-1641 min
Curve Benders by David Nour48 - Mobility on Demand with Aicha Evans, ZooxShe joined Zoox as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in February 2019. Prior to Zoox, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Intel Corporation, driving the company's transformation from a PC-centric to a data-centric company. Previously, she ran the company’s wireless efforts and oversaw a global team of 7,000 engineers. Evans is a member of the Supervisory Board of SAP and holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from The George Washington University.
Join Nour Group CEO, David Nour, and Aicha Evans, CEO of Zoox, on this episode of the Curve Benders Podcast.
2021-02-0928 min
Curve Benders by David Nour47 - Leading from Anywhere with David BurkusOne of the world’s leading business thinkers, his forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are helping leaders and teams do their best work ever.
He is the best-selling author of four books about business and leadership. His books have won multiple awards and have been translated into dozens of languages. His insights on leadership and teamwork have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, USAToday, Fast Company, the Financial Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, CNN, the BBC, NPR, and CBS This Morning. Since 2017, he has been ranked as one of the world’s top business thought lead...
2021-02-0346 min
Curve Benders by David Nour46 - Unbundling of The Firm with Simone CiceroHe is an entrepreneur, facilitator, thinker, writer, and host, with a focus on open business models, ecosystemic organizations, and platforms: he worked on these topics in edge contexts such as emergent, self-managed organizations, and startups but also with large institutions, ranging from Fortune 500s to the UN, to explore and experiment a new theory of organizing for the XXIst century.
In 2013 as a result of his experience with open and systemic business models, he created the first fully open-source methodology for Platform and Ecosystems thinking - the Platform Design Toolkit - an approach that effectively contributed to...
2021-01-2640 min
Curve Benders by David NourE45 - Evolution of Ecosystems with Michael JacobidesHe is a Professor of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation at the London Business School, where he passionately believes that research and engagement in strategy and policy should go hand in hand. He often looks at how firms should navigate the increasingly complex and digitized environment: where and why value migrates, how firms can best capture it, and how they should respond to the dramatic growth of business ecosystems. His main areas of interest are digital platforms and ecosystems, financial services, and turnarounds. He's the co-editor of Industrial and Corporate Change and has published in top strategy and innovation journals...
2021-01-1936 min
Curve Benders by David Nour44 - Observations 2020 + Seven Sequence 2021Let me ask you three questions:
What relationship lessons did you learn in 2020? What went great for you amid the chaos, and what could you have done differently?
How do you show up digitally today, and how will you elevate your digital presence/footprint in the New Year?
What relationships will be the most relevant and enablers of your success in 2021?
Join me on this episode of the Curve Benders Podcast as I share a couple of observations from 2020, and the Nour 7 Sequence for your Strategic Relationships in 2021.
Don't forget three quick points:
We...
2021-01-0543 min
Curve Benders by David Nour43 - The 9 Notables of Future Leaders with Jacob MorganHe is a four-time bestselling author, keynote speaker, and futurist who explores leadership, employee experience, and the future of work. He is the founder of FutureofWorkUniversity.com, an online education, and training platform that helps future-proof individuals and organizations by teaching them the skills they need to succeed in the future of work.
He is regularly featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, CNN, and USA Today. His work has been endorsed by the CEOs of Unilever, Mastercard, Cisco, T-Mobile, Best Buy, SAP, Nestle, and KPMG to name a few.
2020-12-1539 min
Curve Benders by David NourBonus - Tech Sales Insights Podcast with Jeff CasaleHe has a consistent track record of leading and scaling high growth organizations from sub $20M to billions through complex and often ambiguous go-to-market challenges. Success has required creating and executing bold strategies to enter new markets and build predictable revenue growth. The most important foundational element has been a proven track record of servant leadership. Creating an environment where people are growing and developing as they take risks and make the mistakes necessary for ongoing success.
He most recently served as President DT Select Group at Dell Technologies, now a $10 billion business, responsible for strategic planning...
2020-12-0935 min
Curve Benders by David Nour42 - The Amazon Mindset with John RossmanHe is an expert at digital business models, operations, and organizing programs. He has led engagements on developing innovation processes, Internet of Things strategies, marketplace and API driven platform business models. He is a sought-after speaker on creating a culture of operational excellence and innovation, having worked with clients across various industries, notably, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft, Nordstrom, and several of the world’s leading retail and insurance organizations.
Prior to finding his own advisory firm, he was a Managing Director at Alvarez and Marsal, a performance improvement consulting firm. Prior to A&M, he...
2020-12-0830 min
Curve Benders by David Nour41 - Concurrent Learning with Alan WeissHis firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, State Street Corporation, The Federal Reserve, Toyota, and over 500 other leading organizations.
He is an inductee into the Professional Speaking Hall of Fame® and the concurrent recipient of the National Speakers Association Council of Peers Award of Excellence, representing the top 1% of professional speakers in the world.
His prolific publishing includes over 500 articles and 60 books, including his best-seller, Million Dollar Consulting (from McGraw-Hill) now in its 25th year and fifth edition. His newest is Threescore and More: Applying the Assets of...
2020-12-0436 min
Curve Benders by David Nour40 - 6th Gear of Entrepreneurship with Marc Lore, President & CEO - Walmart.comHe is the president and chief executive officer of Walmart U.S. eCommerce, appointed to the role in September 2016 when his company Jet.com was acquired by Walmart Inc. He founded and grew Jet.com to a $1 billion gross merchandise value run rate in its first year.
Prior to Jet, he was the co-founder and CEO of Quidsi, the parent company of e-commerce websites Diapers.com, Soap.com, Wag.com, and more, which was sold to Amazon in 2011 for $550 million.
His industry accolades include E&Y’s Entrepreneur of the Year regional winner and being nam...
2020-11-1741 min
Curve Benders by David Nour39 - Evolution of Higher Education with Paul CoronaHe is a clinical professor of leadership in the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where his teaching and coaching ratings average 96/100. He is also the founder of the award-winning Lee’s 3 Habits system, which helps motivated professionals and organizations build stronger relationships and achieve greater happiness — and he’s the author of The Wisdom of Walk-Ons: 7 Winning Strategies for College, Business and Life.
During the past three decades, he has transformed himself from a business person into a performance improvement specialist. He previously held a variety of leadership roles in Fortune 500 corporations, a Big 4 accounting and con...
2020-11-1026 min
Curve Benders by David Nour38 - Becoming Indispensable at Work with Bruce TulganToday, more than ever, we all want to be viewed as an indispensable go-to person. However, in our current world of work, getting things done is more complex than ever. While in many companies there is a clear organizational chart, in reality, day-to-day working relationships are much more tangled. Trying to become indispensable means thinking we need to say yes to everything and everyone. But, collaborating with an increasing number of people leads us to being overwhelmed and prone to burnout. How can we win influence, tackle overcommitment, and get the right things done? That’s the art of be...
2020-11-0537 min
Curve Benders by David Nour37 - 2020, The Year of Nonlinear GrowthHow would you describe the year 2020? A struggle? A test of our humanity? Someone really had fun on Twitter asking others to describe songs that perfectly describe 2020. Here are a few fan favorites:
"Alexa, play If I could turn back time by Cher"
Don't Stand So Close to Me by the Police
I'm Just Dancing By Myself by Billy Idol
"It's the End of the World as We Know It" by R.E.M.
What if I said that 2020 was the definitive year of nonlinear growth? Think about it - we've had to learn how to wash...
2020-10-2033 min
Curve Benders by David Nour36 - Curiosity Led with Michael Bungay StanierHe is at the forefront of shaping how organizations around the world make being coach-like an essential leadership behavior and competency. His book The Coaching Habit is the best-selling coaching book of this century, with over a million copies sold and 1,000+ five-star reviews on Amazon. His most recent book, The Advice Trap, focuses on what it takes to stay curious a little bit longer and tame your Advice Monster. In 2019, he was named the #1 thought leader in coaching, and was shortlisted for the coaching prize by Thinkers50, the “Oscars of management”.
He is the Founder of Box of Cr...
2020-10-1543 min
Curve Benders by David Nour35 - An Obsession with Economic Efficiency with Roger MartinAmerican democratic capitalism is in danger. How can we save it?
For its first two hundred years, the American economy exhibited truly impressive performance. The combination of democratically elected governments and a capitalist system worked, with ever-increasing levels of efficiency spurred by a division of labor, international trade, and scientific management of companies. By the nation's bicentennial celebration in 1976, the American economy was the envy of the world.
But since then, outcomes have changed dramatically. Growth in the economic prosperity of the average American family has slowed to a crawl, while the wealth of the...
2020-09-3041 min
Curve Benders by David Nour34 - Ten Signs of Weak Business RelationshipsI'm always fascinated by the conversations I have with prospective clients about their business relationships, right after I hear comments like "we have a fantastic culture," or "we have an amazing relationship with our clients!"
My first reaction is to simply ask them "how do you know?" To which their response is often formulaic or textbook corporate-speak at best: "because they keep showing up for work," or "because they keep buying from us!"
Most of these answers are flawed at best, dangerous at worst if you're not focused on asking the right questions.
So...
2020-09-2232 min
Curve Benders by David Nour33 - Embracing Uncertainty with Margaret HeffernanOur society has become increasingly obsessed with predicting the future. We find doubt and uncertainty so uncomfortable that entire industries have been created to feed our “prediction addiction.” But the future remains as unknowable as it always has despite our technological progress. The COVID-19 pandemic is a perfect example of our forecasting failure.
In her new book, UNCHARTED: How to Navigate the Future, she chronicles our love affair with prediction and reveals how we can forge ahead with creativity, agility, and preparedness. She explains why our efforts to forecast the future are futile in our complex and ever...
2020-09-1545 min
Curve Benders by David Nour32 - From Illness to Wellness with Umang Vohra, Global CEO - CiplaHe has been Managing Director and Global Chief Executive Officer of Cipla since September 2016. Previously, he was Cipla's Global Chief Financial Officer and Global Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining Cipla, he led the North American business of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories. After gaining degrees in engineering, marketing, and finance, he led teams at Eicher Motors and PepsiCo.
Under his leadership, Cipla has built strong momentum in its home markets, augmented its capability, strengthened its core, and shown significant improvement in its operating margin and profitability. At the helm of the Cipla Management Council, his vision is to...
2020-09-0828 min
Curve Benders by David Nour31 - Evolution of Associations/Non-Profits with Elisa Pratt, CAEShe's an association management executive with a passion for engagement, whether grassroots advocacy or the development and advancement of regional chapter affiliates both domestically and internationally. In the last two decades, she has served as a Political Affairs Manager, a Director of Congressional Relations, a Senior Director of Chapter Support Services, the Director of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), and most recently as the Chief Global Member Engagement Officer. Working with members and chapters in more than 125 countries, she's driven to promote membership policies and benefits, design strategies to retain and recruit members, oversee foundations, chapters, councils, and association...
2020-09-0230 min
Curve Benders by David Nour30 - The Profound Rationale for Voice with Amy EdmondsonShe is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, where she teaches and writes on leadership, teams, and organizational learning. Her books Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy and Teaming to Innovate explore teamwork in dynamic, unpredictable work environments. Her most recent book, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth is the winner of the Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea Award and offers practical guidance for teams and organizations who are serious about success in the modern economy.
She has been ranked b...
2020-08-2538 min
Curve Benders by David Nour29 - Your Personal Market ValueOne of the topics I'm most excited about in writing the CB book is the Curve Benders Roadmap. Think of it as your personal GPS from now to next, specifically around strategic relationships that will empower your nonlinear growth. Throughout various stages in your life, you’ll uncover or stumble upon refraction points where certain strategic relationships will accelerate your path forward, and highlight new opportunities, potentials, and directions, if not destinations.
Here are the key objectives to consider as you think about your Curve Benders Roadmap:
Understand the strategies that will drive organizational value and thr...
2020-08-1837 min
Curve Benders by David Nour28 - Willing To See No Boundaries with Margo Georgiadis, CEO - Ancestry®Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry, Leading Online Family History Business, for $4.7 Billion. Ancestry is the global leader in digital family history services, operating in more than 30 countries with more than 3 million paying subscribers across its Ancestry online properties and more than $1 billion in annual revenue. The company harnesses the information found in family trees and historical records to help people gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Ancestry also operates a market-leading consumer genomics business, which informs consumers about their heritage and key health characteristics.
Prior to joining Ancestry, she served as CEO of Mattel, President...
2020-08-1136 min
Curve Benders by David Nour27- Organization of Truth and Just with Ron CarucciHe has a thirty-year track record helping executives tackle challenges of strategy, organization, and leadership — from start-ups to Fortune 10s, non-profits to heads-of-state, turnarounds to new markets. He's passionate about creating sound strategies, overhauling leaderships and cultures, and re-designing them holistically for growth.
As the co-founder and Managing Partner at Navalent, he has worked in 25 countries on 4 continents, helping organizations articulate strategies that lead to accelerated growth and then designing programs to execute those strategies. The best-selling author of eight books, including the recent Amazon #1 Rising to Power, he is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Rev...
2020-08-0435 min
Curve Benders by David Nour26 - Speaking Truth to Power with Megan ReitzHer passion and curiosity centers around the quality of how we meet, see, hear, speak, learn with, and encounter one another in organizational systems. She believes how we might encourage dialogue is not only more humane, but it also enables us, our colleagues, and our society to flourish. Working at the intersection of leadership, change, dialogue, and mindfulness, she has presented her research to audiences throughout the world and is recognized by the Thinkers50 Radar of global management thinkers.
Her recent research with John Higgins on ‘Speaking Truth to Power’ – examining how perceptions of power enable and silenc...
2020-07-2836 min
Curve Benders by David Nour25 - Creating Space for Inquiry with Hal GregersenHe is the Executive Director of the MIT Leadership Center and a Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management where he pursues his vocation of executive teaching, coaching, and research. He is passionate about exploring how leaders in business, government, and society discover provocative new ideas, develop the human and organizational capacity to realize those ideas, and ultimately deliver positive powerful results.
Before joining MIT, he taught at INSEAD, London Business School, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, Brigham Young University, and in Finland as a Fulbright Fellow.
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2020-07-2145 min
Curve Benders by David Nour24 - How to Have a Good Day with Caroline WebbShe is an executive coach, an author, and a speaker specializing in showing people how to transform their lives and work for the better by applying insights from the behavioral sciences (behavioral economics, psychology, and neuroscience). Her book on that topic – How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioral Science to Transform Your Working Life – has been published in 14 languages and over 60 countries. It was hailed by Forbes as one of their “must-read business books,” described by Fortune as one of their top “self-improvement through data” books, and listed by Inc. magazine as one of the “best 15 leader...
2020-07-1432 min
Curve Benders by David Nour23 - Self-Awareness with Tasha EurichShe is an organizational psychologist, researcher, and a New York Times best-selling author of Bankable Leadership and Insight. She pairs her scientific grounding in human behavior with a pragmatic approach to professional development.
With a Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, she leads a boutique executive development firm that helps companies succeed by improving the effectiveness of their leaders and teams. Her diverse client list includes organizations like T-Mobile, KPMG, Walmart, IBM, Royal Bank of Canada, Vail Resorts, and the Miami Heat.
Thinkers50 has named her one of the top 30 emerging management thinkers in the world...
2020-07-1035 min
Curve Benders by David Nour22 - Future of Education with Asheesh Advani, President & CEO, JA WorldwideHe is a lifelong social innovator with a passion for entrepreneurship. His first venture was acquired by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group in 2007. Previously, he served as CEO of a financial technology company that was acquired by Interactive Brokers in 2015. His experiences as an entrepreneur and founder have been chronicled in case studies at Babson College and at Harvard Business School. Outside of his entrepreneurial activities, he has served as a corporate executive, magazine columnist, author of business books, an active member of non-profit and corporate boards, and occasional commentator in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Ent...
2020-06-3038 min
Curve Benders by David Nour21 - Curve Benders Book Journey Update“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.” – Amelia Earhart, American aviation pioneer. If you've been a regular listener of the Curve Benders Podcast, you may be asking where has Nour been since the last episode a month ago?
Over the past twenty episodes, I've shared some ideas about this intersection of future of work and strategic relationships. I've had many g...
2020-06-2436 min
Wealth and Health PodcastNour Atta. Nour Trades Review. Is Nour Trades a SCAM?Nour Atta from Nour Trades. Is Nour Atta a scam and fraud? Nour Atta, similar to Umar Ashraf, claim to day trade and claim to be able to teach people how to day trade profitably. In my opinion, Nour Atta from Nour Trades is a scam and fraud. My opinion is that his intent is to scam and defraud innocent people and I also believe that all his students will lose money. @Nour Trades --------- ✔️ Receive $400+ of Free Training by visiting https://BestStockStrategy.com ✔️ Enroll as a Stu...
2020-05-2107 min
Curve Benders by David Nour20 - Future of Business Models with Alex OsterwalderHe is one of the world’s most influential proponents of business model innovation and value proposition design. More recently, his focus has been on testing business ideas and developing a roadmap for invincible organizations. Over a decade ago, alongside fellow Swiss Professor Yves Pigneur, his long-time co-author, he created a framework for large companies and startups to innovate by rapidly experimenting with new business models and value propositions.
His Business Model Canvas, a strategic management tool to design, test, build, and manage business models has been successfully used by such leading organizations as Coca-Cola, GE, P&G...
2020-05-1946 min
Curve Benders by David Nour19 - Entrepreneurial You with Dorie ClarkShe has been named one of the Top 50 business thinkers in the world by Thinkers50. She's a consultant and keynote speaker, teaches executive education at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School, and is the author of Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of 2015 by Inc. magazine.
A former presidential campaign spokeswoman, she has been described by the New York Times as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives.” A frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, she consults and speaks for cli...
2020-04-3035 min
Curve Benders by David Nour18 - Seeing Around Corners with Rita McGrathShe is the best-selling author of one of my favorite books, The End of Competitive Advantage. She is a sought-after speaker and a longtime professor at Columbia Business School. She is widely recognized as a premier expert on leading innovation and growth during times of uncertainty. She has received the #1 achievement award for strategy from the prestigious Thinkers50 and has been consistently named one of the world’s Top 10 management thinkers in its bi-annual ranking.
Her new book is Seeing Around Corners: How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen, which is the topic of ou...
2020-04-2131 min
Curve Benders by David Nour17 - Future of Brands with Martin LindstromHe is the founder and chairman of the world’s leading brand & culture transformation group, operating across five continents and in more than 30 countries.
For three years running, Thinkers50, the world’s premier ranking resource of business icons, has selected him to be among the world’s top 50 business thinkers. He is the author of 7 New York Times best-selling books, translated into 60 languages. His book Brand Sense was critically acclaimed by The Wall Street Journal as “one of the five best marketing books ever published”, Small Data was praised as “revolutionary” and TIME Magazine wrote this about Buyology: “a br...
2020-04-1440 min
Curve Benders by David NourEpisode 16 - Multipliers with Liz WisemanShe's a researcher and executive advisor who teaches leadership to executives around the world. She is the author of New York Times bestseller Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter. She is the CEO of a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. Some of her recent clients include Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nike, Salesforce, Tesla, and Twitter.
She has conducted significant research in the field of leadership and collective intelligence and writes for Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and a variety of other business and leadership journals. She is a frequent guest lecturer at B...
2020-04-0744 min
Curve Benders by David NourEpisode 15 - Emotional Courage with Peter BregmanHaving started his career teaching leadership on wilderness and mountaineering expeditions, he now helps successful people become exceptional leaders and stellar human beings. He is ranked as a Top 30 thought leader by Thinkers 50 Radar and selected as one of the Top 8 thought leaders in leadership.
He is the award-winning, best selling author and contributor of sixteen books, including most recently, Leading with Emotional Courage: How to Have Hard Conversations, Create Accountability, and Inspire Action on Your Most Important Work.
He is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, and his articles and commentary appear fr...
2020-04-0121 min
Curve Benders by David NourEpisode 14 - Relationship Growth In Midst of ChaosNetworking is so 1990! I’m fairly sure in few other parts of your life you’re doing the same thing the same way as you did 20 years ago! Particularly in B2B, most people are completely turned off by the cheesy, cliché, one-liners at cocktail receptions, or other intelligent events. It’s time to elevate how you engage, influence, shape hearts and minds - to leave them wanting more. Unfortunately, COVID-19 coronavirus and social distancing aren't conducive to face-to-face, interpersonal relationships. So how can you grow your relationships, and thrive (if not survive) in your business?
In short...
2020-03-1753 min
Curve Benders by David NourEpisode 13 - Disruption Mindset with Charlene LiShe was named one of the Top 50 Leadership Innovators by Inc., and one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company. She has appeared on 60 Minutes and PBS NewsHour and is frequently quoted by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, and The Associated Press. She’s the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including Open Leadership, Groundswell, and her newest release, The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Businesses Transform While Others Fail.
She founded and ran Altimeter Group, a disruptive industry analyst firm that was acquired by Prophet in 2015, where sh...
2020-03-1031 min
Curve Benders by David NourEpisode 12 - Future of Storytelling with David HutchensHe has been exploring the intersection of narrative, leadership, and complex systems change for over two decades. A bestselling author, business writer and learning designer, he creates solutions for The Coca-Cola Company, Accenture, PayPal, Wal-Mart, IBM, L’Oreal, and The US Olympic Committee to name a few. He is a recurring instructor at the globally renowned INSEAD School of Business in Fontainebleau, France. He speaks to organizations and leadership teams all around the world on the topic of storytelling as an organizational capacity. His most recent book is “Circle of the 9 Muses: A Storytelling Field Guide for Innovators and Mean...
2020-03-0345 min
Curve Benders by David NourEpisode 11 - Changes You Must MakeOne of the biggest challenges and I would submit opportunities, I've seen between my last book, Co-Create, and the next one and the focus of this podcast, Curve Benders, has been the awesome responsibility we have to ourselves and our organizations - that of driving our continual evolution toward a well-defined future state. Implied in this role is the need to lead change - in ourselves, our teams, and our organizations. Easily said, complex, difficult and often painful in practice.
Navigating change has been prevalent in business, management, and leadership literature for decades. Even with the plethora...
2020-02-2558 min
Curve Benders by David NourEpisode 10 - Project Revolution with Antonio Nieto-RodriguezHe is the world’s leading champion of Project Management and Strategy Implementation, having created concepts such as the Hierarchy of Purpose, or the Project Manifesto. He has been recognized by the prestigious Thinkers50, who identifies the most influential management thinkers in the world, including Michael Porter, the late Clayton Christensen, and Liz Wiseman to name a few.
His work focuses on advising senior leaders on how to lead transformational change; prioritize and implement strategic initiatives; build high-performing teams; work across silos and become a learning organization; all essential elements to create a culture that strives for ex...
2020-02-1838 min
Curve Benders by David NourEpisode 9 - Three Superpowers with Saul KaplanHe is the founder and Chief Catalyst of the Business Innovation Factory and author of the book, The Business Model Innovation Factory: How to Stay Relevant when the World Is Changing. He started BIF in 2005 with a mission to enable business model innovation. BIF makes transformational change safer and easier to manage for institutional leaders by helping them explore, test, and commercialize next practices and new business models. Prior to BIF, he served as the Executive Director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation and as the Executive Counselor to the Governor on Economic and Community Development.
H...
2020-02-0431 min
Curve Benders by David NourEpisode 8 - Strategic Relationships15 forces will dramatically impact the way we live, work, play and give in the future. One of the most fundamental ones, I believe, will be strategic relationships. As I've advocated for the past two decades, they're often your most valuable asset - as an individual, a team or an organization. They're also the least often understood, untapped, and undervalued. So, let's spend a few minutes together on today's episode of the Curve Benders podcast, talking about strategic relationships in what you'll do in the future, where you'll do it, and whom or how you'll do it.
I...
2020-01-1440 min
Curve Benders by David NourEpisode 7 - Future of Health with Marcus WhitneyIn episode 7 of the Curve Benders podcast, I interview Marcus Whitney of Jumpstart Foundry and Health:Further on the future of Health. We discuss where healthcare has been, where it is today, and what lies ahead with the evolution of this incredibly complex, outdated, siloed industry in dire need of real innovation. You can learn more about Marcus and subscribe to his content here: https://marcuswhitney.com/
Here is also the Medicare Advantage example that Marcus shared during our time together: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/07/devoted-medicare-advantage-plan-covering-apple-watch-as-a-benefit.html?__source=twitter%7Cmain
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2019-11-0537 min
Curve Benders by David NourEpisode 6 - Future of TalentSeveral reports estimate 85M shortage of talent to help drive enterprise growth by 2030! And surprisingly, fewer jobs are believed to be susceptible to replacement by tech. Instead, many believe, as I do, that there will be this fundamental need for a hybrid human-tech knowledge worker.
You, as the producer of that talent, as well as organizational leaders as consumers of talent, not to mention boards as the overarching stewards of the health and viability of an organization, must take a more proactive approach in the manner in which we attract, train, develop, and retain talent - including r...
2019-10-2829 min
Curve Benders by David NourEpisode 5 - #NeverStopGrowing - 5 Foundational Must-See-Do-BecomeThe day you stop learning is the day you're no longer relevant to your biggest asset: your portfolio of relationships! So, how do you keep learning and growing in your journey? Hear five foundational must-see-do-become in your efforts to #NeverStopGrowing in today's podcast:
1. Become Naturally Inquisitive
2. Read + Hypothesize
3. Insert Yourself In Growth Relationship Ecosystems
4. Test an Idea Prototype
5. Learn, Adapt, Co-Create
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2019-10-0832 min
Curve Benders by David NourEpisode 4 - Describing Curve BendersThe single biggest question I get when I tell people that I'm writing the next book and the title of it is Curve Benders, is this deer in the headlight look and "interesting. What is a Curve Bender?" So in this episode, I thought I'd describe them - who are they, where are they, and why they're critical to our personal and professional growth. If you can think back to your first Algebra class, we all learned about Slope - Rise over the Run.
For most of us, our personal and professional growth journey is a linear c...
2019-09-1829 min