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Breakthrough by Design Podcast

We believe that everyone has the potential to get to breakthrough, but it requires a different way of thinking to make positive change.

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Breakthrough Bravery: Challenging the status quo with Pieter Du Preez

Pieter Du Preez experienced an accident that changed the trajectory of his life. As a quadriplegic athlete, he faced his new obstacles head on and shifted his mindset to challenge the status quo, check his edge and reach for one small goal at a time. Through these wins, Pieter has overcome and broken records at the highest levels of sport. He is a Paralympic gold medalist, seven-time winner of the Berlin marathon, the first athlete with C6 quadriplegia to complete an Ironman triathlon and has been an inspiration to countless along the way.

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Breakthrough Bravery: Challenging the status quo with Pieter Du Preez

Breakthrough Brand: owning your authentic story with Allison Kluger

Breakthrough Bard: Speaking the truth through Shakespeare

Breakthrough Bots: Harnessing Gen AI for positive societal impact

Breakthrough Breakups: Navigating divorce using breakthrough thinking

Breakthrough Beginnings: Creative problem solving with Coe Leta Stafford

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About Breakthrough by Design

How can you get to Breakthrough? Find out on Breakthrough by Design, the podcast where we chat with a diverse array of guests: from scientists to CEOs, academics to athletes, exploring what it takes to get to breakthrough. After years of research and working with executives in the field, we have found that there are specific principles and techniques that, when applied with intention and regularity, can enhance your chances of achieving real breakthrough. In each episode we invite a unique expert to help us dig deep into different aspects of these principles, sharing intriguing insights, tactical tips, and surprising stories around how to devise, develop, and drive transformative innovation.

We’ve codified these 10 principles into a recently released book, The Breakthrough Manifesto: 10 Principles to Spark Transformative Innovation, co-authored by our host, Kim Christfort and Dr. Suzanne Vickberg. To learn more, visit

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