This season is all about Transformation. Transformation is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days, particularly by consultants, but what does it really mean. This season, we have a great line-up of business and thought leaders who are at the forefront of the theory and execution of transformation to help us shed a little light on what transformation is and how we execute it well. So to help us kick off the season, this week on The Change Artist we talk to Anu George, an experienced tran...
Jun 13, 2023•23 min•Season 8Ep. 2
This season is all about Transformation. Transformation is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days, particularly by consultants, but what does it really mean. This season, we have a great line-up of business and thought leaders who are at the forefront of the theory and execution of transformation to help us shed a little light on what transformation is and how we execute it well. So to help us kick off the season, this week on The Change Artist we talk to Laura Beres, Vice President of ...
May 29, 2023•25 min•Season 8Ep. 1
This season we’ve looked at a range of structures, from the project management office to practices within the organization that help promote employee work-life fit. We wrap up this series of episodes by taking a look at shadow boards. This week on The Change Artist, we talk to Mahwesh Khan, a senior advisor and researcher at the International Institute for Management Development in Switzerland, with specific expertise in governance and strategy diagnostics, and she shares with us her research fi...
May 09, 2023•22 min•Season 7Ep. 5
As we continue to examine the structures in and outside our organizations that help us work through change, I wanted to spend a minute thinking about structures and practices within the organization that help promote employee work-life fit. It’s incredibly hard to accommodate change, and be resilient in the face of change, when you’re dealing with overwhelm and, at least for me, one of the biggest triggers of overwhelm comes when stress at work compounds with stress at home and things start to f...
Apr 24, 2023•31 min•Season 7Ep. 4
I’ve talked to many people who have a love hate relationship with project management. When there’s no project management rigor around the change programs we’re trying to drive, programs can feel chaotic and collapse under the weight of that chaos. When there’s dogmatic adherence to standard project management one-size-fits-all practices, it can feel like change initiatives collapse under the weight of non-value-add administrative burden. This week on The Change Artist, we talk with Jaci Cooper, ...
Mar 20, 2023•27 min•Season 7Ep. 3
As we continue to examine the structures in and outside our organizations that help us work through change, we’re taking a minute to shine a spotlight on professional associations. These are organizations that operate outside of a specific employer who focus on a specific skillset or industry and provide opportunities to build skills and network. There’s a professional association for almost any line of work you might be interested in, and they can be impactful vectors for the new ideas that can...
Mar 13, 2023•22 min•Season 7Ep. 2
The organization operates as a complex ecosystem of people, policy, process, structure, and tools. Trying to drive change in a single aspect, without considering the reinforcing structures across the full ecosystem is likely to render those changes unsustainable. This week on The Change Artist, we talk to Darin Dorsey, an experienced anti-violence consultant and trainer, and the co-founder of Rooting Movements, and he shares his insights from his work in the social change space around challengin...
Mar 06, 2023•22 min•Season 7Ep. 1
This week on The Change Artist we continue our conversation on measuring change and how we talk about the degree to which we’ve been successful in driving our desired change. Our guest today is Dr. Jue Wu, a postdoc researcher in STEM education at UC Berkley and the author of the recent paper in the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education - “Change mapping of models to diversify STEM faculty as practiced by alliances for graduate education and the professoriate" (https://psycnet.apa.org/record/...
Feb 20, 2023•21 min•Season 6Ep. 7
"When you go in to collect data, step one is why. What is your purpose? What is the mission you're trying to move forward." This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Sertrice Grice, cofounder and chief consulting officer of Mattingly Solutions, a woman-owned diversity, equity and inclusion consulting firm. She’s also the co-author of "Inclusalytics - How Diversity Equity & Inclusion Leaders Use Data to Drive their Work." She’s here with us today to share her perspective and experience a...
Feb 14, 2023•23 min•Season 6Ep. 6
"There's no business without showbusiness." This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Mike Verret, principal of Verrett & Associates - a firm that helps entrepreneurs shape their message and talk about their businesses in a way that makes investors and buyers say “Tell me more!”, and he’s with us today to challenge our thinking on how we craft messaging that engages our audience and helps us get from introduction to outcome. To reach out to Mike directly and learn more about his work, y...
Feb 07, 2023•24 min•Season 6Ep. 5
"Instead of fighting [sexism] and saying we don't want to do this, let's just stop doing it. Let's just stop using gender as this meta context and the most important thing when writing about women in their fields." This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Christie Aschwanden, science journalist, author, and advocate for the Finkbeiner Test - a checklist to help science journalists avoid gender bias in articles about women in science. She shares her insight around how what we choose, or cho...
Jan 30, 2023•22 min•Season 6Ep. 4
"The management skill for this era is knowing how to communicate with your team, and to create a holding space, often remotely, in the face of so much uncertainty." This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Morra Aarons-Mele, a global speaker, best-selling author, and strategic communications consultant. She's also the host of the The Anxious Achiever, a podcast on a mission to reframe how we think about anxiety and mental health at work. She shares her insights around the anxiety that chan...
Jan 23, 2023•21 min•Season 6Ep. 3
"Your industry may be technology or medicine or research, but the business that you're in is the people business." This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Jay Williams, an author, speaker, and communication coach focused on helping his clients create alignment among leaders and executives to ensure clarity of values, company culture, strategic priorities, and key business metrics. He shares his insights around empathetic communication that not only reframes change within our organizations...
Jan 16, 2023•27 min•Season 6Ep. 2
"Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions." - Gandhi This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Akua Nyame-Mensah, an executive coach, recognized facilitator, and former start-up leader who supports reluctant, fire-fighting, and overwhelmed leaders. She shares her insights around not only the language we use with others, but also the language we use with ourselves and how that enables us to thrive through change. To connect with Akua directly, you can reach her on Link...
Jan 09, 2023•24 min•Season 6Ep. 1
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." - Antoine de Saint Exupéry. This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Alex Echols, a coach, consultant, and speaker focusing on the intersection of emotional intelligence-based leadership, mindfulness, and wealth building, as well as the best-selling author of The Two-Week Notice. He shares his insight on the role of mi...
Dec 05, 2022•24 min•Season 5Ep. 6
How do we understand the behavior of others? As leaders, how do we tailor our approach to the individuals on our team to help everyone be as successful as possible? This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Gregg Gregory, a teambuilding mastermind with over 25 years of experience helping organizations build the leadership, cultlure and teaming behaviors that allow them to produce breakthrough results. In our conversation, Gregg shares his insights around those teaming behaviors, what makes ...
Nov 29, 2022•20 min•Season 5Ep. 5
How do we understand our work in the context of the broader organization? How does that understanding impact our engagement with the change initiatives going on around us? This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Kevin Herring, founder of Ascent Management Consulting, specializing in work-group and business unit turnarounds, coaching and other workforce performance solutions. He shares his insights on the importance of our orientation toward the people in your organization and the importan...
Nov 22, 2022•23 min•Season 5Ep. 4
"Behavior change is what backs up good intentions or the desire to correct something." This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Diana Alt, career growth coach and strategist, who shares her insights on the importance, as a team, of getting on the same side of a mission or problem as a way to maintain a productive relationship to the hard work that needs to be done. To learn more, you can visit Diana at www.dianaalt.com, or on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/dianakalt/ To learn more about h...
Nov 14, 2022•25 min•Season 5Ep. 3
"If the external environment is moving faster than your internal environment, then you're going to fall behind until you fall over, whether we're talking about 'you' as a person or 'you' as an organization." This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Rich Alderton, a speaker and coach with over 25 years leading change in some of the world's most innovative organization, who shares his insights on how to improve our ability to adapt and how that contributes to our ability to thrive through ch...
Nov 06, 2022•30 min•Season 5Ep. 2
"When we can really understand what's driving behavior in the first place, we can find ways to meet those needs in a better way and create a path of least resistance with our change." This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Chris Gray, pioneering expert in buyer psychology and purchase behavior, who shares his insights on relationships as the foundation of effective change. To learn more, you can visit Chris at his website www.thebuycologist.com, or email him directly at chris.gray@thebuy...
Oct 30, 2022•28 min•Season 5Ep. 1
How do we think about empowering the people around us to take up the mantle for driving change? When we're part of a mission that's bigger than our own individual contribution, how do we go about finding and building relationships with the right partners to help us drive the change we're looking to make? This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Priya Shah, Executive Director of Storycatchers Theatre, a Chicago organization focused on helping justice-involved youth work address trauma and b...
Oct 02, 2022•21 min•Season 4Ep. 5
When you see a problem, how do you figure out how to solve it systemically instead of just applying a band-aid? How do you make sure you're solving that problem in a way that actually addresses the needs of its victims? This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Mat Boyle, CEO and founder of Online to Offline, a company committed to using entrepreneurship and job creation as a vehicle to end poverty-driven exploitation. He shares his insights around the importance of empathy and listening wh...
Sep 27, 2022•21 min•Season 4Ep. 4
How do we use education to move people from fear and anger to empowerment? How do we communicate in ways that drive change by helping people relate what we're talking about to their lives and situations? This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Stephanie Olson, CEO of the Set Me Free Project, who shares her insights around the importance of education and learning as a necessary first step to driving social change. To learn more about the Set Me Free Project, you can visit the organization'...
Sep 20, 2022•29 min•Season 4Ep. 3
How do we bring an evidence-based approach to identifying social issues? This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Aisha Cargile, who shares her insights around the using data to tackle equity issues and the role communication plays in driving social change. To learn more about Aisha's work, you can reach her directly on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aishacargile/) or visit her at the McCord & Cargile website (https://www.mccordandcargile.com/). To learn more about how to bring ...
Sep 12, 2022•24 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Many of us set aside money to donate to social causes that resonate with us, but have you ever considered social change investment vehicles as part of your savings and investment plan? This week on The Change Artist, we're joined by Lawrence Williams, principal at the De-Carceration Fund, who shares his perspective on balancing profit and purpose and investing our morals. To learn more about the social impact of popular investment vehicles, you can visit www.asyousew.org. If you're interested in...
Sep 05, 2022•20 min•Season 4Ep. 1
What's the difference between thriving in change and just putting up with chaos? How do we understand both the competency and the mindset of organizational agility? This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Marcelino Sanchez, who shares his insights around the importance of psychological safety creating true change agility on our teams and in our organizations. To learn more about the work that Marcelino does with Agilityze, you can visit his website at www.agilityze.com, or contact him dir...
Aug 08, 2022•22 min•Season 3Ep. 5
What does it mean to show up for others at work? How does the quality of our relationships at work impact our ability to handle disruption and change? This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Morag Barrett, who shares her insights on the importance of the Ally Mindset and relationships at in creating psychologically safe teams that are empowered to perform. Be sure to take the Ally Mindset Profile at www.skyeteam.cloud/changeartist to understand where you may need to turn the dial up or do...
Aug 01, 2022•22 min•Season 3Ep. 4
How do we distinguish between communication to drive alignment and communication to promote understanding? How do we build trust and change resilience on our teams and in our organizations? This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Dr. Robin Buckley, who shares her insights on building change resilience through trust, authenticity, and effective communication. To learn more, you can visit Robin here: Website: www.drrobinbuckley.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-robin-buckley-coac...
Jul 25, 2022•24 min•Season 3Ep. 3
What does it mean to build a Vibrant Culture? How do we think about bringing out the best in our team members and teammates? This week on The Change Artist we're joined by Nicole Greer, who shares her insights on how to create psychologically safe teams where people can be their best and thrive. To learn more, be sure to check Nicole out on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/build-a-vibrant-culture-nicole-greer/, or visit her at her at her website www.vibrantcoaching.com. If you'd like to brin...
Jul 18, 2022•19 min•Season 3Ep. 2
What are the tell-tale signs of a low trust environment? How do we think about candor and transparency when we think about building trust and psychological safety? This week on The Change Artist, Dr. Toby Travis, Executive Consultant with the Global School Consulting Group and founder of TrustED, shares his insights and experiences around building trust within your organization. If you'd like to learn more about Dr. Travis's key leadership behaviors, be sure to check him out on his website at ww...
Jul 11, 2022•27 min•Season 3Ep. 1
