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I’ll Probably Delete This#10: Expansion of Ingram Books - Part 2This episode tells the story of how Ingram transformed from a regional schoolbook depository into the go‑to wholesaler for U.S. trade books. Learn about how Harry Hoffman and Ingram expanded the company's reach in books and prepared the way for Amazon and its business model. Books DiscussedThe Family Business: How Ingram Transformed the World of Books (2021) by Keel Hunt https://www.amazon.com/Family-Business-Ingram-Transformed-World/dp/1682753124Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry (2023) by Dan Sinykin (Columbia University Press) https://cup.columbia.edu/book/big-fiction/9780231192958/Peo...2025-07-2933 min
I’ll Probably Delete This#9: Birth of Ingram Books - Part 1Learn about how a family owned oil company came to run one of the most important companies within book publishing. Here the story of the start of Ingram Books.People Discussed03:32 | Laura Ingalls Wilder – Author of the Little House series; covered in Episodes 3 & 4 03:54 | Orrin Henry Ingram – Lumber-baron patriarch (1850s-1890s) 04:24 | Orin “Hank” Ingram Sr. – Orrin’s grandson; shifted the family wealth into oil refining, barge transport, and textiles between the 1930s-60s 05:45 | E. Bronson Ingram II – Took control of the family firm at 31 (1963); bought half of the Tennessee Book Depository in 1964, seeding Ingram Book Com...2025-07-2222 min
I’ll Probably Delete This#8: James Patterson Markets a BestsellerJames Patterson has built a publishing juggernaut. His publishing success all started with Little, Brown publishing Along Came a Spider in February 1993. In this episode we look at how he marketed his breakout hit. From cover design to targeted TV advertising, Patterson brought his expertise as CEO of a major advertising firm to book publishing. Listen to Episode 7 to hear the begining of the story. BibliographyAlong Came a Spider (1993) by James Patterson: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/along-came-a-spider-james-patterson/1100307468?ean=9780316693646The Bridges of Madison County (1992) by Robert James Waller: ...2025-07-1523 min
I’ll Probably Delete This#7: James Patterson Writes a Better ThrillerIt took James Patterson seven attempts before he found the right formula for a successful thriller. In this episode, we focus on Patterson break out commercial success, Along Came a Spider and answer the question of how he changed his writing, to find commercial success in his seventh book. Bibliography:Along Came a Spider (1993) by James Patterson: https://www.amazon.com/Along-Came-Spider-Alex-Cross/dp/031606637X The Thomas Berryman Number (1976) by James Patterson: https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Berryman-Number-James-Patterson/dp/0316473528 Season of the Machete (1977) by James Patterson: https://www.amazon.com/Season-Machete-James-Patterson/dp/04466006032025-07-0820 min
I’ll Probably Delete This#6: Crichton's Jurassic ParkMicheal Crichton had his first hit book in 1969 when he was in his 20s. But 20-years later he was in a rut. Jurassic Park got him out of is rut, and his friend Micheal Ovitz helped turn it into a Steven Spielberg directed Hollywood blockbuster.Hear the story of the creation of Jurassic Park, both the book and the movie that made Crichton one of the wealthiest writers in publishing and Hollywood. Bibliography:The Andromeda Strain (1969) by Michael Crichton: https://www.thriftbooks.com/browse/?b...2025-07-0117 min
I’ll Probably Delete This#5: Advice from Bob GottliebRobert Gottlieb started in publishing in 1955. Just 10 years later he became editor-in-chief at publishing house Simon & Schuster. Following that, he went to Alfred A. Knopf, where he was again editor-in-chief. Over the course of his more than 60 year career, he became the most important editor in publishing, and edited hundreds of books. By his estimate, he edited more than 700, including books from Michael Crichton, Toni Morrison, former President Bill Clinton, and biographer Robert Caro. Listen to hear advice from Gottlieb on editing, book design, marketing, and publishing.Bibliography:2025-06-2416 min
I’ll Probably Delete This#4: Publishing Little House in the Big Woods - Part 2 (Wilder, Fiery, & Kirkus)OverviewFollow Laura Ingalls Wilder’s journey from rejected memoir to successful first novel. To get there she needed the unsung help of editor Marion Fiery and then Virginia Kirkus. In this Part 2, finish the story of how Wilder wrote and got the first of the Little House books published.What You’ll Hear| Time | Topic | 00:00 | Cold‑open & Intro | 01:30 | PioneerGirl origins and rejections | 04:39 | Marion Fiery’s editorial revisions & Knopf contract | 11:52 | Knopf children’s division shutters | 16:00 | Virginia Kirkus reads the manuscript | 18:00 | New title...2025-06-1729 min
I’ll Probably Delete This#3: Publishing Little House in the Big Woods - Part 1 (Laura Ingalls Wilder & Rose Wilder Lane)Episode OverviewAt age 63, Laura Ingalls Wilder sat down with a No. 2 pencil and wrote a memoir she called Pioneer Girl. Following the stock market crash of 1929, it was her effort to preserve her stories and provide for her family. This episode tells the first part of the story of how, with the help of her daughter, she turned that rejected memoir into a seminal work in children’s literature Little House in the Big Woods.What You’ll Hear| Time | Topic | 00:00 | Cold‑open & Intro | 02:29 | Stage Setting - Harper & Bro pu...2025-06-1019 min
I’ll Probably Delete This#2: Cerf woos Seuss (Ted Giesel & Bennett Cerf)Episode OverviewThe start of the partnership between Dr. Seuss and publisher Random House. CEO Bennett Cerf wooed little known children’s author Theodor “Ted” Geisel. Beginning with a lunch at the 21 Club in NYC, Cerf showed Ted unwavering publisher support despite early flops like The Seven Lady Godivas. Cerf’s long bet on Geisel illustrates the importance of recognizing creative talent and the economic value of a strong backlist.What You’ll Hear:Time | Topic 00:00 | Cold‑open 01:05 | Intro 02:30 | Geisel’s first book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulbe...2025-06-0214 min
I’ll Probably Delete This#1: Promoting Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Julia Child & Judith Jones)Judith Jones, long-time editor for Alfred A. Knopf, persuaded the publisher to take a chance on a French cookbook that no one knew they wanted. That book and TV made Julia Child a surprising star. Learn about three themes that helped make Mastering the Art of French Cooking a publishing success: counter positioning, fascination with the Kennedys, and the rise of TV.Bibliography For more on Judith Jones and her work with Julia Child, read The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America by Sara B. FranklinPeople Discussed in...2025-05-2909 min
The Healthusiasm Podcast#046 - Health Innovations of Feb '25Share you Healthusiasm🎙️ Welcome to the Healthusiasm Podcast – where the future of health is happening so fast, we can barely keep up! 🚀Honestly, we're overwhelmed. Completely. Utterly. Overwhelmed. And you will be too. But who is "we" in this episode?Aline Noizet - Digital Health ConnectorMo Zouina - Human Experience ExpertChristophe Jauquet - Health Business ExpertBack to overwhelming...Yes, because in this episode, we’re talking about holograms for telemonitoring from anywhere (yes, your cardiologist might soon be beaming into your living room like a Star Wars charact...2025-03-1956 min
The Healthusiasm Podcast#039 - Health Innovations of Nov '24Share you HealthusiasmWhat's new in health and self-care? Dr. Keith Grimes, Mo Zouina, Nia Escobar-Kölle, and Christophe Jauquet share some of their favourite innovations from last month. In this podcast episode, the Healthcare AI Challenge Collaborative is highlighted as a significant new initiative for comparing and ranking AI tools in healthcare, particularly in areas like report writing and diagnosis. Also in AI news, Lilly Digital Health and LCCP announced a multi-million digital health innovation hub in Singapore to boost AI-powered health technology R&D and support Singapore's National AI S...2024-11-2747 min
The Healthusiasm Podcast#038 - Health Innovations in Hospital ExperienceShare you HealthusiasmThis week on the Healthusiasm Podcast, Dr. Keith Grimes, Mo Zouina, Nia Escobar-Kölle, and Christophe Jauquet freshly explore hospital experiences. Each panellist shares unique insights and innovations transforming patient care and the hospital environment.Listeners will learn about:AI avatars developed by Nvidia and Deloitte to assist patients and make hospital stays easier.Denmark’s Mary Elizabeth's Children’s Hospital, co-designed with children and families for better care and emotional support.Inspired by the ability of dogs and medical professionals to diagnose throu...2024-11-2028 min
The Healthusiasm Podcast#033 - Bringing back care in healthcareShare you HealthusiasmWelcome to the first episode of Season 3 of the Healthusiasm Podcast! In this episode, we dive into a provocative and timely debate with **Christophe Jauquet**, a health business expert, and **Dr. Keith Grimes**, a medical expert in digital innovation. Together, we explore a fundamental question in healthcare today: *Are we too focused on curing and not enough on caring?*Historically, care was the cornerstone of medicine, especially when we lacked advanced tools for cure. But with the rise of modern medicine, scientific revolutions, and now AI, has the balance shifted too much...2024-09-2047 min
Faces of Digital HealthHLTH Europe 2024: AI, Patients, Women's health, and moreIf you ever want to go to a healthcare innovation conference that doesn’t shy away from potentially controversive topics, HLTH is your place to go. In June 2024, the conference, which attracts 12,000 people in the US, came to Europe. At the center of the exhibition hall stood the Heart Stage focused on topics related to women’s health. Around it were the exhibitor booth and other stages, each designed with a different theme, each like a theatre setup that made speakers feel like stars. Why do people love going to HLTH? Because it’s focused on the experience of the at...2024-06-2424 min
The Healthusiasm Podcast#025 - The Healthusiasm News of May 2024Share you HealthusiasmHere are the Healthusiasms of the month of May. we’re diving into a whirlwind of health innovations and trends that will blow your mind. From Mimetics – drugs that mimic exercise (yes, you heard that right!) – to Nestlé's new food brand that pairs perfectly with GLP-1 drugs, we’ve got it all. Discover how female doctors are transforming patient outcomes and what we learned from the European Conference of Rare Diseases. Get ready for a deep dive into digital immortality with Si...2024-05-3041 min
The Healthusiasm Podcast#023 - Personal Branding in HealthcareShare you HealthusiasmThe Healthusiasm Podcast is a panel discussion on trends and innovations in health & self-care. In this week's episode we will discuss the why and how of creating a personal brand in healthcare.For this episode, we've invited Ianka Fleerackers, an entrepreneur, multidisciplinary artist, and expert in storytelling. Her latest book, "Own Your Story," provides insights into rethinking your personal brand into a personal-ity brand while giving you the tools to get started yourself. The panel discusses with her what personal branding would mean for healthcare providers in this show. This...2024-05-1630 min
The Healthusiasm Podcast#021 - The Healthusiasm News of April 2024Share you HealthusiasmThe Healthusiasm Podcast is a panel discussion on trends & innovations in health & self-care. Christophe Jauquet, author of the Healthusiasm books and a professional keynote speaker discusses with a panel of experts the positive changes that are shaping our health and happiness.And for this discussion, we had a full panel- Digital Health connector: Aline Noizet- Medical Expert in Digital Innovation: Dr. Keith Grimes- Human Experience expert: Mo ZouinaIn this week's episode we will discuss the H...2024-05-0335 min
The Healthusiasm Podcast#019 - OpenAI's SORA & Apple Vision Pro in healthcareShare you HealthusiasmThis episode is about tech, as two major technology updates were launched recently. In this show, the panel will discuss:Whether the Apple Vision Pro is something, nothing or everything in healthcare (00:22:30)How OpenAI's video generator SORA could be used in healthcare (00:42:49)On top of that, the panel brought up the following Healthusiasms (00:02:12):Earrings as the new wearable health deviceThe link between social media use and chronic inflammationAbbott going directly to consumers with their new biometric wearable LingoPotatoes no longer being a plantTree.fm bringing a fresh wind...2024-02-2956 min
The Healthusiasm Podcast#016 - Telehealth Success & Healthcare as a ProductShare you HealthusiasmIn this show, the Healthusiasm panel debates: How to design telehealth for success = book launch (00:20:00)Whether healthcare could be a product (00:38:08)On top of that, the panel also briefly touches upon: Consumer electronic retailer Best Buy supporting hospitals with remote careIncentivising cardiologists to spend more time in healthcare deserts.a study showing that women were actively involved in hunting in prehistorian timesbuilding your own ChatGPT will change the consumption of health informationLifetime Fitness starting a fitness program that includes providing OzympicThe Stund watch not showing time but only nudging when time ha...2024-01-1659 min
The Healthusiasm Podcast#014 - Voice Tech & the Vagus Nerve HypeShare you HealthusiasmIn this 2nd show of the 2nd season, the Healthusiasm panel invited Keith Grimes, Medical Expert in Digital Health.Together they discussed:The rising opportunity of using voice technology in healthcareThe popularity of the Vagus Nerve with scientists and the general public On top of that, the panel also briefly touches upon:Reed Jobs, son of Steve Jobs, and his $200 million venture fund to back new cancer treatmentsUK's first womb transplantPrivate members-only clubs now turning into health & wellness hubsSpaceX launching a space mission to reverse the aging o...2024-01-0357 min
The Healthusiasm Podcast#003 - The Disease Paradigm, Psychedelics and NetflixShare you HealthusiasmIn this show, the Healthusiasm panel debate: Whether or not disease will become irrelevantWhat the potential of psychedelics is for healthcareWhat the healthcare system, hospital institutions, and pharma can learn from NetflixOn top of that, the panel also briefly touches upon the positive evolution of clinical trials in digital health, turning laundromats into doctor's offices, providing access to telemedicine services, using zeppelins as flexible hospitals, prescribing visits to museums, and reading pain levels of someone’s faces with technology. The healthusiasm panel invited Paul Simms as a guest for this...2022-10-101h 00
The Healthusiasm Podcast#002 - Metabolic Health, YouTube and Soulbound NFTsShare you HealthusiasmIn this show, the Healthusiasm panel debate: How and why metabolic health will become increasingly importantWhether YouTube's feature to find credible health information is somethingHow Soulbound NFTs can change the way we manage our health dataOn top of that, the panel also briefly touches upon Bytedance (TikTok) buying up hospitals, Google making one of the biggest breakthroughs in healthcare, Hyundai accelerating their health car ambitions, the focus on women’s health at Linkedin and in Spain, Tomorrowland's focus on health, and Amazon’s healthcare strategy. This show is produced by Shi...2022-09-0950 min
The PEN Perspective PodcastRise Of The Customer - S1E20 - Christophe Jauquet - Health Experience ExpertWelcome to the next episode of The Rise of The Customer Podcast, the go-to podcast for CX professionals looking to transform their organisation.
In this episode, we’re joined by Christophe Jauquet, Health Experience Expert, Author and International Keynote Speaker. Christophe advises companies and brands on how the health, wellness and consumer sectors are increasingly overlapping. He brings insights and foresights across a range of pertinent topics including customer experience, health marketing, digital health and the future of health.
During this conversation Neil and Christophe explore:
➡️ How to create differentiation through helping people meet their expectations and aspirations
➡️ How to integrate...2021-10-0755 min
Campfire: Compass CalendarRob JauquetRob Jauquet (@rjauquet) shares his thoughts on software development, startups, writing, and storytelling. Rob is a Software Engineer, fiction writer, and a bookworm. He grew up in Green Bay and graduated with degrees in Computer Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2014. His professional journey started two years earlier, however, when he became the first Engineer at Swoop Search, a tech startup in Madison, Wisconsin. Throughout the next five years, the company grew from an idea into a successful business. Rob, of course, played an essential role in the company’s development.In addition to...2018-03-3051 min