Today, Maria interviews Seth Godin, a Stanford Business School graduate, international bestselling author and host of the Akimbo podcast. Seth has written over 7000 blog posts read by more than a million people and was inducted in the Marketing Hall of Fame in 2018. Seth shares his learning journey that led him to create the Akimbo workshops, a set of online community-based learning spaces that help thousands of people address their fear for change and create meaningful work in our fast-changing world.

Production team:

Host : Maria Xenidou

Producer: Julie-Roxane Krikorian

Introduction Voice: David Bourne

Contact us:

impactlearningpodcast@gmail.com

Music credits:

Like Lee performed by The Mini Vandals

Transition sounds: Swamp Walks performed by Jingle Punks

Mentioned in this episode

Seth’s Blog

Seth's Books

Akimbo Workshops

The altMBA

The Marketing Seminar

The Podcasting Fellowship

The Akimbo Podcast

Listen to this episode and explore:

Seth’s childhood (4:17)

Seth’s experience at Stanford University (7:18)

The Akimbo Workshops (8:52)

The importance of seeing the end of the journey before you start (12:04)

Addressing the fear of change (16:02)

About the generosity in the Akimbo workshops (20:33)

Seth’s view on the bigger problems of the world today (23:54)