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Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen About this episode This is a replay of an episode released on October 3, 2020. In this episode, hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch… Continue Reading Replay of Working Out Loud (S.1, Ep.4)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Join us in the “Practicing Connection” community. When you sign up you'll receive a monthly email focused on practicing connection. The email will help us… Continue Reading Coming to Reflection “On Slant” (S.3, Ep.9)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Join us in the “Practicing Connection” community. When you sign up you'll receive a monthly email focused on practicing connection. The email will help us… Continue Reading Coming to Reflection “On Slant” (S.3, Ep.9)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen About this episode This is a replay of an episode released in early 2022. For this episode, we talked to Shawn Trenell O’Neal, author… Continue Reading Replay of Social Justice and Family Well-being (S.3, Ep.1)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen About this episode This is a replay of an episode released in early 2022. For this episode, we talked to Shawn Trenell O'Neal, author… Continue Reading Replay of Social Justice and Family Well-being (S.3, Ep.1)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Join us in the “Practicing Connection” community. When you sign up you'll receive a monthly email focused on practicing connection. The email will help us… Continue Reading Bjørn Peterson – Clarity, Courage and Creativity, Part 2 (S.3, Ep. 8)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Join us in the “Practicing Connection” community. When you sign up you'll receive a monthly email focused on practicing connection. The email will help us… Continue Reading Bjørn Peterson – Clarity, Courage and Creativity, Part 2 (S.3, Ep. 8)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Join us in the “Practicing Connection” community. When you sign up you'll receive a monthly email focused on practicing connection. The email will help us… Continue Reading Bjørn Peterson – Clarity, Courage and Creativity, Part 1 (S.3, Ep. 7)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Join us in the “Practicing Connection” community. When you sign up you'll receive a monthly email focused on practicing connection. The email will help us… Continue Reading Bjørn Peterson – Clarity, Courage and Creativity, Part 1 (S.3, Ep. 7)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Join us in the “Practicing Connection” community. When you sign up you'll receive a monthly email focused on practicing connection. The email will help us… Continue Reading What is Practicing Connection? (S.3, Ep.6)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Join us in the “Practicing Connection” community. When you sign up you'll receive a monthly email focused on practicing connection. The email will help us… Continue Reading What is Practicing Connection? (S.3, Ep.6)
About this episode In this episode, we talked to Heather Plett about what it means to practice “holding space” for ourselves and others, what it looks like when we hijack… Continue Reading Heather Plett: On Holding Space and Mutual Liberation
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Join us in the “Practicing Connection” community. When you sign up you'll receive a monthly email focused on practicing connection. The email will help us… Continue Reading Heather Plett: On Holding Space and Mutual Liberation (S.3, Ep.5)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode As we work on some changes to the podcast, we wanted to replay one of our favorite episodes, recorded when we were… Continue Reading Collaboration (replay)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen About this episode As we work on some changes to the podcast, we wanted to replay one of our favorite episodes, recorded when we… Continue Reading Collaboration (replay)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Join us in the “Practicing Connection” community. When you sign up you'll receive a monthly email focused on practicing connection. The email will help us… Continue Reading Practicing Informal Leadership (S.3, Ep. 4)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Join us in the “Practicing Connection” community. When you sign up you'll receive a monthly email focused on practicing connection. The email will help us… Continue Reading Practicing Informal Leadership (S.3, Ep. 4)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Join us in the “Practicing Connection” community. When you sign up you'll receive a monthly email focused on practicing connection. The email will help us… Continue Reading Social Justice and Military Families (S.3, Ep.3)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Join us in the “Practicing Connection” community. When you sign up you'll receive a monthly email focused on practicing connection. The email will help us… Continue Reading Social Justice and Military Families (S.3, Ep.3)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen About this episode We are continuing our series featuring conversations with the course authors for “Family Well-Being: Navigating the Social Justice,” the 2022 Military… Continue Reading Recognizing and Responding to Inequity (S.3, Ep.2)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen About this episode We are continuing our series featuring conversations with the course authors for “Family Well-Being: Navigating the Social Justice,” the 2022 Military… Continue Reading Recognizing and Responding to Inequity (S.3, Ep.2)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen About this episode We are kicking off our third season with episodes featuring the course authors for “Family Well-Being: Navigating the Social Justice,” the… Continue Reading Social Justice and Family Well-being (S.3, Ep.1)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen About this episode We are kicking off our third season with episodes featuring the course authors for “Family Well-Being: Navigating the Social Justice,” the… Continue Reading Social Justice and Family Well-being (S.3, Ep.1)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen About this episode For our final episode of Season 2, we asked two of our guests from the past year to share one of… Continue Reading Questions for Reflection (S.2, Ep.6)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen About this episode For our final episode of Season 2, we asked two of our guests from the past year to share one of… Continue Reading Questions for Reflection (S.2, Ep.6)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen About this episode For our final episode of Season 2, we asked two of our guests from the past year to share one of… Continue Reading Questions for Reflection (S.2, Ep.6)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, we continue our discussion self-knowledge with Teresa Curtis and Jessica Jane Spayde. Teresa and Jessica share ideas for getting… Continue Reading Why Knowing Yourself Matters, Pt. 2 (S. 2, Ep. 5)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, we continue our discussion self-knowledge with Teresa Curtis and Jessica Jane Spayde. Teresa and Jessica share ideas for getting… Continue Reading Why Knowing Yourself Matters, Pt. 2 (S. 2, Ep. 5)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, we continue our discussion self-knowledge with Teresa Curtis and Jessica Jane Spayde. Teresa and Jessica share ideas for getting… Continue Reading Why Knowing Yourself Matters, Pt. 2 (S. 2, Ep. 5)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, we discuss the importance of self-knowledge in building relationships with Teresa Curtis and Jessica Jane Spayde. Teresa and Jessica… Continue Reading Why Knowing Yourself Matters (S. 2, Ep. 4)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, we discuss the importance of self-knowledge in building relationships with Teresa Curtis and Jessica Jane Spayde. Teresa and Jessica… Continue Reading Why Knowing Yourself Matters (S. 2, Ep. 4)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, we discuss the importance of self-knowledge in building relationships with Teresa Curtis and Jessica Jane Spayde. Teresa and Jessica… Continue Reading Why Knowing Yourself Matters (S. 2, Ep. 4)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode As we work on the next several episodes, we thought we would replay one of our most popular recordings, recorded in November of 2020. In this episode, we share some of the questions we find most helpful for reflection and our answers to those questions. Special thanks… Continue Reading Practicing Reflection (replay)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode As we work on the next several episodes, we thought we would replay one of our most popular recordings, recorded in November… Continue Reading Practicing Reflection (replay)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode As we work on the next several episodes, we thought we would replay one of our most popular recordings, recorded in November… Continue Reading Practicing Reflection (replay)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode “A word of warning: collaboration can easily become a mechanistic allocation of effort according to roles…Warm collaboration is not cloned, not a formula. It is built on values of what matters in life and the high value placed on life giving and life supporting values. Care and… Continue Reading Warm Collaboration (S. 2, Ep. 3)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode “A word of warning: collaboration can easily become a mechanistic allocation of effort according to roles…Warm collaboration is not cloned, not a… Continue Reading Warm Collaboration (S. 2, Ep. 3)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode “A word of warning: collaboration can easily become a mechanistic allocation of effort according to roles…Warm collaboration is not cloned, not a… Continue Reading Warm Collaboration (S. 2, Ep. 3)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Naava Frank and Ziva Mann, authors of the article “How to Reduce Stress and Increase Learning: The Power of Professional Networks,” join Jessica and Bob to discuss how our network connections can help support us in difficult times. Naava is the director of Knowledge… Continue Reading How Networks Can Help Reduce Stress (S. 2, Ep. 2)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Naava Frank and Ziva Mann, authors of the article “How to Reduce Stress and Increase Learning: The Power of… Continue Reading How Networks Can Help Reduce Stress (S. 2, Ep. 2)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Naava Frank and Ziva Mann, authors of the article “How to Reduce Stress and Increase Learning: The Power of… Continue Reading How Networks Can Help Reduce Stress (S. 2, Ep. 2)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Jessica and Bob discuss the idea of “celebrating failure.” While we know a healthy attitude towards failure can make… Continue Reading Celebrating (or at least dealing with) Failure (S. 2, Ep. 1)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Jessica and Bob discuss the idea of “celebrating failure.” While we know a healthy attitude towards failure can make us more innovative, failing still feels bad. How can we deal with those feelings and develop a practice helps us deal with failure? Jessica and… Continue Reading Celebrating (or at least dealing with) Failure (S. 2, Ep. 1)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Jessica and Bob discuss the idea of “celebrating failure.” While we know a healthy attitude towards failure can make… Continue Reading Celebrating (or at least dealing with) Failure (S. 2, Ep. 1)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Jessica and Bob take some time to reflect on 2020 and look forward to 2021, sharing some of the questions they find most helpful for reflection and their answers to those questions. Special thanks to Nathan Grimm, who composed all of the music for… Continue Reading Practicing Reflection (Ep. 6)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Jessica and Bob take some time to reflect on 2020 and look forward to 2021, sharing some of the… Continue Reading Practicing Reflection (Ep. 6)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Jessica and Bob take some time to reflect on 2020 and look forward to 2021, sharing some of the… Continue Reading Practicing Reflection (Ep. 6)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Karen Pedersen, Dean for Global Campus at Kansas State University, talks about how the VUCA framework (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) has helped her better understand the world, and how the VUCA Prime framework (vision, understanding, clarity, and agility) has helped her lead in… Continue Reading VUCA and VUCA Prime (Ep. 5)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. About this episode In this episode, Karen Pedersen, Dean for Global Campus at Kansas State University, talks about how the VUCA framework (volatility, uncertainty, complexity,… Continue Reading VUCA and VUCA Prime (Ep. 5)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen now: About this episode In this episode, hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch explore john Stepper’s Working Out Loud framework in the context of building relationships for resilience. Jessica and Bob discuss five elements of Working Out Loud: purposeful discovery, relationships, generosity, visible work, and growth mindset. Special thanks… Continue Reading Working Out Loud (Ep. 4)
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Google Podcasts, or Stitcher. Listen now: About this episode In this episode, hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch explore john Stepper’s Working Out Loud framework in the context of… Continue Reading Working Out Loud (Ep. 4)
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