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We live in era of contradictory approaches to, frankly, everything. How to parent? How to live the good life? How to eat healthfully? No one agrees and everyone is an expert. In today's episode of The Change Lab, Dr. Heinz explores the question of how to live and comes to a conclusion that might surprise you. It's not a question of searching for the “right” approach to life, it's not about understanding that there isn't one “right” approach to life, it defining an approach to life this is YOURS. As Zadie Smith wrote, you are the author of the dictionary that defines you. And once you become the author of your beliefs, principles, values, and identity, you fully step into adulthood.For more, follow Dr. Heinz on Instagram, or visit drsashaheinz.com/podcastProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the last episode of The Change Lab, I talked to Elaine O'Brien, Ph.D. about play and how it facilitates wellbeing. In today's episode, I get into my own experience with a game I've been playing recently, ice hockey, and three life lessons I've gained from re-engaging in this sport. If you're at a plateau in your life or you need some inspiration to add more play and fun to your life, this one is for you. Check it out and make sure to get your lab work exercise for the week at the end of the episode.For more, follow Dr. Heinz on Instagram, or visit drsashaheinz.com/podcastProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today in The Change Lab, I'm joined by my former coach and goal-setting expert, Caroline Adams Miller. Twenty-three years ago, Caroline helped me achieve an impossible goal that changed my life. In our conversation, Caroline breaks down the difference between learning goals and performance goals and why distinguishing one from the other matters; why women need less consolation from their friends and more encouragement to go after hard goals; and how she's approaching her next big goal…writing her forthcoming book, Big Goals, which comes out in the Fall of 2024. As Caroline reminds us, “the happiest people wake up to hard goals.” This episode is a must listen if you have big dreams, but feel stuck without a clear idea of how to realize those goals. Show Notes:Caroline Adams Miller, MAPP WebsiteCaroline's BooksCreating Your Best LifeGetting Grit: The Evidence-Based Approach to Cultivating Passion, Perseverance, and PurposeMy Name is CarolineFor more, follow Dr. Heinz on Instagram, or visit drsashaheinz.com/podcastProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey lab mates and TGIM! We're back in The Change Lab, and I've got an update on my New Year's Evolution – a six-month hiatus from the booze. I started this experiment on January 1st, 2024 hoping to start waking up with the 5amers brimming with sober energy. Spoiler alert: that didn't happen. Turns out, I'm still hitting the snooze button, and my Peloton still has abandonment issues. But, what I have discovered is that most of what made this moderate drinker not want to give up her right to drink is, well, BS. In today's episode, I get personal about my relationship with alcohol and share the preliminary findings of my sobriety evolution experiment. And it's not just about alcohol; it's about our capacity to change and stepping into the joy of limitless possibility. If you need some inspiration and motivation to start your week, don't miss this candid episode. Cheers to change!Lab Work:Take a serious–dare I say sober–look at the change you have been contemplating and do the following short exercise:At the top of a black sheet of paper write this statement and question: “I want to make this change, but I don't feel ready. What exactly needs to happen for me to feel ready?” Write down as many responses to this question as you can and “I don't know” is not an answer, it's avoidance. When you're finished, look at what you wrote down. If someone you love deeply came to you with a list of what's holding them back from feeling ready to make a life-affirming change that looked exactly like yours, would you sign off on it? And if not, why?For more, follow Dr. Heinz on Instagram, or visit drsashaheinz.com/podcastProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode of The Change Lab we are coaching in the lab. So, pull up a chair and join Dr. Heinz' session with Anne, who is wrestling with self-criticism as she applies to law school at 49. In today's more loose and conversational coaching session, Anne sees how her fear of not liking law school and quitting is holding her back from starting it with gusto, which, of course, is going to make it far more likely that she doesn't like it! Listen to this episode of Coaching in the Lab and relate it to your own insecurity, self-doubt, and apprehension. Perhaps, you need to spend some time creating your own definition of success and laying out the criteria for calling it quits with not an ounce of guilt just like Anne does. Tune in and don't forget to listen to the labwork at the end of the episode…it's a good one!For more, follow Dr. Heinz on Instagram, or visit drsashaheinz.com/podcastProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Put down the green juice and call your friend. Nothing packs a wellness punch like improving the quality of your social connections and personal relationships. In today's research packed episode of The Change Lab, Dr. Heinz digs into why other people matter to your physical and psychological wellbeing and, most importantly, shares three things you can do right now to get more goodness out of your relationships. Check it out and share it with a friend to discuss it together! Show Notes:Martha Knudson, JD, MAPP, “High-Quality Relationships are Vital to Health, Performance, and Professional Successhttps://lawyerwellbeing.net/2020/04/14/high-quality-relationships-are-vital-to-health-performance-and-professional-success/Social Ties and Susceptibility to the Common Coldhttp://people.vcu.edu/~dbandyop/BIOS625/CohenEtAl.pdfDepression Contagion in College Roommates:Howes, M. J., Hokanson, J. E., & Loewenstein, D. A. (1985). Induction of depressive affect after prolonged exposure to a mildly depressed individual. Journal of personality and social psychology, 49(4), 1110.The Contagion Effect of Happinesshttps://humannaturelab.net/images/publications/095-Dynamic-Spread-of-Happiness-in-a-Large-Social-Network.pdfBarbara Fredrickson Video, “Understanding Everyday Love”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWnqREJFrYk“Science Discovers the Perfect Formula for Hugging” by Alison Escalante, M.D. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/shouldstorm/202006/science-discovers-the-perfect-formula-huggingFor more, follow Dr. Heinz on Instagram, or visit drsashaheinz.com/podcastProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Being a parent in the era of social media means wading through a morass of conflicting and half-baked advice from would-be influencers, coaches, and practitioners.* It's confusing. “Wait, attachment parenting has nothing to do with attachment?”* It's overwhelming. “I want to be sensitive to my child's needs, but how sensitive?”* It's contradictory. “Don't be a tiger/helicopter/lawn mower parent, but also be an involved parent and help them lean into their potential.”It's enough to make any try-hard parent confused, frustrated, and exhausted.Well, not to worry, relief is here. In today's episode of The Change Lab, Sasha is joined by the wise and delightfully human host of the Raising Good Humans Podcast, Dr. Aliza Pressman. Aliza will cut through all the parenting nonsense to distill the five principles of parenting that are based on decades of research. And, here's the great news, being a good parent of good humans is not as complicated as you may have been led to believe. With her warmth and wisdom, Aliza will bring you the relief you have been looking for. So, even if you're a parent or not, make sure to tune into this one!For more, follow Dr. Heinz on Instagram, or visit drsashaheinz.com/podcastProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whether New Year lover or hater, the science behind the year's most significant self-improvement day is pretty darn fascinating. In today's episode of The Change Lab, Dr. Sasha Heinz dives into the research on the Fresh Start Effect, the human tendency to set and pursue goals or make positive changes at the beginning of a date that gives us a psychological feeling of “before & after.” In this episode, you will learn the three reasons why a fresh start is an ideal time to initiate change and why, when you're already doing a bang up job checking the box on your daily habits, it's wise to ignore those fresh start dates. Tune in to see how a fresh start can help you transcend the daily grind and reach toward your biggest goals. Show Notes:https://www.stickk.com(The goal commitment contract website mentioned in today's episode.)https://www.joinreframeapp.com(The alcohol tracking app Sasha is currently using…it's pretty awesome!)Dai, H., Milkman, K. L., & Riis, J. (2015). Put your imperfections behind you: Temporal landmarks spur goal initiation when they signal new beginnings. Psychological science, 26(12), 1927-1936.Dai, H., Milkman, K. L., & Riis, J. (2014). The fresh start effect: Temporal landmarks motivate aspirational behavior. Management Science, 60(10), 2563-2582.https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5353b838e4b0e68461b517cf/t/631f965924e50773cb21e24e/1663014489399/the-fresh-start-effect-motivational-boosts-beyond-new-years-resolutions.pdfLab WorkDefine Your Current ChapterYou are the protagonist in your life story, how have you—the main character—evolved in this current chapter? What challenges have you struggled with and overcome since this chapter began?What emotions define this chapter?What goals or dreams have given shape to your story arc?During this period of your life, what relationships have had the most significant impact?What activities, hobbies, or interests would characterize this time in your life?What daily routine or schedule exemplifies this particular chapter of your life?In this chapter, what problem or worry is a prominent feature?What triumphs and accomplishments have given this chapter special meaning?If this chapter had a title or label…what would it be?Are you in the beginning, middle, or end of writing this chapter?And how does this chapter set you up for the next one?For more, follow Dr. Heinz on Instagram, or visit drsashaheinz.com/podcastProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you know that there are different types of perfectionists each with their own distinct perfectionistic ideals and specific personality assets and liabilities? In today's episode of The Change Lab, psychotherapist and author, Katherine Morgan Schafler, gives us a new and nuanced perspective on perfectionism. Join Katherine and Sasha as they discuss Katherine's groundbreaking and original book, The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power. Show Notes:To learn more about Katherine Morgan Schafler and her book, head to her website www.perfectionistsguide.com.For more, follow Dr. Heinz on Instagram, or visit drsashaheinz.com/podcastProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the past few episodes of The Change Lab, Dr. Heinz has discussed the five stages of change (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance). But some personal changes seem to happen in an instant, not in a slow progression through these five stages of change. In today's episode of The Change Lab, Dr. Heinz answers a question she got from one of her colleagues about this very issue: why do some people change instantaneously without seeming to go through these stages? If you've been wondering why some people seem to "Just Do It", this episode will help you understand what's really going on. Doors close for Dr. Heinz's new group coaching program, New Year's Evolution, on Friday, December 29th. If you want to change something about your life, you want a program that is 100% grounded in the science of change, and you want a guide to take you through it, New Year's Evolution is for you! Go to www.drsashaheinz.com/evolve to join.Show Notes:For more, follow Dr. Heinz on Instagram, or visit drsashaheinz.com/podcastProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When it comes to setting a New Year's goal...if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. In today's episode of The Change Lab, Dr. Sasha Heinz walks you through the five stages of change and shares what she is doing to prepare for her no drinking start date on January 1st. If you're curious about how Dr. Heinz sets a New Year's goal and what progressing through the early stages of change looks like in real life, this is an episode you don't want to miss. For more on The Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTM), otherwise called the Stages of Change Model, tune into Episode 4 of the The Change Lab.Show Notes:Explore Dr. Heinz's 11 week New Year's EvolutionFor more, follow Dr. Heinz on Instagram, or visit drsashaheinz.com/podcastProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gratitude is not just woo woo, law of attraction, high vibes speak. It's a state of being that has the weight of an enormous body of scientific, peer reviewed literature to vouch for its hefty positive effect on our health, relationships, and wellbeing. Tune into today's episode of The Change Lab as Dr. Heinz walks you through the science of gratitude and three effective gratitude generating exercises.For more, follow Dr. Heinz on Instagram, or visit drsashaheinz.com/podcastProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When we're stuck, we tear ourselves apart as if we're being drawn and quartered by the voice of should and the voice of “f*ck it!” The nonstop negotiations and rationalizations are its own particular kind of torture. In today's episode of The Change Lab, Dr. Heinz works with a podcast listener who is ambivalent about her weight loss goal; a part of her wants to lose weight and a part of her doesn't want to at all. In a real life coaching session, Dr. Heinz helps her client break down the dialogue between her emotional side (her elephant) and her rationale side (her rider) and helps her see the many brilliant ways her rational rider justifies her emotional elephant's behavior. If you have ever struggled with weight loss or diets, don't miss this illustrative coaching in the lab episode.For more, follow Dr. Heinz on Instagram, or visit drsashaheinz.com/podcastProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever caught yourself putting off an onerous task until tomorrow “when you'll want to do it,” or blaming your love for midnight snacks on genetics? Yeah, it's time to call out that BS. This week on The Change Lab, we're stripping down the layers of self-deception and exposing the laughable but crafty ways we rationalize our nonsense, justify our childish behavior, and dodge the discomfort of growth.Get ready to confront the sneaky ways your inner Rational Rider defends and justifies your inner Emotional Elephant's inclination to seek comfort, avoid pain, and do what it damn well pleases.In this episode, Dr. Heinz breaks down 12 common ways your Rider justifies and defends your Elephant's less than stellar behavior. Your mission, if you dare to accept it, is to dive headfirst into the messy, hilarious truth of how you've been letting your inner elephant run amok.Produced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today in The Change Lab we're talking about the power of metaphors. The figures of speech we use to describe the mind inform how we relate to it and work with it. If you think of your mind as a garden, then your job is to be a gardener. If you think of the mind as a computer, then your job is to update the software. If you think of your mind as a conference room full of competing committee members, then your job is to mediate the conflict. Metaphors are powerful. And in this episode, Dr. Heinz will share the metaphor she uses to illustrate the inner tension between our reason and our emotions: The elephant and the rider. You'll never think about your mind in quite the same way.Enter to win a free 75-minute private coaching session with Dr. Sasha Heinz!For more, follow Dr. Heinz on Instagram, or visit drsashaheinz.com/podcastProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all struggle to follow through on doing the things we know are good for us and critical to our long term health. In today's episode, Dr. Heinz coaches one Change Lab listener who wanted to understand why, despite his genuine motivation and evident discipline in other areas of his life, he continues to blow off exercising and getting into the shape he'd like to be in. Listen as Sasha helps him explore the hidden commitments that are holding him back from making progress on his goal. If you are dedicated to doing things for the people you love, but have a hard time prioritizing your personal desires and goals…this episode is for you.For more, follow Dr. Heinz on Instagram, or visit drsashaheinz.com/podcastProduced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feel like your old self is tripping you up? Trust me, you're not the only one tangled up in the past. One Change Lab listener shot a question out to Dr. Heinz, wanting to know how to move past…well, her past. In this episode, Dr. Heinz answers her listener's question and dives into how changing the direction of the chapter you're currently writing will also change your backstory. Tune into this week's Change Lab episode and discover the secret to turning your past from a horror story to a hero's origin story.Produced by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to the very first episode of The Change Lab with Dr. Sasha Heinz. Why the heck do we stop paying attention to human development when we hit our quarter-life milestone? It's a great question! In this episode, Sasha discusses how growing up isn't just for kids and why it's important to lean into your growth edge in adulthood if your goal is to like yourself and like the life you're creating. Many of the challenges we face as adults–people-pleasing, perfectionism, procrastination, and compare and despair–are not necessarily invitations to analyze our childhood, but invitations to mature. Join Sasha on this journey as she clears space for the science of transformational change and adult development in the loosey goosey world of life coaching and self-help.Show Notes:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10902-020-00274-0For more, you can follow @drsashaheinz on Instagram, or visit https://drsashaheinz.com Production by Peoples MediaProduction by Peoples Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Change Lab with Dr. Sasha Heinz. Coming September 18th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Pubcasts. This episode is called: PubCasts - putting voice in scholarly work and science communication. This latest entry in our series of Pubcasts, audio-book style recordings of peer reviewed scientific research, is an article about PubCasts! We talk about why they are a valuable format for scholars interested in science communication and knowledge mobilization, our own experiences in creating and making PubCasts, and some basic information for scholars who want to try out PubCasting for their own work. Pubcasts are hosted by the Conservation of Change Lab (www.conservationofchange.org) as a part of Coastal Routes Radio, and are an ongoing project to experiment with science communication and making research more accessible and digestible to both scientific and general audiences. We were inspired to start Pubcasts via our own love of podcasts, demystifying science and the role of researchers in science, and the power of the human voice. We hope you enjoy. You can find more Pubcasts from the Coastal Routes project at www.coastalroutes.org/pubcasts. You can find the online version of this paper here: https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/EEUD3T85SCU4PW5NBQXC/full

Welcome to Pubcasts. This episode is called: How academic podcasting can change academia and its relationship with society: A conversation and guide. This latest entry in our series of Pubcasts, audio-book style recordings of peer reviewed scientific research, is an article about podcasting in academia and the ways in which the author's (all podcast makers themselves) have found value in integrating podcasting into their own scholarly work. Pubcasts are hosted by the Conservation of Change Lab (www.conservationofchange.org) as a part of Coastal Routes Radio, and are an ongoing project to experiment with science communication and making research more accessible and digestible to both scientific and general audiences. We were inspired to start Pubcasts via our own love of podcasts, demystifying science and the role of researchers in science, and the power of the human voice. We hope you enjoy. You can find more Pubcasts from the Coastal Routes project at www.coastalroutes.org/pubcasts. You can find the online version of this paper here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2023.1090112/full Music: "G of the Bang" by Doctor Turtle (from the Free Music Archive).

Creativity is rarely a “lightbulb moment.” In fact it usually arrives through a winding and non-linear process that involves self-understanding, improvisation, and a whole lot of uncertainty. That's the belief of today's guest, Lorne Buchman, president emeritus of the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California. ArtCenter is known as a world-class leader in art and design education, with some even referring to it as the Harvard of art, design, and creativity. When Lorne took office in 2009, he quickly challenged students, faculty, staff, alumni, and trustees to redefine what a great art and design college should look like in the 21st century. As the host of Art Center's podcast Change Lab, Lorne interviews leading artists and designers to explore the ideas behind their work and discover how the creative process can act as a catalyst for change. In today's podcast episode, NOT REAL ART founder and host Scott “Sourdough” Power sits down with Lorne to discuss his recently published book, Make to Know: From Spaces of Uncertainty to Creative Discovery, which illuminates the long, winding creative process of today's top artists, innovators, entrepreneurs, and designers. Join us for today's episode with Lorne Buchman as we unpack what it means to be a maker, what defines creativity, and how the creative process allows us to understand the world around us in new, exciting ways.On Today's Episode Lorne Buchman discusses…How he unpacks the four characteristics of “making”: uncertainty, material engagement, problem-solving, and improvisationWhy we tend to celebrate some forms of creative improvisation over othersExpanding the narrow definition of what it means to makeThe profound significance of democratizing creativityThe immense value of observation and collective engagementWhat the world would look like if “design thinking” were taught in K-12 educationHow the creative process opens up whole new ways of understandingHis tips for wrestling with failure and entering into uncertainty How sharing personal stories can help instill courage in young creativesWhy the act of making is just as important as the end productFor more info, please visit: https://notrealart.com/lorne-buchman

Welcome to Pubcasts. This episode is called: Big Catch, Undecided Risks: Perspectives of Risk, Reward, and Trade-Offs in Alaska's Salmon Enhancement Program This latest entry in our series of Pubcasts, audio-book style recordings of peer reviewed scientific research, is an article about the human dimensions of hatcheries and stocking in Alaska's salmon enhancement program. This paper was written and recorded by Hannah L. Harrison (www.twitter.com/@fishpeopleplace) and Julie Gould. Pubcasts are hosted by the Conservation of Change Lab (www.conservationofchange.org) as a part of Coastal Routes Radio, and are an ongoing project to experiment with science communication and making research more accessible and digestible to both scientific and general audiences. We were inspired to start Pubcasts via our own love of podcasts, demystifying science and the role of researchers in science, and the power of the human voice. We hope you enjoy. You can find more Pubcasts from the Coastal Routes project at www.coastalroutes.org/pubcasts. You can read the online version of this paper here: https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nafm.10830

The following is a conversation between Katherine Milligan, Director of Collective Change Lab, Inc., and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. Katherine Milligan is a teacher, writer, speaker and mentor in the field of social entrepreneurship. She's led the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship and launched the first-ever Harvard executive education module on systems change. Among a number of other roles she currently holds, she is Director of Collective Change Lab, and she's with us now. Welcome to the Business of Giving, Katherine.

In this episode, Greg talks with Gabriela Prado, Founder of The Change Lab in Chile. As experts in Applied Change Management, The Change Lab helps organizations quickly adapt by installing change in their DNA.  They define themselves as a lab because they believe in the value of experimentation and learning as key aspects of fulfilling their purpose. Gabriela discusses how she and her team brought about a significant culture shift at their client Vida Security. Vida provides financial and asset protection insurance to over 600,000 customers nationally and internationally. The challenge for the Change Lab team was to assist Vida with a cultural transformation that strengthened collaboration, customer focus, new practices, and compliance.  This change initiative was undertaken to help Vida achieve their main goal of increasing profits by 50% over five years.

When we first heard from Jackie Amezquita four years ago, she was an ArtCenter Fine Art student on the cusp of graduating. In a raw and revealing interview, she traced the arduous path she'd walked to find the stability she needed to risk everything for her art.  Her remarkable journey (captured in E14 of Change Lab) began in her native Guatemala, where surging violence and poverty had forced Jackie's mother to migrate to the United States to provide for her family. At age seventeen, Jackie followed her mother's footsteps to the US (quite literally), and barely survived a dangerous border crossing. After years spent working as an undocumented nanny to put herself through community college, Jackie eventually earned her Bachelor of Fine Art at ArtCenter. Her thesis project drew international media coverage when she bravely embarked on a second grueling walk from the Tijuana border all the way to Downtown Los Angeles.  The power of her resilience and grit continues to stand out as an example of a purpose-driven artist whose message brilliantly aligns with her chosen medium. We've held her story close to our hearts, and the hardships she's transmuted into art resonated all the more this season as we explore the alchemy of creativity and adversity. It's for those reasons that We've asked Jackie to join us as Change Lab's first returning guest, even as she puts the finishing touches on her MFA thesis at UCLA. We waned to know more about her investigation into grief and displacement, and we were fascinated by the bravery and creative energy it took to revisit her trauma and to give depth and dimension to a painful story that needed to be told. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aimee Mullins is a true polymath. Her passions and professional pursuits are as varied and boundless as the awards and groundbreaking strides she's achieved within her many chosen fields. She broke new ground in athletics as the first amputee in history to compete against able-bodied athletes in the NCAA's Division 1 track and field events. She went on to set records in the 100 and 200 meter races and the long jump. Her poise and athleticism led to a career in fashion as a runway model for Alexander McQueen and as a global ambassador for L'Oreal. She then added acting to her portfolio with roles in wildly varied projects ranging from artist Matthew Barney's Cremaster series to Netflix's Stranger Things. Through it all, Aimee has continued to make sense of the many trails she's blazed in a series of influential TED talks that have been viewed by millions and translated into 42 languages.  It was her paradigm-shifting talk on the “opportunity of adversity” that offered a veritable proof of concept for the ideas we're exploring in this season of Change Lab. Her powerful argument for the creative leaps that result only from the hurdles we face resonated deeply with the idea that the human imagination feeds on challenge and uncertainty – a familiar concept to regular listeners of this podcast.  Aimee contends that we meet and exceed our goals because of—not despite—each obstacle we encounter. An insight she's earned the hard way navigating the world as a double amputee. Her insistence that “good enough” isn't good enough has led to advances in prosthetic design that would never exist without her. In fact, Aimee contends that disability itself is a misnomer better attributed to a broken piece of machinery than a human being whose differences are the source of their strength. We all have much to learn from Aimee's self-determination, curiosity and wonder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Maya Hazarika Watts, Senior Attorney at ChangeLab Solutions, and Sabrina Adler, ChangeLab Solutions' Vice President of Law, joined us on The ProGov Podcast to discuss public health policy and their new guide:  Equitable Enforcement to Achieve Health Equity: An Introductory Guide for Policymakers and Practitioners. Listen in on this exciting discussion to learn more about public health policy implementation and how cities across the United States are working towards equitable enforcement.  

We're lucky as artists that we can recover much faster because we can express. Nature recovers and we recover.  Lita Albuquerque is an artist whose body of work has often defied the strictures of convention and, ultimately, canvas. Over the course of her celebrated career, her paintings and sculptures outgrew the traditional materials contained within her studio and expanded to inhabit the land and people around her.  To experience Lita's large-scale installations (often tinged in an ultramarine blue pigment all her own) is to dance with dichotomies. At once grounded and transcendent, intimate and epic, earthly and celestial – Lita's work, above all, is a celebration of how we connect to our environment.  It's a creative worldview that was put to test in November of 2018 when the Woolsey Fire engulfed the hills around Malibu and destroyed her home and studio. Suddenly, the place in which she spent decades raising her kids and making her art was gone, along with a vast archive of completed works and works-in-progress.  It was a monumental loss that would have been devastating to any artist—and particularly so for Lita, whose creative imagination has always been intrinsically connected to her environment. But Lita could not let her grief paralyze her because she had to get to work on the long list of pieces previously commissioned by collectors. That backlog turned out to be her saving grace. Eventually she found that the process of creative expression had resurrected the parts of her she feared the fire had claimed forever.  Over the course of a Change Lab conversation alternately stirring and sublime, Lita generously retraces the harrowing path she's walked to a place of recovery and renewal she simply describes as “back.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Meraz joined the faculty of ArtCenter's Environmental Design department in September of 2001, shortly before 9/11. In the wake of that tragedy he wavered about how to proceed with his planned curriculum. How would it all be relevant? In the end, he resolved to lean into the uncertainty of that “cataclysmic moment,” realizing that the only way out of the pain, chaos and confusion was to go through it.  Above all he discovered the value in staying present and connecting with others when things fall apart. Of course, he had no way of knowing how much he'd come to rely on those same skills when another catastrophe struck much closer to home.  In June of 2019, James' twenty year-old son, Luke, died. James and his wife were immediately thrust into every parent's worst nightmare. But as they were pummeled with wave after wave of agonizing grief, James eventually felt called to move toward the pain in order to understand the lessons that might benefit him and others – all of which we cover in our Change Lab interview that cycled through tears to moments of transcendence. James' journey has been an arduous one. The pain of loss remains an ever-present burden he's dubbed “the backpack.” But by bringing his creativity to bear on an unbearable situation, James has discovered opportunities for reinvention and even a kind of rebirth in the projects he's undertaken to support young artists and vulnerable communities in Luke's honor.  Like the skilled designer he is, James has continued to ask himself the hard questions and has found renewed meaning in the simple act of showing up, even when part of him wants to give up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The next season of Change Lab debuts on March 23. We're calling it Forged in Fire: Make to Heal and we're looking at the ways in which adversity can be a conduit for creativity and, more importantly, how creativity can offer solace during the hardest of times.  You're not going to want to miss a single episode of a season that explores the connection between heartbreak and hope on the path toward resilience and reinvention.  Please join us for a raw and revelatory season of Change Lab created in response to these extraordinary times to nourish, heal and inspire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To experience one of Ann Hamilton's installations is to be transported into a world of invention unlike any other. Recognized for her large-scale public projects and performance collaborations, Ann uses space as her canvas and fills it with a sense of mystery and drama that is as inviting as it is provocative.  Though much of her work is, by nature, transitory, its impact and ideas endure. To get a sense of the experiential texture of her work, look no further than her extraordinary 2012 installation, the event of a thread, at New York's Park Avenue Armory. The hauntingly beautiful piece filled the large space with billowing white fabric panels and an array of swings inviting participants to experience a joy and weightlessness too often relegated to childhood.   In this timely and incisive Change Lab interview, conducted the day before the 20th anniversary of 911, Hamilton explored the ideas animating CHORUS, her public art installation at the World Trade Center Cortland subway station. The piece, visible from the platform and passing trains, consists of a field of marble mosaic weaving the texts of the Declaration of Independence and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights onto a wall beneath the spot where the towers once stood.  Change Lab listeners will recognize her ideas connecting making and exploration as core to the themes explored throughout this show. It's hard to imagine how anyone could more artfully illuminate the creative power and exhilaration that comes from braving uncertainty and lingering in the mysterious “I-don't-know.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enrique nos contó sobre su experiencia en la gestión de cambio en las empresas mediante la capacitación de sus colaboradores. Desde The Change Lab se han capacitado a más de 7.000 colaboradores de empresas que buscan ser cada día mejores. No te lo pierdes!

For Diana Thater making art is like oxygen. It sustains and nourishes her. And when her access to it is suddenly limited -- as it was in the spring of 2020-- she figures out a way to create her art. By any means necessary.  Her latest exhibition, Yes, There Will Be Singing, is the captivating result of one such extraordinary pandemic pivot. She conceived the idea for the sound-based installation when her in-person show was cancelled. But what's most ingenious about this immersive work is not its format but rather its remarkable subject --Whale 52, who is deaf and yet sings into a world of complete darkness and silence.  It's hard to imagine a more perfect metaphor for resilience in the face of the isolation we've all just experienced than Whale 52 and, more specifically, the sensitivity with which Thater represents his plight in her work.  That kind of empathy is the lifeblood running through everything Thater creates. Best known for creating large-scale installation art exploring the tensions between the animal kingdom and mankind,  Thater's studio practice has sent her around the globe to film species in peril in their natural habitats. Her work has been widely exhibited at major institutions worldwide, including MOMA, LACMA and the Guggenheim Bilbao. In this lively and fathoms-deep Change Lab episode, Thater explores the forces animating her creative practice, the role of improvisation in her filming process and her enduring commitment to risking life and limb to transport us there alongside her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You'll find a link to watch this episode, check out the episode notes posted along with an invitation to join guests and Laura for a live premiere and chat event to view this week's episode via our YouTube channel, Sunday's 11:30am, at Patreon.com/theLFShow   Disinformation, polarization, growing economic inequality, attempts to undermine elections and the rights of women and racial minorities—all of these are turning up the heat on American democracy. At the same time, pro-democracy movements are also on the rise. So is this the darkness before the storm or before the dawn? “That all rests on what we're doing right now,” says guest Adrienne Evans. In this episode, Laura and returning guest co-host, Scot Nakagawa, speak with three national organizers who share tools and strategies for building democracy and countering Right-Wing, authoritarian movements. They're reaching across the political divide and organizing at the margins to shift narratives, empower everyday citizens, and bring people together. What's working and where are we headed? Find out in this episode.GUESTS:• Co-Host Scot Nakagawa, Co-Founder and Senior Partner, ChangeLab; Project Director, 22nd Century Initiative• Rachel O'Leary Carmona, Executive Director, Women's March• Adrienne Evans, Executive Director, United Vision for Idaho, the state's only multi-issue, progressive coalition.• Rinku Sen, Executive Director, Narrative Initiative.  She's the former Executive Director of Race Forward and Publisher of their award-winning news site Colorlines.

Pop quiz: Do artists and designers create to express what you know? Or do we make things to get to know ourselves and the world we inhabit?  Those are a few of the questions we'll be grappling with throughout the next season of Change Lab, launching on September 29th, with Lorne's revelatory interview with Mike Shinoda, artist, musician, ArtCenter alum, and rockstar in all senses of the word. This season coincides with the release of Lorne's book, Make to Know, investigating the relationship between inspiration and improvisation, artist and artwork, maker and finished product -- themes that will resonate with anyone familiar with this podcast. The book was inspired at least in part by insights derived from Change Lab interviews revealing the many insights into the hows and whys we humans are driven to create.  This new season will take a deep dive into those ideas with a phenomenal lineup of interviews with creative luminaries designed to complement Make to Know and function as a complete guide to accessing and implementing the creative power that lives within us all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deze keer in The Lighthouse heeft Jochen Mineke De Thije te gast. Mineke is Managing Partner bij ChangeLab waar ze bedrijven groot en klein helpt om te gaan met Change, in een poging om bedrijven te helpen om te groeien en schalen op een goeie manier. Vandaag praat Jochen met haar specifiek over Developer Velocity, en waarom je daarvan wakker zou moeten liggen.

Welcome to the Policy People Podcast. In this conversation, I dive into the digital disruption of leadership training with Nikola Ilic. We discuss how he got addicted to activism as a young rebel in Yugoslavia, his vision to make leadership training universally accessible, how power changes people, the moral risks of public persuasion training, the tensions between chosen identities and tribalism, tribalism as a political tool, and many more topics. You can listen to the episode right away in the audio player embedded above, or right below it you can click “Listen in podcast app” — which will connect you to the show’s feed. Alternatively, you can click the icons below to listen to it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If you enjoy this conversation and would like to help the show, sharing this episode’s LinkedIn post is the easiest way to do so. I will personally thank you for sharing at the start of the next episode.Thank you to Neha Singh, Arpit Chaturvedi and Km Sulekha for sharing our last episode. Nikola Ilic is the Co-Founder and CEO of Change Lab, a consultancy that plans to deliver leadership development and coaching at scale to millions around the world. He is also a Co-Founder of Serbia on the Move - a grassroots, citizen engagement NGO based in Serbia. Formerly, Nikola was an International Development Consultant and the World Bank Group and a teaching fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, where he taught the course ‘Organizing: People, Power, Change’. You can discover his consultancy and its work at changelab.global. You can also connect with Nikola on LinkedIn, follow him on Twitter at the handle @NikolaIlic7 or on Clubhouse at @nikolailic7. Subscribe at policypeople.substack.com

In dieser Folge habe ich Unterstützung aus unserem Team des Hamburger BeraterContors. Violetta und ich haben die Ergebnisse einer Studie des Change Labs aufbereitet und sprechen darüber, wie Führungskräfte den Wandel kraftvoll steuern können. Für Fragen und Anregungen wie immer gern eine Mail an: schweighart@hbcontor.de

Scot Nakagawa and Eric Ward talk together at " It Did Happen Here: Nothing is Final", recorded March 4, 2021 at an event sponsored by the Multnomah County Library. Scot was the founding staff person of the Coalition for Human Dignity, and is co-founder and Senior Partner of ChangeLab, a national racial equity think/act lab promoting innovation in racial equity advocacy. Eric Ward founded and directed a community project to expose and counter hate groups and respond to bigoted violence with the Community Alliance of Lane County (1990–1994).He is currently the Executive Director of the Western States Center. Thanks to Enrique and Lindsey from the Multnomah County Library --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/idhh/support

As President of Fuller Theological Seminary (with more than three decades of pastoral experience behind him), Mark Labberton is more than comfortable dwelling in uncertainty. For him, the space of the unknown is at least one way to access the kind of epiphany familiar to those of us on the creative path.  Mark is far more than just a big picture thinker and leader. He’s a prolific writer and orator with a unique gift for mining the sublime out of a secular idea. He is also someone who embodies the immersive and expansive mindset he brings to his teaching, writing and his wonderful podcast, Conversing with Mark Labberton.   Mark and Lorne first connected years ago as leaders of two important institutions of higher education in Pasadena. From the start, they were both fascinated by the connection between spirituality and creative expression. Lorne was a teacher and theater director curious about the relationship between inspiration (divine or otherwise) and creative flow. Mark was a pastor who has come to see himself as a curator of faith and experience. From there a friendship grew.  Their affinity has continued to expand and deepen. And once we decided to dedicate this season of Change Lab to explore the future of higher education, we seized the opportunity to speak with Mark, knowing all that we can learn from him.  As you’ll hear in this rich and full conversation, Mark understands something vitally important about leading with vulnerability. Perhaps even more resonant, however, is the power he’s found in what he exquisitely describes as a ‘theology of making.’ Please enjoy my conversation with Mark Labberton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Positive psychology isn’t about being positive all the time. We’re all human, we still have struggles… but we can live well despite the struggles if we know how to best think about and approach the good and bad parts of life.Get cozy and listen to this beautiful conversation with social entrepreneur and champion of change, the Co-Founder of The Change Lab, Louis Alloro. Louis is here to discuss the power of positive psychology and the science of wellbeing and to provide practical tools you can use to integrate positive psychology into your daily life to nurture wellness. Tune in to learn how you can be an active participant in your own wellness journey, creating a ripple effect of lasting change in your community!Psst... If you're loving the episodes of Studio Within Podcast and you're listening this on Apple Podcasts... Make sure to leave a review before you leave! I would appreciate it a lot, thank you!

Harry Elam and Lorne had only met casually before we sat down to record this episode of Change Lab. Interestingly, they had spent much of their early careers as two ships passing in the San Francisco Bay. Harry pursued his PhD in theater at U.C. Berkeley while Lorne earned the same degree at Stanford. They then traded places and Harry became a theater professor at Stanford and Lorne took a faculty position in Berkeley’s Dramatic Art department.  Their mirrored movements continue to this day. With Harry’s recent appointment as president of Occidental College, they now both serve as college presidents for venerable institutions located just a few miles apart in Northeast Los Angeles. This past year, maybe more than any other, has called upon them to draw on skills they developed in the theater. They’ve had to improvise and lean into the unfolding drama, responding to challenges with ‘yes and’ rather than ‘no but.’  Harry has written several books and scores of journal articles on how theater has become a vehicle for social change. He and Lorne discussed how those movements might even serve as a model for progress within the very institutions they both lead. Their conversation shed light on the importance of communal spirit—not unlike that of a theater company—in forging the path ahead.  But, in the end, they were just two theater guys connecting around their shared belief in the power of creativity and education as well as in our conviction that, above all else, the show must go on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lorne M. Buchman, President of ArtCenter College of Design and host of Change Lab podcast, speaks with Beyond the Studio co-hosts Nicole Mueller and Amanda Adams about the shifts happening in higher education, how art and design colleges are responding to the financial challenges of the pandemic, rethinking the model in order to increase sustainability, access, and affordability, what organizations can learn from adopting a mindset similar to that of individual artists, and key questions we should all be asking within the arts at large. About Beyond the Studio: Beyond the Studio is a podcast that focuses on the behind the scenes work of visual artists— how they're supporting and sustaining themselves and their creative work. Co-hosted by artists Nicole Mueller (San Francisco, CA) and Amanda Adams (Baltimore, MD), Beyond the Studio features candid conversations with contemporary artists, makers, and art world professionals about their business practices, time management, financial planning, and how they're navigating the unique challenges of making a living, creatively. Artists are inherently resourceful, resilient, and ambitious, with a unique and diverse set of skills. Beyond the Studio wants to know how they're connecting the dots in their own life, and demystify the process. It's founded on the belief that by sharing these stories openly and honestly, artists will feel more empowered and become better equipped to live out their own creative life's work. The podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and on their website www.beyondthe.studio About Lorne M. Buchman: Lorne M. Buchman is the fifth president of ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, an international leader in art and design education. During Buchman’s presidency, the College increased the undergraduate and graduate degree programs and realized record enrollments. Buchman previously served as president of both Saybrook University and California College of the Arts (CCA). Buchman holds a PhD from Stanford University and a BA from the University of Toronto. He founded Buchman Associates, a consulting firm focused on facility development projects for nonprofit organizations. A trained theater director and scholar, Buchman is the author of Still in Movement: Shakespeare on Screen and has taught and served as an administrative leader at the University of California, Berkeley. About ArtCenter: Founded in 1930 and located in Pasadena, California, ArtCenter College of Design is a global leader in art and design education. ArtCenter offers 11 undergraduate and seven graduate degrees in a wide variety of industrial design disciplines as well as visual and applied arts. In addition to its top-ranked academic programs, the College also serves members of the Greater Los Angeles region through a highly regarded series of year-round continuing education programs for all ages and levels of experience. Renowned for both its ties to industry and its social impact initiatives, ArtCenter is the first design school to receive the United Nations’ Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) status. Throughout the College’s long and storied history, ArtCenter alumni have had a profound impact on popular culture, the way we live and important issues in our society. Beyond the Studio beyondthe.studio

D’Wayne has a lot in common with Michael Jordan, his former boss. His appetite for excellence has propelled him to superlative success. D’Wayne turned his childhood passion for drawing sneakers into a high-flying design career, moving from L.A. Gear to Sketchers and then eventually landing his dream job at Nike’s Jordan Brand. D’Wayne’s designs have, in total, earned over $1.5 billion. But D’Wayne was determined to leave a mark on the footwear design world that couldn’t be measured in dollars. As one of very few Black leaders in his business, he saw an opportunity to create a pipeline for diverse designers. D’Wayne quit his job at Nike to launch Pensole Footwear Design Academy in order to build career pathways that didn’t exist when he was coming of age. Pensole is now an established force in footwear design education, providing a host of immersive programs in partnership with ArtCenter and other institutions. The results speak for themselves: Pensole had a hand in training over 500 footwear designers working today. In this debut episode of Change Lab’s new season investigating the future of education, D’Wayne reflects on the importance of mentorship, hard work, and hands-on learning in creating a more diverse and sustainable design education model. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we begin a new year and a new season of change lab, I think most of us are torn between looking forward with hope and looking back with a kind of weary amazement we've prevailed over enormous obstacles in the last year. But as educators and designers, we know all too well that every challenge we meet offers an opportunity for learning and progress. That was certainly the case here at ArtCenter, where we migrated along with the rest of our colleagues and higher ed to digital classrooms, we then did what we do best experimenting, prototyping, iterating, and inventing until we found what worked best for our faculty and students. Not only has the experience taught us invaluable lessons about the grit and creative adaptability of our own community, but we've also made important discoveries about the nature of education itself. That's why we're dedicating this season of change lab to exploring the future of education. Beginning on February 17th. We'll look at what we've learned, where we're headed and how to get there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Pubcasts. This episode is called: Managing many nets: possible scenarios and impacts for the expansion of Cook Inlet personal use fisheries. This latest entry in our series of Pubcasts, audio-book style recordings of peer reviewed scientific research, is an article about scenarios development for a new personal use fishery in Cook Inlet, Alaska. This paper was written and recorded by Hannah L. Harrison (www.twitter.com/@fishpeopleplace). Pubcasts are hosted by the Conservation of Change Lab (www.conservationofchange.org) as a part of Coastal Routes Radio, and are an ongoing project to experiment with science communication and making research more accessible and digestible to both scientific and general audiences. We were inspired to start Pubcasts via our own love of podcasts, demystifying science and the role of researchers in science, and the power of the human voice. We hope you enjoy and welcome feedback via Twitter at www.twitter.com/@Coastal_Routes. You can find more Pubcasts from the Coastal Routes project at www.coastalroutes.org/pubcasts. You can read the full paper at the Fisheries Research journal website:

Click Here for the Full Episode NotesIn the aftermath of the January 6th siege of the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters, Laura convenes a panel of pro-democracy activists to discuss the fate of the nation. What really led to the events of January 6th and how should we move forward? How do we go from insurrection to cooperation in a multi-racial, multi-ethnic democracy? Is building a healthy political ecosystem and humane economy even possible in the America we have today? And can the Biden/Harris administration solve what ails us? Panelists Scot Nakagawa, Senior Partner at Change Lab, Ash-Lee Henderson, Co-Executive Director of the Highlander Center, and Eric Ward, Executive Director at the Western States Center, discuss all this and more.  Music in the Middle:  “Dancefloor Democracy” by FSQ featuring George Clinton, Trey Lewd and Billy ‘Bass' Nelson courtesy of Soul Clap Records. If everyone of our dedicated, forward thinking listeners like you committed just $3 a month, we'd have a solid financial foundation to meet the urgency of these times head on in doing the crucial reporting on solutions, change makers and forward thinkers! Goto Patreon.com/theLFShow. 

In this episode, Collective Impact Forum executive director Jennifer Splansky Juster is in conversation with John Kania and Juanita Zerda of the social impact organization Collective Change Lab. Jen, John, and Juanita discuss what are some of the key qualities and practices needed when working to achieve long-term systems change.Resources and FootnotesThe Water of Systems ChangeCollective Change LabMore on the Collective Impact approach to collaborate for social change:Infographic: What is Collective Impact?Resource List: Getting Started in Collective ImpactThe Intro music, entitled “Running,” was composed by Rafael Krux, and can be found here and is licensed under CC: By 4.0.The outro music, entitled “Deliberate Thought,” was composed by Kevin Macleod. Licensed under CC: By.Have a question related to collaborative work that you'd like to have discussed on the podcast? You can send it to our short podcast listener survey or at info@collectiveimpactforum.org.

This PubCast shares our latest work on transforming conflict over agriculture and water in the Canadian Prairies. Agricultural drainage is a complicated and often conflict-ridden natural resource management issue, impacting contested ecosystem services related to the retention of wetlands as well as the productivity of farmland. This research identifies opportunities to transform the conflict over agricultural drainage in Saskatchewan, Canada, towards collaboration. Pubcasts are hosted by the Conservation of Change Lab (www.conservationofchange.org) and are an ongoing project to experiment with science communication and making research more accessible and digestible to both scientific and general audiences. We were inspired to start Pubcasts via our own love of podcasts, demystifying science and the role of researchers in science, and the power of the human voice. We hope you enjoy and welcome feedback via Twitter at www.twitter.com/ConserveChange Find the published version of this paper at: https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2020-0031

We present an episode of CHANGE LAB: Conversations on Transformation and Creativity, a spotlight of creatives exercising their artistry to promote change. This ep features a conversation with painter-illustrator Grace Lynne Haynes. You can find and subscribe to Change Lab here. Change Lab is produced by the ArtCenter of California and available wherever you find podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The podcast welcomed back Mike McMeekin with the Engineering Change Lab to discuss the intersection of engineering and the environment with guest Jennifer Molnar, Lead Scientist & Managing Director, Center for Sustainability Science, The Nature Conservancy.Engineering Change Lab - USA (ECL-USA) is a new non-profit that is focused on the future of engineering. ECL-USA’s mission is to be a catalyst for change within the engineering community, helping it contribute at the highest possible level in addressing the challenges of the 21st Century.ECL-USA has now held nine summits over the last three years. Each summit is a deep dive into an issue that will impact the future of engineering. The summits include a combination of learning from thought leaders, or provocateurs, along with small group and large group exercises and discussion.The concept of Environmentally Responsible Engineering has been a topic at two recent summits. ECL-USA’s recent virtual summit explored what it takes to lead the work of environmentally responsible engineering through the stories of leaders actively engaged in this type of work.One of the provocateurs for this session was Jen Molnar, Lead Scientist & Managing Director, Center for Sustainability Science, The Nature Conservancy. Jen Molnar’s work at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) revolves around her desire to combine her environmental engineering background with a deeper involvement with nature to address environmental challenges.

Throughout this season, on alternating weeks, we’ll feature a handpicked episode from podcasts by, for or about the Black community. This week we’re excited to share an episode from the Micheaux Mission. Since 2016, Len Webb and Vincent Williams have been challenging themselves to watch and review every Black feature film ever made and released to theaters. In Vincent's words, they hope to give 'Rolling Stone' style examination to these under appreciated works of art. Together they hope to find the perfect wine to drink with Pam Grier's Coffy, the five movies, since 1985, in which Samuel L. Jackson does not appear, and someone else who agrees with Len that The Last Dragon is a bad movie. The Micheaux Mission is named for Oscar Micheaux, regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker and the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the twentieth century.  Len and Vincent have spent the last few years bringing the good word of Black film to the masses in a fun and engaging way. Along the way, they have been featured in The Philadelphia Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Radio New Zealand and won the Expression in Radio Award at the 2019 PhillyCam Cammy Awards. Today’s episode features the 2012 film, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty. According to the Micheaux Mission, Writer/director Terence Nance has created a literal poem of a movie, a heartfelt exploration of one man's feeling for his homie-lover-friend, that has enthralled Vince and Len unlike any film before on the Mission.

Last year, Cedric Johnson embedded himself at ArtCenter for a week-long residency. Included in that visit was a talk about the policing crisis as well as a workshop with students exploring what it means to “do good” in the world through art and design.  These issues have only become more timely in the intervening year. But as any good historian will tell you – and Cedric most definitely fits that description – history has a way of colliding with the present if you wait long enough.  As a professor of political science and African American studies at University of Illinois at Chicago, Cedric has dedicated his academic career to studying and writing about the relationship between class, race and social change. These ideas coalesce in rich narrative detail in his award-winning book, Revolutionaries to Race Leaders: Black Power and the Making of African American Politics. Cedric has a gift for communicating complex and sometimes disruptive ideas with warmth, clarity and impressive skill. Throughout his extensive writings (and in his interview with Change Lab), he emphasizes the need for addressing the roots of racial injustice in class inequities, from persistent poverty and the “crimes of survival” committed as a result of “structural unemployment. Our conversation was full of ideas, both grounded and groundbreaking, that are critical to creating sustainable social change. Particularly germane to the ArtCenter community, were his observations on the importance of decommodifying education (i.e., making it accessible to all students regardless of their ability to pay). This, he insists, is an essential stepping stone toward creating more diverse, equitable and inclusive college campuses.

Welcome to our third episode of Change Lab Presents Throughout this season, on alternating weeks, we’ll feature a handpicked episode from podcasts by, for or about the Black community. This week we’re excited to share an episode from Scene On Radio, produced by host John Biewen, in conversation with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Scene on Radio is a Peabody-nominated podcast that dives deeply into issues central to American society. The show comes from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and is distributed by PRX.  Today’s episode features Myra Greene, who for years explored blackness through her photography, often in self-portraits. She then explored what it would mean to take pictures of whiteness. By photographing friends, peers, and mentors, Greene visually ponders whether photography can capture and describe the nuances of whiteness.   Please enjoy this Change Lab Presents episode of Scene on Radio. Scene On Radio Website

Like the consummate designer he is -- Kevin Bethune has iterated his own job description.  Kevin’s strikingly diverse career-path includes stints as a nuclear engineer at Westinghouse Electric, a financial manager at Nike and strategic design innovator at Boston Consulting group -- all achievements that would stand alone as a high-point on most resumes.  But Kevin still had goals he’d yet to articulate and accomplish. And, as you’ll hear through his deeply introspective reflections in this episode of Change Lab, Kevin takes his dreams very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that they became the driving force behind his current venture, an innovation think-tank called dreams, design + life. Animated by the idea of bringing a child-like openness and imagination to realizing our highest possibilities, Kevin now leads a multi-disciplinary team at dreams, design + life. There, he uses design innovation tools to help businesses plan for an uncertain future.  Kevin is a unicorn even by Silicon Valley standards. He comes to the table bearing a trio of specialized degrees from prestigious institutions – including a Master of Science in Industrial Design from ArtCenter. And, perhaps even more rare and relevant to his success is the kindness, humility and integrity he brings to every layer of his creative process.  Though he has faced his share of obstacles as a person of color. He’s prevailed by remaining true to his commitment to connecting people with their dreams and taking the high road in business and in life.

Dr. Lorne Buchman, the President of ArtCenter College of Design and host of the Change Lab Podcast, joins Mike this week to share his experiences as a maker and the leader of an esteemed College of Art and Design. Lorne shares his origin story that is deeply steeped in the practical application of his education in the theater at Stanford University where he earned his doctorate. We touch on the power of humanistic psychology and the importance of building a culture where creatives can truly thrive to do their best work. Then we dive into how Lorne and team have delivered on the mission statement of ArtCenter which is "Learn to Create. Influence Change" both historically and particularly in the context of the challenging year that is 2020. We also get some of Lorne's perspective as a podcaster since he's been hosting Change Lab going on seven seasons now. Lorne is a visionary who to this day still thinks like a theatrical director. We feel privileged to have gotten access to his unique perspective on this episode. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we did pulling this episode together.

Welcome to our second episode of Change Lab Presents Throughout this season, on alternating weeks, we’ll feature a series of bonus episodes we’ve handpicked from some of our favorite podcasts by, for or about the Black community. This week, we’re excited to share an episode from The Brown Girl's Guide to Politics from the Wonder Media Network. Host A’shanti Gholar leads conversations with women changing the face of politics. Episodes include interviews with politicians, candidates, and influencers.  Today you'll hear from Brittany Packnett Cunningham. Named by People Magazine as one of the five inspiring people chartering a path forward as America fights racism, Brittany is the co-founder of Campaign Zero and a leading force in the fight for social justice. Please enjoy this Change Lab Presents episode of The Brown Girl's Guide to Politics. https://brittanypacknett.com/bio

Throughout her long and distinguished career as a commercial and fine art photographer, Barbara DuMetz has produced images that feel familiar even if you’re viewing them for the first time. Through her lens, even the most ordinary subject matter has a mythic quality. She has a story to tell that reaches far beyond the frame.  That’s her unique creative gift. And it’s one she began cultivating as an ArtCenter student and ultimately deployed to great effect in editorial spreads for glossy magazines and iconic ads for global brands like Coca Cola and Delta. Despite her vast reserves of natural talent, it was hardly a given that Barbara would achieve her lofty creative goals as a Black woman making her way in the predominantly white male field of commercial photography in the 1970’s and ‘80’s. And yet she persisted. Against steep odds, Barbara built a professional photography practice from the ground up and paved the way for a new generation of Black female artists. Her personal journey is nearly as inspiring and captivating as her iconic images of such legendary trailblazers as Maya Angelou, Quincy Jones and Thelonius Monk – the latter of whom she first met by chance as a young aspiring photographer. In this week’s lively, history-soaked Change Lab episode, you’ll hear her describe that encounter with Monk with sheer wonder at his genius. And then, with characteristic humility, she’ll concede, after some prodding, that maybe, just maybe, her work echoes the deeply-felt rhythms of her beloved jazz. As anyone listening to this conversation can attest, Dumetz walks through life to a beat as cool and distinctive as the art she makes. Links from this episode: BarbaraDuMetzPhotography.com 1984 Olympics Coca-Cola Advertisement

Welcome to our first episode of Change Lab Presents Throughout this season, on alternating weeks, we’ll feature a handpicked episode from podcasts by, for or about the Black community. This week we’re excited to share an episode from The Institute of Black Imagination. Hosted by artist, writer, and brand consultant Dario Calmese, the show features conversations from The Pool of Black Genius: a collection of iconoclasts at the leading edge of cultural thought and innovation. Today’s episode features architect, designer and scholar, Dr. Mabel O. Wilson, who discusses her trans-disciplinary practice touching upon the worlds of curation, performance, art and cultural history. Please enjoy this Change Lab Presents episode of the Institute of Black Imagination Links mentioned in the episode: Mabel's Instagram: @studio_and Her new book: Race and Modern Architecture: A Critical History from the Enlightenment to the Present 

If you’ve ever wondered how to avoid burnout and stay at your best, or how can we use our strengths to bring out the best in ourselves, then this Unleash Learning TV episode is for you.   I’m interviewing Michelle Etheve,  co-founder of the Change Lab, who also has a Master’s in Science in Coaching Psychology .   She’s going to share with you a strategy to help you avoid burnout, amongst many other insightful tips.

On September 23rd, Change Lab will kick off its seventh season, which is dedicated to amplifying Black voices in art, design and activism. Much has changed since our last episode – everything really. So in response to these radically shifting times, this next set of interviews will lean into the special relationship between uncertainty and creativity and how it just might hold the key to unlocking ideas and works of art and design that can change the world.

This latest entry in our series of Pubcasts, audio-book style recordings of peer reviewed scientific research, is an article about diagnosing complex conservation conflicts. Conservation conflicts are pressing social and environmental sustainability issues, and the complex underlying causes and escalating factors of such conflicts can often be difficult to understand. This article synthesizes a breadth of conservation conflict literature to lay out a transdisciplinary framework for diagnosing complex conservation conflicts composed of six key aspects: complexity, emergence, and stages; conflict status; basis of contention and cognitive framing; state of knowledge; state of values; and interventions. This framework is based in systems thinking and encourages users to harness thinking based in storytelling and consider how a conservation conflict represents a larger ongoing narrative with depth, meaning, and containing complex, interrelated storylines. Pubcasts are hosted by the Conservation of Change Lab (www.conservationofchange.org) as a part of Coastal Routes Radio, and are an ongoing project to experiment with science communication and making research more accessible and digestible to both scientific and general audiences. We were inspired to start Pubcasts via our own love of podcasts, demystifying science and the role of researchers in science, and the power of the human voice. We hope you enjoy and welcome feedback via Twitter at www.twitter.com/@Coastal_Routes. You can find more Pubcasts from the Coastal Routes project at www.coastalroutes.org/pubcasts. You can read the full paper, open-access and without paywalls, at the Biological Conservation website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000632072030728X

Geography matters. And when it comes to pandemics such as this COVID-19 one that we find ourselves in the middle of, how we respond to pandemics is very much influenced by geography. That curiosity about geographically distinct responses to COVID-19 pandemic is very much behind two research projects we are going to talk about today. The first one was initiated by The Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation. It looked at rural responses to the pandemic in Canada. The second project was initiated at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and it looked at how small islands around the world responded to COVID19 pandemic. The guests today in order of appearance are: Dr. Sarah Minnes, the current President of the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Conservation of Change Lab at the University of Guelph. Dr. Sean Markey is a professor and certified planner with the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Ashleigh Weeden is a PhD candidate in the School of Environmental Design & Rural Development at the University of Guelph. Dr. Francesco Sindico is the Co-Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. He leads the project on island responses to Covid-19 with data from islands in 36 countries around the world. http://crrf.ca/covid19/ https://www.strath.ac.uk/research/strathclydecentreenvironmentallawgovernance/ourwork/research/labsincubators/eilean/islandsandcovid-19/

This latest entry in our series of Pubcasts, audio-book style recordings of peer reviewed scientific research, is an essay about sustainability. Fish hatcheries have received a lot of criticism in recent years over concerns that rearing and releasing fish from hatcheries may have negative impacts on wild fish populations. Yet, many local-level stakeholder groups, such as anglers, continue to support the use of hatcheries as a means of conserving declining wild fish stocks, particularly for Atlantic salmon. Could it be that their interest and support of hatcheries is about more than the fish they produce? In this paper, we explore the different kinds of social, psychological, and conservation benefits produced by hatcheries in three European case studies. Pubcasts are hosted by the Conservation of Change Lab (www.conservationofchange.org) as a part of Coastal Routes Radio, and are an ongoing project to experiment with science communication and making research more accessible and digestible to both scientific and general audiences. We were inspired to start Pubcasts via our own love of podcasts, demystifying science and the role of researchers in science, and the power of the human voice. We hope you enjoy and welcome feedback via Twitter at www.twitter.com/fishpeopleplace or www.twitter.com/Coastal_Routes. You can find more Pubcasts from the Coastal Routes project at www.coastalroutes.org/pubcasts. Find the published version of this paper at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165783618300729?via%3Dihub

This episode of Change Lab happens to be the last one of this season and we’ll resume again, as usual, in the fall. And though it wasn’t planned this way, it’s hard to think of an interview more timely or better suited to demonstrating the strength of the creative spirit to transcend expectations, assumptions and challenges than this one with Chaz Bojorquez, aka the Godfather of Graffiti. There are few art world honors as coveted as having a piece of work included in the Smithsonian’s permanent collection. Likewise, in the pop culture universe, not many artists can claim to have their own special edition line of Converse Chuck Taylor sneakers. Chaz can claim both of those achievements and many more. A native of East Los Angeles, Chaz merged his tandem passions for creative forms of socio-political protest, underground comics and the Chicano muralist movement into a signature style that has influenced his widespread popularity and established prestige now, finally, attributed to street art. After Chaz visited ArtCenter last fall to deliver a talk about the role of graffiti in creating cultural unity, Lorne was taken by the power of his wisdom and his work. In fact, we were all so impressed with his accomplishments that we decided to award him an honorary doctorate at our Spring commencement ceremony (which was sadly postponed due to the COVID-19 crisis). But Lorne and Chaz had the opportunity to sit down together in early February to reflect on his remarkable career that blurs the boundaries between high art and street art, calligraphy and graffiti, popular and alternative culture. Related Links: https://americanart.si.edu/artist/charles-chaz-bojorquez-6040 https://lagunaartmuseum.org/artist/chaz-bojorquez/ http://www.sohodh.com/chaz-bojorquez https://sneakernews.com/2013/06/26/chaz-bojorquez-x-converse-chuck-taylor-all-star/

This latest entry in our series of Pubcasts, audio-book style recordings of peer reviewed scientific research, is an essay about sustainability. People talk a lot about sustainability, though rarely can people agree on a singular definition. In this essay, I argue in defense of sustainability—that these continued challenges are not fundamental failings of sustainability but rather are symptomatic of how fundamentally different the sustainability world view is from the mainstream, modern way thinking. Pubcasts are hosted by the Conservation of Change Lab (www.conservationofchange.org) and are an ongoing project to experiment with science communication and making research more accessible and digestible to both scientific and general audiences. We were inspired to start Pubcasts via our own love of podcasts, demystifying science and the role of researchers in science, and the power of the human voice. We hope you enjoy and welcome feedback via Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ConserveChange or http://www.twitter.com/Coastal_Routes. You can find more Pubcasts from the Coastal Routes project at www.coastalroutes.org/pubcasts Find the published version of this paper at: https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2019-0037

Diane Luby Lane’s job title is pretty straightforward. She’s the founder and executive director of Get Lit-Words Ignite, a leading arts education nonprofit dedicated to increasing literacy and stemming dropout rates among at-risk youth. Her groundbreaking curriculum, fusing classic literature with spoken word performance techniques has been adopted by schools around the country, equipping new generations of students with a powerful connection to classic literature, self-expression and the performing arts. It is a remarkable story, one in which poetry has changed the lives of countless teens. The Get Lit Players, the organization’s award-winning poetry troupe, has performed at the White House, the United Nations and the Hollywood Bowl. They also hold the distinction of being the most watched poets on the internet, with over 300 million views and counting. In the words of L.A. Mayor, Eric Garcetti, “The Get Lit Players are changing the landscape of literacy in Los Angeles and providing a model for the rest of the nation.” But for all the laurels and accolades she has accumulated with Get Lit’s success, none fully captures the richness and complexity of Diane’s journey to leading a dynamic and diverse movement of teen spoken word poets. Determined to understand the source of Get Lit’s success in igniting a passion for reading and writing among students whom the system has failed, Change Lab’s Lorne Buchman sat down with Diane in Get Lit’s bustling headquarters on the border of Downtown L.A. to discuss the redemptive power of poetry and her mission to share it with the world.  Related Links: https://getlit.org/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClSaAMiTH3wUhFAdEQBaksw

Storytelling is Dennis Gassner’s mother tongue. It’s the language – and the context -- through which the ArtCenter alum and legendary production designer processes the ideas of a script, and it fundamentally shapes the worlds his characters inhabit on screen. The six-time Oscar nominee is best known for the technically ambitious and artfully realized environments he has created for six Coen Bros films, the last four James Bond movies, Blade Runner 2049 and Bugsy – for which he won an Academy Award. Dennis received his most recent Oscar nomination for his stunning work on 1917, a World War 1 epic for which he designed, built and destroyed French villages and battlefields all, seemingly, filmed in one-take. The film also presented him with the rare opportunity to go to war with his longtime collaborators, director Sam Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins – two major talents with whom he’s found great success in the moviemaking trenches. On the eve of the most recent Academy Awards show, Change Lab’s Lorne Buchman interviewed Dennis in his home, which is steeped in Hollywood history and filled with artifacts from his films and the places they’ve taken him. As we sat facing each other on two art deco couches he used to furnish a lavish set in The Hudsucker Proxy, we discussed his transition from architecture to production design, his discovery (while at ArtCenter) that facing fear is fundamental to creativity and his conviction that successful storytelling is best measured by the heart rather than the head. Related Links: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0309357/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 https://www.1917.movie/

Dr. Michelle McQuaid is known for her research, books, and tools, which help people create positive changes and thrive more consistently in their workplaces.  Michelle holds a Master in Positive Psychology, and a Ph.D. on how Appreciative Inquiry Summits create positive disruptions that enable systems to flourish, and is a co-founder of The Change Lab. In this week’s episode, we explore how leaders and workplaces can tackle complex challenges and create positive changes through the use of language, conversations, and self-organization. Connect with Dr. Michelle McQuaid:  https://www.thechangelab.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:17] - Michelle shares her thoughts on the ability for the latest research in human flourishing to help create positive changes given all the challenges our world faces at the moment. [05:23] - Michelle shares some tips for workplaces to create more positive changes. [11:30] - Michelle outlines the simple actions leaders can take to make change a more positive experience. [15:49] - Michelle shares a simple learning loop exercise to help anyone create change in their workplace – regardless of their job title. [22:48] - Michelle completes the Lightning Round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Who Do We Choose To Be by Meg Wheatly Thanks for listening!  Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review of the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free! You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing. Until next time, take care!  Thank you Michelle!

Paola Ardiles Gamboa is an educator and public health champion who teaches health promotion and social innovation at Simon Fraser University in Canada. She’s also Chilean-Canadian and an advocate for human rights in Chile. Much of her work focuses on the social determinants of mental health, and story is one of her most powerful tools for change.Recently, she shared a very personal story of her immigration to Canada and the resulting mental health challenges her family faced. Her goal was to draw attention to challenges and inequities in our systems, specifically the social determinants of health. As we discuss the surprising impact of this seemingly simple act, we explore the power of story to help us find, create and strengthen community.This leads to an exploration of her use of stories in the health change lab she co-leads for university students in Surrey, British Columbia. By listening to and analyzing their own stories alongside stories from the community, students are able to develop deep empathy and understanding for the people they’re about to serve, which enables them to co-create better solutions to health challenges.Finally, Paola tells us about the work she’s doing to share specific stories from the frontlines of the uprising in Chile, as a way to raise awareness and encourage global action. By seeking out personal connections and focusing on making the stories relevant to listeners thousands of kilometres away, she and her colleagues have been able to inspire both grassroots and political action to address the human rights injustices in her home country.

Ivy Meeropol is a documentary filmmaker whose emotionally and politically charged films explore social and cultural injustice from the inside out. Her work in TV and film ranges from an exploration of the threat posed by the nuclear power industry to the good, bad and ugly of the American political system, particularly as it relates to her family (more on that in a moment). But what distinguishes her work most is her disarming refusal to judge the characters in her films as heroes or villains– a process Ivy describes as an “active pursuit of empathy.” The result is a deeply nuanced body of work that reverberates with wisdom, intimacy and socio-political nuance. That empathy infuses every scene of her latest film, Bully, Coward, Victim: The Story of Roy Cohn, which recently premiered at the New York Film Festival. Combining archival footage with original reporting, the HBO film explores the complicated, controversial, and enduring legacy of Cohn, the closeted right-wing political attack-dog who was an early mentor to Donald Trump. Cohn launched his notorious career as the young prosecutor who convicted Ivy’s grandparents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, of spying for the Soviet Union at the height of the Red Scare. Cohn succeeded in his quest to send both of them to the electric chair, leaving their two young sons (one of whom was Ivy’s father) orphaned. Over the course of an intimate and animated Change Lab interview, she explored the personal and political forces at play in her work, her willingness to allow her films the freedom to dwell in ambiguity and her sense of responsibility to ask questions previous generations never could.   Related links: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1532413 https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2019/films/bully-coward-victim-the-story-of-roy-cohn/ http://indianpointfilm.com/ https://www.sundance.org/projects/heir-to-an-execution

Mit Jochen rede ich über sein neues Startup "Urban Change Lab". Dies ist bereits sein drittes Startup. Welche Erfahrungen er zuvor gemacht hat, warum ihm ein dicker Exit nicht so wichtig ist und warum "Urban Change Lab" "Fair Trade 2.0" ist, erzählt er mir in dieser Folge.

Sadie Red Wing and Saki Mafundikwa grew up a world and two generations apart. Sadie was born into the Lakota tribe and also considers herself a citizen of the Spirt Lake Nation of Fort Totten, South Dakota—two longstanding American indigenous communities. Saki, on the other hand, didn’t set foot in the United States until he left his native Zimbabwe at age 24 in 1979, almost twenty years before Sadie was born. Despite their different points of origin, their approach to their chosen profession is strikingly similar.  They’re both pioneering designers who focus their practices on giving voice and context to underrepresented communities whose rich visual languages have often been subsumed or ignored by mainstream design’s bias toward Western modes of communication. Saki and Sadie joined forces for the first time in a joint workshop at ArtCenter entitled: Finding Our Way Home. The four-hour workshop created a space for students of all backgrounds to visually identify themselves, exhibit pride in representation and come away inspired to allow their heritage to inform their design work. We’ve also included a first-hand perspective on the workshop from participant, Amina Maya, a photographer and designer who works as a Junior Creative Director at Black Girl in Om, and Founder of Naturaliste Apothecary. This thought-provoking episode of Change Lab explores some of the most vital issues facing both design and academia through the lens of Sadie and Saki’s unique but parallel journeys toward better representing their own cultures in their work and encouraging diversity and inclusivity throughout the arts. https://www.aiga.org/design-journeys-saki-mafundikwa https://www.sadieredwing.com http://www.aminamaya.com

ArtCenter’s Transportation Design program has a type and, at first glance, Vicente Magaña seems to fit it perfectly. A lifelong obsession with cars? Check. A childhood spent sketching every type of vehicle his imagination could conjure? Check. An insatiable desire to land a job designing supercars and road testing them at top speed? Well…that’s where Vicente, a Summer 2019 ArtCenter alum, separates himself from the pack. Vicente is the rare car guy whose driving passion is not to design the ultimate driving machine. Instead, Magaña dreams of designing a public transportation system that turns cars into more of a luxury for weekend joy rides than a necessity for getting from Point A to B.  We were particularly intrigued to learn more about the motivating factors guiding Vicente’s unique spin on a quintessential ArtCenter career-path, which is why we selected him for this season’s recent interview.  As the son of Mexican immigrants (and the first person in his family to attend college), Vicente’s upbringing instilled a desire to use his education to improve the quality of life for those who need it most. While attending ArtCenter, Vicente seized every opportunity he could to apply his seasoned problem-solving skills toward the greater good. Nothing illustrates this more than his thesis project, Incog-NEATO, a modular system designed to convert most sedans into a discrete space for living and working out of a vehicle.  Intrigued and impressed by Vicente’s unique combination of courage, empathy, and humility, Lorne dedicated this episode of Change Lab to tracking the journey that brought him to ArtCenter and where he hopes to go from here.

Though Phil Gilbert’s official job title is General Manager of Design at IBM, he’s more often referred to as IBM’s very own design evangelist. But ask him to describe his earliest creative impulses and he’ll tell you without hesitation that he was an entrepreneur from “day one.” It quickly became clear that Phil is all these things and more after spending the day with him at IBM’s colorful, post-it-strewn design studio in Austin. In other words, to use a tech-speak term of art: Phil is a unicorn.  Need proof?  Look no further than his decision to embed design thinking at scale across a company that spans 387,000 employees and 170 countries. Fast Company recently praised Gilbert’s accomplishment at IBM as “establishing a modern standard for increasing the role of arts in business.”  Under Phil’s leadership, the legacy computer brand has resurrected and expanded its venerable design program and transformed itself into a nimble, forward-thinking company employing a fleet of designers, charged with applying their problem-solving skills to innovative software and B2B infrastructure initiatives, like quantum computing and state of the art digital security. To wit, ArtCenter alum Tina Zeng, a design researcher on IBM’s security team, offers an insider’s perspective on how design is being deployed on a day to day basis under Phil’s leadership. Over the course of a lively Change Lab conversation (conducted in IBM’s employee programmed radio station) Phil opened up about his appreciation for the school busing program in Oklahoma City that first exposed him to the value in a diverse learning environment, his evolution as a leader and the importance of seeing every day as a prototype that can be improved upon.  Related links: https://www.ibm.com/design/ http://www.tinalzeng.com/ https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/gooddesign/

Fifty years ago at The Stonewall Inn, gay pride took the form of a riot, not a parade. Today, the question remains as relevant as ever: Just how do we define "love is love," and what are we willing to do to defend one another? This week, we speak with a group of LGBTQIA+ leaders who each have a different relationship to being out and proud. We've come a long way they say, but in the next 50 years, we have a long way to go. Here's “Light of Love” by Lady Alma off her new full length album “Twilight”, a 9 track anthology, produced by Mark de Clive Lowe, released on Mashi-Beats. GUESTS:  Scot Nakagawa, Senior Partner, ChangeLab;  Bri M., Creator and Producer of the podcast Power Not Pity; Kaz Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, Circle of Voices Inc.;  and Edafe Okporo, Director, RDJ Refugee Shelter. Become a Patron at Patreon.  That's also where you'll find research materials related to this episode along with links and more on our guests.

Jeff Goodby is an advertising legend, whose humanity and humility have propelled him to the peak of a profession not necessarily known for either. Imagine an ad man as clever and visionary as Don Draper, minus the chain-smoking and cynicism and you start to get a sense of the scope of Jeff’s influence in the advertising industry. As a founder of Goodby, Silverstein and Partners, Jeff has been the driving force behind some of the most groundbreaking campaigns and indelible taglines in recent memory. He famously coined “Got Milk?,” a slogan that became a cultural trope that endured for decades, spawning legions of derivations, imitations and a whole cottage industry of merchandise bearing his inspired catchphrase. Among his many other memorable campaigns are the Cheetos Museum, the famous car-less Saturn commercial and his work naming and rebranding the gaming giant, Electronic Arts. Jeff and his longtime partner, Rich Silverstein, have received the 2019 Cannes Lion Lifetime Achievement Award – among the top honors in their field. The two met nearly forty years ago in San Francisco, where their lionized boss, Hal Riney, paired them up and created a partnership that would be among the most durable and influential in the business. As a former ArtCenter trustee, Goodby offers a unique perspective on evolving state of the advertising industry as well as the ways in which ArtCenter students are poised to shape its future by entering the field with strong making skills. Over the course of Jeff’s lively and illuminating conversation with Change Lab, Jeff discussed his upbringing during the golden age of brands, his transition from journalism to advertising, the importance of facing the unknown to generate his most original ideas, the nature of cleverness and his commitment to creating change by treating people with respect and raising the level of conversation on the airwaves and in our heads.

Rebeca Mendez is an artist, designer, educator and ArtCenter alumna whose creative practice defies the bounds of traditional disciplines or descriptions. Her pioneering career in graphic design has been widely recognized. Most recently, her work was featured in shows at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 2017, she was awarded the prestigious AIGA Medal for her transformative work in academia and design. Mendez is also a celebrated fine artist best known for her visually arresting mixed-media installations incorporating photography, film, video and typography. She explores the mediated experience of nature at its most elemental in her breakthrough series At Any Given Moment, filmed on location in Iceland between 2006 and 2008. The series exhibited to rave reviews around the world, including at ArtCenter’s Williamson Gallery in 2010. It was there that I first physically encountered Rebeca’s work and was spellbound by its raw power. Most recently her video installation piece, Ascent of the Weavers, was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Oaxaca, Mexico A focal point of Rebeca’s creative practice is her long-term, transdisciplinary, multimedia project entitled CircumSolar, which encompasses a mural, a photo essay, and several large-scale single-channel video installations. The project is centered around the arctic tern (T-E-R-N), a very small sea bird distinguished as having the longest migration of all living beings on earth. Each year, it flies from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again. This bird’s epic journey crystallizes Rebeca’s interest in nature’s exquisite refusal to succumb to the limits and artificial boundaries of human enterprise. Mendez also directs the CounterForce Lab at UCLA, where she is a professor of Design Media Arts. She founded CounterForce to develop new modes of field research to study the social and ecological impacts of climate change. Rebeca herself is a force of nature whose poetic spirit infused every moment of her impassioned and, at turns, tender and vulnerable interview with Change Lab’s Lorne Buchman. The conversation covered the broad arc of a remarkable journey from her upbringing in Mexico, where she became the country’s top-ranked gymnast, to a singular career that dissolves boundaries and, to borrow her phrase, rages with love. Learn more about Rebeca’s life and work: http://www.rebecamendez.com/ https://www.aiga.org/2017-aiga-medalist-rebeca-mendez https://dma.ucla.edu/faculty/profiles/?ID=32

Today we're talking to Jon Berghoff, who is the co-founder and managing partner of the Flourishing Leadership Institute, and has designed and facilitated whole system change efforts through large group collaborative summits for the U.S. Navy, the United Nations, BMW and businesses and institutions of all sizes. Known for bringing out the "group genius" in high stakes, complex environments, with speed, ease, and playfulness, Jon is sought around the world for his ability to create powerful learning experiences around Appreciative Leadership, Emotionally Intelligent Negotiations, and Influence. In this episode, Jon shares the insights from the new Change Lab 2019 Workplace Survey including why the quantity of change is not the real challenge workplaces face when it comes to supporting people's wellbeing. Connect with Jon Berghoff:  https://www.lead2flourish.com/ You’ll Learn: [02:42] - Jon shares what The Change Lab 2019 Workplace Survey found when it comes to creating successful changes that support people’s wellbeing at work [05:18] - Jon outlines why it is the quality of change experiences, not the quantity of change experiences that are burning people out in workplaces [08:58] - Jon shares why having a clear organizational purpose has such an impact on creating successful changes in workplaces [11:28] - Jon shares the three questions any workplace can use to help make changes more personally meaningful for workers [14:07] - Jon outlines the six strengths-focused questions that workplaces can ask to make change more successful [19:05] - Jon explains why 40% of workers might still believe that fixing weaknesses in their workplace is the best way to create successful changes [20:56] - Jon shares how organizations can use an invite-and-inquire approach to creating change to drive more ownership and accountability for action [24:56] - Jon outlines how the virtuous cycle between successful change and wellbeing in workplaces works and what we can do to harness it [28:56] - Jon completes the Lightning round. Your Resources: MPPW Podcast on Facebook Conversations Worth Having by Jacqueline Stavros & Cheri Torres Follow Your Different Podcast Episode 207 - Future Hacking w/ Bix & Joe Bickson Thanks for listening!  Thanks so much for joining me again this week.  If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of this post. Please leave an honest review for the Making Positive Psychology Work Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them.  And don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free! You can also listen to all the episodes of Making Positive Psychology Work streamed directly to your smartphone or iPad through stitcher. No need for downloading or syncing. Until next time, take care!  Thank you Jon!

Mariana Prieto is a social impact designer whose work has been a catalyst for positive change across the developing world. A 2012 Product Design graduate from ArtCenter, she has, in a very short period of time, built a remarkable career addressing the needs of underserved populations. Through her work with IDEO.org and as design innovation lead for the International Rescue Committee, she led teams working on a range of challenges, from the Ebola crisis in West Africa to refugee resettlement in the United States. Currently, Mariana is a TED resident. She is also deep in the development of Design for Wildlife, a collective she recently founded with a mission to support wildlife conservation. As she makes clear in her interview with Change Lab, her interest in this new enterprise concentrates (intriguingly) on those conservation issues that emerge out of the specific relationship between animals and human beings. Over the course of this spirited conversation, she explores the origins of her twin passions for animals and design, her work on an alliance between once-endangered crocodiles and their human neighbors, and her ambitious ideas for the next phase of her creative journey, forged through an impromptu design process at a TED conference in Tanzania.

Fall 2018 Product Design graduate Ari Montanez spent much of his young life equipping himself with the skills and stamina necessary to succeed in a highly competitive arena – ideally one called Madison Square Garden or Staples Center. Indeed, this is a man who wanted to follow his hero, LeBron James, straight into the NBA. But when it became apparent his hoop dreams might be slightly out of reach, Ari pivoted, with the agility of a gifted point guard, to pursue a parallel career as an athletic shoe designer. His goal was still to land on the basketball court in spirit, if not body, through his performance-enhancing footwear designs.   Ari diligently researched his new chosen profession and discovered, under the mentorship of footwear design legend D’Wayne Edwards, that ArtCenter offered the best training ground for him to channel his parallel passions for basketball, sneaker culture and drawing into a coveted gig as a professional shoe designer. Ari’s determination and dedication paid off. Several months before he graduated, Ari accepted a job offer from No.One, a start-up sneaker company specializing in high-end handmade shoes.   Each season, we dedicate one episode to capturing a student or recent graduate, just as they’re poised to leave ArtCenter and embark on their creative travels. Ari’s journey from to dedicated athlete to hands-on maker seemed like the perfect narrative to kick off the fourth season of Change Lab.   In this episode, which includes a visit to No.One’s Venice studio, Ari and Lorne discussed the spark that ignited his interest in design, his insights into the booming sneaker subculture and how his facility for casual human connection animates and adds to the special sauce of his design process. In combination, these two experiences yielded a visceral portrait of the exhilaration and exploration and uncertainty fueling a nascent artist or designer’s creative journey.     Learn more about the artists, designers and brands mentioned in this episode:    https://www.arimontanez.com/ https://no-one.la/ https://pensole.com/dwayne-edwards/ https://solecollector.com/news/2018/09/nike-lebron-16-jason-petrie   Learn more about ArtCenter and its programs at www.artcenter.edu

Dr. James Hollis is an accomplished Jungian Analyst and highly-regarded author who has published fifteen published books and over fifty articles throughout the course of his career. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Jung Society in Washington D.C. James co-founded the Philadelphia Jung Institute and began as its first Director of Training. He is also the Vice President of the Philemon Foundation, dedicated to publishing the unpublished works of Jung. He was the founder and first director of Jungian Studies at Saybrook University (in collaboration with Lorne Buchman), and he remains the Director Emeritus of the Houston, Texas Jung Educational Center. His philosophical approach to engaging the relationship between creativity and transformation sets him apart from previous guests on the show. James' thoughts on creativity are invaluable for not only artists and designers; but also for all who strive to find meaning in their careers and lives. In this episode, Dr. James Hollis and ArtCenter President Lorne Buchman discuss the creative potential of entering worlds of uncertainty, the role of dreams in our imagination and how we understand our creativity in relation to the soul. Links Mentioned: http://philemonfoundation.org https://jungstudies.net/maphd-jungian-studies-from-saybrook-university https://www.junginstitut.ch/english https://www.jameshollis.net/hollisBooks.html Learn more about James Hollis's work:  https://www.fcagroup.com/en-US/group/governance/management/Pages/ralph_gilles.aspx Learn more about this episode of Change Lab at www.artcenter.edu.

As Global Head of Design at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ralph Gilles meticulously approves the look and feel of every new Dodge, Jeep, Chrysler, Fiat, Alpha Romeo, and Maserati produced. His astonishing success is the product of an early, unwavering passion for beautifully designed cars and an outsized talent for sketching them. Gilles’ determination propelled him through his undergraduate degree at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, and led him to earn his Executive MBA from Michigan State University. Gilles’ natural humility along with his commitment to hard work and design excellence guide his oversight of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ entire brand portfolio toward an aesthetic that’s both accessible and aspirational. During his tenure, Gilles has been instrumental in the design of some very successful models including the Chrysler 300, SRT Viper, and the Dodge Ram. In this episode, Ralph Gilles and ArtCenter President Lorne Buchman discuss Gilles’ career trajectory at Chrysler, designing cars with human characteristics and his vision for the future of automobiles. Learn more about Ralph's work:  https://www.fcagroup.com/en-US/group/governance/management/Pages/ralph_gilles.aspx Learn more about this episode of Change Lab at www.artcenter.edu.

Well known for her Tony Award-winning play, Fun Home, Lisa Kron is a remarkable playwright and performer whose work reflects and refracts these complex times. Her storytelling straddles the blurry line between fact and fiction, memory and invention, the political and the deeply personal. Lisa Kron developed her craft at New York City’s WOW Cafe, which began as an international women’s theater festival in 1980. During her time at WOW Café, she honed her creative voice, culminating in her breakthrough one-woman show, 101 Humiliating Stories. Her gift for mining humor and meaning from complex family dynamics yielded her next two rave-reviewed plays: Well and 2.5 Mile Ride, which explored her relationship with her mother and father respectively. Her greatest creative challenge arrived in the form of Fun Home, a musical adaptation of Allison Bechdel’s graphic novel about coming out while coming of age. Fun Home took Lisa seven years to complete and went on to earn her Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize nomination. In this episode, Lisa and ArtCenter President Lorne Buchman discuss the contours of her career in theater, the delicate process of dramatizing personal material and her passion for the collective power of performance. Learn more about Lisa's work:  https://www.lisakron.org http://funhomebroadway.com  http://www.wowcafe.org http://www.wellonbroadway.com https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/2-5-minute-ride  Learn more about this episode of Change Lab at www.artcenter.edu.

For twenty years, Charlie Hodges heeded his creative calling to dance at the highest level. With roles in acclaimed Broadway productions and as part of Twyla Tharp’s legendary repertory company, his trek to the peak of that profession was grueling to say the least. Charlie endured waves of intensely personal rejection – oftentimes targeting his body type and appearance. But he ultimately prevailed, thanks to his abundance of talent, perseverance and incredibly high pain threshold. Most people would be more than satisfied with those achievements. But for Charlie, that was simply act one. He then pivoted – or, more accurately, pirouetted – toward a completely new creative métier: product design. Drawing on his lifelong passion for architecture, he enrolled in ArtCenter’s Product Design program. His natural creative abilities and propensity for hard work continued to serve him well. Charlie developed Urbanette, a sustainable dollhouse, as part of an ArtCenter project sponsored by a major toy company, for which he received a prestigious IDSA award. He recently delivered a remarkably vulnerable and wise TEDx talk on the resilience he acquired pursuing a career in dance with an unconventional body type. And, finally, true to his commitment to excellence, Charlie graduated from ArtCenter College of Design as the summer 2018 valedictorian. In this episode, Charlie and ArtCenter President Lorne Buchman discuss his hard-won ascent to the top of the dance world, the evolution of his passion for design, his lifelong belief in the power of persistence and his new passion for designing toys that can influence change. Learn more about Charlies's work:  https://www.charliehodges.design http://ladanceproject.org  https://www.twylatharp.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrEDTelG_9U  http://broadwaymusicalhome.com/shows/movinout.htm  Learn more about this episode of Change Lab at www.artcenter.edu.  

Jesse Genet was recently named by Fast Company as one of the most creative people in business. Jesse began her illustrious career at age fifteen by starting a custom t-shirt business in her parents' basement. Years later, after attending ArtCenter’s product design program, Jesse and co-founder Stephan Ango started Lumi. Their innovative, design-centric packaging venture employs an impressive alternative printing process called inkodye.  Since the founding of Lumi, they’ve held a successful Kickstarter campaign and appeared on the TV series Shark Tank. They have continued to adapt and iterate Lumi in response to the marketplace. Since 2015, Lumi has focused solely on providing customized packaging for e-commerce businesses. Silicon Valley took notice and Lumi recently received 9 million dollars in venture capital funds. In this episode, Jesse and ArtCenter President Lorne Buchman discuss her role as CEO of Lumi, her motivations as a leader, her guiding principles and her unique capacity to find the extraordinary in the everyday. The conversation dives into Jesse’s early years, her tenacity as a young business founder, her adventures in car repair, being a female in Venture Capital, and how she approaches challenges. Learn more about Jesse's work:  https://www.lumi.com https://www.fastcompany.com/person/jesse-genet http://www.inkodye.com/story  Learn more about this episode of Change Lab at www.artcenter.edu.

Jackie Amezquita graduated from ArtCenter's Fine Art department this past spring. Jackie, who entered the US illegally from Guatemala in 2003, finished her experience at ArtCenter with a timely and deeply personal final project: a 178 mile walk from the US/Mexico border in Tijuana to Downtown Los Angeles, completed over eight days and concluding with a symbolic bath in an oil drum. Jackie's life and work has been shaped by several extraordinary journeys that have called upon her extraordinary stamina, courage, and resilience. While her powerfully symbolic final project received widespread media coverage for offering a rare first-hand perspective on the hardships experienced by undocumented immigrants. The story of her original border walk, at age 17, from her native Guatemala to the United States on foot with a group of strangers, is perhaps even more impressive, inspiring and hauntingly reminiscent of the recent wave of distressing of young immigrants captured and separated from their families at the border. In her conversation with Change Lab’s Lorne Buchman, Jackie shared the harrowing tales of both of her border journeys, the meaning behind the creative elements of her project and how our bodies become tools for telling stories.

Ellen Lupton is a design thinker of the highest order. As curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City, she has produced numerous exhibitions and books, including Thinking with Type (2004), which is used by students, designers, and educators worldwide. Her most recent book, Design is Storytelling, published in late 2017, explores the connection between good design and a compelling narrative. In this episode of Change Lab, Ellen makes a compelling case for the integral relationship between storytelling and design, drawing connections between a well-designed experience and the mythological hero’s journey and citing Ikea as Exhibit A for a successful experiential design narrative. Finally, Ellen reflects meaningfully on her role as an educator and the importance of approaching design as a full-body sensory experience guided by the physicality of the materials used and the making process itself. Learn more about Ellen's work: Thinking with Type Design is Storytelling Cooper Hewitt Maryland Institute College of Art

In a time where discussions around activism has taken over the social media scene, the topic of oppression olympics has become a relevant one. Although not a new idea, the pitting of marginalized groups against one another has been a tool of oppression used in our country since its founding. Activist and writer Scot Nakagawa of ChangeLab joined us live in studio to talk about the effect of oppression olympics on identity politics and cultural change. We'll also be featuring an interview with Hari Kunzru, author of the book, "White Tears." This dark tale of fiction explores the pathology of whiteness...need we say more? Theme music by @chopsmusic

Where do we go from here? This is a question we've been asking ourselves a lot since the results of the presidential election were announced. To help give us some understanding about how we move forward in fighting oppression, we spoke with anti-fascist activist Scot Nakagawa of the grassroots political lab, Change Lab. Scot talks about his recent post on RaceFiles.com, "The Next Wave: Getting Ready For Trump’s America" and what the API community needs to consider in this time of polarization. Scot touches on a range of topics such as authoritarianism and how it relates to our current "call out" culture; how different communities can begin to find understanding; race as a verb and not a noun; the relationship between the model minority myth and anti-blackness; and how we need to protect the most vulnerable amongst us. Producers Jenna and Canaan also talk about their reactions to the recent elections and the heightened state of racial awareness America is in right now. Theme music by @chopsmusic Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions Links: www.changelabinfo.com/ www.racefiles.com/

Zum dreizehnten Mal setzten sich Dr. Will und ChangeLab mit Modefragen, intensiven Ablenkungsversuchen und der niederschmetternden Monotonie des Daseins auseinander. Viel Spaß!

An assignment used in conjunction with the simple climate model we build with Simile software in the climate portion of Earth Explorations.