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.
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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 message when you can’t advertise the product?
Join us for a lively discussion about reefer, propaganda, madness, musicals and saving the world.
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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 (how we feel), and the social (who we are).
Great communication begins by recognizing which conversation you’re in. In this livestream, Charles will share the simple yet profound lesson: with the right tools, you can connect with anyone, anywhere. Don’t miss this chance to gain the communication superpower!
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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 out company values. The lives of employees, and their entire families, are in the hands of business leaders. Alex will explore small habit shifts that profoundly impact an organization’s entire ecosystem.Alex will share his innovative CARE model, and together we’ll learn how leaders can walk their talk on a daily basis.
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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 for companies who dominate their industries—Microsoft, Salesforce, and Bell Canada—and managed people in every business function from sales to marketing to operations. He knows what it takes to succeed in radically different cultures, with radically different personality types.
Calix was named “Most Inspiring Workplace in North America” and has been heralded as a top-tier “Best Place to Work” by GlassDoor, Fortune, and BestPlacesToWork.com. It has earned awards for Happiest Employees, Best Compensation, Best Work-Life Balance, and Best Perks & Benefits.
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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, we’re sure to have a lot to talk about.
Dan is a leading behavioral economist and author. He is the James B. Duke Professor at Duke University. His research focuses on how even smart humans behave irrationally. He has written best-selling books including “Predictably Irrational” and “The Honest Truth About Dishonesty.” Ariely has co-founded several initiatives such as BEworks, Timeful, Genie, and Shapa that apply behavioral economics to real-world situations.
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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 blindspots.We’ll use me as a case study. I took the validated Enneagram inventory and the results were unexpected. I wanted to see myself one way, and the inventory said something different. Through our livestream discussion, we’ll explore how to resolve that gap, and how to understand the strengths and weaknesses of learning your (and your co-workers/partner’s) actual approach to life.
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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.
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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 (actually removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere) by the end of the decade.
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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 rarity. Come join me for a livestream chat with Christelle about doing it all, surviving COVID, and using her differences as a source of power.
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