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Ep.130 - On the BRINK! Get a Fresh New Lens for Your Business with Andi Simon

Collaborate with Your Mind

Imagine having a fresh lens to view your business? Kimberly interviews corporate anthropologist, Andi Simon, Ph.D., on how to get your business on the brink and take your business to new heights. @crownyourselfnow

In this episode, you will learn…

  • What is corporate anthropology? (2:30)

  • Why is the focus more on the ecosystem of a company? (4:00)

  • How does having a process of discovery change a company? (7:30)

  • Why do you need to collaborate with your mind? (12:15)

  • How can you change a corporate culture? (14:00)

  • What usually holds a leader back? (21:00)

  • How do you turn your followers into the kind that you want? (24:45)

  • Why do you need to know what kind of follower you were? (27:15)

  • What are ways that leaders can expand their perception? (30:00)

  • How can you make business more fun? (35:00)

  • How has the desire for certainty been at the detriment of a business? (41:30)

  • What is the correlation of failure rate of startups with their leaders' desire for certainty? (45:00)

  • How do you build a market? (48:30)

  • How can you market to your searchers? (51:30)

Andrea J. Simon, Ph.D. (“Andi”) is an international leader in the growing field of corporate anthropology, an Axiom bronze Best Business Book of 2017 winning author of On the Brink: A fresh lens to take your business to new heights, and the founder and CEO of Simon Associates Management Consultants (SAMC). Andi’s forthcoming book is entitled Rethink: Smashing the Myths of Women in Business. Scheduled for release in January 2021, it shows how women today are challenging the expected norms of business and crashing through with extraordinary creative business, legal and professional solutions. 

Dr. Simon enables organizations to see their cultures with fresh eyes., Her talks on Change Matters and Blue Ocean Strategy have been featured in over 400 engagements. She is widely covered in Inc.com, Business Week, Good Morning America, and Modern Healthcare and has been a blogger for Forbes and Fierce Healthcare. 

With more than 130,000 monthly listeners, her podcast, On the Brink with Andi Simon, is ranked among the top 200 business podcasts and the rated among the top 20 for futurists. 

Andi and her husband Andrew Simon (another Andy) launched the Simon Initiative for Entrepreneurship at Washington University in 2018. She was also a visiting professor teaching Entrepreneurship at Washington University in 2006. 

Her clients come from across the globe and span industries as she helps them come “off the brink,” and learn how to soar again.

Learn more about Andi Simon…

Personal website: https://www.andisimon.com/ 

Business website: https://www.simonassociates.net/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SimonAssociatesManagementConsultants

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andreajsimon/

Personal Twitter:  https://twitter.com/simonandi

Business Twitter: https://twitter.com/Andisamc

Personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-simon-71386

Business LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/simon-associates-management-consultants/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgYOhfoPxtrLdpBZAZ0VAA

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-brink-with-andi-simon/id1249354482

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Ep.109 - Creating Your Culture of Diversity with Ebony Smith

Hold Your Boundaries

Discover how to claim your power through decisiveness and creating a set of non-negotiable personal policies from Ebony Smith, who will teach you how to create the container for a psychologically diverse culture. @crownyourselfnow

In this episode, you will learn...

  • What can happen when you follow your curiosity? (8:15)

  • How do you practice non-attachment? (11:30)

  • Why do you have to learn to balance the dance of entrepreneurship? (13:00)

  • Why do you need to hold your boundaries? (15:45)

  • How can beliefs of decisiveness serve you? (23:00)

  • What can surrounding yourself with a community do for you? (25:00)

  • How do you tap into your network? (26:15)

  • How do you make diversity normal? (33:30)

  • Why is a personality test important? (36:30)

Ebony Smith and she is an Executive Coach and the founder of Ebenum Equation. She began her career working for Fortune 100 companies such as Ryder, Sunoco Logistics, BP Integrated Supply and Trading, and World Fuel Services. Over the course of her career, Ebony held various leadership roles with increasing responsibility in operations, logistics, sales, marketing, and oil origination. Now, she spends her time running her certified woman-owned and minority-owned business providing services in the areas of foresight strategy, coaching, facilitation, and talent development. 

Ebony's superpower is utilizing her extensive experience and straightforward, authentic approach to enable leaders to lead more effectively and inclusively. Leaders often research ideas, thoughts, and processes to acquire knowledge on topics, but rarely integrate the information into everyday action. This is where Ebony exceeds!

Learn more about Ebony by visiting her website: https://www.ebenumequation.com/

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Ep.69 - Finding + Climbing Your Tangerine Mountain with Teri Noto and Cheri Santellano

Sharing a Passion for Tradition

Disabled, white Kimono sisters & entrepreneurs, Cheri & Teri, founders Tangerine Mountain, share their passion for Japanese culture & education, creating a "blue ocean strategy," making authentic wafuku + kimono available to the public. @crownyourselfnow

In this episode, you will learn…

Why do people develop a passion for kimono? (5:00)

What is cultural appropriation? (9:15)

How does Japanese art influence western impressionists? (13:30)

What are the challenges of sourcing the product into the country? (23:40)

How do you build resilience when facing difficulties? (34:00)

Why is your perspective in dealing with problems important to find a solution? (37:30)

What is a zone of genius? (40:00)

Why naming a company after an experience a good idea? (47:00)

How can you teach through experience and interaction? (50:00)

Based in the suburbs of Chicago, kimono sisters Cheri and Teri travel the USA to 30+ events and expos per year.  Through their business, Tangerine Mountain Imports & Designs, they engage in cultural exchange through teaching about kimono and making authentic wafuku, or Japanese traditional clothing, available to the public

Website: https://www.tangerinemountain.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TangerineMountain/

Instagram: @tangerinekimono

Private coaching prices are going up in 2020, so book your consult 1:1 with Kimberly now and lock in $5000 worth of savings. Book here: http://bit.ly/1-on-1-initial-consult

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For a 90-Minute 1:1 Consult  https://crownyourself.com/private-coaching

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And, one of the best ways to reprogram your subconscious mind is through hypnosis. Download my FREE 5-minute “You Are Worthy” hypnosis. GET YOUR FREE GIFT!

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Ep.64 - Unsugarcoated Empowerment with Aalia Lanius

Sharing Your Story with Power

From homeless to hear-centered service, Aalia Lanius, founder of the nonprofit, Unsugarcoated Media and EmpowerCon, delivers the tough-love how being authentically you is of the highest service. @crownyourselfnow


In this episode you will learn…


Why is helping others a gift to you as well? (5:00)

What makes story-telling necessary for our culture? (10:20)

How can being helpless make you keep trying? (17:30)

How can you shift the perspective for others to serve? (21:45)

Why should you help non-profits? (26:45)

What is true empowerment? (30:00)

How does being a woman help in what you do? (39:45)

Why should women celebrate their strengths? (42:35)

What can you learn from your failures? (44:00)

Why you deserve to be yourself? (46:15)



Known as a successful business entrepreneur, multiple award-winning Novelist, and founder of nonprofits geared at supporting people in their time of need, Aalia Lanius is a maverick and role model. For over 20 years, she has been sharing her personal experiences with audiences of all age groups and diverse backgrounds, across the globe, sharing tragedies and triumphs, both positive and negative, allowing others to realize that there is always hope in the dark AND FOUNDER OF the nonprofit unsugarcoated Media, creating events and content that empower our community, like EmpowerCon.


Website: https://unsugarcoatedmedia.com/

Instagram: @aalia_unsugarcoated https://www.instagram.com/aalia_unsugarcoated/



20% of All Company Profits from November Sales for Non-Profit November go to The Children's Tumor Foundation: https://www.ctf.org/



Private coaching prices are going up in 2020, so book your consult 1:1 with Kimberly now and lock in $5000 worth of savings. Book here: http://bit.ly/1-on-1-initial-consult


MIND FULL Meals Book https://crownyourself.securechkout.com/mindful-meals-presale


For a 90-Minute 1:1 Consult  https://crownyourself.com/private-coaching


For The Princess Process https://crownyourself.com/theprincessprocess


And, one of the best ways to reprogram your subconscious mind is through hypnosis. Download my FREE 5-minute “You Are Worthy” hypnosis. GET YOUR FREE GIFT!


Thank you so much for tuning in! Please leave a review on iTunes here so we can keep the magic coming your way.


For more biz inspo + mindset tools, follow us on Instagram: @crownyourselfnow


Follow my own mompreneur journey to #CrownYourself on Instagram: @kimberly.spencer

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"Crown Yourself Coaching"


For more mindset, motivation, actionable strategies, and business-building tips, check out: crownyourself.com