Bridges Between Us

Matt and Evan reflect on the 2024 campaign season unpacking the lessons we can learn about our culture, current political landscape, and our technologies' impact on society.

Themes : AI Alignment problem, reasons to be hopeful, technological innovation historical trends, core skills needed in the future Summary: Matt and Evan debrief Labor Day and unpack the key insights from a recent keynote Matt delivered in Dallas on the Future of Leading and Learning. Links: ⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to the Work 4.0 Newsletter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Follow Matt on Linkedin⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Follow Matt on IG⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Follow...

Matt and Mathew talk about why relationships matter in life and at work...and why can they seem to be so hard sometimes?

Themes : Defining power, leadership dynamics, culture design, stress regulation, identity shifts Summary: Matt and Evan talk about how to shift corporate complacency and dive into the intricacies of leadership and power dynamics. Their conversation explores the critical role of intentional culture design, relational regulation, and frameworks for an evolving model of leadership in today's prof...

Themes : Stress regulation, identity shifting, empowered well-being model Summary: In this episode we dive deep into Evan's journey from a nine-to-five role to embrace the life of a solopreneur. Matt and Evan explore the profound challenges and exhilarating moments that come with such a significant shift in professional identity. Evan opens up about the initial hurdles of managing his own time...

Themes : Education, K-12 Ed Policy, L&D Priorities, school choice, school funding, SEL programming Summary: In this episode of Weekly Wire, Matt and Evan delve into the current state of the U.S. education system, its evolution, and its shortcomings. They discuss significant wins and failures, including the rising costs of college tuition, poor academic outcomes in math and science, and the ine...

Themes: value of higher ed, crucial Skills for the workforce, problems within K-12, and the future of L & D Summary: Matt and Evan talk about the rising cost and declining value of college education. Matt shares the greatest challenges he sees facing K-12 education today and they chat through the path forward to innovating learning and development with AI tools.

Themes : AI risks to loneliness and addiction, finding purpose, unlocking motivation and purpose Summary : Matt and Evan discuss the loneliness epidemic, warning against relying on AI to replace human connection through chatbots. They explore how sales teams can leverage AI for automation and augmentation, not replacement. The episode also dives deep into replying to two listener submitted questio...

Themes: ChatGPT Voice Scandal, OpenAI brand, AI Regulation, Creator Economy, Content Strategy Summary: Matt and Evan talk about some of the big AI stories in the news this past week. Matt shares his thoughts around the holes in the armor now showing up for OpenAI. Evan and Matt talk about what the future of the creator economy is going to look like and what they think an effective content strategy...

Themes: AI regulation, intro to the weekly wire series, advice, future of education, future of AI legislation Summary: The weekly wire is a new weekly series co-hosted between Matt and Evan Snyder. In this episode, we introduce what the series is all about and dive into our first weekly Q+A.

Themes: Haircuts , Entrepreneurship, Sales, Venture Capital, Pareto Principle, High School Superlatives Summary: Collin is the founder and CEo of Reachsuite a Demo Automation Platform. Today we talk about the lessons from his career in his twenties led him into becoming a founder, we talk about some of the lessons from the companies first year, we make some live calls to friends on the air, AND we...

Themes: Change, Burnout, Innovation, Collaboration, Leadership, & Systems. Summary: This episode is the first of our leadership series. We're joined by Jenny Magic and Melissa Brekker. As we talk, we explore the five pitfalls of leadership and review the strategies for preventing burnout and fostering team buy-in. Drawing from their extensive experience, Melissa and Jenny highlight the key...

Themes : Sales, Burnout, Consciousness, Conscious Leadership, AI, Future of Work Summary : In this episode, Sabba Nazhand and I talked about the future of work, the state of modern sales teams, and the qualities that leaders need today. He opens up about his early life challenges, his encounter with burnout, and how these experiences led him to adopt principles of Conscious Leadership. We explored...

Themes : Creativity, Power, Social Media, Israel, Hamas, Gaza, Festival, Art, Culture, Leadership Summary: Reverend Nathan Kohlerman has a diverse background in integrative somatic therapy, transpersonal psychology, mysticism, ritual, and plant medicine.  Nathan struggled in childhood with a lot of pain, confusion and difficulty. He was  introduced to gang culture and was battling addiction at a y...

Themes: Dopamine, Performance, Pleasure, Pain, Addiction, & Motivation. Summary: " Our primitive wiring is mismatched to our modern world." Today we’re talking with Dr. Anna Lembke about how understanding our wiring helps us enhance how we perform in our modern world. Dr. Lembke is a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction...

Themes : Gun Violence, Gun Laws, Mental Illness, Myths, Homicide, Suicide, Criminal Statistics Summary: I spoke with criminologist Thomas Gabor about his new book American Carnage, which analyzes the alarming rise in mass shootings and gun violence. We unpacked some of the top myths about gun violence and dove into questions around overcoming polarization and the role of mental illness. Gabor argu...

Themes : Oxytocin, connection, neurobiology, trust, belonging Summary : A conversation with neuroscientist Dr. Larry Young about the vital role of oxytocin in human life. We discussed how oxytocin functions and what we can do at work and at home to boost oxytocin in ourselves and those around us. We also talked about how modern technologies can undermine oxytocin systems, driving loneliness and de...

Themes: Artificial Intelligence, Organizational Culture, Start-up Advice, Origins of Rewind AI, Leadership Summary: A chat with Rewind CEO Dan Siroker on lessons from starting AI companies. We discussed his career journey, the inspiration for Rewind, and advice for startups. Dan is optimistic about AI's potential to give people "superpowers", but cautions that products must solve rea...

Themes: Oxytocin, Neuroiology, Sociostasis, Safety, Healing, Evolution, Future of Work, and Healthcare Summary: a fascinating conversation with pioneering neuroscientist Dr. Sue Carter about the crucial role of oxytocin in human social bonding and flourishing. We discussed how oxytocin promotes trust, empathy, and prosocial behaviors - essentially helping us connect. However, modern society and te...

Themes: Confidence, Fear Thresholds, Belonging, Wisdom, Truth, & Manifestation Summary: Cait and I go way back and in this episode we dive way in. We start the conversation with Cait getting real and vulnerable about challenges with her own confidence right now. Then we explored what it really means to cultivate true confidence within ourselves. We discussed how societal systems often erode ou...

Themes: C Themes: Leadership, Neuroscience of Change, Culture Change, Addiction, Empowerment, Management Summary: Join me as I chat with Pat Smith, a NeuroChange Solutions consultant and high-performance coach, who's blending Dr. Joe Dispenza's teachings into corporate settings and personal growth. We explore the disconnect between rapid technological advancements and slower adoption of hu...

Themes: I-lignment, Empowering Self, Leadership, Authenticity, & Identity. Summary: This episode is the second episode of our leadership series. Excited to be back after a 2 month European escapade. In this episode we're joined by Ron Manseth. We'll be unraveling simple concepts like the essence of life, the core of personal identity, and the process of empowerment and self-discovery....

Themes: People-Pleasing, Boundaries, Authenticity, Well-being, Mental Health, & Systemic Change.  Summary: T oday we’re talking with my dear friend and Pathly Operations coordinator, Nancy McNicol, With a degree in behavioral psychology and another in counseling psychology, Nancy has learned to view the world through a unique lens — one that is rooted in the belief that things are rarely as th...

Themes: Neuroscience, Development, Diversity, Well-being Summary: Dr. Chantel Prat was the first neuroscientist to directly link two human brains through technology. Her research has explored virtual reality, neural linking, and the diversity of our brains throughout development. Learning about the science of our brains and nervous systems empowers us with greater ability to build the lives we wan...

Themes: Mentorship, Network Marketing Myths, Well-being, Entrepreneurship  Summary: Sydney Lich is a wellness entrepreneur, who at the age of 22, had a dream and went for it. In the last 5 years, she has gone from broke, sleeping on a mattress on the floor, to a top global earner in her company and an ambassador for success in the modern world for her generation. Mentoring her team of thousands, t...