Dr. Mindy, an MCC certified coach, author, entrepreneur, executive, is Adjunct Faculty at Lewis University and Faculty and Honorary Director at Potential Genesis, Chennai India. She is President of Collaborative Networks, an executive coaching, and leadership development firm. The pair discuss Coaching, team development, resilience, embracing resistance and how our brains are hardwired. Leadership in uncertain times. Communicating as a team, coaching clients, navigating accelerating change and e...
Jan 05, 2021•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Judith W. Umlas is Sr. Vice President, author and trainer at International Institute for Learning, Inc. (IIL), a global corporate training company. She is also the author of the ground-breaking book, The Power of Acknowledgment which has been credited with changing workplaces and lives by making use of the 7 Principles of Acknowledgment she developed. Her other books are Grateful Leadership, Using the Power of Acknowledgment to Engage All Your People and Achieve Superior Results and Youre Totall...
Dec 29, 2020•52 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Beth Armknecht Miller is CEO of Executive Velocity, a top talent and leadership development advisory firm. Beth is a trusted executive consultant, Vistage Chair Emeritus, and committed volunteer. She is certified in Myers Briggs, Hogan, and Business DNA. And, she is a Certified Managerial Coach by Kennesaw University. A sought-after speaker on hiring, leadership development, and succession planning. Her book, Are You Talent Obsessed is available on Amazon. Host Ross Thornley and Beth address peo...
Dec 22, 2020•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Renita is an executive coach whos worked with 1,200+ high-performers in 40+ countries, from Fortune 500 executives to Inc 5000 entrepreneurs. Tapping 10+ years of working with future Navy SEALs, she specializes in helping deep-tech founders level up as leaders so they can build fiercely loyal A-teams and scale their company. Host Ross Thornley and Renita discuss her evolution into coaching, balancing physical and mental sides of work. Finding ways to simulate mental challenges, leadership concep...
Dec 15, 2020•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jason is currently the Head of Financial Management of Technical Cooperation at UNIDO providing financial management, monitoring, control and reporting of all technical cooperation programmes. Host Ross Thornley and Jason discuss both the finance and IT sides of his career. The UN innovation network, how to innovate faster, and opportunities to leverage change. The pair also discuss UNIDO's role as a specialised agency, striving for a common goal, dealing with people and wanting to make a f...
Dec 08, 2020•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Esther Jackson is National Advisor for the Association for Talent Development (ATD). She's had 20 years in HR. mostly in talent development. Is an organisational employee development specialist for the City of Detroit. Esther has also created custom training and tools to help employees of Fortune 1000 companies do their jobs more effectively. Host Ross Thornley and Esther address the employee experience, workforce engagement, performance, and professional development. Then how it's...
Dec 01, 2020•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Gregg is the CEO of 'Section 119' selling high-quality apparel for the professional. Previously consulting during dotcom boom (sapient.com) serving F500 enterprise clients navigating disruptive change, an entrepreneur in digital education at Voxy.com, 2 years at (theknot.com) and 4 years at Singularity University delivering leadership development programs. Host Ross Thornley and Gregg discuss learning about value in an exponential way, improving the workplace, shifts from upskilling to...
Nov 24, 2020•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Frances is the founder of FrancesWestCo, a global strategy advisory company working with public, private, non-profit and start-ups to operationalize inclusion as a core business imperative to drive disruptive innovation and author. Host Ross Thornley discusses alignment of thinking, diversity of thought and authentic inclusion. Also Francis' transition from many years at IBM to her new company and advice on 'disruptive innovation' going into the future. Timestamps: 1:31: Welcoming...
Nov 17, 2020•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nancy is President of NANCY WATT COMMUNICATIONS, a specialized consulting and creative agency that works with all sectors exploring the social science of collaboration, communication and connection. Host Ross Thornley discusses applying improvisation techniques to modern business, psychological safety and how they are used in a work environment. The pair also talk about learning, curiosity and advice on getting out of the eco chamber we all live in using these engaging and entertaining technique...
Nov 10, 2020•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ira Wolfe is the President and Chief Googlization Officer at Success Performance Solutions. Terrified and fascinated by VUCA-level change, a future of work global thought Leader and author. Host Ross Thornley and Ira discuss 'what is VUCA' (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) and why does it matter? Skills he thinks are essential for the next decade and what people could start doing today to help them thrive in an exponential world? Timestamps: :58: Ira's backgroun...
Nov 03, 2020•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tom Cheesewright is an applied futurist that helps organizations to see, share, and respond to clearer visions of tomorrow. Host Ross Thornley and Tom discuss his recent book Future Proof Your Business, what futurism really entails, and the pace and accelerated change in industry, globalization, and technology. Ross and Tom also talk about teaching ambidextrous leadership to some of the biggest companies in the world, how unlearning can be done in part by becoming humble, and the ease of startin...
Aug 21, 2020•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Cameron Herold is the founder of COO Alliance, a best-selling author, and speaker. At age 21, he had 14 employees. By 35, hed helped build his first two 100 Million Dollar companies. By the age of 42, Cameron had engineered 1-800-GOT-JUNK?s spectacular growth from $2 Million to $106 Million in revenue in just six years. His companies landed over 5,200 media placements in those same six years, including coverage on Oprah. Host Ross Thornley and Cameron discuss being open and honest with those you...
Aug 18, 2020•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Amir Morshed and Martin Adams are business and occupational psychologists as well as the co-founders and managing directors of Propel International. Host Ross Thornley talks to Amir and Martin about creating a consulting company that can scale according to specific projects, the technology and digital fluency they possess as a business, and drawing solutions alongside clients due to co-creation and co-elevation. The trio also discuss the difference between leading an organization and inspiring v...
Aug 11, 2020•38 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Barry OReilly is an author, software developer, and founder of ExecCamp. Host Ross Thornley and Barry talk about his book, Unlearn, the importance of co-creation within the marketplace, and why most people adapt or die rather than experiment and learn while at the top of their industry. Barry and Ross also discuss the helpfulness of putting yourself into uncomfortable situations because you have a vision or a goal and thinking big but starting small to feel successful. Timestamps: 1:14: Barrys j...
Aug 04, 2020•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nicola Strong is a trainer and facilitator, the director of Strong Enterprises Limited, and a senior consultant at the Institute for Ethical AI, Oxford Brookes University. Nicola and host Ross Thornley talk about supporting people through change, the debate between augmenting through AI instead of going autonomous and Nicolas extensive research into chatbots. The pair also discuss the builders and the users responsibility when interacting with technology and how tech can perhaps do the gathering...
Jul 28, 2020•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Enrique Rubio is the founder of Hacking HR a global learning community that converges HR past, future, and technology. An electronic engineer and HR specialist by trade, Enrique talks with host Ross Thornley about serving the comunity, being open to feedback even if it hurts, and creating the best HR that has ever existed because of its resounding effect on a positive society. Enrique also details his new value proposition for HR, which is more valuable now than ever before. Timestamps: 1:50: En...
Jul 21, 2020•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Recorded at the quarterly meetup for Strategic Coach, host Ross Thornley sits down with Richard Wilson from the Family Office Club. The pair discuss how adaptability is perceived no matter the industry, experimentation to find new revenue stream versus being laser focus, and the level of resilience over the measurement of emotional overwhelm. Timestamps: :38: What led Richard to becoming part of Strategic Coach 1:08: What is Family Office Club? 2:25: Transitions in how Family Offices are managed...
Jul 14, 2020•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Amanda Solosky is the co-founder and co-CEO of LA-based Lifekind.ai (formerly Rival Theory). She has successfully delivered AI-based products across interactive entertainment, VR, and Hollywood, used by over 100,000 studios in 26 countries. Host Ross Thornley and Amanda discuss the future of using artificial intelligence to create both fictional and real characters for different worlds, building and collaborating more by creating virtual personas, and solving problems through a game while also l...
Jul 07, 2020•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist, an esteemed author, and a renowned speaker. Host Ross Thornley talks with Dr. Hardy talks about his new book, "Personality Isnt Permanent", why its important to spend time thinking about thinking, and some of the keys of adaptability. The pair also discuss psychological flexibility being essential in order to jump from environment to environment and not being held to the ideas of the former context. Timestamps: 2:09: What drove Dr. ...
Jun 30, 2020•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Michael Keane is a Strategic Innovative Change Director and managing partner of the Sierra Institute. Host Ross Thornley speaks with Michael about the capability of repackaging a product, mitigating the risks of getting caught not looking ahead, and how capability can grow naturally over time. The pair also discuss creating plausible scenarios instead of strategic planning and how AQ will expose a great many people that dont have opposable thumbs. Timestamps: :51: Who is Michael Keane in his own...
Jun 23, 2020•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Host Ross Thornley talks about adaptability requiring vulnerability as does learning. Being deeply optimistic about humans, Heather McGowan reflects upon getting in touch with your identity and leadership within this new normal. She also discusses how humans are transitioning away from universal income without any obligations and why learning is the new pension. Timestamps: 1:12: Who is Heather McGowan in her own words 2:48: The transition from corporate work to writing and speaking 5:55: Identi...
Jun 16, 2020•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast With an intense curiosity on perception, Dr. Diane Hamilton touches on the four main things that hold people back, why empathy springs from asking questions, and how shes helping organizations achieve more success through the Curiosity Code Index. Timestamps: 1:15: Who is Dr. Hamilton, in her own words 3:34: Interesting people Dr. Hamilton has interviewed 5:07: Naveen Jain 7:21: What shaped the progression of Dr. Hamilton 8:49: Answers arent important its the question 11:15: Opportunities to ask...
Jun 08, 2020•46 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast 
