The Business Simplicity Podcast

Hedwig Wassing is a connector of ideas and People. He is a people-oriented human being that easily builds and grows relationships. He is a broadly developed, target-oriented manager and entrepreneur, committed to the need for continuous innovation and change and experienced in handling the tension related to these processes. Hedwig is a creative initiator who consciously delegates tasks and responsibilities but values team performance. He is a manager with track records in most management disciplines and is a customer-oriented marketer, skilled in Information Technology and Logistics. Learn more: https://ebullient.com/podcast/the-beads-of-life/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

Jan Hein has extensive experience working with partnerships, and listed and private equity / family-owned companies. As a director, managing director, board member and owner/partner. He believes that results come from doing the right things right, with the right people and with the right mindset. So very hands-on, direct, people-oriented and with an entrepreneurial mindset in order to achieve success and growth. Jan Hein will share with us his experiences and tactics in “unlocking” companies’ strategies. Many companies are frantically busy but not achieving the goals they set out to achieve in their strategic plans. Learn more: https://ebullient.com/podcast/bounce-and-steer/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

Omar Tarek is a results-driven Sales and marketing professional with a deep passion for scaling Startups. Currently serving as the Growth Manager at Dstny in Amsterdam. He has a proven track record of successfully aligning product, marketing, and sales strategies to drive business growth. With a strong focus on problem-solving and process optimisation, Omar plays a pivotal role in establishing the foundation for Product-Led Growth at Dstny Engage. His relentless optimism and positive attitude in the face of challenges make him a dynamic and inspiring leader in the field of Growth. In Startups or Scale-ups the Growth domain is a wide discipline that is often confused with Growth Marketing activities. Even though Growth Marketing activities fall under Growth responsibilities, the domain is not limited to Growth Marketing only. Growth is about identifying the most suitable GTM motion(s) that the company should double down on to realise its objectives and align the organization around it. Most startups / scale-ups use one or a combination of the motions: (sales led / product led / partner led / content led). The early challenge that most leaders in Marketing / Growth encounter is which motion(s) is suitable for the company’s current situation. In this episode, we will talk about those different GTM motions and how important it is to be pragmatic about the approach you will decide on and align the organisation around it. Learn more: https://ebullient.com/podcast/growth-marketing-simplified/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

In the insightful podcast episode "Architecture Drives Culture with Amaury Demilie," host Chris Parker engages in a captivating conversation with Amaury Demilie, the Chief Scientist Officer at Dstny for Service Providers. Amaury, with a background dating back to the mid-'90s in telecommunications, shares valuable perspectives on the critical relationship between technical architecture and organizational culture. The episode delves into the challenges faced by companies employing a buy and build strategy, emphasizing the complexity that arises when merging entities with diverse cultures and architectures. Amaury sheds light on his role as Chief Scientist Officer, emphasizing the importance of aligning teams on a common technological vision. He discusses the need for intentional efforts to build trust among teams, addressing overlaps, and ensuring a shared understanding of a unified vision. The podcast provides valuable insights into the intricacies of navigating the clash of customer bases when merging different entities, highlighting the necessity for strategic decision-making to streamline product portfolios for greater efficiency. Listeners gain a deep understanding of the nuanced dance between technical architecture and organizational culture, learning how intentional efforts and strategic decisions are pivotal in achieving business simplicity. The episode serves as a valuable resource for business managers seeking insights into aligning diverse teams and architectures for a cohesive and forward-looking vision. Learn more: https://ebullient.com/podcast/architecture-drives-culture/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

How can organisations grow without falling into the pitfalls of hierarchy, control, and bureaucracy? How do we retain the advantages of agile startups in growing organisations? Just a few questions and thoughts from Stef Cuisinier. He has been addressing these challenges for nearly 20 years and organisational development is his passion. Companies turn to Stef in their quest for the right structures and forms of collaboration. Drawing from Stef’s experience in the IT and Telecom sectors, he finds inspiration in the realms of Lean and Agile thinking. With these principles, he can work to make organisations more agile, human-centric, and productive. These ideas are applicable far beyond just the world of information technology. Stef delves into methodologies as a coach, trainer, and mentor to assist autonomous, self-managing teams in planning, executing, and monitoring their work. His quest for ways to strengthen organisations has also led him to explore Sociocracy 3.0, Holacracy, and Deep Democracy. Learn more: ⁠⁠https://ebullient.com/podcast/making-organisations-more-human/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

Luca Signoretti helps leaders evolve their leadership approach from a more traditional and static one to a new agile and adaptive model to enable them to thrive with confidence in today’s highly complex and rapidly changing business environments. What drives Luca’s advisory, teaching and coaching efforts is consistently finding the best answer to the following question: “How can I help leaders keep evolving their capabilities at the same pace as the business reality so that their performance can be safeguarded and improved over time?”. Around this objective, he works with some of the largest international organisations (Unilever, Deloitte, Carrefour, Volkswagen Group, etc.). Lucas teaches and speaks at different top business schools (HEC, NYU, LBS, EDHEC, ESCP) to help leaders become more agile and consistently be able to adapt to and win today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. Learn more: ⁠⁠https://ebullient.com/podcast/agile-leadership/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

Daniela Hofbauer is a very authentic person who literally lives what she preaches. Like the slogan on Daniela’s website, “Do what you love‘ she is herself on her way to living a fulfilled life at work and in private. Love and appreciate the relationships that have become the common thread that also runs through the cooperation with her clients. Not only as a Job, Business and Life Coach but also in her HR Consulting activities, Danila’s vision is to bring more love and awareness of our own human beingness into the world. Daniela’s strategy in coaching is as simple as effective. She guides each of her individual and passionate clients with compassion and has feelings for her client’s hearts. She combines structure and strategy with deep emotional work. “Only when you feel the change, you will make it work“ is what she has experienced herself in many years of her own personal development. Learn more: ⁠⁠https://ebullient.com/podcast/do-what-you-love/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

Ryan Wells is a marketing leader with a unique fusion of international digital marketing and technical experience gained working with blue-chip brands around the world.  Ryan has strong marketing communication credentials with over 20 years working on international assignments around the world. He has led distributed teams of in-house and remote resources and managed multiple work streams, building and professionalising marketing programs and a strong platform for growth in close cooperation with sales teams. Learn more: ⁠https://ebullient.com/podcast/lean-marketing/⁠ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

Andre is a people servant and pragmatic results-driven leader with high energy and enthusiasm. He is an inspired decision-maker, leading complex organisational structures by building high-performing teams in a winning and enjoying culture. He believes enjoyment is a critical element in a productive and thriving culture. In his approach, there is a constant drive towards motivating people, who are at the core of any successful business.  “I believe in the ability to accomplish anything we are passionate about. Finding the ‘why’ within yourself, and in your organisation, will bring out the best to serve your business. As a coach, I focus on identifying your purpose, energy, and what drives you. Learn more: https://ebullient.com/podcast/inspiring-next-tech-leadership/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

Business simplicity is achieved by shifting from leaderless to leaderful organizations, promoting collective leadership and psychological safety. Complex Adaptive System Theory guides this change, fostering efficient decision-making. Anecdotes like the 1998 French football team highlight the difference between leaderless (removing dominant figures) and leaderful (elevating everyone to their level) approaches. Didier’s professional purpose is to support Business Leaders in challenging the orthodoxies they retain about their business and help them prepare their people and organisations for the disrupted economy. He is a blogger, author, Board advisor, consultant, executive coach, father, husband, professor and an agent-provocateur, Didier advises leaders on how to “intellectually compel” and “emotionally engage” their people into large-scale changes (strategic, organisational, cultural or post M&A), using the levers of Logos (intellect), Ethos (behaviors) and Pathos (emotions). Didier is co-author of “Engaging Leadership” which has been written for leaders who are about to engage their organisations in change. Whether the need is driven by a sudden disruption, a new strategic intent, the desire for a new culture, a painful re-organisation or the integration following a merger or acquisition, this book provides the tools for successful change. Learn more: https://ebullient.com/podcast/leaderless-to-leaderful/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

Danny has over two decades of M&A integration experience (private equity, corporate and charity) with deals ranging from the pre-deal integration planning on a 50,000 person company purchasing a 25,000 person company, a $6bn global deal running the European side across 30 countries, 250 business units, 26 functions through to many medium and small deals including small private equity set of deals Danny helped the CEO and management team buying a number of companies. Danny has spoken at a number of the world’s leading business schools on M&A Integration, including London Business School for nearly two decades, and wrote the book: M&A Integration – How to do it: planning and delivering M&A integration for business success. The book is on a number of business school reading lists around the world and has received great feedback. Learn more: ⁠⁠⁠https://ebullient.com/podcast/delivering-integrations/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

Remi-Armand Collaris works to leave a better world for his daughter, neighbours and the next generations by improving the health of our working environments. Finding more inspiration and meaning in work improves the value of our lives and benefits organisations and society as a whole. He believes that success in organisations is determined by the extent to which we allow employees the space to make a difference with their talents. Utilising Agile, Scrum and Lean thinking, he is constantly looking for new ways to help people improve their collaborations. Learn more: ⁠⁠https://ebullient.com/podcast/connective-leadership/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

In a world of vigorous change and sizable challenges, Bob Smith is an energetic ray of sunshine and a powerhouse for Strategy and Execution. Delivering Performance Coaching and Strategic Thinking to C-Suite Executives and Teams, Bob believes in knowing what you contribute and how it impacts your differentiator. We all need a way to differentiate ourselves so that we can recognize value and be valued more accurately. As a Founding member, MySuccess.com is dedicated to Accomplishment utilizing OKRs (Objectives and Key Results)and is actively researching OKR’s 3.0 as the next step to sustainable Accomplishment, Fulfilment and Impact. Learn more: ⁠⁠https://ebullient.com/podcast/power-of-contributing/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

In the world of business, achieving simplicity amid complexity is essential. This involves adopting a holistic perspective, uncovering unexpected benefits, and striving for elegant solutions. Holistic thinking helps unravel complex issues, making business strategies more efficient and effective. Frank van Hooff is 61 years of age. He started his career at Philips Electronics directly after fulfilling his military service at age 20. Combined that with evening studies. He himself often proclaims not having a large theoretical background has the advantage you suffer less from bias to tackle issues – later that was called “being able to think outside the box”. He started in accounting, but quickly saw the opportunities of ICT, just starting up in the early days of his working life. Learn more: ⁠https://ebullient.com/podcast/keep-things-simple/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

In this podcast episode, we discuss how embracing neurodiversity in the workplace can lead to simplicity and innovation. Charlotte Mader, a coach specializing in neurodivergent individuals, shares insights into helping these individuals find their unique strengths, overcome challenges, and contribute effectively to organizations. By creating an inclusive environment, businesses can simplify problem-solving and foster diversity of thought, benefiting both individuals and the company. Charlotte started her career in the consumer goods industry and has worked in the UK, France, China and Vietnam in various Marketing and Sales roles. She is now a certified Coach and NLP practitioner and has developed a specialisation in coaching neurodivergent people (with High intelligence, ADHD, Autism and Dyslexia). Charlotte has developed programs on themes such as non-violent communication, mindfulness, burnout prevention and neurodiversity in the field of Growth. Learn more: https://ebullient.com/podcast/coaching-neurodivergent-people/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

In the world of business management, simplicity is key. In a recent podcast episode, Susan Clarke and CrisMarie Campbell discuss how simplicity can transform conflict and decision-making. They share their journey into Dr. Joe Dispenza's work, where meditation and self-reflection helped them find clarity. Swimming with dolphins became a metaphor for inner transformation. They emphasize the importance of vulnerability and curiosity in conflict resolution and offer insights on making conflict a catalyst for positive change. Partners in work and life, CrisMarie and Susan have spent 20 years together helping individuals, leaders, and teams resolve difficult conflicts, and create strong, thriving relationships and profitable business results. They have been featured presenters on conflict resolution, communication, teamwork, stress, and diversity and inclusion at Fortune 100 companies like Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Google, AT&T and Nationwide, as well as, at organizations such as the Gates Foundation, University of Washington Medical Center, and San Francisco Giants and many others. They are the authors of The Beauty of Conflict: Harnessing Your Team’s Competitive Advantage and The Beauty of Conflict for Couples. They also have a podcast with the same name: The Beauty of Conflict for dealing with conflict at work and at home. Their work and expertise have been featured in notable outlets like The Today Show, NBC, and Shape, The CEO Magazine, and Corporate Board Member. CrisMarie learned growing up that the key to survival was avoiding conflict and instead, focused on achieving and pleasing authority. This became her superpower: taking her to the Olympics, succeeding as the only woman out of eighty Boeing Flight Test 777 engineers, getting her MBA, and becoming a Manager at Arthur Andersen. Susan actively champions the notion that the key to thriving through crisis, conflict, and change isn’t overcoming the problem – it’s living right smack in the mess of it and discovering the resources that lie within you. The gem lies in uncovering the knowing that you are not alone and that you were not, nor ever been, broken. Learn more: https://ebullient.com/podcast/love-conflict-dolphins/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

Mastering business simplicity is vital for success. Simplify your strategy, streamline communication, focus on core values, use technology wisely, and embrace continuous learning. These steps reduce complexity and improve efficiency. Ihab Tag is currently a senior product manager (AI/Automation) at Dstny Engage. His journey has been anything but traditional, as he initially pursued a medical career, lasting over a decade practicing as a physician. However, his passion for innovation and technology led him to explore diverse domains, including traditional business and entrepreneurship. Ihab honored in his technical skills in computer science, web development, native Android development, and specializing in machine learning and data science.  Throughout Ihab’s business endeavors, he has gathered a multitude of cross-disciplinary expertise in areas such as marketing, sales, financial management, operational efficiency, and strategic planning. By combining these business skills with his technical acumen in computer and data sciences. Ihab developed a profound understanding of how technology and business intersect, unlocking their synergistic potential.  This holistic experience has equipped Ihab with valuable business acumen and the ability to craft visionary product strategies. He is well-versed in conducting extensive research and validation methods to develop high-value product requirements. Ihab’s communication skills with diverse internal and external stakeholders enable him to deliver customer-centric tech products that maximize value for both users and startups while optimizing available resources. Learn more: ⁠⁠https://ebullient.com/podcast/master-your-destiny/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where you can learn strategies and tactics to succeed through simplicity. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #business #simplicity #success

Gerphil Kerkhof has turned around his life several times. After having studied German Language & Literature (and Philosophy) he worked himself into the business world. He started as a market researcher in the IT market, later on, he became a management consultant in business/IT alignment and ‘ended’ as an enterprise architect.   Seven years ago he went through a process of deep personal transformation, also known (and experienced as) burn-out. During his recovery, he reinvented himself using Orientation on Being into a "Zijnsgeoriënteerd” therapist and (life) coach. His focus is on burn-out and ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and in general on coaching people to turn their ‘Disaster’ into Opportunity. He lives together with Jantina for 25 years, and has three sons from a previous marriage and three granddaughters.   Essential Waves is the name of Gerphil's practice, where he coaches his clients. In addition, and as his prime means to market, he offers a website, where he publishes his views and approach of in particular burn-out and ADD, and on emotional and spiritual growth.   In this conversation, Gerphil and Chris talk about how healthy engagement at work can contribute to improved performance and better mental health overall.  We discuss the key elements of effective stress management, including having influence, autonomy and social support.  There are also risks of being too attached to your work.   Website: https://www.essentialwaves.nl/  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerphil-kerkhof/  Find Gerphil's first conversation on the podcast here: https://ebullient.com/podcast/gerphilkerkhof/  In case you inspired to support men's health through the Movember campaign, learn more here: https://movember.com/m/chrisparkernl  The Business Simplicity Podcast is where leaders share their most successful strategies and the failures that inspired them so you can avoid the suffering and reap the benefits.  Guests have a wide diversity of backgrounds. We highlight people from around the world working in the environment, education, entertainment, and many other industries.   Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business!   #ebullient #business #simplicity #podcast #movember

Matt Lyles is a keynote speaker, author, brand and customer experience consultant, and host of the SIMPLE brand podcast. He’s the author of the upcoming book: SIMPLE brand (releasing 2024). Matt enjoyed a long career with FedEx leading their brand strategy and guiding the effort to redefine their customer experience. Today, he helps companies deliver experiences that create loyal customers and loyal employees—all through the power of simplicity. As the world is evolving at a rapid pace customer expectations have never been higher, and customer loyalty has never been lower. For any brand to stand out, it has to differentiate on customer experience. And the best experience is a simple experience. We’ll discuss how brands can create loyal customers and loyal employees - all through the power of simplicity. And we’ll discuss Matt’s SIMPLE Playbook - the six behaviors any brand can use to create SIMPLE customer experiences. Learn more: ⁠⁠https://ebullient.com/podcast/simple-brand-experience/⁠ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where leaders share their most successful strategies and the failures that inspired them so you can avoid the suffering and reap the benefits. Guests have a wide diversity of backgrounds. We highlight people from around the world working in the environment, education, entertainment, and many other industries. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #ebullient #business #simplicity #podcast

As an author, speaker and founder, Jurgen is helping creative organizations survive and thrive in the 21st century. He offers concrete games, tools and practices, so you can introduce better management, with fewer managers. He also offers the unFIX model for designing versatile organizations focused on continuous innovation and better human experience. Jurgen calls himself a creative networker. Although sometimes he is a writer, speaker, trainer, entrepreneur, illustrator, manager, blogger, reader, dreamer, leader, freethinker, or a Dutch guy. Inc.com has called him a Top 50 Leadership Expert and a Top 100 Leadership Speaker. In 2008, Jurgen wrote a popular blog at NOOP.NL, offering ideas on the creative economy, agile management, organizational change and personal development. He is the author of the books Management 3.0; It describes the role of the manager in agile organizations; How to Change the World, which describes a supermodel for change management; Managing for Happiness; which offers you practical ideas; to engage workers, improve work, delight clients. Startups, Scaleups, Screwups; this book dives into the major topics that business leaders and entrepreneurs are confronted with throughout the business lifecycle. Learn more: https://ebullient.com/podcast/unfix/ The Business Simplicity Podcast is where leaders share their most successful strategies and the failures that inspired them so you can avoid the suffering and reap the benefits. Guests have a wide diversity of backgrounds. We highlight people from around the world working in the environment, education, entertainment, and many other industries. Simplify your thinking to accelerate your business! #ebullient #business #simplicity #podcast