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Episode Notes [03:47] Seth's Early Understanding of Questions [04:33] The Power of Questions [05:25] Building Relationships Through Questions [06:41] This is Strategy: Focus on Questions [10:21] Gamifying Questions [11:34] Conversations as Infinite Games [15:32] Creating Tension with Questions [20:46] Effective Questioning Techniques [23:21] Empathy and Engagement [34:33] Strategy and Culture [35:22] Microsoft's Transformation [36:00] Global Perspectives on Questions [39:39] Caring in a Challenging World Resources Mentioned The Dip by Seth Godin Linchpin by Seth Godin Purple Cow by Seth Godin Tribes by Seth Godin This Is Marketing by Seth Godin The Carbon Almanac This is Strategy by Seth Godin Seth's Blog What Does it Sound Like When You Change Your Mind? by Seth Godin Value Creation Masterclass by Seth Godin on Udemy The Strategy Deck by Seth Godin Taylor Swift Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith Curated Questions Episode Supercuts Priya Parker Techstars Satya Nadella Microsoft Steve Ballmer Acumen Jerry Colonna Unleashing the Idea Virus by Seth Godin Tim Ferriss podcast with Seth Godin Seth Godin website Beauty Pill Producer Ben Ford Questions Asked When did you first understand the power of questions? What do you do to get under the layer to really get down to those lower levels? Is it just follow-up questions, mindset, worldview, and how that works for you? How'd you get this job anyway? What are things like around here? What did your boss do before they were your boss? Wow did you end up with this job? Why are questions such a big part of This is Strategy? If you had to charge ten times as much as you charge now, what would you do differently? If it had to be free, what would you do differently? Who's it for, and what's it for? What is the change we seek to make? How did you choose the questions for The Strategy Deck? How big is our circle of us? How many people do I care about? Is the change we're making contagious? Are there other ways to gamify the use of questions? Any other thoughts on how questions might be gamified? How do we play games with other people where we're aware of what it would be for them to win and for us to win? What is it that you're challenged by? What is it that you want to share? What is it that you're afraid of? If there isn't a change, then why are we wasting our time? Can you define tension? What kind of haircut do you want? How long has it been since your last haircut? How might one think about intentionally creating that question? What factors should someone think about as they use questions to create tension? How was school today? What is the kind of interaction I'm hoping for over time? How do I ask a different sort of question that over time will be answered with how was school today? Were there any easy questions on your math homework? Did anything good happen at school today? What tension am I here to create? What wrong questions continue to be asked? What temperature is it outside? When the person you could have been meets the person you are becoming, is it going to be a cause for celebration or heartbreak? What are the questions we're going to ask each other? What was life like at the dinner table when you were growing up? What are we really trying to accomplish? How do you have this cogent two sentence explanation of what you do? How many clicks can we get per visit? What would happen if there was a webpage that was designed to get you to leave? What were the questions that were being asked by people in authority at Yahoo in 1999? How did the stock do today? Is anything broken? What can you do today that will make the stock go up tomorrow? What are risks worth taking? What are we doing that might not work but that supports our mission? What was the last thing you did that didn't work, and what did we learn from it? What have we done to so delight our core customers that they're telling other people? How has your international circle informed your life of questions? What do I believe that other people don't believe? What do I see that other people don't see? What do I take for granted that other people don't take for granted? What would blank do? What would Bob do? What would Jill do? What would Susan do? What happened to them? What system are they in that made them decide that that was the right thing to do? And then how do we change the system? How given the state of the world, do you manage to continue to care as much as you do? Do you walk to school or take your lunch? If you all can only care if things are going well, then what does that mean about caring? Should I have spent the last 50 years curled up in a ball? How do we go to the foundation and create community action?…
Knock Tales Whisky Podcast with Gordon Bruce
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Gordon Bruce is curious about craft. And in Knock Tales, the Knockdhu Distillery Manager and anCnoc single malt whisky maker meets people who know exactly what it takes to make the world’s most beautifully crafted and celebrated products. He’ll be sharing a dram with these fellow craft obsessives to get to the bottom of his favourite topic: ‘making things well’. There’s always meticulous process, traditional skills, impeccably sourced raw materials and a stubborn refusal to compromise. But it’s the personal pride and passion you hear in each story that is the making of a truly great craft product. As Gordon says: ‘Nothing compares to a product that has been made by someone, not just with their head but with hand, heart and soul. This is craft, and I’ll be sharing some great stories and a few secrets from people who, like me, spend their days making things to put out into the world for people enjoy. I do hope you’ll join us!’
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Gordon Bruce is curious about craft. And in Knock Tales, the Knockdhu Distillery Manager and anCnoc single malt whisky maker meets people who know exactly what it takes to make the world’s most beautifully crafted and celebrated products. He’ll be sharing a dram with these fellow craft obsessives to get to the bottom of his favourite topic: ‘making things well’. There’s always meticulous process, traditional skills, impeccably sourced raw materials and a stubborn refusal to compromise. But it’s the personal pride and passion you hear in each story that is the making of a truly great craft product. As Gordon says: ‘Nothing compares to a product that has been made by someone, not just with their head but with hand, heart and soul. This is craft, and I’ll be sharing some great stories and a few secrets from people who, like me, spend their days making things to put out into the world for people enjoy. I do hope you’ll join us!’
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Peat. One of whisky’s most divisive flavours, sparking lots of love, a little bit of hate, but always a lively conversation amongst drinkers. That’s exactly what we’ve captured in our latest episode, as anCnoc introduces two new peated single malts to the world: Sherry Cask Finish, Peated Edition and the long awaited limited edition, Peatheart Batch 3. To fuel the discussion Gordon welcomes anCnoc Brand Ambassador Stuart Baxter back to the Knockdhu mic for a chat and a tasting. Stuart has been doing his homework and delivers a phenolic masterclass, taking us back 2000 years to explain what exactly went on in Scotland to create those fields of flavour-packed peat in the first place – before bringing us right up to date with his definitive classification for peated whiskies today: are they ACDC or Taylor Swift? Gordon explains the peated whisky making process and waxes lyrical about his beloved Aberdeenshire peat: the stuff that brings all the ashy, woody, heathery charm to the peated single malts he makes at Knockdhu – and the reason anCnoc’s peated drams are loved by peat lovers and haters alike.…
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1 Hans Martin Hansgaard, Stauning Distillery, Denmark 21:40
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Nordic whisky is having a moment. And in this month’s episode Gordon chats to one of its pioneers: Hans Martin Hansgaard, co-founder of Stauning Distillery. This former teacher clubbed together with a group of friends (a butcher, helicopter pilot, doctor, several engineers and a chef) to found Denmark’s first ever single malt whisky distillery. And why not? They’d heard a radio programme about exactly how Scotch whisky is made and realised that, when it comes to the essentials - the water, the grains, the peat and the sometimes dreich climate – Denmark has it all! Here Hans shares his fascinating story with Gordon: from devouring books on making whisky the old fashioned way to designing Stauning’s stunning ‘Nordic Noir’ distillery on Denmark’s west coast and winning awards with his first bottlings. And while anCnoc and Stauning may be over a century apart in the timeline, there’s no difference in the ethos of these two whisky makers when it comes to their craft. It’s all about the beauty of ‘small’ and a making whiskies for the modern age that never lose touch with tradition.…
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1 Desiree Reid, Cardrona Distillery, New Zealand 29:26
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What difference does an extreme distillery location make to a finished bottle of whisky? That’s the topic that Gordon gets into with his special guest in this episode: the inspiring Desiree Reid, founder of Cardrona Distillery which she built from scratch in New Zealand’s remote Southern Alps. A former farmer, Desiree chats to Gordon about following her long held dream to make whisky in the spectacular Cardrona Valley, and the behind the scenes story of how she got there. From a memorable tour of Scotland’s distilleries on her 21st birthday to the many building blocks needed to turn her distillery dream into reality: from touring the world to find mentors to rebuilding a lost industry in New Zealand; and paying tribute to her supportive parents by laying the first casks on her mother’s birthday. In Desiree’s view, location is indeed everything. Being over 600 metres above sea level has an impact on the production process, from the boiling point of alcohol to the speed of each cask’s maturation. But just like the quiet village of Knock in Gordon’s Aberdeenshire home, Desiree’s beautiful and unique mountain location also brings the magic – along with the glacial water, local ingredients and skilled team to create a very distinctive, modern whisky. Amidst plenty of laughs and revelations, Gordon and Desiree round off the episode with a wee dram of their respective whiskies, toasting to the craft of making great whisky wherever you are in the world.…
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1 Karan Nagpal, Overtone Brewing, Glasgow 27:57
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What’s the deal with craft? That’s the question that Gordon and guests dive into in this episode of Knock Tales, featuring craft beer supremo Karan Nagpal from Glasgow’s Overtone Brewing and Gordon’s anointed ‘stunt double’, anCnoc Global Brand Ambassador Stewart Baxter. After the first anCnoc Craft Cast event at Karan’s brewery a few weeks ago, this gang of craft obsessives pick apart the whole idea of craft production, how the word is used and abused in the industry, and what you’re actually getting when it’s on the label. Talk turns to transparency, respect for ingredients, imperfection, playfulness, ingenuity and keeping it real. The human touch, and products made with the skill of a seasoned, passionate distiller or brewer. And the little steps that make a big difference – as Gordon says, the ‘tweaks, twists and teases’ that only a human being can bring to the process (computer operators don’t count). Tune in for Karan’s fascinating story of his ‘path to craft’ from Bangalore to Scotland’s brewing scene, and how Overtone keep it fresh, fun (and insanely fruity) in their endlessly innovative run of craft beers. And to hear a shocking admission from Gordon about whisky labels!…
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Chocolate and a whisky: a match made in heaven. And the perfect combination for the start of Knock Tale’s second series. In this episode Gordon chats to chocolate maestro Calum Haggerty, the brains behind Scotland’s deliciously crafted COCO chocolate. This former fire service worker tells Gordon why he followed his passion for food, art and design to create a range of chocolate that’s beautiful both inside and out, made with the wellbeing of cacao growers at its heart and always ‘dressed to impress’ with artist-designed wrappers. Tune in as they enjoy drams of anCnoc and a nibble of COCO’s best selling bars, as Calum reveals all about his mission to shake up the global chocolate industry with his most ethical bar to date.…
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In this bumper festive edition, Gordon takes a look back at some of his favourite bits from Knock Tales 2021: the life lessons and laughs, the stories of creativity, community and daily passion that our craft obsessed guests from around the world put into their products, whether they’re in South America, Sweden, Tasmania or Texas. We have American craft distiller Jared Himstedt sharing secrets from behind the scenes of building Balcones Distillery from scratch; Sweden’s Henric Molin on the joys of his beloved wooden Coffey still; Heather Tillott from Sullivan’s Cove on how it feels to make stock today that will be bottled and sold by the next generation of whisky makers; legendary ‘podmaster’ Mark Gillespie on defining 'craft' and the eternal importance of people in production; Patagonia’s Last Hope Distillery team on their next level foraging for roadside peat; the power of a ‘good nose’ with Hattingley Valley winemaker Emma Rice; whisky photographer Erik McRitchie’s on why whisky is always meant to be shared; Steven Anderson from East Coast Cured on experiments in charcuterie; and finally Rory Stone from Highland Fine Cheeses on why life for craft producers is all about the quest for perfection, not happiness…and to never stop trying to get better. So sit back, make sure you have a dram in hand, and enjoy!…
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1 Steven Anderson, East Coast Cured, Edinburgh 32:44
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From illicit home brewing in his teenage bedroom to converting the eaves of his family home into a makeshift curing chamber, Gordon meets an unstoppable maker in this month’s podcast: Steven Anderson of East Coast Cured. Having fallen in love with charcuterie in the South of France, this former brewer and distiller wondered why no one in Scotland was curing the nation’s world class meats to compete with continental makers. Alongside his wife Susie, he took the leap and founded his Leith based business in 2017, driven by a passion for experimentation, flavour and wanting to ‘be the guy on the workshop floor playing around with recipes.’ It turns out that, despite his early curing methods sounding ‘bonkers’, even to Gordon, the two have so much in common when it comes to skills, provenance and being really serious about the product they make (but making sure to have some fun along the way). And they enjoy digging into a hamper of East Coast Cured treats and Gordon’s store of anCnoc at the distillery, for a tasting session which Gordon declares is as good as Christmas! Porcini and truffle salami with Peatheart whisky? It’s a smoke explosion that gets Gordon’s tastebuds tingling and provides listeners with some gift inspiration for the festive season.…
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1 Erik McRitchie, @frombarreltobottle, Canada 24:16
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In this episode, Gordon leaves the comfort of the whisky making world behind to talk light, technique, and yes, even Tik Tok, with Canadian photography and single malt fanatic Erik McRitchie. As a founder of the globally successful @frombarreltobottle Instagram account, Erik has spent the past few years combining his passions for whisky, photography and adventure into one extraordinary visual feast for drinkers. He reassures the legendary low-tech Gordon that the perfect whisky photo has nothing to do with a fancy camera or piece of equipment. It’s about capturing a moment and a mood – a single malt at home with friends, a glass hit by a beautiful golden light just before sundown, or a bracing dram after a winter climb in the Rockies. Then it’s about sharing it, as Gordon would do with a finely crafted whisky, for all the world to enjoy. His story of a trip to Scotland 12 years ago sparking his passion for whisky and photography in one is inspiring – and there’s plenty of laughter, drams and corks popping to finish as Gordon and Erik taste their way through some of the anCnoc collection.…
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1 Emma Rice, Hattingley Valley Wines, England 33:41
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In this episode Gordon jumps feet first into a vat of grapes, hard graft and global success as he gets the lowdown on English wine – courtesy of Emma Rice, Head Wine Maker at the multi award-winning Hattingley Valley Winery in Hampshire. Don’t expect polite chit chat over a glass of fizz…the pair get straight into the joys of working in the countryside, getting your hands dirty, grape varieties and whether or not you have to be born with a good ‘nose’ for the job. As you’d expect from someone who heads up the Wines of Great Britain Technical Wine Making Committee, Emma’s expertise, accomplishment, and dedication to crafting world class sparkling and still wines shine through. With 30 plus commercial wineries now operating in Britain and some 700 vineyards established, she explains where English wine has come from and why it’s now having a moment. She also spills a few trade secrets about the making of Hattingley Valley’s sought after wines – including Emma’s favourite rosé: a liquid so delicious the winery can’t make enough of it to keep up with demand! And forget the old saying, ‘grape or grain, never the twain’: tune in to hear Gordon and Emma find plenty of shared ground between whisky and wine making: from oak barrels and sustainability to the importance of community and staying friends with your competitors.…
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1 Kiera Shiels and Matt Oberg, Last Hope Distillery, Patagonia 28:20
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What led two young Australian engineers to pack in their jobs and build a distillery from scratch in one of the most remote corners of the world? In this episode, tune in to hear Kiera Shiels and Matt Oberg of Last Hope Distillery in Patagonia give Gordon the lowdown on their great leap of faith, and a new life crafting small batch gin and whisky in Puerto Natales. Knockdhu is out of the way, but Last Hope Distillery takes remote to the next level. Trips to the city happen twice a year, the winter freeze stops production and it takes a barrel load of ‘make do and mend’ spirit to keep things running (an approach Gordon naturally approves of). But as this intrepid duo reveal, they have everything they need on their doorstep – from a ready supply of peat they can pick up by the roadside, to customers at their distillery bar next door to test gin experiments - and locals who are happy to fill their gin bottles by hand at the distillery door for the ultimate in sustainable packaging. The three also agree that, although whisky is made from just a few simple ingredients, the beauty of your surroundings, the pristine water, clean air and local traditions bring a certain magic once its in the bottle.…
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1 Mark Gillespie, founder and host of WhiskyCast 32:36
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What do you say to the ‘Podfather’ of the whisky world when he’s a guest on your own podcast? In this episode of Knock Tales, Gordon settles his nerves and finds out, when he hosts Mark Gillespie, podcasting legend and founder of WhiskyCast who has close to 900 episodes to his name…and counting. Having been a WhiskyCast guest, Gordon enjoys turning the tables on Mark to hear his story: the night he first fell in love with single malt and how it led to a lifetime spent tasting, discovering and sharing whisky stories from around the world. He also lifts the lid on WhiskyCast’s enduring success and how he came up with the idea of starting one of whisky’s first shows (at a time when ‘what’s a podcast’ was a frequently asked question). The chat turns to craft, why traditional methods and the human touch won’t be going out of fashion any time soon, and why it’s so important to inspire and mentor new generations of whisky makers. Gordon also reveals the two bits of technology he actually admires (note: neither of these has anything to do with whisky making). In their different ways, whisky for Mark and Gordon is work. But, they also agree it’s one of life’s great pleasures, sipping and savouring the pride that distillery teams have put into making it, and remembering that life is good. There’s also a surprise for Gordon at the end when Mark reveals the one, very special bottle of whisky in his collection that he covets the most - but will never open (which turns out to have been crafted at Knockdhu).…
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1 Heather Tillott, Sullivans Cove Distillery, Tasmania 30:55
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Quirky production, prohibition and never selling your soul to the (mechanised) devil: Gordon meets his whisky making match in Heather Tillott, Head Distiller of cult Tasmanian whisky brand Sullivans Cove in this edition of Knock Tales. Starting out in Australia’s famed wine business, Heather fell in love with whisky after touring a few of Tasmania’s distilleries, and soon after took up a post at Sullivans Cove on the island’s beautiful south coast. In a fascinating half hour, Heather charts the region’s whisky making journey: from penal colony where whisky production was prohibited until the early 1990s; to leader of the global craft distilling boom. Along the way she shares the secrets of Sullivans Cove's world record breaking medal streak and their plans to up sticks and take the distillery back to its roots on Hobart’s waterfront. Meanwhile Gordon gets philosophical about the long life cycle of single malt whisky and how it feels to be laying down stock that he won’t be rolling back out of the warehouse – as well as revealing why he’s so terrified of wine experts when they pay him a visit at Knockdhu.…
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1 Henric Molin, Spirit of Hven Distillery, Sweden 20:20
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If the whisky world has a ‘Willy Wonka’ then it’s Henric Molin: chemist, flavourist, creator and experimenter in chief at Sweden’s Spirit of Hven Distillery. In this episode of Knock Tales, Henric dials in to Knockdhu from the remote, tiny island of Hven in the Oresund Straight between Sweden and Denmark - population 371 – where he crafts some of the world’s best organic, sustainable whiskies, vodkas and gins. Agreeing that distilleries are like big toy boxes which are there to be played with, Henric and Gordon get technical on wooden cased stills, the essence of peat and some of the weird and wonderful flavour sources in Hven’s most popular whiskies. As Henric says, after 400 years the whisky making process is almost perfect. Now it’s all about finding new ways to create incredible flavours.…
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1 Rory Stone, Cheesemaker, Highland Fine Cheeses 26:31
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Does making things for a living make you happy? Is perfection possible? Is the 21st Century really all it’s cracked up to be? These questions and many more are answered in the second episode of Knock Tales, as Knockdhu Distillery Manager Gordon Bruce breaks loose from his beloved whisky world to meet one of the big characters of Scotland’s food scene: Rory Stone. A second-generation cheesemaker at Highland Fine Cheeses in Tain, with award winning bries, cheddars, Mingers and the legendary Strathdon Blue to his name, Rory pulls no punches when it comes to the pros and cons of a life that involves 5am starts at the dairy each day. Tune in to hear drams being uncorked and musings on the need for human decision making, Gordon’s take on the world of peat, Rory’s memories of a perfect night eating Minger in Boston….and why every day should be a school day when you’re making something by hand. They both may have clocked up the hours over decades perfecting their craft but, as Rory says: ‘When you say it’s perfect, you’ve just stopped trying.’…
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What does it take to build a whisky distillery from scratch? Why is second hand equipment better than new? What’s the ultimate finishing cask for single malt? In this first episode, Knockdhu Distillery manager Gordon Bruce ‘chews the fat’ with Jared Himstedt from award winning Balcones Distillery in Texas - a man who Gordon proclaims is something of a whisky ‘rock star’! Telling tales of making anCnoc whisky in Aberdeenshire, his obsession with craft and making things well, Gordon chats to Jared about their shared love of DIY culture, creativity and collaboration – plus the kick they both get out of sending their whisky out into the world for others to enjoy.…
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