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UNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE - Episode 28 - The Map And The TerritoryIt’s widely believed that ‘the data’ admits us to a comforting future of increasing precision and predictability. But there’s another, darker and far less explored, side to this precious coin.Considering data today as simply an essential ingredient of information and knowledge is no longer adequate. It throws up genuinely existential challenges, forming an entirely new context. The same data, devices and networks that enable our navigation of the phenomenal world, informing and enhancing our moment to moment understanding, decisions and actions, create another radically different, alien environment, for which neither the human mind nor...
2025-04-0611 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE - Episode 27 - The Heart of The MachineIn a time when artificial intelligence increasingly mimics human capabilities - writing essays, creating art, and engaging in seemingly meaningful conversations - we find ourselves at a curious philosophical crossroads. The work of psychoanalyst and social philosopher Erich Fromm (1900-1980), particularly his 1964 book ‘The Heart of Man’, offers a prescient framework for understanding the fundamental limitations of even our most sophisticated AI systems.The true danger is not that AI will outcompete humanity, but that we may, in our fascination with the machine, adopt necrophilous values ourselves - prioritising control over growth, mechanical efficiency over orga...
2025-03-3011 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE - Episode 26 - Valuing Human Cognition In The Time of AIThe case of Dr. P, chronicled in Oliver Sacks' "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat", provides a powerful metaphor. Dr. P, suffering from visual agnosia due to damage to his right hemisphere, could perceive details but not wholes - he saw features but could not recognise faces. As Sacks observed, "He approached faces - even of close relatives - as if they were abstract puzzles or tests. He did not relate to them, he did not behold them."This neurological case study offers a striking parallel to the limitations of current generative...
2025-03-2509 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE - Episode 25 - Agentic AI and Brand TransformationFor the seventh session in this series, we examine Agentic AI's radical and long-awaited enablement of intelligent, contextual customer services. Where the majority of current AI applications - especially in marketing - are focused on efficiency (doing things better), opportunities for powerful service innovation (doing better things) are arriving now.
2025-03-0306 min
Keith Richards' Podcast02:42:42 Keith Richards 3 hour soul show 08 02 25Hour 1Central Line, You’ve said enoughBrass Construction, We can work it outMichael Baker, Don’t you want my lovin’Gloria D Brown, The more they knock youDesi, I want to be with youMichael Wycoff, Tell me loveRichie Family, I’ll do my best for youLeon Haywoode, I’m out to catchVicky D, This beat is mineTony Lee, Reach upHour 2The Trumains, Ripe for the pickin’Genobia...
2025-02-092h 43UNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 24 - How Information Disrupts MarketsWe step back from exploring how this century’s giant network innovators have leveraged radical new models of value, looking at the history of how information itself has steadily unpicked previously robust and reassuring value chains, replacing them with highly disruptive and fluid ecosystems.
2025-01-2809 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 23 - Rethinking Value in 2025 - Part FiveHow GAFA and NATU overturned value
For the fifth article in this series, we move on from digital disruption to explore how this century’s giant network innovators have gone further in overturning previous models of innovation and growth, by leveraging unprecedented new models of value.
As we’ll come to see, the quite similar philosophies that these giant disruptors have adopted do not, in themselves, hold the magic key. They are all propelled by the power and speed of The Network.
And it’s The Network itself, in fact, that is the great...
2025-01-1306 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 22 - Rethinking Value in 2025 - Part FourFor this fourth episode, we turn from the value proposition to customer value itself.
How has the digital revolution overturned it, and what are the implications for innovators?
While it’s typically disruptive technology brands that get most of the attention, the disruptions that matter are not driven by technology per se, but by brands that are able to revolutionise customer value itself, and from there take a dominant position in that new segment.
2025-01-0909 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 21 - Rethinking Value in 2025 - Part ThreeIn this third session, to set the scene for developing a fit-for-purpose value proposition, we need to get inside the mind of the customer and see our offerings from their - unique and invariably different - perspectives.
Where value as a benefit for a firm is, by comparison, almost childishly simple, customer value is a particular type of benefit that is not only utterly subjective, but entirely contingent upon context and usage that, if not practically then certainly theoretically, change every second for every potential customer.
Consciously or otherwise, each customer brings their own personal...
2025-01-0704 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 20 - Rethinking Value in 2025 - Part TwoNo Value Proposition. No Growth.
Throughout 2025, I’ll be examining - with regular contributions from fellow travellers - the many and ever-changing facets of value in the 21st century.
This is the second piece in the series, continuing our investigation of the value proposition.
Assuming we all agree about the central importance of carefully shaped value propositions, why is it that - especially in innovation-driven sectors where they’re obviously critical to success - we so rarely find the work adequately done, with - sin of all sins - a lot of money left...
2025-01-0305 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 19 - Rethinking Value in 2025 - Part OneThroughout 2025, I’ll be examining - with regular contributions from fellow travellers - the many and ever-changing facets of value in the 21st century.
The work will be made available on Linked In, and as audio here.
For this first report from the frontline, we revisit an entirely crucial and often misunderstood tool for growth: the value proposition.
2025-01-0207 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 18 - What Would Orwell Think?With the return of Donald Trump to the presidency, the overthrow of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, a potential US ban on Tik-Tok looming, and also Australia's ban on social media for the under-16s all in mind, now is as good a time as any to revisit what we believe about liberty and totalitarianism.And who better to guide us than the great George Orwell? Michael Bayler talks to filmmaker Chris Durlacher, whose remarkable film "George Orwell - A Life In Pictures", won multiple awards including an Emmy. We discuss what Orwell m...
2024-12-0945 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 17 - Two Worlds CollideCorporate purpose and brand marketing have long been uneasy and inconsistent siblings.
The recent explosion of renewed interest in purpose - triggered by Larry Fink of Blackrock's widely-publicised purpose manifesto of some five years ago - prompted a tsunami of 'brand purpose' briefs to agencies.
But with very few noble exceptions, little of note has changed.
In the second of their two focused and incisive discussions, Michael Bayler and Colin Mayer bring together their respective - equally challenging - projects.
Looking at three purpose and brand cases - Novo Nordisk, Handelsbanken...
2024-11-2717 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 16 - The Last Word on Corporate PurposeThe first of two conversations between Michael Bayler and Colin Mayer, CBE and Emeritus Professor of Management Studies at the Blavatnik School of Government and Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.
The recent publication of Colin's 'Capitalism and Crisis' completes a trilogy of widely read and globally admired books on the urgent imperatives of true corporate purpose.
We discuss his decision to evolve the logical and value-based argument of 'Prosperity' further, to make, in the final book in the series, a necessary and compelling case for a values-based Moral Law.
To...
2024-11-2530 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 15 - "The Liquid Enterprise" Part FourPart Four of the audiobook of The Liquid Enterprise, Michael Bayler's seminal work on the impact of networks on disruption, strategy, innovation and transformation.
Value Disruption
How information itself, propelled by the new Network Dynamics, drives radical business disruption by unpicking value chains.
Over several decades, the explosion and democratization of information have picked apart a series of stable sector value chains, to replace them with chaotic ecosystems.
The network giants have both built and been built upon the technologies, products and services that exploit this radical shift in the nature...
2024-11-1421 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 14 - Building Personal Resilience in The Network AgeContinuing our UNTHNKBL LIVE series on networks' current and future impacts on life, work, business and society, Michael Bayler turns to the profound and increasing challenges of mental and emotional wellbeing.
This lively discussion with information industry advisor and education leader Julian Turner begins with an overview of the ground-breaking University of Oxford Brainwaves project, dedicated to researching and enabling mental and emotional health in young people.
We explore the crucial connections between individual identity and societal belonging, known to be compromised by over-exposure to online and social content, and the urgent need for techniques...
2024-11-0831 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 13 - "The Liquid Enterprise" Part ThreePart Three of the audiobook of The Liquid Enterprise, Michael Bayler's seminal work on the impact of networks on disruption, strategy, innovation and transformation.
We briefly explore "The Innovation Trap", concluding that:
A consistent and unified enterprise commitment to innovation is impossible without clear definition and context;
The lack of an articulated and broadly accepted strategic framework leaves innovation programmes stranded, unable to impact customer and enterprise value;
Until innovations are fully contextualized both within the business, and in their optimal location on The Network, they remain inventions whose value remains latent.
Having concluded our...
2024-10-3117 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 12 - The Emperor's New Network Part ThreeWhen network demand slows ... what's the future of data?
Michael Bayler and Dr William Webb conclude this short series of discussions, based on their respective bodies of advisory work and published books.
They turn their attention this week to what might come next for networks, for data, and of course for AI, unpacking William's latest book, "The End of Telecoms History", and Michael's forthcoming book on "The Philosophy of Data".
The dance between networks and data has - sometimes steadily, sometimes explosively - played out since the Late Industrial Age (c. 1960-2000) to...
2024-10-2941 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 11 - "The Liquid Enterprise" Part TwoPart Two of the audiobook of The Liquid Enterprise, Michael Bayler's seminal work on the impact of networks on disruption, strategy, innovation and transformation.
We explore two critical strategic traps that business falls into, when confronted by the extreme turbulence of today's marketplace.
The Efficiency Trap challenges the over-dependence on digital transformation, which, while certainly offering short-term efficiency improvements, does not adequately equip the enterprise for future flexibility, innovation and therefore growth.
In fact, it can freeze both strategy and capabilities in the period when the program was launched.
The Experience Trap clarifies the historical origins...
2024-10-2529 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 10 - The Emperor's New Network Part TwoWhat's the difference between invention and innovation?
Michael Bayler and Dr William Webb continue this short series of discussions, based on their respective bodies of advisory work and published books.
They turn their attention this week to "The 5G Myth" and "The Liquid Enterprise".
Close examination of the parallel journeys of network providers and operators, and the vertical sectors that reside and trade on those networks, provides fascinating and often counter-intuitive lessons.
As the invention and introduction of ever-faster and bigger pipes - in particular focusing on 5G and 6G...
2024-10-2243 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 9 - "The Liquid Enterprise" Part One"We know everything. And it tells us nothing."
Part One of the audiobook of The Liquid Enterprise, Michael Bayler's seminal work on the impact of networks on disruption, strategy, innovation and transformation.
A profound paradox is emerging at the heart of business strategy. Information - that touchstone of understanding, decision and action - has begun to attack confidence, competitive advantage and growth.
The speed, precision and potential for innovation that the digital revolution has conferred on business is undeniable. And yet we have never felt more distant from the consumer, never felt less sure of what...
2024-10-1927 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 8 - The Emperor's New Network Part One25 years ago, two strategists published their first books.
Dr William Webb, prior to joining Ofcom as a founder, drew on his work at Motorola to produce The Future of Wireless Communications, which accurately predicted many of the mobile technologies and services that we now use every day.
Michael Bayler, with co-author David Stoughton, produced Promiscuous Customers: Invisible Brands, the first in-depth examination of how digital media and networks would revolutionise customer experience and value, and the still-unfolding implications for business innovation, transformation and growth.
In the first of a short series of UNTHNKBL...
2024-10-1546 min
Systemize Your Success PodcastSYS 194: Laptop Lifestyle By Design: Strategic Planning for Freedom - The Smart Connector Podcast Interview with Jane Bayler🎙 In this episode, Dr. Steve Day is interviewed by Jane Bayler. He shares his transformative journey from being a control-freak property owner to embracing a laptop lifestyle while running his businesses remotely from Sweden. Steve also discusses his challenges, including the mindset shifts required to let go of control and effectively delegate tasks to remote teams. He emphasises the importance of systems and outsourcing for scaling a business. Steve also offers practical tips on using task management apps. Additionally, he suggests using video communication to enhance collaboration. Listeners will gain insights into...
2024-10-1053 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 7 - Building The Intelligent Brand Part TwoPart Two of Michael's examination of what's happened to date - and from there what needs to happen going forward - to reestablish the contributions of marketing and brands to value for both customer and business.
The insight that matters is how business intelligence itself has been transformed by the collision of billions of human lives and minds with a global network that 95 percent of all the world's information.
And in turn, how this impacts the daily experience and expectations of our customers.
This informs the philosophy for our own transformation. We can...
2024-10-0830 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 6 - Greater Expectations - A Masterclass in PurposeOne of the most critical - and critically misconceived - challenges facing leadership is the development and delivery of a real corporate purpose.
Professor Colin Mayer CBE is Emeritus Professor of Management Studies at the Blavatnik School of Government and Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.
He joins Michael to outline his pioneering work on purpose, focusing on his previous ground-breaking book, Prosperity.
Colin's latest and widely-praised publication, Capitalism and Crises, develops this foundational thinking further, and he'll be discussing this on a future UNTHNKBL LIVE episode.
2024-10-0233 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 5 - Building The Intelligent Brand Part OneMarshall McLuhan, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Herman Hollerith and Thomas J. Watson - both of IBM - and closer to home, Stephen King of JWT, all have lessons for us in the latest UNTHNKBL LIVE episode.
The critical strategic questions raised in our first four episodes, by leading thinkers and practitioners in both marketing and technology, have set the scene for framing what needs to change.
In this new recording of Part One of his recent pioneering and well-regarded essay, Building The Intelligent Brand, Michael goes back over a century to unpick and unpack the complex relationship...
2024-09-2632 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 4 - Is Marketing Indispensable? Or Irrelevant?Michael is joined by a great friend and co-conspirator, the renowned marketing leader David Wheldon OBE - consultant, coach, mentor, speaker and NED, WFA President Emeritus and former CMO at NatWest - to debate the hottest and most enduring challenges facing brands and marketers.
When did marketing lose its way? Why did this happen? How can the CMO regain trust, credibility and traction in the C-suite? Are brands still as important as ever? Will we ever get to the bottom of the metrics conundrum?
Above all, how - in the 21st century - can marketing...
2024-09-2051 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 3 - Dystopia or Utopia? Emerging Technology and Tomorrow's WorldContinuing the series of UNTHNKBL investigations into the present and future of brand marketing, we go to Silicon Valley to debate the significant - and hard to agree - positive and negative effects of emerging technologies on society and the citizen.
Michael is joined by a truly great analyst, commentator and innovation strategist, old friend and sparring partner Jessica Groopman, Founder of the Regenerative Technology Project, and Senior Innovation Advisor at Intentional Futures.
With critical contributions from big thinkers and leaders Tony Ageh OBE, Roy Vella and Adrian Leu.
2024-09-1047 minUNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 2 - Big M or little m Marketing?Continuing the series of UNTHNKBL investigations into the past, present and future of brand marketing, we turn to the difference between "Big M" and "little m" marketing.Michael is joined by one of America's most respected marketers, the CEO of milkPEP, Yin Woon Rani - a close friend and critical partner in strategic thought crime. We also have contributions from more leading marketing practitioners, including David Wheldon OBE, Nick Smith, Emma Isaac and Frank Mertens.If marcomms are understood as no longer playing a...
2024-09-0541 min
UNTHNKBL LIVEUNTHNKBL LIVE Episode 1 - The Question of The Intelligent BrandThis inaugural UNTHNKBL podcast launches a series of episodes investigating the troubled roles of brand and branding in the 21st century.Michael Bayler is joined by three renowned British marketing leaders:Michelle McEttrick, now CCO at Primark, at the time of recording Group Brand Director at Tesco;David Wheldon OBE, consultant, coach, mentor, speaker and NED, WFA President Emeritus and former CMO at NatWest;Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman at Ogilvy UK, TED Global speaker, author of Alchemy.The panel investigates how brands need to evolve to delive...
2024-09-0253 min
The Smart ConnectorUnlocking Your Authority: The Power of Publishing Your Own Book - With Michael LevinIn a world where trust and thought leadership are paramount, having your own book can be a game-changer.
Listen as we explore the incredible potential of publishing your own book as a marketing and thought leadership tool.
Find out invaluable insights on why every business person should consider writing their own book.
Discover how to break free from the commodity trap and establish yourself as a trusted authority in your field.
Tune in and delve into the advantages of...
2024-05-2143 min
Escuchando PeliculasLa vida de Brian (1979) #Comedia #Sátira #Parodia #Religión #peliculas #audesc #podcastPaís
Reino Unido
Dirección
Terry Jones
Guion
Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
Música
Geoffrey Burgon
Fotografía
Peter Biziou
Reparto
John Cleese, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Sue Jones-Davies, Carol Cleveland, Terence Bayler, Andrew MacLachlan, Charles McKeown
Sinopsis
Brian nace en un pesebre de Belén el mismo día que Jesucristo. Un cúmulo de desgraciados y tronchantes equívocos le harán llevar una vida paralela a la del verdadero Hijo de Dios. Sus pocas luces y el ambiente de decadencia y caos absoluto...
2022-02-031h 29
The Smart ConnectorBusiness Growth Success Through Mergers, Acquisitions And Strategic Planning - With Michael RoubIn this fascinating episode, Jane and Michael discuss his journey to success and some of the lessons he learned along the way, including why connecting with people in the right way is so fundamental to business growth and success.
Michael Roub is the Managing Partner and founder of Inflection 360. He has more than two decades of business expertise as a strategic advisor and consultant, corporate executive, and investment banker. Michael has extensive experience with corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, and capital raising and has worked extensively with dental and medical groups and private equity...
2021-12-1445 min
Breaking BattlegroundsGeoff Duncan on a New GOPThis week on Broken Potholes, Chuck and Sam are joined by Geoff Duncan. As Lt. Governor of the State of Georgia, Geoff never expected to find himself in the national spotlight – or in the crosshairs of the President of the United States. Then the 2020 Election and its aftermath brought the nation’s attention to Georgia. Amidst a hurricane of conspiracy and misinformation, Geoff spoke up for truth, conservative values, and the Republican Party he knows. His experiences inspired him to write the book GOP 2.0.A former professional baseball player and successful entrepreneur, Geoff was elected Georgia’s Lieutenant Governor in Nov...
2021-09-2955 min
Breaking BattlegroundsGeoff Duncan on a New GOPThis week on Broken Potholes, Chuck and Sam are joined by Geoff Duncan. As Lt. Governor of the State of Georgia, Geoff never expected to find himself in the national spotlight – or in the crosshairs of the President of the United States. Then the 2020 Election and its aftermath brought the nation's attention to Georgia. Amidst a hurricane of conspiracy and misinformation, Geoff spoke up for truth, conservative values, and the Republican Party he knows. His experiences inspired him to write the book GOP 2.0.A former professional baseball player and successful entrepreneur, Geoff was elected Georgia's Lieutenant Governor in November of...
2021-09-2955 min
The Smart ConnectorHow A Family Business Sold Their Wine Brand For $100M With Michael HoulihanMichael Houlihan achieved a legendary exit from his $20M California wine business Barefoot, when he and his wife Bonnie sold it to E&J Gallo for $100M in 2005.
This interview tells the story of their phenomenal rise to fame and fortune.
Today Michael is the New York Times Bestselling author of The Barefoot Spirit, How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built America’s #1 Wine Brand and The Entrepreneurial Culture, 23 Ways to Engage and Empower Your People.
From humble beginnings in a laundry room of a rente...
2020-11-1046 min
The Smart ConnectorUK Commercial Real Estate Secrets With Michael GarveyMichael Garvey is Managing Director of Chandler Garvey, a leading commercial Real Estate consultancy in the South East of England. He is also a Chartered Surveyor and Real Estate Consultant, and a philanthropic and high profile businessman who has invested significant time and effort into the Buckinghamshire business community over the past 10 years. Michael is Founder and Chairman of Buckinghamshire Business First, an organisation that supports 12,000 business members in Buckinghamshire, and is also the Growth Hub for the county. He is a board member and Vice Chair of the Buckinghamshire Local Enterprise Partnership, playing an significant and active role...
2020-06-1843 min
Bloomington Spirits"Michael, we're not drinking Merlot."Join Josh as he talks with the man, the myth, the legend Michael Bayler. In this pod, we talk about Michael's transformation from a shy child to a charismatic leading man. So sit back, grab your favorite drink and enjoy the chat!
2019-06-281h 06