Unlocking The Best In People With Ashley Herd – This Week’s Thinking With Mitch Joel Conversation
Episode #1036 of "Thinking With Mitch Joel" features Ashley Herd, founder of Manager Method and author of *The Manager Method*. Herd highlights the paradox that companies tout people as their greatest asset while often thrusting untrained employees into management roles. She introduces her practical "Pause, Consider, Act" framework to help managers navigate uncomfortable performance conversations and break the habit of silence. The discussion also explores how AI could serve as a thinking partner for managers, enhancing decision‑making rather than merely polishing language.
Unlocking The Best In People With Ashley Herd – TWMJ #1036
In this episode Mitch Joel talks with Ashley Herd, a former employment lawyer and HR executive turned leadership‑development influencer, about the mismatch between technical expertise and managerial ability in modern workplaces. Herd explains how she uses short‑form video role‑plays—most famously...
Modern Marketing With MichaelAaron Flicker – This Week’s Thinking With Mitch Joel Conversation
Episode #1035 of Thinking With Mitch Joel features behavioral‑science expert MichaelAaron Flicker discussing the paradox of modern marketing: unprecedented data, tools, and precision coexist with fragile consumer trust, attention, and loyalty. Flicker, who founded his first company at 14 and...
Culture Does Not Need More Content
The piece argues that AI‑generated music isn’t a technical problem but a cultural one, highlighting an emerging flood of cheap, algorithmic tracks that overwhelm discovery systems. While AI tools will become standard in songwriting, production, and mastering, the real tension...
The Business Of Culture And Art With Douglas Woodham – TWMJ #1034
In this episode, Mitch Joel talks with Douglas Woodham, a former McKinsey partner and ex‑president of Christie’s Americas, about how artworks like Jean‑Michel Basquiat’s become cultural icons and lucrative brands. Woodham explains the economics of scarcity, taste, and status that...
Retail’s AI Moment Is Missing The Point
A San Francisco boutique, dubbed the AI‑run store, showcases Luna, an artificial‑intelligence system that handles inventory, pricing, vendor contracts and scheduling. While the AI automates the operational backbone, human staff still manage customer interactions, shelf‑stocking and the store’s ambience. The experiment...
Unlocking Creativity And Productivity With Natalie Nixon – This Week’s Thinking With Mitch Joel Conversation
Natalie Nixon, founder of Figure 8 Thinking, joins Mitch Joel to argue that productivity must shift from speed‑focused output to a human‑centered model that treats creativity as a strategic capability. She introduces the Move‑Think‑Rest (MTR) framework, emphasizing deliberate movement, focused thinking,...
The Next Economy Isn’t About Attention… It’s About Transformation… And Intimacy
The article argues that the traditional Attention Economy has morphed into an Intimacy Economy, where brands must deliver genuine transformation rather than merely capture eyeballs. Citing Joseph Pine’s progression from the Experience Economy to the Transformation Economy, it stresses that...
“Too Dangerous To Release” Is Becoming The New AI Marketing Strategy
Anthropic has placed its latest model, Mythos, behind a restricted access program called Project Glasswing, echoing earlier warnings from OpenAI about AI’s existential risk. The company frames the model as "too dangerous to release," a narrative that serves both safety...
Thinking At The Edge Of What’s Possible With Avinash Kaushik – This Week’s Thinking With Mitch Joel Conversation
In the latest episode of Thinking With Mitch Joel, analytics legend Avinash Kaushik discusses how AI is reshaping marketing measurement. He argues that the industry’s past obsession with performance metrics has sidelined brand building, and AI is now correcting that...
Belief, Potential And Breakthroughs With Nir Eyal – TWMJ #1028
In this episode, Mitch Joel talks with behavioral design expert Nir Eyal about the nature of belief and its role in shaping behavior. Eyal introduces his "motivation triangle"—behavior, benefit, and belief—and argues that beliefs are flexible tools rather than immutable...
Garry Gary Beers From INXS On This Month’s Groove – The No Treble Podcast
The No Treble Podcast released episode #135 of its "Groove" series, featuring INXS founding bassist Garry Gary Beers. In a candid interview, Beers recounts the creation of the band’s signature basslines, the evolution of their sound on albums like Kick,...
The Science Of Storytelling With Will Storr – TWMJ #1027
In this episode, author and storytelling researcher Will Storr explains how narratives function as psychological transactions that shape belief, identity, and behavior, drawing on neuroscience, psychology, and real‑world examples. He discusses why stories often trump facts, the role of status...
What Is Happening With AI With Ann Handley – This Week’s Thinking With Mitch Joel Conversation
In a new episode of Thinking With Mitch Joel, marketing veteran Ann Handley critiques the panic surrounding AI, arguing that hype outpaces proof. She challenges the claim that AI will eliminate half of white‑collar jobs, emphasizing that technological capability doesn’t...
IP, AI And The Pandora’s Box We Just Opened
The episode examines the clash between AI‑generated video tools like ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 and traditional intellectual‑property enforcement, spotlighting cease‑and‑desist letters from Disney and Paramount. It explains how generative AI can produce near‑identical replicas of copyrighted characters, blurring the line between...