No, I’m Not Crazy but I Hike Barefoot! with Greg Stern 23 Sep 2024 5:00 AM (6 months ago)
Many jobs are new spent at screens. We’re sitting all day, and frankly, it’s not good for our bodies. Greg Stern, founder of Ground-Up Physio, will be joining me to explain why barefoot is better, slouching is super, and what we’ve been taught about how to use our bodies needs more than a little updating.
Reefer Madness: Saving the World with Christian Campbell 16 Sep 2024 5:00 AM (6 months ago)
In the 1930s, the movie Reefer Madness was the centerpiece of a campaign to discredit marijuana. Almost a century later, actor/entrepreneur Christian Campbell turned it into a musical satire and commentary on manipulation and propaganda. In fact, the industrial uses of Hemp might be a significant piece of climate-friendly business. But how to spread that […]
Supercommunicators with Charles Duhigg 9 Sep 2024 5:00 AM (6 months ago)
We all know people who seem to effortlessly connect with anyone they talk to.
What’s their secret?
Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist Charles Duhigg spent years researching this question and finding the answer. In his new book “Supercommunicators,” he explains that great communicators are always working on three levels: the practical (what this is really about), the emotional […]
Business Culture for Life Success with Alex Draper 2 Sep 2024 5:00 AM (7 months ago)
Do organizations really prioritize the well-being of their employees and families? Of course not. At least, many don’t. But some do. And today we’re going to explore how they successfully live both their business and their cultural values. Our guest, Alex Draper from DX Learning, brings an insightful perspective from his work helping leaders live […]
Top-Tier Culture: What it Is, Why It’s Good, and How to Create It with Michael Weening 26 Aug 2024 5:00 AM (7 months ago)
What does the President & CEO of a billion-dollar company think of “grind culture”? Work-from-home? Productivity? Michael Weening can tell us. The President and CEO of Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX), which just broke $1 billion in annualized revenue, Mr. Weening’s experience spans multiple geographies and cultures, including North America, Europe, and Asia. He has worked […]
Misbelief with Dan Ariely 19 Aug 2024 5:00 AM (7 months ago)
Join me for a chat with social scientist Dan Ariely to discuss his new book, Misbelief. He’ll help us understand why even smart people find misinformation so seductive. He’ll help us understand how even otherwise rational people can adopt deeply irrational beliefs. Given the problems facing the world today, and the prevalence of accidental and deliberate misinformation, […]
The Enneagram in Business with Karl Hebenstreit 12 Aug 2024 5:00 AM (7 months ago)
Do you know what drives your team? Your co-workers? Yourself? I thought I knew myself, too. Until Karl Hebenstreit helped me see otherwise.Author of “The How and Why: Taking Care of Business with the Enneagram,” Karl will explain how you can use a psychological profile called the “Enneagram” to understand yourself, your team, and your […]
How to Work with (Almost) Anyone with Michael Bungay Stanier 5 Aug 2024 5:00 AM (8 months ago)
Michael Bungay Stanier shares how to set up professional relationships for success. From initiating, to maintaining, to fixing a relationship, Michael shares insights from his new book.
Logitech CEO Bracken Darrell: Doing Well and Doing Good 29 Jul 2024 5:00 AM (8 months ago)
Join me for a discussion with Bracken Darrell, who has spent the last decade leading Logitech to be not only a world-class creator of electronic products, but a company that is building sustainability and equal opportunity into its DNA. He recently announced that Logitech is now carbon neutral, with a goal of becoming carbon positive […]
Thriving and Advancing when You’re the Only One with Christelle Mombo-Zigah 22 Jul 2024 5:00 AM (8 months ago)
A high-tech overachiever manages a full-time job, a spouse, two young children, and a pandemic lockdown, all while getting a degree from one of the top business schools in the country. To top it off, Christelle Mombo-Zigah is a black woman with a French accent in an industry where any one of those is a […]
Transforming Healthcare from the Private Sector with Jonathan Bush 15 Jul 2024 5:00 AM (8 months ago)
Jonathan Bush is the co-founder of Zus Health, and previously CEO and co-founder of Athena Healthcare, a $6 billion company that handles back-end processing for medical practices and hospitals. He’s also a member of a famous political family. Earlier in his career, he intended to go into politics to help make the world a better […]
3 Keys to Effective Communication 7 Jun 2024 6:50 AM (10 months ago)
Beginnings matter. Whether you’re an executive communicating a leadership message, a team leader building morale, or a solopreneur bringing your self to market, you’ve got something important to say. But. If you’ve got a great product/message/idea but can’t communicate it clearly, you’ve lost before you even get started. A decade’s worth of writing Get-it-Done Guy […]
A Surprising Solution to Networking Nerves 2 Apr 2024 8:05 AM (last year)
Sometimes difficulty getting noticed comes down to something about your style that’s hard to change. So don’t change, reframe instead. I’ve recently been working with a client on what it takes to become a major player in his company. Past a certain point, a lot of success is managing how you’re perceived. Especially with first […]
Lessons from Burning Man “Mudpocalypse” 6 Sep 2023 7:14 AM (last year)
Burning Man’s “MudPocalypse” is instructive…It shows how bad media reporting is. It’s been framed as a big disaster of planning gone wrong. That’s not even remotely accurate. I was in contact with people on-playa the whole time. For anyone with real Burning Man experience, this is laughable. The Burning Man organization and community is a […]
AI is Computerized Theft. Today, it’s Zoom 8 Aug 2023 5:02 AM (last year)
Zoom, the video conference company, just updated their Terms of Service. Section 10.4 lets them use your meeting content to train machine learning and AI models. The background. Does Machine Learning really duplicate expertise? Yes.Machine learning is the new hot topic in Silicon Valley. It is a statistical analysis method that uses large data sets […]
Fearless Entrepreneurship with Rhonda Britten 26 Dec 2022 8:00 AM (2 years ago)
Rhonda Britten is an Emmy Award-winner, repeat Oprah guest, and author of four best-sellers. She’ll be helping us understand how fear plays a role in our business and entrepreneurial lives, and will give us tools for identifying and dealing with our fear.
Becoming Indistractible with Nir Eyal 28 Nov 2022 8:00 AM (2 years ago)
Learn to overcome distraction! Our modern life is built for distraction. Indeed, that’s the basis of many high tech companies’ business models—to take us away from the highest and best use of our time, and “engage” us on their platforms. Sometimes the reasons are benign. There may be a misguided 22-year-old who thinks “engagement” is the goal […]
You CAN Change Other People with Peter Bregman and Howie Jacobson 24 Oct 2022 8:00 AM (2 years ago)
Wouldn’t life just be easier if everyone did what we wanted? Of course it would! Peter and Howard will share what they’ve learned over the years working with leaders of organizations on changing culture and changing behavior. Join us for what’s sure to be a lively discussion. If it isn’t lively enough, I’ll challenge them […]
Personal Branding with William Arruda 26 Sep 2022 8:00 AM (2 years ago)
Join me for a discussion with William Arruda, a leading authority on using power of branding and social media to succeed in your career. William started as a brand expert in corporate America, and brought the concepts to personal branding. A pioneer in the personal branding revolution, he has created products that have been used […]