the UNCOMMODiFiED Podcast

This UNCORK conversation with globally recognized CEO Advisor, Executive Coach, and Leadership Consultant Mahan Tavakoli tucks into Mahan's world, where he helps leaders understand and leverage AI's strategic potential and ensure that they can harness the power of emerging technologies while navigating the uncertainties of the digital age. Grab a coke or a coffee and listen in as we expl...

Some people, embarrassing me most days, believe that play should be the obsession only of children. But the truth is play is as vital for adults as it is for kids. My grandchildren's playmate, Nana Pam, my wife, and the subject matter experts that I've read all understand that there are powerful reasons why you and I need to learn to be more unabashedly playful. In this 10-minute episode...

The genuinely unforgettable people who have impacted my life in the most significant ways are untamed and rather wild horses. Regardless of what their spirit animal is, it lives within them wild and unowned. They are unbridled and unbranded provocateurs. In this 7-minute and 36-second episode, I read from a section of my new book that encourages you to understand the power and potential of living...

Do you just draw a boundary, a box of rules and regulations for you and others to adhere to and fit in? Are you a "you're in, or you're out" or "you're good,  or you're bad" kind of person.?  Or do you spend time identifying and calling yourself and others towards a life-giving, positive center to be attracted to and orbit around?  In this 7-minute & 33-...

This UNCORK conversation with Sarah Windsor (and yes, she is related to me) is all about PASSION, PURSUIT, and the POWER of PRESSING IN. Sarah is an artist who loves creating in various mediums, including acrylics, watercolours, collage, ink, wood burning, digital design and jewelry making. Initially trained in watercolour and printmaking, she has developed and adapted her skills to new mediums, r...

In this 6-minute & 38-second episode, I confess and challenge you and me with the truth that we are both blind and wide-eyed. Asleep and awake.  We are blind and asleep to the wrong things and the wrong person in our lives. Sometimes we get frustrated with somebody, see a fault in them, and upon further reflection, realize that .... that same trait is in us. Let's challenge ourselves to a...

This UNCORK coffee chat is an inspiring conversation with Monica de Wit, an amazing woman I encountered when my wife, my brother-in-law, and I made the tough decision to find a care home for my 90-year-old mother-in-law with dementia. Monica catalyzes her 20-year passion for fashion and interior design to serve and support clients with dementia and their caregivers in transition seasons.  Grab a c...

There are no straight streams, rivers, or lines in nature - and our personal and professional paths forward won't be either!  In this 6-minute & 27-second episode, I remind you that you will get discouraged and disoriented if you let the MYTH of STRAIGHT deceive you. And that by observing a river, one can be reminded of the wisdom that paths forward have bends and turns, and if these are...

This UNCORK conversation is an insightful and instructive chat with my friend Craig Minchin. Craig and I walk out of the dugout and consider the provocative and powerful lessons he gleaned from the lives of 2 baseball players: Hank Aaron, who almost everyone has heard of, and Jeremy Brown, who you most likely have not.    Here are some of the personal and professional lessons we learned as we shar...

Confession. I failed to convey my message and train leaders in Mozambique in 2008 ... And then, I discovered a simple and powerful strategy that enabled me to get ideas and insights to take "root" and bear "fruit." In this 5-minute & 58-second episode, I share the process I learned in 2009 at a local Winery about "grafting" that has transformed how I communicated...

UNENDERS: the Lasting Legacy of "CARVERS" This episode is the 10th in the 14-part series we embarked on a while ago. In this one, we dissect another one of the 13 characteristics, the actions, the passions of those who are UNENDING legacy leavers .. the UNCOMMODIFIED .. the UNENDERS ….. who … even though they are gone now … are still with me and many others.  In this episode, we explore...

In this 5-minute and 38-second nitty-gritty episode, We explore one of the most straightforward yet potent strategies to prepare, protect, and propel you of others as you wade into the deep waters of personal or professional change. Tim Windsor the UNCOMMODiFiED Podcast – Host & Guide tim@theuncommodified.com PRODUCER: Kris MacQueen TECHNICAL EDITOR: Alyne Gagne MUSIC BY: https://themacqueens

Listen to this 5-minute and 42-second nitty-gritty episode that will encourage and empower you to:  Not get seduced and paralyzed by perfection.  To get comfortable releasing your imperfect plans into the world, experiment with them, and let them find their way.  And to always remember that ... IT'S ONLY PERFECT IN YOUR MIND. Tim Windsor the UNCOMMODiFiED Podcast – Host & Guide tim@theunc...

This UNCORK conversation is a thoughtful and instructive chat with Facilitator, Musician, Producer and my friend Kris MacQueen. As we explore his almost 30-year journey through 3 very different careers, Kris and I consider this question: How do you uncommodify one world with the lessons you learn in a "seemingly" different world?   Here are some thoughts and questions we consider as we s...

Listen to this 5-minute and 3-second episode I recorded on my iPhone while camping which will challenge you with this question: What's your goal? Give a mandate or create a MOVEMENT. Here's what I have discovered: If you want to be motivated and motivate others. If we want to avoid having to drive people all the time. If we want people to show up daily with passion and purpose to execute...

This UNCORK conversation is a practical and provocative chat with my colleague and consulting partner Amanda Macdougall that will challenge you about how you see the people in your organization. If you say that people are your greatest "assets," do your attitudes and actions align with this declaration?  Along the way, we explore these critical questions:  Are you treating people like di...

As you stand on the edge of a new year, here are some questions for you to consider: Are you so wrapped up in what you're planning and producing that you forget to plug in and recharge?  Are you getting enough time in "Cathedral Space"… in "Sacred Space?"  Do you need to wade into a "familiar river" as I did and realize that it is never the same as the last time...

This episode is an UNCORK Conversation with Erin Sikopoulos. Erin is a certified Gemstone Energy Medicine Practitioner, advanced Intuitive and a Licensed Massage Therapist for over a decade. In private practice, Erin combines all three specialties into unique energy & bodywork sessions for clients. She also mentors and speaks on developing intuition, utilizing gemstone energy and holds regular...

In this 10-minute and 23-second NITTY-GRITTY episode, I explore an ancient story that teaches us about the best gift you can give yourself and others: the journey we all need to go on to find our true selves.  Listen in, and you will discover the wisdom of "wrestling an angel" and wrestling your darkness in the presence of light.  If you want to walk differently in this life, as I have,...

This episode is an UNCORK Conversation with Hypnotherapist, NLP Master Practitioner, Speaker and Author Lisa Schermerhorn. Lisa and I chat about her new book, IN EVERY BELIEF IS A LIE, and explore these provocative questions: If there is a lie in every belief, is there a truth in every lie? How is a lie built? How is a lie broken?  During our conversation, we discover that:  - Unfortunately, most...

In this 8-minute and 6-second nitty-gritty episode, I encourage you to be a Monitor who plans to check in with your people along the way, tell them to expect problems and prepare them to solve them proactively. Not a Micro-Manager who checks up on everyone constantly and pounces on people when there's a problem. Nobody sets out to be a Micro-Manager, but you will become one if you can't...

It's always better to see individuals and not groups; to see individual people, not groups of priests, pagans, or politicians. When we talk in homogenous ways regarding large groups of people - like "everyone," "everybody," or "all of those people," the reality is it can never be true because not every person in that ecosystem, whatever that ecosystem, is the sam...

This episode is an UNCORK conversation with my friend Craig Minchin.  Craig and I explore how his journey from a profound and dark soul-crushing personal and professional crisis led him to find emotional healing, revive his Mr. Incredible, and as a bonus, find the best job he ever has had.  Craig shares on a deeply personal level the pain and the pleasure of his journey that began with him asking...

This 5-MINUTE & 49-SECOND mini NITTY-GRITTY episode explores these provocative questions and challenges;  Why must we stop providing quick answers and start asking better questions to embrace and move into our uncertain future? And why must we embrace ambiguity and the truth that we are rather dim-sighted? BECAUSE: there are very few things that we truly can control around us. We have no idea...

My 100th EPISODE. What a ride. What a journey.  Let's celebrate our uniqueness, continue breaking the evil spell of sameness, and remind ourselves of what we can discover through failure if we don't "turtle up" and say, I can't... I can't move forward. For those of you who listen regularly, I want to say thank you. Thanks for being part of this community, this UNCOMMO...