Episodes

Comedy is innovation in real time. Professor of Comedy Emma Holmes and Drama Queen Christine van Asselt give Darrell and Mikey lessons in laughter. It's a funny business! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hflp9tE0Iww https://ww...

In this episode Darrell and Mikey are joined by special guest Steve Barbone, Professor of Philosophy at San Diego State University. Together we wrestle to get the right mix between romantic and classical, art and science, sen...

Paul Baxter approaches the world from his own unique perspective and has the showman's aptitude for storytelling. His homespun philosophy has produced startling innovations and enabled him to live life on his own terms. Mikey...

In 1997 the book ‘The Fourth Turning’ laid out a controversial theory that history is driven by a four phase generational cycle. This compelling theory has influenced a wide range of people from Al Gore to Steve Bannon. In th...

Darrell and Mikey welcome John Gallacher, Director of Dementias Platform UK (DPUK), for a deeply satisfying conversation. John is driving a global movement to bring economies of scale to the acquisition and storage of quality...

In a spookily prescient example, London Underground and a nesting plover conspire to derail this episode, but the show does go on. Darrell and an epically deranged Mikey are joined by Shana and Olly the Jolly to discuss how...

Many people are so busy chasing their tails they can't see the way off the hamster wheel. That's where Electra comes in. Coming from the world of corporate law, where cross fertilization of ideas illuminates the way forward, ...

Mikey and Darrell welcome word wizard, educator and intellectual John Reel, the New Yorker in Seville. We discuss how it takes a hero to make a breakthrough journey and have the audacity to create a work of art when the …

Mikey tries to reveal the team's inner mindscape. Darrell relates it to innovation and Shana is in her happy place. Mikey relates how he came to get stuck in a tree. Thinking Fast and Slow https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow H...

Special guest Olly Buxton (A.K.A. "The Jolly Contrarian") leads Mikey and Darrell through the ossified entrails of the Legal Establishment in our first outing into its echoing dusty halls. The Law is an edifice so vast, so powerful and so …

This is the first episode where we delve into Darrell's 6 Pillars of Innovation Wisdom, focusing on Complex Systems. We look at the 6 elements of a simple basic complete system before adding complexity into the mix. We discuss the …

Entrophy, authenticity, diversity vs expediency, lettuce vs leader. In which Darrell tries to stop a closed system from becoming more random. How do you think that went? You be the judge? Dame Dash Kochland Lizz Vs Lecttuce

Back in 2023 I crash landed my kayak onto Great Blasket Island, perched out on the far-flung edge of Western Europe. Luckily for me I was swept up by Emily "The Caretaker". Darrell & I chat to Emily and Dan …

Mikey and Darrell chat with the creative writer, cabinet maker and refugee from the Midlands William Draycott. Resident of the ancient town of Bodmin in Cornwall's brooding moorlands. The theme is stories. But you know how it goes by now. …

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An erudite Darrell, augmented by Shana's cookies of wisdom, lay out the 6 components of strategy for all to see. Mikey tries his best but cannot quite derail the process. Links: Definition of Strategy (SIG,OST) Winners and How They Succeed …

Notes from the Innovation coalface; from our guest Costas Papaikonomou who has been there and got the T-Shirt. Costas also gives advice on investing in eco startups and insights into how often super intelligent people skip the fundamentals and waste …

Special guest Kathleen (aka Trinity) tries to fathom out Darrell (Morpheus). Will she take the Red Pill, the Blue Pill or bring out the Yellow Ribbon?

Darrell and his team have amassed 11.5 million cases in his quest for the 41st principle, what's the story? AND; Why does Darrell rate Neil Ferguson and not Yuri Noah Harari. Cape Cornwall What got you here wont get you …

We intended to have the theme of ritual and environment vs receptivity and and got lost in Bullet Ants, Mormons, Cookies, The Matrix, Immutibility, Soccer Referees and Stand Up Comedians. All the usual. There was some serious stuff hidden in …

Stormy seas separate spark and success. 98% of innovations fail along the way. Stormy seas are just one hurdle to overcome when paddling a kayak around a country. Are there parallels? Lessons to learn? Two veterans of the watery world, …

Democracy is creaking at the seams. Is there a better system waiting in the wings? Mikey and Darrell seek the Ideal Final Result! Book: More from Less Opinion: Minimun Viable Politician Opinion: None of the Above

Unchanging people in a changing world, why do change projects fail? Darrell and Mikey are joined by anthro-complexity guru and cowgirl Shana Finnegan to help rope this tricky steer. Book Referenced: Thinking In Systems: A Primer Donella H. Meadows, "...

Darrell has to pick which of the 8 tracks to take with him... Track List Right Off - Miles Davies The Glowing Man - Swans Somewhere Everywhere - Keith Jarrett (Trio) Your Bright Baby Blues - Jackson Brown First We …