Howdy! It’s Doone here, your hype girl 💗 just having my own hype girl moment over here… My interview with Jo Malone just went live! Love that for me.

One of the takeaways from our chat is Jo’s core superpower… And it’s probably not what you think. You see most people see Jo’s superpower being around scent (which it absolute is!), but to me it’s how she thinks. Jo’s brain just approaches things from a completely different perspective; everything from problem-solving, team building and decision making - and it’s why she wins, on repeat.

🎧 If you can’t hold your horses access the full chat with Jo here or read on for her must-use-immediately playbook!

💟 COLLAB: or should I say co-brand? Nike is partnering with Kim Kardashian for a new brand called “NikeSkims” and their market-cap is already up $5B

💟 POPPI: the cult-fave probiotic soda brand is facing backlash following this '“out-of-touch“ influencer campaign the same week Coca Cola disrupts the space

💟 HAIRCARE: loved this piece on how Crown Affair became the queen of it-girl hair care (hear the origin story directly on the pod!)

💟 SPORTS: Autumn Lockwood us the first black woman coach to win a Super Bowl (& she’s the champion We Need Right Now)

💟 SIDE HUSTLE: there’s a new lucrative side hustle on the block (quite literally)

💟 AI NEWS: Mira Murati (former OpenAI CTO) has launched Thinking Machines Lab to make AI more accessible for everyone & AI powered family mental health app Little Otter has raised $9.5M in funding

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🍕The Pizza Boardroom:
A Genius Hack to Get Unfiltered Feedback

One of the (many!) crackers from my ep with Jo is her Pizza Boardroom Meeting playbook...

Not everyone can afford a team with a lot of brainpower coming from different perspectives (🙋‍♀️) and while AI tools are seriously impressive, sometimes you just need the collective brains trust. So here’s how you go about getting unfiltered feedback that’ll change your perspective in business:

👉 Invite 8-12 people: a mix of friends, mentors, that cool mom from school pickup… The trick here is to look outside the predictable business mentors. You want a diverse group of thinkers. Like a friend who has a wicked eye for design. Or someone who knows how to tell a good story. A Gen Z friend of a friend that’s a TikTok native. A teen.
👉 Prep your 20 Q’s: Make sure everyone knows why they’re there… to offer unfiltered business feedback. You’ll have 20 questions prepared to prompt a thought-provoking convo about your business, product or idea and you’re after alternatives views, genuinely fresh perspectives and out-of-the-box ideas.
👉 Order the pizza: Sit back and keep an open mind to what comes up!

Why it works:

• Diverse minds = diverse solutions. You’re getting direct input from people who see things differently than you

• Casual setting = honest feedback. When the pressure if off and it’s chill, everyone can relax and let the good ideas roll in

• You’re making space for unexpected breakthroughs…. The best ideas often come from unlikely sources.

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