What the Heck?! Let's Talk Business with Andreas Heckmann: Recent Episodes
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What are the really big ideas out there making a meaningful difference in helping the world run better and improving people’s lives? Suppose I mention sustainability? Diversity? Innovation? Transformation? Let’s face it, in business, buzzwords like these get thrown around all the time. But what do they really mean? Can we go beyond buzzwords to uncover real solutions? My name is Andreas, and I’ve been in the tech industry for over 20 years. Join me and my guests as we pose the fundamental questions, debate some of the answers, shatter some myths, toss convention aside, and have some fun. If you like to tackle really big ideas with an open mind, then you’ve come to the right place. Are you ready? What the Heck?! Let’s Talk Business!
Guest: Rand FishkinRand Fishkin is the cofounder and CEO of SparkToro, makers of fine audience research software. He’s dedicated his professional life to helping people do better marketing through his writing, videos, speaking, and his book, Lost and Founder. When Rand’s not working, he’s usually cooking a fancy meal for the love of his life, author Geraldine DeRuiter. If you bribe him with great pasta or fancy cocktails, he’ll pull back the curtain on big tech’s dark secrets.
Links:
- sparktoro.com
Guest: Sally HelgesenSally Helgesen is an internationally best-selling author, speaker, and leadership coach. With several books being continuously in print since 1990, she is considered as a premier expert on women’s leadership. Her most recent book How Women Rise is sold in 18 languages and focuses on behaviors that most likely get in the way of successful women. Sally has over 30 years of experience in delivering leadership workshops and keynotes for companies, universities, nonprofits, and associations around the world. With her focus on inclusive culture and the power of female leadership she has the mission to help women recognize, articulate and act on their greatest strengths.
Links:
- sallyhelgesen.com
Guest: Prof. Dr. Georg KrausProf. Dr. Georg Kraus is the CEO of Kraus & Partner, where he successfully built an international consulting business with a network of more than 100 experts. He is a highly respected management consultant for change and transformation and a professor of interpersonal skills at the Clausthal University of Technology. Additionally, he holds lectures at several universities on leadership and change management and is the author of numerous successful publications on the topics of project management and change management. Through his prosperous career path, Georg has gained a considerable level of practical knowledge and is an expert for high-performing teams.
Links:
- Kraus & Partner – Transformation Experts
Fact! Considerable parts of the population are affected by mental health disorders. Stressors are everywhere: Covid-19 pandemic, climate crisis, war in Europe and other conflicts, and a world full of unpredictability that moves faster than ever. And yet for far too long, misinformation, stigma, and shame have been surrounding topics of mental health, especially in the workplace. It is more important than ever to break down prejudices and preconceptions. How can companies and their leaders step up and start making mental health a priority? In this episode of “What the Heck?!”, Andreas and his guest Heather Wokusch, Executive Director at MESPERO, discuss the unique challenges employees are facing and which concrete steps companies and leaders can take to ensure the mental well-being of their employees. Let’s Talk Business!
Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) is an established practice that any modern business is committed to – at least on paper. The use of inclusive language is already an established practice. However, the execution of D&I requires not just talk, but a hiring policy in which the relevant people are put into influential positions. The question is whether all businesses have understood that the value of D&I lies not just in fulfilling a good cause – diverse hiring will make their employee base more productive, too. In this episode of ‘What the Heck?!’, Andreas and his guest Dr. Dawn D. Bennett-Alexander, consultant and creator of Practical Diversity, discuss the seriousness of D&I practices in business and the difference between talk and action. Let’s Talk Business!
Since the beginning of the global Covid-19 pandemic, the “New Normal” has been touted as a concept without a universal definition. Instead, businesses, managers and the media have been echoing every attempt of defining this term trying to reassure themselves that they have found the ideal work model for the future. Over the course of the pandemic, the “New Normal” definition has become more and more fluid with every lockdown enforcement and every reopening announcement. In the first episode of ‘What the Heck?!’, Andreas and his guest Prof. Dr. Florian Kunze, head of “Konstanz Future Work Lab” and professor at the University of Constance with a research focus in digitization of the working world, discuss what they think of the term and its many meanings. Let’s Talk Business!
What are the really big ideas out there making a meaningful difference in helping the world run better and improving people’s lives? Suppose I mention sustainability. Diversity. Innovation. Transformation. Let’s face it: Buzzwords like these get thrown around all the time in business. But what do they really mean? Can we go beyond buzzwords to uncover real solutions? My name is Andreas, and I draw from over 20 years of experience in the tech industry. Join my guests and me as we pose the fundamental questions, debate some of the answers, shatter some myths, toss convention aside, and have some fun. If you like to tackle really big ideas with an open mind, then you’ve come to the right place. Are you ready? What the Heck?! Let’s Talk Business!”