April 5, 2012

Interview with Phil Simon, author of the book The Age of the Platform: How Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google Have Redefined Business

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Mike Carruthers:
The way American businesses do business is changing some are now structuring their organization as a platform.

Phil Simon:
To me a platform is simply an integrated set of planks that begs the question what’s a plank? Well to me a plank is a product or a service or some sort of offering.
 

April 3, 2012

Interview with JoAnn R. Corley, author of the book Organizational Strategies for the Overwhelmed: How to manage your time, space, & priorities to work smart, get results, & be happy

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Mike Carruthers:
Even with all of our time-saving gadgets most of us still feel like we don’t have enough hours in the day. Why?

JoAnn R. Corley:
Time management is related to really 2 things; #1 most people do not have a realistic sense of time. The second piece is most people have no idea how long things take to do – that creates unrealistic expectations and that creates overwhelm.
 

March 30, 2012

Interview with Andy Nulman, author of the book Pow! Right Between the Eyes: Profiting from the Power of Surprise

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Mike Carruthers:
To be more successful, whether as a business or as an individual, one often overlooked strategy is the power of surprise.

Andy Nulman:
The definition here is it's the constant expansion of the boundaries of delightful extremes. What you want to make sure you do is delight a customer.
 

March 28, 2012

Interview with Mark S. Walton, author of the book Boundless Potential: Transform Your Brain, Unleash Your Talents, Reinvent Your Work in Midlife and Beyond

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Mike Carruthers:
As you get older you may start to ask and worry about how will you support yourself and stay involved later in life? Well your brain is already working on that.

Mark S. Walton:
What they’ve discovered in the last 5 or 6 years is that the left and the right side of the brain begin to work together in midlife in ways that they never did before.