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We Go Deep With Innovators You Want To Learn From.

Dirk Beveridge sits with some of the most brilliant leaders and innovators from within distribution and beyond, to share deep insight with the UnleashWD community. Each guest is innovating and changing the way business is done. They have chosen to be the disrupter rather than the disrupted.

Latest Episodes

My Life’s Work: Stay Focused For The Long-Term

Over the last five episodes you have learned a success path for securing your life’s work. First you must define your purpose by leveraging a compelling set of values and beliefs to inspire hunger for meaningful contribution. Next, align your Play Episode

My Life’s Work: Long-Term Thinking In A Short-Term World

On February 14, 1924, the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company changed its name. International Business Machines Corporation was born that day. IBM. Big Blue. Was here to stay. From that point on … with big dreams, strong principals, and a Play Episode

My Life’s Work: Build Organizational Capabilities For Tomorrow

How far will 30 steps take you? If your steps are linear, you’ll travel 30 meters. But set your sites on 30 exponential steps … you know, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 … and you will travel over 1 billion meters (1,073,741,824 meters to be Play Episode

My Life’s Work: Don’t Allow Your Business To Drift

Can you think of a business that has drifted with no meaningful disciplines? How about Enron? Or a business that drifted with no vision? Blockbuster comes to mind. How about a business with no clear path forward? Sears. Enough said, Play Episode

My Life’s Work: Purpose Driven Leadership

Define Your Purpose Business and life always come back to purpose. Leaders are purpose driven. Estee Lauder, Walt Disney, Sam Walton, and David Packard, for example. It is your purpose that secures your life’s work. To achieve your Play Episode

My Life’s Work: It’s The 4th Quarter

Tom Brady, in the 4th quarter of his career is getting stronger and keeps delivering championships. Warren Buffet turned 89 this summer and continues to bring it having amassed 99% of his wealth after his 50th birthday. And, no matter what the Play Episode

Creating A Brand That Breaks Through The Clutter & Stands For Something with Ken Salyer

Today’s guest, returning for our third conversation is Ken Salyer, the founder and CEO of wall covering distributor Tri-Kes. Today Ken shares his insight on the importance of creating a value proposition that allows you to break through the Play Episode

Digital Transformation In A World Where Instantaneous Is Too Slow With Ken Salyer

Today’s guest, Ken Salyer the founder and CEO of wall covering distributor Tri-Kes has peered into the future and sees a world where instantaneous is too slow. Technology has changed customer’s expectations to having access to information before Play Episode

Culture at the Speed of Today with Ken Salyer of Tri-Kes

Today’s guest is Ken Salyer, Founder and CEO of wall covering distributor Tri-Kes. Ken and I explore the importance of culture and how they have intentionally nurtured a culture based on a joint set of beliefs the organization lives everyday. Ken Play Episode

Creating The Vision To Disrupt Yourself with Kathy Mazzarella CEO of Graybar [Re-Broadcast]

Kathy Mazzarella is the chairman, president and CEO of Graybar, a Fortune 500 company that specializes in supply chain management services and is a leading North American distributor of high-quality components, equipment and materials for a number of Play Episode