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What if the reason your best ideas aren't landing isn't that they lack value, but because people can't yet see the thread that connects them?In this energizing episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Tamsen Webster, researcher, author, and professional sensegiver. For more than 25 years, Tamsen has helped leaders and organizations turn new concepts into clear, principled cases for change that people can actually understand, follow, and support.Tamsen is the creator of the Red Thread methodology, the 9 Principles of Lasting Change, and the author of Find Your Red Thread and Say What They Can't Unhear. She is also a doctoral researcher at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she explores how to make meaningful perspective shifts both more likely and more ethical.Together, we explore why good ideas often fail to land, even when the logic is sound, and what it really takes to create the kind of “aha” moments that lead to lasting change. Tamsen shares the difference between convincing someone and creating conviction, and why the most powerful messages are often built from principles people already hold, but haven't yet connected.This is such a valuable conversation for coaches, consultants, and purpose-led practitioners who are carrying ideas that matter, but who want to communicate them in ways that feel clear, ethical, and deeply human. It's not about persuasion as pressure. It's about helping people see something in a new way, so they can walk toward change willingly.Key TakeawaysWhy good ideas often fail to land, even when they make perfect sense.How “aha moments” can be designed, not just hoped for.The difference between convincing people and creating real conviction.Why lasting change begins with principles people already believe.How coaches and changemakers can communicate ideas in a more ethical, resonant, and effective way.About Tamsen WebsterTamsen Webster is a researcher, author, and professional sensegiver who helps leaders and organizations make new ideas click. For over 25 years, she has supported people in turning novel concepts into clear, principled cases for change that others can understand and support.Her work led to the Red Thread methodology, the 9 Principles of Lasting Change, and two books: Find Your Red Thread and Say What They Can't Unhear. As a doctoral researcher at Teachers College, Columbia University, Tamsen studies how to make meaningful perspective shifts both more likely and more ethical.Learn More About Today's GuestMessage Design Institute website ****→ https://tamsenwebster.com/Book: The Red Thread by Tamsen Webster → https://amzn.to/3TcWRRzBook: Say What They Can't Unhear by Tamsen Webster → https://amzn.to/4eEj57wTamsen on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamsenwebster/About the HostJayne Warrilow is the founder of Sacred Changemakers, a global community and learning space exploring the intersection of human resonance, regenerative change, and conscious leadership.Learn more at sacredchangemakers.com

What if the leadership needed for these chaotic times is not simply about better strategy, but about healing what has been left unattended in ourselves, our organizations, and our world?In this profound episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Amy Elizabeth Fox and Nicholas Janni, co-authors of the new book Leading in Chaos. Together, they bring decades of experience working with CEOs, senior teams, Fortune 500 companies, and global organizations at the intersection of leadership, culture change, human development, and consciousness.This was not a conventional conversation about leadership. From the beginning, we entered a relational field that felt alive, thoughtful, and deeply emergent. Amy and Nicholas do not simply speak about presence, healing, awakening, and coherence. They embody it. And that embodiment shaped the whole conversation.Together, we explored what it means to lead in dark and chaotic times, why trauma-informed leadership matters, and how the inner life of a leader is no longer separate from the work of culture change. We also spoke about “next practice,” spiritual intelligence, AI and the human future of work, and the shift from individualistic consciousness toward a lived realization of interconnection.This episode is especially valuable for coaches, leaders, and changemakers who sense that real change cannot be created through tools and frameworks alone. It requires presence, relational maturity, and the courage to turn toward what has been avoided, in ourselves and in the systems we serve.Key TakeawaysWhy chaos is revealing the limits of the old leadership operating system.How healing and awakening have become essential leadership capacities.Why trauma-informed leadership matters inside organizational life.What “next practice” asks of leaders, coaches, and changemakers now.How spiritual intelligence, presence, and relational field awareness can reshape the future of work.Learn More About Today's GuestsAmy Elizabeth Fox is the co-founder and CEO of Mobius Executive Leadership, a global transformational leadership firm working with senior leaders, teams, and organizations around leadership, culture change, vertical development, and trauma-informed practice.Nicholas Janni is an internationally respected leadership teacher, author, and coach who has worked with CEOs and senior teams for more than twenty-five years. His work integrates personal, creative, professional, and spiritual development, and his book Leader as Healer won Business Book of the Year at the 2023 Business Book Awards.Together, Amy and Nicholas are the co-authors of Leading in Chaos.Learn More About Today's GuestsBook: Leading in Chaos → www.leadinginchaosbook.comAmy's websites ****→ www.mobiusleadership.com | www.amyelizabethfox.comNicholas websites ****→ www.thematrixdevelopment.com | https://www.nicholasjanni.com/Amy on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyelizabethfox/Nicholas on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-janni/About the HostJayne Warrilow is the founder of Sacred Changemakers, a global community and learning space exploring the intersection of human resonance, regenerative change, and conscious leadership.Learn more at sacredchangemakers.com

What if the future of leadership isn't about performing certainty, but learning how to respond with deeper awareness, courage, and connection?In this rich and deeply thoughtful episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Sarah Carlsen, an executive and systems coach who helps leaders and leadership teams navigate complexity, transition, and growth with greater intention. Before becoming a coach, Sarah led complex change initiatives inside global law firms, where she saw firsthand that the technical side of change is often the easier part. The deeper challenge is human. It lives in how we relate, how we communicate, how we stay present under pressure, and how willing we are to see ourselves clearly.Sarah's work brings together whole-person development, relational skills, systems thinking, and the Enneagram, all in service of helping leaders and teams respond to change from a place of groundedness rather than reactivity. What makes this conversation so powerful is that Sarah doesn't just speak about this work. She embodies it. Her wisdom feels lived, integrated, and deeply human. Together, we explore why leadership today must evolve beyond role, authority, and performance into a more conscious practice of responsibility. We also talk about the courage it takes to stay in hard conversations, how teams can strengthen trust in times of complexity, and what becomes possible when we begin to partner more consciously with what is trying to emerge.This is an enlightening conversation for coaches, leaders, and changemakers who sense that the next era of leadership will not be built through strategy alone, but will require presence, self-awareness, relational courage, and the capacity to see the systems we are part of with fresh eyes.Key TakeawaysWhy the technical side of change is often easier than the human side.How leadership can evolve from performance and certainty into conscious responsibility.Why meaningful change must happen across three levels: self, relationship, and system.How leaders can move from reactivity into grounded, intentional response.Why relational courage matters when teams are navigating complexity, tension, and transition.What becomes possible when we begin to trust the wisdom within us, between us, and among us.Learn More About Today's GuestSarah's website ****→ https://carlsencc.comSarah on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-carlsen-pcc/ORSC Coach Training → https://crrglobal.com/About the HostJayne Warrilow is the founder of Sacred Changemakers, a global community and learning space exploring the intersection of human resonance, regenerative change, and conscious leadership.Learn more at sacredchangemakers.com

207. Leading With Resilience In Mind: Partnering With Living Systems with Dr. Kathleen AllenWhat if the future of leadership isn't about controlling change, but learning from the way life already knows how to adapt, renew, and regenerate?In this episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Kathleen Allen, a trusted coach and advisor to global teams, and the author of Leading from the Roots: Nature-Inspired Leadership Lessons for Today's World and Following Nature's Lead.Kathleen has spent much of her career working at the intersection of leadership, innovation, systems change, and regenerative organizational design. Her work helps purpose-driven leaders and organizations move beyond mechanical, industrial-age thinking and begin designing workplaces where both people and the organization can thrive.Together, we explore what happens when we stop treating organizations like machines and begin understanding them as living systems. Kathleen shares why nature is such a powerful teacher for leadership today, what regenerative organizations are learning in practice, and how principles such as diversity, interdependence, emergence, adaptation, and resilience can reshape the way we lead and create change.This is a rich and inspiring conversation for coaches, consultants, leaders, and changemakers who care about regenerative leadership, organizational transformation, sustainability, systems change, and the future of work.In This Episode, We Explore:Why nature offers powerful lessons for regenerative leadership.How organizations change when we see them as living systems.What leaders can learn from diversity, emergence, interdependence, and adaptation.Why sustainability may not be enough, and what regeneration asks of us.What organizations are learning after years of working toward regenerative practice.How coaches and changemakers can bring living systems wisdom into their own work.Learn More About Today's GuestKathleen's website ****→ www.kathleenallen.netBook: Leading From The Roots by Kathleen Allen → https://amzn.to/4fgbdKjKathleen on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathy-allen-b5293110/About the HostJayne Warrilow is the founder of Sacred Changemakers, a global community and learning space exploring the intersection of human resonance, regenerative change, and conscious leadership.Learn more at sacredchangemakers.com

What if the biggest thing holding your business back isn't effort, strategy, or talent, but a lack of clarity?In this energizing episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Isabelle Mercier-Turcotte and Margarita Romano, Co-CEOs of LeapZone Strategies and founders of Trailblazers Retreat Center. Together, they are no-nonsense business growth catalysts known for helping entrepreneurs, leaders, and teams build brands, businesses, and lives by design, not by default. With more than 25 years of hands-on experience in brand positioning, marketing, leadership, and business growth, Isabelle and Margarita have worked with over 500 companies, including A&W, Robeez Footwear, TEDx, Earls Restaurants, IMAX, TD, and HSBC. Their work helps businesses become The First, The Best, or The Only, so their value becomes unmistakable and they can be chosen with confidence, regardless of price.This conversation brings together two powerful streams of wisdom. Isabelle brings the sharp, strategic lens of brand clarity, positioning, leadership, and business architecture, while Margarita brings a deeply embodied understanding of human behavior, energy, resonance, and the wisdom of horses. At Trailblazers, their retreat center on Vancouver Island, their equine partners help leaders and teams see what's really happening beneath the surface, because horses don't respond to performance, titles, or polished words. They respond to what's real.Together, we explore why so many businesses are missing clarity and how that affects everything from leadership and culture to sales, team alignment, execution, and growth. We talk about the difference between branding, positioning, and marketing, why so many purpose-led people over-function, and how leaders can stop carrying everything themselves and begin building with more courage, structure, and intention. This is a practical, honest, and deeply human conversation for coaches, founders, changemakers, and leaders who want to build meaningful work without losing themselves in hustle, chaos, or performance.Key TakeawaysWhy clarity is one of the greatest competitive advantages in business today.The difference between branding, positioning, and marketing, and why mixing them up creates confusion.How to become The First, The Best, or The Only in a way that feels true rather than forced.How horses reveal incongruence, energy, and leadership patterns that are often hidden in boardrooms.How to build a business and life by design, not by default.Learn More About Today's GuestLeapzone Strategies website ****→ www.leapzonestrategies.comMargarita's bestselling book: How To Love Without Limits →https://leapzone.lpages.co/book/Ebook: The First. Best. Only. Advantage eBook → ****https://leapzone.lpages.co/first-best-only-advantage-optin/Isabelle on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/leapzoneleader/Margarita on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/margarita-romano-a40445209/About the HostJayne Warrilow is the founder of Sacred Changemakers, a global community and learning space exploring the intersection of human resonance, regenerative change, and conscious leadership.Learn more at sacredchangemakers.com

What if the thing that could help heal our divided world is not another answer, method, or ideology, but the rare and sacred act of truly seeing one another?In this evocative episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by my dear friend Nic Askew, creator of Soul Biographies and founder of Inner View Experiences. For more than two decades, Nic has been capturing the soul of humanity on film, offering a body of work that invites us to see ourselves reflected in one another and remember that we belong to each other.This is not a typical interview. In many ways, it is more of an experience than a conversation. Nic brings his quietly rebellious, contrarian, and deeply human perspective to the nature of attention, silence, belonging, and what it means to witness another person without agenda. We explore why unconditional attention may be one of the most revolutionary acts available to us, especially in a world addicted to noise, performance, and separation. Somewhere in the middle of this episode, Nic invited me into the silence, and I find myself sobbing. The experience was potent. It becomes a threshold in the conversation, inviting us to feel the fragility and sacredness of being human.Together, we explore what happens when we stop trying to extract, fix, analyze, or shape one another and instead offer the kind of presence that allows the soul to emerge. This episode is an invitation to listen differently, not simply for ideas, but for what stirs beneath them. It may leave you quieter. It may leave you changed. It may remind you that beneath all our separate stories, there is one same heartbeat.Key TakeawaysWhy unconditional attention may be a revolutionary act in our time.How silence can create space for the soul to emerge.What it means to witness another human being without an agenda.Why belonging is not an idea, but something we remember through presence.How film can become a sacred mirror for the soul of humanity.Why “no-thing” may hold more power than our constant need to do, explain, or solve.Learn More About Today's GuestNic's website ****→ https://soulbiographies.comInner View Experiences → https://www.innerviewexperiences.comNic on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicaskew/About the HostJayne Warrilow is the founder of Sacred Changemakers, a global community and learning space exploring the intersection of human resonance, regenerative change, and conscious leadership.Learn more at sacredchangemakers.com

What if coaching was never meant to be merely a tool for performance, but a path for human awakening?In this rich and deeply reflective episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Pat Williams, one of the founding pioneers of the modern coaching profession and widely regarded as the ambassador of life coaching. A licensed psychologist since 1980, Pat began executive coaching in 1990, well before coaching became the global industry it is today. As a founding member of the International Coaching Federation and one of the profession's earliest Master Certified Coaches, he has spent decades helping shape the field while mentoring generations of coaches worldwide.Together, we explore the origins of coaching, how the profession has evolved over the last three decades, and what has been gained and lost as coaching has grown in scale and popularity. Pat shares profound wisdom on the relationship between consciousness and coaching, why human development must remain central to transformational work, and what it truly means to listen when the soul whispers.This is a powerful conversation about the deeper purpose of coaching, the evolution of the profession, and the responsibility coaches now hold in a rapidly changing world. If you care about where coaching is heading and what it is truly here to serve, this conversation is not to be missed.Key TakeawaysHow coaching began and what the profession was originally designed to serveWhat has changed in the coaching industry over the past three decadesWhy consciousness and human development sit at the heart of transformational coachingWhat it means to “listen when the soul whispers”Why the future of coaching requires greater wisdom from practitionersAbout Dr. Pat WilliamsDr. Pat Williams is one of the early pioneers of the coaching profession and is often referred to as the ambassador of life coaching. A licensed psychologist since 1980, Pat began executive coaching in 1990 with organizations including Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Kodak. He became a founding member of the International Coaching Federation and received his Master Certified Coach designation in 1998.Pat holds advanced degrees in Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology, with a doctorate focused on Transpersonal Psychology and the Evolution of Consciousness. He is the author of numerous books, including Becoming a Professional Life Coach and Getting Naked, and continues to mentor, teach, and shape the future of coaching worldwide.Learn More About Today's GuestDr. Pat's website ****→ www.drpatwilliams.comDr. Pat's books on Amazon → https://www.amazon.com/stores/Patrick-Williams/author/B001H6KXOY?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=trueDr. Pat on LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/drpatwilliams/About the HostJayne Warrilow is the founder of Sacred Changemakers, a global community and learning space exploring the intersection of human resonance, regenerative change, and conscious leadership.Learn more at sacredchangemakers.com

What if the thing you've been trying to fix… isn't the thing that's actually in the way?In this episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by David Strickel, philosopher, author, and a voice for Source consciousness known as The Stream. David's work doesn't sit comfortably inside traditional personal development. It doesn't offer techniques to manage your mindset or strategies to feel better. Instead, it points to something far more precise: the underlying mechanism that shapes how we experience life, create change, and relate to even the most difficult moments we face.At the center of his philosophy is Omniappreciation, the practice of genuinely appreciating all things, including what we most resist. Not as a mindset shift, but as a way of dissolving the interference that blocks clarity, healing, and conscious creation. In this conversation, we move beyond surface-level ideas of growth and explore what it really means to see clearly in a world where certainty is breaking down. We talk about attention as the true currency of the modern world, the quiet erosion of discernment, and what it takes to reclaim the sovereignty of mind amid constant noise.This is not a conversation that tells you what to think. It invites you to look again. If you're someone who senses there's more beneath the surface of how we've been taught to navigate life and leadership… this one will stay with you.Key TakeawaysWhy certainty and clarity are not the same and why that distinction matters nowWhat “attention as currency” really means in a distracted, noisy worldThe difference between performing positivity and dissolving interferenceA deeper understanding of Omniappreciation and why it challenges conventional thinkingWhat it means to be sovereign in your thinking in times of uncertaintyHow we may be unknowingly sustaining what we most want to changeAbout David StrickelDavid Strickel is a philosopher, author, and public voice for Source consciousness known as The Stream. His work centers on clarity, attention, and the sovereignty of mind in times of personal and cultural transition.Over nearly a decade, David guided hundreds of people across six continents through some of the most extreme human circumstances—applying a philosophy he calls Omniappreciation, the practice of appreciating all things without exception. His work makes a clear distinction between performing positivity and dissolving the internal interference that blocks genuine change.He is the author of The Stream and The Tya Practice, with a forthcoming book titled It Was Always This: The Hidden Code in Omniappreciation.Learn More About Today's GuestDavid's website ****→ www.davidstrickel.comBook: The Stream by David Strickel → https://amzn.to/41IAxR5Book: The Tya Practice by David Strickel → https://amzn.to/4tobajsLive Bi-Weekly Transmissions: Saturday 9-11 am PT → davidstrickel.comDavid on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/tyaacademy/About the HostJayne Warrilow is the founder of Sacred Changemakers, a global community and learning space exploring the intersection of human resonance, regenerative change, and conscious leadership.Learn more at sacredchangemakers.com

What if the real revolution in business isn't AI… but consciousness?In this episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Viviana Voorwald — former PwC partner turned founder of TRIBE500 — a network organization guiding leaders to step into renewal, purpose, and conscious leadership.After nearly two decades shaping organizations from the inside, Viviana experienced a profound awakening that shifted her understanding of power, success, and leadership. She now believes the next evolution of business won't be driven by intellect alone, but by heart, frequency, and a return to source. Together, we explore what it means to lead from love in a world shaped by disruption — and why elevating corporate consciousness may be one of the most important shifts of our time.Key Themes:Why AI may be forcing humanity to remember who we truly areThe “frequency of love” (500) and what it means inside a boardroomMoving beyond the illusion of the mind into embodied leadershipBridging ancient wisdom practices with modern business systemsBuilding TRIBE500 as a collective model for elevating corporate consciousnessThis is a grounded yet expansive conversation for coaches, leaders, and changemakers who sense that strategy alone is no longer enough and that the future of leadership must be rooted in deeper human awakening.Learn More About Today's Guest:Viviana Voorwald spent almost two decades as a partner at PwC, shaping leaders and organizations from within one of the world's most established corporate environments. Born in Peru, she carried an early inner knowing and lifelong sensitivity to deeper truths. Through years of personal development and immersion in ancient wisdom practices, including the research of David Hawkins, the teachings of Buddhist master Cuong Lu, the work of Tony Robbins, the Medicine Wheel traditions, and plant medicine healing, Viviana experienced a profound awakening that transformed her understanding of leadership and human potential.She is the founder of TRIBE500, a curated network of high-level practitioners guiding business leaders to operate from heart, source, and conscious alignment. Her mission is clear: to elevate corporate consciousness and bridge brilliant minds with the frequency of love.Viviana's website ****→ https://www.tribe500.comViviana on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/viviana-voorwald-9860391/About the HostJayne Warrilow is the founder of Sacred Changemakers, a global community and learning space exploring the intersection of human resonance, regenerative change, and conscious leadership.Learn more at sacredchangemakers.com

What does it mean to remember the soul in a world shaped by transaction, performance, and speed?In this episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Haider Rathor, host of The Temple of Remembrance and a guide of the unseen whose work centers on presence, relationship, and soul remembrance.This was a high-frequency, deeply human conversation. Together, we explore grief and joy, pain and love, ancestry and future generations, and what it means to live beyond performance and transaction. Haider speaks to remembering rather than striving, to living from the heart in a world shaped by the head, and to reclaiming the sacred as a lived human quality rather than a religious idea. We reflect on the loss of relationship in modern life, the impact of hyper-individualism, and the invitation to return to more relational, heart-led ways of being in leadership, community, and everyday life.This is a conversation to listen to slowly. One that doesn't offer answers so much as it opens space for remembering.About Haider Rathor:Haider Rathor is the host of The Temple of Remembrance podcast. Through presence, inquiry, and deep conversation, he creates spaces for soul remembrance and reconnection with the sacred intelligence of the heart, body, and soul.Learn More About Today's GuestHaider's website ****→ https://soulful-awakening.com/About the HostJayne Warrilow is the founder of Sacred Changemakers, a global community and learning space exploring the intersection of human resonance, regenerative change, and conscious leadership.Learn more at sacredchangemakers.com

What if leadership isn't just shaped by strategy, structure, or individual capability but by the energetic field we are participating in together?In this deeply spacious episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Alan Briskin and Mary Gelinas, longtime practitioners and teachers whose work bridges collective wisdom, neuroscience, spirituality, and conscious social change.Together, we explore the reality that space is not empty, that it is alive with information, relationships, and potential. Drawing on insights from their book Space Is Not Empty, Alan and Mary invite us to sense leadership as a relational, emergent practice rather than a position or role. This conversation moves beyond concepts into a felt, lived experience. We speak about field awareness, language, shared power, polarization, and what becomes possible when leaders learn to listen not just to words, but to the space between us.This episode is an invitation to slow down, to feel, and to experience leadership differently, not as control, but as participation in something wiser than any one of us.About Today's Guests:Alan Briskin, PhD is an award-winning author, leadership consultant, and a pioneer in the field of collective wisdom. For over four decades, he has worked with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations, including Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, and the George Lucas Educational Foundation. Alan is a co-founder of the Collective Wisdom Initiative, a Noted Humanist Scholar at Saybrook University, and has served as Senior Advisor to the Institute of Noetic Sciences, the Goi Peace Foundation in Tokyo, and the One Humanity Institute in Poland.Mary Gelinas, EdD is a managing director of Gelinas James, Inc., and an author, consultant, educator, and executive coach devoted to conscious social change. She is the author of Talk Matters! Saving the World One Word at a Time and brings decades of experience in organizational change, neuroscience, and embodied leadership. For 20 years, she co-led the Cascadia Center for Leadership, graduating over 500 leaders across sectors, and has worked with organizations including Genentech, California State Polytechnic University Humboldt, and public-sector institutions.Learn More About Today's GuestsSpace Is Not Empty website →www.spaceisnotempty.netAlan's website ****→ www.alanbriskin.comMary's website → www.gelinasjames.comSpace Is Not Empty on LinkedIn →https://www.linkedin.com/company/space-is-not-empty/about/Alan on LinkedIn →https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-briskin-a9637b6/

What does it really take to speak up when something doesn't feel right, especially in systems that quietly reward compliance and silence?In this episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Sunita Sah, award-winning Cornell professor, organizational psychologist, and one of the world's leading researchers on authority, compliance, and defiance. Dr Sah's work challenges the idea that defiance is disruptive or extreme, reframing it instead as a grounded act of integrity and courage.We explore why good people so often go along with things they don't agree with, how subtle psychological forces like Insinuation Anxiety shape our behavior, and why compliance is not a personal failing but a deeply human response to pressure. Dr Sah shares insights from her research, her background in medicine and systems leadership, and the practical frameworks she's developed to help people move from inner knowing to ethical action.This is a rich, illuminating conversation for coaches, leaders, and changemakers who sense that something essential is lost when we stay silent, and who want to reclaim their agency without becoming combative, burned out, or disconnected from their values.About Dr. Sunita SahDr. Sunita Sah is an award-winning, tenured professor at Cornell University and a leading expert in organizational psychology. A trained physician who practiced medicine in the UK, she has also worked as a management consultant and served as a Commissioner on the National Commission on Forensic Science. Sunita is a sought-after international speaker and advisor to government agencies, and her research has been widely published in leading academic journals and media, including The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and Scientific American. She is the author of the bestselling book Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes, now available in paperback from February 24th.Learn More About Today's GuestDr. Sah's latest book Defy paperback launches on Feb 24th 2026 → https://www.sunitasah.com/defyDr. Sah's website ****→ https://www.sunitasah.com/Dr. Sah's TEDx talk → youtube.com/watch?v=d-SWWnl3WLMDr. Sah on Substack ‘Defiant by Design' → sunitasah.substack.comDr. Sah on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/drsunitasah/About the HostJayne Warrilow is the founder of Sacred Changemakers, a global community and learning space exploring the intersection of human resonance, regenerative change, and conscious leadership.Learn more at sacredchangemakers.com

What if marketing didn't ask you to perform, but to tell the truth?In this episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Eli Natoli, marketing mentor, author, and host of the Marketing Your Truth podcast. Eli's work offers a refreshingly human approach to business growth, one that honors integrity, clarity, and the lived experience of the person behind the work.We explore how much traditional marketing quietly pulls people away from themselves, rewarding performance over presence and urgency over resonance. Eli breaks down some of the core assumptions many purpose-driven entrepreneurs have inherited—and offers a simpler, more honest way forward. One rooted in service, trust, and being genuinely understood rather than constantly visible.This is a grounded, insightful conversation for coaches, creatives, and changemakers who care deeply about their work but resist marketing as it's usually taught, and who sense that growth can happen without hustle when strategy honors the human on both sides of the exchange.About Eli NatoliEli Natoli is a marketing mentor, author, and host of the Marketing Your Truth podcast. Through her Service First Framework, she helps purpose-driven experts articulate their true voice, simplify how they share their work, and invite clients with integrity, so growth emerges from honesty rather than performance.Learn More About Today's GuestEli's website ****→ https://elinatoli.comEli's book Service First→ https://www.elinatoli.com/elevateEli on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/elinatoli/About the HostJayne Warrilow is the founder of Sacred Changemakers, a global community and learning space exploring the intersection of human resonance, regenerative change, and conscious leadership.Learn more at sacredchangemakers.com

What does it mean to choose depth in a world shaped by speed, certainty, and surface-level answers?In this episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Alastair Kidd; coach, facilitator, and self-described “sherpa” for those navigating complexity and meaning in uncertain times. Alastair's work is grounded in relationship rather than technique, and in conversation as a generative, healing act rather than a means to an outcome.We explore what it looks like to refuse mediocrity without becoming dogmatic or grandiose through presence, inner work, and a willingness to stay with what matters. Drawing on adult development and systemic constellations, Alastair reflects on reconnecting soul and system across family, organizations, community, and the wider world.This is a thoughtful, grounded conversation for coaches, leaders, and changemakers who sense the old ways are no longer enough and who feel called to meet this moment with depth, courage, and humanity.Learn More About Today's GuestAlastair's website ****→ www.alastairkidd.comAlastair's Podcast → “No Gurus In This Temple” with Laura Beckingham on all the usual platformsAlastair on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/alastairkidd/About the HostJayne Warrilow is the founder of Sacred Changemakers, a global community and learning space exploring the intersection of human resonance, regenerative change, and conscious leadership.Learn more at sacredchangemakers.com

What kind of year are we truly stepping into, and how do we meet it without losing ourselves?In this illuminating and deeply human conversation, Jayne is joined once again by her dear friend Melissa Chambers Yamaguchi to explore the energetic themes of 2026, the Year of the Fire Horse, through the lens of Feng Shui, self-knowledge, and conscious choice.Last year's episode with Melissa became one of the most listened-to conversations on the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, and this return builds on that resonance. Together, Jayne and Melissa move beyond forecasts and predictions to explore what this year is really asking of us personally, relationally, and collectively.Melissa brings over two decades of lived experience as a Feng Shui practitioner, teacher, and speaker, blending ancient wisdom with humor, honesty, and practical insight. At the heart of the conversation is a powerful reminder: when energy intensifies, self-knowledge becomes essential. Fire Horse years don't reward passivity or avoidance; they invite ownership, discernment, and courage.This episode is especially resonant for coaches, leaders, and changemakers who sense that the pace of life is quickening and that the old ways of responding no longer hold. Rather than offering fear or certainty, Melissa invites us into agency to work with energy, not against it, and to take responsibility for the choices we make in times of intensity.In this episode, we explore:What the Year of the Fire Horse represents energetically — and why it carries both power and riskWhy self-knowledge and energetic responsibility are non-negotiable in high-intensity yearsHow Fire Horse energy amplifies patterns we haven't yet ownedThe difference between reaction and conscious choice under pressureWhat it truly means to “own your energy, own your life” in 2026How leaders, caregivers, and changemakers can steward their energy without burning outThe invitation this year holds for courage, clarity, and conscious actionThis is not a conversation about what will happen to us in 2026. It's a conversation about who we choose to be as we step into it. If you're sensing the heat rising, in the world, in your work, or in your own inner life, this episode offers grounding, perspective, and a clear call to conscious living.Learn More About Today's GuestMelissa's website ****→ www.yamaguchilifestyle.comMelissa's Energy Reads → linktr.ee/myamaguchiExplore Sacred Changemakers:Start your journey → SacredChangemakers.com

What happens when we keep going, keep functioning, keep showing up while our nervous system quietly remains stuck in survival mode?In this episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Petra Brunnbauer, Mind Body Coach, founder of the Jōrni wellbeing platform, host of the globally ranked Jōrni Podcast, and author of The Functional Freeze Formula. With a Master's degree in Psychology and ongoing doctoral research in Mind-Body Medicine, Petra brings both scientific rigor and deep humanity to the conversation about chronic stress and healing.This was a conversation I truly enjoyed, and one I personally needed. I learned so much. Petra has a rare ability to name what so many people are living without turning it into pathology or self-blame. She helps us understand how long-term stress affects us across mental, emotional, physical, and energetic levels, and why so many capable, caring people find themselves functioning on the outside while feeling shut down, exhausted, or disconnected within.Together, we explore the concept of Functional Freeze, the misunderstandings about stress that keep us stuck in survival, and what becomes possible when we approach wellbeing as foundational rather than something we attend to only in crisis. We also talk about why traditional stress management often falls short, and what a truly holistic path out of chronic stress can look like.This is a conversation for coaches, leaders, and changemakers who sense that pushing through is no longer sustainable and that a more humane, integrated way of living and leading is being called forward.Key TakeawaysWhat Functional Freeze is and why so many people live in it without realizingHow chronic stress impacts us across mind, emotions, body, and energyCommon myths about stress that keep people functioning while remaining in survivalWhy traditional stress management often misses the root of the issueWhat shifts when we begin to understand and listen to the bodyHow wellbeing can become a foundation for life and leadership, not a crisis responseYou can learn more about Petra and her work through the Jōrni wellbeing platform and her book The Functional Freeze Formula. And if this conversation resonates, I invite you to listen slowly. There's a lot here that meets us beneath the surface.Learn More About Today's GuestThe Jorni website ****→ https://thejorni.comBook: The Functional Freeze Formula by Petra Brunnbauer → bio.thejorni.comPetra on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/pbrunnbauer/Explore Sacred Changemakers:Start your journey → SacredChangemakers.com

Conscious Accomplishment: How Inner Growth Shapes What We Create In The World with Scott BrittonWhat happens when you stop treating spiritual growth and achievement as separate pursuits and begin to see them as part of one coherent path?In this week's episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Scott Britton, entrepreneur, author, community builder, CEO of Conscious Talent, and host of the EvolutionFM podcast. Scott's journey began in the high-pressure world of tech, where he co-founded Troops, later acquired by Salesforce. Outwardly, he had all the markers of success. Inwardly, something else was stirring.Our conversation traces the pivotal moments that led Scott to rethink accomplishment altogether, not as a race to the top, but as a practice of becoming. His work, captured in his book Conscious Accomplishment, offers a grounded, practical way to integrate inner development with the very real demands of building, leading, and making an impact in the world.Together, we explore the patterns that shape us, the disturbances that wake us up, and why the fuel behind our ambition matters far more than we realise. Scott brings a refreshing clarity to the intersection of consciousness and creativity, showing how inner awareness doesn't pull us away from action, but actually strengthens how we move through the world.This is a conversation for anyone who has ever questioned the traditional definitions of success… for anyone who has hit their goals and still wondered, “Is this it?”… and for every coach and changemaker seeking a more coherent way to live, lead, and create.Key TakeawaysWhy the old dichotomy between spiritual development and achievement no longer serves us.How disturbances and emotional triggers can become profound teachers.Why patterns, not circumstances, drive most of our suffering—and how to work with them.The practice of Self Repatterning and its role in shifting consciousness.How to integrate inner work into leadership and daily life without compartmentalising.About Scott BrittonScott Britton is an entrepreneur, author, and community builder. He is the CEO of Conscious Talent, host of the EvolutionFM podcast, and author of Conscious Accomplishment, a book that challenges the belief that spiritual growth and achievement must compete with one another. Prior to this work, Scott co-founded Troops, a software company acquired by Salesforce in 2022. His work brings together personal development, consciousness, and practical execution—helping people create meaningful impact while staying connected to their inner truth.Learn More About Today's GuestConscious Talent website ****→ https://www.conscioustalent.com/Scott's book, Conscious Accomplishment → https://amzn.to/3MgoLsvScott on Linkedin → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jscottbritton/Scott's Podcast, EvolutionFM →

How To Be A Friend (In An Unfriendly World) with Barnet BainWhat does it really mean to be a friend not just to others, but to yourself and to life itself?In this deeply human episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Barnet Bain, award-winning filmmaker, author, and teacher known for exploring themes of creativity, connection, and the human spirit. His film credits include What Dreams May Come, Homeless to Harvard, and Milton's Secret, based on the teachings of Eckhart Tolle. His new book, How to Be a Friend (in an Unfriendly World), offers a tender and practical guide to friendship as a living spiritual practice.Together, we explore why friendship is more than a social bond; it's a profound act of consciousness. Barnet invites us to look closely at the “bubbles” of belief and conditioning that shape our relationships, and to cultivate the courage to step beyond them. He shares what it means to become a “safe harbor” for others, how friendship differs from romantic or family love, and why being a friend to ourselves is the foundation for genuine connection.This conversation is both wise and intimate, weaving together stories from Barnet's creative journey, psychological insights from his Columbia University course, and timeless truths about belonging, vulnerability, and love. It's an episode that reminds us that friendship (when practiced with intention and attention) is a radical form of transformation.Key TakeawaysWhy genuine friendship begins with becoming a safe harbor for yourself and others.How to step outside “the bubble” of your own conditioning to see others more clearly.The difference between friendship, romantic love, and family bonds, and why all are needed.How small, conscious acts of friendship can transform your day and ripple through the world.Why “remembering the love” is the most essential practice of being human.Guest BioBarnet Bain is an award-winning filmmaker, author, and teacher known for his exploration of creativity, consciousness, and connection. His film credits include the Oscar-winning What Dreams May Come, the Emmy-nominated Homeless to Harvard, and Milton's Secret, based on the teachings of Eckhart Tolle. His new book, How to Be a Friend (in an Unfriendly World), grew from a Columbia University master's course he created for psychologists, offering a heartfelt guide to practicing friendship in all its forms.Learn More About Today's GuestBarnet's website ****→ https://BarnetBain.comBOOK: How To Be A Friend (In An Unfriendly World) by Barnet Bain → https://amzn.to/4opDrnyExplore Sacred Changemakers:Start your journey → SacredChangemakers.comDiscover Your Resonance Code → quiz.SacredChangemakers.comJoin our community → SacredChangemakers.com/communitySubscribe to The Coaching (R)evolution Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-coaching-r-evolution-7371571227230101504/Books by Jayne Warrilow:‘Becoming: Poems From The Thresholds Of Change' →

Welcome to The Don't Cut Your Own Bangs Countdown: Best Lessons of the Year — a special December series celebrating the moments, conversations, and insights that stayed with us long after the episodes ended. This week's theme: Frustration… and Magic. We're kicking things off with highlights from my solocast What Is Your Frustration Telling You? — an episode where we explored frustration not as a problem, but as information. As a whisper. As guidance disguised as discomfort. A favorite moment from the solocast: "Your emotions aren't roadblocks. They're signposts pointing to what matters most." Then we shift into an unforgettable conversation with coach, speaker, and magician John Kippen, pulling some of the most moving and resonant moments from his story of resilience and healing. ✨ A favorite quote from John's interview: "Magic didn't just save my life — it gave me a reason to keep choosing it." This curated "Best Of" isn't linear — think of it like flipping through a scrapbook of the most meaningful moments from the year. If a clip resonates, you can always listen to the full episodes below. Watch or listen to the full episodes anytime: ✨ What Is Your Frustration Telling You? (full solocast) Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-cut-your-own-bangs/id1427579922 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DontCutYourOwnBangs ✨ John Kippen Interview – Magic Saved My Life Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-cut-your-own-bangs/id1427579922 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DontCutYourOwnBangs Please rate, subscribe, and leave a comment — it truly helps the grow our community and connects these conversations with people like you:) Learn More About Today's Featured Guest: John Kippen Website: https://www.johnkippen.com Watch John's TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/john_kippen_magic_saved_my_life Connect with Danielle For the show: Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0VFZulonTvaa2HIPyJa4Tq Podcast on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-cut-your-own-bangs/id1427579922 Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DontCutYourOwnBangs For community: Substack: https://danielleireland.substack.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielleireland_lcsw Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danielleireland.LCSW TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dontcutyourownbangspod For purchase: The Treasured Journal: https://danielleireland.com/journal Wrestling a Walrus (Children's Book): https://danielleireland.com/wrestling-a-walrus For FREE! https://danielleireland.com/free

What if marketing wasn't about tactics and funnels, but about connection, real, human connection that builds trust, alignment, and long-term success?In this episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Behdad Jamshidi, founder of CJAM – The Marketing Connector. After noticing how many businesses struggled to navigate the overwhelming world of marketing, he created CJAM to help leaders find clarity, connecting them with the right agencies and strategies for their unique needs. Over the past seven years, he's assessed more than a thousand agencies, curating a network of trusted partners across every niche. What makes Behdad's work so powerful, though, is his approach. With a background in engineering and a deep appreciation for human connection, he bridges structure with soul. Featured in MarketWatch, Bloomberg, and The National Post, he's become known as a “super connector”, someone who weaves people, ideas, and purpose together.Together, we explore what it really means to market and lead with soul. Behdad shares practical insights on building authentic relationships, selecting marketing partners that truly align, and how doing your own inner work, through self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and mentorship, can transform the way you present yourself in business.This conversation is for anyone who has ever struggled to make marketing feel authentic or wondered how to grow their business without compromising their values. He offers wisdom and grounded strategies that prove success and sincerity don't have to be at odds.Key TakeawaysHow authentic human connection and self-awareness transform not only relationships but also marketing success.Why understanding your own values, beliefs, and stories is the foundation for creating meaningful brand resonance.A practical guide to choosing and working with marketing partners at different business stages, from early contractors to specialized agencies.How emotional intelligence, self-reflection, and inner work directly influence external results in business growth.Why storytelling, values, and emotional resonance are more powerful than tactics in creating lasting trust and engagement.Learn More About Today's GuestCJAM The Marketing Connector website ****→ https://cjammarketing.com/Behdad on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/behdadjamshidiExplore Sacred Changemakers:Start your journey → SacredChangemakers.comDiscover Your Resonance Code → quiz.SacredChangemakers.comJoin our community → SacredChangemakers.com/communitySubscribe to The Coaching (R)evolution Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-coaching-r-evolution-7371571227230101504/Books by Jayne Warrilow:‘Becoming: Poems From The Thresholds Of Change' → https://amzn.to/42DM1WI‘Beyond Profit: The Sacred Changemaker's Guide To Reimagining Business And Leading Regenerative Change →

Invisible Sinkholes: The Hidden Culture Risks You Can't Afford to Ignore with Natasha TodorovicResearch shows that nearly 70% of organizational change efforts fail. However, according to Dr. Natasha Todorovic-Cowan, the deeper reason is rarely a strategy; it's the hidden cultural dynamics that leaders often overlook.In this episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Natasha Todorovic-Cowan, CEO of NVC Consulting, co-founder of Spiral Dynamics®, and author of Making Change Work. For over 25 years, Natasha has guided global leaders in decoding complexity and navigating disruption. Using her validated Spiral Dynamics® diagnostics, her clients have achieved extraordinary outcomes, including 150–200% gains in leadership capacity, measurable increases in innovation, and accelerated change-readiness milestones.Together, we uncover the “invisible sinkholes” that sabotage culture, explore why most change efforts fall short, and look at how decoding our shared human patterns unlocks resilience and trust. Natasha shares her personal journey into the world of Spiral Dynamics, the groundbreaking research of Dr. Clare W. Graves, and why emotional intelligence and curiosity matter more than ever in times of change.This episode is packed with both wisdom and practical tools for leaders, coaches, and changemakers who want to build cultures that thrive in disruption and avoid the hidden risks that quietly erode their impact.Key TakeawaysWhat “invisible sinkholes” in culture are—and how to recognize them early.Why most change efforts fail, and the human dynamics leaders often overlook.How Spiral Dynamics® helps decode complexity and guide sustainable transformation.The critical role of emotional intelligence and curiosity in leadership.Practical steps leaders and changemakers can take today to strengthen resilience.Tune in now to learn how to uncover the hidden culture risks you can't afford to ignore.Learn More About Today's GuestSpiral Dynamics website ****→ https://spiraldynamics.orgNatasha's book, Making Change Work → https://books.spiraldynamics.org/makingchangeworkNatasha on Linkedin → https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-natasha-todorovic-cowan-mba-a5470719/Explore Sacred Changemakers:Start your journey → SacredChangemakers.comDiscover Your Resonance Code → quiz.SacredChangemakers.comJoin our community → SacredChangemakers.com/communitySubscribe to The Coaching (R)evolution Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-coaching-r-evolution-7371571227230101504/Books by Jayne Warrilow:‘Becoming: Poems From The Thresholds Of Change' → https://amzn.to/42DM1WI‘Beyond Profit: The Sacred Changemaker's Guide To Reimagining Business And Leading Regenerative Change →

The Soul's Compass: Remembering Wholeness in the Midst of Change with Kitty FallonWhat does it mean to find your wholeness when life changes everything you thought you knew?In this deeply conscious episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Kathleen “Kitty” McCann Fallon, Ph.D., a life coach, former therapist, and counselor educator with over 30 years of experience guiding individuals, couples, and families through illness, caregiving, and life-altering transitions.What makes Kitty's perspective so extraordinary is the way she brings both professional expertise and lived experience. Navigating her own journey with multiple sclerosis while holding the sacred role of caregiver, Kitty embodies the very wisdom she shares: that reconnecting with your soul self is not only possible in the midst of challenge, but essential. Together, we explore the thresholds of illness, identity, and caregiving, not as endings, but as openings into deeper purpose, love, and wholeness.This isn't just a conversation about healing; it's about remembering who we are at the deepest level and how every person, regardless of circumstance, plays a vital role in our collective becoming.Key TakeawaysWhat it means to reconnect with your “soul self” and why it matters in times of change.How Kitty's lived experience with illness and caregiving informs her coaching and deepens her compassion.Why seeing the inherent sacredness in every person can transform our relationships and communities.How caregiving and thresholds of illness can be reframed as sacred invitations to wholeness.Why every person matters in the co-creation of an emerging world.If you're navigating change, seeking deeper purpose, or wanting to hold space for others with more love and presence, this conversation is for you. Kitty's wisdom will touch you in ways both tender and transformative. Listen in and allow this dialogue to meet you wherever you are on your own soul's journey.Learn More About Today's GuestKitty's website ****→ https://www.thegloamingatsantafe.com/dr-kitty-fallonKitty on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/kitty-fallon-2a67801b5Explore Sacred Changemakers:Start your journey → SacredChangemakers.comDiscover Your Resonance Code → quiz.SacredChangemakers.comJoin our community → SacredChangemakers.com/communitySubscribe to The Coaching (R)evolution Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-coaching-r-evolution-7371571227230101504/Books by Jayne Warrilow:‘Becoming: Poems From The Thresholds Of Change' → https://amzn.to/42DM1WI‘Beyond Profit: The Sacred Changemaker's Guide To Reimagining Business And Leading Regenerative Change → https://amzn.to/40g3By5The 10 Day Coaches MBA: The Small Business Book For Coaches Who Want To Play Bigger → https://amzn.to/46yJRZPConnect with...

What if the future of coaching isn't about techniques or individual change, but about transforming the very consciousness through which we meet the world?In this timely episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Professor Peter Hawkins, one of the world's top 100 coaches, Emeritus Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School, Honorary President of the Association for Executive Coaching, and co-founder of the Global Team Coaching Institute. For over 45 years, Peter has pioneered systemic and team-based approaches that are now shaping organizations and leaders worldwide.Together, we explore the global meta-crisis, why only a profound transformation of human consciousness can address it, and how coaching must evolve from an individual focus to a systemic, relational practice. Peter shares why beauty matters in leadership, how team-of-teams coaching expands capacity, and why coaches today are called to act as “midwives of the new.”This is a conversation that will challenge and inspire you, leaving you rethinking what coaching and your own role as a changemaker can truly become.Key TakeawaysWhy the global meta-crisis demands a transformation of consciousness.How coaching must evolve from individual focus to systemic practice.The role of beauty in leadership and transformation.Why coaches are being called to become “midwives of the new.”Learn More About Today's GuestRenewal Associates website ****→ www.renewalassociates.co.ukPeter on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/professorpeterhawkins/Peter's ‘Team of Teams Coaching' Book → https://renewalassociates.co.uk/resources/books/teamofteamscoaching/Peter's ‘Beauty in Leadership & Coaching' Book → https://renewalassociates.co.uk/resources/books/bilac/Explore Sacred Changemakers:Start your journey → SacredChangemakers.comDiscover Your Resonance Code → quiz.SacredChangemakers.comJoin our community → SacredChangemakers.com/communitySubscribe to The Coaching (R)evolution Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-coaching-r-evolution-7371571227230101504/Books by Jayne Warrilow:‘Becoming: Poems From The Thresholds Of Change' → https://amzn.to/42DM1WI‘Beyond Profit: The Sacred Changemaker's Guide To Reimagining Business And Leading Regenerative Change → https://amzn.to/40g3By5The 10 Day Coaches MBA: The Small Business Book For Coaches Who Want To Play Bigger → https://amzn.to/46yJRZPConnect with Jayne on LinkedIn →

181. Mixed Mystical Arts - Why Our Times Are Calling For Cross-Paradigmatic Practice With Joel MonkWhat if the future of coaching isn't about choosing one path, but weaving many?In this sacred and expansive episode of the Sacred Changemakers Podcast, I'm joined by Joel Monk, leadership coach, educator, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Coaches Rising, a global community of over 65,000 coaches dedicated to transformational practice. Joel is also the host of the Coaches Rising Podcast, where he's in dialogue with some of the world's leading voices in coaching, leadership, and human development. Beyond this, Joel has worked with executives, entrepreneurs, and changemakers across the globe, designing and leading leadership development programs at organizations including THNK, Booking.com, Siemens, and The Impact Hub Amsterdam.Many of you may know Joel as the interviewer, but today we get to hear from him, and what unfolds feels less like a conversation and more like an energetic transmission. Together, we explore moving beyond self-improvement into ensoulment, the shift from certification to initiation, and how vibrational presence shapes transformation in ways technique never can. Joel shares why moving beyond the limits of self-improvement opens us to a more soulful, alchemical journey, a process of remembering our wholeness, and allowing life itself to move through us.This is an extraordinary conversation, rich with depth and resonance, that will leave you questioning and perhaps re-imagining what your own path as a coach or changemaker can be.Key TakeawaysWhy our turbulent times call for a cross-paradigmatic approach.The limits of self-improvement and the invitation into ensoulment.How vibrational presence and relational fields shape transformation.What it means to embrace artistry, devotion, and soul in coaching today.If you're ready to expand your practice beyond the familiar, and to listen not just to ideas but to the deeper calling of our times, this episode is for you.Learn More About Today's GuestCoaches Rising website → https://CoachesRising.comJoel's personal website → https://joel-monk.comJoel on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-monk-33952613/Explore Sacred Changemakers:Start your journey → SacredChangemakers.comDiscover Your Resonance Code → quiz.SacredChangemakers.comJoin our community → SacredChangemakers.com/communitySubscribe to The Coaching (R)evolution Newsletter → https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-coaching-r-evolution-7371571227230101504/Books by Jayne Warrilow:‘Becoming: Poems From The Thresholds Of Change' → https://amzn.to/42DM1WI‘Beyond Profit: The Sacred Changemaker's Guide To Reimagining Business And Leading Regenerative Change → https://amzn.to/40g3By5The 10 Day Coaches MBA: The Small Business Book For Coaches Who Want To Play...

On September 7th, Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio will be canonized saints of the Catholic Church. Today, we talk to Courtney Mares about the lives of these remarkable saints. https://ignatius.com/carlo-acutis-updated-edition-sscaup/?searchid=2907778&search_query=carlo+acutis   Courtney Mares is the author of the definitive biography of Carlo Acutis and has written several articles about Pier Giorgio. Therefore, we are delighted to talk to her today about these modern saints. As a Vatican reporter, Courtney reveals many details about Carlo and Pier Giorgio that are not as well known. These details reveal that both men fully integrated their faith into their daily lives and that true sanctity is possible for all people! Saint Carlo and Saint Pier Giorgio pray for us!   More resources for Carlo Acutis: Carlo Acutis Comic Book from Magnificat: https://ignatius.com/carlo-acutis-6cah/?searchid=2907778&search_query=carlo+acutis Carlo Acutis Comic Book from Voyage Comics: https://ignatius.com/miracles-of-the-eucharist-with-carlo-acutis-mecap/?searchid=2907778&search_query=carlo+acutis   More Resources for Pier Giorgio: Pier Giorgio Comic Book from Magnificat: https://ignatius.com/pier-georgio-frassati-6pgfh/?searchid=0&search_query=pier+giorgio Cristina Siccardi biography of Pier Giorgio: https://ignatius.com/pier-giorgio-frassati-pgfrp/?searchid=0&search_query=pier+giorgio Luciana Frassati biography of Pier Giorgio: https://ignatius.com/a-man-of-the-beatitudes-manbp/?searchid=0&search_query=pier+giorgio Pier Giorgio Movie: https://ignatius.com/pier-giorgio-frassati-pgfrm/?searchid=0&search_query=pier+giorgio   SUBSCRIBE to our channel and never miss an episode of the Ignatius Press Podcast. You can also listen to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, and other podcast platforms. Follow us on social media: Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/IgnatiusPress Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ignatiuspress Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ignatius_press/   Music from Pexels, Gregor Quendel. https://www.classicals.de/legal

Denise Robinson, DNP, MPH, BSN, RN, WOCN, is a celebrated nursing executive with more than two decades of nursing experience. She joins the Healthcare Experience Matters Podcast this week to discuss effective strategies for navigating difficult conversations with healthcare colleagues. As a nursing executive, this subject matter is near and dear to her heart, and she has extensive communication experience in tackling tough conversations with patients, colleagues, and fellow nursing leaders over the years. She currently serves as Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer at Loma Linda University Medical Center – Murrieta (LLUMC-Murrieta), in California. In recent months, Dr. Robinson has appeared as speaker with the Healthcare Experience Foundation's (HXF) ongoing series of virtual certificate programs. Learn More About Certificate Programs: https://sites.healthcareexperience.org/certificates/ Learn More About Today's Podcast: https://healthcareexperience.org/difficult-healthcare-conversations/

This week on the Healthcare Experience Matters podcast, we're discussing the role that governing boards play in the ongoing quest to elevate patient experiences in the modern and ever-changing healthcare environment. Our guests this week include Laura S. Orr, MHA, CEO of FORWARD Governance Consulting, and Katie Owens, President of the Healthcare Experience Foundation.  We delve into insights from an article co-written by Laura and Katie, titled 'The Board's Role in Care Experience,' which was recently published in the American Hospital Association's "Trustee Insights" publication. You can read the article here: https://trustees.aha.org/boards-role-health-care-experience We are pleased to welcome Laura back for her third appearance on our podcast. She is the Founder and CEO of Forward, a firm dedicated to helping executive leaders and governing bodies drive organizational success. You can catch up on the first two podcasts with us here: Unlocking the Strategic Potential of Subsidiary Boards in Healthcare: https://healthcareexperience.org/subsidiary-boards/ Navigating the Complexities of Healthcare and Insights for Leadership: https://healthcareexperience.org/laura-orr/ Learn More About Today's Episode: https://healthcareexperience.org/healthcare-boards/ 

Joanne Menon joins Tam and Matt to discuss a past life trauma that came breaking through to the surface of conscious awareness. Listen in to hear and how this memory led to a deep lesson of forgiveness and understanding. Learn More About Today's Guest, Joanne Menon: https://joannemenon.com/ https://joannemenon.com/#retreat https://www.instagram.com/joanne.menon/ https://www.instagram.com/acim_mama/ Thank you to Allan Ishac for introducing us to Joanne! Join The Miracle Voices E-mail List at: ⁠⁠https://www.miraclevoices.org/email⁠⁠ Feel Inspired to Make a Love Offering To The Foundation for Inner Peace (Publisher of A Course in Miracles)? Visit: ⁠⁠https://www.miraclevoices.org/donate⁠⁠ Think your Forgiveness Story Might Be a Fit For Miracle Voices? Submit your Forgiveness Story: ⁠⁠https://www.miraclevoices.org/form⁠⁠ Also, Checkout our Youtube Channel: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@miraclevoices777/videos

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Do you find yourself asking… How do we feel close again after we just had a disagreement?  My partner doesn't like to come back and talk about the hard stuff.  My partner doesn't apologize. I always have to bring up the hard conversations.   I get it.  This is a common experience in our relationships.  The reality? We didn't learn how to repair. It was never modelled to us or it came attached with a lot of shame. And yet, repairing is one of the most important things we need to do in our relationship because without it, we are more likely to build resentment and disconnection.  In today's episode, I get to sit with Dr. Morgan Anderson. A previous guest on the podcast (Season 2, Episode 21, a must listen), we talk about: What happens in relationships when you can't work through conflictWhy you need to repairDifficulties with repair through an attachment style lens Ready to learn how to repair, feel closer after the fight, and connect with your partner? Join me in my FREE MASTERCLASS. I will teach you my 4 A's on how to repair so that you can look at your partner and feel like a team again. Learn More About Today's Guest: Dr. Morgan is a clinical psychologist and relationship coach, host of the “Let's Get Vulnerable” podcast and creator of the E.S.L relationship method. She helps women break the toxic dating cycle, raise their self-worth and attract the healthy relationship they've always wanted. Make sure you head over to her IG page and send her a DM to say hello! Join me in my community! Curious about the relationship cycle you get stuck in? Take the free quizReady to learn how to repair? Take my FREE masterclassLooking to improve your relationship? Join me in my online program, Be ConnectedJoin me in my monthly newsletter where I give you actionable tips that you can use today in your relationshipVisit my website for more

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Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 podcast! I'm Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I'm interviewing Danielle Lake. She is the Director of Design Thinking and Associate Professor at Elon University. As a feminist pragmatist, her scholarship explores the connections and tensions between wicked problems and the movement towards public engagement within higher education. Her current projects focus on exploring the long-term impact of collaborative, place- and project-based learning, design thinking practices, and pedagogies of resilience. Lake is co-editor of the book series, Higher Education and Civic Democratic Engagement: Exploring Impact, with Peter Lang Publishing.   Danielle started her journey by designing her own major; she called "designing life" her philosophy, relating to who we are and what we want to do. In her Ph.D. program, she uncovered "The Field of Wicked Problems," while working with her Ph.D. advisors Kyle White and Paul Thompson, looking at large-scale systemic crises needing a different approach. She had learned from many experts before discovering design thinking, and she asked herself how she could take her teaching, research, and service, and weave them together.   Today, we explore how design thinking has played out in Danielle's teaching, such as redesigning student outcomes so that a final product is a practical solution to a current issue. This way of teaching has flipped the classroom for Danielle, and she talks about how this methodology on student learning has been very impactful in her classrooms. Project-based, relational, and on-going learning experiences are critical ingredients for long-term learning. Early on, she faced some challenges: opening up to students, starting small, and finding ways to invite other experts in and allow them to lead with their expertise. Danielle is looking to continue to design courses to give students the time to delve into the work they value.   We'll also dig into the relationship between design and philosophy, and how they work together to give us a place to start in learning about our environment, being collaborative, and solving societal issues. Danielle also talks about what she hopes to accomplish in her professional relationships moving forward, and we'll hear a little about Dawan's own journey in discovering design thinking and the creation of Fluid Hive and The Education Design Lab. Dawan also talks about how he was introduced to Elon by Design, and his process of discovering design thinking was part of the Elon culture, and the importance of having the space to learn with others who are practicing design thinking. Learn More About Today's Guest Danielle Lake, Elon University   In This Episode [02:26] Danielle's journey into design thinking.  [04:06] Working with her advisors in her PhD program. [05:25] Discovering design thinking and applying this to new curriculum at Grand Valley State University.[07:07] What has design thinking given students and how design thinking can shape curriculum and projects inside the classroom. [09:17] Danielle's study of the long-term impact on student learning. [13:32] Danielle speaks about her early challenges when implementing design thinking in the classroom. [17:20] Where Danielle is now with her new role at Elon. [19:32] How Danielle helps her students to launch their work forward and apply their work in the community. [21:05] Students carving out relationships in society, applying their work from university. [22:11] Danielle's perspective on the relationship between design and philosophy.  [25:44] She asks, “How are we going to step in and learn from our mistakes?” [26:39] What is Danielle hoping to achieve with her professional relationships? [28:16] Dawan talks about where we want to take design thinking in the Elon University Program. [30:45] Fluid Hive's launch in 2008 with design work in higher education. [32:55] Meeting Lambert and realizing Elon was serious about design thinking. [39:00] The early days for Dawan at Elon. [41:45] Placemaking and where is the Center going from here? [44:58] Danielle reimagining how Elon can play a role in design thinking and building relationships to make institutions more fluid and dynamic. [47:18] Benefits of partnering with other universities and public sectors to bring value and richness to the learning experience and community. [50:34] Where you can learn more about Elon and Danielle.   Links and Resources Elon By Design, Elon University's Design Thinking Program Recent publications by Danielle at Bepress Service Design Network Design For America

Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 podcast! I'm Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I'm interviewing Danielle Lake. She is the Director of Design Thinking and Associate Professor at Elon University. As a feminist pragmatist, her scholarship explores the connections and tensions between wicked problems and the movement towards public engagement within higher education. Her current projects focus on exploring the long-term impact of collaborative, place- and project-based learning, design thinking practices, and pedagogies of resilience. Lake is co-editor of the book series, Higher Education and Civic Democratic Engagement: Exploring Impact, with Peter Lang Publishing.   Danielle started her journey by designing her own major; she called "designing life" her philosophy, relating to who we are and what we want to do. In her Ph.D. program, she uncovered "The Field of Wicked Problems," while working with her Ph.D. advisors Kyle White and Paul Thompson, looking at large-scale systemic crises needing a different approach. She had learned from many experts before discovering design thinking, and she asked herself how she could take her teaching, research, and service, and weave them together.   Today, we explore how design thinking has played out in Danielle's teaching, such as redesigning student outcomes so that a final product is a practical solution to a current issue. This way of teaching has flipped the classroom for Danielle, and she talks about how this methodology on student learning has been very impactful in her classrooms. Project-based, relational, and on-going learning experiences are critical ingredients for long-term learning. Early on, she faced some challenges: opening up to students, starting small, and finding ways to invite other experts in and allow them to lead with their expertise. Danielle is looking to continue to design courses to give students the time to delve into the work they value.   We'll also dig into the relationship between design and philosophy, and how they work together to give us a place to start in learning about our environment, being collaborative, and solving societal issues. Danielle also talks about what she hopes to accomplish in her professional relationships moving forward, and we’ll hear a little about Dawan's own journey in discovering design thinking and the creation of Fluid Hive and The Education Design Lab. Dawan also talks about how he was introduced to Elon by Design, and his process of discovering design thinking was part of the Elon culture, and the importance of having the space to learn with others who are practicing design thinking. Learn More About Today’s Guest Danielle Lake, Elon University   In This Episode [02:26] Danielle’s journey into design thinking.  [04:06] Working with her advisors in her PhD program. [05:25] Discovering design thinking and applying this to new curriculum at Grand Valley State University.[07:07] What has design thinking given students and how design thinking can shape curriculum and projects inside the classroom. [09:17] Danielle’s study of the long-term impact on student learning. [13:32] Danielle speaks about her early challenges when implementing design thinking in the classroom. [17:20] Where Danielle is now with her new role at Elon. [19:32] How Danielle helps her students to launch their work forward and apply their work in the community. [21:05] Students carving out relationships in society, applying their work from university. [22:11] Danielle’s perspective on the relationship between design and philosophy.  [25:44] She asks, “How are we going to step in and learn from our mistakes?” [26:39] What is Danielle hoping to achieve with her professional relationships? [28:16] Dawan talks about where we want to take design thinking in the Elon University Program. [30:45] Fluid Hive’s launch in 2008 with design work in higher education. [32:55] Meeting Lambert and realizing Elon was serious about design thinking. [39:00] The early days for Dawan at Elon. [41:45] Placemaking and where is the Center going from here? [44:58] Danielle reimagining how Elon can play a role in design thinking and building relationships to make institutions more fluid and dynamic. [47:18] Benefits of partnering with other universities and public sectors to bring value and richness to the learning experience and community. [50:34] Where you can learn more about Elon and Danielle.   Links and Resources Elon By Design, Elon University’s Design Thinking Program Recent publications by Danielle at Bepress Service Design Network Design For America

Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 podcast! I'm Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I'm interviewing Jason Schupbach, who is the Director of the Design School at Arizona State University. Prior to this position he was Director of Design and Creative Placemaking Programs for the National Endowment for the Arts, where he oversaw all design and creative placemaking grantmaking and partnerships, including Our Town and Design Art Works grants, the Mayor's Institute on City Design, the Citizens' Institute on Rural Design, and the NEA's Federal agency collaborations. Previously, Jason served Governor Patrick of Massachusetts as the Creative Economy Director, tasked with growing creative and tech businesses in the state. He was formerly the Director of ArtistLink, a Ford Foundation funded initiative to stabilize and revitalize communities through the creation of affordable space and innovative environments for creatives. He has also worked for the Mayor of Chicago and New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs. He has written extensively on the role of arts and design in making better communities, and his writing has been featured as a Best Idea of the Day by the Aspen Institute. Jason has always been interested in people who harness creative talent and is interested in systems which support creative artists and designers in cities. He wanted to know how he could create spaces for creatives to collaborate and have the ability to solve problems. Today, we explore how Arizona State University is applying design thinking. ASU is the largest university and is engaged in social justice by creating educational opportunities with Starbucks and Uber. Challenges for design schools and how we need to teach soft skills and power skill sets knowledge.  We'll also dig into how businesses are looking for students who can work collaboratively with soft skills as well as working knowledge of a field. How we can use goals and objectives to build online degrees integrating design thinking and why this must be done collaboratively and without one person delegating the entire process. How privilege plays a role in student preparedness to step into a designer role. Jason's role in providing local schools with how design thinking can be learned and applied inside the classroom. He is passionate about us all being in the boat together, tackling world problems with his programs. Learn More About Today’s Guest Jason Schupbach on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonschupbach/ In This Episode [01:38] Jason’s background and how he arrived as a design thinking leader. [05:55] Design Thinking applied in Arizona State University. [06:55] Making the world a better place using research which is valuable.[08:17] Jason’s pitch to ASU to become a relevant, equitable and collaborative university. [09:18] The poison in our society with a single leader and no collaboration. [12:11] Why multiple skill sets are needed to solve today’s complicated problems. [14:55] Engineering and business school at ASU incorporates design thinking. [17:15] Assets we can use to build out and harness the power of design thinking. [19:07] Jason asks, “How do we create and build using architectural mindset?” [21:41] How students are presenting what they have learned and how privilege plays a role in student preparedness to step into a designer role. [22:02] Support systems ASU puts in place for students in need. [27:45] The NASA space map and how students designed future spaceships which they projected into the space model. [30:35] Changes in US policy which are affecting student’s financial ability and quality of life. [33:45] The change is coming and why it’s higher education’s job to implement change.  [37:47] Design a good human as well as a good student. Links and Resources Arizona State University https://www.asu.edu/ Research and Innovation at ASU https://www.asu.edu/about/research Next City https://nextcity.org/ Redesign School http://redesign.school/ NEA Grantee https://www.arts.gov/video/new-nea-grantee-orientation National Endowment for the Arts https://www.arts.gov/

Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 podcast! I'm Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I'm interviewing Jason Schupbach, who is the Director of the Design School at Arizona State University. Prior to this position he was Director of Design and Creative Placemaking Programs for the National Endowment for the Arts, where he oversaw all design and creative placemaking grantmaking and partnerships, including Our Town and Design Art Works grants, the Mayor's Institute on City Design, the Citizens' Institute on Rural Design, and the NEA's Federal agency collaborations. Previously, Jason served Governor Patrick of Massachusetts as the Creative Economy Director, tasked with growing creative and tech businesses in the state. He was formerly the Director of ArtistLink, a Ford Foundation funded initiative to stabilize and revitalize communities through the creation of affordable space and innovative environments for creatives. He has also worked for the Mayor of Chicago and New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs. He has written extensively on the role of arts and design in making better communities, and his writing has been featured as a Best Idea of the Day by the Aspen Institute. Jason has always been interested in people who harness creative talent and is interested in systems which support creative artists and designers in cities. He wanted to know how he could create spaces for creatives to collaborate and have the ability to solve problems. Today, we explore how Arizona State University is applying design thinking. ASU is the largest university and is engaged in social justice by creating educational opportunities with Starbucks and Uber. Challenges for design schools and how we need to teach soft skills and power skill sets knowledge.  We'll also dig into how businesses are looking for students who can work collaboratively with soft skills as well as working knowledge of a field. How we can use goals and objectives to build online degrees integrating design thinking and why this must be done collaboratively and without one person delegating the entire process. How privilege plays a role in student preparedness to step into a designer role. Jason's role in providing local schools with how design thinking can be learned and applied inside the classroom. He is passionate about us all being in the boat together, tackling world problems with his programs. Learn More About Today's Guest Jason Schupbach on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonschupbach/ In This Episode [01:38] Jason's background and how he arrived as a design thinking leader. [05:55] Design Thinking applied in Arizona State University. [06:55] Making the world a better place using research which is valuable.[08:17] Jason's pitch to ASU to become a relevant, equitable and collaborative university. [09:18] The poison in our society with a single leader and no collaboration. [12:11] Why multiple skill sets are needed to solve today's complicated problems. [14:55] Engineering and business school at ASU incorporates design thinking. [17:15] Assets we can use to build out and harness the power of design thinking. [19:07] Jason asks, “How do we create and build using architectural mindset?” [21:41] How students are presenting what they have learned and how privilege plays a role in student preparedness to step into a designer role. [22:02] Support systems ASU puts in place for students in need. [27:45] The NASA space map and how students designed future spaceships which they projected into the space model. [30:35] Changes in US policy which are affecting student's financial ability and quality of life. [33:45] The change is coming and why it's higher education's job to implement change.  [37:47] Design a good human as well as a good student. Links and Resources Arizona State University https://www.asu.edu/ Research and Innovation at ASU https://www.asu.edu/about/research Next City https://nextcity.org/ Redesign School http://redesign.school/ NEA Grantee https://www.arts.gov/video/new-nea-grantee-orientation National Endowment for the Arts https://www.arts.gov/

Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 podcast! I'm Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I'm interviewing Jason Schupbach, who is the Director of the Design School at Arizona State University. Prior to this position, he was Director of Design and Creative Placemaking Programs for the National Endowment for the Arts, where he oversaw all the design and creative placemaking grantmaking and partnerships, including Our Town and Design Art Works grants, the Mayor's Institute on City Design, the Citizens' Institute on Rural Design, and the NEA's Federal agency collaborations. Previously, Jason served Governor Patrick of Massachusetts as the Creative Economy Director, tasked with growing creative and tech businesses in the state. He was formerly the Director of ArtistLink, a Ford Foundation-funded initiative to stabilize and revitalize communities through the creation of affordable space and innovative environments for creatives. He has also worked for the Mayor of Chicago and New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs. He has written extensively on the role of arts and design in making better communities, and his writing has been featured as a Best Idea of the Day by the Aspen Institute.   Jason has always been interested in people who harness creative talent, and he is interested in systems which support creative artists and designers in cities. He wanted to know how he could create spaces for creatives to collaborate and have the ability to solve problems.   Today, we explore how Arizona State University is applying design thinking, and its engagement in social justice by creating educational opportunities with Starbucks and Uber. We also talk about the challenges for design schools, and how we need to teach soft skills and power skill sets’ knowledge.    We'll also dig into how businesses are looking for students who can work collaboratively with soft skills as well as a working knowledge of their field. We’ll talk about how we can use goals and objectives to build online degrees that integrate design thinking, and why this must be done collaboratively and without one person in charge of the entire process. We’ll discuss how privilege plays a role in students’ preparedness and ability to step into a designer role, and Jason's role in providing local schools with how design thinking can be learned and applied inside the classroom. He is passionate about us all being in the boat together, tackling world problems. Learn More About Today’s Guest Jason Schupbach on LinkedIn   In This Episode [01:38] Jason’s background and how he became a design thinking leader. [05:55] Design Thinking applied in Arizona State University. [06:55] Making the world a better place using research.[08:17] Jason’s pitch to ASU to become a relevant, equitable, and collaborative university. [09:18] The poison in our society with a single leader and no collaboration. [12:11] Why multiple skill sets are needed to solve today’s complicated problems. [14:55] Engineering and business school at ASU incorporates design thinking. [17:15] Assets we can use to build out and harness the power of design thinking. [19:07] Jason asks, “How do we create and build using an architectural mindset?” [21:41] How students are presenting what they have learned and how privilege plays a role in student preparedness to step into a designer role. [22:02] Support systems ASU puts in place for students in need. [27:45] The NASA space map and how students designed future spaceships which they projected into the space model. [30:35] Changes in US policy that are affecting students' financial ability and quality of life. [33:45] The change is coming and why it’s higher education’s job to implement change.  [37:47] Design a good human as well as a good student.   Links and Resources Arizona State University https://www.asu.edu/ Research and Innovation at ASU https://www.asu.edu/about/research Jason's ASU Profile Design School at Arizona State University Herberger Institute Next City Redesign School  NEA Grantee Orientation National Endowment for the Arts: Our Town, Art Works Mayors' Institute on City Design Citizens' Institute on Rural Design Aspen Institute 5 Best Ideas of the Day Putting the Artist to Work for City Resilience; Creative Placemaking: 100 Resilient Cities Curry Stone Foundation's Social Design Insights, "Who Designs the Designers?" The Future of Design Education

Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 podcast! I'm Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I'm interviewing Jason Schupbach, who is the Director of the Design School at Arizona State University. Prior to this position, he was Director of Design and Creative Placemaking Programs for the National Endowment for the Arts, where he oversaw all the design and creative placemaking grantmaking and partnerships, including Our Town and Design Art Works grants, the Mayor's Institute on City Design, the Citizens' Institute on Rural Design, and the NEA's Federal agency collaborations. Previously, Jason served Governor Patrick of Massachusetts as the Creative Economy Director, tasked with growing creative and tech businesses in the state. He was formerly the Director of ArtistLink, a Ford Foundation-funded initiative to stabilize and revitalize communities through the creation of affordable space and innovative environments for creatives. He has also worked for the Mayor of Chicago and New York City's Department of Cultural Affairs. He has written extensively on the role of arts and design in making better communities, and his writing has been featured as a Best Idea of the Day by the Aspen Institute.   Jason has always been interested in people who harness creative talent, and he is interested in systems which support creative artists and designers in cities. He wanted to know how he could create spaces for creatives to collaborate and have the ability to solve problems.   Today, we explore how Arizona State University is applying design thinking, and its engagement in social justice by creating educational opportunities with Starbucks and Uber. We also talk about the challenges for design schools, and how we need to teach soft skills and power skill sets' knowledge.    We'll also dig into how businesses are looking for students who can work collaboratively with soft skills as well as a working knowledge of their field. We'll talk about how we can use goals and objectives to build online degrees that integrate design thinking, and why this must be done collaboratively and without one person in charge of the entire process. We'll discuss how privilege plays a role in students' preparedness and ability to step into a designer role, and Jason's role in providing local schools with how design thinking can be learned and applied inside the classroom. He is passionate about us all being in the boat together, tackling world problems. Learn More About Today's Guest Jason Schupbach on LinkedIn   In This Episode [01:38] Jason's background and how he became a design thinking leader. [05:55] Design Thinking applied in Arizona State University. [06:55] Making the world a better place using research.[08:17] Jason's pitch to ASU to become a relevant, equitable, and collaborative university. [09:18] The poison in our society with a single leader and no collaboration. [12:11] Why multiple skill sets are needed to solve today's complicated problems. [14:55] Engineering and business school at ASU incorporates design thinking. [17:15] Assets we can use to build out and harness the power of design thinking. [19:07] Jason asks, “How do we create and build using an architectural mindset?” [21:41] How students are presenting what they have learned and how privilege plays a role in student preparedness to step into a designer role. [22:02] Support systems ASU puts in place for students in need. [27:45] The NASA space map and how students designed future spaceships which they projected into the space model. [30:35] Changes in US policy that are affecting students' financial ability and quality of life. [33:45] The change is coming and why it's higher education's job to implement change.  [37:47] Design a good human as well as a good student.   Links and Resources Arizona State University https://www.asu.edu/ Research and Innovation at ASU https://www.asu.edu/about/research Jason's ASU Profile Design School at Arizona State University Herberger Institute Next City Redesign School  NEA Grantee Orientation National Endowment for the Arts: Our Town, Art Works Mayors' Institute on City Design Citizens' Institute on Rural Design Aspen Institute 5 Best Ideas of the Day Putting the Artist to Work for City Resilience; Creative Placemaking: 100 Resilient Cities Curry Stone Foundation's Social Design Insights, "Who Designs the Designers?" The Future of Design Education

Welcome to the Design Thinking podcast! I'm Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I'm interviewing Dustin DiTommaso. Dustin is a designer and researcher who works to integrate the study and application of behavioral science and human-centered design to develop digital interventions that change real-world behaviors. In 2009, he founded the Behavior Change Design practice at Mad*Pow, where he and his team have designed effective interventions for improving health, financial well-being, and life-long learning.   When he's not working on client challenges and creating new real-world interventions, Dustin teaches “Design for Behavior Change and Social Impact” at the Rhode Island School of Design. He also collaborates on grant work with colleagues from University College London's Centre for Behaviour Change and other academic affiliations.   Today, we travel down the path that Dustin took to get to where he is today. From his work at Botticelli Interactive, through the advertising world, and then back home to design, Dustin chats about his need to impact society in a meaningful way, and why behavior change design has resonated the most with him.   Dustin shares information on how he and his team approach their design projects and the methods they use to quantify and qualify third-party research. He also delves into their use of the COM-B model in creating, applying, and implementing their designs. They even use this framework when explaining the product to their clients!   Dustin shares several fantastic resources that he has written and used to inspire his design mind. He also provides some insights on how gamification in behavioral design has been used inappropriately and how it could be better.   Learn More About Today's Guest   Dustin on LinkedIn Dustin on Twitter: @DU5TB1N Mad*Pow   In This Episode   [01:28] Welcome to the show Dustin DiTommaso! He shares how he moved into designing for behavior change. [03:20] How self-determination theory and motivation helped shape Dustin's design practice. [04:39] After realizing advertising was not for him, Dustin met Amy Cueva, the founder of Mad*Pow, and moved into using design to change lives. [06:13] How do projects flow in behavioral design?  [11:15] When there are conflicts in the evidence, how do they compare and use that information?  [15:15] What kinds of methods do they use and how do they adapt them in the design stage? [16:16] The COM-B model and how it applies to behavioral change design. [22:19] COM-B is used to address all kinds of questions and tailor approaches for all involved. [23:30] How do new designers react to the model? [27:00] When walking clients through the details of the model and application, how do they break everything down?  [28:47] Do their client workshops help their team as well?  [32:38] Dustin shares more about his work in gainful design as applied to different contexts. [38:15] What approaches to teaching about gainful design have been working?  [42:53] Learn what resources Dustin recommends to those looking to get into behavioral design. [45:59] What is most impactful from a design perspective for those in public health?  [48:31] Some final resources… and how to find Dustin!     Links and Resources Design Thinking at Work The Reflective Practitioner by Donald Schon  Innovation with Information Technologies in HealthcareBotticelli Interactive Why We Do What We Do by Edward L. Deci Self-Determination Theory in Practice by Jennifer LaGuardia Design for How People Learn by Julie DirksenAR & VR for Behavior Change by Julie Dirksen, Dustin DiTommaso, and Cindy Plunkett The Art & Science of Engagement by Dustin DiTommaso Behavior Change Design: Toward a Vision of Motivational Technology; Solutions for Health & Healthcare Health Experience Design Conference (HXD 2018): Dustin DiTommaso - Keynote

Welcome to the Design Thinking podcast! I’m Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I’m interviewing Dustin DiTommaso. Dustin is a designer and researcher who works to integrate the study and application of behavioral science and human-centered design to develop digital interventions that change real-world behaviors. In 2009, he founded the Behavior Change Design practice at Mad*Pow, where he and his team have designed effective interventions for improving health, financial well-being, and life-long learning.   When he’s not working on client challenges and creating new real-world interventions, Dustin teaches “Design for Behavior Change and Social Impact” at the Rhode Island School of Design. He also collaborates on grant work with colleagues from University College London’s Centre for Behaviour Change and other academic affiliations.   Today, we travel down the path that Dustin took to get to where he is today. From his work at Botticelli Interactive, through the advertising world, and then back home to design, Dustin chats about his need to impact society in a meaningful way, and why behavior change design has resonated the most with him.   Dustin shares information on how he and his team approach their design projects and the methods they use to quantify and qualify third-party research. He also delves into their use of the COM-B model in creating, applying, and implementing their designs. They even use this framework when explaining the product to their clients!   Dustin shares several fantastic resources that he has written and used to inspire his design mind. He also provides some insights on how gamification in behavioral design has been used inappropriately and how it could be better.   Learn More About Today’s Guest   Dustin on LinkedIn Dustin on Twitter: @DU5TB1N Mad*Pow   In This Episode   [01:28] Welcome to the show Dustin DiTommaso! He shares how he moved into designing for behavior change. [03:20] How self-determination theory and motivation helped shape Dustin’s design practice. [04:39] After realizing advertising was not for him, Dustin met Amy Cueva, the founder of Mad*Pow, and moved into using design to change lives. [06:13] How do projects flow in behavioral design?  [11:15] When there are conflicts in the evidence, how do they compare and use that information?  [15:15] What kinds of methods do they use and how do they adapt them in the design stage? [16:16] The COM-B model and how it applies to behavioral change design. [22:19] COM-B is used to address all kinds of questions and tailor approaches for all involved. [23:30] How do new designers react to the model? [27:00] When walking clients through the details of the model and application, how do they break everything down?  [28:47] Do their client workshops help their team as well?  [32:38] Dustin shares more about his work in gainful design as applied to different contexts. [38:15] What approaches to teaching about gainful design have been working?  [42:53] Learn what resources Dustin recommends to those looking to get into behavioral design. [45:59] What is most impactful from a design perspective for those in public health?  [48:31] Some final resources… and how to find Dustin!     Links and Resources Design Thinking at Work The Reflective Practitioner by Donald Schon  Innovation with Information Technologies in HealthcareBotticelli Interactive Why We Do What We Do by Edward L. Deci Self-Determination Theory in Practice by Jennifer LaGuardia Design for How People Learn by Julie DirksenAR & VR for Behavior Change by Julie Dirksen, Dustin DiTommaso, and Cindy Plunkett The Art & Science of Engagement by Dustin DiTommaso Behavior Change Design: Toward a Vision of Motivational Technology; Solutions for Health & Healthcare Health Experience Design Conference (HXD 2018): Dustin DiTommaso - Keynote

Welcome to the Design Thinking podcast! I'm Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I'm interviewing Alix Gerber. She's currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, and has been developing and teaching courses there, such as Radical Design, where undergraduate students imagine alternatives to civic experiences like policing, capitalism, or voting. During our conversation, we talk about speculative design, designing for justice in Ferguson, Missouri, teaching radical design, and how her practice and teaching have influenced her as a design researcher. Alix is a design researcher who works with people to visualize and enact the futures we imagine, provoking discussion around how our society could be more equitable and meaningful. Alix has worked with residents of Harlem, New York, and Ferguson, Missouri, to explore alternatives to our current policing and court systems by making artifacts from divergent futures. She grew up in a family of designers; both of her parents as well as her brother have all chosen careers in design. She enjoys learning from her students when teaching her Designing Creativity: Innovation Across Disciplines class at Washington University. Alix is always learning and restructuring her teaching method to create a better learning experience for the students in her class, and working to design real life experiences for her students to learn from at the university. Today, we explore Alix's design career path from her start while attending Cornell University, and then following her design experience and growth through several different design types and projects during the last eight years of her career. Alix explains the different types of design she has used, when each type of design worked well in a project, and how the design tools she uses are applied in design thinking. We'll also dig into her teaching assignment, where Alix instructs undergraduate students on social design issues, and on understanding the impacts of different design perspectives on society. Learn More About Today's Guest Alix Gerber on LinkedIn Designing Civic Experiences In This Episode [01:26] How Alix started her career with taking human-centered design at Cornell. [03:00] Her shift to design with social problems, her shift to graduate schools and why she wanted this shift. [03:57] Alix's time at Parsons and studying transdisciplinary design. [05:25] Types of projects she participated in when studying transdisciplinary design.[07:25] Speculative design and how this differs from problem-focused design. [09:01] How she assists clients with a speculative design project. [11:45] Framing alternative problems in a design project. [14:53] Alix's work in Ferguson - how her work started and developed. [19:18] Speculative design tools Alix uses in everyday work on her projects. [21:14] How Alix defines radical design within design thinking and what she is teaching at Washington University. [27:44] Light bulb moments for students in context to understanding the user experience. [29:44] What Alix does to assist her students when they are struggling with ideas in class. [29:44] Using radical and speculative design and her work projects in relation to how they influence Alix as a design researcher. [39:45] What Alix would like to be practicing over the next few years based on her cumulative experiences in design. Links and Resources Email Alix at designradicalfutures@gmail.com Washington University in St. Louis Design Thinking at Work The Reflective Practitioner by Donald Schon Innovation with Information Technologies in Healthcare Designing Radical Futures Instagram Tag #radicalcivics Parsons School of Design IA Collaborative Lab at OPM Introduction to Speculative Design Practice Elliot Montgomery, Assistant Professor of Strategic Design and Management Extrapolation Factory Extrapolation Factory Operator's Manual Neighborhood Policing Steering Committee (NPSC) Ferguson, MO Alix learned about non-reformist reform from Shana Agid, Assistant Professor of Art, Media and Communication, Mariame Kaba (Prison Culture), and Critical Resistance. Kees Dorst, Professor, Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming, by Dunne & Raby Convivial Toolbox by Liz Sanders & Pieter Jan Stappers Discursive Design by Bruce and Stephanie Tharp

Welcome to the Design Thinking podcast! I’m Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I’m interviewing Alix Gerber. She’s currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, and has been developing and teaching courses there, such as Radical Design, where undergraduate students imagine alternatives to civic experiences like policing, capitalism, or voting. During our conversation, we talk about speculative design, designing for justice in Ferguson, Missouri, teaching radical design, and how her practice and teaching have influenced her as a design researcher. Alix is a design researcher who works with people to visualize and enact the futures we imagine, provoking discussion around how our society could be more equitable and meaningful. Alix has worked with residents of Harlem, New York, and Ferguson, Missouri, to explore alternatives to our current policing and court systems by making artifacts from divergent futures. She grew up in a family of designers; both of her parents as well as her brother have all chosen careers in design. She enjoys learning from her students when teaching her Designing Creativity: Innovation Across Disciplines class at Washington University. Alix is always learning and restructuring her teaching method to create a better learning experience for the students in her class, and working to design real life experiences for her students to learn from at the university. Today, we explore Alix’s design career path from her start while attending Cornell University, and then following her design experience and growth through several different design types and projects during the last eight years of her career. Alix explains the different types of design she has used, when each type of design worked well in a project, and how the design tools she uses are applied in design thinking. We’ll also dig into her teaching assignment, where Alix instructs undergraduate students on social design issues, and on understanding the impacts of different design perspectives on society. Learn More About Today’s Guest Alix Gerber on LinkedIn Designing Civic Experiences In This Episode [01:26] How Alix started her career with taking human-centered design at Cornell. [03:00] Her shift to design with social problems, her shift to graduate schools and why she wanted this shift. [03:57] Alix’s time at Parsons and studying transdisciplinary design. [05:25] Types of projects she participated in when studying transdisciplinary design.[07:25] Speculative design and how this differs from problem-focused design. [09:01] How she assists clients with a speculative design project. [11:45] Framing alternative problems in a design project. [14:53] Alix’s work in Ferguson - how her work started and developed. [19:18] Speculative design tools Alix uses in everyday work on her projects. [21:14] How Alix defines radical design within design thinking and what she is teaching at Washington University. [27:44] Light bulb moments for students in context to understanding the user experience. [29:44] What Alix does to assist her students when they are struggling with ideas in class. [29:44] Using radical and speculative design and her work projects in relation to how they influence Alix as a design researcher. [39:45] What Alix would like to be practicing over the next few years based on her cumulative experiences in design. Links and Resources Email Alix at designradicalfutures@gmail.com Washington University in St. Louis Design Thinking at Work The Reflective Practitioner by Donald Schon Innovation with Information Technologies in Healthcare Designing Radical Futures Instagram Tag #radicalcivics Parsons School of Design IA Collaborative Lab at OPM Introduction to Speculative Design Practice Elliot Montgomery, Assistant Professor of Strategic Design and Management Extrapolation Factory Extrapolation Factory Operator's Manual Neighborhood Policing Steering Committee (NPSC) Ferguson, MO Alix learned about non-reformist reform from Shana Agid, Assistant Professor of Art, Media and Communication, Mariame Kaba (Prison Culture), and Critical Resistance. Kees Dorst, Professor, Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming, by Dunne & Raby Convivial Toolbox by Liz Sanders & Pieter Jan Stappers Discursive Design by Bruce and Stephanie Tharp

Welcome to the Design Thinking podcast! I'm Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I'm interviewing Boris Divjak. He is a service designer and strategist based in the U.K., with 13 years of experience in creating digital services. He leads and advises teams on digital innovation projects in complex environments, such as local authorities and healthcare organizations, as well as commercial enterprises. Boris collaborates closely with clients in all stages of the innovation process, from initial customer research and co-design workshops through to developing a live service. He works best in an agile environment, where iterative improvements and open communication help guide the team towards a shared goal. Boris has been working in the public sector for the last few years; his current focus is on creating better public services outcomes and using service design and design thinking to deliver solutions to social problems. Today we explore Boris's path from his career start in visual design, which led him into web design and from there, finding his way to service design. Boris explains his perspective on service design, and what types of models and prototypes he uses when he is designing. He also talks about how companies can take a look at a series of changes to understand how their products have an impact on the public sector, and how companies can connect their work to specific outcomes to be more confident in their product output. From his beginnings in a small startup in technology to his current position as a service designer, Boris talks about his experiences with service design, from client engagement to the characteristics he believes the ideal project advocate should have. We'll also dig into his project, Prototyping for Impact, which offers a toolkit that anyone involved in innovation - in both the public and private sectors - can use to guide their innovation process. Boris tells us more about the project's purpose and what he hopes the project will accomplish. Learn More About Today's Guest Prototyping for Impact Unboxed NESTA NESTA Levels of Evidence Report Prototyping for Impact in Healthcare appeared in Touchpoint Volume 10 No. 3 October 2018, The Journal of Service Design In This Episode [01:32] How Boris got started and how his career trajectory played out. [03:23] Challenges in moving from visual design to a service design career. [06:20] Boris's unique perspective of service design, and his design process. [09:30] The relationship between work and outcomes.[11:03] How outcomes chain together to make change. [14:45] The need for having evidence to support your outcomes, and what assumptions can be made from outcomes. [20:02] How Boris encourages client interest and client participation in service design. [24:38] The characteristics of the ideal project advocate. [26:45] How to work with clients who have deep institutional knowledge, and thus have the ability to shift the energy of the group. [27:14] Boris gives details on his Prototyping for Impact project. [31:49] Boris talks about experiences, books, and information that assisted him in service design. [34:40] How you can contact Boris and get more information about his current work and projects. Links and Resources Design Thinking at Work The Reflective Practitioner by Donald Schon Innovation with Information Technologies in Healthcare

Welcome to the Design Thinking podcast! I’m Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I’m interviewing Boris Divjak. He is a service designer and strategist based in the U.K., with 13 years of experience in creating digital services. He leads and advises teams on digital innovation projects in complex environments, such as local authorities and healthcare organizations, as well as commercial enterprises. Boris collaborates closely with clients in all stages of the innovation process, from initial customer research and co-design workshops through to developing a live service. He works best in an agile environment, where iterative improvements and open communication help guide the team towards a shared goal. Boris has been working in the public sector for the last few years; his current focus is on creating better public services outcomes and using service design and design thinking to deliver solutions to social problems. Today we explore Boris’s path from his career start in visual design, which led him into web design and from there, finding his way to service design. Boris explains his perspective on service design, and what types of models and prototypes he uses when he is designing. He also talks about how companies can take a look at a series of changes to understand how their products have an impact on the public sector, and how companies can connect their work to specific outcomes to be more confident in their product output. From his beginnings in a small startup in technology to his current position as a service designer, Boris talks about his experiences with service design, from client engagement to the characteristics he believes the ideal project advocate should have. We’ll also dig into his project, Prototyping for Impact, which offers a toolkit that anyone involved in innovation - in both the public and private sectors - can use to guide their innovation process. Boris tells us more about the project’s purpose and what he hopes the project will accomplish. Learn More About Today’s Guest Prototyping for Impact Unboxed NESTA NESTA Levels of Evidence Report Prototyping for Impact in Healthcare appeared in Touchpoint Volume 10 No. 3 October 2018, The Journal of Service Design In This Episode [01:32] How Boris got started and how his career trajectory played out. [03:23] Challenges in moving from visual design to a service design career. [06:20] Boris’s unique perspective of service design, and his design process. [09:30] The relationship between work and outcomes.[11:03] How outcomes chain together to make change. [14:45] The need for having evidence to support your outcomes, and what assumptions can be made from outcomes. [20:02] How Boris encourages client interest and client participation in service design. [24:38] The characteristics of the ideal project advocate. [26:45] How to work with clients who have deep institutional knowledge, and thus have the ability to shift the energy of the group. [27:14] Boris gives details on his Prototyping for Impact project. [31:49] Boris talks about experiences, books, and information that assisted him in service design. [34:40] How you can contact Boris and get more information about his current work and projects. Links and Resources Design Thinking at Work The Reflective Practitioner by Donald Schon Innovation with Information Technologies in Healthcare

Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 Podcast! I'm Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I'm interviewing Steve Reay. Steve is currently director of Good Health Design, a collaborative design studio at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. He is affiliated with the Designers Institute of New Zealand. Steve's research focuses on how the design of products and services may have a positive impact on people's health and well-being. Today we explore Steve's path from scientist to his role as the director of Good Health Design. Good Health Design enables designers to engage with clinical experts, healthcare professionals as well as researchers from other disciplines, to share and test ideas and develop unique solutions. We dive deep into team creation, what factors are important in team creation and which details are important particularly in the healthcare industry. SSteve and I talk about the reality of design thinking in healthcare, what makes the most successful projects successful, and how one of the factors to a successful project is how people work together. The type of time it takes in order to build a successful team. We'll also dig into his project, Initiate.Collaborate: a new collaborative project can often feel like stepping into the unknown with an ongoing learning curve, a clash of worlds and perspectives within constraining systems and structures. Initiate.collaborate is a card game that is fun and enables responsive and responsible collaborations. Learn More About Today's Guest Steve Reay's Profile Initiate.Collaborate Design for Health & Wellbeing Lab Good Health Design In This Episode [01:43] We hear about Steve's background, and his experiences which led to where he is today. [02:58] What Steve carried over from his career as a scientist to his career as a designer. [04:21] Steve's first projects in the healthcare space. [07:42] How Steve finds the right people for his project teams. [09:26] Relationships and how they make successful projects. [12:07] Steve's advice on what to look for when creating a design team in the healthcare organization team. [14:35] What different qualities design teams should have to be successful. [18:37] Bringing community work into the healthcare field and working in community projects. [22:38] Steve's thoughts on design thinking in relationship to design thinking and discipline formation. [29:29] What Steve is exploring with design thinking. [33:12] Steve's relationship with his students and how he views the learning journey. [37:02] An example of how Steve's team worked on design thinking with a client and using a co-design process. [45:54] The excitement which comes along with the initial phase of design thinking. [49:16] Resources Steve uses with his design thinking lab. Links and Resources Design Thinking at Work The Reflective Practitioner by Donald Schon Innovation with Information Technologies in Healthcare

Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 Podcast! I’m Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I’m interviewing Steve Reay. Steve is currently director of Good Health Design, a collaborative design studio at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. He is affiliated with the Designers Institute of New Zealand. Steve's research focuses on how the design of products and services may have a positive impact on people's health and well-being. Today we explore Steve’s path from scientist to his role as the director of Good Health Design. Good Health Design enables designers to engage with clinical experts, healthcare professionals as well as researchers from other disciplines, to share and test ideas and develop unique solutions. We dive deep into team creation, what factors are important in team creation and which details are important particularly in the healthcare industry. SSteve and I talk about the reality of design thinking in healthcare, what makes the most successful projects successful, and how one of the factors to a successful project is how people work together. The type of time it takes in order to build a successful team. We’ll also dig into his project, Initiate.Collaborate: a new collaborative project can often feel like stepping into the unknown with an ongoing learning curve, a clash of worlds and perspectives within constraining systems and structures. Initiate.collaborate is a card game that is fun and enables responsive and responsible collaborations. Learn More About Today’s Guest Steve Reay’s Profile Initiate.Collaborate Design for Health & Wellbeing Lab Good Health Design In This Episode [01:43] We hear about Steve’s background, and his experiences which led to where he is today. [02:58] What Steve carried over from his career as a scientist to his career as a designer. [04:21] Steve’s first projects in the healthcare space. [07:42] How Steve finds the right people for his project teams. [09:26] Relationships and how they make successful projects. [12:07] Steve’s advice on what to look for when creating a design team in the healthcare organization team. [14:35] What different qualities design teams should have to be successful. [18:37] Bringing community work into the healthcare field and working in community projects. [22:38] Steve’s thoughts on design thinking in relationship to design thinking and discipline formation. [29:29] What Steve is exploring with design thinking. [33:12] Steve’s relationship with his students and how he views the learning journey. [37:02] An example of how Steve’s team worked on design thinking with a client and using a co-design process. [45:54] The excitement which comes along with the initial phase of design thinking. [49:16] Resources Steve uses with his design thinking lab. Links and Resources Design Thinking at Work The Reflective Practitioner by Donald Schon Innovation with Information Technologies in Healthcare

Welcome to the Design Thinking podcast! I'm Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I'm interviewing Chris McCarthy. He is the Vice President of Strategy & Design at Hopelab where he is excited to deepen its impact on the health and wellness of young people through design and systems thinking. He is also the Executive Director and Founder of the Innovation Learning Network. Today we explore the different pathways of healthcare and the effect of design thinking on the healthcare industry, the beginnings of design thinking in the healthcare industry and why design thinking is so challenging to implement in the field of healthcare. One of the most important factors for Chris was to not put the Innovation and Design team out front first. Putting the Innovation and design team out first “triggers the immune system of the organization” as the team is so different from the other sections of the company. He explains why he had the innovation and design team behind the scenes when working with staff members. Chris and I talk about the subtle dance of support and help, along with people being able to tell their story with their voice for the staff to have a say and a stake in the process of development in the design innovation realm. We'll also dig into his projet, Hopelab which is a social innovation lab focused on designing science-based technologies to improve the health and well-being of teens and young adults. Learn More About Today's Guest Chris McCarthy on LinkedIn Hopelab.org ILN.org mccarthychris.com In This Episode [01:58] We hear about Chris's background, and how his experience in business and marketing helped to lead him to where he is today. [03:14] The precursor to human centered design. [04:54] Iconic IDO Shopping Cart video in 1999. [06:30] Chris and Christi Zuber start running design projects and the company grows. [09:21] The list of what “not to-do” when running a business inside of healthcare.[16:58] Humility is a large factor in design thinking. [18:48] Different types of designers and their success in implementing new design thinking models. [20:44] The convergence in the field of design thinking and the importance of being mission driven. [21:14] We hear Chris's response to the setting of new, young hires in design thinking [26:20] Chris lists the necessary, mandated rules of sharing information within the medical field. [28:09] Chris talks about the procedures within the team of Kaiser Permanente during the early years. [30:12] Working within co-opting the different constraints of healthcare. [38:53] Dawan and Chris talk about working with students at Hopelab and furthering health. and mental well-being for students. [46:58] Good, better and best research methods for design thinking. [51:22] Starting up and running the Innovation Learning Network. [56:42] The challenges different industries are facing. [61:03] Where can people learn more about Chris and his work. Links and Resources yes@designthinking101.com (Dawan Stanford) Design Thinking at Work The Reflective Practitioner by Donald Schon Innovation with Information Technologies in Healthcare Automating Humanity The Signals Are Talking The Necessity of Strangers The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures: Simple Rules to Unleash A Culture of Innovation. ReWork Accelerating Innovation Through Coopetition https://journals.lww.com/naqjournal/Fulltext/2018/01000/Accelerating_Innovation_Through_Coopetition__The.5.aspx?WT.mc_id=HPxADx20100319xMP Kaiser Permanente's Innovation on the Front Lines  https://hbr.org/2010/09/kaiser-permanentes-innovation-on-the-front-lines

Welcome to the Design Thinking podcast! I’m Dawan Stanford, your host. Today I’m interviewing Chris McCarthy. He is the Vice President of Strategy & Design at Hopelab where he is excited to deepen its impact on the health and wellness of young people through design and systems thinking. He is also the Executive Director and Founder of the Innovation Learning Network. Today we explore the different pathways of healthcare and the effect of design thinking on the healthcare industry, the beginnings of design thinking in the healthcare industry and why design thinking is so challenging to implement in the field of healthcare. One of the most important factors for Chris was to not put the Innovation and Design team out front first. Putting the Innovation and design team out first “triggers the immune system of the organization” as the team is so different from the other sections of the company. He explains why he had the innovation and design team behind the scenes when working with staff members. Chris and I talk about the subtle dance of support and help, along with people being able to tell their story with their voice for the staff to have a say and a stake in the process of development in the design innovation realm. We’ll also dig into his projet, Hopelab which is a social innovation lab focused on designing science-based technologies to improve the health and well-being of teens and young adults. Learn More About Today’s Guest Chris McCarthy on LinkedIn Hopelab.org ILN.org mccarthychris.com In This Episode [01:58] We hear about Chris’s background, and how his experience in business and marketing helped to lead him to where he is today. [03:14] The precursor to human centered design. [04:54] Iconic IDO Shopping Cart video in 1999. [06:30] Chris and Christi Zuber start running design projects and the company grows. [09:21] The list of what “not to-do” when running a business inside of healthcare.[16:58] Humility is a large factor in design thinking. [18:48] Different types of designers and their success in implementing new design thinking models. [20:44] The convergence in the field of design thinking and the importance of being mission driven. [21:14] We hear Chris’s response to the setting of new, young hires in design thinking [26:20] Chris lists the necessary, mandated rules of sharing information within the medical field. [28:09] Chris talks about the procedures within the team of Kaiser Permanente during the early years. [30:12] Working within co-opting the different constraints of healthcare. [38:53] Dawan and Chris talk about working with students at Hopelab and furthering health. and mental well-being for students. [46:58] Good, better and best research methods for design thinking. [51:22] Starting up and running the Innovation Learning Network. [56:42] The challenges different industries are facing. [61:03] Where can people learn more about Chris and his work. Links and Resources yes@designthinking101.com (Dawan Stanford) Design Thinking at Work The Reflective Practitioner by Donald Schon Innovation with Information Technologies in Healthcare Automating Humanity The Signals Are Talking The Necessity of Strangers The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures: Simple Rules to Unleash A Culture of Innovation. ReWork Accelerating Innovation Through Coopetition https://journals.lww.com/naqjournal/Fulltext/2018/01000/Accelerating_Innovation_Through_Coopetition__The.5.aspx?WT.mc_id=HPxADx20100319xMP Kaiser Permanente’s Innovation on the Front Lines  https://hbr.org/2010/09/kaiser-permanentes-innovation-on-the-front-lines

“Credit unions were a disruptor in their space too. They were a radical idea.” - Mike WalshWelcome to episode 15 of The CUInsight Experience podcast. Hosted by Randy Smith, co-founder and publisher of CUInsight.com. Mike Walsh joins me today for a fascinating conversation with someone who is outside the credit union space. At PSCU Member Forum in Austin, TX, I managed to snag one of the keynote speakers to sit down and chat, and that conversation is this episode! Mike is a futurist, a global nomad, the CEO of Tomorrow, and a consultant who helps leaders thrive in the current era of disruptive technological change.In our short conversation, we dug into moving from the digital revolution to the algorithmic revolution, the power of data in that move, and how credit unions can capitalize on this. Mike starts things off by explaining what a futurist is, revealing that in fact we’re all futurists in a way. After all, it’s impossible to survive without having some kind of anticipation of what will happen next.We’ve been through a digital revolution. The revolution that’s coming is an algorithmic one. As Mike points out, this offers opportunities for credit unions, which are already disruptors in their space. However, technology is a double-edged sword, because we all essentially end up with the same systems. This means that the technology itself is no longer an advantage; it’s just taken for granted. Instead, what you do in and around the technology is increasingly what matters more.In this day and age, all of us are wondering about technology, innovation, and the future, especially as they relate to credit unions. This conversation with Mike addresses those questions, introduces new ones, and gives an insightful perspective into how to move forward.Links to everything discussed in the show notes on CUInsight.com.Learn More About Today’s Guest:Mike WalshMike Walsh on LinkedIn@mikewalsh on TwitterMike Walsh on InstagramMike's BooksMike's PodcastIn This Episode:[00:03] (intro) - Welcome back to the CUInsight Experience! Randy introduces today’s guest, Mike Walsh.[00:48] (interview) - Mike addresses two questions: what’s the elevator pitch for what a futurist is, and is there something that he sees happening that credit unions need to wrap their heads around quickly?[02:04] - We need to reset our expectations about what new versus old means, Mike explains.[04:18] - Mike points out that credit unions were (and still are) a radical idea and a disruptor in their space.[05:07] - We learn about the one way to get people who are set in their ways to change their mindset profoundly.[06:12] - Mike points out that we’re all consumers of IT now, and explains why technology is a double-edged sword.[08:09] - Is it true that other countries are ahead of the US in a lot of ways when it comes to technology?[11:47] - We hear Mike’s thoughts on what to do with all the data once you’ve captured it for smaller companies that don’t have data scientists on hand.[13:31] - Mike chats about how he got his start on his career and ended up doing what he does now.[14:54] - Does Mike have any tips for being productive while on the road, or hacks for people who are moving into that space? He answers, and also addresses how he manages teams&

Aligning faith and work isn't easy. When business coach Ed Rush invited me to a workshop he was putting on in San Diego that he called Ultimate Breakthrough and that promised to specifically discuss how to merge faith with growing a business, I knew I had to attend. It was a great event for many reasons but it really threw me for a loop. While at that event I realized that there was a calling I was resisting. That event -- and specifically Melvin's message -- helped me give-in to that call and start this show. I made sure to connect with Melvin on Facebook and I make sure to watch his daily videos for my burst of faith inspiration. If you've ever felt trapped in a pit of unworthiness, knowing you were called for more but afraid to take action, then I hope this episode speaks to you. My guest grew up in apartheid South Africa as one of six children in a Hindu family. They were incredibly poor living in a tin shack with no running water. But he was greatly influenced by his mother and her belief in Jesus. She used to tell him that if he ever wanted anything he was to pray to Jesus. Melvin went from spending $2 to rent an audio tape of the legendary speaker Zig Ziglar to becoming a vice president in the Ziglar organization. Today, he's a an advisor to CEOs, political leaders, and entrepreneurs looking to take themselves, their countries, and their businesses to new heights of success in a way that's consistent with their faith. In this episode of The Courageous Entrepreneur show Melvin reveals... The role faith plays in helping us break free from the chains of trauma  How to deal with feelings of unworthiness and embrace the fact that Jesus is our brother  How shame can block faith  How an abundance mindset fits with being faithful  and so much more. Learn More About Today's Guest Reach Melvin: at his website and learn of his upcoming events on You Tube where you can watch his videos    on Facebook where you can communicate with him and get Melvin's inspiring messages on a daily basis    Go Deeper with Additional Research Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill - This little known book by Napoleon Hill shares his thoughts on faith and entrepreneurship. His wife wouldn't allow it to be published because she thought the message was too strong. I love this. It's one of my favorite books.