“I think today people like the rawness, we're not looking for perfection. And I try to remember that even today in my teaching, I always remind myself, I want to teach from an in the trenches perspective.” ~ Jeffrey Shaw In this episode of The Widest Net, Pamela Slim is joined by Jeffrey Shaw, an accomplished speaker and small business consultant whose self-employment journey began at the tender age of 14. Drawing from his background in portrait photography, Jeffrey guides entrepreneurs in seein...
May 03, 2023•43 min•Season 3Ep. 23
“You can make things flashy and dynamic, but again, it's like, what are you making people think, feel or do with that content or with that art?” ~ Zain Meghji In this episode of The Widest Net, we welcome Zain Meghji to this episode, a seasoned creative professional in the entertainment industry with over two decades of experience. From interviewing global icons like Oprah and Beyoncé to hosting television shows across Canada and the US, Zain has honed his ability to connect authentically with d...
Apr 12, 2023•44 min•Season 2Ep. 22
“We as human beings, naturally, hold anyone we deem to be a leader to a higher standard of behavior, right, and accountability. We expect them to lead, to find a way forward, to lead the future, to create a compelling work environment.” ~ Dr. Vince Molinaro In this episode of The Widest Net, Pam is joined by Dr. Vince Molinaro, a strategic leadership advisor, speaker, researcher, and New York Times bestselling author. He is the founder and CEO of Leadership Contract, Inc. and travels the world h...
Mar 29, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 21
“The biggest part of the gender wage gap comes from this gender inequity, which drives the cost of what it means to have a flexible job.” - Eleanor Beaton In this episode of The Widest Net Pamela Slim is joined by Eleanor Beaton to talk about the steps needed to close the pay gap amongst women entrepreneurs. Eleanor Beaton is the founder of Safi Media, an education and coaching company for women entrepreneurs. She is on a mission to double the number of women entrepreneurs who scale past $1 mill...
Mar 15, 2023•48 min•Season 2Ep. 20
“Play has no results, right? You're not focused on your results. You're simply taking the risk of jumping into the pool of uncertainty” ~ Jeffrey Harry In this episode of The Widest Net, Pamela Slim is joined by Jeffrey Harry, an expert in positive psychology and play, helping teams build psychological safety and individuals address their biggest challenges. He has worked with Google, Microsoft, Southwest Airlines, Adobe, the NFL, Amazon, and Facebook to infuse more play into the day to day. Har...
Feb 15, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 19
"When you place certain elements into play to help people create that sense of belonging, to help people feel loved, truly, genuinely loved what is really possible from there." - Maruxa Murphy In this episode of The Widest Net Pamela is joined by Maruxa Murphy, an award-winning community experience designer, strategist, entrepreneur, author and catalyst for change who has been transforming communities since the year 2000. She leads national and international initiatives to foster meaningful conn...
Feb 01, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 18
“What I've found over the years is that there's a way to sort of lay these things out and describe where we're going with it, how it's different than what they've done before, and give people options within a sort of wider, systematic kind of philosophy of work.” - Tara McMullin In this episode of The Widest Net Pamela chats with Tara McMullin, writer, podcaster and producer of What Works, about finding success and satisfaction in your daily practices. During their conversation, Tara outlines a ...
Jan 18, 2023•35 min•Season 2Ep. 17
“There's something magical when you can see the look in people's eyes, that your body of work is going to change them. It's no feeling like that.” - Nancy Duarte In this episode of The Widest Net, I am pleased to be joined by Nancy Duarte. Nancy Duarte, known as the “the Storyteller of the Valley” is CEO of Duarte Inc. and author of six bestselling books. For over 30 years, Duarte Inc. has worked with the highest performing brands and executives in the world. The insights from these engagements ...
Dec 14, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 16
“I always told myself, I'm not going to be that negative boss, I am going to be totally the opposite of that. So they taught me something by modeling something negative that I knew I wasn't going to do, if I ever did become the boss.” ~ Pedro Ortiz In this episode of The Widest Net Podcast, I am excited to talk with my kids’, Josh and Angie's boss, Pedro Ortiz. This is both their first jobs and they absolutely LOVE working with and for Pedro. I knew I wanted to have a conversation with Pedro aft...
Nov 30, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 15
“You know, people say I have the Midas touch, like everything I touch turns to gold. They have it wrong, I only touch gold.” ~ Guy Kawasaki In this episode of The Widest Net Podcast, I am joined by the incomparable Guy Kawasaki for a lively and thought provoking conversation about the remarkable people he has interviewed and the impact he would like to leave through his podcast, Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People. Guy Kawasaki is the Chief Evangelist of Canva and the creator of Guy Kawasaki’s Rema...
Nov 16, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 14
“I want to empower individual contributors, employees, managers, and leaders to be able to not only have the tools to push their organizations in a more equitable and human direction, but know how to have the kind of change leadership that can really be transformative.” - Caleb Gardner In this episode of The Widest Net, Caleb Gardner, Managing Partner of 18 Coffees joins me to talk about his vision for revolutionary change and leadership through his new book, No Point B: Rules for Leading Change...
Nov 02, 2022•29 min•Season 2Ep. 13
“I am done glorifying busyness. Busyness is not the new chic. It is not business goals or a cause for celebration…Burnout is not my final destination” - La’Vista Jones In this episode of The Widest Net, La’Vista Jones joins me today to talk about self-care and her upcoming book, The BOSS™ Shift which is a book she wrote for women who are ready to make a shift towards living life on their own terms because they are no longer willing to sacrifice themselves in pursuit of the work they love doing. ...
Oct 19, 2022•34 min•Season 2Ep. 12
“I get to live with a lot of cool beacons through the work that I do. I love the mix of work that we do locally, as well as the work that I get to do with my amazing clients all over the world.” - Pamela Slim In this episode of The Widest Net Podcast, Pamela closes out the season reflecting on creating her own beacon with this podcast and sharing some insights to what she has learned along the way and her vision for the future. Here’s what you can expect from this episode: Pam’s transitions thru...
Sep 28, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 11
“I find that the best relationships in my life are the multi dimensional ones, to where it's not just one role, because that's a confining way to look at a human being. And we're not just one role to one person.” - Charlie Gilkey An essential component of The Widest Net book and a topic that every client Pamela Slim has ever had asks about is building effective partnerships. In this episode of The Widest Net Podcast, Pam’s longtime friend, past business partner and occasional client Charlie Gilk...
Sep 14, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 10
“There's a reason the first part of the phrase personal finances is personal, because it really is personal and individualized and unique to every individual.” - Lynnette Khalfani-Cox In this episode of The Widest Net Podcast we are excited to have as our guest The Money Coach, Lynnette Khalfani-Cox. Lynnette is a longtime friend and collaborator of Pamela Slim and served as her financial expert for her first book, Escape from Cubicle Nation. As a former financial news journalist for The Wall St...
Aug 31, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 9
“People are not always ready for ideas that come from people of color or that come from Native American communities. Because there are such different value systems; there are sometimes opposite value systems...in the long run, we can't create any kind of change for the better if we don't have those hard conversations.” - Debbie Nez-Manuel Debbie Nez-Manuel is Tséníjíkiní, Cliff Dweller People of Klagetoh. She is born to the Tsénahabiłnii, Sleepy Rock People of Nashchitti, New Mexico. She is a ma...
Aug 17, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 8
“Our most precious gems are our people, our most precious asset in our companies is our people's time, and how we use it. So I think being good stewards of that, and also playing some role in solving that gets me to wake up excited every day.” - Emad Georgy In this episode of The Widest Net, Pamela sits down with Emad Georgy, an experienced and successful technology leader, who has developed a global standard for measuring technology health, which is used by thousands of organizations. Named Ent...
Aug 03, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 7
“We are focused on building a more diverse and inclusive workforce ecosystem to power an equitable future of health. Connecting like minded individuals, equipping them with resources and insights, and then launching them into amazing careers and opportunities.” ~ André Blackman In this episode of The Widest Net, Pamela is having a conversation with André Blackman who is the CEO of Onboard Health, a specialized executive search and advisory firm focused on creating a more inclusive future of heal...
Jul 20, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 6
“I believe in the energetics of what we infuse into the business into our products. As we're creating them, our joy matters.” - Jenny Blake In this episode of The Widest Net, we are excited to have Jenny Blake in the virtual studio! Jenny is an author, podcaster and keynote speaker who specializes in helping you create systems that help your business flow seamlessly. After 5 years working with Google, Jenny embarked on her own business journey, created and licensed Pivot Programs that aid compan...
Jun 22, 2022•50 min•Season 1Ep. 5
“I feel like it was so helpful in the span of one month to be participating in some quite different ecosystems, people might have shared values and an ethos of relationship building and being open to partnership. But the specific way in which they did it was quite different.” - Pamela Slim In this episode of The Widest Net, Pamela is continuing walking us through building a highly relational business through the lens of the ecosystem like she talks about in her book, The Widest Net. Today, the f...
Jun 08, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 4
“When we understand our fundamental beliefs and truths, it bakes in differentiation, because no two businesses have the same purpose or mission.” - Karley Cunningham In this episode of The Widest Net, Pam sits down with Karley Cunningham, the first person mentioned in the book, The Widest Net as well as longtime “framily” member and client. Karley is a big thinker, dedicated community builder as well as the Founder, Creative Strategist & Growth Accelerator at Big Bold Brand. The core of Karl...
May 18, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 3
“It doesn't matter what you do, and what you have in place - if you are not building deep, right relationships with your partners and colleagues you’re actually losing at this game.” - Desiree Adaway In this episode of The Widest Net Podcast, Pam and guest Desiree Adaway engage in a deep and impactful conversation about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in business. We couldn’t imagine anyone better to lead this discussion than Desiree Adaway, the founder and principal of The Adaway Group, one of ...
May 04, 2022•55 min•Season 1Ep. 2
“To build strong sustainable companies, we as business owners need foundational practices to ensure that we are always seeding new opportunities and presenting offers to the market that people want.” - Pamela Slim Today’s episode marks the launch of Pamela Slim’s newest podcast - The Widest Net. Pamela Slim is an award winning author, business coach and the co-founder of Main Street Learning Lab in Mesa, Arizona with her husband, Darryl where they host scores of diverse community leaders and sma...
May 03, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 1
