Podcasts about making change happen

Connie is feeling compelled to get involved in her local community, but she's never even attended a PTA meeting. On this episode of How To!, Courtney Martin enlists Eric Liu of Citizen University to explain how busy parents, introverts, and first-timers like Connie can test the waters of civic engagement in the Trump 2.0 era—without getting sucked under.  Eric is the author of You're More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen's Guide to Making Change Happen. If you liked this episode, check out our companion episode, How To Become an Expat, or this recent conversation: How To Lead Your Local Nonprofit.  For an upcoming episode, we want to hear from listeners affected by the disastrous wildfires in the Los Angeles area. If you're able to do so during this stressful time, tell us about the questions and challenges you're facing as you rebuild your home and your life. Send us a note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001.  How To's executive producer is Derek John. Joel Meyer is our senior editor/producer. The show is produced by Rosemary Belson, with Kevin Bendis. Want more How To!? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock exclusive bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the How To! show page. Or, visit slate.com/howtoplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Connie is feeling compelled to get involved in her local community, but she's never even attended a PTA meeting. On this episode of How To!, Courtney Martin enlists Eric Liu of Citizen University to explain how busy parents, introverts, and first-timers like Connie can test the waters of civic engagement in the Trump 2.0 era—without getting sucked under.  Eric is the author of You're More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen's Guide to Making Change Happen. If you liked this episode, check out our companion episode, How To Become an Expat, or this recent conversation: How To Lead Your Local Nonprofit.  For an upcoming episode, we want to hear from listeners affected by the disastrous wildfires in the Los Angeles area. If you're able to do so during this stressful time, tell us about the questions and challenges you're facing as you rebuild your home and your life. Send us a note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001.  How To's executive producer is Derek John. Joel Meyer is our senior editor/producer. The show is produced by Rosemary Belson, with Kevin Bendis. Want more How To!? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock exclusive bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the How To! show page. Or, visit slate.com/howtoplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Connie is feeling compelled to get involved in her local community, but she's never even attended a PTA meeting. On this episode of How To!, Courtney Martin enlists Eric Liu of Citizen University to explain how busy parents, introverts, and first-timers like Connie can test the waters of civic engagement in the Trump 2.0 era—without getting sucked under.  Eric is the author of You're More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen's Guide to Making Change Happen. If you liked this episode, check out our companion episode, How To Become an Expat, or this recent conversation: How To Lead Your Local Nonprofit.  For an upcoming episode, we want to hear from listeners affected by the disastrous wildfires in the Los Angeles area. If you're able to do so during this stressful time, tell us about the questions and challenges you're facing as you rebuild your home and your life. Send us a note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001.  How To's executive producer is Derek John. Joel Meyer is our senior editor/producer. The show is produced by Rosemary Belson, with Kevin Bendis. Want more How To!? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock exclusive bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the How To! show page. Or, visit slate.com/howtoplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Connie is feeling compelled to get involved in her local community, but she's never even attended a PTA meeting. On this episode of How To!, Courtney Martin enlists Eric Liu of Citizen University to explain how busy parents, introverts, and first-timers like Connie can test the waters of civic engagement in the Trump 2.0 era—without getting sucked under.  Eric is the author of You're More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen's Guide to Making Change Happen. If you liked this episode, check out our companion episode, How To Become an Expat, or this recent conversation: How To Lead Your Local Nonprofit.  For an upcoming episode, we want to hear from listeners affected by the disastrous wildfires in the Los Angeles area. If you're able to do so during this stressful time, tell us about the questions and challenges you're facing as you rebuild your home and your life. Send us a note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001.  How To's executive producer is Derek John. Joel Meyer is our senior editor/producer. The show is produced by Rosemary Belson, with Kevin Bendis. Want more How To!? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock exclusive bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the How To! show page. Or, visit slate.com/howtoplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Connie is feeling compelled to get involved in her local community, but she's never even attended a PTA meeting. On this episode of How To!, Courtney Martin enlists Eric Liu of Citizen University to explain how busy parents, introverts, and first-timers like Connie can test the waters of civic engagement in the Trump 2.0 era—without getting sucked under.  Eric is the author of You're More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen's Guide to Making Change Happen. If you liked this episode, check out our companion episode, How To Become an Expat, or this recent conversation: How To Lead Your Local Nonprofit.  For an upcoming episode, we want to hear from listeners affected by the disastrous wildfires in the Los Angeles area. If you're able to do so during this stressful time, tell us about the questions and challenges you're facing as you rebuild your home and your life. Send us a note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001.  How To's executive producer is Derek John. Joel Meyer is our senior editor/producer. The show is produced by Rosemary Belson, with Kevin Bendis. Want more How To!? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock exclusive bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the How To! show page. Or, visit slate.com/howtoplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Connie is feeling compelled to get involved in her local community, but she's never even attended a PTA meeting. On this episode of How To!, Courtney Martin enlists Eric Liu of Citizen University to explain how busy parents, introverts, and first-timers like Connie can test the waters of civic engagement in the Trump 2.0 era—without getting sucked under.  Eric is the author of You're More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen's Guide to Making Change Happen. If you liked this episode, check out our companion episode, How To Become an Expat, or this recent conversation: How To Lead Your Local Nonprofit.  For an upcoming episode, we want to hear from listeners affected by the disastrous wildfires in the Los Angeles area. If you're able to do so during this stressful time, tell us about the questions and challenges you're facing as you rebuild your home and your life. Send us a note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001.  How To's executive producer is Derek John. Joel Meyer is our senior editor/producer. The show is produced by Rosemary Belson, with Kevin Bendis. Want more How To!? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock exclusive bonus episodes. Plus, you'll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of the How To! show page. Or, visit slate.com/howtoplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Preaching for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Claire Erlenborn offers a reflection on making change in community: "So how do we make real change today? We do it in community. We listen to our elders, the Marys in our lives, who remind us of the gifts we have been bestowed by the Spirit and we continue to slowly chip away at the slow work of the kingdom, doing our part with our specific gifts from the Spirit to make earth just a bit more like heaven. " Claire Erlenborn (she/her) serves as the Campus Minister for Pastoral Care at Loyola University Chicago. Her work focuses on retreats for undergraduate students, grief support both individually and in groups, as well as advocacy for students on the margins. Prior to this role, Claire worked with survivors of sexual violence at Northeastern University, with young adults experiencing homelessness at Bridge Over Troubled Waters, and with high school students at Villanova Prep High School while volunteering with the Augustinian Volunteers. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/01192025 to learn more about Claire, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.

Jessica Jackson understands the damage wreaked by excessive incarceration and supervision firsthand. As a young mother with a two-month old on her hip, she watched her husband be sentenced to six years in prison, being pulled into a system impacting millions in the US alone - one that erodes families and communities and restricts opportunities for stable lives after release. This life-changing experience drove this housewife just only a GED to go to college, then law school, and then become a human rights attorney driving a movement for reform. She talks about her work running The Reform Alliance as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Advocacy Officer and shares the legislation she's helped make possible so far. She also shares why tackling stigma and isolation is so key to future progress on this issue and the personal traits that she's depended on the most to overcome hurdles and challenges. About this episode: The Reform Alliance: Young Global Leaders: Future of Leadership Series: Jessica is a Young Global Leader, a group of more than 1,400 innovators, entrepreneurs, technology pioneers, educators, activists, artists, journalists, and more, working to make change happen. This is the first in an ongoing series spotlighting leaders from this community. 

Helen has been supporting quality improvement within the health and care system for nearly 30 years. She has led and facilitated many nationwide initiatives to improve care, including in cancer services, urgent and emergency care, services for people living with dementia and care in the community. Helen has demonstrated a constancy of purpose and resilience to stay within the system over the years that is rare in internal change agents. She has managed to keep learning, growing and delivering change. Over time, her focus has shifted from managing big programmes of change to approaches that mobilise and build energy and commitment to change on a very large scale. Helen has an ability to connect directly with thousands of frontline staff and patient leaders. She is one of the top social influencers in healthcare globally, reaching more than a million people each month through her social media connections, virtual presentations, commentaries and blogs.

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How can donors support a revitalization of civic engagement and a renewed commitment to democratic citizenship? Eric Liu, co-founder CEO of Citizen University, joins Phil and Grace to discuss the crisis in civic faith, our individual power to effect positive change in our communities, and the importance of supporting literacy in power. He also exhorts donors to recognize that democracy and citizenship go beyond electoral politics, addresses the difficult question of when to engage in bridging and when it may be unproductive, and speaks to the importance of inviting youth into the conversation. Additional Resources Citizen University You're More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen's Guide to Making Change Happen by Eric Liu Whitney Kimball Coe, Director of National Programs, Center for Rural Strategies, The Aspen Institute  Report: Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century Report: Youth Civic Empowerment: Insights from the Student Experience Report: Habits of Heart and Mind: How to Fortify Civic Culture

Doree and Elise bring on return guest Melissa Walker (Head of Giving Circles at The States Project) to discuss why you should care about state legislatures, which states The States Project is really focusing on this year (and why), the ~vibes~ in politics right now, and the amazing changes that Forever35 listeners have helped enact in the last few years through our Giving Circle. To leave a voicemail or text for a future episode, reach Doree & Elise at 781-591-0390. You can also email the podcast at forever35podcast@gmail.com.Visit forever35podcast.com for links to everything they mention on the show or visit shopmyshelf.us/forever35.Follow the podcast on Instagram (@Forever35Podcast) and sign up for the newsletter at forever35podcast.com/newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to this episode, which is all about how to make change happen BEFORE you hit rock bottom.YOUR NEXT STEP - DOWNLOAD HERE:Your free START DREAMING AGAIN BUNDLE (GUIDE & 60-DAY DREAM AGAIN WORKBOOK) > HEREOR SEE MY EVERYTHING PAGE > HEREThis Inspiring Life Podcast episode with your host Frances Vidakovic will give you all the best coaching strategies to help you achieve your goals and live a more intentional life today.On this podcast we dig deeper into topics such as mindset, parenting, time management, intentional living, improving relationships, raising kids and teens, goal setting, personal development, following your purpose, how to stop self-sabotage, growing a business and so much more.So if you want to know all the best and simplest ways to manage your mindset, time and life better this is the podcast for you. On Inspiring Mom Life, you will find all the best life coaching strategies to help you live your one wildly beautiful and precious life without regret.  Learn more at InspiringMomLife.com/helpCOACHINGCheck out THE DREAMING TO DOING COACHING EXPERIENCE hereCOURSES> Check Out All My COURSES Here> YOUR INVISIBLE CROWN is HERE> YOUR MAGIC WAND is HERE> Dream Big My Life CEO Planner is HERESTAY IN TOUCH> Let's Be Friends On Instagram Here

In this episode, Mindi & Leslie dive into the universal desire for change and the often frustrating reality of its timing. We know we want change but so often get stuck not doing it or not knowing what change we want. Why? In this episode, Mindi & Leslie explore why change sometimes feels elusive. It can sometimes feel like a big unknown -- what change do I need? How do I figure it out? How can I even make a change? This process can be frustrating... but it doesn't need to be!Join Mindi & Leslie as they talk about how to build and work towards change. Recognizing and leveraging moments along the way that help you go through the process of putting all the pieces in place and walking into your change with ease when the timing is right.Connect with The Banyan Effect Podcast Hosts: The Banyan Effect Podcast Instagram The Banyan Effect Podcast Facebook Watch The Banyan Effect Podcast On YouTube

In this episode, Bob'nJoyce share 12 principles or truths about organizational change. This list is based on the work of Margaret Wheatley, author, leadership guru, and management consultant. We time-test these truths using our experiences and invite you to do the same. Here is sample of some: 1. Whatever the problem, community is the answer. 2. Diversity is a blessing, not a problem. 3. A leader is anyone willing to engage. 4. People support what they create. 5. Change happens through emergence, not by any other process. Come on in. Grab a snack. Welcome!

When you want to make a change what do you do?You can force people with a stick. You can entice them with a carrot. Or you can talk it through and agree how to work together.Today Paula Anastasiade goes into organisations and works to make changes happen. Without bribery or force. But through dialogue and listeningChange happened through force and fear. Later she trained as a Social Scientist. Her Master's degree involved Conflict Resolution and mediation processes. She understands how people work and interact together in groups. Today Paula goes into organisations and works to make changes happen. Without bribery or force. But through dialogue and listening.I had a fascinating conversation about her experiences and how to make change work.

Mark Holden and Latoya Rule are two young First Nations advocates making change happen.

Introduction In a world where the speed of change is ever-increasing, keeping pace and adapting is crucial to the Army's ability to maintain relevance and achieve competitive advantage. Successfully implementing change helps the Army remain agile, innovative, and relevant.  Nonetheless, change and innovation is difficult to implement. For example, results... The post Making Change Happen in the Army appeared first on Wavell Room.

In this episode the gang catch up on some exciting developments for the charity. There's a fascinating discussion on maintaining one's mental health at work, how to help your employer to help everyone and the build up to the social event of the summer, the BadCo Summer Ball. Also featured are the ever excellent rants and a delightful sign off from Lise.

This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that has the power to help your business resolve and prevent misconduct and ESG violations and, with that, create flawless integrity. My guest is Neta Meidav, Co-founder and CEO of Vault Platform. Neta is a tech entrepreneur on a very big mission. She started her career at Ofgem as manager of European Strategy and then moved to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, responsible as their Climate Change Negotiator. In 2017, inspired by the #MeToo movement and her own experiences with harassment, she left her job as a UK climate adviser - to solve this growing global problem. Her own experiences sparked the big idea behind the Vault platform, which she co-founded in 2018 and leads as the CEO. Their mission: help companies worldwide become the best and most ethical versions of themselves - thereby creating a world in which every working environment is inclusive, diverse, productive, and safe. And this inspired me, and hence I invited Neta to my podcast. We explore what's broken in the world of misconduct reporting. Neta shares her vision of how to solve this problem for good and why that needs a radically different approach. She elaborates on the lessons learned from the pivots she had to undergo, how that turned their entire GTM on its head, and what it took to create a dent in a market that's dominated by very large companies. Lastly, she shares her secrets on how to turn every employee, their family, and their friends into advocates for the mission. Here's one of her quotes Many of them [competitors] have taken kind of the old analog way of internal reporting, taking it away from a hotline and creating a digital experience. But this is not what Vault is about. This is about truly using technology to unlock new ways of reporting that weren't there before. And by doing so, changing human behavior. It's not about an app. And it's not about an interface. And it's not even about accessibility, though; all of those things matter greatly. It's about leveraging technology to do something very, very different. It's a completely new way of coming forward.  During this interview, you will learn four things: How showing up differently can be your weapon to outperform the largest competitors. Why the best solutions out there are not about making legacy a digital experience but about changing human behavior. How to find out as early as possible your SaaS business needs to pivot. How to create a SaaS business that remains relevant at all times  For more information about the guest from this week: Neta Meidav Website Vault Platform Subscribe to the Daily SaaS Reflection Get my free, 1 min daily reflection on shaping a B2B SaaS business no one can ignore. Subscribe here Yes, it's actually daily. And yes, people actually stay subscribed (Just see what peer B2B SaaS CEOs say) My promise: It's short. To the point. Inspiring. And valuable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In episode 80 of the Growth Series podcast, Nicola Alvarez, Senior Manager Proposition Development at Accord Mortgages, is joined by Nicola Goldie, Head of National Accounts at Virgin Money, Lisa Martin, Development Director at TMA Mortgage Club and Atlyn Forde, Senior Manager and the Global and UK Diversity and Inclusion Committee Chair at Pepper Money, who discuss the type of work they've done in this area and why they wanted to be involved. 

This week we revisit a previous podcast from 11th November 2019, Rachel Morris has “starred” in two of our most popular podcasts and through her work on GP resilience, she was inspired to set up her own “You Are Not A Frog” podcast. In a recent edition of that podcast, she interviewed our own Ben Gowland to discuss ways in which general practice can effectively introduce change, particularly against a background of resistance.   Introduction (0.09)   Ben explains how his career progressed to setting up Ockham Healthcare (0.44)   How Ockham Healthcare developed its unique offering (1.54)   Working with at-scale general practice – a means to an end (2.39)   The goals for working at scale (3.29)   Making a difference – Time for Care (4.21)   Change is difficult so how do we approach it? (6.53)   Introducing pharmacists – a practical example (7.24)   Resistance to change – a systematic approach (9.07)   The problem is obvious why we need to change? Isn't it? (11.17)   The system and what you can control (12.15)   Overcoming the emotional response (13.20)   Picking the changes you pursue – small or large (14.26)   Ockham Healthcare's role in supporting joint working (16.31)   Influencing without hierarchical “power” – a practice's relationship with the PCN (17.49)   What's the one big thing a PCN should be doing? (19.35)   Expect resistance – dealing with your “No Nos” (20.54)   Becoming positive about change (22.09)   Contacting Ben (23.20)   For all enquiries about the Ockham podcast, please contact Ben Gowland here.   The You Are Not a Frog podcast is available in a number of places including here.

Well, here we are again, another year has come to an end, and another year filled with hardship, joy, fulfillment, patience, gratitude and love.How do you plan for the end of the year? Do you make resolutions? Do you go into each new year with a fresh mentality, and maybe struggle to keep that mindset going?I'm sharing this episode about Making Change Happen Without New Year's Resolutions with you because it's important to remember that change can happen at any time – not just at the end of the year. We talk about:[0:00] Intro [1:00] Setting daily resolutions instead of yearly ones[3:30] Why we wait for the new year to make changes[4:45] How to make real change in our lives[5:40] Why we can't make judgements of other people based on what we see on the outside[8:20] What happens when we STOP waiting[17:10] How to challenge your negative thoughts  Loved this episode? I know, me too, friend! Me too! If this episode resonated with you, we'd love to hear from you, say hi on Instagram @shantellebisson, @withoutlosingyourcool, and for the love of all things cool, if you have a burning question you'd like answered, go to shantellebisson.com/podcast and leave us a message for your question to be featured on our upcoming episodes!Share your takeaways on social media and tag us & subscribe+rate+leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and send us a screenshot of your review to be entered to win some cool prizes! Shop my Bundles here: https://shantellebisson.com/collections Join my newsletter here: https://shantellebisson.com/pages/book-shantelleUntil next time remember to keep doing the hard things, and show up like you mean it! Without Losing Your Cool!

At CyberTalks, Section Chief of the Cyber Technical Analytics & Operations Sections in the FBI's Cyber Division Philip Frigm Jr. outlines his agency's mission in cybersecurity. Two leaders with experience in hacking bureaucracy are writing about their experience. Nick Sinai, senior advisor at Insight Partners and former deputy chief technology officer of the United States, and Marina Nitze, partner at Layer Aleph and former chief technology officer & senior advisor to the secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discuss their new book “Hack Your Bureaucracy: Get Things Done No Matter What Your Role on Any Team” and their experience improving organizations. The Daily Scoop Podcast is available every weekday afternoon. If you want to hear more of the latest from Washington, subscribe to The Daily Scoop Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And if you like what you hear, please let us know in the comments.

On Wednesday 6th October we were joined by renowned US political scientist Eitan Hersch, author of "Politics is for Power", for our online event event "Making Change Happen". We talked to Eitan about how to turn yourself into an effective activist, what it means to be part of a community and the role of young people in making change.Our new chair, Kirsty McNeill, was also on hand to talk about how we can all get involved in listening to people across Scotland about the change they want to see.Thanks for listening! Get the latest by following @scottish_future

01:47 - Nyota's Superpower: To hear and pull out people's ideas to make them more clear, actionable, and profitable! * Acknowledging The Unspoken * Getting Checked 07:15 - Boundaries and Harmony 10:35 - News & Social Media * Addiction * Filtering * Bias 18:54 - The Impact of AI 23:00 - Anyone Can Be A Freelance Journalist; How Change Happens * Chelsea Cirruzzo's Guide to Freelance Journalism (https://docs.google.com/document/d/18rwpMH_VpK8LUcO61czV2SzzXPVmcVhmUigf1_a7xbc/edit) * Casey's GGWash Article About Ranked Choice Voting (https://ggwash.org/view/79582/what-exactly-is-ranked-choice-voting-anyway) * First Follower: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy | Derek Sivers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ) 40:13 - The Intersection of Cybersecurity and Employee Wellness: Resiliency * @selfcare_tech (https://twitter.com/selfcare_tech) Reflections: Casey & John: “A big part of resilience is being able to take more breaths.” – Nyota Damien: You can be the expert. You can be the journalist. You can be the first mover/leader. Applying that conscientiously. Nyota: Leaving breadcrumbs. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Transcript: PRE-ROLL: Software is broken, but it can be fixed. Test Double's superpower is improving how the world builds software by building both great software and great teams. And you can help! Test Double is hiring empathetic senior software engineers and DevOps engineers. We work in Ruby, JavaScript, Elixir and a lot more. Test Double trusts developers with autonomy and flexibility at a remote, 100% employee-owned software consulting agency. Looking for more challenges? Enjoy lots of variety while working with the best teams in tech as a developer consultant at Test Double. Find out more and check out remote openings at link.testdouble.com/greater. That's link.testdouble.com/greater. DAMIEN: Welcome to Episode 275 of Greater Than Code. I'm Damien Burke and I'm here with John Sawers. JOHN: Thanks, Damien. And I'm here with Casey Watts. CASEY: Hi, I'm Casey! And we're all here with our guest today, Nyota Gordon. Nyota is a technologist in cybersecurity and Army retiree with over 22 years of Active Federal Leadership Service. She is the founder, developer, and all-around do-gooder at Transition365 a Cyber Resiliency Training Firm that thrives at the intersection of cybersecurity and employee wellness. Welcome, Nyota! So glad to have you. NYOTA: Thank you so much for having me. I appreciate you. CASEY: Yay! All right. Our first question—we warned you about this—what is your superpower and how did you acquire it? NYOTA: My superpower is to hear, pull out people's ideas, and make them more clear, more actionable, and more profitable. DAMIEN: Ooh. NYOTA: Yeah, that's one of my friends told me that. And how did I get it? I'm a words person. So I listen to what people say, but I also listen to what they don't say. CASEY: What they don't say. NYOTA: Yeah. CASEY: Can you think of an example? NYOTA: Like that. Like when you did that quiet thing you just did, I saw that mind blown emoji because there's a lot in unspoken. There's a lot in body language. There's a lot in silence. When the silence happens, there's a lot when someone changes the topic, like that stuff is a lot. [chuckles] So I listen and I acknowledge all of that. Maybe we all hear it, or don't hear it depending on how you're processing what I'm saying, but we don't always acknowledge it and respect it in other people, DAMIEN: You have to listen to the notes he's not playing. [laughter] Do you ever have an experience where things that are not said do not want to be heard? NYOTA: Absolutely. But that's part of acknowledging and so, you can tell when people are like, “I do not want to talk about that.” So then I would do a gentle topic change and not a hard left all the time, because you don't want to make it all the way weird, but it may be like, “Oh, okay so you were talking about your hair, like you were saying something about your hair there.” I try to be very mindful because I will get in your business. Like, I will ask you a million questions. I'm very inquisitive and maybe that's one of my superpowers too, but I'm also aware and I feel like I'm respectful of people's space most times. CASEY: I really like that in people when people notice a lot about me and they can call it out. When I was a kid, my family would call me blunt, not necessarily in a bad way, but I would just say whatever I'm thinking and not everyone likes it right away. But I really appreciate that kind of transparency, honesty, especially if I trust the person. That helps a lot, too. NYOTA: I was just saying that to my mom, actually, I was like, “You know, mom, I feel like I need a different quality of friend,” and what I mean by that is my friends just let me wild out. Like I ask them anything, I say anything, but they don't kind of check me. They're like, “Well, is that right, Nyota?” Like, Tell me, why are you saying it like that?” But they just let me be like ah and I'm like, “Mom, I need to be checked.” Like I need a hard check sometimes. So now you're just letting me run wild so now I'm just seeing how wild I can get. Sometime I just want maybe like a little check, a little body check every now and then, but I try to be mindful when it comes to other people, though. It's the check I want is not always the check that other people want. CASEY: Right, right. DAMIEN: What is it like when you're being checked? What happens? NYOTA: It's hard to come by these days so I'm not really sure [chuckles] when I'm getting my own, but I'll ask a question. I'll just kind of ask a question like, “Well, is that true?” people are like, “This world is falling apart,” and you know how people are because we are in a shaky space right now and I'm like, “But is that absolutely true for your life?” How is everything really infecting, impacting what have you being exposed to in your own life? So as we have the conversation about COVID. COVID was one of my best years as far as learning about myself, connecting with people better and more intimately than I ever really have before and we're talking virtually. So things are going on in the world, but is it going on personally, or are you just watching the news and repeating what other people are saying? JOHN: That's such a fascinating thing to do to interrupt that cycle of someone who's just riding along with something they've heard, or they're just getting caught up in the of that everything's going to hell and the world is in a terrible place. Certainly, there are terrible things going on, but that's such a great question to ask because it's not saying there's nothing bad going on. You're not trying to be toxically positive, but you're saying, “Let's get a clear view of that and look at what's actually in your life right now.” NYOTA: That part, that part because people are like, nobody's looking for crazy Pollyanna, but sometimes people do need to kind of get back to are we talking about you, or are we talking about someone else? DAMIEN: That's such a great way of framing it: are we talking about you, or are we talking about someone else? NYOTA: Yeah. CASEY: It reminds me of boundaries. The boundary, literally the definition of who I am and who I care about. It might include my family, my partner, me. It's may be a gradient even. [chuckles] We can draw the boundary somewhere on that. NYOTA: Yeah, and I think we also get to speak even more than boundaries about is it in harmony? Because I feel like there are going to be some levels that are big, like my feelings are heard, or I'm feeling like I just need to be by myself. But then there are these little supporting roles of what that is. I think it's as you see, some parts are up and some parts are down because sometimes when it comes to boundaries, it's a little challenging because sometimes there has to be this give and take, and your boundaries get to be a little bit more fluid when they have to engage with other people. It's those darn other people. [chuckles] DAMIEN: But being conscientious and aware of how you do that. It's a big planet with a lot of people on it and if you go looking for tragedy, we're very well connected, we can find it all and you can internalize as much of it as you can take and that's bad. That is an unpleasant experience. NYOTA: Yeah. DAMIEN: And that's not to say that it's not happening out there and that's not to say that it's not tragic, but you get to decide if it's happening to you, or not. NYOTA: Right. DAMIEN: And that's separate from things that are directly in our physical space, our locus of control, or inside of the boundaries that we set with ourselves and loved ones, et cetera. NYOTA: Because it's so easy to – I say this sometimes, guilt is a hell of a drug because sometimes people are addicted to guilt, addicted to trauma, addicted to a good time and not even thinking of all the things that come with those different levels of addiction. So I think we get fed into this news and this narrative, like we were speaking of earlier a of everything's bad, this is a terrible place, everyone's going to hell. Whatever the narrative is the flavor of the moment and there's so many other things. It's a whole world, like you said. It's a whole world and I think the world is kind of exactly what we're looking for. When I was in the military, every town is exactly what you need it to be. [laughter] Because if you're looking for the club, you're looking for the party people in little small towns. But I could tell you where every library was. Don't call me nerdy because I am, but I don't care. All right. I could tell you where every library was. I could tell you where every place to eat. I could tell you all of those things, but then you'll ask me like, “Where's the club?” And I was like, “There's a club here?” Because that's not what I'm looking for. That's not the experience that I'm looking for. So I would dare say every place is exactly what you're looking for, what you want it, what you need it to be. CASEY: We're talking about the news a little bit here and it reminds me of social media, like the addiction to news, the addiction to social media. In a way, it is an addiction. Like you keep going to it when you're bored, you just reach for it. That's the stimulus, that's your dopamine. I think of both of those, news and social media, as a cheap form of being connected to other humans. A bad, low quality, not a deep connection kind of thing. But what we all would thrive if we had more of is more connections to others, which like community, authentic relationships with people. But that's harder. Even if you know that and you say that's your goal, it takes more work to do that than to pick up Facebook app on your phone. I deleted it from my phone six months ago and I've been happier for it. [laughter] NYOTA: Like delete, delete? Like delete? CASEY: Well, it is on my iPad in case I have to post a shirt design into a Facebook group. I'm not gone gone, but I'm basically gone and I know that I don't interact on it and it's boring. I don't post anything. I don't get any likes. I don't even want to like anyone's post and they'll say, “Oh, you're on.” I don't do anything. Like once every three months, I'll post a design. NYOTA: Is that for every social media channel? CASEY: I'm still on Twitter. NYOTA: Twitter. CASEY: I'm still on Twitter and LinkedIn kind of for business reasons. But if I could drop them, I think I would, too. NYOTA: Did you say if you could? CASEY: If I could drop them and not have business repercussions. NYOTA: Mm. DAMIEN: This sounds like a great idea to make more profitable. NYOTA: [laughs] I'm thinking does a lot of your business come from –? I feel like LinkedIn is social, but. CASEY: I wouldn't say that I get new business from these necessarily, but I do end up with clients and potential clients and people I've talked to before saying, “Ph, I saw that thing and now that I saw you wrote a blog post about doing surveys for an engineering org, now I want to talk to you.” NYOTA: Mm, okay. CASEY: Like that is pretty valuable and when I'm writing something like a blog post, I want to put that somewhere. But anyway, I am happier that I'm off of Facebook and Instagram, which I wasn't getting as much value out of. Other than connection to people, the shallow connection to people and instead I switched to messaging people. I have text message threads and group chats and those are much more intimate, much more stuff being shared, more connection to those individuals. NYOTA: I agree with that. What about you John? Like what is your relationship with social media right now? JOHN: So I've always been sort of arm's length with Facebook. So it's been just like eh, I check in every week, maybe just sort of see. I scroll until I lose interest, which is 10 minutes the most and then those are my updates. That's all I see and then occasionally, I'll post a meme, or something. I don't really do a lot there. Usually, I keep it around just for the people that I'm in touch with that are only on Facebook and I only have connection to them. But you bring up an interesting point about there's a positive and a negative to being able to filter your social media. For example, with Reddit and Twitter, you only see the stuff for people you're following and/or the subreddits that you're subscribed to. So you can very much customize that experience into something that isn't full of most of the crap people experience on Twitter, or Reddit. So there's that positive there because you can craft a world that's maybe it's all kitten pictures, maybe whatever, and post about programming, whatever it is. But you do have the problem of filter bubbles so that if you are in something that's a little bit more controversial, you do end up with that echo chamber effect and lots of people jumping in, or if you're in a sub that's interesting to you, that's also very contentious and the threads go off the rails all the time, but you can control that. You can see like, “Well, no, get it out of here. I don't need to deal with that static.” I rely on that a lot to sort of focus in on what I'm using it for, whether it's keeping up with specific friends, or specific topics and then trying to filter out as much of the things I don't want as possible. NYOTA: Is Facebook's your only social media channel? JOHN: No, I'm on Twitter. I don't usually post a lot, usually just retweet stuff and read it. NYOTA: That's kind of lame a little bit. I'm not saying, I'm just saying that your social media choices – [laughter] DAMIEN: Wow. NYOTA: But I think you're are right, though. I'm a lot better off for it because I did find myself going down a social media rabbit. It was easy for me to cut off the news. I actually stopped watching the news in 2007 when I became an officer. They were like, “As an officer, you have to watch the news. You have to be aware of what's going on in the world,” and I was like, “Oh, okay,” and then I walked away from that lady and I was like, “I'm not watching the news anymore.” DAMIEN: Hmm. NYOTA: Because I felt like she was trying to trick me in some kind of a way, but you get what you need. If it's something that I need to know, it comes to me it. It comes to me like. Believe me, it'll come to you. She was a little bit too adamant about what I needed and how the news was a part of it. It just felt a little not right and so, I actually stopped. DAMIEN: The news is a very specific thing like that word, the news [chuckles] Is anything new about it? [chuckles] The news is a group of organizations, a group of media organizations that are all very much alike. The Economist, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The L.A. Times, The Chicago Tribune, NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox News, MSNBC. These are all organizations that operate the same, they cover the same things, and they do them in largely the same way along of course, some political partisan differences. But it's not new and for most people, it does not serve them, or inform them. NYOTA: Yeah. It's very divisive. DAMIEN: I used to get my news from Jay Leno. [laughter] That was better than CNN more and funnier, too. NYOTA: That part. [laughs] I think it's just interesting how it's such a whole world with a whole bunch of people with various levels of experiencing, bumping into each other, and like you're saying, this is what everyone's reporting on. Nothing else happens? Nothing good happens anywhere else? CASEY: Yeah. NYOTA: Nothing? See, that's not true. [laughter] Like that can't be real for me and so, I'm not going to be able to include that in where I spend my time. JOHN: Yeah. I used to have NPR on in the car whenever I was in the car, I was like, “Oh, it'll keep me inform,” blah, blah, blah. But eventually, I was like, “You know what? They still talk about the same crap. They're just from a perspective I agree with slightly more.” But even when they do human interest stuff, or stuff that isn't about a war, or some sort of crisis in Washington, it's still so negatively biased. Even the stuff that's theoretically positive, it still has this weird you should be concerned about this vibe to it and eventually, I was realizing that there's no room for that in my life. DAMIEN: Yeah. We talk about how harmed full Facebook is to society and individuals. But this is not again, new. [chuckles] Facebook optimizes for engagement, which causes harm as a byproduct. It's the AI-fication of what media has been doing ever since there has been mass media. NYOTA: Yeah. It's interesting because there was a moment in there. So I even got on social media because I was always gone. I lived wherever I lived while I was in the military and so, it was a way to let my family know, “Okay, I'm here. Look, I ate this.” [chuckles] All of those things. So there was a part where Facebook made a drastic turn on my feed and I was like, “Ohm this is so bad!” And then I was like, “Okay, wait, wait. Who's bad? Who is this coming from?” So I cleaned up my whole Facebook feed and then it became a happy place again and then now where it is, it's a place where it's only seven people out of the thousand Facebook friends I have. I was like, “Okay, well that's not it either. That's not it.” So it's just interesting how AI has such a impact of what we listen to, or what we talk about. So now it's these days I'm like new shoes, new shoes, new shoes. Because I want that to come up on my – I don't even – you know what I'm saying? Because I know that you're listening, so I'll get it later. So now I almost treat it like an administrative assistant so I can look it up later. [laughter] CASEY: Hilarious. NYOTA: Yeah. JOHN: Please target some ads around shoes to me. NYOTA: I did. Yeah, because they're listening. CASEY: And it works, doesn't it? I know. NYOTA: Yes. CASEY: I know it works. NYOTA: Yes. CASEY: That still blows some people's minds. If you could say the name of a product and you'll see it the next day. If you have your ads on, it's listening and your phone is listening. Everyone's phone is listening. NYOTA: Yes, yes. Because you're looking at something like – I don't even really listen to the music. What is it? Spotify! And then it's like, you're listening to Spotify, but why is my mic on? You want to hear me sing the song? Why does my mic have to be on? I don't understand that part. Like why? They'll be like, “Oh, she has a great voice on her.” Is that why you're listening? [laughter] Why are you listening? I don't understand that part. So I don't know. DAMIEN: There's a deal coming your way. NYOTA: [laughs] Come on. Let's go. JOHN: I assume the public reason for it is so that you can do voice searches and like, “Hey, play me some more Rebecca Black,” or whatever. But who knows what else they're doing with it once you've got it turned on, right? It could be whatever. DAMIEN: Actually listening in on people is not the technically most effective way of getting those results. If you say the brand name of a shoe, it's probably because the people around you are talking about it and what do they search on Google? What ads have they seen? It's easier to say, “Oh, you're in the room with these people who are interested in these things,” or “You're in conversation with these people who are interested in these things. Let me show you these things without honing through massive amounts of audio data.” CASEY: Yeah. Both are possible and that one's easier. I'm sure they both happen and at what frequency, that's hard to study from beyond outside, but we know it's all possible and we know it's happening. If this is news to anyone listening, you can look this up. There are a million articles about it and they explain why and how, and some people did some empirical tests and I don't have any handy, but I've read it over and over and over on the internet and the internet's always right. NYOTA: That's what I heard [laughs] and not from the news. CASEY: I have these Google Home Minis in my house and all of them, the mics are off. So if ever the power cable gets jingled, it says, ‘Just so you know, the mic's off and I have to say it for a really long time. This is a very long recorded message. So that you'll want to turn your mic back on,” and it says that. Can you believe it? [laughter] DAMIEN: That's not the actual text of the message, right? I have to check. NYOTA: These little home speakers are cool in all the worst ways, but the best ways, too. So my Alexa, I'll be asking her whatever and then I'll say, “Thank you, Alexa,” and she'll say, “You're very, very, very, very welcome,” like she's singing, yes. [laughs] DAMIEN: Wow. You people have corporate spying devices in your homes. It's unbelievable. NYOTA: But you have one, too. It's just your phone. So we all have them. DAMIEN: Yeah. She promises me she doesn't listen unless I ask. NYOTA: That's what mine said! CASEY: Mine said it! [laughter] I don't trust them either. I don't even trust that the mic off necessarily works. Part of me is tempted to go in and solder the mic off. I never want the speakers to have the mic. I will not use that feature at my house. But I do want speakers in every room enough that I'm willing to take the risk of the switch not working. NYOTA: Yeah. At this point, I think I've just big brothers watching, or at least listening, [chuckles] Big brother really like, “Oh, I need to turn that off. She's talking about the big brother. We'll blush over here.” [laughs] CASEY: I want to go back to something I was thinking on the news. Sometimes I hear, or I know about things in the world because I'm someone who's in the world sometimes and the topics I want to hear in the news don't always come up. Like, DC Rank the Vote is happening and there was eventually an article about it and another article. I wrote one, eventually. Anyone can be a freelance journalist. So if the news isn't covering stuff you want it to. NYOTA: I like that. CASEY: You can literally write the news, too. NYOTA: Mm. CASEY: They might even pay you for it. DAMIEN: [chuckles] You can write the news, too. Say it again, Casey. CASEY: You can write the news, too. There's a really cool freelance journalism guide, that I'll put in the show notes, by someone in D.C. Chelsea Cirruzzo, I think. I didn't pronounce check that, but she wrote an awesome guide and it led me to getting an article published in Greater Greater Washington, a D.C. publication about ranked choice voting. I was like, “Why is no one talking about this? It's happening here. It's a big problem.” So I wrote about it. Other people write about it, too and they have since then, but you can be the change you want in the world. You can. Journalism is not as guarded and gated as it might seem. NYOTA: That's so interesting because I think what's interesting is we know that. We know that we can contribute, we know that we can write, but then you're like, “Wait, I can contribute! I can write!” CASEY: Mm. NYOTA: So I think that's, thank you for that reminder. CASEY: Yeah. But the how is hard and without a guide like Chelsea's, I'm not sure I would have broken in to do it. I needed her to go through it and tell me this is the process, here's the person in the org, what they do, what they expect and how you can make it easy for them, and you need the pitch to have this and that, has to be timely and like –. All that made sense. I'm like, “Oh sure, sure, sure.” But I couldn't have come up with that on my own, no way. NYOTA: But she bundled it together like that. CASEY: Yeah. DAMIEN: I would have never imagined that's a thing you can do because that's an entire degree program. That's a post-graduate degree program, if you'd like, and I see people who've been doing this for 20 years and do it poorly and they seem like smart people. [chuckles] So what makes me think I could do it? NYOTA: Because we can do whatever we want. CASEY: I mean, these publications do have editors and it's their job to help make the quality, at least meet the low bar at minimum that the publication expects. But if you are really nerded out on ranked choice voting, or something, you might be the local expert. If you're thinking about writing an article, you might be the best person to do it actually. NYOTA: Mm, that's good. That's the quota right there. CASEY: So what are you nerding out about lately? Anyone listening to this, think about that to yourself and is there an article about it you can just share? I like that. I don't have to write every article ever. If not, you can think about writing it. NYOTA: I like that. DAMIEN: And what strikes me is like where the bar is for local expert. Like I believe a 100% that you're the local expert on ranked choice voting because I know enough about ranked choice voting to know that people don't understand it. [chuckles] CASEY: Yeah. And after I wrote the article, I found a group of people and so, now there's like 10 of us at this level where we get it and we're advocating for it. But I'm one of the top 10 at that point still, sure. And there are details of it that I know, details other people know that I don't know, and we're all specialists in different nuanced details and together we're stronger and that's a community, too. It's been a lot of fun advocating for that in D.C. JOHN: That's awesome. NYOTA: It's interesting the visual that I'm getting in my head, like you're over here dancing by yourself and then you back up and they're like, “Oh shoot. Other people are dancing to this same song,” and then you look and you'd be like, “Look, y'all, we're all dancing,” but you're still the lead dancer and they're the backup. [laughter] I don't know why I got that visual. CASEY: I like this image. NYOTA: Yeah. CASEY: I want to give the other organizers some credit. I think they're the lead. But I found them eventually. I couldn't have found them if I didn't write the article probably. I looked it up. I Googled it once, or twice. They have a website, but I don't know, it didn't come up for me right away, or it did, but I didn't know how to contact them and getting into breaking into that community is its own barrier. NYOTA: That's unfortunate. But you're the lead to me. I mean, you're Casey. I mean [laughter] they're okay. CASEY: Thank you. NYOTA: I mean they're okay for what they're doing, but they're not you, so. No shade on what they're doing. CASEY: Sure. JOHN: I just posted a link to a talk by Derek Sivers about how the first followers are actually more important than the first leader and it's a fantastic talk. It's pretty short, but really amusing and it makes such a fantastic point. Like Casey, you were out there, you posted the article and then all these other people show up. So now I've got this like group of 10 and then those people – you and they are all doing outreach and they are expanding that group of people that are up to speed on this stuff and are advocating for it. So there's this nucleus and it's expanding and expanding. CASEY: Yeah, and each person we get, then they can bring in more people, too and it's a movement, it's growing. I think we'll have it soon. There's literally already a bill passed in D.C. It's passed a committee and now it's gone to the bigger committee, the whole process, but there's a real bill that's been passed some steps. NYOTA: You might as well do a TEDx. I mean, you might as well. JOHN: Yeah. CASEY: Good idea. Yeah, yeah. NYOTA: But they just let anybody do them. I have one. They just give them out. They're like, “Let Nyota do it.” “Okay. I'll just – let me do it.” You can do it. You have something to talk about, it's the same. It's like the news. Why not you? CASEY: Yeah. NYOTA: You're already talking about it. CASEY: True. NYOTA: I mean, you get a TEDx, you get a TEDx. [laughter] CASEY: Look at this, Nyota inspiring us. DAMIEN: I'm inspired. Why not me? NYOTA: No, really. DAMIEN: I'm serious. That is not sarcasm. I mean that very sincerely. I'm thinking about all the things I want. I'm going to call Casey later on and go, “Okay. You know how to bring ranked choice voting to a government. How are we going to bring it to another one?” And I think about all the other – CASEY: Yeah. DAMIEN: I'm actually trying to bring ranked choice voting to my neighborhood council. I pushed to an amendment to our bylaws, which has to be approved by another organization, which I can't seem to get ahold of. [laughs] But we're doing it and why shouldn't we be doing it? Why not us? NYOTA: Why not? CASEY: Yeah. Oh, I've got resources to share with you. We'll talk later, Damien. JOHN: Well, that's also great because that again, is going to spread. Once the local organization is doing it, people start getting experience with it. They're like, “Oh yeah, we did it for this thing and it worked out great. Now I sort of understand how it works in practice. Why the heck aren't we doing it for the city council and for the governor?” And like, boom, boom, boom. DAMIEN: Yeah. Ranked choice voting is interesting because as much as people don't understand it, it's really simple [chuckles] and I think overwhelmingly, people need experience with something to understand it. CASEY: Yeah. Yeah. DAMIEN: And we have a lot of experience with plurality voting in this country, in my country at least. We have almost none with ranked choice voting. NYOTA: I think it's interesting how people get so excited about presidential elections and that sort of thing, but your life really happens at your local elections. CASEY: So true. NYOTA: Your quality of life is your local elections, like you're talking about these roads being trashed. Well, that's at the local. Biden and Kamala, they have nothing to do with those potholes all along this road. I think so people miss that. You're like, “Those elections are great. Presidential election, awesome.” But your local elections? Those are what matter for where you live and I'm like, “Why are people missing that?” CASEY: Yeah. DAMIEN: I think it goes back to the news. CASEY: Sure. That's a part. NYOTA: Darn you, news. [laughs] DAMIEN: Right, because national news is leveraged. NYOTA: Mm. DAMIEN: The national broadcast is made once and broadcast to 300 million people in the country. Local news does not have that leverage. CASEY: True. NYOTA: Mm. They need to get their social media presence together then because people are listening to Instagram. CASEY: I'm thinking about everyone's mental model of how change happens, too and I don't think a lot of people have a very developed mental model of what it takes to make change happen. I do a workshop on this actually and one of the examples I use is for gay marriage in the US. You can see the graph; you can look it up. We'll include in the show notes, a picture of gay marriage over time and it's like one's place, one's at another place, like very small amount. Just maybe not even states like counties, or some lower level, a little bit of traction, a little bit of traction, a little traction. Eventually, it's so popular that it just spikes and it's a national thing. But along the way, you might look here from the news that when it became a national thing, that's the first time, that's the first thing you heard about it. But along the way, there was all these little steps. So many little steps, so many groups advocating for it, and the change happened over time. I also think about the curve of adoption. It's a bell curve. For the iPhone, for example, some people got it really early and they were really into this thing. Like PalmPilots were really the earlier edge of smart devices. Some people had that; they're really nerdy. Some people are still holding out on the other end of the bell curve. Like my mom's best friend, she still has a flip phone and she doesn't have any interest in a smartphone. I don't blame her. She doesn't need it. But she's the lagger, the very far end lagger of on this model and to get change to happen, you've got to start on whoever is going to adopt it sooner and actually like get them involved. Like the smaller states, the smaller counties that are going to support gay marriage or whatever the issue is, get them to do it and then over time you can get more of the bell curve. But a lot of people think change happens when you get the national change all of a sudden, but there's so much earlier than that. So, so, so much. Like years. 30, 40, 50, a 100 years sometimes. [chuckles] NYOTA: Yeah. This is the dance that John was talking about that he posted about this. CASEY: The first follower, yeah. NYOTA: Yeah, first followers. But you get to be the first leader if you allow it. If you really want change like you're saying. Instead of looking for someone to follow, [chuckles] we get to decide how we want to live. DAMIEN: Yeah. This seems true at work. If there's a cultural norm you don't like, you can change it by getting your allies on board and aware of it, socializing it and more and more people and gradually over time and eventually, that thing's not happening anymore. Like, I don't know. An example is eating at your desk over lunch. Not the best social norm. I don't want that at places I work. I want people to take a break, rest, and be better off afterwards. But you can get it to happen gradually by getting more people to go to lunch room, or go out of the office and you can change the culture in the office with enough dedication and time if you put your mind it. NYOTA: Yeah. But what we don't get to do is complain about it. Right? [chuckles] CASEY: Mm. Whenever I have some kind of conflict, I think about do I want to accept it and stop complaining, or do something about it? NYOTA: Mm. CASEY: Or I guess the third option is neither and then I'm just frustrated. I don't like to choose that one if I can ever avoid it. [chuckles] Do something, figure out that I can do something like work on it, or accept it, which is kind of giving up. But you can't do every change you ever think of. NYOTA: No. CASEY: It's not really giving up. Acceptance does not mean giving up, but it does mean you can put your mind down and focus on other stuff. NYOTA: Yeah. That's triage. That's what that is. [laughs] CASEY: Triage. Yeah, yeah. [laughter] DAMIEN: That third option is really important because I choose that a lot. It's important to know that and acknowledge it. [chuckles] It's like, oh no, I've chosen to be frustrated. Okay. NYOTA: Yeah. Good. CASEY: And you can, yeah. Sometimes when I choose to be frustrated, it's that I'm still working on it. I'm working on figuring out if I can do anything, or not. I don't know yet. DAMIEN: For me, it's I'm not willing to do, or figure out what it is to do, but I'm also not yet willing to accept it so I just shouldn't to be frustrated. CASEY: Sure, yeah, yeah. DAMIEN: And the frustration. If I acknowledge that and recognize that, the frustration can better lead me to go, “Okay, no.” Making the change stinks. But [chuckles] the frustration is worse and lasts longer, so. NYOTA: And then you start speaking from your frustration, which is even worse [laughs] and then it bleeds over. CASEY: Not effective. NYOTA: Yeah, it bleeds over into other things and because now you're saying stuff like, “See, this is what I'm talking about.” [laughter] No, I don't. No, I don't see what you're – no. Are we talking about the same thing? Because now you're just frustrated all over the place. CASEY: Yeah. [laughter] NYOTA: What are you talking about again? Are you talking about work? CASEY: When someone's in that situation, I have to ask them, “Would you like to be effective at this?” DAMIEN: Ooh. [laughter] NYOTA: Oh, that's a shank. [laughter] CASEY: They might not want to be. They might just want to vent. That's fine. It helps me set my standards, too. Like, do they want support, or do they want to vent? NYOTA: I'm going to write that down. CASEY: I mean, it sounds pointy. Here's my blunt side showing. I meant it. You can answer yes, or no. It's why it's a question. I'm not going to give you obvious answer question. I expect one. NYOTA: Yeah. That's good right there because I'm just getting to the part where I'm like, “Do you want me to help, or you just want me to listen?” Because I'll be like, “Oh, I know the answer to this!” And they'll be like, “Oh, I don't. You always trying to help!” First of all, stop talking to me then. [laughter] DAMIEN: Can you tell my friends that? NYOTA: Right? CASEY: Yeah. NYOTA: Like don't come to me because I just want to help. I've got a solution and if you don't want a solution, don't talk to me. CASEY: Sure, sure. That's the kind of support you're offering. NYOTA: Yeah. CASEY: You're offering that support and if they want it, great. If they don't, sounds like you're setting the boundary. Good. NYOTA: Right, right. Oh, I don't have a – no, I have no problems setting a boundary. Yeah, no problems because the thing is this is your third time. Like at some point, you need to either want to do something, or quit talking to me about this. CASEY: Yeah. NYOTA: Like that part. CASEY: I'm pretty patient supporting friends like that, but there is a limit to the patience. Yeah, three. That sounds like pretty good. I might even go to six for some people before I start telling them no. NYOTA: Mm. CASEY: [laughs] I mean, “You have to do something, or complain to someone else.” NYOTA: Yeah. Like, are you going to do something – are we still talking about this like? CASEY: Yeah. Some people need the support, but it's not necessarily me they're going to get it from because I don't have that much energy and time to put toward that. NYOTA: Yeah. I just think that's important to, but my friends know that already. Like, don't talk to me about your allergies, or don't talk to me about your fitness, or you can't fit your clothes. For me, I don't buy new clothes because I can't fit them. I won't allow myself to do that. CASEY: Some people do. NYOTA: Yeah, so – [overtalk] DAMIEN: I'm sorry. Buy clothes you can't fit? NYOTA: No, I don't buy new clothes because I can't fit my old ones. DAMIEN: Ah, okay. NYOTA: Right. DAMIEN: I know that one. NYOTA: I only buy new clothes because I want new clothes. DAMIEN: Mm. NYOTA: I put that around myself like, it's not because I don't want to go outside and walk, or you know. But then I don't allow myself to get too thin in the other direction either, because that means I'm doing something that's probably not that healthy, like not eating real food. I will just eat potato chips and that's it. [chuckles] So I have to – like, if it's too far to the left, or to the right, then I know that I'm doing something that's not healthy. I've got to reel myself in. I don't have any other checkers. I'm my own self-checker. I don't have a spouse that's going to be like, “Hmm, those jeans look a little snug.” [chuckles] I don't have it. [laughs] It's just – [overtalk] DAMIEN: Well, what I'm hearing, though is it's going to be, you set a high bar for checking people. So for somebody to check you, they're going to have to be really insightful and not candy-coated. NYOTA: I don't like candy. CASEY: Yeah. [laughter] NYOTA: Yeah. CASEY: Like direct. NYOTA: Yeah, because I don't need a bunch of like, “Oh, Nyota. How are you today?!” You don't really have to be like, “Oh, so I heard what you said about that.” I don't think that – that's not right, or however the check comes, like however it comes. CASEY: Yeah. NYOTA: But I want that because I know I'm not right about everything. I know that and I don't pretend to be all-knowing. I just want somebody to kind of reel me in sometimes like reel me in. Please reel me in. [laughter] Because I'll just keep – I'm a habitual line stepper. You know what I'm saying because now I'm just going to keep on seeing what you're going to let me slide with. Even as a kid, my mom was like, “You're always everywhere.” Like, “You're always – like, “We could never find –” I was the kid that why they came out with those harnesses for kids. [laughter] That's – CASEY: What an image. NYOTA: Yeah. I'm that kid because I just want to see, I want to go look, I want to go what's over here. Like what's around. Are you going to let me slide? Are you going to let me say that one? What else you're going to let me slide with? It's that so that's why they created those harnesses for kids like me. [chuckles] DAMIEN: Your bio says your firm thrives at the intersection of cybersecurity and employee wellness. What's the intersection of cybersecurity and employee wellness? JOHN: I was just going to ask that. I want to know! NYOTA: I think it's resiliency. DAMIEN: Mm? NYOTA: Yeah. So cybersecurity is that resiliency within organizations and then that wellness of people is that resiliency that's within humans. When those two come together, it's a healthier—I can't say fully healthy. It's a healthier work environment because when we get to show up to work healthy, resilient, drinking water, getting rest, being able to have emotional intelligence, social intelligence; all of those things are what I count as being resilient. And then when you can show up to work that way, then you're not showing up to negatively impact the network because you're not focused. You're not paying attention. You're clicking on every link because it looked like it – it seemed fine. But had you been like you had one moment of awareness to pause, you would see oh, this is not right. When I put my mouse over that, I see that the link at the bottom is not where I'm supposed to be going. So that place is resiliency at work. DAMIEN: That is an extremely advanced view of security, maybe it's from your time as an officer, but the general view of security is it's this wall you put up and you make the wall really secure, you make the wall really strong and really tall, and that way you keep everything out. It's like, well, no. Anybody who has gone to office training school knows about defense in depth. NYOTA: Right. DAMIEN: Knows you can't maintain any particular perimeter indefinitely. The French found that out to much of their chagrin. [laughs] NYOTA: Oopsie. DAMIEN: That's a Emmanuel line reference. That's not news. [laughter] To go all the way to like – and I see where you're going with this. Phishing emails don't work on people who are calm and relaxed when nothing's urgent. NYOTA: Yes. DAMIEN: Where they can go, where they can stop and think, and have that wherewithal and that energy and that reserve. NYOTA: Right, even at home. Especially how all of these scams are on the rise, Navy, federal, IRS, all kinds of people. If you're just one moment aware, you'd be like, “Wait, have I ever engaged my bank in this way?” DAMIEN: Hm mm. NYOTA: Like ever? Have they ever called me and asked me for my six digit? They called me and I didn't call them? Like, I just think if you just take a breath and then think part of being resilient is being able to take more breaths. DAMIEN: Wow. Yeah. Wow. CASEY: Ooh, I like that line. NYOTA: Yeah. We know that one of the biggest vulnerability to cybersecurity posture of anything that happens is people because we are normally that vulnerability, we're normally that weakness in the network because we are human. So anything that we get to do to reinforce ourselves, guard ourselves up, it's always going to have a positive second, third, fourth order of effects. DAMIEN: How does upper management react to that when you come in and say, “We're going to improve your cybersecurity, give your employees more days off”? NYOTA: So I'm actually new having this conversation within leadership, but they already have leadership corporations, they already have this structure in place. Just haven't heard anyone tie it together specifically to their cybersecurity posture. So there's already a lot of wellness initiatives, you can talk to counselors. I think we already have these initiatives in place, but they're just kind of ethereal, they're kind of out here, but to say, “Now tie that not just to our bottom line, because employees are less willing to have turnover, but let's tie it to the security of the network because our employees are aware and they're more vigilant.” So it's just kind of helping them to see the work that we're already doing within corporations. We get to laser focus that into a place. CASEY: Hmm. I like it that this gives way to measuring the outcome of those programs, too. You can correlate it, too. NYOTA: Yeah, instead of like, “Oh, we're happy at work. We're skipping and holding hands down the hallway.” Well, that may not necessarily be what you want, but you do want less infractions on the network. More opportunities to be successful but not having to spend so many manhours undoing cybersecurity risk. CASEY: I want to zoom out. I want to go meta with you. You're helping them become more resilient. How do you make sure your changes there are resilient? When you leave, they persist? You can Mary Poppins out and they're still the way they were before you arrive. NYOTA: Mm, that's a good question. So during the time that we work together, they also buy a bundle of coaching. They have opportunity to come back for where I can do, like, “Hey, y'all it's time for the refresh,” and not in a lame way. I'm actually creating on workshops now and it involves coloring books. Because when we were in Afghanistan, Iraq, and all the places we colored, and I just feel like coloring saves lives and when I'm saying people, I'm talking about mine, because it is very calming and not those crazy ones that are really small and you have to have a pen. So I'm talking about a 5th-grade coloring book with big pictures where it's relaxing and you're talking amongst your peers. It involves that. Setting them up with skills to be able to well, if you do nothing else, make sure you're playing the gratitude game in the mornings. What is the gratitude game? I play this game with myself. Every morning when I wake up, I say three things that I'm grateful for, but it can't be anything that I've ever said ever before. DAMIEN: Mm hm. NYOTA: I play this game. It's always making you search for the gratitude, always looking for that shiny light. There's always a better today, a better tomorrow, and so, even if there's something as that and drink water, because there's a lot of things that happens when you're dehydrated. There's a lot of clarity that doesn't happen when you're thirsty and so, even if it's just those two things and reminding people, just those two things have even had an impact on my life. Do you see my skin popping? Do you? [laughter] I'm just saying. Water is your friend. [laughs] So just those, just kind of even a pop in, a retraining. Hey, remember. Remember sleep, remember relaxing, remember get up and walk around your cube, and the filter water is so much better. It tastes so much better than bottled water. I'm just, it's better. I'm holding up my filtered water. Picture here, I keep it at my desk while I work if I'm on a lot of calls in a row. NYOTA: Yeah. CASEY: I can go through water. NYOTA: And that's why you're alert. I don't think people understand that being dehydrated really makes you lethargic and you're like, “Are they talking? I see their mouth moving. I can't pay attention. What is happening. What is that?” And being dehydrated is not good. Don't do that. Just take a little sip of water. We're talking about water, just take a little sip of your water. Go get some water. [chuckles] If you're listening, get some water. [laughs] CASEY: Reminders help. I'm going to post one of my favorite Twitter accounts, @selfcare_tech. NYOTA: Ooh. Please. CASEY: And they do a water reminder probably every day. Something like that. So I'll just be on Twitter and I'm like, “Oh yeah. Thanks.” DAMIEN: [laughs] See, we can turn social media even to our good. CASEY: Yeah. We can find some benefit. NYOTA: But we get to decide and I think that's another thing that people don't. Like, they negate the fact that you get to decide. You get to decide where your life is, or isn't. You get to decide where you're going to accept, or not accept. You're going to decide if I work at this job, it's for my greater good, or not. We get to decide that. You've already created your life up to this point. So what does it look like later? We've created this life that we have and people take responsibility for that. Who do you get to be tomorrow? Who do you get to be today? The thing is we always get what we ask for. So I've been asking for a bold community, I've been asking for a community that pushes and pulls me and here comes Casey, here comes Andrea, here comes you guys and I'm like, “I think that's so interesting.” We do get what we ask for you. CASEY: It sounds like you're manifesting the world around you. I like that word. NYOTA: Yeah. CASEY: I don't even mean it in a metaphysical spiritual sense, but even just saying. Back when I was an engineering manager and I wanted to become a PM, I told people I wanted to be a product manager and by telling a lot of people, I got a lot more opportunities than I would have. NYOTA: Yes. CASEY: Telling people was very powerful for that. NYOTA: And in my Christian Nyota way, that's what happens. Miracles come through people. So give people an opportunity to be your miracle. JOHN: So we've come to the time on our show where we do reflections, which is each of us is going to talk about the things that struck us about this conversation, maybe the things will be thinking about afterwards, or the ideas we're going to take forward. Casey, do you want to start us off? CASEY: Yeah. I wrote down a quote from Nyota. She said earlier in this episode, “A big part of resilience is being able to take more breaths,” and I just think that applies anywhere the word resilience applies and I want to meditate on that for over the week. JOHN: I'm right there with you. That is really sinking in and applicable in so many ways. I love it. DAMIEN: Yeah, and involving taking some breaths while you do that, huh? [laughter] I am really inspired by this conversation. The ideas of you can be the expert, you can be the journalist, you can be the first mover, the first leader. Realizing that in my life, I'm going to be looking for ways I want to apply that conscientiously. How to make sure not to try apply it everywhere. [laughs] But I get to decide. I get to decide who I am and who I'm going to be in this world and what this world is going to be like for me, so that's awesome. NYOTA: That is good. I like that one, too. And along those lines for me, it's like when Casey's like, “I mean, I knew this, I knew this, I knew this, I knew this, but when someone had created this bundle for you to be able to follow, I really heard when we do things, leave breadcrumbs so someone can come behind us and also be able to support. Because if you don't – leave some breadcrumbs. So I thought that was – she was like, “I knew these things but she had created this framework for you to be able to do it, too,” and I heard leave some breadcrumbs. So I really like that. DAMIEN: Yeah. John, do you have a reflection for us? JOHN: No, I mean, really, it's the same as Casey's. [laughs] Yeah, that statement is really going to sit with me for a while. I like it a lot. CASEY: I'm going to make a t-shirt of it. NYOTA: [laughs] I love a good t-shirt. DAMIEN: Well, Nyota. Thank you so much for joining us today. NYOTA: Thank you so much for having me. I'm so honored to be amongst such caring, intelligent, thoughtful people and so, I appreciate you all for having me. Special Guest: Nyota Gordon.

In this episode, Ray Tyler shares what it's like to do a complete 180 to make change happen.   Make farming easier with the Paperpot Transplanter and Other Small Farm Equipment at https://www.paperpot.co/ Follow PaperpotCo on IG https://instagram.com/paperpotco Podcasts by Diego Footer: Microgreens: https://apple.co/2m1QXmW Vegetable Farming: https://apple.co/2lCuv3m Livestock Farming: https://apple.co/2m75EVG Large Scale Farming: https://apple.co/2kxj39i Small Farm Tools https://www.paperpot.co/

From single-family property flips that involved scary water situations to massively scaling his business, Blake Templeton shares his success stories towards financial freedom. This guy is all about sophisticated strategies, building pillars, and making a difference. Check this out! Key takeaways to listen for Advantages of using hedge fund loans and refinancing legacy properties Lessons learned on self-storage, mobile home parks, and at-the-market investment Questions to ask and areas to explore before saying yes to passive investing Beating inflation through new mobile housing vs through existing properties   Resources mentioned in this episode Dow Jones Ep264 - How To Get Started In Multifamily Syndication with Joshua Ferrari  Ep325 - The Ins and Outs of Real Estate Wholesaling Business with Zachary Boothe BiggerPockets Podcast   About Blake Templeton Blake handles the full overview and management for each investment from concept to maturity. This includes market analytics, feasibilities, due diligence, concept creation, acquisition, development, processes, procedures, and quality assurance at every phase of the investment process. Blake also serves as the external voice for the company. He is an experienced and knowledgeable economic speaker and addresses small and large audiences of executives and business professionals nationwide. His passion is to awaken awareness concerning our current economy and emphasize the need for individual investment dollars to be invested into tangible assets, not paper investments (Stocks, mutual funds, etc.) Mr. Templeton has been often featured as a Financial Expert in “Business Week”, “CNBC”, “Fox News” Networks around the country and many Business Journals including “Philadelphia Business Journal”, “Dallas Business Journal” and “Boston Business Journal” for his keen insight on how to protect and build wealth in emerging real estate markets. Blake is a regular guest on the radio where he consults Executives on their Investments. As a member of the World Oil Council, he speaks with executives about wealth management and helps them diversify their investments into real estate with Boron Capital. Connect with Blake Website: Boron Capital Facebook: Boron Capital Investments Youtube: Boron Capital Instagram: @theblaketempleton LinkedIn: Blake Templeton Email: blaket@boroncap.com  Text INFO to 31996   Connect with Leigh Please subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or in the Podcasts App on your phone, and never miss a beat from Leigh by visiting https://leighbrown.com. DM Leigh Brown on Instagram or on Twitter or any social networks by clicking here. Subscribe to Leigh's other podcast Real Estate From The Rooftops! Sponsor Start your free, all-access trial today. There's no credit card required. For a limited time, Follow Up Boss is doubling the free trial for CSIRE listeners—that's a full 30 days to see how Follow Up Boss helps you close more deals. LINK: Followupboss.com/crazy

Part One of our Valentine's Series: Operation Interrogate Claire. (See how much she can procrastine this conversation!) Claire shares a bill that just passed through the senate in Massachusetts: An Act relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency (S.2651) that will create more transparency and management of drug prices. Check out Massachusetts T1 International if you want to get involved. Alaina is hoping to get involved in a bill in Colorado that will mandate inclusion of fertility treatments in insurance policies. Both talk about how to get involved in advocacy efforts. Claire gives an update on her NLD and experience with steroid injections. She shares the results of an Instagram poll about what G&C means to you and two stories from you about some truly apalling acts against people with chronic illness and disability. They remind us to not get too comfortable -- we still have more to do! Finally Claire gets into her conversation around dating. She talks about the temptation to change yourself to fit someone else's ideal and about when to compormise and when to know your worth. Alaina talks about clarifying what you're attracted to and what you want to demonstrate yourself. Claire talks about her ideal partner and waiting for her soul mate. Alaina encourages everyone to date yourself and to stop shaming single people.

In this month's episode, we're joined by Joanne Humble, Global Head of Business Improvement at Catalent Pharma Solutions.Joanne is an expert in change, having worked in the pharma industry in a range of improvement and transformation roles. She shares her practical experience of making change happen, engaging people in the process of change and developing sustainable programmes.   Listen out for her insights and advice on the importance of the role of leadership in providing the mandate for improvement, and the need for a systemic approach.

Jane Goodall is one of the world's best known primatologists and activists for animal welfare and the environment. The founder of the Jane Goodall Institute shares how to advocate for change and the strategies she's used over the decades to connect with compassion. She also shares a critical message about hope -- both how it propels her and how we can use it as a tool for action as leaders gather to discuss climate change at COP26.

Jane Goodall is one of the world's best known primatologists and activists for animal welfare and the environment. The founder of the Jane Goodall Institute shares how to advocate for change and the strategies she's used over the decades to connect with compassion. She also shares a critical message about hope -- both how it propels her and how we can use it as a tool for action as leaders gather to discuss climate change at COP26. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jane Goodall is one of the world's best known primatologists and activists for animal welfare and the environment. The founder of the Jane Goodall Institute shares how to advocate for change and the strategies she's used over the decades to connect with compassion. She also shares a critical message about hope -- both how it propels her and how we can use it as a tool for action as leaders gather to discuss climate change at COP26. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The struggle for leaders across primary care has never been more real. The ability to influence others and enact change whilst the sector is under such tremendous pressure has never been more difficult. So, what can we do to move our teams both at practice level, and when it comes to navigating and negotiating new ways of working across a network of people who have only very recently been thrown together? How do we manage tricky relationships and partners who don't want to engage? How do ensure we are still able to prioritise and practice self-care at the same time? Thankfully, Dr Rachel Morris, GP and thought leader on resilience in the workplace, returns to the podcast to discuss all of the above (and more), and how both she and Ben can help those at the top to access further support, beyond this week's episode.   National recognition (14 secs) The ‘You Are Not A Frog' podcast (31 secs) Making friends and influencing people (48 secs) The challenges of network working (2 mins 4 secs) Starting with the problem, instead of the change (3 mins 9 secs) The way you market your solutions matters (4 mins 24 secs) Supporting GP leaders to improve collaborative working (5 mins 27 secs) Recognising and addressing other people's concerns (6 mins 49 secs) The power of a network vision (8 mins 35 secs) Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme: Reducing short-term pain to realise the long-term gain (10 mins 39 secs) Linking specific goals to overall vision (12 mins 20 secs) Starting with the “why?” (14 mins) Executing new ideas (15 mins 12 secs) Being realistic (16 mins 39 secs) The importance of debate and being able to conflict well (17 mins 57 secs) The Resilient Team Academy (19 mins 11 secs) How can leaders support their teams without burning out? Training opportunity! (20 mins 4 secs)   For more information about the free online training session this coming Monday 11th October at 7.30pm ‘How to support your team through the new ways of working in primary care without burning out yourself', please click here. The webinar will cover key topics such as how to support others more effectively, tackling the moaners and complainers; and how to empower your team and get them unstuck. The links to all the reading material Rachel has referenced in this week's episode are listed below: 'Influence Without Authority' by Allan R. Cohen and David L. Bradford ‘Start With Why' by Simon Sinek ‘Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less' by Greg McKeown ‘Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions' by John Kotter ‘The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable' by Patrick Lencioni  

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Brandon Tatum who is not only an incredible thought leader in the edupreneur space but is making change happen locally and nationally in education! Dr. Brandon Tatum has spent his career working in both higher education and K-12. He is the founder of ConnectEdu and XR Box. Both companies focus on innovation by creating relevant and vibrant educational opportunities for all people. Additionally, he serves as Chief Strategy Officer for Oklahoma Christian University and part-time Executive Director of the National Christian School Association. Most recently, Dr. Tatum has been recognized for his work in educational innovation and strategy. He served on Governor Stitt's education committee focused on personalized learning and innovation, and currently serves as the Oklahoma Governor's appointee on the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Learning Commission. He also serves as a member of the Council of American Private Education Commission, the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission, Oklahoma Private School Accreditation Commission and several other boards related to educational quality. He is the author of two children's books The Adventures of Grit and the Diary of a Lousy Book. His third book on Generation Z will be published in the Fall of 2021 by Wheaton Press. Brandon and his wife Megan have a seven-year-old son named Sawyer, and four-year-old twin daughters Blakely and Gentry. You can reach Dr. Tatum on Linkedin Instagram and Twitter @bctbooks.

This episode of Fast Pace features Dean Mackie and Josh Phegan on the challenge of making change happen inside of your business. They look at why we resist change, how we fail, and what actually works. They also examine the 5 step formula for change, understanding the actual problem, people's willingness to change, and keeping everyone's eye on the goal.

Eric Liu is the co-founder and CEO of Citizen University, Director of the Aspen Institute's Citizenship & American Identity Program, author of several popular books, and former White House speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and later as the President's deputy domestic policy adviser. He has served as a board member of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Washington State Board of Education, and the Seattle Public Library. He is a co-founder of the Alliance for Gun Responsibility. Eric addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:That Citizen University is working to foster a culture of powerful citizenshipThat “all great endeavors are collective endeavors”The “incredible surge of mutual aid” we've seen during the pandemicThe importance of civic catalysts, who “may not have the title, authority or formal office of a leader, but they're the ones who make it happen.”That “you can't possibly change another person's mind if you yourself aren't willing to have your own mind changed or your own heart opened.”ResourcesBook: “Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America” by James and Deborah FallowsBook: “You're More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen's Guide to Making Change Happen” by Eric LiuBook: “Become America: Civic Sermons on Love, Responsibility, and Democracy” by Eric LiuThe Better Arguments Project https://betterarguments.orgConnect with Eric LiuWebsite: https://citizenuniversity.us Twitter: https://twitter.com/ericpliu Follow WCPGR on Social MediaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/WhatCouldPossiblyGoRightPodcast​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceJoin our Patreon Community to receive bonus conversations with guests and "backstage" conversations between Vicki and other podcast hosts: https://www.patreon.com/vickirobinLearn more: https://bit.ly/wcpgr-resSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/vickirobin)

We love chatting with Christina McFadden and could literally do it all day given the opportunity. Our listeners wanted more Christina and we aim to please, so we brought her back for more. In typical form she got us all to overshare and get to the heart of our issues so we can learn more and pivot. Have a listen and enjoy.------------------------------------------------------------About Christina McFadden:Christina specializes in executive presence, group dynamics, and identifying verbal and nonverbal communication patterns while helping leaders become aware of their impact. Through her 15+ years of experience in leadership and as a facilitator, she has helped multiple leaders and teams develop skills that support rapid growth.Learn more about Christina and her work at Blue Door Partners.In this episode of Your Life: The Sequel Podcast, Rick Rochon and Melissa Carlson are with Christina McFadden and will talk about growing the “germ” of change. Christina is an executive coach and facilitator. She works with folks all over the world or companies all over the world who want to make a change.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jennifer Brandel is Co-founder of Hearken, a people powered process and technology that enables organizations to better engage and collaborate with their stakeholders, as well as the Co-Founder of Zebras Unite, a network creating a more ethical, inclusive and collaborative ecosystem for mission-based startups. For her work in journalism and entrepreneurship, Jen won the prize for “Best Bootstrap Company” at SXSW and won the News Media Alliance Accelerator Prize. She received the Media Changemaker Prize by the Center for Collaborative Journalism, was named one of 30 World-Changing Women in Conscious Business, is a Columbia Sulzberger Fellow, an RSA Fellow, AND a member of the Guild of Future Architects and the National Civic Collaboratory. Jenn and I talk about building a values-based business, why process should come before product, alternatives to the unicorn model, so much more: How combining the philosophical underpinnings of business and working with the Bahai faith taught her an effective way to impact journalism and plant the seed for starting Hearken How changing the process of reporting fundamentally changed the dynamics and results of the newsroom Why and how Hearken preserved optionality as it has grown over the past five years, and the options that are opened by maintaining sole ownership The zebra company as her response to her disillusion with the silicon valley model and exponential growth and monopoly market Why engagement is a strategic business model, and how Hearken is thinking about a more relational engagement model that expands possibilities for peoples lives How Hearken approaches helping companies transform, and why they focus both on what is being left behind and what is newly being built How Hearken designed a system with different moments of feedback loops at major decision making moments and how they deliberately think about the dynamics they create for 1:1 and 1-to-many interactions References and resources: Zebras Unite You are more powerful than you think: A Citizen's Guide to Making Change Happen by Eric Liu Community Centered Journalism: Engaging People, Exploring Solutions, and Building Trust by Andrea Wenzel Design Justice Network Select highlights: "Just by tweaking the process of how news stories got made, we ended up creating a different sounding and differently consequential journalism. Other newsrooms started asking us about it, and I knew I would regret not trying to help others make it work, because I do think it is universally applicable process that makes the world a little bit better." "I feel like what we're trying to do is maintain the mission, and the money follows if you center the public. But the operations and the way the operating systems of news rooms have been set up is completely counter to this, so the work of doing this change while it might sound so simple on the surface is surprisingly more challenging because of the way they're optimized for speed, efficiency and distribution, not for listening, relevance and trust. So, there are a lot of changes that need to happen inside an organization first on a mental paradigm level, and then a workflow and tooling and schedule and business level. This tiny idea ends up changing a lot." "I ran into the tension of what seemed like the Silicon Valley pattern recognition and it felt inherently impossible to build the kind of company I wanted to in that value system in place and that structure. If I want to build a company that lasts a long time and has these kinds of structures, why am I focusing all my time on making a small group of people very wealthy who aren't who I'm trying to serve with this work? I was always pushing back on the 10x unicorn model, but I didn't have the language for what I wanted instead. "That was a tension that was hard, just the tradeoffs along the way of trying to find aligned financing and again hearing people say 'We'd invest in you if you only tweaked it this way or that way,' knowing that that would actually compromise our values. It's hard to walk away from money but we really have figured out that who you get the money from and what it's designed to do is so important, and it's better to say no if you have that option." "It was a real gold rush mentality, and folks really glommed onto one or two narratives of how you could strike it big. Then that just became everything that people were chasing, and then forgot the fact that our economy and country are built on these more steward-owned models in which family or generational companies are growing incrementally over time." "It all comes down to human nature. It's not something that is going to change. People are always going to be curious, they're always going to have questions, they're always going to need other people to help fact check and understand the complexity of any situation to make it digestible and easy to understand what to do. Those things are never going to change, and I feel positive about any system that's built on human nature fundamentals designed for the most productive version of ourselves, versus the most destructive tendencies that we have. And that's what I feel we have with our public powered process and tech." "I think it's all about discerning what are the dynamics that make for the best outcomes for everybody." "There's different network design built for different purposes and I think its really thinking through what's the most productive and what's going to yield the most positive responses for everybody." "The more people are involved, the more they get to see their voices mattering and shaping things and the change they want to see happening the more likely that are to support you and trust you. So many institutions don't have this connective tissue." "People first, going into process, and then product is the final layer. It's easy to start with product because it's tangible, where process is more abstract and requires more mental bandwidth. That's part of it, convincing people the process innovation, which is hard to wrap your head around, is so much more important than what products you're using."

Guests: Ross Forgione, CIO at JWS  CIO Exchange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmwcioexchangeYadin Porter de León on Twitter: https://twitter.com/porterdeleon  [Subscribe to the Podcast]On Apple Podcast: https://podcastsconnect.apple.com/my-podcastsFor more podcasts, video and in-depth research go to https://www.vmware.com/cio

In this episode, I chat with Justin Conley, Chief Insights Officer at imageMILL in Japan. Their work combines art & multimedia for corporate identity, web design, film production, photography, advertising & marketing.  Justin was previously Fundraising Director at Greenpeace Canada.We discuss:- The unforgettable experience of being a foreigner in Japan.- The role of honour & respect in Japanese culture.- How decisions really get made.- How Justin has reconciled his history of activism with his role here.- Working patterns.- Using narrative to create change and more. Find out more about imageMill at http://www.imagemill.jp/language/en/en-home/ 

ON Scott’s Vision of the World (5:50)  ON Why Scott transitioned from a music career to creating Creative on Purpose (6:13)  ON Trusting ourselves when starting something new (8:37)  ON Scott’s definition of Creativity (12:22)  ON Integrity (15:03)  ON Introduction to Stoic Philosophy (17:18)  ON The Gift of Adversity (21:52)  ON Coddiwomple [to head confidently to an unknown destination] (26:04)  ON Values and Virtues (28:41)  ON Taking Action (30:47)  ON Being Part of a Community to Step into Possibility (34:15)  ON The Intention when Writing Onward (37:31)  ===========CONNECT WITH Scott PerryCREATIVE ON PURPOSE: https://www.creativeonpurpose.com/BUY ONWARD, When Certainty Ends, Possibility Begins===========MENTIONED IN THE CONVERSATION:Seth Godin and Akimbo: https://akimbo.com/ Some Stoic Philosophers & Historical Figures influenced by Stocism:Zeno of Citium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno_of_Citium Seneca: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_the_YoungerEpictetus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EpictetusMarcus Aurelius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_AureliusFounding Fathers of the United States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_StatesNelson Mandela: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela===========Host: Leekei TangContact: podcast (at) themindfulfounder.comMusic credits: Mister Sunny Face by Wayne Jones / Blue Skies by Silent Partner / Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes

In this episode I will cover everything you need to know about MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN and making it stick. Join the HQCS Community facebook group, it's free! 

Have you desperately wanted to change your behaviors and actions, but find yourself trapped in old patterns? Change is never easy. Here's a secret ingredient on how we can make change happen in our lives. Follow us @beingmeraklis for more such insights.

Hugo Blum es el CEO y fundador de 100 Ladrillos, una plataforma de equity crowdfunding que te permite invertir en inmuebles y recibir rentas cada mes. Puedes compar un porcentaje y si no te gusta venderlo en la plataforma en el momento que quieras.Saliendo de la carrera fundó Kapital Financiera, una financiera tradicional para otorgar créditos, después se dio cuenta de que la tecnología iba a cambiar todo y decidió enfocarse en negocios digitales, fue ahí que cofundó Yotepresto,  una plataforma de crowfunding para hacer préstamos entre personas, lo interesante es que tienen tan buenos modelos que tienen el default más bajo entre las plataformas de este tipo. Después junto con sus socios crearon KF Ventures, un fondo  de venture capital que ha invertido en startups como Grin, Volabit y Gurú de Viaje. Pero decidió traer a alguien más para llevar el fondo ya que fue en este momento que se le ocurrió fundar 100 ladrillos y se lanzó full time a hacerlo. Libros recomendados: From Know-How to Do-How: The Short and Simple Guide to Making Change Happen.- Dave CorbetConsejo: Para iniciar un negocio se necesitan 3 cosas: Pasión, Energía, Ingenuidad. Links a temas mencionados:Startups - 100 Ladrillos, Yotepresto, KF Ventures,  Volabit Follow Us:InstagramTwitterLinkedinNewsletterWebalex@fundadorespodcast.com

After working with large scale projects in numerous industries, for over a decade, Matt was constantly facing the same issues. There is no simple answer to these three questions: - How Can We Decide Which Project To Prioritize Our Resources To? - How Can We Accurately Calculate The Benefits Of Delivering Projects? - How Can We Ensure Projects Are On Budget, On Time And To The Right Quality? In this episode we discuss Matt's journey of becoming the Founder & CEO of Laevo Pty Ltd an end-to-end enterprise project and change, planning and delivery software platform [LaevoIGNITE]; for individuals, teams and organisations to achieve successful business transformation.

TribalScale CEO Sheetal Jaitly is joined by Senior Advisor to FinTech firms and Financial Institutions and personal friend, Peggy Van de Plassche! She climbed that difficult ladder to the top and has pages of indispensable advice  for anyone hoping to push change in their business, hire the right candidates, and be more diverse and inclusive in their hiring process. Her expansive portfolio advising multiple big companies has accumulated into great stories, and great takeaways for CEOs & CIOs of Financial Institutions. Transformation? Change? How do you make it happen? It's all right here on this episode of First Name Basis. 

A few weeks back I was as ready as could be to talk protest and how we make things actually change. I'm the first to admit I am not plugged in and every so often, you need the plug. I hit up Amber Sherman from “The Law According To Amber”. A podcast where out here doing the public a service and actually putting people on game when it comes to their rights. This is also the first of my make up sessions from a lost series of podcasts that I recorded last year. Nonetheless Amber is out of Memphis and she has a knack for shaking things because the true way to make a difference in the community at the local level. We break down what you can do to make a difference and also hold myself accountable.

A few weeks back I was as ready as could be to talk protest and how we make things actually change. I’m the first to admit I am not plugged in and every so often, you need the plug. I hit up Amber Sherman from “The Law According To Amber”. A podcast where out here doing the public a service and actually putting people on game when it comes to their rights. This is also the first of my make up sessions from a lost series of podcasts that I recorded last year. Nonetheless Amber is out of Memphis and she has a knack for shaking things because the true way to make a difference in the community at the local level. We break down what you can do to make a difference and also hold myself accountable.

Whilst we've been dealing with one pandemic, an even bigger pandemic has quite rightfully been brought to our attention...one I couldn't simply sit back and ignore. The issue of racism, it's impact on the world and especially on the black community.My thoughts have felt heavy this week whilst listening and learning, skipping my planned episode last week to bring you this fantastic episode instead. This is my pledge to keep on listening and learning to discover how myself and The Feel Good Movement can do more in support.Here I interview sister-in-laws Funmi and Lina Olatoye, we discuss the impact being black has on their lives plus we talk about the changes needed and how these can be made together. We also discuss our responsibilities within the wellness industry as well as our responsibilities as parents too.This is something I personally want to work on, but also- seeing the bigger picture- this is something I feel we can ALL work on. It doesn't just affect mental health, it affects (and even takes away) lives. That doesn't sit well with me, and I'm sure it doesn't sit well with you either. So let's have this conversation, and let's keep on having this conversation too. Thank you so much for opening my eyes and inspiring me to do more Funmi and Lina, I hope it inspires others to do the same. About Funmi:Funmi is a Women's Personal Trainer who runs an online personal training and wellness hub called 'Strong for Every Day'. She is a Mum of one and is passionate about supporting other Mums on their wellness journeys.Links:Website:  www.strongforeveryday.clubInstagram: www.instagram.com/strongforeverydayFacebook: www.facebook.com/strongforeverydayAbout Lina:Lina is a self taught baker who runs her own business called 'Blue Strings Bakery' in Manchester, she is also a Mum of 3 and juggles both roles from home.Links:Instagram: www.instagram.com/bluestringsbakeryFacebook:  www.facebook.com/bluestringsbakery

Tonya Hall talks to Jeremy Gutsche, CEO of Trend Hunter, to learn about his most recent book, "Create The Future: Tactics for Disruptive Thinking." FOLLOW US  - Subscribe to ZDNet on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2HzQmyf - Watch more ZDNet videos: http://zd.net/2Hzw9Zy - Follow ZDNet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZDNet - Follow ZDNet on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZDNet - Follow ZDNet on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ZDNet_CBSi - Follow ZDNet on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zdnet-com/ - Follow ZDNet on Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/zdnet_cbsi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill Schaninger, Senior Partner at McKinsey, discusses his best-selling book, co-authored with Scott Keller, Beyond Performance 2.0 and a proven approach to leading large-scale change. Digital Transformation has caused change management to become an essential skill for organizations and a central component of effective leadership today.  Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? Do you want to be a sponsor?

Listen to his podcast here:https://www.creativesoulcoaching.net/podcast linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachdanmason

This is the first part of a multi-part interview with Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, an environmental movement which is using nonviolent civil disobedience to force government action around the climate crisis.  This episode marked kind of a watershed for the Make World project, in that it galvanised both some of my own personal thinking around system change, and suggested what could be a new way forward for the project -- more on that soon.  This episode was recorded with Roger in person, at his farm in South Wales, UK. We discuss: the need for radical change, and what history can teach us about how and under what circumstances change happens; how Roger sees XR's programme as part of a moral imperative, one he argues is 'beyond' politics; and we dig a little bit into the detail of the 'Citizens' Assembly' XR proposes to deliberate on the massive challenges facing us as a society -- how Citzen's Assemblies would work in practice, and some recent examples suggestive of their efficacy. 

Rachel Morris “starred” in two of our most popular podcasts and through her work on GP resilience she was inspired to set up her own “You Are Not A Frog” podcast. In a recent edition of that podcast she interviewed our own Ben Gowland to discuss ways in which general practice can effectively introduce change, particularly against a background of resistance. Show Notes Ben explains how his career progressed to setting up Ockham Healthcare (52secs) How Ockham Healthcare developed its unique offering (2min 02secs) Working with at-scale general practice – a means to an end (2mins 47secs) The goals for working at scale (3mins 37secs) Making a difference – Time for Care (4mins 29secs) Difficulties in implementing the high impact changes (5mins 36secs) Change is difficult so how do we approach it? (7mins 01secs) Introducing pharmacists – a practical example (7mins 32secs) Resistance to change - a systematic approach (9mins 15secs) The problem is obvious why we need to change? Isn't it? (11mins 25secs) The system and what you can control (12mins 22secs) Overcoming the emotional response (13mins 28secs) Picking the changes you pursue – small or large (14mins 34secs) Ockham Healthcare's role in supporting joint working (16mins 39secs) Influencing without hierarchical “power” – a practice's relationship with the PCN (17mins 56secs) What's the one big thing a PCN should be doing? (19mins 43secs) Expect resistance – dealing with your “No Nos” (21mins 02secs) Becoming positive about change (22mins 17secs) Contacting Ben (23mins 28secs) Ben is available on email ben@ockhamhealthcare He is on Twitter @benxgowland The Ockham website is here The You Are Not a Frog podcast is available in a number of places including here

In this episode, Rachel is joined by Ben Gowland, Director of Ockham Healthcare and host of The General Practice Podcast.We chat about why changes work or fail - it’s often dependent how we do the change rather than what we are trying to change, so how we make changes is a really important part of how we run our practices. We talk about the best approach to change and discuss how John Kotter’s book suggests starting with a focus on the problem, helping colleagues to see the reason that the change is needed and creating a sense of urgency. We discuss why GPs can so often neglect to see the need for change and talk about how to create a common narrative around what needs to change. Podcast linksThe General Practice Podcasthttps://ockham.healthcare Follow Ben on twitter @BenXGowlandOur Iceberg is melting – John KotterThe Model For Improvement https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/2142/plan-do-study-act.pdf Sign up for downloadable CPD reflection forms plus more tools and resourcesFor more episodes of You are not a frog, check out our website www.youarenotafrog.co.uk and sign up to our mailing list here for loads of useful resources about thriving at work. Follow Rachel on twitter @DrRachelMorris or LinkedIn and find out more about her online and face to face courses for doctors on surviving and thriving at work at www.shapesfordoctors.com or for other organisations at www.wildmonday.co.ukSupport the show (https://shapesfordoctors.com/)

On this week's episode, Game Developers of Color Expo Organizer Shawn Alexander Allen joins to talk about all the lessons we can learn from an event that aims to change the industry, not just talk about it. Whether it's providing more opportunities for students, increasing diversity in the workplace, or just reflecting the lived experiences of black and brown people through a game's systems, there's a lot - a LOT - to dig into here. SUPPORT GDOC: https://gamedevsofcolorexpo.com/ Shawn Alexander Allen: https://twitter.com/aNuChallenger Treachery in Beatdown City: https://twitter.com/Beatdown_City FOLLOW THE 1099: https://twitter.com/The1099Podcast Follow Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephKnoop

Today I'm joined by Dr. Tamsin Woolley-Barker. An Author and Evolutionary Biologist, Innovation Consultant, and Biomimicry Professional with a doctorate in Evolutionary Anthropology from New York University. She was among the first cohort to receive the Biomimicry Masters degree from Arizona State University’s Biomimicry Center, where she now serves as Adjunct Professor. Her book TEEMING: How Superorganisms Work to Build Infinite Wealth in a Finite World is a #1 Amazon Bestseller in Organizational Learning, Environmental Economics, Ecology, and Animal Behavior—a testament to its interdisciplinary nature. The book has been read on every continent and is entering its second printing.Check out Tamsin's book here:https://amzn.to/2Z8byIf--------------------CONNECT WITH PETER BOOLKAH:--------------------http://www.Boolkah.comhttps://www.facebook.com/Boolkahhttps://www.instagram.com/pboolkah/https://www.linkedin.com/in/boolkahhttps://twitter.com/boolkah--------------------ABOUT PETER BOOLKAH--------------------Peter Boolkah (AKA The Transition Guy) is the World’s #1 Business Transition Coach whose main passion in life is to work with talented and high performing business owners who are in the process of creating exciting, high growth businesses. Peter helps you to navigate and transition through the crucial growth pains that all growing businesses experience making it as painless and exciting as possible.It is important to remember that businesses do not just grow and develop on their own, it is up to us and our teams to make this happen by making every day purposeful. As businesses grow some parts of the journey will be easier than others and most owners do not have all the answers. Starting a business is one of the most exciting things we get to do and we all have aspirations of achieving great things. In fact Peter is yet to meet someone who started a business with the intention of failing.Peter’s ultimate life goal is to inspire and empower over 100,000 Entrepreneurs to create long term thriving businesses resulting in the creation of 1,000,000 jobs.So if you are scaling up your business, you’re in a business transition period, and want to know more then connect with Peter at Boolkah.com--------------------THE TRANSITION GUY --------------------Peter Boolkah is the World's #1 Business Transition Coach and also known as ‘The Transition Guy’. This YouTube channel and his podcast is where he shares his unique and direct approach to taking back control of your business (and your life) while growing and transitioning your business from one level to the next.As a business owner, transitioning your business is all about setting and reaching your goals as well as business transition planning and process. Do you want to accomplish what you set out to do with your business? Do you have dreams of doing things other than running your current business? Could you do with some honest help and guidance to make it happen? If you answered YES then The Transition Guy is for YOU!

Three Steps to Making Change Happen. Making a shift can be as easy as taking action, instead of analysing the rut that you may fnd yourself in. Here is how!

This public seminar series considers teacher education reforms around the world in order to tease out future directions and possibilities for the relationships between teacher education policy, research and practice. In Wales there is a growing appetite for the country to set out a new and fundamentally different vision for what education is and should be; a vision that puts young people and their learning needs at the centre. What links many of the proposed changes is a fundamentally different conception of what it is to be a teacher in Wales. This in turn has major implications for initial teacher education (ITE). Over the last five years John Furlong has worked closely with the Welsh Government in order to help re-vision the country's ITE provision. In this seminar he will outline the research underlying the reforms that are taking place and discuss the role of ITE in making change happen. John Furlong, OBE is an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Oxford's Department of Education. He was Director of the department from 2003-2009. A former President of the British Educational Research Association, he is currently Chair of the Teacher Education Accreditation Board for Wales. His book, ‘Education – an anatomy of the discipline', was awarded first prize by the British Society for Educational Studies for the best educational research of 2015 and his most recent book ‘Knowledge and the Study of Education – an international exploration' was published 2017. John was awarded the OBE for services to research in education in 2017. This seminar is number four in an eight-part public seminar series on ‘Future directions in teacher education research, practice and policy', led by the Department of Education and convened by Diane Mayer (Professor of Education (Teacher Education)) and Alis Oancea (Professor of Philosophy of Education and Research Policy and Director of Research).

This public seminar series considers teacher education reforms around the world in order to tease out future directions and possibilities for the relationships between teacher education policy, research and practice. In Wales there is a growing appetite for the country to set out a new and fundamentally different vision for what education is and should be; a vision that puts young people and their learning needs at the centre. What links many of the proposed changes is a fundamentally different conception of what it is to be a teacher in Wales. This in turn has major implications for initial teacher education (ITE). Over the last five years John Furlong has worked closely with the Welsh Government in order to help re-vision the country’s ITE provision. In this seminar he will outline the research underlying the reforms that are taking place and discuss the role of ITE in making change happen. John Furlong, OBE is an Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Oxford’s Department of Education. He was Director of the department from 2003-2009. A former President of the British Educational Research Association, he is currently Chair of the Teacher Education Accreditation Board for Wales. His book, ‘Education – an anatomy of the discipline’, was awarded first prize by the British Society for Educational Studies for the best educational research of 2015 and his most recent book ‘Knowledge and the Study of Education – an international exploration’ was published 2017. John was awarded the OBE for services to research in education in 2017. This seminar is number four in an eight-part public seminar series on ‘Future directions in teacher education research, practice and policy’, led by the Department of Education and convened by Diane Mayer (Professor of Education (Teacher Education)) and Alis Oancea (Professor of Philosophy of Education and Research Policy and Director of Research).

A further look at change. How to do it in achievable, realistic steps that set you up for success!

In episode 16, I discuss what makes creating change so difficult...and so rewarding. In our efforts to avoid pain, we can sometimes miss out on all the pleasure. That is, unless we're willing to do the mindset work. Here's the link to the FREE Pain vs. Pleasure worksheet. 

We all have things we need to change in our lives. The truth is you can' experience real change until you see it as a necessity, take responsibility, and begin to live obediently. Change is necessary but not always easy. Jesus will never lead you to a change He will not sustain you through. #change #flattire #buttheFathersaid jenkschurch.org *****DISCLAIMER***** Please forgive the sound quality. We are reconstructing our audio/visual setup to bring you better quality as well as live streaming BUT this week we had to record with just an ambient mic. Thanks for your patience. I promise it will be worth it!

Routines are necessary, but it’s easy for our routines to become ruts that lead us in the wrong direction. This is a great time of year to change our trajectory by making some changes in our routines. This week we learned how the Bible speaks into the ‘why?’ and the ‘how?’ of making change happen.

Routines are necessary, but it’s easy for our routines to become ruts that lead us in the wrong direction. This is a great time of year to change our trajectory by making some changes in our routines. This week we learned how the Bible speaks into the ‘why?’ and the ‘how?’ of making change happen.

In this episode of 'Tap'd Talks HR' Anthony speaks to Dave Millner, the HR Curator, on the importance of making change happen in a Digital world. Dave explains that 'Digital' is not just about implementing new tech it's a new world that is going to change mindsets and behaviours in the way we lead or work.

It seems like a waste of time to introduce Seth Godin. Just search his name, "Seth" to Google is Seth Godin. He's founded several companies including Yoyodyne and Squidoo. He is the author of 18 best-selling books that have been translated into more than 35 languages. They include perennial classics like Permission Marketing, written in 1999 that elucidated the [then] new idea of delivering relevant, personalized messages that people agreed to receive. Practiced everywhere now but in 1999 it was controversial, and it birthed the  dollar permission-based email marketing industry.  The book most of you probably know him by is Purple Cow, his thesis about attention being the game. He’s also the founder of the altMBA and The Marketing Seminar, online workshops that have transformed the work of thousands of people. In 2018, he was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame. His new book, This Is Marketing, which is more or less the focus of this episode is the first, in his words, "real book from a real publisher about marketing" that he's done in more than seven years. You don't have to be in business or into marketing to benefit from this episode. It's about how to make change happen or as Seth puts it, to cause a change you'd like to see in the world. I think work and business dilemmas usually focus on the tactical, what's step #1 step #2 which is also true personally and in relationships. How can I get Jim or Jane to do x? What's the technique? Seth proposes the answer to many questions we have about work - and I'll add life in general - is really the answer to "who can you help"? Answer all the who, what, where, why questions that way; who can I help, what can I help with, where can I help - and you win, no matter what happens with the business, the campaign, the interview. Seth exceeded my high expectations. I could write 50 things I learned from our chat, but I will spare you. So here are just a few highlights of what we talk about.  How to make a change  How to deal with resistance and fear What marketing has to do with culture What a brand really is Why he doesn't use Facebook and how to look at Social Media in regards to marketing   Where optimization lives  The long tail The biggest idea in his book  It's well worth your time at approximately 38 minutes. Enjoy!   

In today’s episode, continuing Women's Empowerment Month, I am joined once again by my dear friend, Heather Gray. In 1998, Heather co-authored the award-winning book Real Girl Real World: A Guide to Finding Your True Self, which supported young girls everywhere with their self-esteem, their body issues, and other coming-of-age challenges they faced. Today, Heather is a life coach, an intuitive healer and the creator of Soul-filled Life™.  She has been in the Personal Growth field for over 15 years as a healer, coach, workshop leader, writer and spiritual seeker. Heather founded the popular Soul-filled Cafe, a virtual gathering with expert coaches; and created Soul-filled Life for individuals who are ready to explore their true path and create their best life, and she recently launched her new podcast, The Soul-Filled Café available on iTunes and wherever you choose to listen to podcasts. Heather works with clients from around the globe and you can learn more about her, book a session and download her free guide, 7 Signs Your Life is Off Track at www.soulfilledlife.com.   Resources discussed in episode: Book: The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris Book: The Pomodoro Technique by Francesco Cirillo Tune in all of the month of November for stories by women, for women, and in support of women everywhere! This episode is being brought to you by Zero to Launch in 14 Days – the premiere podcast training course. Sign up for your Podcasting Breakthrough Discovery Call today, and don’t forget to grab your free report “The Simple 5-Step Process to Launch a Rockin’ Podcast in Just 14 Days”. Be sure to subscribe to Consciously Speaking so that you don’t miss a single episode, and while you’re at it, won’t you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated! To learn more about our previous guests, listen to past episodes, and get to know your host, go to www.MichaelNeeley.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

This event was recorded live at The RSA on Wednesday 18th October 2017 The 2017 Albert Medal is awarded posthumously to Robin Murray for pioneering work in social innovation. Robin Murray was a visionary social and economic thinker, whose life’s work was guided by a profound commitment to mutuality and cooperation. As an industrial and environmental economist, Murray was active and influential across several fields, from cooperatives to energy system innovation. He was deeply committed to a democratic, creative and collaborative response to economic and technological change and developed pioneering economic programmes in local, regional and national governments. In this Albert Medal event, we will hear from close collaborators Geoff Mulgan, Hilary Cottam and Ed Mayo who will offer insights into Murray’s work, and explore how it has inspired and informed a wide range of policy debate and development around the social innovation movement. Discover more about this event here: https://www.thersa.org/events/2017/10/making-change-happen

In this week's episode you will learn about: ⦾ Dealing with diminishers and minimizing their impact ⦾ Time-blocking - what it is & why it works ⦾ Simple Steps to Making Change ⦾ Putting ideas into action

In this week's episode you will learn about: ⦾ Dealing with diminishers and minimizing their impact ⦾ Time-blocking - what it is & why it works ⦾ Simple Steps to Making Change ⦾ Putting ideas into action

When you hear the word power, what comes to mind? For most of us, we imagine power-hungry leaders or think of phrases like power corrupts. But when my guest, Eric Liu, considers power, he sees something different. He views power as a positive force. In fact, he believes it is a gift each of us can use to shape society. At a time when many of us feel powerless, Eric offers a simple set of instructions for seizing power and using it to help shape our communities, our nation, and the world. He is Founder and CEO of the non-profit, Citizen University and author of the book, You’re More Powerful than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen. His TED Talk on citizen power and voting has been viewed over 2 million times. In this interview we discuss: How power is an important literacy Why power is about who gets to decide How power is a gift we are continuously giving away How our citizenship endows us with unearned power and privilege that we should share with intention Why we need to ask ourselves, to whom am I giving my power, my might, and my imagination? The myth of rugged individualism in the face of game-changing collective action and collaboration we have seen across history How we are part of a collective web of relationship, obligation, and mutual aid The fact that power compounds as people with voice and connections amass it The fact that power justifies itself as incumbents spin narratives to maintain it The realization that many rely on intimidation and self-justifying narratives to maintain their power How power is infinite as demonstrated by movements to push back and reinforce pockets of power How we can reframe power by changing the game, the story, and the equation The fact that we are all better off when we are all better off The power of story in organizing for change -- the story of self, the story of us, and the story of now How a civic collaboratory taps into the shared need and wisdom of organizations to amplify their impact How we are strong in our ideals of citizenship but weak in practicing them Why citizenship is about power plus character - working on behalf of a greater good How we accuse others in order to excuse ourselves How taking responsibility sets in motion a cycle of responsibility that is contagious Links to Topics Mentioned in this Podcast @ericpliu http://www.citizenuniversity.us/ The Power Paradox by Dacher Keltner Nick Hanauer Marshall Ganz Jose Antonio Vargas Bonds that Make Us Free by C Terry Warner If you enjoy the podcast, please rate and review it on iTunes - your ratings make all the difference. For automatic delivery of new episodes, be sure to subscribe. As always, thanks for listening! Thank you to Emmy-award-winning Creative Director Vanida Vae for designing the Curious Minds logo, and thank you to Rob Mancabelli for all of his production expertise! www.gayleallen.net LinkedIn @GAllenTC

In episode 8 of the What Would Alice Paul Do? Podcast, we go in-depth about running voter registration projects and the importance of National Voter Registration Day, and we share an activist alert.  Book Recommendations What We Do Now? Standing up For Your Values In Trump’s America, Dennis Johnson, editor  You're More Powerful than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen, Eric Liu Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Doris Kearns Goodwin League Lingo Vote411 - http://www.vote411.org Voter’s Edge http://votersedge.org Ballotpedia https://ballotpedia.org Deeds Not Words - Deep Diving Into Voter Registration National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) is a great opportunity to run a voter registration drive. It is an annual event on the fourth Tuesday in September. NVRD Partner Toolkit NVRD Communications Toolkit Ideas on where to celebrate: Community colleges, universities, clinics, big thrift shops, churches that are hosting an event, apartments, grocery stores, transit and bus stops that have a lot of traffic, laundry mart, grocery stores, football games, rainy Saturday at bowling alleys, naturalization ceremonies, community festivals and carnivals, and coffee shops or bars that have a lot of patrons. LWVUS Toolkit: Get the Most out of Voter Registration (PDF) New Voter Registration Training Webinars from LWVUS Nonprofit Vote: Hold a Successful Voter Registration Event (video) Be sure to know your state's laws before you register. Check with your state's Secretary of State or Elections Department page Plan the day! Visit the location beforehand, figure out how the table should be set up, think ahead to what your volunteers need to be successful and feel comfortable, bring free giveaways, have plenty of pens and clipboards, have iPads to online registration or for fillable forms that can be printed and signed, bring lots of signage and wear clothes that make you stand out! High School voter registrations are better for the spring, as more students are old enough to register. Concentrate on community colleges and universities in the fall. Activist Alert - Election Integrity Commission League of Women Voters of the United States have given us more tools to fight Kris Kobach and his sham Election Integrity Commission. See the new talking points and Letter-to-the-Editor templates

James Lott jr gives thanks and gives a tip about making change in your life!

After Podcast #44 regarding how to incorporate change, our friend Patrick Bafuma reached out to provide his thoughts on how to make change happen in your department.  He has championed the process and has pearls that are well worth the listen.

In the July 2017 SalesProChat with Lori Richardson, we consider women in sales and how to make change happen in the workplace. Listen to this sound bite.

I’ve been thinking about the term “citizenship” differently after talking with my latest guest, Eric Liu, an author, educator, and civic entrepreneur. He spoke at length about the concept of “powerful citizenship,” the central theme of his new book, You’re More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen. He describes his book as: “strategies for average Americans to go from the primal scream of ‘I’m not going to take it anymore!’ to actually being literate in power and understanding how you change the game to change the system.”

Eric Liu, author of "You're More Powerful Than You Think: A Citizen's Guide to Making Change Happen" talks about the evolution of resistance movements, and offers advice for protesters today.

Marta Spendowska is a Polish-born, US-based watercolor artist and professional illustrator (guys, her work is AMAZING!), and I was thrilled to get to talk with her for this week's podcast episode. The theme of our conversation was change - how you recognize what you want, how you go about making things happen in your life, and what you need to be willing to let go of to move forward. You'll get to hear me have lightbulb moments of my own that have stuck with me since the taping! If you're working towards creative goals (or are ready to make some magic happen but aren't sure how to get started!), this episode is for you!   Show Notes:  Connect with Marta: Website  |  Instagram  |  Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Pinterest Nikki Cade RYHSY episode Erin Loechner RYHSY episode Lacy Young on RYHSY Binural Beats App Join the RYHSY FB group and get Tiffany's weekly love notes in your inbox 

Sarah Steckler: After a cross country move, Sarah was surprised to notice a shift in her moods. Things got progressively worse. She describes her desire to “get better,” to overcome her debilitating depression, and her desire to make change happen. Sarah now channels her experience to help others through depression, as well as other challenges, without judgement. Q & A Why is self love important to you? Self love is important to me because it’s all about building awareness with yourself. It’s really developing a relationship with yourself. What was the number one thing that was holding you back from accepting self love? I think it was that I didn’t need it, that it was kind of fluffy. . . that I was tough enough that I didn’t need to take care of myself that way. Who is one person who has changed your life for the better? It sounds cliché, but it has to be, and is, my husband. What is the best advice you have ever received? My dad always told me that in life, there are a lot of different decisions you have to make. He always told me it’s okay to make different decisions in life, as long as it’s not something that crushes your soul. What is a self care habit that you practice regularly? Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is something I listen to while I am working or when I am trying to fall asleep. There are videos on You Tube. I highly recommend searching for Gentle Whispering. She’s a great place to start. Do you have a favorite quote? “We must embrace pain, and burn it as fuel for our journey.” Kenji Miyazawa What book are you reading right now? The Opposite of Love, by Julie Buxbaum. What is the one thing that you are most passionate about? Learning and reading. Guest Bio Sarah Steckler is an Empowerment Coach and Journal Expert for women focusing on heart centered living and grounded personal growth. She is the founder of the Brazen Heart Collective Community, the creator of multiple online courses and the author of a Self-Love Guide. She helps women find their center and step into living from a place of intention and deep purpose that allows for increased self-awareness, giving them freedom and inner abundance to make confident choices and take powerful action in their lives.   Connect with this Guest http://SarahSteckler.com Brazen Heart Collective Facebook Group http://facebook.com/groups/brazenheartcollective Instagram @SarahSteckler Twitter @SarahCoaches   Self-Love Guide http://www.sarahsteckler.com/free-tools/ Self-Love Affirmations http://www.sarahsteckler.com/affirmations/ 5-Day Journal Challenge https://sarahsteckler.clickfunnels.com/optin  

Making Change Happen can be hard. Hazel Van Der Werken is here to help you understand how to take your company from blah to wow by focusing on energizing your team and adding more value to your customers' experience!

Explore the importance of involving people to ensure things move forward and that change is successful.

Host Kathy Sipple went live on location to the second day of a 2-day climate camp for teens, held at Prairie Winds Nature Farm in Lakeville, Indiana. 

In this episode, transforming the opportunities and outcomes for our students - through Whole School Change How do you get staff, students and the wider community onboard with change - especially when it requires significant shifts in thinking and practice? What role does mindset play? What are the tipping points, and how d'you navigate the resistance or opposition? Plus - your favourite segment - The Lightning Round returns as we Push The Edges of risk, comfort zones, and opposition. Our Guest, Ray Boyd, Principal of West Beechboro Primary School in Western Australia. SHOW-NOTES For Complete Show-Links and Resources go to PUSHING THE EDGE - EPISODE 14 There you'll find links to the Educators that supported the Whole School Change in Ray's School. Also check-out my Leadership Resources Page with Tips and Insights about Making Change Happen, Taking Care of You, Thriving, and Disrupting Comfort Zones. MORE GOOD LISTENING WITH PUSHING THE EDGE Rachael Lehr is one of the teaching staff at West Beechboro Primary School which Ray leads. Listen to my chat with Rachael about Pushing Past Our Comfort Zones. Jason Borton is a Primary School Principal in Canberra, Australia. Listen to my chat with Jason about Taking Care of Yourself as a teacher. SUBSCRIBE TO PUSHING THE EDGE Stay Up to Date & Get Episodes as soon as they're released. **Hit that Subscribe Button on your Podcast Player or go to the following links. ITUNES ANDROID and WINDOWS STITCHER RSS FEED FOLLOW ME - GREG CURRAN Twitter - @GregBCurran Facebook - Pushing The Edge Google+ - Pushing The Edge  

So you've been teaching for a while now. You'd describe yourself as student centred but you're seeing the landscape change all around you, and you're starting to question the way you've always done things. In this episode of Pushing The Edge, how do you get the gumption to take a risk and step outside what's comfy and familiar to you? AND What mindsets help disrupt this business-as-usual thinking and practices? These questions along with the themes of opportunity, collaboration and relationships are central to this episode. There's also the Lightning Round where we're Pushing The Edge of voice, connection and passion. And to bring us home, we're building on a strong foundation and challenging complacency. Our guest, Tom Snyder, a Middle-School Educator, 20 years in and still going strong. SHOW-NOTES For Show-Links and Resources go to PUSHING THE EDGE - EPISODE 10. You'll find links to Tom's Blog as well as Resource Pages focused on Disrupting Your Comfort Zone and Making Change Happen. Also, leave a Comment - let us know what you thought of the Show. SUBSCRIBE TO PUSHING THE EDGE Stay Up to Date & Get Episodes as soon as they're released. Hit that Subscribe Button on your Podcast Player. ITUNES ANDROID and WINDOWS STITCHER RSS FEED FOLLOW ME - GREG CURRAN Twitter - @GregBCurran Facebook - Pushing The Edge Google+ - Pushing The Edge

When Spock asks Kirk “What is exact change?” it’s a cultural joke. Holistic therapist Michael Anne Conley orients you to the change process in this episode, which includes an experiential exercise. To learn more go to habitsintohealth.com.

In this first episode of ChangED, we talk with a school librarian about how she transformed her school's library and the impact it had on students. Follow: @mtechman @pammoran @irasocol @bamradionetwork Melissa Techman is a K-5 school librarian in Albemarle Co, Virginia, and formerly a children's librarian at Houston Public Library. She has presented on Libraries at STEM to STEAM Hubs, Making Ebooks with Students and runs the Cheap and Cheerful Library Tips board for School Library Journal on Pinterest. Twitter:

Join Sara Shapiro-Plevan of Rimonim Consulting as she leads a conversation entitled “The $54,000 Strategy, Step 2: Making Change Happen.” This conversation was sparked by an article by Mark S. Young entitled The $54,000 Strategy: A Bold Solution to Undervaluing our Jewish Professionals The goals of the conversation was to think forward about effecting change […]

The strategies for marketing and selling for professional services firms aren't that complicated. But getting the leaders together and choosing a strategy often is. In this podcast we look at what leaders can do to make change happen at their firms with Dr. John Kotter, professor of leadership at Harvard Business School and author of New York Times bestsellers A Sense of Urgency and My Iceberg Is Melting, as well as the world's most influential book on organization change, Leading Change. He says people fail to successfully make change not because they lack capability and intelligence, but because they simply haven't been through a lot of big changes. The good news is you can learn it. You can do it. You can make some remarkable things happen. You just have to think in a different way. (Time: 11:58)