It's No Fluke – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Lauren Kunis is the CEO and executive director of VoteRiders, a nonpartisan nonprofit focused on ensuring that all citizens can exercise their right to vote. VoteRiders provides voter ID information, helps citizens secure IDs, and supports organizations, volunteers, and communities in sustaining voter ID education and assistance efforts. With a career dedicated to strengthening democracy, Lauren has designed and managed impactful voter education, civic engagement, and government accountability programs globally.

Lauren was the National Voter Registration Day Program Director at Nonprofit VOTE, leading the holiday to a record number of voter registrations in 2020. This year Time and The Democracy Heroes have given her their top honors for her incredible work.

Stephanie Roberts is Head of Global Communications for Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. As an American woman on assignment in Japan — and her company’s first expat to be sent to Japan — Stephanie brings a rare perspective to her role, leading global communications from Tokyo. With expertise spanning internal, external, executive, and crisis communications, along with content strategy and social media, she has more than a decade of hands-on experience in the field. 

Stephanie frequently shares insights on LinkedIn, reflecting on her unique expat journey and best practices in corporate communications.

Jamie Gutfreund is a globally recognized leader and marketing professional with a proven track record of helping brands anticipate cultural and technological shifts and act on them—not just talk about them. Jamie has held CMO and senior roles at Hasbro, Creative Artists Agency, Microsoft, Expedia, and WPP. 

Today, Jamie is the founder of ⁠Creator Vision⁠, a consultancy that helps brands maximize their investments in the creator economy.

As Chief Growth Officer at Whalar, Jamie played a pivotal role in elevating the agency to industry prominence, earning recognition as AdWeek’s Creator Agency of the Year, one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and a leading creator agency on AdAge’s A-List. Jamie has been named one of Forbes’ Most Entrepreneurial CMOs, Campaign’s 40 over 40, and one of Elle Magazine’s “Women to Watch.” 

Jamie is a dynamic public speaker, appearing at events ranging from Cannes Lions, Google’s Think Retail, and CES . She is also a frequent contributor to Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Fast Company. 

Cathy Hackl is one of the Top 10 most influential women in tech, a trailblazer featured on 60 Minutes, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC and more as the “Godmother of The Metaverse.” Cathy is the first person in the room with her agency Journey at every big company consulting, guiding, shaping Web3 strategy, creating immersive experiences and always with an eye forward, not down at her phone like most of us. That’s a spatial computing joke you’ll get later. She’s honed her skills as a top executive for HTC VIVE, Magic Leap and AWS. She wrote this year’s bestseller Into The Metaverse, she hosts Adweek’s Metaverse Marketing podcast and she’s already thinking beyond the term and what’s next.

Two guests. No time to waste. This conversation is all about unlocking creativity, what holds us back, what can propel us forward and what we would tell our 15 year old selves if given the chance now. 

Elliot Kotek is a shockingly humble creative legend with 7 Emmy nominations, 5 Cannes Lions, 2 Clios, multiple Webby honors and the Shortys' Audience Award for Best Brand Awareness Campaign in 2023 with First Robotics. He is the producer of award-winning festival-favorites such as Queen Mimi, the NBC Peacock Original Black Boys, and the Netflix Original Little Miss Sumo. The Hidden Power of Purpose, made with AARP, is set for release in October 2023.

Sarah Hernholm is a former elementary school teacher turned entrepreneur and the creator of the international non-profit WIT — Whatever It Takes - creator of the first college credit social entrepreneur and leadership course in the country for high school teens. Their hackathons partner with big names like Google and Toyota and empower kids to launch businesses that make a national impact. Sarah is also a speaker and writer for Forbes and Today. She’s currently writing her book 11 Tips for Doing WIT.

Murray Hill is the hardest working man in showbiz. The New York Times profiled him this week. Good Morning America, Today as well. After 25 years of being the best kept secret in comedy, America’s best Drag King is now an overnight success. There’s a warmth, a perseverance, a vulnerability and of course a ton of humor behind everything Murray does. You can currently see him on Hulu’s Life and Beth, as the host of the new drag queen dinner party competition show Drag Me to Dinner and most notably as Doctor, Professor, Fred Rococo on HBO’s Somebody, Somewhere. An ensemble breakout hit already picked up for a third season. I dare you to spend 60 minutes with Murray and not immediately become a fan, if you aren’t already. 

It’s time for a wild ride with Peter Shankman. The New York Times calls him “a rock star who knows everything about social media." Disney, Google, Adobe, SAP and three dozen more of the biggest companies in the world work with him to guide customer experience and the neurodiverse economy. He is a 6x best selling author - including the insanely popular Faster Than Normal. His first children's book The Boy With The Faster Brain is out now. He created and sold Help A Reporter Out in just three years. But those are accolades, the real Peter is even more fascinating. He gives out 200,000+ airline miles in a year to send needy families home for the holidays. He sleeps in his workout clothes so he can jump on the Peloton at 4am. And he’s never once turned down one of my crazy ideas, including being on this podcast. He’s one of the most fascinating people I know and I’m excited for you to meet him, if you haven’t already.

Today we welcome Zahir Khoja, CEO of Wave. He’s not your average CEO having spent time in Afghanistan bringing banking and financial education to underserved communities. In this role, he is focused on enabling small business owners to manage their money management; allowing them to do what they do best; But that starts by understanding their needs as a whole. And he gets it. It’s not just getting paid faster or uncomplicating money management. His passion for giving back continues with the launch of the Wave and Shorty Awards Elevate Creatives Fund, which we’ll talk about more in this episode.

Tiffani Bova is a global growth evangelist at Salesforce and bestselling author of the new book, The Experience Mindset, Changes the Way You Think About Growth. She's one of the most sought after speakers in the world, giving over 750 keynotes in six different continents. This episode is all gas, no breaks. We dig into why employee experiences become collateral damage when improving customer experience and user convenience. And we talk about the right questions to ask to lead people to the right changes.

Tejas Hullur isn’t your average 22 year old content creator. He dropped out of a top business school with one year to go to move to LA, then New York and become a full time creator. Business Insider, Fortune and others have done great profiles even calling him the next Tony Robbins. He’s attracted brand deals with Venmo, Robinhood, countless others and is now a correspondent on Nick News. But you know what was refreshing about this conversation? There’s no ego. Tejas rolled up in his skateboard, answered every hard question with earnest consideration and made this hour the most important hour of his day. It’s the same quality I’ve experienced in interviews with Mark Cuban or Gary Vaynerchuk and it’s impossible to teach. The art of being present, no matter with who, no matter the situation. Expect big things from Tejas. Follow @TejasHullur on YouTube.