Innovating Leadership: Shorts

Watching AI anxiety turn into excitement is one of the things Suchi Srinivasan of Boston Consulting Group loves about her work. Despite the doomsayers, AI (usually!) makes work more positive; salespeople, for example, can work more on relationships instead of paperwork. For more on Suchi's real-world experience with AI in the workplace, check out our full interview with her. Look for "Humans in th...

Futurist Matthew Griffin ponders what CEOs should be thinking about in light of the facts that they have less direct control of their companies, many believe their organizations will be in bad shape within a decade, and the average CEO tenure is only about half of what it used to be! This is but a small snippet of a full fascinating interview with Matt. Hear the full episode on our website at http...

Robots are coming into their own. From the narrowly programmed industrial 'bots a generation ago, today's robots can perceive the world around them and change how they react. The key, according to Tye Brady -- the Chief Technologist of Amazon Robotics -- is AI. And human safety is improving in the process! For our full interview with Tye, pop over to our podcast at https://bit.ly/DeliveringtheFutu...

If there's one key quality behind Amazon's success, it's a deep culture of innovation. Prime Air is one division with innovation at its very core -- and VP David Carbon reveals the questions he asks through any new project to ensure his team's innovative edge stays razor sharp. This is an excerpt from a trio of in-person interviews we conducted during Amazon's Delivering the Future event. You can...

Being vulnerable is really another way of being honest with yourself: not just being aware of your emotions, but WHY you're feeling them. Knowing you're angry is one thing, but knowing why you're angry leads to solutions...and better leadership. In this excerpt from our interview, Jacob Morgan explains further. You can hear the full interview here on YouTube at https://bit.ly/VulLeader-YT2 , and o...

As a leader, your main title is really CDO - Chief Dissatisfaction Officer. Not in a disgruntled way, but in a motivated way. Being content with the status quo leads to stagnation, so set new visions, new goals, and encourage curiosity and exploration. In short, guest Mansour Javidan says, motivate your team to be the Indiana Jones of your industry! To hear more of Mansour's findings after decades...

We say we want innovation in our companies, our governments, and our daily lives. But we fear it, too! Three myths help perpetuate that fear, but guest Karen Tilstra also has four actions you can take to make everyone comfortable with innovation! Learn more in our full interview with Karen on Podbean at https://bit.ly/Pass-Pod , or here on YouTube at https://bit.ly/Pass-YT2 .

You spend over half of your waking hours each weekday at work. It only makes sense that the workplace has a major affect on your mental health and general well-being! Cameron Stockdale, from Vancouver-based Work Wellness Institute, shares some basic tips on making a healthy workplace. One basic point: workplace well-being has less to do with the money you spend than on the culture you create! Hear...

The world has changed. So what happens at work when the status quo doesn't work any more? The speed of change and uncertainty keeps you busy and running...but it's running on a treadmill. If your leaders are reactive, instead of making decisions grounded in your purpose, you're going nowhere mighty fast. You're burning out. Sonya Shelton has the details in this video. For her full interview, check...

Still having staffing problems? The Great Resignation isn't over; it's just settled in as the new normal. People continue leaving jobs that don't match their values -- including being treated like a human being, not a cog. What's at stake if you don't lead human? Your company's very survival. The stats indicate that you risk extinction otherwise. Dr. Jennifer Nash has the details. Take heed! Check...

When we fall short of goals, we often blame a lack of discipline: "Oh, if only I were more disciplined, I'd be CEO by now." But, Dre Baldwin points out, we're missing the real key: structure. It's the template we follow, and discipline arises out of that. Forget the structure, and discipline falls apart. Dre has the details in this video. He has more great tips for getting on your game in our full...

While women-owned businesses account for 40% of small- to medium-sized businesses in Africa, the owners aren't always trained to be investment-ready. Through the Sheba program, Pauline Koelbl and ShEquity are changing that! Learn more in this excerpt from our full interview with Pauline. You can hear the complete podcast on Podbean at https://bit.ly/ShEquity-Pod , or here on YouTube at https://bit...

Emotions drive people, and people drive your profitability. It's pretty simple, really -- but most bosses ignore the role of emotion in the workplace. In fact, EQ (emotional intelligence) is going down. Joshua Freedman of Six Seconds gives the details. To learn more about boosting your leadership EQ, check out our full interview with Joshua. It's on Podbean at https://bit.ly/HumanEnergy-Pod , and...

Psychological safety gets eye rolls from old-school leaders. Sure, it means making sure your team members feel good and can bring their best selves to work. But innovative leaders know the material benefit: your team feels safe to experiment, to try out new ideas -- and that gives your organization a big competitive edge! Guests Suzie Lewis and Jim Ritchie-Dunham provide the details in this excerp...

Customers can have conflicting needs from your company. So when your CEO says the customer is always right, which customer do they mean? Rini Das of RD Management Consulting breaks down the three priorities of customer expectations: Must-Haves, Satisfiers, and Delighters, along with the impact each one has. This is an excerpt of a full interview with Rini in our latest podcast. Check it out on Pod...

Anxiety is one of most ancient emotions. Back in the epoch, it kept our ancestors alive -- as a way of anticipating threats. But today, anxiety can get in the way: we can feel like we're in a constant state of threat. Morra Aarons-Mele has lived with and researched anxiety; in this excerpt from our full interview, she explains the anxiety spectrum. It can range from being debilitating to being ben...

Leaders have a lot of responsibility...but is forging a workplace with joy part of that? YES! That's the short answer from Dr. Pamela Larde, who studies joy in the workplace and in our personal lives. The bottom line of her research: joy is good for your business' bottom line! She says more in this excerpt from our interview. Check out the full interview on our Podbean platform at https://bit.ly/J...

Being on code means a lot of things: bringing others along as you climb the leadership ladder, authentically walking your talk, and most critically, doing the right thing, for example. In many ways, being on code means caring. Guests Keith Powell and Ricky Robinson of C-Crets give the details in this piece. For the full interview, pop over to our podcast playlist here on YouTube (look for "Getting...

Do you know what your customers want? What your employees want? Small organizations may have an innate feel for it, but there's a tipping point when a company is too big for leaders to know customer or staff needs. Gathering and processing data is critical to understand those needs -- and thus in understanding how your business can amp up its success! Sarah Ahern of market research firm PATH has a...

Artificial Intelligence gets such a bad rap -- but AI tools are NOT meant to replace us. They're here to augment us, to help us do more of the things that are human strengths. Guest Neil Sahota, an IBM Master Inventor, calls it Hybrid Intelligence: adding artificial intelligence to our own natural intelligence. Far from causing our doom, learn about the benefits of AI. For the full interview, chec...

LinkedIn takes DEI to a new level with their DIBs programs: Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging. They've been wildly successful with it. Chief People Officer Teuila Hanson explains one of the core reasons behind that success: DIBs is supported right up to the CEO, so it's part of LinkedIn's DNA. Listen to the complete conversation; you'll find our full podcast interview with Teuila on Podbean at...

One reason many CEOs want staff back in the office full time: they claim remote work is less productive. But the hard data shows that simply isn't the case. As Dr. Gleb Tsipursky points out, part of the CEOs' disconnect is that leaders often don't understand the nature of work. He explains more in this excerpt from our interview with him. You can listen to the complete discussion -- which includes...

Laura Fuentes, SVP and CHRO of Hilton, talks about the importance of leading with character and values. Why? It boils down to the fact that every team member is a person with a story...often, a very deep and moving story. And it is the leader's sacred responsibility to steward that! Learn more from Laura in our full interview here on YouTube in our Podcasts playlist (look for "Thrive at Hilton: Re...

Kvon Tucker trained leaders at hugely successful high tech giants, including Netflix and Amazon. And he discovered one key secret behind their way-above average hit rate on new initiatives: writing. When something stumbles, they'll do a root cause analysis, asking the Five Whys to burrow down to figure out what went wrong. But they take it further; the people on the project write -- they hit the k...

Robots may be on the threshold of being sentient -- and more intelligent than humans. Or maybe not: the problem is, we don't really know how to tell. Our guest, Greg Moran, asks how we can recognize when AI reaches that tipping point. Already, robots are better than people at specific tasks. Regardless, Greg says the future is not to be feared! Check out our complete interview with Greg here on Yo...