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Christina Wodtke is an author, professor and speaker who helps groups turn into high performing teams. She is a lecturer at Stanford, advisor to many startups, and is the author of 5 books, including Radical Focus, a bestseller about the Objectives and Key Results , or OKRs, approach to goal…

My guest in this conversation is Rich Mironov, who is known as the "product mensch" in Silicon Valley, and for good reason. Rich is a 30-year veteran of product management at multiple enterprises and startups that have gone public who now consults as an interim VP of Product helping companies…

Barry Brown helps leaders be more of who they are and be more effective in bringing forth the change they seek to make in the world. He's someone I call a "shaper of shapers," and by the end of this conversation, you'll understand why. See all links & show notes…

Becky Baybrook's work starts from the belief that organizations reveal who they are in the ways they respond to setbacks and tests of integrity, and that the same is true for individuals—especially leaders—in companies of any size. Becky has spent decades now going deep on and helping companies and their…

Paula Daniels is the co-founder and chair of the board of the Center for Good Food Purchasing, a nationwide program that uses the power of procurement at large public institutions to create a transparent and equitable food system that prioritizes the health and well-being of people, animals, and the environment.…

Natalie Nagele is the cofounder and CEO of Wildbit, a bootstrapped, independent, people-first software company that is celebrating a special milestone: 20 years in business! Now entering their "third act," Wildbit is starting to expand its focus to new arenas, starting off with the new job board called People-First Jobs.…

Amy Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, and is recognized as one of the top 10 thinkers on business and management in the world, specializing in the areas of psychological safety, teams, and organizational learning. A globally sought after thinker and speaker, Amy…

Susan Basterfield’s purpose is to end suffering in the workplace. She is a member and foundation director of Enspiral, a global network of people and organizations at the forefront of the self-organizing movement. See all links & show notes here: https://blog.makethingsthatmatter.com/p/susan-basterfield-decentralized-team-structures

Muriel is an entrepreneur, researcher, speaker, and advisor to governments and companies globally on creating a better future of work. In this conversation, Muriel Clauson and I go deep on the future of work: identity, engagement, and being future-ready. We also discuss how to develop self-awareness and communicate your needs…

In this episode of ENLIVEN we talk with Derik Mills the founder and CEO of Glo. We chat about how they went from being a bootstrapped company, raising no outside investments to being featured in Forbes, Oprah and more. We discuss how to create a conscious company culture and he…

Sam Fankuchen is the founder and CEO of Golden, which he founded in 2015 to make it easy for anyone to volunteer, and for organizers to manage their volunteer staffing and programs. This episode was important to release now because of the amazing free platform Golden just launched, “Mutual Aid,”…

Holly Hester-Reilly is the founder and CEO of H2R Product Science, where she combines more than a decade of experience in technology companies with years of experience in scientific research to bring her clients a rigorous, research driven approach to developing their growth strategy and coaching their product teams. See…

Dr Matthew Cook is one of the most cutting-edge doctors I've come across. He's a board-certified anesthesiologist with 20+ years of experience in medical practice, who — as he shares in this conversation — pivoted his practice toward functional and integrative medicine and has emerged a leader in stem cells,…

Josh Seiden helps clients launch new products and services, and create more agile, entrepreneurial organizations. In this conversation, Josh gives a masterclass on clear thinking and on how to create order out of the chaos that surrounds any creative endeavor, such as building a product or bringing a new venture…

Dan Gould is the CTO and co-founder of BiasSync, a company whose mission it is to create more fair and respectful workplaces by fighting unconscious bias. He cofounded the company in 2018 with Michele Ruiz, a 5-time Emmy award winning journalist, and Robin Richards, a prolific serial entrepreneur. See all…

Nilofer Merchant is one of the world's top business & management thinkers, and is also one of my new favorite humans. As an operator, she was involved with the launch of over 100 products that collectively generated more than $18 billion (yes, with a B) in revenue, and has gone…

April Dunford is a legend in the product marketing world. She's an executive consultant, speaker, and author who helps tech companies make complicated products easy for customers to understand and love. April's expertise is built from 25 years as an executive in a series of 7 successful technology startups and…

Pam Fox Rollin is an executive coach, facilitator, and strategist with extensive experience in senior team development, especially in healthcare and tech. She's worked with many clients in the Fortune 100, fast-growth startups, consulting firms, and NGOs. She was a Guest Fellow and Master Coach at the Stanford Graduate School…

Soushiant Zanganehpour is a social scientist and serial entrepreneur with a long history of working to solve problems at the intersection of public policy, business, technology, and systems change. In 2018, he founded Swae, a platform to help organizations create idea meritocracies by sourcing, evaluating, and improving ideas from all…

This conversation will help YOU craft a JOYFUL career. Laura Garnett is a performance strategist, TEDx speaker and coach to highly motivated CEOs, executives, and managers who want to maximize their engagement, tap into their unique talents, and access a whole new level of joy and hunger at work, as…

Karl Kuhnert is all about helping leaders to make their unique contribution. He teaches leadership, organizational change and professional ethics at Emory University, as well as in the Executive Education Programs at UCLA, HEC Paris, and The University of Georgia. He did his undergraduate work at Penn State and earned…

David Dylan Thomas’s work centers on the intersection of bias, design, and social justice. He's the author of the new book, Design for Cognitive Bias, serves as a Content Strategy Advocate at Think Company, and is the creator and host of the Cognitive Bias Podcast. This is a conversation about…

Hope Gurion was the Chief Product Officer of CareerBuilder, the SVP of Product at Beachbody, and led multiple product verticals at AOL.Today, Hope coaches product leaders and teams seeking to grow through customer-centric, evidence-based strategies.She's led almost 50 products teams in her career, in both consumer and B2B companies.This conversation…

Rob Walling is a serial entrepreneur and investor who cofounded TinySeed , the first startup accelerator for SaaS bootstrappers. Before that, Rob built 7 startups and sold several, most recently Drip , which was acquired by LeadPages. He's the host of Startups for the Rest of Us , the most…