Podcasts about be purposefully productive

I have long taken an interest in, and even done research on, this idea of “labor-saving technology.” Maybe it is because I had a front-row seat to a lot of the technological transformations that we now pretty much take for granted.  In ninth grade, I had a typing class on fully manual typewriters, the kind where the keys would jam and you had to whack the return bar. Good times. The next year, the school installed PCs for typing class. I also have lived through dot matrix printers, dial-up modems, floppy disks (the actual floppy kind), cable television arriving, cell phones becoming ubiquitous, and a whole host of other “advancements” that promised to make my life easier and better.  I don't know about you, but I'm not feeling it.  Making things more efficient doesn't mean the outputs are higher quality. Rather, they just become more frequent because the actual labor it takes to do an individual thing goes down. However, as nature abhors a vacuum, the reduced time it takes to do one thing is filled by doing other things. Sure it takes a shorter time to get an email than “snail mail.” But imagine if we got as much snail mail as we do email. Only pop culture stars would get that amount of mail, and they have assistants to help them answer we. We have to answer our own emails! What does it all mean? I'm doing more and more, but does that mean I'm more and more successful? I can be in contact with more people, but am I more connected? I can produce more, but am I more productive? I can access the most advanced health care in human history, but am I healthy? These are the contradictions of our time. We were promised one thing, but we are finding ourselves in another place. The present is not as advertised.  And I'm still waiting for the flying cars I was promised growing up.  To tackle these deeper questions, I have Dr. Camille Preston on Experience by Design podcast. Dr. Preston received her PhD in Psychology at the University of Virginia, for which her work on policing domestic violence received the APA International Best Dissertation Award. That work led to a broader interest in trauma, grief, growth, and recovery.  Today as Founder and CEO of AIM Leadership, she is an executive coach to senior leaders in major companies, a well-traveled keynote speaker, faculty member, advisor, and author. Her works include three books, “Living Real: Redefining Success, Presence, and Happiness,” “Rewired: How to Work Smarter, Live Better, and Be Purposefully Productive in an Overwired World,” and “Create More Flow: Igniting Peak Performance in an Overwired World.” We talk about how there is a tendency to avoid difficult conversation and suppress trauma, which impacts all aspects of our lives (including being effective leaders). She discusses the challenges of building authentic connections in this technological era. As a result, organizations need to create places where people can build relationships through simple conversations and shared activities.  Camille talks about moving from the “Information Age” and into the “Wisdom Age,” where individual AI will disrupt traditional sources of power and expertise. Finally we discuss her work as a “Business Doula,” helping individuals and organizations navigate transitions and giving birth to new possibilities. After all, times of uncertainty create tremendous potential for growth. All we have to do is to start embracing the “woo.”  Dr. Camille Preston: https://www.camillepreston.com/ Camille Preston LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camillepreston/ “Rewired: How to Work Smarter, Live Better, and Be Purposefully Productive in an Overwired World”: https://www.amazon.com/Rewired-Smarter-Purposefully-Productive-Overwired/dp/0984904107 “Living Real: Redefining Success, Presence, and Happiness”: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F7T38495 “Create More Flow: Igniting Peak Performance in an Overwired World”:  https://www.amazon.com/Create-More-Flow-Performance-Overwired/dp/0984904115

“Shhhh!!!! I’m answering EMAIL!”  ”But, Sweetie!  We’re in the MIDDLE of the store. Can’t you do that at HOME?” How many times have we been at the MALL, in CHURCH, at a PARTY, or dinner with FRIENDS, and feel we MUST check our phone and web-surf? Or, we’re at home and find we just HAVE to work at the desktop.  It’s dinner time, but THREE members of the FOUR in the family are PLAYING games on their tablets. Sometimes, we have the BlueTooth STUCK in our ear, WORKING on the laptap, TEXTING , and more, all at the SAME TIME! Plus, life feels CRAZY and we are just so TIRED! Camille Preston, PhD, PCC, author of Rewired: How to Work Smarter, Live Better, and Be Purposefully Productive in an Overwired World, explains how we are wired, or rather, overwired,  to technology and why that isn’t always a good thing. On Camille’s website she notes: Living overwired also has a detrimental impact on our cognitive, physical, and emotional health. Being overwhelmed and overwired negatively impacts our ability to think clearly, to focus, and to process information properly. And the attendant stress does very real physical damage to our bodies. Furthermore, when we are overwired, we don’t form relationships and make deep connections the way we should. We aren’t working smart, we aren’t living well, and we aren’t fulfilled. Camille will give you the encouragement to unwire and take a step back from the overload of technology.

Camille Preston is a highly sought-after speaker, writer, executive coach, psychologist and facilitator. She specializes in training individuals, executives, teams, and organizations to be effective, productive, and authentic in a virtual world. Her clients include Harvard University, MIT, the Asia Foundation, NBC,  MGM Mirage, Verizon, GE, the US Army, and others. Camille is the author of Rewired: How to Work Smarter, Live Better, and Be Purposefully Productive in an Overwired World and the founder and principal of AIM Leadership. She’s a pioneer in the emerging field of Virtual Effectiveness, the ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively with anyone, anywhere. Camille has also authored Virtual Effectiveness, Virtual Authenticity, Virtual Influence, The Art of Optimization, Authentic Encounters, The Science of Complexification, and Random Acts of Appreciation.  

Camille Preston is a psychologist, executive coach, consultant, speaker, and internationally recognized expert on Virtual Effectiveness. She is the founder and CEO of the organizational consulting firm AIM Leadership and the author of Rewired: How to Work Smarter, Live Better, and Be Purposefully Productive in an Overwired World. For more than twenty years, Camille has guided leaders, executives, policy makers, professionals, and individuals alike to new heights of leadership, performance, efficiency, and greater happiness and fulfillment. Her clients span industries and fields around the globe, including executives from NBC, Zappos, MGM Mirage, Citrix, the Corporate Executive Board, Mars, Verizon, GE, Capital One, the US Army, and many others. Camille Preston, Ph.D., PCC Founder, 

Special guest......Camille Preston, Author of Rewired: How to Work Smarter, Live Better, and Be Purposefully Productive in an Overwired World.     Camille is a highly sought-after speaker, writer, executive coach, psychologist and facilitator. She specializes in training individuals, executives, teams, and organizations to be effective, productive, and authentic in a virtual world. Her clients include Harvard University, MIT, the Asia Foundation, NBC, Zappos, MGM Mirage, Citrix, the Corporate Executive Board, Mars, Verizon, GE, the US Army, and others. You can learn more about Camille's speaking on her media page - http://aimleadership.com/media AIM Leadership https://www.facebook.com/pages/AIM-Leadership Twitter: @CamilleP

Special guest......Camille Preston, Author of Rewired: How to Work Smarter, Live Better, and Be Purposefully Productive in an Overwired World.     Camille is a highly sought-after speaker, writer, executive coach, psychologist and facilitator. She specializes in training individuals, executives, teams, and organizations to be effective, productive, and authentic in a virtual world. Her clients include Harvard University, MIT, the Asia Foundation, NBC, Zappos, MGM Mirage, Citrix, the Corporate Executive Board, Mars, Verizon, GE, the US Army, and others. You can learn more about Camille's speaking on her media page - http://aimleadership.com/media AIM Leadership https://www.facebook.com/pages/AIM-Leadership Twitter: @CamilleP