Art of the Possible
Art of the Possible (AotP) is a conversation, often animated, between Rob Page and Dan Morrison about customer experience, technology, culture, and ethics. Special guests join the fray to share new perspectives and explore the challenges of the day.
Episodes
24 episodes
AotP S2.E2: Finding Purpose with Zeenat Rahman
Rob and Dan catch up with Zeenat Rahman, Executive Director of the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago. Zeenat shares how she found her purpose and got into policy - what is policy?! Then we dig into the American reaction t...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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38:51
AotP S2.E1: The Art of the Build with Michael Blakeney & Miles Phillips from Terazo
Rob geeks out with Michael Blakeney and Miles Phillips from Terazo (a software development firm) on how to build the possible, while Dan learns a ton... and gets very confused about Kubernetes. Great listen, especially as you consider whether t...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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48:56
AotP S1.E20 How to Rid the World of Bad Experiences: A Conversation with Jesse Purewal, Head of Brand at Qualtrics
Rob and I are joined by Jesse Purewal, the Head of Brand at Qualtrics, who we define as a living example of Robert Frost's famous line - "the road less traveled." We intended to discuss the art of leadership, but instead fell into a fascinating...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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53:31
AotP S1.E19: Art of the Meetup with David Siegel, CEO at Meetup
David Siegel, CEO of Meetup, joins Art of the Possible to talk about what Meetup does when you can't meet up in person and how the organization transitioned from no online meetups to nearly all online meetu...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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44:18
AotP S1.E18: Art of Human Flourishing with Rosie von Lila
The latest episode is one of a several firsts - first from a camper, with a unicorn (of sorts), and without Rob. It was an absolute pleasure talking with Rosie von Lila during her trip across the US in a 1964 Chevy pickup truck with an attached...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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30:42
AotP S1.E17: Art of Life(scale) with Brian Solis
Rob and Dan are joined by digital anthropologist, futurist, author and awesome human, Brian Solis to explore technology, the customer experience, and where we are going as a society and species... and what impact it is having on us as human bei...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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29:34
AotP S1.E16: Art of Stillness with Neil Thompson
Rob and Dan are joined by Neil Thompson, currently the VP of Digital at HMSHost. No where was the art of the possible more evident than in the travel experience during the pandemic. Neil shares how HMSHost is redefining the airport experi...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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51:25
AotP S1.E15: Art of Identity with Phil Windley
Rob goes rogue and has a solo conversation with Phil Windley whose fascinating career spans CIO of Utah, CTO/Founder of several startups, and BYU. They chat about small airplanes, startups, identity and more - awesome conversation, give it a li...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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42:42
AotP S1.E14: Art of the Startup with John Sechrest
For a topic near and dear to Rob and Dan's hearts, John Sechrest from Seattle Angel Conference joins to talk about startups and angel investing. While most of this episode was triggering for Rob and Dan, they carry on in the spirit of fail forw...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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46:36
AotP S1.E13: Art of the Brand with Peter Dixon, CCO of Prophet
Rob and Dan are joined by Peter Dixon, Chief Creative Officer at Prophet, to about talk how brands use the art of the possible to build meaningful and relevant customer experiences. We also hear about Peter's fascinating journey from engineer t...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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42:39
AotP S1.E12: The MOMcast
How do we learn the Art of the Possible? From our moms and dads. To celebrate Mother's Day, Kate Singletary, Dan's mom joins the show to talk about her path from high school teacher to labor lawyer to bed & breakfast owner to Obama campaign...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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42:59
AotP S1.E11: How Not to Suck at Marketing: Jeff Perkins, CMO of Park Mobile
Rob and Dan are joined by Jeff Perkins, the CMO & Head of Product at ParkMobile and author of the upcoming book - How to Not Suck at Marketing. Jeff shares how navigated his career from advertising to marketing leader and how Pa...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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51:23
AotP S1.E10: Being Superhuman: Suzi Sosa, Founder of Verb
Rob and Dan are joined by Suzi Sosa, the founder of Verb (goverb.com), who shares how she shifted Verb from a business plan competition platform for socially innovative entrepreneurs to a leadership development platform, and h...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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46:57
AotP S1.E9: What the Hell Is an API? or def what_is_an_api(great_host="Rob", mediocre_host="Dan")
Rob has been wanting to talk about APIs since we started the podcast. Dan has been saying it was a snoozer of a topic. Rob was right for once. Dan asks all the dumb questions about what is an API, why are they important, and why should non-deve...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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39:34
AotP S1.E8: Software People
Dan digs a little deeper into what makes Rob tick - don't worry, it is not as scary as it sounds. Rob is what is called a "software person." What's a software person? Are YOU a software person?! Give a listen.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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30:32
AotP S1.E7: Can Local Media Save the World? with Jake Volcsko
Rob finally upholds his end of the partnership and invites a guest, the wonderful Jake Volcsko, Chief Digital Officer of Connecticut Public Broadcasting, to continue our conversation about media and explore if local media is a potential s...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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52:37
AotP S1.E6: Rob and Dan Look for Food Solutions
Dan and Rob debrief from their conversation with Food Tank founder, Danielle Nierenberg about food and take a few left and right turns that lead to debates about regulation, the ability/inability of the market to solve the food crisis, and the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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26:18
AotP S1.E5: Food Possibilities with Danielle Nierenberg of FoodTank
Danielle Nierenberg, the founder and President of Food Tank, joins Rob and Dan to talk about the state of the food system, explore the human element and social justice issues related to food, debate if and how technology can be part of the solu...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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37:15
AotP S1.E4: Rob and Dan Look for Political Solutions
Rob and Dan follow up on their conversation with author Michael Slaby and explore solutions for media and political polarization, discuss what it means to be an "American," and wonder if it is possible for hopeful visionaries like MLK, Gandhi, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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16:59
AotP S1.E3: For All the People with Michael Slaby
Rob and Dan have their first guest! Michael Slaby, author of the new book For All The People: Redeeming the Broken Promises of Modern Media and Reclaiming Our Civic Life, joins the fray and we discuss the state of media and social media, confir...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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41:15
AotP S1.E3: For All the People with Michael Slaby - Teaser
Rob and Dan conned Michael Slaby - former CTO/CIO for Obama of America, Head of Edelman's Digital Practice, Harvard Fellow, and too much other cool stuff to list - and now author of For All the People (releasing Feb 23) to join us in a conversa...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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4:45
AotP S1.E2: Build vs. Buy
Co-hosts Rob Page and Dan Morrison debate whether or not brands should build or buy software and explore what that means. Dan tries to use big words. Rob accuses Dan of continuously marketing. And then they dig into Jeff Lawson's new book Ask Y...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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31:57
AotP S1.E2: Build vs. Buy - Teaser
The next episode of Art of the Possible drops Wednesday, February 10th - get a sneak peek!
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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2:24
AotP S1.E1: What is Art of the Possible?
Co-hosts Rob Page and Dan Morrison kick off Art of the Possible and layout what this podcast is all about, which is the customer understanding, design thinking, and technology needed for creating and delivering winning customer experience...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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19:28