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Authors In Quarantine Getting Coffee

OK, that’s not the real name.

The real name of the show is Authors In Quarantine Getting Cocktails and the host, Douglas Burdett, describes his new podcast as:

“a (hopefully) short-lived series of fun conversations with past guests on The Marketing Book Podcast. They’ll share a cocktail and talk about life in isolation, virtual work challenges and the future of sales and marketing in a post-pandemic world.”

The problem is: I don’t drink. Ever. Not even a glass of wine. Plus, Douglas likes to record this show at night. I go to bed early. This wasn’t going well. I wanted to be on the show (and like Douglas – a lot). He was one of the first people that got behind my first book, Six Pixels of Separation, back before it was even released in 2009. So, we had some back and forth, and agreed that we would record in the morning (and I would be having coffee). That’s the photo you’re seeing above. I laugh every time I see that mug. Someone sent it to my office years ago. I wish I could remember who sent it, why they sent it and more. I’m also wearing a t-shirt from one of my favorite writers, thinkers, spoken word performers, musician and journalist, Henry Rollins (just to stay on the author theme).

We talked business. We talked marketing. We talked books. We talked writing. We talked.

Grab a cup of something and enjoy the listen…

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.