Podcast Guests on The Schmidt List
Filed Under: Podcast
Emily Soccorsy and Justin Foster from root + river join us to discuss how reputation is earned and not designed and why being a great leader does not necessarily mean …
What is your brand’s MLE (minimum level of excellence)?
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding
By Emily Soccorsy and Justin Foster A brand is an organic, living thing. It is both a practice and a discipline. And yet there is also a baseline, or minimum, …
Synthesis Episode 10: Ron Price + Stacy Ennis on Growing Influence
Filed Under: Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership, Synthesis
LISTEN HERE (audio + video) Synthesis is a Root + River hosted webcast featuring nonconformist leaders whose ideas make them — and us — see the world differently. Our tenth episode …
Why Ego Kills Brands
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership
By Emily Soccorsy + Justin Foster To be a leader you need a healthy ego. Leading with your ego will kill your brand. Discuss. Not sure what to discuss? We …
Market As You Would Like To Be Marketed To
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding
By Emily Soccorsy + Justin Foster In our world, the most egregious violators of the Golden Rule are marketers. By in large, they do not market unto others as they …
3 Corporate Habits that Will Crush Your Entrepreneurial Spirit
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Beliefs-Based Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership
We heart entrepreneurial people. We heart them wherever they may be, and whenever they might find us. In the last year, we’ve seen an increasing number of what we term …
Amor Fati and Your Brand
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership
As humans we love to quantify. Predict. Determine. Forecast. Around 300,000 years ago (when we as a human race began) predicting, determining and developing and sharing systems of knowing provided …
Synthesis Episode 4: How to Make Deep Connections, a Conversation with Kristi Hall
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Leadership, Synthesis
EPISODE 4: Kristi Hall LISTEN HERE (video + audio) Synthesis is a Root + River hosted webcast featuring nonconformist leaders whose ideas make them — and us — see the …
Know Thyself: A 21st Century Branding Principle
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Intrinsic Branding, Leadership
One of the most surprising moments of a Root Session is when our beloved client has the realization their brand was already inside of them. We did not tell them …
Synthesis Episode 3: Cort Dial: An Unconventional Take on the Crisis in Leadership
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Leadership, Synthesis
EPISODE 3: Cort Dial, author, speaker, leader whisperer LISTEN HERE (video + audio) Synthesis is a Root + River hosted webcast featuring nonconformist leaders whose ideas make them — and …
What does culture have to do with brand?
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Beliefs-Based Branding, Leadership
We are five years into the Human Age. In the 21st century, leaders must go beyond taking care of their people to embodying a new level of caring for people. …
How do I monetize my talents?
Filed Under: 21st Century Branding, Beliefs-Based Branding, Leadership
Hi Hurray! You’ve realized we’re not just nutty spiritualists waiting for the clouds to part and money to fall like a tender rain. We are unabashed capitalists. Free marketeers. Supporters …
