Forgiveness is a skill and a practice that we can embody to live more peaceful lives. Yet it’s not one that is often taught, leaving many people confused about the tasks involved with moving forward through unpleasant or even traumatic experien

Time Affluence and Time Poverty

Jul 19th, 2021 54m 58s

What if most of your conversations about time are actually conversations about feelings? 80% of working adults feel like they’re “time-poor,” but time is a tricky concept to pin down. What many people really mean when they say “I don’t have eno

Flourishing, Achievement, and Privilege

Jun 28th, 2021 47m 31s

Flourishing provides a framework for how to live well by taking into account individuality, constraints, and systems. Yet what does it look like to apply this framework in education? Classroom-teacher-turned-positive-psychologist Nick Holton ha

Mental Health and Flourishing in Sports

Jun 7th, 2021 46m 46s

Mental health in elite athletes is an elevated topic in 2021. In sports, there’s a fine line between growth and exhaustion, strength and breakdown, health and pathology—and this couldn’t be more true for athletes competing during the global COV

The Skill of Conflict

Jun 1st, 2021 1h 6m

In a time of great division, we become positional and put up our walls. So in this episode with the University of Utah’s Dr. Danya Rumore, we talk about how to attack problems instead of people, avoid zero-sum thinking, and manage our needs to

Love, Spirituality, and Flourishing

May 24th, 2021 1h 2m

What does it mean to be well? In this conversation with Dr. Matthew Lee, Director of Empirical Research at Harvard's Human Flourishing Program, we run the gamut of subject matter—love, spirituality, inner peace, business—in search of the answer

The Rhetoric of Productivity

Mar 15th, 2021 49m 25s

Time management, productivity, high-performance—these buzzwords govern the way we view our roles in not only our jobs but society as a whole. But often, notions that center around the idea of “high performance” are just that: performative. In t

Individuals and Systems

Feb 25th, 2021 54m

Conversations about individuals and systems tend to veer into the realm of either/or. Yet in this episode, Francois Sauer and I explore how complex, dynamic systems can work to serve individuals and create an environment for human flourishing.

Work and well-being during COVID

Feb 16th, 2021 53m 6s

As we continue to navigate the difficulties of the pandemic, a shift toward care and empathy in the workplace, coupled with boosts in individual learning and creativity, could hint at lasting positive impacts on our post-COVID economy. In this

Re-Q Return: Boy oh boy, it's been a while

Jan 28th, 2021 4m 44s

I'm back. It's been a few years. I've got a new name (Danielle LeCourt), a new logo, and a new take on an old question: What does it really mean to change? This episode was recorded in November of 2020.

Skills-based volunteering as a function of CSR

Sep 21st, 2017 33m 45s

"We've got this dormant capacity-building resource in the skills and talents of corporate employees that, when deployed effectively, provides benefits to the community, nonprofits, and to the professionals themselves. It's there, and it's just

The Business of Choice

Sep 5th, 2017 40m 10s

"Marketing is obsessed by being consumer-centric. I think the opportunity is for it to become more decision-centric... There's a lot of noise in being consumer-centric that may not be relevant to the choice. Start with the choice and work from

Cara Santa Maria on Science and Society

Aug 8th, 2017 38m 46s

"Fundamental to science is a process and a worldview. It's a way to confront reality. It's how you establish what's real and what's not real; what's true and what's false. It's how we understand what is. Having a strong background in science an

What if there was a safer way to play out our youthful transgressions?

Jul 27th, 2017 33m 55s

"Rather than having someone burn the finger and think "I'm not going to do that again", can we actually bring about an emotional response in a young person's mind using all of the tools of media?" - Paul Irwin Think back to your youth, to som

17: Technology, data, and the capital T Truth

Jul 16th, 2017 38m 24s

"If we do the science right and we're really understanding what works, whether it's what we expect or not, it will be the truth... All we want to know is the truth." - Dan White Facts, the final frontier. We live in a weird time. While a major

16: Challenging assumptions in global health research

Mar 7th, 2017 35m 51s

"We don't just dive into a country with predetermined solutions. We sit and talk to people about what the issues are." Gael O'Sullivan joins the podcast to discuss the challenges that come with confronting assumptions related to global health i

15: Strategic Social Marketing

Jun 3rd, 2016 34m 2s

"The problems are complex, but the process is relatively simple. The trick is to get politicians to endorse the application of that process and practitioners to help deliver it." Professor Jeff French joins the podcast to discuss his recent wor

14: Building Capacity for Conservation

Jun 3rd, 2016 42m 30s

"Ultimately, if we think about the people we're working with, they know their context best. They know the ultimate outcomes and goals they want to see in their communities." Alexandra Jabs, Training Director at Rare, and Claudia Quintanilla, Tr

12: Planning for Climate Change

Sep 29th, 2015 41m 22s

"What does our future look like? We can't plan for the past anymore, we have to plan for our future climate." Dr. Danya Rumore joins the podcast to discuss how she and other planners are helping communities take action in response to our changi

11: Social marketing and behavior change in conservation

Aug 18th, 2015 40m 40s

"Marketing is both a powerful and positive tool for shaping our perceptions, actions, and social norms. I encourage anyone who's working in any cause-based mission to embrace social marketing as an important tool, especially those working in co

10: The super wicked problem of climate change

Aug 13th, 2015 39m 26s

"You've got to look at what people do about climate change, not what they think about it... Ultimately we're going to be judged on how effective we are, not whether people remember the brand or message of a program." David Meiklejohn joins the

9: How do we really define social good?

Aug 4th, 2015 40m 22s

"Governments and other social actors need to take an ambidextrous approach—they have to at the same time try to eliminate [ill-being] while at the same time creating conditions for people to flourish and reach their potential." Hamilton Carvalh

8: Research for Evaluation in Social Marketing

Jul 21st, 2015 31m 38s

"Understanding the persepctive of the people you're serving should be the most important benchmark for how you conduct research and evaluation activities." Craig Lefebvre, PhD, re-joins the podcast for the second episode of a two-part series on

7: Research for Planning in Social Marketing

Jul 14th, 2015 32m 58s

"If you want to watch a lion hunt, don't go to the zoo. Go to the jungle." Craig Lefebvre, PhD, joins the podcast for a two-part series on research in social marketing. In this episode we discuss theories, concepts, and strategies for conductin

6: Can culture change the environment? Energy use and the military

Jul 1st, 2015 29m 58s

"We wanted people to understand that for the military, energy is not about being green... it's about the mission." Darrin Kayser of Booz Allen Hamilton joins the podcast to discuss his work to reduce military energy use and how culture change s