Human Impact

Bob Burg author of The Go-Giver (coauthored with John David Mann) is a Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek Bestseller, has sold over 950,000 copies. Bob talks to Ed Andrew about the essence of influence, and how money is an echo of value. He also gives a mini masterclass on Endless referrals and the art of networking.  Since its release it has consistently stayed in the Top 25 on Porchlight’s (formerly 800-CEO-READ) Business Book Bestsellers List. The book has been translated into 28 languages. It was rated #10 on Inc. Magazine’s list of the Most Motivational Books Ever Written, and was on HubSpot’s 20 Most Highly Rated Sales Books of All Time. Bob is the author of a number of books on sales, marketing and influence, with total book sales approaching two million copies.

Casanova Brooks is an award-winning real estate agent, investor, speaker, and CEO. Host of Dream Nation podcast. Who would have thought that a man who once had no home to house his family in and no job to earn income, would’ve locked in 46 real estate deals in his first year as a real estate agent and earn the rookie of the year award in a brand new city with no family, friends, or network? Casanova is foremost a Relationship Builder cultivating and transforming young and old minds into productive ones. Nurturing the ideology – It Starts With Your Mindset – Casanova Brooks held up strong when he hit rock bottom.  “As long as it’s a calculated risk, take it, don’t look back”.

Corey Poirier is a multiple-time TEDx, the host of 3 top rated interview shows, founder of The Speaking Program, and he has been featured in multiple television specials. A columnist with Entrepreneur and Forbes magazine, he has also interviewed over 5,000 of the world’s top leaders while building a multiple-six figure business in a very niche market. He is also the founder of the newly launch bLU Talks LIVE. His 11th book, the Book of Why and How explores how to find your calling, with 400 motivational quotes it is a complete guide to why you should find your calling, how to and to be inspired by those who have done so. 

Jennifer Hurvitz is known for her no-nonsense approach to dating after divorce. She’s a relationship coach, best-selling author of Shoulda, Coulda, Wouda, and host of the Doing Divorce Right (or Avoiding it Altogether) PODCAST. Happily divorced since 2014, Jennifer lives in Charlotte with her two teenage boys, one of whom has autism.  Jennifer has been featured by Oprah Winfrey, is a multiple author and one of America's leading Divorce coaches. She talks to Ed Andrew about the difference lens that men and women view marriage and why that causes so much pain, being accountable for our own behaviour and listening to red flags.   

Peter Taunton is a pioneer in the fitness industry. In 2003, he had a vision for Snap Fitness: to create an affordable, 24-7, results-driven gym differentiated from the impersonal, expensive big-box experience. Today there are Snap Fitness franchises in 6,000 locations in 26 countries. Also the Chairman of Lift Brands which serves 165 million workouts and counting. In 2010, he was named an Ernst and Young “Entrepreneur of the Year.” His companies have also been featured for six years running in such prestigious industry lists as Entrepreneur 500, Inc 5000, Top Global and Franchise 500. Peter talks to Ed Andrew about his life as entrepreneur, scaling using systems and process, philanthropy and being fearless.  How he was the loneliest he has ever been while also being worth over $100m. 

After conquering habits and addictions that nearly took her life, Dotsie Bausch rode onto the 2012 Olympic podium as the oldest athlete in history in her cycling discipline, a remarkable feat powered by her plant-based diet. Now retired from competition, she pours her passion into compassionate missions to change and save lives. Dotsie is the founder of Switch4Good and won eight US national championships, two Pan American gold medals and a world record, she has become a powerful influencer for plant-based eating for athletes and non-athletes alike. Named by VegNews in 2019 as one of the top 20 most influential vegans in the world, and one of the stars of Game Changers Movie. Her popular TEDx Talk, “Olympic Level Compassion,” has garnered over 275,000 views and has been a catalyst of change for thousands of people. Dotsie shares her journey and passion as a plant based activist and humanitarian with Ed Andrew.

Dr Gleb Tsipursky is known as the Disaster Avoidance Expert and  author of Never Go With Your Gut, an acclaimed professor and academic in cognitive bias, behavioural economics and neuroscience. His cutting-edge thought leadership was featured in over 400 articles and over 350 interviews including Fast Company, CBS, Time, Inc, Psychology Today, Business Insider. Gleb is an in demand speaker and business coach on the international stage and he talks to Ed Andrew about cognitive bias leadership, intuition, the two mind systems and the 5 questions we should all ask ourselves to avoid common disasters at work and home.      

David Burkus talked to Ed Andrew about the art of networking. David is recognised as one of the world's leading forward-thinking business leaders, his ideas and bestselling books are changing how companies approach innovation, collaboration, and productivity. As a skilled researcher and inspiring communicator, Burkus is one of the foremost minds shaping the future of business. The bestselling author of three books, Burkus’ latest work Friend of a Friend explores the science of how networks and relationships drive business—both inside and outside of the organization. By blending the most current research in psychology, sociology, economics, and network science, Burkus offers a fresh perspective on how to improve our networks and build key connections. Burkus’ award winning books have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and his TED Talk has been viewed over 2 million times. By making cutting-edge organizational research accessible and applicable, Burkus pushes audiences to reconsider how they work

JT McCormick shouldn't have succeeded. He was born the mixed-race son of a drug-dealing pimp father and a orphaned, single mother on welfare. He was raised in the slums of Dayton, Ohio, suffered incredible abuse and racism, and had multiple stints in the juvenile justice system. He barely graduated high school and has no college degree. But he did succeed. Starting by scrubbing toilets, JT hustled and worked his way into better opportunities, eventually finding incredible success in the banking and mortgage industry. He was on top of the world. And then the mortgage industry fell apart. He lost his job, and literally all of his money. He had to borrow from his friends to make rent. He was nearly back to where he started: with nothing. But this time, he had something that he did not have growing up in the slums of Dayton: the knowledge of what it takes to succeed. JT used this setback combined with what he learned as the springboard for him to reach even bigger heights--eventually becoming President of two mul

Currently living in Los Angeles Anarkalli is a proud Sri Lankan tv host, actress and former politician. She made her first commercial aged 2 and for the past 30 years she has been immersed in tv and film. She grew up on film sets. Her parents Indrani Jayatilaka, fashion designer and father Jayantha Jayatilaka, location manager and film producer, worked in over 50 Hollywood movies including Indiana Jones, Bridge on the River Kwai, Tarzan. The lead in 22 films Anarkalli won the prestigious Sarasaviya Film Award making her the youngest actress in history to win the most popular actress award. She also won the National Presidential Award for her performance in the movie Anjalika. Anarkalli shares her journey with Ed Andrew including her kidnapping at 19, entering politics at 22 and being a former Miss Sri Lanka. Anarkalli talks about separating celebrity from you from identity and developing resilience, faith and community to manage life's challenges. Today in LA she interviews social media influencers and virtua

Marc Champagne, entrepreneur and host of Behind the Human podcast talks to Ed Andrew about closing his app KYO which had 87m impressions and 200,000 subscribers. In this humbling and honest conversation Marc details for the first time the closing of his business and the mental and emotional strain that goes with it.  Really diving into where it went wrong, letting go of ego, finding his identity again and what the future offers. A sobering and real episode of a founders journey through start up world. 

Sabrina Runbeck is a surgical medical expert and the queen of productivity.  She’s on a mission to help 10,000 people to feel good, look good, waking up each day energized and fulfilled, instead of dreading the need to work for the same thing just another day. After working 80+ hours a week in healthcare, Sabrina cracked the code to working smarter, not harder. She noticed that there are people in the healthcare arena who love their work and are able to always make to their workout class, go to brunch or happy hour with family and friends, while the rest of the professionals are grinding day by day and regretting their years of hard work to make it there.  Now, she has found a passion in helping professionals with high-demanding careers to live the lifestyle they deserve, so they can enjoy their success. She believes everyone has the inner ability to gain more control and find life's satisfactions, so she is on a mission to help them succeed. Sabrina talks to Ed Andrew about choosing a career that you love no

Erica Risberg is a long time professional voiceover artist, podcaster, critical thinker and with a Ph.D. in Cultural History.  She came into this life wanting to know the answers to the pervasive question, why.  Why do our biases and beliefs contribute to our developing personalty when really, we all want the same things – peace, love and prosperity?  Why is fear such a stumbling block that seems so pervasive on our quest for peace, love and prosperity? She blends her talents of research, cultural history, and a professional voiceover artists to share what she have learned from world wide thought leaders on her quest to living a more peaceful, loving and prosperous life. Erica talks to Ed Andrew about taking a vow of peace, all things mind body and soul and how important it is to connect wth our emotions and spend less time in our logic brain.

Cameron Yarbrough is the Co-founder and CEO of Torch Leadership Labs. He brings 20 years of operational experience to his role as CEO, along with an extensive background in mindfulness and psychotherapy.  After a 2005 exit with a “click and mortar” retail company, Cameron spent time learning the principles of mindfulness meditation. Insight from those retreats were foundational to his development, and lead him to study the roots of Freudian and Humanistic psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies.  Later, he founded the Well Clinic, a premier mental health company in San Francisco with more than 40 psychologists and therapists. The company is still thriving today with Cameron as chairman of the board. In parallel, Cameron built a successful executive coaching practice that leveraged his business and psychological background.  Cameron worked with CEO’s from some of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies during this period. Cameron was a part time employee at the Stanford Graduate School of

Steve Sims is the man who created Bluefish, the internationally famous company that makes once in a lifetime events happen for the rich and famous reveals to the rest of us his trade secrets for making things happen. Steve Sims’s day job is to make the impossible possible. With his help and expertise, his clients’ fantasies and wildest dreams come true. Getting married by the Pope in the Vatican, being serenaded by Elton John, and connecting with powerful business moguls like Elon Musk are just a few of the many projects he has worked on. He reveals how he accomplishes the feats that make his clients so happy.  Steve is a very accomplished strategist at heart and he shares with Ed Andrew his Trojan Horse story with how we went from being a bricklayer to touring Space X with Elon Musk.  We talk entrepreneurship, being uncomfortable, failures, and how family life trumps everything. 

Brian Ross and Kim Resch are documentary film makers and the founders of Conscious Content whose mission is to be Humanity's Media company being champions for those without a voice. Their mission is to create a non partisan library of education and awareness for some of the worlds biggest and ugliest issues.  Their first film Light in the Darkness about those with PTSD is multi award winning and they have ten other projects on the go around climate, agriculture, mental health for first responders called MIRACLE and many others. They talk to Ed Andrew about creating legacy and purpose for their well known corporate investors, how they ended up film making after careers in venture capital and emotional intelligence, why they turned their back on the big Hollywood studios and picking investors with a conscience.    

Lesley Eccles is the co-founder of billion dollar fantasy sports startup, FanDuel, and now sole founder of NYC-based Relish, is the first-ever truly customized relationship training app that gives users unlimited access to a qualified relationship coach combined with an actionable, interactive and scientifically-backed relationship training plan that adapts over time. It is based on two primary theories: Attachment Theory and CBT.  Lesley is one of America's most successful female founders and she talks to Ed Andrew about being shut out from the initial pitch decks with VC's despite raising $450m, what it is like to be a female founder, working with integrity, how relationships underpin the business, what drives her and how she defines success not by money but by the relationships she creates and the impact for her customers.   

Peter Winick, founder and CEO of Thought Leadership Leverage talks to Ed Andrew about building your personal brand, content marketing, what advertising agencies look for and how not to be naked without a logo. For the past two decades he has helped individuals and organizations build and grow revenue streams through designing and growing their thought leadership platforms as well as acting as a guide and advisor for increasing business to business sales of thought leadership products. His clients come from a diverse set of backgrounds and specialties. They include New York Times bestselling business book authors, members of the Speakers’ Hall of Fame, recipients of the Thinkers50 award, CEOs of public and privately held companies, and academics at prestigious institutions such as Yale, Wharton, Dartmouth, and London School of Business. Peter uses a combination of art, science, logic, focus, passion, and creativity to transform a thought leader’s great ideas into a platform and practice so they can effectively

Tracy Schmitt is the author of Unstoppable You, a tv host and TEDx speaker whose video has been watched over 60m times in 2019 alone.  She shares the speakings stage wit Jane Fonda, Dr Phil, Michael Douglas, Mel Gibson, Mark Wahlberg and John Travolta.   Tracy is a multi award winning business coach, 2018 #1 global female transformational coach by John Maxwell, 2017 Ontario President Awards, she has been on every TV channel you can think of and is also a World Cup sailor, advises Uber and passionate disability and children's advocate.   Tracy shares with Ed Andrew her story and journey as a quadruple amputee and how it has taken until her 40's to be recognised as an elite athlete competing at Olympic level with able bodied athletes, how she has to be an entrepreneur as no-on will give her a job due to her disability even though she has an MBA and advises Uber and Air Canada on transformation.

An ex Green Beret, in 2001 Larry Broughton founded California-based Broughton Hotels, a leader in the boutique hotel industry. The company’s portfolio now includes nearly 20 hospitality projects throughout California and Chicago, IL and is about to grow to 65 in 2019 through expanding in the United Kingdom. Larry talks to Ed Andrew about his transition into civilian life, finding his purpose, mentorship, the battles of being an entrepreneur and how love is more important than money. He takes a deep dive on strategy, what minimum viable proposition really means, the difference between the pursuit of excellence over perfection.  A regular expert on the Travel Channel's Hotel Impossible and since its inception, Larry has received several business awards, including Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year®; the National Veteran-Owned Business Association’s Vetrepreneur® of the Year; Coastline Foundation’s Visionary of the Year; Passkeys Foundation’s National Business Leader of Integrity; HSMAI’s 2018 Best of