The Work Talk Show

The Work Talk Show (2013-2015) is a 100-episode podcast hosted by Nick Westergaard and DJ Waldow, featuring interviews with top thinkers like Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki, Daniel Pink, and more. In this talk show-style series, Nick and DJ explore the evolving world of work through candid and insightful conversations with brilliant guests. Topics range from productivity, virtual teams, and technology to family work-life balance, offering fresh perspectives on how work gets done in today’s fast-paced world.

John Morgan Strikes Back!

There are some guests to our virtual studios that can’t be contained by one visit alone. That was the case with author, keynote speaker, and consultant John Michael Morgan. He first joined us last year when he told us about his two-hour power working. After a recent lunch with Nick, John shared some research he’d done…

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Mish Slade & Rob Dix on Working Anywhere

Mish Slade and Rob Dix — or simply “Mish and Rob” — focus on making it anywhere. What is it, you may ask? For this adventurous couple it is their work and so far the anywhere has been New York, Boulder, Washington DC, Paris, London, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Penang, Berlin, Sofia, and Madrid. While we were exhausted just reading that…

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Jason HeadsetsDotCom on Opportunities

How enterprising is Jason HeadsetsDotCom? Enterprising enough that he not only sells which shirt he wears each day — maybe you’ve heard of IWearYourShirt.com — but he’s also sold the naming rights to … his own last name! That’s the quick story of how Jason Sadler became Jason HeadsetsDotCom, however, we were fortunate enough to…

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Bryan Nielson on the Circles of Work Hell

As Chief Marketing Officer at AtTask, Bryan Nielson spends his time marketing work management solutions for organizations. By helping global teams organize, AtTask has identified what they call the “Circles of Marketing Work Hell” including, among other areas, handling your inbox. As you can imagine, we had to hear more about this.

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Charlie McDermott on Chasing Your Tail

As a speaker, author, and founder of the Business & Entrepreneur Network, Charlie McDermott helps small business owners clear the path to building valuable, scalable, and “saleable” businesses through automation and the creation of direct-response marketing assets. This serial entrepreneur even put his skills to work to help market his son as an actor in…

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Amy Schmittauer on Priorities

Amy Schmittauer is President and CEO of Vlog Boss Studios, parent company of Savvy Sexy Social. In addition to “making a lot of freaking videos,” Amy helps businesses create a strategy to organically grow online presence and social relationships. As a content creator for both her own business and her clients, Amy shares a struggle…

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Tim Hayden on Making Work Mobile

With more than 20 years of marketing and business leadership experience, Tim Hayden has been a founding member of new ventures (NION Interactive, GamePlan, 44Doors) and been a catalyst for change in some of the world’s largest brands (Dell, Bacardi, AMD, ExxonMobil, Hilton Worldwide, Kraft Foods, Edelman, and others). Among Tim’s many specialties is an…

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Summer Vacation Spectacular!

Why are we calling this week’s show the Summer Vacation Spectacular? The reason behind this is simple. It’s summer and we both just took family vacations which, as we all know, can be challenging as you define your own sense of personal and professional blend. We thought we’d take a host-only show and explore this topic with each other….

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Alan Weiss on Real Wealth

You don’t become known as the Million Dollar Consultant by not understanding how to get things done. Alan Weiss is a consultant, speaker, and author. His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, has attracted clients such as Merck, GE, and Mercedes Benz. His books have been translated into many languages, including his groundbreaking text, Million Dollar Consulting. With all…

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Dan Levi on Homing from Work

We’ve all heard of working from home but a new term is gaining traction today, homing from work. As you can imagine, just as we take more of our work home a trend is emerging showing that employees are bringing more of their home lives to work as well. Dan Levi, Chief Marketing Officer of Captivate, is at…

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