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The Reluctant Entrepreneur PodcastFrom Self-Destruction to Systemization: Todd Hagopian's Entrepreneurial Reckoning - Episode 46On this podcast, we look at what it truly means to start, grow, and lead a business, through conversations with people who have experienced it firsthand.My guest today is Todd Hagopian, a business transformation expert, author, and former company owner who has led multiple corporate turnarounds and scaled and sold his own business. Todd is best known for his work helping organizations identify stagnation, eliminate unnecessary complexity, and focus on what actually drives performance.But his expertise was forged through personal reckoning. Early success in his career was paired with extreme intensity, untreated b...
2026-02-1259 min
Through the FireThrough the Fire #113 - Business Transformation Coach, Todd HagopianTodd Hagopian has transformed businesses at Berkshire Hathaway, Illinois Tool Works, Whirlpool Corporation, and JBT Marel, selling over $3 billion of products. Hagopian doubled his own manufacturing business acquisition value in just 3 years before selling, while generating $2B in shareholder value across his corporate roles. As Founder of the Stagnation Intelligence Agency, he is the authority on Stagnation Syndrome and corporate transformation. He has written more than 1,000 pages (www.toddhagopian.com) on Corporate Stagnation Transformation, earning recognition from Manufacturing Insights Magazine, Fox Business Manufacturing Marvels, and Forbes.com. His transformative strategies reach over 100,000 social media followers and generate 15,000,000+ annual impressions.
2026-01-2847 min
Awakened Titans Podcast - Lily PatrascuDeliver Breakthrough Results Through Neurodivergent Thinking - Todd Hagopian and Lily Patrascu
2026-01-2647 min
The Stagnation Assassin ShowYour Competitors Know Your Weaknesses Better Than You Do—Because They're Exploiting ThemWhile you're comfortable in your ignorance, your competitors wake up every day studying you. They know your strengths because they're avoiding them. They know your weaknesses because they're exploiting them. I asked a leadership team their competitor's lead time. Silence. "Four weeks?" someone guessed. It had been four weeks for eight months—and they didn't know. That's not competition—that's getting mugged with your eyes closed.The Pathetic PantomimeYou've been losing market share to this competitor for years and can't answer basic questions about how they operate. Their warranty claim rate? Nobody knew...
2026-01-2308 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowYour P&L Is Lying: How 100 Customer-Product Combinations Generated 150% of Profit While 1,700 Destroyed the RestI built a spreadsheet at 2 a.m. that revealed a company's darkest secret. 100 customer-product combinations generated 150% of their profit, while 1,700 combinations destroyed the other 50%. That's 5% creating all the value while 95% burned it down. Your P&L is lying because traditional accounting shows positive margins on products that are actually corporate cancer consuming your company from the inside out.The Profit-Pulverizing PandemicYour division is losing $5 million a year. Yet every business review shows positive gross margins across the portfolio. Quality improving, customer satisfaction rising, market share stable—but bleeding money every day....
2026-01-2209 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowThe Karelin Method: How One Mathematical Formula Creates 600% Productivity AdvantageWhile your competitors scatter effort across 100 activities like confetti at a failure festival, one mathematical formula creates nearly 600% advantage on what actually matters. Alexander Karelin went 13 years undefeated—not through better wrestling technique, but through systematic intensity. "None of them trained like I train every single day of my life," he said when questioned.The Productivity PurgatoryYou're running around like a caffeinated chipmunk, checking tasks, attending meetings, feeling furiously busy. Meanwhile, your focused competitor just captured your best customer because they understand the math of domination.Most executives spread 40 hours ac...
2026-01-2208 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowYour Leadership Team Isn't Incompetent—They're Playing Chess When Transformation Requires PokerYou hired people optimized for steady-state operations and you're shocked they can't lead revolutionary change. Research shows 30-80% of leaders who thrive in normal operations won't survive successful transformation—and keeping them is costing you millions in delayed decisions and diluted action.The $500,000 MistakeI waited nine months to remove an operations director who was killing our transformation. Nine months watching him resist every initiative, slow every decision, demand more analysis. By month two, I knew. By month six, the team knew. Why did I wait? He had 25 years tenure. The team loved hi...
2026-01-2109 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowThe Stagnation Genome: Five Organizational Genes Creating Death Spirals Where Every Fix Accelerates Your DeclineYour business isn't struggling because of the economy, competition, or bad luck. It's dying from a genetic disease you've been misdiagnosing for years. Five organizational genes are multiplying inside your company right now, creating death spirals where every fix accelerates decline. That cost cut you just celebrated? It activated another gene. That efficiency initiative? It's optimizing your way into the grave.The Pathetic PatternYou walk into Monday's leadership meeting—dashboard showing green metrics everywhere. Quality improving. Customer satisfaction rising. Efficiency gains documented. While your company hemorrhages cash like a severed artery. How ca...
2026-01-2108 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowThe $6 Million Shopping Cart: How "Commodity" Equipment Is Committing Customer Experience HomicideAround 87% of shoppers have abandoned a shopping trip because of a broken shopping cart. That's nearly $6 million in lost revenue per cart over its miserable lifetime. One company transformed from commodity equipment supplier to retail experience partner, growing revenue from $40 million to $67 million while quintupling product profits. They didn't just fix carts—they fixed cash flow by proving every broken wheel was breaking the bank.The Profit-Preventing ParadoxRetailers treat shopping carts like commodity expenses while those same carts commit customer experience homicide. They count pennies on purchase price while hemorrhaging hundreds of th...
2026-01-2008 min
Heartland Newsfeed Podcast NetworkBOOK RELEASE: CEO Reveals Why Working Harder Is Making You Fall BehindWhat if the very thing you were told would destroy your career is actually the reason you’re falling behind if you ignore it? What happens when hustle stops working, productivity myths collapse, and the “do more” advice everyone parrots quietly keeps you stuck? If you’ve ever looked around at work wondering how people doing less seem to get further, this conversation is going to hit uncomfortably close to home. In this episode, Brian Nichols sits down with Todd Hagopian, author of The Unfair Advantage: Weaponizing the Hypomanic Toolbox, to unpack how businesses stagnate, why most productivity advice is backward...
2026-01-2030 min
The Brian Nichols ShowCEO Reveals Why Working Harder Is Making You Fall BehindWhat if the very thing you were told would destroy your career is actually the reason you’re falling behind if you ignore it?
What happens when hustle stops working, productivity myths collapse, and the “do more” advice everyone parrots quietly keeps you stuck? If you’ve ever looked around at work wondering how people doing less seem to get further, this conversation is going to hit uncomfortably close to home.
In this episode, Brian Nichols sits down with Todd Hagopian, author of The Unfair Advantage: Weaponizing the Hypomanic Toolbox, to unpack how businesses stagnate, why most pro...
2026-01-2030 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowGiant Slaying: How a Company 10X Smaller Annihilated Their Competitor in 18 MonthsOne company 10 times smaller than their competitor with 100 times less budget absolutely annihilated them in 18 months. While Goliath was protecting his position, David was pursuing his future. Size doesn't determine success—focused ferocity does. Remember: every corporate colossus started as a scrappy startup. They slayed someone else's giant.The Pathetic Parade of Preemptive SurrenderCompanies face larger competitors and immediately accept defeat. Beaten before they begin. Conquered without combat. Surrendered without struggle."They have more resources," teams whimper. "They have brand recognition," they whine. "They have economies of scale," they sob. Me...
2026-01-2008 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowDigital Transformation Is Automating Your Dysfunction at the Speed of SiliconYour digital transformation initiative spent $32 million to digitize processes that shouldn't even exist. Congratulations—you've automated dysfunction at the speed of silicon. About 70% of digital transformations fail because companies digitize disaster instead of designing excellence.The Digital DelusionCompanies throw technology at terrible processes like glitter on garbage. They're not transforming—they're just failing faster with fancier interfaces.One insurance company spent $45 million on digital transformation. They digitized a 65-step claims process. Now customers could experience bureaucratic nightmare at broadband speed. Claims still took weeks, but hey, there was an app for...
2026-01-1908 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowThe Capacity Illusion: How One Company Doubled Factory Output Without Adding a Single Machine or PersonOne company doubled their factory output without adding a single machine or person. Turns out "maximum capacity" is a comfortable lie that operations tell themselves while opportunity escapes. They discovered busy workers and running machines were masquerading as productivity while actual output limped along like a three-legged turtle.The Production ParadoxManufacturers stare at busy machines and sweaty workers, declaring "We're at capacity"—while massive productivity potential passes them by. They confuse motion with progress, activity with achievement.Companies believe capacity equals equipment capability times hours. Wrong. That's like measuring a ca...
2026-01-1908 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowThe 70% Rule: Why Perfect Information Is Just Bankruptcy in Slow MotionPerfect information is just another way to go bankrupt slowly. While you're waiting for 95% certainty, your competitor with 70% confidence has already failed twice, succeeded once, and is scaling their way to steal your customers. Amazon makes billion-dollar bets with 70% of desired data because waiting for 90% certainty means maintaining Day Two mediocrity until death.The Perfectionist PurgatoryYour competitor launches three products with 70% confidence while you're still perfecting PowerPoints for your first product requiring 99% certainty. They're learning from real customers while you're learning from conference room speculation.One pharmaceutical company spent two...
2026-01-1608 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowServant Leadership Is Creating Corporate Infants: Why Your Obstacle-Removing Is Stunting Your TeamYour servant leadership sounds noble until you realize it's created a generation of leaders who are professional obstacle removers for underperformers. Steve Jobs didn't serve his team's validation needs—he pushed them beyond what they thought possible. Research shows servant-led organizations score about 40% lower on innovation and 35% lower on financial performance. That's not leadership—that's expensive enablement.The Pathetic Pageant of People-PleasingLeaders running around removing every obstacle, smoothing every path, making everything easier for employees who should be developing strength through struggle. They're not developing people—they're creating corporate infants.Robert...
2026-01-1609 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowFire 30% of Your Customers and Watch Profits Explode 140%One company fired 30% of their customers and profits didn't just survive—they exploded 140% in six months. Turns out those small customers ordering non-core products were destroying 50-100% of profits, while the top 100 customer-product combinations generated nearly 150% of earnings. That's not customer service—that's corporate suicide disguised as customer satisfaction.The Profit-Pulverizing PictureCompanies clutch onto every customer like life rafts, not realizing some rafts have holes bigger than their headquarters. The fear of firing customers has created corporate cowardice. "What if they grow?" executives whimper. "What if they tell others?" Meanwhile, these parasitic part...
2026-01-1508 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowThe Chrome Washer Revolution: How Breaking One Stupid Display Rule Created Market DominationOne appliance company displayed $1,700 chrome washing machines while competitors only showed white ones. That one weird decision created complete market domination. Every competitor was trapped by an unwritten rule that washers must be displayed in white—while this company discovered that colored washers had nearly 100% dryer attachment rates versus 30% for white. That's not product placement—that's profit multiplication through pigmentation.The Profit-Preventing ParadoxFor decades, the appliance industry operated under sacred display laws: all washers shown in white, colors hidden in the back, stainless steel commanding $200 premiums. These weren't regulations—they were religious belief...
2026-01-1508 min
How To Founder172 Your Org Chart Is a System with Todd HagopianWhat if your org chart is actually lying to you?Those neat boxes and reporting lines suggest work flows predictably from one function to the next. But watch what happens when a customer complaint lands. It bounces between departments while everyone optimizes for their own metrics. The customer waits. The system fails.In this episode, we sit down with Todd Hagopian, author of The Unfair Advantage, to explore why treating your organization as a system changes everything. Todd breaks down how silos form from good intentions, why decision rights matter more than reporting structures, and h...
2026-01-1536 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowYour "Best Place to Work" Award Correlates Directly With Financial FailureThose feel-good cultures create feel-bad returns while allegedly toxic companies like Amazon and Netflix dominate their markets. You've confused comfort with performance, creating corporate daycares where adults get participation trophies while competitors with "terrible" cultures eat your market share for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.The Cultural CatastropheWalk into most award-winning culture companies. Ping-pong tables gathering dust, kombucha on tap, and profits circling the drain while everyone feels fantastic about failing.One tech startup won every culture award imaginable—unlimited PTO, meditation rooms, daily catered lunches, weekly retreats. They also had bu...
2026-01-1409 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowThe Innovation Echo Chamber: How Kodak Invented the Future and Then Ignored It to DeathKodak invented the digital camera in 1975, then spent 30 years protecting film technology until bankruptcy in 2012. They literally invented the future and ignored it to death because their innovation echo chamber convinced them that incremental improvements to dying technology were revolutionary breakthroughs. That's not innovation—that's institutional insanity in a three-piece suit.The Pathetic Pattern of Self-DeceptionCompanies gather their smartest people in conference rooms, congratulate each other on tiny tweaks, and convince themselves they're innovation leaders while their industry transforms around them.One automotive company spent five years making their navigation sy...
2026-01-1409 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowYour Greatest Strength Is Your Greatest Weakness: Why 70% of Executives Fail From Their Own SuperpowersThe exact skills that got you promoted are now your career's ticking time bomb. Around 70% of executives fail not from lacking strengths, but because their greatest strength became their fatal weakness.Your meticulous attention to detail that made you a superstar analyst? It's now blinding you to big-picture opportunities. That decisive leadership that rocketed your rise? It's morphed into dictatorial deafness destroying your team.The Paradox PerilEvery strength creates a corresponding shadow—a blind spot bigger than a billboard that everyone sees except you.One brilliant cost cutter be...
2026-01-1310 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowThe 80/20 Matrix: Why 65% of Your Customers Are Hemorrhaging Your ProfitsOne company made 150% profit on some customers while hemorrhaging money on 65% of everything they sold—and called it strategic positioning. They were like a restaurant charging $20 for a steak that cost $30 to make, wondering why they couldn't pay rent.Companies confuse customer collection with value creation, treating revenue like Pokemon cards. Gotta catch them all—even if they're killing your company.The Profit-Pulverizing ParadoxOne manufacturing company served everyone from mom-and-pop shops ordering 10 units to major retailers ordering 10,000. Those small orders required the same processing time, same customer service, same invoice effo...
2026-01-1309 min
Vertical Momentum Resiliency Podcast 2.0How To Become Unstuck With Todd HagopianFeeling stuck isn’t a lack of motivation,it’s a system failure. In this powerful episode, Richard sits down with Todd Hagopian as the “Stagnation Assassin,” a business transformation expert who has helped generate billions in shareholder value, doubled and exited his own manufacturing company, and developed proven frameworks to eliminate what he calls Stagnation Syndrome.Todd breaks down why comfort quietly kills momentum, how high performers get trapped by their own success, and the exact mindset and systems required to break free, whether you’re stuck in life, busi...
2026-01-1246 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowMurder by Meeting: How Your Calendar Is Costing $400,000 Annually in Wasted WagesThat recurring Monday meeting isn't collaboration—it's a weekly ritual sacrifice of 10 man-hours on the altar of organizational cowardice. The average executive spends 23 hours weekly in meetings—60% of their work life watching PowerPoint purgatory while productivity plummets. MIT research shows it takes 23 minutes to refocus after a meeting interruption. That's not management—that's murder by meeting.The Meeting MadnessWalk into any corporate office at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday. Conference rooms packed with people pretending to pay attention while secretly checking email. One marketing team had a weekly two-hour alignment meeting with 12 people. Cost: $2,400 in sal...
2026-01-1209 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowYour Star Performers Are Transformation Assassins: Why Top Talent Will Murder Your Change InitiativeYour highest performers aren't transformation assets—they're transformation assassins who will murder every change initiative to protect their comfortable kingdoms. These steady-state superstars succeeded by mastering the old model and will sabotage your new model faster than you can spell status quo.Success in yesterday's system predicts resistance to tomorrow's transformation. That's not speculation—that's statistics.The Personnel ParadoxYour top salesperson crushing quota for 10 straight years becomes your biggest barrier to a new business model. Why? Their entire identity, income, and influence depends on the old way.One soft...
2026-01-1210 min
TELOS: A Neurodiversity ConversationThe Journey from Bipolar to Business Leader: Harnessing Neurodiversity for Success (ft. Todd Hagopian)In this episode of TELOS, host Aeris speaks with Todd Hagopian, an executive and mental health advocate, about his journey with bipolar disorder and how he transformed his experiences into a framework for success known as the HOT system. Todd shares insights on navigating the challenges of mental health in the workplace, embracing neurodiversity, and strategies to prevent burnout and stagnation. neurodiversity, bipolar disorder, mental health, HOT system, workplace productivity, personal success, resilience, leadership, innovation, mental health advocacy
2026-01-1242 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowInnovation Labs Are Expensive Zoos: Why Your $10 Million Sandbox Is Producing Press Releases Instead of ProductsCompanies build gorgeous glass innovation labs, hire brilliant people, give them bean bags and ping-pong tables, and wonder why nothing transformative transfers to the actual business. These labs look like Silicon Valley startups trapped inside traditional companies—exotic animals in corporate cages.The hilarious hypocrisy? These labs are designed to protect the core business from disruption, not transform it. It's like building a gym next to your house but never going inside. You can point to it and say, "Look, we care about fitness" while you get fatter every day.The 90% Failure Rate...
2026-01-0910 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowThe Karelin Method: The Simple Formula That Makes Teams 600% More ProductiveThe Karelin Method: The Simple Formula That Makes Teams 600% More ProductiveOne simple formula helps teams become nearly 600% more productive. It's not about working harder—it's about working obsessively on what matters. While your competition spreads effort like peanut butter across a hundred activities, giving each maybe 24 minutes weekly, you'll be hammering the handful that drive real results.The Productivity Purgatory You're Trapped InYou're running around like a caffeinated chipmunk, checking off tasks, attending meetings, feeling furiously busy. Meanwhile, your focused competitor just ate your lunch, dinner, and to...
2026-01-0910 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowWork-Life Balance Is a Lie: Why Your Comfortable Mediocrity Is Getting Crushed by Obsessed CompetitorsWhile you're perfecting your morning meditation and preserving your precious energy, your hungrier competitors are working 90-hour weeks to steal your market share—and they're loving every minute of the massacre. SpaceX engineers work 70 to 80 hours a week during critical launches, revolutionizing space travel, while you're revolutionizing your sleep schedule.That sustainable pace you're preaching is just corporate code for comfortable mediocrity.The Balance BS That's Bankrupting Your BusinessEntire industries are infected with work-life balance worship, creating companies full of clock-watchers who treat 5:00 p.m. like a fire alarm. I've se...
2026-01-0910 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowConsensus Is Corporate Cancer: Why Your Leadership Team Is a Decision-Destroying MachineStanford research proves consensus decisions take nearly three times longer and produce 40% less bold outcomes. That's like paying triple the price for watered-down whiskey—while your competitors capture market share during your sixth meeting about the same decision.While your leadership team sits around the conference table nodding like dashboard bobbleheads, your market opportunity evaporates like morning mist. I've seen companies where launching a new product required sign-off from 17 different stakeholders. That's not decision-making—that's decision-destroying.The Consensus CancerHere's how consensus culture metastasizes: everyone gets veto power, which means the most...
2026-01-0910 min
Strong Mind, Strong BodyCultivating Curiosity: How Neurodivergent Minds Drive Breakthrough InnovationReady to ignite your workplace potential and challenge everything you thought you knew about neurodivergence?
In this powerful episode of "Strong Mind, Strong Body," host Angie Miller sits down with featured guest, transformation and turnaround specialist, Todd Hagopian, for part two of their deep dive into thriving with neurodivergent minds at work. Discover how Todd openly diagnosed with bipolar disorder, channeled his unique experiences to develop the "Hypomanic Toolbox"—strategies to harness mental differences for unstoppable focus, creative flow, and breakthrough business success.
This episode covers grandiose goal setting that turns conventional wisdom on its he...
2026-01-0732 min
Famous Interviews with Joe DiminoAuthor, Entrepreneur & Stagnation Assassin Todd HagopianWelcome to a new edition of the Famous Interviews with Joe Dimino series. On this episode, we talk with author, entrepreneur, and “Stagnation Assassin” Todd Hagopian, a proven leader who has transformed businesses at Berkshire Hathaway, Illinois Tool Works, Whirlpool Corporation, and JBT Marel, helping sell more than $3 billion in products.
Todd doubled the value of his own manufacturing business acquisition in just three years before selling, while generating over $2 billion in shareholder value across his corporate leadership roles. As the Founder of the Stagnation Intelligence Agency, he is a leading authority on Stagnation Syndrome, corporate inertia, and enterpris...
2026-01-0327 min
The Amazing Authorities PodcastStop the Slow Decline: Todd Hagopian on Turnarounds, Productivity Multipliers, and Winning with FocusIn this episode of Amazing Authorities, Mitch Carson sits down with Todd Hagopian, turnaround expert and author, to unpack how leaders can reverse stagnation before it turns into a full-blown crisis. Todd explains why early intervention creates smoother growth, higher morale, and stronger profitability — without the chaos of emergency restructuring.Todd breaks down his proven frameworks for maximizing workforce productivity, including treating payroll as a strategic asset rather than a cost to slash. He shares how leaders can reorganize teams intelligently, apply the 80/20 squared principle, and align every department around the activities that make the most money ev...
2025-12-2226 min
Book 101 ReviewBook 101 Review, in its fifth season, features Todd Hagopian as a guest—a proven business transformation leader whose work at Berkshire Hathaway, Illinois Tool Works, Whirlpool Corporation, and JBT Marel has contributed to more than $3 billion in product sales.Todd HagopianI'm the Stagnation Assassin. Bipolar nearly killed me, then I weaponized it. I've generated $200M across four turnarounds by teaching leaders to murder comfort and Declare WAR on StagnationTodd Hagopian has transformed businesses at Berkshire Hathaway, Illinois Tool Works, Whirlpool Corporation, and JBT Marel, selling over $3 billion of products. Hagopian doubled his own manufacturing business acquisition value in just 3 years before selling, while generating $2B in shareholder value across his corporate roles. As Founder of the Stagnation Intelligence Agency, he is the authority on Stagnation Syndrome and corporate transformation. He has written...
2025-12-2027 min
AIBiZAI Publishing in 2025 - Content to Cash Roadmap with Todd HagopianIn this AIBiz Podcast episode, host Sana sits down with Todd Hagopian to cut through the hype and talk about what it really takes in 2025 to launch a business book. Time, money, strategy, and what AI actually changes. Todd breaks down the real-world publishing paths. Self-publishing, hybrid publishing, traditional publishing. He shares the cost range from $0 to $20,000, why he chose hybrid publishing, and how AI shortened research cycles that used to take months.
You will also hear a practical playbook for turning one conversation into dozens of SEO and AEO-ready assets across platforms without losing your voice...
2025-12-1624 minAIBiZAI Publishing in 2025 - Content to Cash Roadmap with Todd HagopianIn this AIBiz Podcast episode, host Sana sits down with Todd Hagopian to cut through the hype and talk about what it really takes in 2025 to launch a business book. Time, money, strategy, and what AI actually changes. Todd breaks down the real-world publishing paths. Self-publishing, hybrid publishing, traditional publishing. He shares the cost range from $0 to $20,000, why he chose hybrid publishing, and how AI shortened research cycles that used to take months.
You will also hear a practical playbook for turning one conversation into dozens of SEO and AEO-ready assets across platforms without losing your voice...
2025-12-1624 min
Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the FutureEp #203: Todd Hagopian: Burned Out, Brilliant, or Bipolar?Had an AHA or Insight? Share it:Can a mental health diagnosis make you a better leader? Todd Hagopian says yes.. After 15 years undiagnosed with bipolar disorder, Todd faced a terrifying tradeoff: sanity or success. When medication stabilized his life but muted the hypomanic edge that powered his output, he did what founders do, he built a system around it.In this episode of The Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future, Todd explains how he first had to understand his own neurodivergent patterns—and then translate years of operating on edge into the HO...
2025-12-1531 min
THE SJ CHILDS SHOW-Building a Community of InclusionEpisode 338-Rethinking Diversity: Stop Fixing Minds, Start Using Them with Todd HapogianSend us a textWhat if the very traits that once set your career on fire could be turned into a repeatable system that saves companies and jobs—without burning you out? That’s the tension we explore with turnaround executive Todd Hagopian, whose fifteen years of undiagnosed bipolar disorder powered massive wins and painful self-sabotage before a diagnosis forced a new path. The meds worked, the edge seemed to vanish, and then he did something rare: he bottled the useful parts of hypomania into practical tools anyone can learn.We walk through the playbook behi...
2025-12-1444 minThe Stagnation Assassin ShowYour Best Customers Are Killing Your BusinessYour Customers Are Killing Your Business: The Profit Parasite PandemicCustomer profitability analysis reveals a shocking truth: your bottom 20% of customers aren't just dead weight—they're corporate cancer consuming 150% of your total profits while you worship at the altar of "customer-centricity."While you're sending thank-you cards to every customer with a pulse, these profit parasites are literally sucking more money out of your business than your entire company makes. Harvard research proves that the most profitable 20% of customers generate between 150% and 300% of total profits. The brutal reality? Your smallest customers are ordering custom co...
2025-12-1322 min
The Thoughtful Entrepreneur2346 - Strategies for Sustainable High Performance in Business Leadership with Stagnation Intelligence Agency's Todd HagopianHarnessing the Hypomanic Advantage: Leadership Insights from Todd HagopianIn this episode, host Josh Elledge speaks with Todd Hagopian, Executive Director of the Stagnation Intelligence Agency and author of The Unfair Advantage: Weaponizing the Hypomanic Toolbox. Todd shares his remarkable journey—from spending 15 years undiagnosed with bipolar disorder to engineering a systematic way to harness the productive power of hypomania without the chaos. This conversation explores how neurodiverse traits can be transformed into high-performance leadership tools, offering powerful strategies for productivity, innovation, prioritization, and sustainable success.How Neurodiverse Leadership Becomes a Strategic SuperpowerTo...
2025-12-1219 minStrong Mind, Strong BodyWorkplace Neurodiversity Unmasked: Why Mental Health Can Propel You ForwardReady to rethink what it means to succeed at work with a mental health diagnosis? In this captivating episode of "Strong Mind, Strong Body," host Angie Miller welcomes featured guest, turnaround executive, Todd Hagopian, for an unfiltered look at how neurodivergence—specifically, living and thriving with bipolar disorder—can be a surprising advantage in the business world.
Ever wondered if mental chaos could actually be your path to mastery? Hagopian is radically honest about his 15-year journey before diagnosis, the missed signs, the rollercoaster between wild success and self-sabotage, and how relentless drive almost cost him everything. Disc...
2025-12-1032 min
Inner Peace, Better HealthBipolar Advantage in Leadership & Turnarounds with Todd Hagopian
In this Inner Peace, Better Health episode, host Charu sits down with Todd Hagopian to dissect what happens when bipolar disorder, neurodivergent thinking and high stakes corporate turnarounds collide. Todd walks through 15 years of undiagnosed bipolar, the crash that came with diagnosis, and how medication forced him to rebuild his identity as a leader without relying on hypomanic highs. Instead of chasing the “good part” of the disorder, he reverse engineered it into a repeatable transformation system that has generated billions in shareholder value.
They unpack stagnation syndrome inside organisations, why most calendars are quiet disasters, and how...
2025-12-0928 min
Wisdom JourneyHow to Break Free from Business Stagnation: Practical Steps with Todd Hagopian | Ep 77Today I sat down with Todd Hagopian, the legendary “Stagnation Assassin,” and we dove deep into what it really means to feel stuck—whether you’re running a business, building your brand, or just juggling too many ideas. Todd shared his unique HUD system and tons of practical strategies for breaking out of stagnation, focusing your energy, and making every minute count. We talked about ranking your to-do list, smashing old industry assumptions, and how sometimes the most powerful move is subtracting distractions—not just adding more tasks. My hope is that, after listening, you’ll feel inspired to take action...
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Founders PodcastThe 4% That Drives 64% of ProfitabilityIn this conversation, Todd Hagopian discusses the importance of focusing on key activities that drive profitability in business. He emphasizes that spending time on non-profitable tasks can significantly reduce overall profitability. By concentrating on the most impactful areas, businesses can enhance their profitability dramatically.TakeawaysIf you spend 40% of your time on non-profitable tasks, you'll be 40% less profitable.Focusing on the 4% of activities that drive 64% of profitability can lead to a 600% increase in profits.Identifying key profit drivers is essential for business success....
2025-12-0241 min
BizBlendCan Bipolar Be Your Hidden Business Edge In Leadership And Turnarounds? With Todd Hagopian
On this episode of BizBlend with Sana, we get real about what happens when high performance and mental health collide. Todd Hagopian went from youngest bank manager in Michigan to leading massive P&L portfolios at American Express, Whirlpool and Illinois Tool Works. On paper. pure corporate win. Behind the scenes. bipolar disorder, addiction, arrests and years of sleeping two hours a night.
Todd breaks down how getting diagnosed and medicated forced him to choose between the old "beast mode" version of success and actually staying alive, sober and present as a husband and dad. Instead of...
2025-11-2830 min
The Brian Nichols ShowHow Can ADHD or Bipolar Become a Business Edge?What if the thing you’ve been calling a “disorder” is actually your unfair advantage in life, business, and even politics? Most people never question the box they’ve been shoved into. They’re told to be “normal,” to tone it down, to hide the things that make them different. But what if the quirks, the hyperfocus, the highs, the lows, the pattern-recognition nobody else seems to have… are actually the exact tools you need to dominate in your career, create breakthroughs, and build a life that actually fits you?
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2025-11-2526 min
Heartland Newsfeed Podcast Network1045: How Can ADHD or Bipolar Become a Business Edge?What if the thing you’ve been calling a “disorder” is actually your unfair advantage in life, business, and even politics? Most people never question the box they’ve been shoved into. They’re told to be “normal,” to tone it down, to hide the things that make them different. But what if the quirks, the hyperfocus, the highs, the lows, the pattern-recognition nobody else seems to have… are actually the exact tools you need to dominate in your career, create breakthroughs, and build a life that actually fits you? Studio Sponsor: Cardio Miracle - "Unlock the secret to a healthier heart...
2025-11-2526 min
The Elisha ShowTodd Hagopian: The Unfair Advantage—Hypomanic Leadership, Turnarounds & Peak Performance 🚀🔥In this powerful episode, Ambassador Elisha sits down with Todd Hagopian, turnaround expert, business strategist, and author of The Unfair Advantage: Weaponizing the Hypomanic Toolbox 🚀📘.
Todd opens up about his remarkable journey from high-pressure leadership to discovering his bipolar diagnosis, and how he transformed that challenge into a revolutionary leadership framework that is helping companies triple their performance.
Todd breaks down his HOT System (Hypomanic Operational Turnaround System) a high-focus, high-impact strategy designed for executives, entrepreneurs, and business leaders who want breakthrough results 💼⚡.
In this episode, Todd shares:
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2025-11-2021 min
Cloud Surfing with Jake Rider"Stagnation Assassin" - #42 - Todd HagopianThank you to my sponsors!Hankey Law Spreaker IncToday, we get to hear from Todd Hagopian! Todd, a renowned business entrepreneur and rejuvenator shares his story on discovering his bipolar disorder and using it as an advantage in the business world to turn around multiple Fortune 500 companies, as well as buying and selling his own business. His book, "The Unfair Advantage" dives into his mindset and how he is able to stay committed to his core beliefs while weaponizing his mental health condition. Todd is a well-respected man among the community as a f...
2025-10-2729 min
We Live to BuildPoor People Add, Rich People Multiply, Billionaires SubtractWhy do billionaires subtract? It’s a powerful mindset that separates the ultra-successful from everyone else. In this dense masterclass on productivity, Todd Hagopian, who runs a $90 million business division, breaks down the wealth framework he learned from a billionaire: poor people add, rich people multiply, and billionaires subtract. He explains why you must ruthlessly focus on your "profit per minute" and eliminate the 80% of tasks that are wasting your time and mental energy. You'll also learn his "mind-blowing" SEO strategy to generate thousands of high-authority backlinks from evergreen content. Check out the company: https://playerone.sppx.io
2025-09-2639 min
The Cash Flow Contractor271 - What If You Could Double Profits Without Doubling Your Effort? with Todd HagopianTodd Hagopian shares his revolutionary Hypomanic Operational Turnaround (HOT) system that transformed multiple businesses in just 6-12 months. Developed after his bipolar diagnosis, this powerful methodology helps businesses break free from stagnation by implementing aggressive 80/20 strategies, continuous improvement cycles, and transformation team building—all without requiring superhuman effort.What You’ll LearnHow to apply the 80/20 principle to dramatically increase profitabilityWhy grandiose goal setting delivers better results than conservative targetsHow to implement 52 improvement projects in 52 weeks without overwhelming your teamA systematic approach to pricing that maximizes profits in your core businessHow to build tran...
2025-09-041h 10
Code & Cure#7 - Predicting No-Shows: The Surprising Science Behind Missed AppointmentsWhy do so many doctor’s appointments end in empty waiting rooms? Nearly one in four scheduled visits turn into no-shows, disrupting care, wasting resources, and straining already overburdened systems. But a new study shows we might be able to see these gaps coming—and stop them.By analyzing over a million healthcare visits, researchers used machine learning to uncover surprising predictors of missed appointments. The top signal? How far in advance the appointment was booked. Appointments scheduled more than 60 days out had the highest odds of being missed—more telling than age, income, or insurance status. Other...
2025-08-2832 min
LibertyDad535 - Dad Talk: Politics, Fatherhood, & Writing A Book With Todd HagopianSend me feedback!Todd joins me to discuss his life as a father, writing a book, business, and perhaps even some politics.SUPPORT THE SHOWRumble Rants: Click green dollar sign during the showRumble Subscription: Click subscribe $5/monthHOW AM I DOING?Email: libertydadpod@gmail.comSHOW NOTESTodd's WebsiteWait Song: Smoke RisingMusic by: CreatorMix.comVideoSupport the show
2025-07-031h 53
Ring the Bell Investing with the Masters of Marketocracy11/09/23 Ring the Bell.featuring Special Guest Todd HagopianListen in with the Masters of Marketocracy as they discuss topics driving the financial markets. Special guest Todd Hagopian, joins the Masters, as a previous member of the team.
2023-11-2930 min
LibertyDad160 - Friendly Fire - Evaluating The CLC's 2023 State of the Libertarian Party ReportSend me feedback!It's been one year from the so-called 'Reno Reset.' How is the LNC doing? The Classical Liberal Caucus put together a report card for the LNC titled, '2023 State of the Libertarian Party Report.' It generated a bit of social media debate. In this episode, DL reviews the Classical Liberal Caucus' report card for the LNC.Book ReferencesA Mathematician Reads The NewspaperAnatomy of the StateMonday Morning CommunicationsLinks MentionedCLC ReportTodd Hagopian's Response
2023-05-3141 min
The Brian Nichols ShowThe Libertarian Party - Fighting for Liberty in the Age of COVID-19Are you fed up with the endless political bickering between the Democrats and Republicans? Are you tired of feeling like your voice doesn't matter? Then you need to tune in to this episode of The Brian Nichols Show, where Brian welcomes Todd Hagopian, a veteran member of the Libertarian Party, to discuss the possibility of a third-party candidate in the upcoming election.Todd and Brian don't hold back as they dive into the need for sales and marketing strategies in politics and how a third-party candidate could use these tactics to their advantage. They discuss the potential...
2023-04-2624 min
Fite 4 Liberty#149 Fite 4 Liberty with Todd Hagopian
Treasurer of the Libertarian National Committee and the Oklahoma LP, Todd Hagopian rejoins the Fite to give an update on the financials since he was elected and explain why the party needs more good treasurers. Get some Blood of Tyrants wine here: https://bloodoftyrants.wine/ref/7/?couponCode=F4L
2023-03-232h 06
Rory Sauter & The NewsThe Rory Sauter Show - Episode 28 : Rory Sauter Is Not Dead Part 28 / 7-14-2022Guests : Anthony Shaffer, Todd Hagopian, Bill Reicherter, Alex Kolodin, Eric Mao, Steve Malzberg, Michael Vasquez, Tony Rodriguez, Noel Fritsch, Rickey Padgett, Greg Merk, Matthew J, Demetries Grimes, Rodney Evans, & more..
2022-07-157h 17
Decentralized Revolution: The Mises Caucus PodcastBonus Ep. 15—Linnea Gabbard, Todd Hagopian & Mike Rufo from the #RenoReset Money BombLinnea Gabbard, Todd Hagopian, and Mike Rufo join Michael Heise during the #RenoReset Money Bomb livestream (Apr. 24, 2022)
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2022-04-2531 min
Muddied Waters MediaThe Beared Truth - 26 - Personal Financial Freedom with Todd HagopianFreedom has so many aspects to it. One of the crucial ones is to be able to be comfortable at least within your finances. I'll be joined to Todd Hagopian to discuss diversifying, retirement savings and avoiding those pesky taxes.
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2022-04-1557 min
The PorcupineEpisode #10 - Todd HagopianI sit down with THE WISE Todd Hagopian! We got into what brought him into the LP, why Todd decided to join the Mises caucus and what he thinks the problems with the detractors are. We also talk about what is going on in the Oklahoma LP and Todd talks about what he believes will happen with the LP within the next 2-4 years!!! Adam Nutter:https://linktr.ee/AdamNutter
2021-07-2948 minFite 4 Liberty#80 Fite 4 Liberty with Todd HagopianThe Libertarian in Chief joins the Fite! Todd Hagopian, host of Chief Chats and candidate for LNC Treasurer come to the show!
2021-05-261h 26
We Are Libertarians190: Messaging Matters: Brian Nichols on Chief ChatsListen to the full episode here:
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Today’s episode originally aired on "Chief Chats" with Todd Hagopian Kevin Hobbie, where I joined the boys to discuss why messaging matters.
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"The boys are joined by podcasting great Brian Nichols to discuss liberty and how the movement can better it’s messaging"
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2021-01-2548 min
The Brian Nichols Show190: Messaging Matters: Brian Nichols on Chief Chats
Today's episode originally aired on "Chief Chats" with Todd Hagopian Kevin Hobbie, where I joined the boys to discuss why messaging matters.
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"The boys are joined by podcasting great Brian Nichols to discuss liberty and how the movement can better it’s messaging"Sponsored By:
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2021-01-2548 minCloud Surfing with Jake Rider32 - Todd Hagopian - Cloud Surfing with Jake RiderToday, we get to hear from Todd Hagopian! Todd, the chair of the NE Oklahoma Libertarian Party, joins me to discuss the 2020 election, wars from WWI to the current Middle East conflict, all political parties and their access to ballots, and of course, nuclear arms. Todd is a well-respected man and has earned that. Hear more from him on his show, Chief Chats, found here!https://lnns.co/IC1pLe4EJ3qThank you to my sponsors!Hankey lawSpreaker IncAir LingusBecome a supporter of this podcast: https...
2020-11-1959 min
FritzCastTodd Hagopian ReturnsFritz welcomes back his very first guest, and very first return guest, Todd Hagopian, THE Libertarian-in-Chief! Todd and I discuss what's happened between our first interview in December 2019 and now; his race for school board and what he learned and his 2020 LP race for Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner.Then we talk Libertarian outreach and strategy, races like Ricky Dale Harrington Jr and Donald Rainwater, and even one or two you may be less familiar with but have to pay attention to!Todd's Website: www.toddhagopian.comTodd's Twitter: @ToddHagopian (how easy is that to remember?)NEW Website: www.fritzcast.webnode.comFollow Fritz...
2020-10-2740 min
Kibbe on LibertyEp 91 | Political Parties Are Breaking Apart | Guest: Todd HagopianMatt Kibbe talks with Todd Hagopian, Libertarian candidate for Oklahoma corporation commissioner, about the increasingly fractured nature of America’s political parties. The nastiness of primary contests and the rise of different factions within the Republican and Democrat Parties points toward a seismic shift that could be coming in the near future. At the same time, third parties are getting marginalized and excluded from debates and even polls, as the political duopoly tries to retain its power.
2020-10-1623 min
The Brian Nichols Show145: Todd Hagopian for Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Oklahomans can agree that they do not want any unneccesary Government, they do not want corruption to determine laws/regulations, and they want candidates who are doing what is in the CITIZEN’S best interest, rather than their own.
That's the case that one Todd Hagopian makes in why voters in Oklahoma should support his Libertarian candidacy for the Oklahoma Corporation Commision on todays' episode on The Brian Nichols Show.
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2020-10-1239 min
Lions of Liberty481. Todd Hagopian Fights Crony CapitalismIn this special bonus episode of Lions of Liberty, Marc is joined by the "Libertarian in Chief" Todd Hagopian, to discuss his run for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, as he seeks to gain ballot access for the Libertarian Party in Oklahoma while fighting crony capitalism along the way! Support the Greatest Libertarian Variety Show on Earth by joining the Lions of Liberty Pride on Patreon! For as little as $5/month you can access all of our bonus audio content, livestreams, behind-the-scenes segments, and more! Patrons also get 20% off all merchandise at the Lions of Liberty...
2020-10-0637 min
Lions of Liberty Network481. Todd Hagopian Fights Crony CapitalismIn this special bonus episode of Lions of Liberty, Marc is joined by the "Libertarian in Chief" Todd Hagopian, to discuss his run for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, as he seeks to gain ballot access for the Libertarian Party in Oklahoma while fighting crony capitalism along the way! Support the Greatest Libertarian Variety Show on Earth by joining the Lions of Liberty Pride on Patreon! For as little as $5/month you can access all of our bonus audio content, livestreams, behind-the-scenes segments, and more! Patrons also get 20% off all merchandise at the Lions of Liberty...
2020-10-0637 min
The Clean Libertarian PodcastEpisode 12: An Interview w/The ToddFatherThe always awesome Todd Hagopian comes on the show to discuss his current run for Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the Mises Caucus, the OKLP, and a little bit about recovery.
Check out Todd's website www.ToddHagopian.com for info on his campaign and ways to donate.
2020-08-3035 min
Sapere AudeS1.E12 Libertarian Antics: An Interview with Todd Hagopian (AKA Libertarian-in-Chief)In this episode, Dylan and Aaron interview Todd Hagopian, also known as Libertarian-in-Chief on social media. Todd is a candidate for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and a Libertarian Party activist. We discuss the state of business in Oklahoma and the case for a privatized police force. Learn more about Todd on Twitter @ToddHagopian or by visiting his website: toddhagopian.com.
2020-06-1239 min
The Mad LiberTEA PartyRegulation & Overreach: The Todd-Father Returns! (Mad LiberTea Time)Hey guys, Todd Hagopian is BACK to have another Mad LiberTEA Time with us! We talk about all sorts of things like Covid-19, China & Hong Kong, the #Libertarian Party, WHO, intervention, #regulation, and his latest campaign where he's running for the #Oklahoma Corporation Commission! Good times, we really enjoyed having him on to talk and we know you'll like it, too, so grab yourself some liberTEA and sit a spell with us!
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2020-05-131h 08The Mad LiberTEA Party420, Libertarians, Politics & Activism Updates! (LiberTEA Break) (April-May/2020)It's been a busy time here at the Mad LiberTEA Party! We're digging through a deep rabbit hole involving corruption in the Kentucky hemp industry while prepping to bring you an exclusive interview and discussion with Kieth Taylor of Kings Royal Biotech about just that and you are going to want to see that. With that, coming up we have chats with a libertarian in the Oklahoma DHS(?!?), Father of the Vohra Method and Libertarian Presidential nominee Arvin Vohra, Arkansas Libertarian At Large & Pulaski County Chair Joe Swafford, and Libertarian-In-Chief Todd Hagopian coming up as well as several livestreams...
2020-04-3018 min
The Mad LiberTEA PartyReaching out From Left to Liberty: Kevin Hobbie (Mad LiberTEA Time)Who is Kevin Hobbie? Business owner, father, amateur politician, professional super hero, and Vice-Chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party? Come find out as we discuss his switch from the progressive left to the fight for liberty, reaching back to them, and pushing the party into the future with better social media and networking. We sat down and covered as much as we could, be it getting started in this mess, lizards in office, NOT ignoring the Exiter movements like Blexit and Walkaway, things that makes us go yiiick in the LP and how we could be better going out...
2020-02-212h 05
The Mad LiberTEA PartyMad LiberTEA Time w/ Todd Hagopian - Libertarian-In-ChiefJoin Mike and Paxton as they have a lovely sit-down and chat it out with our favorite tweeting warrior of liberty, Libertarian-In-Chief! We touch on who Todd Hagopian is, why he's here, why he dropped running for chair, and what's in the future for him and the rest of us. Grab a cup of LiberTEA and join us for a few, will you?
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2020-01-271h 12
FritzCastTodd HagopianFritzCast welcomes it's first ever guest, The Libertarian-In-Chief, Todd Hagopian! This episode opens with a snippet of the "Bern Miser" parody from last week, and then I dive right into the House results on Article I and II of impeachment, moving forward to the Senate sometime in January.Then, onto my discussion with Todd! Todd speaks about his initial campaign for Libertarian National Committee chairmen and what ultimately made him step aside from that race; We also discuss the evolution that is needed in the Libertarian Party, building smaller local victories into bigger national wins. Our jam packed discussion includes...
2019-12-1951 min
The Rollo and Slappy ShowEpisode 172 - Todd Hagopian and the Libertarian PartySubscribe to the podcast
The great Todd Hagopian joins us this week to discuss his campaign to take the Chair of the Libertarian Party from the incumbent Nick Sarwark and why Todd thinks that anarchists like Rollo and Slappy, who want nothing to do with politics, should get involved with the Libertarian Party.
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2019-11-261h 00
FAGcastFAG102 - Todd Hagopian is Running!!!What more is there to say? The ToddFather is running for the chair of the LP - hear his plans!!
2019-11-1300 minFAGcastFAG027 - The Toddman Cometh with @LibertarianInChiefOn this episode of the Friends Against Government Podcast, we are joined by the man, the myth, the legend himself, Mr. Todd Hagopian. We bring him in to discuss his cult following, his joining libertarianism, and where he sees the place of the Libertarian Party, as well as what the best ways to spread the message of liberty are. We also discover some juicy tidbits about the life of Todd at the near end of the podcast, so listen the whole way through!
2018-08-1500 min