Innovation Made Easy

4 core behaviours to upgrade your conversations.

Conversations can tell a lot about the company culture and I like to think of them as your operating system over which you then run all the applications / company's functions.

Getting better at communicating and putting some thoughts on how we go through our conversations can have incredible benefits in terms of growth, motivation, performance and happiness.

Listen in!

More and more organisations are seeing the value of Project Managements Skills, tools and practices beyond the professionals with that title.

In this week's episodes, I share with you what I think are some key tools you can apply in any project / goal both professionally and privately.

In particular, I will be discussing:

- The Project Charter as a way to get everybody aligned and its key elements.

- The Initiation phase of the project and the KEY question you want to ask before start diving into planning and resourcing.

- The Debrief - key moment(s) to celebrate the successes and reflecting on all the lessons learned on the way to get (even) better the next time around.

Warmest,

Chiara 

This week I am joined by Frank Pagano and Sanaa Voss to talk about Blockchain technology and Cryptocurrencies.

Sanaa is a Certified Crypto Finance Expert, on a mission to make the Blockchain and Crypto accessible to all, to help individuals and companies discover where the opportunities lay ahead. Senior executive with a background in Analytics, cross roads of Big Data and Loyalty across several industries.

Frank is Head of Sales at qiibee. With 20 years of Marketing experience in FMCG and Fashion. Started as a Finance Analyst, but when you are young, you always make mistakes. Loves Italian food, and got dragged into a group of crazy dreamers, who opened up a pro bono theatre org in NYC.

What we cover in the episode:

(2:40) Blockchain - overcoming its complexity

(5:17) Blockchain - what is it?

(6:40) The first blockchain network : bitcoin.

(11:50) Ethereum as Operating System.

(16:00) the evolution of value and means to transfer and allocation of value.

(18:25) Blockchain applied to the world of marketing. The case of loyalty programs @ qiibee

(30:00) An approach to getting closer to this technology

(33:25) Cryptocurrency: Small steps to get into it

(35:00) Democratising cryptocurrencies.

(36:50) User cases of blockchain.

(40:00) Proven increased consumer engagement in the world of luxury

(40:55) What is tokenisation?

(43:30) Digitalisation of our ID

(45:45) Where are we in terms of the adoption of the technology globally

(50:40) The resistance of the financial system

(52:30) The volatility of Bitcoin

(56:00) Starbucks Blockchain case

(57:40) The Skepticism towards adoption & the road ahead.

Full show notes (and graph of adoption curve) can be found at www.chiaracovone.com/podcast/ep70

This week I am sharing with you my journey on how I learned to master my time and look forward to Monday Mornings as a key starting point in my weeks towards achieving my goals.

It all starts with defining what you want to achieve and be clear about your individual ambition.

Work by quarters: what are your top 3 priorities? Those three priorities become then your compass for keeping track where you are going and if you are staying committed towards your goals.

What do you need to do for those three priorities to be completed in the given time? How can you increase your odds to succeed? How do you let math support you and don't allow the drama tot take over.

Tune in and listen to this week's episode about time mastering!

Link to the Kore Women event: https://youtu.be/6WbDXmEcTcA

Access my free masterclass to achieve any goals here.

Look around you: everything that you see was first just an idea.

If you believe in the sentence seeing is believing, let me challenge you on inverting the sentence:

BELIEVING IS SEEING.

Yes because you first need to imagine something, a goal, a destination, an objective, before you can actually commit to reaching it.

This week I talk about this amazing tool we all have in our arsenal which is visualisation of a goal.

Tune in and find out how it works, the science behind it and how to apply it in practice. 

And then take action: apply it straight away so you can see this powerful tool in action for you.

Warmest,

Chiara

Links at chiaracovone.com/podcast/ep68

Are you ready for stepping up in your company and become an executive? 

Then this episode will help you get ready for it and start thinking as an executive right here and now.

So many people strive to be more influential and wish their opinions was more heard and considered.

But is there a myth about influence? Are we not overcomplicating it?

In this week's episode I deconstruct influence in different tactics and I am sure you will be positively surprised of actually how much influence you are already exercising. 

Start where you are: understand what is already working and clearly define which areas (tactics) you feel you would like to try and practice more to become better at it.

FREEBIE: Access my 3 parts free course to Stop Procrastinating here.

So many people strive to be more influential and wish their opinions was more heard and considered.

But is there a myth about influence? Are we not overcomplicating it?

In this week's episode I deconstruct influence in different tactics and I am sure you will be positively surprised of actually how much influence you are already exercising. 

Start where you are: understand what is already working and clearly define which areas (tactics) you feel you would like to try and practice more to become better at it.

FREEBIE: Access my 3 parts free course to Stop Procrastinating here.

How often do we find ourself confused by how our actions have impacted others and the only thing we can say is... "I did not intend this to happen! "

This week, I discuss how you can be more effective translating your actual intent into the impact you meant to start with, and avoid any misunderstanding or avoidable hurt feelings on the way.

Full show notes and links at www.chiaracovone.com/podcast/ep65

Access the free three parts masterclass by clicking here.

Why do we sleep? And do we need to sleep for 7-9 hours to be fully functional? 

When doing my research for last week's episode, I got so interested in sleep and I finally decided to answer my own question around why is sleep important and why it affects my mood and energy so much.

I am adventuring myself into territories of neuroscience and talk about hormones and neurotransmitters as a non-scientist (OBS: I am a statistician by education) but some of these terms are so recurring that I think among non-scientist we can get a grip on them in a way that it is useful.

Tune in and find out more about 

• why we sleep  
• what happens during our sleep  
• how we regulate the day & time rhythm naturally
• how sleep affects business performance.

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