The 2pt5 - Conversations Connecting Innovators

In this episode of The 2pt5 innovator podcast my guest is Productivity Coach Carl Pullein. We are talking about the (agile) basics of year planning for innovators and creators, about having a mid-termin goal and embedding it in a long term horizon. We are also talking about tools and concepts that help to get things done. As it often is, personal and business is often connected, so Carl is using examples from his own fitness challenges as well. Check out The 2pt5 website for all the links...

The great Ari Weinzweig about visioning, anarchy and building systems, food, persistence, starting, writing, running, reading and growing together - not necessarily in that order. Find out more about Zingerman's community of businesses at https://zingermans.com Check out the The 2pt5 website for all the links and extras mentioned in the episode - show notes: https://the2pt5.net/zingermans-ari-weinzweig -- Innovators from around the globe share the highs and lows of an innovator's life,...

David Elderton is a creative experimenter and builder. He lives on an island near Vancouver in Canada working in the e-bike business delivering high quality custom e-bikes all across Canada. He is also in the progress of building his second electric boat. As he is experimenting and playing with ideas a lot, there is also many results. He shares them on open platforms and thus also helps others to get ahead with their projects. This episode is a long one. David and I talk about how he...

August 30th marks the anniversary of The 2pt5 innovator podcast. One interesting conversation per month. Work on the concept started much earlier. My first note in Evernote about the podcast is from August 2016. So a project long time in the making. But it is a side project to my job as innovation coach, so that’s okay. The podcast is a chance to grow, an adventure, a labor of love. https://the2pt5.net/the-2pt5-1st-anniversary-episode I recorded this episode on August 30th 2020....

By just "tinkering in the garage" (his own words), Eric Tischer built a road legal electric vehicle more than ten years ago in 2008. In a time when EVs weren’t a thing and people weren’t familiar with the technology. With knowledge from his previous jobs, AutoCAD and an enthusiasm for car conversions, he converted a Volkswagen Passat into an electric car in his California garage. After about a year and many experiments later, his commuter car was ready for the road. Since then, he has...

This is the 2pt5 - conversations connecting innovators. My name is Klaus, I am an innovation coach in Baden-Württemberg in the Southwest of Germany. My guest is Tamara Carleton. She has made a name as lead author of the "Playbook for Strategic Foresight and Innovation", a hands-on guide that is helping innovators around the world. Besides many other notable institutions, she works closely with the Foresight & Innovation lab at Stanford University and is the executive director of the...

Today’s conversation is with Bill Reichert. Bill is co-founder and managing director of Garage Technology Ventures in Palo Alto, California, a seed and early stage venture fund in Silicon Valley. He is also a partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures, a global venture capital firm with its headquarters in Silicon Valley. And he is the Chief Evangelist for the Startup World Cup, one of the biggest and richest global startup competitions, with regional competitions around the world and a $1 million...

David Nebinski, Podcaster Extraordinaire: his Portfolio Career Podcast just passed the hundredth episode, which is a great chance to talk about showing up and doing the work. Find out more about David on his podcast's website. Check out the The 2pt5 website for all the links and extras mentioned in the episode - show notes. The 2pt5 - conversations connecting innovators podcast is hosted in Baden-Württemberg in the Southwest of Germany by Klaus Reichert.

Michael Goddaert is the founder of Domani Yachts in Belgium. Together with a group of like minded friends he is charging ahead to build truely special boats. From the ground up they are designed with electric drives which implies different thinking from past boat building. As the company is growing they are also thinking beyond the boat and look into services and complimentary business models around electrification in watersports - see the elegant boats Domani Yachts is building...

Jen Zeuner and Anne Keller have found a home in Fruita, Colorado, USA, a rural town of appr. 12.000 people in the Rocky Mountains. They have built their home on great Pizza and Mountain Biking. And they have built a large community. Over fifteen years ago, they saw the necessity for a place for people to come together and took to work. Their vision was to create a place to hang out before or after hitting the trails to welcome people, have a good time, share stories. Their Hot Tomato place...

Ever wondered how an innovation culture is being built and sustained? In the world of Innovation Paul Akers is a Star in his own right. He is an entrepreneur, author, teacher. And a lean-maniac (his own words). His podcast, YouTube channel and books have been watched, heard- and are read by millions. He has his very own way of building and more importantly sustaining his business. Paul is very intense about lean principles which he applies to the business world as well as his private life....

I have reached Cole Raven, the co-founder of Podchaser, while he was traveling to Hawaii. Incidently a place I have very fond memories of, since I learned flying and received my private pilot’s licence on Oahu. We talked about the value of platforms for discovery and community building. About remote teams, long time friendships and new friends found on Reddit. About serendipity in innovation and startup. We also talked about remote companies, worldwide hiring, tools like Slack and...

This is the 2point5, a podcast that connects innovators through conversations. Carl Pullein loves to create himself and sees time management as a tool to achieve the things that are important in life. With his work, including his COD system, he is reducing the complexity of systems such as GTD Getting Things Done because he has "an allergy to complexity". This episode is for innovators that want to get things done. Find Carl Pullein on his website, Apple Podcast and Youtube. If you have...

Marty Neumeier is an ideas man and a teacher in the best sense of the word. He has written several books about branding, creativity and innovation which became classics in their field. Marty is full of energy and ideas, and the conviction and hope that his ideas truely add value for the readers or his course participants (he just added Masterclasses to his line of focused business books). Marty Neumeiers's Books Marty is no fan of business BS. He cuts straight to the point without...

We are talking about his love for Mark Knopflers music, the influcence of Jedi Mind Tricks and music producer Gramatik on his development as a musician. Immex is a self taught guitar player, that started with passion for music and with the help of his community as he has a lot of friends in bands, a network he draws upon often. He likes hip-hop and rock’n'roll and is situated in between genres. He actually prefers this sometimes uncomfortable place between two chairs and accepts it as a...

My name is Klaus, I am located in the South West of Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg. In the podcast I will talk to innovators from around the world about their motivation, ideas and creative passions as well as their favorite methods, tools and conferences. We will discuss the ups and downs, successes and failures on the way to put their ideas into reality. But foremost we will talk about their vision and what drives them to follow their hunches into unknown territory and to...