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Top Business Consultant: What Steve Jobs Taught Me. The Five People Who Shaped Brad Fisher
S06E01: Top Business Consultant - The Five People Who Shaped Brad Fisher In this Season 6 opening episode of People Are Everything, Julia Duthie speaks with Brad Fisher about the five people who shaped his life, work and way of seeing the world. Brad helps founders and companies make what he calls “the second leap” — the move from running everything themselves to building the structure, trust and leadership team needed to truly grow. His five people take us through love, business integrity, self-compassion, technology, optimism and enlightenment thinking. Brad talks about Kim, his wife of nearly 50 years; Jim Vose, who opened the door to a whole new business world; Don Scott, the coach who asked him a life-changing question; Steve Jobs, whose technology and design shaped how we live; and Benjamin Franklin, whose influence opens up a wider conversation about progress, science and optimism. This is a conversation about love, leadership, courage, asking better questions, and why sometimes the most important leap is not doing more — but seeing things differently. 00:00 Intro 03:00 Welcome to Season 6 with Brad Fisher 05:22 Salt Lake City, America and how Julia met Brad 07:17 Caterpillars, butterflies and transformational change 08:03 Brad the “insultant” 09:01 What is the second leap? 13:16 Who, not how: the question that changes leadership 19:11 Choosing the five people who shaped him 23:26 1. Kim — love, music and 50 years together 29:18 2. Jim Vose — integrity, courage and business principles 39:22 3. Don Scott — coaching, self-compassion and self-care 49:38 4. Steve Jobs — technology, design and demanding excellence 1:07:25 5. Benjamin Franklin — enlightenment, progress and optimism 1:21:41 What’s next: writing Take the Second Leap 1:24:12 Honorary mention: writers and the courage to create 1:28:20 Who should Julia speak to next? Hosted by Julia Duthie. Learn more about your host; get Julia's book here: https://dogbonestreet.com/ Full episode available now on YouTube and all major podcast platforms. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Peopleareeverything Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/people-are-everything/id1792005630 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oobIAmo4lkewcPHdbcXbJ Follow us on socials: https://linktr.ee/peopleareeverything Thank you, People Are Everything :-)

