In our season finale, Melinda is joined by CAA agent Ann Blanchard and First Nations actress Rachel Colwell to discuss the personal benefits of service to others as well as how service is incredibly additive to the health and business of a work

Safety Is Essential w. DJ Barton and Rorelee Tio

Jan 3rd, 2024 28m 47s

This week, Melinda is joined by script supervisor DJ Barton and stunt coordinator Rorelee Tio to discuss the importance of safety as an element of collaborating with kindness. They discuss incidents where safety was not a priority and how those

Accountability Prompts Change w. Liz Hsiao Lan Alper and Birgit Zacher Hanson

Dec 27th, 2023 29m 50s

This week, Melinda is joined by Liz Hsiao Lan Alper, who co-founded Pay Up Hollywood to advocate for fair wages for Hollywood assistants, and executive coach Birgit Zacher Hanson, leader of Heads Up Performance. They share insights on how to ho

Work-Life Integration Elevates Results w. Erika Harrison and Alex Taub

Dec 20th, 2023 29m 40s

This week, Melinda speaks with writer-producers Erika Harrison and Alex Taub, who share their experiences in finding work-life integration while being in charge of the creative and personnel management of writers' rooms. We also discuss raising

Transparency Neutralizes Bullies w. Akima Brown and Bradley Marques

Dec 13th, 2023 28m 32s

This week, Melinda is joined by Akima Brown, founder of Reel Families For Change, and writer-producer Bradley Marques to talk about developing a culture of kindness in Hollywood and how we can pivot away from aggression. We discuss some doable

Calm Breeds Success w. Andi Behring and Jonathan Brody

Dec 6th, 2023 28m 27s

Our focus in this week's episode is calm and how maintaining calm in high-pressure situations can lead to great success. I'm joined by Director Andi Behring and Post Supervisor Jonathan Brody who share some of the ways they keep calm when a sit

Love the Sea (in Order to Become a Great Shipbuilder) w. Cameron Johnson and Noga Landau

Nov 29th, 2023 29m 36s

Noga Landau and Cameron Johnson (co-creators and showrunners of NANCY DREW and TOM SWIFT) join Melinda this week to talk about how toxic work cultures in their past experiences forged their determination to foster humane, healthy and respectful

Trust = Performance w. Andrea Thornton Bolden & Malek Mouzon

Nov 22nd, 2023 29m 29s

This week, Melinda is joined by showrunner Andrea Thornton Bolden and writer Malek Mouzon to discuss how to acknowledge and address dysfunctions ranging from quiet microagressions to overtly hostile behavior in the workplace. The good news is t

Kindness Comes From the Top w. Kennedy McMann and Tian Richards

Nov 15th, 2023 27m 49s

This week, we speak with Kennedy McMann and Tian Richards, who played Nancy Drew and Tom Swift respectively on their CW shows. They give us the secrets of how to raise performance levels by creating a kind, inclusive and nurturing environment w

Inclusion Changes The Game w. Ruben Garcia and Kristin Killey

Nov 8th, 2023 28m 24s

In our first episode, Melinda speaks with director Ruben Garcia and line producer Kristin Killey, who both came up through the ranks of the AD department on set. They share cautionary tales and tell us how they turned their experiences around w