Depending on your job, this episode is going to be a relief or a cause for concern. The good news is that automation is not going to get rid of the need for human work. In fact, technology is creating new categories of jobs that are abundant in

Maggie Jackson on New Ways We’re Distracted

Dec 28th, 2018 23m 48s

In the ten years since Distracted was first published and while a lot has changed a lost has stayed the same. Maggie Jackson is back with a new edition of her book, with new data and looking at our new relationship to the machines that surround

Kathryn Sollmann on Ambition Redefined

Dec 21st, 2018 16m 35s

Women have been told to lean in but, more often than not, what women want is to “lean in-between.” Kathryn Sollmann, author of the new book Ambition Redefined, is here to advocate for those women, the ones who want to work but have no interest

John Chambers on Connecting the Dots

Dec 14th, 2018 34m 24s

Cisco is hardly a startup anymore but they’re in the business of bringing startups into the fold. The trick to that, according to John Chambers, is to have a culture that accepts outside people and ideas. It’s a healthy mindset that extends bey

Chip Conley on Embracing Your Place as an Elder

Dec 7th, 2018 19m 46s

After decades of working Chip Conley started all over again. Hired as an advisor at Airbnb he eventually became something of an intern to the young CEO. He’s written a new book Wisdom at Work: The Making of a Modern Elder which reframes how to

Mark Johnson on Seizing the White Space

Nov 30th, 2018 24m 27s

Mark Johnson has updated his classic book Seizing the White Space: Business Model Innovation for Growth and Renewal with a new chapter taking into account our relationship with digital technology. He joins us to talk about disrupting new market

Alex Rosenblat on Star-Rating Your Uber Driver

Nov 23rd, 2018 22m 38s

If you’ve ever taken an Uber you know that you give your driver a rating at the end of your journey. You probably know that their job depends on how good their average score is. But do you know how high that score has to be before they are esse

Ken Kocienda on Starting with an Idea

Nov 16th, 2018 22m 21s

The story of Apple’s success with the iPhone is that they didn’t make a product people wanted, they made a product people didn’t even know they needed yet but very soon had to have it. Today we’re talking to Ken Kocienda, the creator of auto-co

Ash Seddeek on Being a Leader of Leaders

Nov 9th, 2018 22m 21s

AMA Faculty member and author Ash Seddeek joins us to review some of FranklinCovey’s 7 Habits and share some of the things he’s learned from his years as an executive coach and trainer. Ash Seddeek is a business success and leadership coach, sp

Dr Donna Hicks on Leading with Dignity

Nov 2nd, 2018 20m 18s

We’re all born with inherent dignity. However, according to Dr. Donna Hicks, author of the new book Leading with Dignity, many of us have to be trained to learn how to recognize when we’re being treated with dignity and when we are not. She joi

Dan Schawbel on How Old School is New School Again

Oct 26th, 2018 23m

The last time Dan Schawbel was here he talked about the wonders of technology. Now he’s returned to tell you to back off of your screens. In his new book Back to Human he argues we’re suffering from a loss of human connection, it’s time to get

Drew Dudley on Everyday Leadership

Oct 19th, 2018 27m 53s

The understanding of what it takes to be a leader is both overly broad and too specific. We focus on lone, mythical, usually white, male figures and discount the leadership abilities inherent in all of us. Drew Dudley, author of the new book Th

Charlie Harary on Unlocking Greatness

Oct 12th, 2018 28m 16s

We’re constantly trying to make changes that don’t align with our brains. We make New Years resolutions and try to keep up with the news and watch movies about people achieving great things while not doing much ourselves. Carlie Harary, author

Allen Gannett on Encouraging Your Creative Curve

Oct 5th, 2018 26m 55s

The myth of the lone creative genius is “wildly destructive” says Allen Gannett, not to put too fine a point on it. Our guest today talks about how we need to bring our ideas about inspiration out of the clouds and back to a much more encouragi

Carmine Gallo on the Power of Communicating Well

Sep 28th, 2018 22m 49s

You don’t have to be giving a TED talk to benefit from learning how to speak and tell stories well. Whether you’re pitching a new project to your team or pitching yourself to an employer during an interview, the people who tell the best story s

Suzanne Vickberg on Developing Chemistry in Your Team

Sep 21st, 2018 15m 58s

You’ve heard of personality assessment tests before. You’ve probably taken one (or two, or three). But can you remember your personality type? Can you identify the type of the person sitting next to you? Probably not. That’s why Suzanne Vickber

Cal Turner Jr. on My Father’s Business

Sep 14th, 2018 17m 20s

Cal Turner Jr. was the CEO of Dollar General for decades after inheriting the business from his father. He joins us to talk about how faith and family helped him turn a million dollar business into a billion dollar business, plus a few stories

Chuck Martin on Our Third Digital Transformation

Sep 7th, 2018 13m 17s

We are currently in the era of the Internet of Things. What does that mean and how does it affect us? Chuck Martin joins us to talk about his new book Digital Transformation 3.0 and what it means for us as workers and as employees. Chuck Martin

Kevin Eikenberry on The Long-Distance Leader

Aug 31st, 2018 17m 50s

Whether you’re working with gig workers or people in multiple offices worldwide, these days we’re seeing more and more teams spread out across the globe. Technology makes remote teams easier but it can only help so much. Kevin Eikenberry, co-au

Dr Albert Siu on Difficult Conversations as a Manager

Aug 24th, 2018 19m 44s

One of the most difficult conversations at work is when you’ve got an employee who is under-performing. Albert Siu joins us with some tips on how to get through that conversation so everyone is happy, plus other advice for managers both new and

Howard Yu on Leaping Across Knowledge Disciplines

Aug 17th, 2018 20m 49s

Novartis is currently a multinational pharmaceutical company but when it started over two centuries ago they were manufacturing dyes for textiles. It was only when someone noticed the health benefits of their dyes that they made the switch. How

Jeanne Bliss on Treating Customers Like They’re Your Mom

Aug 10th, 2018 21m 28s

When we think of customer service we tend to focus on the front line employees who are taking the customer phone calls. While they are often the face of the organization, there are thousands of decisions made throughout the company than wind up

Leonard Mlodinow on Training Our Brains to Be More Elastic

Aug 3rd, 2018 18m 26s

At the two ends of the neurological spectrum are logical thinking and elastic thinking. Generally the purvue of artists and great thinkers, elastic thinking is called upon more and more in our everyday lives. Luckily, we are not born one way or

Fred Kofman on The Meaning Revolution

Jul 27th, 2018 14m 39s

Can everyone run a marathon? Yes and no. A lot of people can but not tomorrow, not without training. The ones that want to will put in the work. To Fred Kofman, the same metric applies to leadership. It takes effort but the ones who put in the

Jonah Sachs on Unsafe Thinking

Jul 20th, 2018 14m 58s

Sometimes the more we know, the more we fall into a trap. How many times have we shot down ideas because we know they haven’t worked in the past. It’s time to break out of that monotonous thinking. Jonah Sachs, author of Unsafe Thinking, joins