DesuckifyWork®

We are so much more than our resumes. If there is one thing you can take away from this week’s DesuckifyWork™ podcast episode with Patrick Riley, it is this simple, beautiful fact.  Now, Patrick has a pretty impressive resume himself. From film school to co-founding Modern Survey—a human capital measurement company to his current role heading up RADICL, a company that blends art and science to hel...

Hi everyone, Episode 14 of the DescukifyWork™ Podcast is now live! Today, I’m speaking with Diana Wu David, a future of work expert—based in Hong Kong, so she is literally living in the future. You should really listen to her.  You should also listen because she’s smart as hell and has done the work.  Diana is the founder of Future Proof Lab, where she provides community and coursework that helps...

Hi everyone, Episode 13 of the DesuckifyWork™ Podcast is now live Today, I’m speaking with Judy Cirullo , an executive and team coach with a focus on leadership and culture.  We talk about navigating hybrid work environments and making sure those critical human connections can be formed, nurtured and deepened through conversation.  Which led us to something called “conversational intelligence” whi...

Hi everyone, Episode 12 of the DesuckifyWork™ Podcast is now live. Today, I’m speaking with Josh Weiss, art director, creative director and curious, compassionate soul. Josh and worked together a while back at Saatchi & Saatchi in LA. In addition to his clever, creative mind, I was always impressed with his desire to learn, grow and shine light on any blind spots he might have. Josh shines a lot o...

Hi everyone, Episode 11 of the DesuckifyWork™ Podcast is now live.  Today, I’m speaking with Mike Moss. I’ve known Mike for over 30 years… we were in the same fraternity at Lehigh University and from what we can recall, it was a mostly pleasant experience.  Since our college days, Mike has built a long career in the world of people analytics. And he’s the first person to convince me that employee...

Hi everyone, Episode 10 of the DesuckifyWork™ Podcast is now live. (Please note, the video feed in this episode freezes up for about 30 seconds at the 1:06:30 mark. The audio works just fine so we kept the show going.) Today, I’m speaking with Gary Ware, a strategic play consultant and the founder of Breakthrough Play.  I gotta say, I have a lot of fun with the work I do, but it’s hard not get a b...

Hi everyone, Episode 9 of the DesuckifyWork™ Podcast is now live.  Today, I’m speaking with Watson Jordan, founder of The Resilience Initiative. His perspective is both powerful and deeply personal, and I’m grateful we had the chance to chat. During our conversation, we talk about the beautiful simplicity of Watson’s 5-3-1 Resilience plan and how its focus on our inner circle, our community and ou...

Hey everyone, Episode 8 of the DesuckifyWork™ Podcast is now live! Today, I’m speaking with Chris Dyer, a company culture and remote work expert. He’s also a former CEO who has managed thousands of people… his companies frequently showing up on best places to work lists. So he knows of what he speaks.  Speaking of speaking, Chris is also a renown speaker, sharing inspiring stories about leadership...

Hey everyone, Episode Seven of The DesuckifyWork™ Podcast is now live! Today, I’m speaking with Jason Fried , co-founder of 37signals , best known for Basecamp, the only project management software that ever made sense to me. They also created HEY email and are getting ready to launch a new calendar app in 2024. If you prefer video, you can watch the episode here: Jason is one of the primary inspi...

Hey everyone, Episode 6 of the DesuckifyWork™ Podcast is now live! Today, I’m speaking with Mark DiMassimo, co-founder and creative chief at DiGo Brands—The Positive Behavior Change Agency.™ DiGo is the world’s first creative agency focused exclusively on promoting better habits by building brands and businesses using Positive Behavior Change marketing. I think DesuckifyingWork falls under the pos...

Hey everyone, Episode Five of the DesuckifyWork™ Podcast is now live! Today, I’m speaking with Mike Wolfsohn, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at High Wide & Handsome, an ad agency in LA.  He and his partners started the agency in 2010 with one goal—to be the best place to work in the advertising industry. 13 years later, they sit in the #1 spot on AdAge’s Best Places to Work list. Not too sh...

Episode Four of the DesuckifyWork™ Podcast is now live! Today’s guest is Dan Dominguez, Chief Growth Officer for the WHY Institute. You’ve probably heard of Simon Sinek’s work around finding your why. I’ve read the books, they’re fantastic.  What Dan and the team at WHY Institute have done is make that process way more accessible. Founder Gary Sanchez created a WHY discovery tool that helps you fi...

Hey everyone, Episode Three of the DescuckifyWork™ Podcast is now live! Our guest today is Joe Palm… Joe is a big proponent of something he calls Practical Servant Leadership.  You may have heard the term, servant leadership, but the addition of that single word makes a big difference. Makes it a lot more accessible. We get into a lot during the show… but first I’d like to thank Joe for being vuln...

Welcome to Episode 2 of the DesuckifyWork™ Podcast.  Today, we’re talking with Ryan Berman, a long-time advertising creative exec who is on a mission to help leaders, brands and individuals discover more courage for themselves, their teams and the world.  He has more than 20 years in the courageous ideas space and has been featured in Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Inc. and Forbes.  Ryan speaks about...

Welcome to the first-ever episode of the DesuckifyWork™ Podcast! As you can probably guess by the title, this podcast is all about finding ways to make work not suck.  To do that, I’ll be talking with a number of expert-level desuckifiers.  People who are already making a difference.  I’m super excited to dive into this project. And I’m thrilled that our first guest is Jocelyn Brady , a brain coac...