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Welcome to the Ideas Lab Podcast, where you can learn from the world’s greatest creative and entrepreneurial minds to help you turn your ideas into original businesses, books and brands – because in a crowded world, it pays to stand out. Your host is John Williams, bestselling author of 'Screw Work Let’s Play' and 'Screw Work Break Free' and founder of The Ideas Lab London. Our focus is on the rebels, creatives and innovators with a new take on their topic that has allowed them to carve out ...
How would you sum up your hyperhidrosis experience in three short lines? Simple, intense and direct, haiku poems are stunning in their fleeting beauty, on any topic. But in this unique podcast episode we bring you a series of haikus reflecting a range of perspectives on excessive sweating. Small gifts from fellow hyperhidrosis sufferers as well as …
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Laurence Shorter on creativity, burnout, and the art of having no idea #80
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What is the impact on us as human beings when we never have a single spare moment, when we fill every minute with doing something productive, or even looking at our phones in order to kill time? That's a question that gripped Laurence Shorter after he'd written a really successful book and toured it around the world and found himself to be complete…
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How Charlie and Harry Thuillier turned their idea for the world’s first healthy ice cream into an international food business #79
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This episode of the podcast is a real adventure. It's one of my favourites. Charlie Thuillier was on a world record breaking kite buggy adventure with his brother Harry in Brazil, when he had a great idea, which was partly inspired by reading my first book, Screw Work Let's Play on a beach in Brazil. That idea was to create the world's first health…
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How to attend the world’s first F**k Work Day
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A special episode on John’s new bestselling book ‘F**k Work Let’s Play: Do what you love and get paid for it’ and how to get a free ticket to the world’s first F**k Work Day. See fworkletsplay.com for more details on the special offerBy John Williams
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Jody Day on creating a global movement for women and turning her passion into a successful social enterprise #78
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If you want to start a movement that changes the way people all around the world think about a particular topic, then this will be a really interesting conversation for you to listen to. Jody Day is the founder of Gateway Women, which has helped millions of women around the world to come to terms with involuntary childlessness. The social enterpris…
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How Sam Bompas & Harry Parr turned their crazy experiments with food into a pioneering international business #77
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When I first met Sam Bombas and Harry Parr over a decade ago, they were just a couple of young guys doing some wacky things with food, including creating breathable cocktails and designer jellies. I thought what they were doing was so interesting and so playful, that I featured them in my first book Screw Worl Let's Play, which was published in 201…
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How to change the world – with Tristram Stuart #76
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This is a really powerful episode of the ideas lab podcast. Many of us have ideas about how to change the world for the better. How to take a campaign or a message or cause and make a real impact possibly around the entire world. Few of us achieve that. But Tristram Stuart has done. A few years back, Christian decided that he wanted to gather 5000 …
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Laura Gale on editing and ghostwriting your business book #75
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If you've ever thought of writing your own book, whether it's a business book, a novel, or a memoir, then this podcast is going to be interesting to you. Laura Gale is an author and editor and a ghostwriter. And in this interview, we explore what those roles actually do. First of all, why do you need an editor if you're writing your own book? And a…
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How Dan Barker transitioned from mechanical engineer to full-time photographer #74
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Quitting your job to go and do something more creative that you really love doing sounds very tempting. But the reality of it is more complex. How do you transition from a full time job that you're no longer enjoying, to doing something you love full time and getting paid for that? That is not usually a simple process. So I'm really glad that Dan B…
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Sarah Weiler on teaching ukulele to google, knowing when to quit, and juggling multiple projects #73
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If you've ever had a crazy creative idea for a business or project, and then you've talked yourself out of it because you couldn't see where it will go and what the point was, and how you could ever make some money out of it. Well, this is gonna be a great podcast for you. Sarah Weiler, runs a business called Power of Uke, teaching ukulele to giant…
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How to change your habits with simple, tiny steps – Dr. Heather McKee #72
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A lot of us find it really hard to change our deeply ingrained habits, whether it's giving up a habit that's bad for our health or our concentration, or trying to adopt a new habit. So I was glad to have this conversation with Dr. Heather McKee, who is a behaviour change specialist, consulting to organisations. This is a really honest conversation …
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Announcing my controversial new book – the behind-the-scenes story #71
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This is a very special episode of the ideas lab podcast. Because this one is announcing my brand new book. I should warn you that this episode has a few swear words in it. You'll find out why soon enough! I wrote the first version of this book as a guide to success for somewhat unconvential people (like mysefl) who are obsessed with their own creat…
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How Mani Vaya turned his passion for reading non fiction books into an online business he can run from anywhere in the world #70
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If you love reading non-fiction books, and you've ever dreamed of getting paid just to do that, then you're going to love this podcast. Mani Vaya runs 2000books.com and he has successfully turned his passion for non-fiction books into a successful business that he can run from anywhere in the world. Best Wishes, John For full links and notes please…
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How to create a #1 app with 4 million downloads with Dave Crane, founder of Smoke Free #69
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This is the first in a series of interviews with people who are featured in my brand new book published this July by Pearson. And this is David Crane. Dave is a friend of mine for some years, but he's also the person who is the creator of the number one stop smoking app in the world, called Smoke Free, he's now had 4 million downloads. And I wanted…
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Mark Walsh on the embodiment movement, raising £90,000 of funding for his conference, and daring to be authentic in today’s cancel culture #68
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Have we lost touch with our bodies? Are we treating our bodies like some kind of brain taxi that's just carrying around the contents of our head? And what is the impact of that? That's a question that has obsessed Mark Walsh for going on 20 years. Mark is the creator of the Embodied Facilitator course, which helps coaches, therapists, body workers,…
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How to write a bestselling business book – with Alison Jones #67
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If you've ever wanted to write a book about some aspect of business, then this is a great podcast for you. Alison Jones is founder of Practical Inspiration Publishing a pioneering publishing partner for businesses. And she runs the podcast, the Extraordinary Business Book Club, and she's had some fantastic guests on that. She is a veteran in the pu…
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New York Times Bestselling author Mike Michalowicz on how to make your business pay #66
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Mike Michalowicz is a New York Times bestselling author who has sold over half a million books. He's also built four multi-million dollar companies and sold two of them. But, he admits it's not all been positive. He lost his house at one point lost his entire fortune. twice, launch 10 failed businesses and experience years of depression. After work…
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Serial entrepreneur Sam Ashdown on the truth about entrepreneurship #65
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This episode of the podcast is a really fun one. Sam Ashdown is a leading property industry marketing coach and with her son in law Phil Jones, she co-owns Fire Wave a marketing agency for estate agents, and also Ashdown Jones the Lake District estate agency. She's been featured in the Times, the Telegraph, on BBC Radio 4 and in House Beautiful. Bu…
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The power of blogging for your business and how to get it right – with online marketing legend, Yaro Starak #64
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Is blogging still relevant? Does it matter in the age of social media? And if you do blog hacking effectively, does it actually gets you results? Well, I’m very pleased that Yaro Starak has agreed to answer those questions for us on the Ideas Lab Podcast. I’ve been following Yaro from somewhere around 2008, maybe even a little bit earlier. And he’s…
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The Making of the Modern World and the Digital Scholar Lab - Explored
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https://www.gale.com/intl . Digital Humanities Specialist, Sarah Ketchley, PhD, will explore The Making of the Modern World archive through the lens of the Digital Scholar Lab and discuss sample findings that could be further explored by researchers.
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How Ingrid Lill turned her passion for visual thinking into a unique business #63
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If you're wondering how to take your creative or artistic skills, and make a really good living out of them, or if you're interested in how you can create something in the market that is completely unique, a marketing successfully, this podcast is for you. Ingrid Lill is an illustrator based in Denmark. She joined my pioneer program a few months ag…
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How Srabani Sen OBE entered a crowded market and created a successful consultancy in diversity and inclusion #62
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Srabani Sen has had an impressive leadership career in the not for profit sector. She has been the CEO of three organisations: Alcohol Concern, Contact a Family and the British Association for Adoption and Fostering. She has more than 25 years board experiences and is currently Chair of two not for profits, including the campaigning organisation 38…
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How To Start A Business in 5 Days - Free Challenge with John Williams [#61]
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Most people spend far too long with their business ideas on hold before they launch something. This special episode of The Ideas Lab podcast will tell you how you can launch a business idea in 5 days. And if you want to make it happen for yourself, you can join our free 5-Day Business Startup Challenge. The next one starts Monday 11 May. Register y…
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How to find the right business idea and prove it works with John Williams interviewed by Simon Williams #61
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Well, this week’s interview guest is me. And I’m being interviewed by Simon Williams, who is a serial entrepreneur, author, speaker, lecturer, and successful business owner and he’s now the founder of Expert Velocity. Simon asked me to be on his podcast, to talk about finding the right idea at the beginning of getting your business started, how to …
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How the Rock n Roll bride turned her rebellious tastes into a #1 blog, magazine and book with Kat Williams #60
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When Kat Williams started planning her own wedding she found the standard offers of the wedding industry uninspiring so she started exploring alternatives to the standard wedding in order to find something that she really loved. In 2007 Kat started sharing these ideas and inspirations on a blog and on social media, and this turned into RockNRollBri…
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Cut yourself free from your email inbox with Claire Giovino #59
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Just imagine that you never had to look at your email inbox, read or reply to any emails ever again. How much free time would you have? What could you use that time for in your business or in your personal life? That is a question I explored with Claire Giovino in today’s episode of the ideas lab podcast, because she has set up a business to do exa…
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How to improve your sleep and manage your stress with hypnotherapist Dr Liz Bonet #58
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Lots of us are feeling a considerable amount of stress right now, thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic, the lockdown and the economic uncertainty. And I know for some people that's impacting their sleep as well. So I was pleased to be able to have award-winning hypnotherapist, Dr. Liz Bonet on the podcast to give us some really practical tips about h…
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The curse of perfectionism and how to solve it – with Chris Ward #57
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Are you a perfectionist? Do you find that everything you take on, you want to do absolutely perfectly, to be better than everybody else, and to make sure that you don’t get a single thing wrong in the process? Now this might sound like a positive quality and it does have some advantages, but it also has some great costs to our health, and to our re…
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Chatbots – How to get started with Facebook Messenger Bots with Kelly Noble Mirabella [#56]
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If you send emails out to a list of people, in order to market yourself or your work or your business, you will have seen that often the open rates on those emails is very low, perhaps as few as 20% are actually opening your emails and reading them. So when a new form of digital marketing arrives that offers something like 90% open rates, it’s some…
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How to make a success of working from home with smart working specialist Nicole Carter #55
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Right now the coronavirus has brought about a massive shift in the way we work for millions and millions of people all around the world. That’s because many companies have sent their employees home to continue doing their jobs. We’re seeing a rather remarkable social experiment taking place. My client, Nicole Carter, is the U.K expert on Smart Work…
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The coronavirus and the mindset you need to adopt now #54
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How to get control of your own thoughts with Daniel Fryer, author The Four Thoughts That F*ck You Up #53
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If, like me, your starting to discover that your own worst enemy is actually inside your head, then this episode is for you. Daniel Fryer is author of the book The 4 thoughts that F*ck you up and how to fix them: Rewire how you think in 6 weeks with REBT. Daniel is a psychotherapist who’s been helping people change the way they think for over 15 ye…
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How a husband and wife team grew an award winning British vineyard with Hannah Witchell of Flint Vineyard #52
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Hannah Witchell co-founded Flint Vineyard with her husband Ben. Based in Norfolk, England, they turned a mutual passion and love for wine into an award winning business. In this episode we discover: The successful marketing strategies being used to get their wines noticed How, as husband and wife, they have developed a working business relationship…
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3 things to know before you walk out of your job – A video postcard from Bangkok #51
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Adam Wilder on his festival of Togetherness, silent dating events, and breaking the world record for number of people spooning #50
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Helena Hills on creating a pioneering coffee brand that doesn’t cost the earth #49
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Genetics, Psychedelics and the future of personalised health with David Krantz| The Ideas Lab Podcast #48
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The Kim Kardashian Principle: Why Shameless Sells (And How to Do It Right) with Jeetendr Sehdev #47
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Angela Saini on the history of science in racism #46
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David Pearl on StreetWisdom, improvised opera, and singing in the boardroom #45
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Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life with Nir Eyal #44
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How to run a successful crowdfunding campaign with Will Dooley #43
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Crowdfunding is a wonderful thing, when it works. It has the potential to launch your new product with a flood of pre-orders that gives you the vital cash that you need to deliver on what you are making. However, 70% of crowdfunding campaigns fail to reach their target. This week I’m glad to be able to talk to Will Dooley, co-founder of CrowdReach,…
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The power of story – from Seinfeld to writing your website copy - with Michael Burns #42
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Michael Burns is a storyteller, copywriter, speaker and comedy performer. I met him here in Bali and he’s got an interesting career history. In this episode Michael will take on a journey from his work on Seinfeld, to an online record label, to reality show producer, to copywriter. Michael explains how you can tell the story of your business in a w…
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Lavinia Iosub on the future of work, running a company in Bali, and the Estonian e-Residency #41
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If you're interested in living and working abroad, and in the future of work itself, or perhaps you've heard of the Estonian e-Residency then this is the podcast for you. In this episode I catch up with Lavinia Iosub, managing partner at Livit International in Bali. After growing up in Romania, Lavinia lived, worked and studied in 8 countries and 4…
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The Heart & Soul Behind the International Hyperhidrosis Society & Why We Do What We Do
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In this episode, we sit down with renowned hyperhidrosis experts and International Hyperhidrosis Society co-founders and leaders Dee Anna Glaser, MD and David M. Pariser, MD for an in-depth conversation with fellow IHhSers Lisa J. Pieretti and Marilyn Perez-Mendoza. From the heart of IHhS’ origins and future, to why these medical scientists who cou…
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Comedy, therapy, and the healing potential of business with Richard Atherton of First Human #40
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Richard Atherton was a consultant at Deloitte when I ran into him in the basement of a SOHO comedy club. He ended up quitting Deloitte to try his hand at Standup comedy. He also created a Burlesque comedy night called 'Bonobo Presents'. It was then that he embarked on a deep psycho-therapeutic journey before he founded First Human with some colleag…
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How Taylor & Camille quit their jobs and created an online business that allows them to live anywhere in the world #39
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Taylor Croonquist co-founded Nuts & Bolts Speed Training Powerpoint Tutorials with his wife Camille in 2014. They run advanced training courses online for Powerpoint users and they've turned this into a thriving business. One notable achievement is that they now have 200,000 visitors to the website each month! This episode explores the deep detail …
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Research Report: IHhS Presents “The Voice of the Hyperhidrosis Patient & Sufferer”
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Today, we’re talking data; specifically, International Hyperhidrosis Society research presented at the American Academy of Dermatology’s 2019 Annual Meeting. In the form of a scientific poster and poster presentation we shared with thousands of dermatologists the key themes and experiences hyperhidrosis (Hh) sufferers repeatedly articulate. How do …
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The Future of Live Events with NATO summit director Will Glendinning #38
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Life is about experiences. Find them or create them, as Will Glendinning likes to say. Will has been producing creating and directing major events for a very long time now. He's also the author of The Facts of Live: How live events are conceived, procured and produced to create the greatest value and impact (link below). Will also has some interest…
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Goodbye glossophobia or how to banish your fear of public speaking with - Esther Stanhope #37
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full show notes at: https://theideaslab.org/estherstanhope If you suffer from Glossophobia or the fear of public speaking then listen to the advice of Esther Stanhope, former BBC senior producer and author of the new book - Goodbye Glossophobia: Banish your fear of public speaking. Music provided by Argofox: TheDiabolicalWaffle - My Wish https://yo…
