The Curious Advantage Podcast
1) 88: Shannon Minifie: Curious about Relational Curiosity, Building Trust, Psychological Safety & Leadership (CEO, Box of Crayons)
Simon Brown and Garrick Jones speak with Shannon Minifie, CEO of Box of Crayons, about overcoming fear, taming the “advice monster,” and building trust, psychological safety, and connection at work. D...Show More
2) 87: Curious About the Power of Curiosity in Business with Stefaan Van Hooydonk (Founder, Global Curiosity Institute)
In this episode of The Curious Advantage podcast, Garrick Jones is joined by Stefaan van Hooydonk, founder of the Global Curiosity Institute. Together, they explore how curiosity fuels personal growth...Show More
3) 85: Curious About Leadership, Trust & Psychological Safety with Scott Blanchard (Blanchard Leadership)
In this episode of The Curious Advantage Podcast, Simon Brown, Garrick Jones, and Paul Ashcroft are joined by Scott Blanchard, CEO and co-owner of Blanchard. Drawing on more than 30 years of leadershi...Show More
4) AI, Ethics, Consciousness & Rescuing Us from the Cult of Technology with Kentaro Toyama (UMSI)
In this episode of The Curious Advantage Podcast, Paul Ashcroft, Simon Brown, and Garrick Jones speak with Kentaro Toyama, W.K. Kellogg Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information an...Show More
5) 84: Curiously Recrafting the Psychological Contract with Vyla Rollins (London Business School)
In this episode of The Curious Advantage podcast, hosts Garrick Jones and Paul Ashcroft sit down with organizational psychologist Vyla Rollins to explore how leadership is evolving in today’s digital ...Show More
6) 83: #83 Navigating the Age of Chaos: BANI Explained with Jamais Cascio (Futurist & Author, Institute for the Future)
In this episode of The Curious Advantage Podcast, futurist Jamais Cascio introduces the BANI framework—Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, and Incomprehensible—as a powerful alternative to the outdated VUCA...Show More
7) #82 Curious About Learning, Curiosity, AI, Leadership, Talent & Women in Leadership
In this episode of The Curious Advantage Podcast, Simon Brown and Paul Ashcroft speak with Dr. Serena Gonsalves-Fersch, Global Head of Talent at SoftwareOne, to explore the intersection of curiosity, ...Show More
8) #81 Weight Loss, Ozempic, and the End of Calorie Counting? A Conversation with Dr. Giles Yeo (Geneticist, Professor, Author)
What really drives the way we eat? In this episode of The Curious Advantage Podcast, Paul Ashcroft, Simon Brown and Garrick Jones are joined by Dr. Giles Yeo, geneticist, professor and author, to exp...Show More
9) #80 The Future of Work: Frontier Firms, Agent Bosses, and AI from Microsoft’s 2025 Work Trend Index with Alexia Cambon (Microsoft, Senior Director of Research)
"AI needs humans as much as we need AI" - Alexia Cambon In this episode of The Curious Advantage podcast, Simon Brown, Paul Ashcroft, and Garrick Jones are joined by Alexia Cambon, Senior Director of...Show More
10) Imagining the Future - Where Sci-Fi Meets Curiosity with Ari Popper (Founder & CEO, SciFutures)
In this episode of The Curious Advantage podcast, Simon Brown and Paul Ashcroft speak with Ari Popper, Founder & CEO of SciFutures, to explore the intersection of science fiction, innovation, and lead...Show More