What if AI isn’t the problem… but the amplifier?

In this episode, Laurent Cohen—an entrepreneur with over 30 years of real-world experience—breaks down what most people are getting wrong about AI, business, and adaptation. This isn’t hype or theory. This is coming from someone who has built, lost, rebuilt, and stayed in the game through multiple economic shifts.

We talk about why people shouldn’t try to “learn AI” in isolation, how it actually shows up inside real businesses, and why it will only amplify who you already are—good or bad. Laurent shares hard-earned lessons from navigating failure, starting over, and staying grounded in what actually matters: people.

If you feel overwhelmed by AI, stuck in your business, or unsure how to adapt without losing your edge—this conversation will reset how you think about all of it.

🎙️ What we cover:

– AI in business (without the hype)

– Entrepreneurship and resilience

– Adapting in fast-changing markets

– Why most people are approaching AI wrong

– Building with intuition, not just strategy

– Turning setbacks into leverage

If you need a place to learn how to use your voice, start a podcast, be on a podcast, find guests for your podcast, join me here.
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Chris Woods is a Certified Professional Coach and the author of the book "Balls & Brains: A framework for living your best life by overcoming fears and maximizing strengths."

"Balls & Brains" is a no-nonsense, actionable guide for people seeking to break free from self-imposed limitations and step into their fullest potential.

Chris Woods combines personal storytelling, psychological frameworks, and practical exercises to help readers overcome fear (Balls) and maximize their innate strengths (Brains). This isn't just another self-help book, it's a roadmap for those who are tired of playing small and ready to lead with courage and clarity.

Chris brings decades of experience as a four-time global C-suite executive and former Google sales leader. He has led at scale, made high-stakes decisions, and lived inside the pressure that comes with responsibility and ambition.

He rose up from a rough upbringing in a tough area of Boston - the original "Good Will Hunting".

At 40 years old, Chris flatlined in a hospital bed. That moment forced him to confront not just his health, but how he was defining success and the internal fears driving his choices. It changed everything.

Today, he coaches from lived experience—not theory. He helps leaders and professionals align who they are with what they do, so success feels energizing instead of exhausting.

https://chriswoodscoach.com/

Barry Deeks
THE MAN WHO CAN a film
My book “The Bizarre and Enchanting Life”

Feature Film | Psychological Drama
Barry Deeks survives a catastrophic road accident that temporarily leaves him unable to speak. During his recovery, writing becomes his lifeline and thought becomes his refuge. Intelligent, articulate, and emotionally intense, Barry begins to form a belief system that reframes suffering, identity, and meaning.
As Barry moves through psychiatric hospitals and later prison, his intelligence and certainty attract both admiration and resistance. Doctors attempt diagnosis, institutions attempt containment, and Barry resists not with aggression but with language, humour, and observation.
The film unfolds entirely from Barry’s subjective perspective, never confirming whether his beliefs are insight, survival strategy, or delusion. Instead, it places the audience inside belief itself—how it functions, comforts, and isolates.
As years pass, Barry’s certainty softens without disappearing. He becomes less concerned with being right and more concerned with being kind. In a final assessment, Barry is asked whether he still believes he is meant to save humanity. His answer reframes the film: “I believe people need help. Sometimes belief is help.”
The film concludes quietly, with Barry still writing, still thinking—leaving the audience to decide not whether he was right, but what it means to be understood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zipc66IXiV4

Available on Wattpad as an ebook.
barrydeeks745@gmail.com 07494 266 892
Many thanks Barry.

I don’t know anyone that recovered from burnout post covid without doing any meditation, journaling, drinking water, or other standard burnout-recovery routines. And then I took that experienced and realized it’s actually easier and more effective to address four important areas of your life at once rather than one at a time. I call it the 3d printed life approach because we create results later by layer like they do with 3d printed houses. So I would say I’m special in the good ways (and I’m still working on the areas where I’m special in the not so good ways).

Kurt Bush is a certified Internal Family Systems Practitioner, trauma-informed coach, and co-founder of Brimstone Coaching Group. With a background spanning corporate leadership, pastoral ministry, and coaching, Kurt helps leaders break free from self-doubt, embrace authenticity, and lead with confidence. Having overcome his own struggles with imposter syndrome, Kurt is passionate about guiding others through transformational growth and into authentic leadership. Through Brimstone’s unique E + R = T approach (Encounter + Reflection = Transformation), Kurt equips individuals and teams to move from exhaustion and frustration to clarity and wholeness. He is also the co-host of The Brimstone Coaching Podcast, where he and his coaching partner explore leadership, personal growth, and breaking through barriers.

https://www.brimstonecoachinggroup.com/1-1coaching

On November 9, 2024 the unthinkable happened. Julia’s father, seemingly healthy and in great shape, died very suddenly. Only after receiving autopsy results did she and her family learn what he died from: aortic dissection due to arterial plaque calcification. This prompted Julia to want to make people more aware and prepared for the sudden death of a loved one and raise awareness for the need for arterial plaque removal. She started a fundraiser in her fathers name through The Heart Foundation and is in the process of preparing for her first ever Ted Talk on this issue.

Julia believes you can turn your worst life experiences into meaningful learning opportunities to help other people and even into business ventures and a career. Through telling her story of her fathers sudden death and what she learned from this, she is hoping to inspire more community support around talking and preparing people for the reality of death, the chemically altering experience of losing a parent suddenly and the need for a cure for artery plaque.

https://donate.theheartfoundation.org/inmemoryofjohnglindenthal

The fundraiser in my father’s name supports research through The Heart Foundation that goes directly to their efforts to find a cure for arterial plaque, particularly calcified plaque. This is a leading cause of heart disease, heart attack, heart failure, stroke and aortic dissection and aneurysm.

https://donate.theheartfoundation.org/inmemoryofjohnglindenthal

Marc Schmidt is a broadcast
professional and the host/creator of the podcast Marc My Words.

Marc moved away from his hometown during his twenties in order to pursue a career in the tv broadcasting industry. After several years of working in his field, Marc decided to think about ways he could pursue some lifelong dreams. One of which was to speak to others about his unique journey in life. After meeting entrepreneurs who inspired and supported him, he decided to create a podcast called Marc My Words.

Marc has fought every day of his life to not only be heard, but also inspire others. He used to believe that speaking and being on camera was nothing more than a dream due to being born with a cleft palette and lip. Thanks to the encouragement of entrepreneurs and others he met along the way, Marc found it within himself to overcome these obstacles and create his own podcast. Many of conversations on Marc My Words revolve around themes such as resilience, imposter syndrome, mental health, and career transition.

https://www.youtube.com/@marcmywords3008