0604 | John Richard Bell
John Richard Bell is a retired CEO, a strategy consultant, and author of "Do Less Better." In this interview, we discuss the power of strategic sacrifice in complex world.
Feb 16, 2015•20 min
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Radio Free Leader is a podcast dedicated to helping you lead smarter by tearing down the walls between the ivory tower and the corner office. Each week, host David Burkus interviews outstanding thinkers and doers in leadership, innovation, and strategy like Daniel Pink, Marcus Buckingham, Tom Rath, Adam Grant, and more.
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0603 | Ron Friedman
Ron Friedman, Ph.D. is an award-winning psychologist and founder of ignite80, a consulting firm that helps smart leaders build extraordinary workplaces. He is the author of The Best Place to Work. In this interview, we discuss the science behind creating an extraordinary workplace.
Feb 02, 2015•20 min
0602 | Edward Hess
Ed Hess is the author of "Learn or Die" and a host of other great books. He is professor of business administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence at the Darden Graduate School of Business. His current research focuses on innovation systems and organizational learning cultures, behaviors, and processes. In this interview, we talk about who to use science to build a leading-edge learning organization.
Jan 19, 2015•26 min
0601 | Joshua Wolf Shenk
Joshua Wolf Shenk is a curator, essayist, and author, most recently, of "Powers of Two." His magazine pieces include cover stories in Harper’s, Time, and The Atlantic, where his essay "What Makes Us Happy?" was the most read article in the history of that magazine’s website. In this interview, we discuss how the essence of innovation starts in creative pairs, not solo work.
Jan 05, 2015•27 min
0526 | Max McKeown
Max McKeown is the author of "The Innovation Book." Max holds a PhD and MBA with a speciality in strategic change and an MSc in Psychology. He teaches at Warwick Business School and consults with companies such as Phillips, Langham Hotels, Oracle, PWC, Microsoft, and Virgin. In this interview, we discuss how to manage ideas and execution for outstanding results.
Dec 22, 2014•19 min
0525 | Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor is the founder of actionablebooks.com, a training and development company that spreads actionable insights from business books in the form of summaries and workshops. In this interview, we discuss the role of culture in leading virtual teams.
Dec 08, 2014•25 min
0524 | Warren Berger
Warren Berger is the author of "A More Beautiful Question." He is a journalist and book author who has spent his career profiling a wide range of highly creative people and companies, sharing best practices and innovation secrets with readers. In this interview, we discuss the power of inquiry to spark breakthrough ideas
Nov 23, 2014•26 min
0523 | S. Chris Edmonds
S. Chris Edmonds is the author of "The Culture Engine." He is a S. Chris Edmonds is a sought-after speaker, thought leader, and executive consultant. Chris has been a senior consultant with the Ken Blanchard Companies since 1995. In this interview, we talk about how to use culture to drive results, inspire people, and transform your workplace.
Nov 10, 2014•19 min
0522 | Tanveer Naseer
Tanveer Naseer is the co-author of "Leadership Vertigo." He is also the Principal and Founder of Tanveer Naseer Leadership, a leadership coaching firm that works with executives and managers to help them develop practical leadership and team-building competencies to guide organizational growth and development. In this interview, we discuss why even the best leaders go off course and how they can get back on track.
Oct 27, 2014•31 min
0521 | Scott Eblin
Scott Eblin is the the author of "Overworked and Overwhelmed: The Mindfulness Alternative," and founder of the Eblin Group, a professional development firm committed to helping executives and managers improve their leadership presence by being fully present. In this interview, we talk about the growing number of overwhelmed leaders and how mindfulness and purpose contribute to better leadership and better lives.
Oct 13, 2014•21 min
0520 | Dorie Clark
Dorie Clark is the author of "Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future." She is a former presidential campaign spokeswoman, a former divinity student, a faculty member at Duke University, and a contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and the American Management Association's publications. In this interview, we talk about how to rebrand yourself for future leadership roles.
Sep 29, 2014•21 min
0519 | Rich Horwath
Rich Horwath is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author on strategy, including his new book "Elevate." In this interview, we discuss the three disciplines of advanced strategic thinking and how to cultivate them inside any organizations.
Sep 16, 2014•19 min
0518 | Rajiv Narang
Rajiv Narang is the author of "Orbit-Shifting Innovation" and founder of Erehwon, a 20 year old pioneering Innovation firm, where he has helmed the redefining and recasting of Innovation. Recognized as India's Innovation thought leader, Rajiv has inspired leaders and organizations across cultures and across the world in adopting orbit-shifting innovation. In this interview, we discuss the mindsets and dynamics of ideas that create history.
Sep 01, 2014•22 min
0517 | Henry Evans
Henry is co-author (with Colm Foster) of "Step Up: Lead in Six Moments that Matter." He is the founder and Managing Partner for Dynamic Results, LLC, providing coaching and consulting solutions to companies and individuals. He provides performance coaching to independent executives, as well as those in national organizations, helping each achieve their desired goals. In this interview, we talk about how to lead when it matters and how to know when it matters.
Aug 18, 2014•20 min
0516 | Edward Slingerland
Edward Slingerland is the author of "Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity." He is Professor of Asian Studies and Canada Research Chair in Chinese Thought and Embodied Cognition at the University of British Columbia. Educated at Princeton, Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley, he is an internationally renowned expert in Chinese thought, comparative religion, and cognitive science. In this interview, we discuss how the modern science of cognition and influence are p...
Aug 04, 2014•23 min
0515 | Dean Schroeder
Dean Schroeder is co-author (with Alan Robinson) of "The Idea-Driven Organization.” As an educator, Dean is the Herbert and Agnes Schulz Professor of Management at Valparaiso University. As a consultant and speaker, he has worked with many types of companies and organizations in North America, Europe, and Asia. In this interview, we discuss how to leverage the entire organization and benefit from the power of bottom-up ideas.
Jul 20, 2014•23 min
0514 | Christoph Lueneburger
Christoph Lueneburger is the author of "A Culture of Purpose: How to Choose the Right People and Make the Right People Choose You." He is a partner at Egon Zehnder, where he founded the firm's Sustainability Practice and now heads the firm's global private equity practice. In this interview, we discuss how innovative leaders create meaningful cultures that attract and retain top talent.
Jul 06, 2014•19 min
0513 | David Craig
David Craig is a Senior Vice President at CannonDesign in New York, where he leads the firm’s Workplace Strategy Practice globally. Craig is a recognized expert and leader in developing, implementing and promoting innovative workplaces for a wide range of global organizations. In this interview, we talk about the history of workplace design and its effect of workplace design on culture and performance.
Jun 22, 2014•22 min
0512 | Aubrey Daniels
Aubrey C. Daniels is the author of the bestselling management classic Performance Management: Changing Behavior that Drives Organizational Effectiveness, recently re-released in a fifth addition. His management consulting firm, Aubrey Daniels International, works with business leaders around the world. Daniels is an internationally recognized expert on management, leadership, and workplace issues. He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune, and on CNN and CNBC. ...
Jun 09, 2014•21 min
0511 | Larry Downes
Larry Downes is co-author of Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation. He is an Internet industry analyst and author on the impact of disruptive technologies on business and policy. In this interview, we discuss how old models of strategy and innovation make the wrong assumptions and how to craft a strategy when the market is ever-changing.
Jun 02, 2014•22 min
0510 | Les McKeown
Les McKeown is the author of Do Lead: Share your vision. Inspire others. Achieve the Impossible. Les McKeown is the President and CEO of Predictable Success, a leading advisor on leadership and organisational development. He has started over 40 companies in his own right, and was the founding partner of an incubation consulting company that advised on the creation and growth of hundreds more organisations worldwide. In this interview, we talk about how to answer the call for leadership and how t...
May 31, 2014•23 min
0509 | Kathy Cramer
Dr. Kathy Cramer is the author of Lead Positive: What Highly Effective Leaders See, Say, and Do. A psychologist by training, she created and has dedicated her life to asset-based thinking (ABT), a way of looking at the world that helps leaders, influencers, and their teams make small shifts in thinking to produce extraordinary impact. As a business consultant, she has worked with clients such as DuPont, Prudential Real Estate, Starbucks, and Microsoft, as well as many educational and nonprofit o...
May 31, 2014•23 min
0508 | Orly Lobel
Orly Lobel is the author of Talent Wants to Be Free: Why We Should Learn to Love Leaks, Raids, and Free Riding. Lobel is the Herzog Professor of Law at University of San Diego. Her work has been featured in CNBC, Fortune, CNN Money and HuffPost. In this interview, we discuss how to REALLY win the talent war and why we should learn to live and work without non-compete clauses.
May 31, 2014•22 min
0507 | Denise Brosseau
Denise Brosseau is the author of Ready to be a Thought Leader. Denise is an award winning author, thought leadership consultant and keynote speaker with a long track record of results with an international clientele including Abbott Labs, Deloitte, Cisco, Gracenote and Roche. In this interview, we discuss how to how to increase your influence, impact, and success.
May 31, 2014•22 min
0506 | Shawn Hunter
Shawn Hunter is the author of Out Think: How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes. Shawn is Executive Producer & Vice President for Leadership Development Channel at Skillsoft. For over a decade Hunter has interviewed, collaborated with, and filmed, hundreds of leading business authors, executives, and business school faculty in an effort to assemble video learning solutions, as both an entrepreneur and later as a product developer for Skillsoft. In this interview, we discuss how le...
May 31, 2014•27 min
0505 | George Bradt
George Bradt is the co-author of First Time Leader: Foundational Tools for Inspiring and Enabling Your New Team. George has a unique perspective on transformational leadership based on his combined senior line management and consulting experience. After his education at Harvard and Wharton, George progressed through sales, marketing and general management roles around the world at Fortune 500 companies including Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, and then J.D. Power and Associates as chi...
May 31, 2014•27 min
0504 | William Cohen
Dr. William Cohen is the president of the California Institute of Advanced Management and the first graduate of Peter Drucker’s executive PhD program. He is the author of The Practical Drucker: Applying the Wisdom of the World’s Greatest Management Thinker. In this interview, we talk about rules for engagement, how to promote the right people, and how Peter Drucker was pretty much right about everything.
May 31, 2014•31 min
0503 | Julian Birkinshaw
Julian Birkinshaw is Professor and Chair of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School. Julian is a recognised expert on innovation, entrepreneurship and renewal in large corporations, with over eighty articles published in such journals as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Strategic Management Journal and Academy of Management Journal. His most recent book is Becoming a Better Boss: Why Good Management is So Difficult. In this interview, we discuss why managemen...
May 31, 2014•20 min
0502 | Alan Gregerman
Alan Gregerman is the President and Chief Innovation Officer of VENTURE WORKS Inc. He is the author of The Necessity of Strangers: The Intriguing Truth About Insight, Innovation, and Success. An experienced consultant on strategy and innovation, his work focuses on helping companies and organizations to unlock the genius in all of their people in order to deliver the most compelling value to their customers. In this interview, we discuss how to generate more insights and enhance innovation by en...
May 31, 2014•21 min
0501 | Andrew King
Andrew King is co-author (with Jeanne Liedtka and Kevin Bennett) of Solving Problems with Design Thinking: Ten Stories of What Works. He is a research associate for the Batten Institute inside the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. In short: he’s well-studied in design thinking. In this interview we talk about how to develop new business models, find new competitive advantages, and how design thinking is more than just product design.
May 31, 2014•24 min
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