Mailander Podcast
Dive deep into the minds of today's most influential leaders. From tech titans to political insiders, I uncover the secrets behind their success. What makes them tick? How do they make decisions? What drives them? Join me as we explore the strategies, mindsets, and frameworks that shape our world.
Episodes
22 episodes
Billy Goodrum Talks Dumb & Dumber, Something About Mary, Sophia Loren - Life as a Hollywood Composer
Step into the private studio of Hollywood composer Billy Goodrum as he shares the creative secrets behind some of comedy's most iconic films. From crafting the memorable music for “Dumb and Dumber,” “There’s Something About Mary,” and ...
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45:26
Josh Gilbert & Gopal Erinjippurath | Geospatial AI | Reshaping Climate Prediction & Global Power
In an era where AI giants like Palantir, Google, Microsoft, and NVIDIA battle for supremacy, a new frontier is emerging: the race to predict Earth's future. Josh Gilbert and Gopal Erinjippurath, co-founders of Sust Global, reveal how geospatial...
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1:21:15
Andrew Jones: Global Thinker | Complex Decision-Making | Climate Interactive
Andrew Jones is one of the foremost experts on the use of simulation modeling to improve decision-making for our most pressing global challenges, including the socio-economic and geopolitical ramifications of climate change. He is Co-Founder an...
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Jan Jensen: Iowa WBB; Caitlin Clark; Building an Elite Program; The New College Athlete
Jan Jensen is the new head coach for women’s basketball at the University of Iowa. Jensen takes over an elite program that developed generational phenom, Caitlin Clark (WNBA Rookie of the Year with the Indiana Fever), and reached the NCAA Champ...
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1:45:33
Eliot Puplett | Fintech Founder on Entrepreneur’s Journey | Mailander Podcast
Tech entrepreneur Eliot Puplett shares his vision for democratizing global finance through blockchain technology. As founder of Medici, he's building a decentralized financial system that could do for money what the internet did for information...
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2:36:34
Intention & Patience: Carefully Curate Your Decision Architecture
Are you giving your greatest decisions the time they deserve? Short-term decisions are easy—they fit into neat timelines with clear metrics. But when it comes to the decisions that will most significantly impact your company's long-term future,...
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8:32
Beat Grandma (The ’Tells’)
What do card games with Grandma and corporate strategy have in common? They're both high-stakes games of deception and decoding how the other player thinks. Beneath the surface lies a battle of wits, where every move is calculated to win. But h...
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2:49
Epic Shifts: Lessons from Admiral Rickover on Leading Transformation
This is a story about an admiral unlike any other. Admiral Rickover was no ordinary leader. He was the architect of the US Nuclear Navy. How did he pull off the feat of creating asymmetric power for the United States through technological leade...
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6:55
The Intangibles: Underdogs Embrace the Unconventional
Underdogs. We revel in them. We identify with them. Their stories become ours. They are the clever ones who find innovative ways to achieve victory over the bigger and stronger.The methods of the underdog apply equally well to the...
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4:09
Volatility Is Your Gift
Volatility. It is often feared by leaders and decision-makers. In reality, it is a powerful gift. As we gear up for 2024, learn the art of perceiving and embracing change -- a skill essential for leaders, CEOs, and decision-makers ...
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7:07
Ideas vs. Power: The Lesson that Changed JFK
Imagine yourself in the Oval Office. Eighteen months before, you suffered a debacle that will come to mark the low point of your presidency. Your poor decision-making then changed the game, and not in your favor. Castro got stronger. The Soviet...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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14:08
2024 Unveiled: CEO Strategies for Decoding Unfolding Systemic Shifts
Explore the rules and pitfalls of decision-making amidst the significant systemic shifts we will likely see in 2024. From significant economic change, to the chaos of being a presidential election year, to a shifting global security and power f...
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7:54
Decision Bias: Find the Subtle Influences on Your Decision-Making
A quick exercise for CEOs to better understand how their decision-making is influenced by key actors, both in overt and subtle ways. In this excerpt from Decidedly, a podcast focused on helping private company CEOs, f...
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Episode 10
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4:46
Curate Friction: The Good Fight You Should Be Having
There is a fight for influence over your decision-making process amongst your internal teams. This is how to curate a healthy fight, and harvest its benefits for your company. There are competitors amongst those on your tea...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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4:34
Target Poor Judgment: Be a Short Seller
Leverage the methods and mindset of the short sellers that hunt mistakes in judgment by CEOs in the public markets to strengthen the decision-making of companies in the private markets.This is a technique that CEOs and boards of ...
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4:00
Compete Higher: Three Core Tenets for Leveling Up
Leverage these three core tenets for enabling your company to level up against the next higher level of competition. Drawn from the experience of working with a mid-market leader that was successful, had more ceiling with their c...
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4:36
My Blind Spot: Hard Lessons Learned Painfully Well
Sound CEO decision-making is fundamentally rooted in a willingness to persistently challenge the dominant logic and narrative that runs in your mind. This is my story of getting hit in a blind spot. These moments hurt. They are remembered. T...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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4:59
Target Blind Spots: How a Wall Street Captain Was Exposed
Identify the red flags that CEOs can look for in targeting the decision-making of opponents, as well as to overcome in their own decision-making patterns and tendencies through an exploration of how one of the most influential captains of a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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4:41
Worst Decision-Making: Myth Versus Reality
The seeds of decision-making success or failure are planted years before we witness the climactic result. Four common CEO archetypes are at risk of getting their decision wrong when it will matter most. There is a myt...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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4:28
Process Determines Outcome: Teachings from a U.S. House of Representatives Parliamentarian
Many CEOs believe their strategic success depends on the strength of their product, service, technology, financing, or branding. In reality, however, the most powerful asset available to the CEO in leading a company’s strategic execution is ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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2:35
Spotting Weakness: How a U.S. Nuclear Sub Commander Changed the Game
This is the story of a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine commander’s ability to challenge the Soviets when they were at their weakest. He changed the rules of the game. And won. He secured asymmetric advantage, but for a moment. It was...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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8:27
Place the Mark: The Great Chess Match Between Goldman Sachs and AIG (2005-2008)
Elite CEOs and companies do not shy away from the noise, confusion, and chaos of shifting markets. Instead, they study them. They move their assets and players into place. They place a mark on others, including those less savvy, stuck in the...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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