Inspirational Insights to Action Podcast

UX consultants Dan Szuc and Jo Wong observe peer-to-peer connection sorely missing in workplace culture and discuss how a lack of empathy and poor conduct in business settings contribute to high disengagement rates. From a UX consultancy perspective, they point out the importance of collective responsibility, empathy, and human soft skills that are harder to master. Drawing parallels between workp...

The world is transforming rapidly whether through tech or political disruption. Navigating the uncertainty and participating positively and constructively needs your voice to be free and liberated from the stories of the past. Sam Kukathas, a transformational leader, academic, and energy healer, discusses the speed of sound frequency in releasing human and organizational potential. Sam shares his...

We know people perceive things differently but why is it so difficult for people to communicate about that? Lindsay Uittenbogaard is the CEO and Founder of Mirror Mirror, a company focused on improving team effectiveness through perception comparison. ​ Her journey began in 2003 when she experienced communication challenges in a multinational energy company. These challenges led her to realize the...

Dr. Rob Lion of Black River Performance Management and Idaho State University talks about the longstanding divide between academic research and industry practice, emphasizing the challenges and benefits of integrating these two worlds. Using the example of motivation, our conversation illustrates the difference in approach and language between academia and industry. Because Rob is a researcher, we...

Creative thinker /innovation facilitator Curtis Michelson explores crucial trends and predictions for 2025. Curtis shares his insights on generative AI, its impacts on various sectors, the concept of BANI (Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, Incomprehensible), and how it updates VUCA to describe the contemporary world. The discussion highlights the ethical implications of AI, the need for creative and de...

Could adversity and difficult challenges be a gift? H ave you ever had things you’d go off the rails? Adversity can be the doorway to realizing higher levels of resilience, meaning and purpose that can bring people across generations together. I (Dawna Jones) started podcasting slightly before I lost my home in 2009 and hit the road. No fancy studio or equipment. Have mic will travel.   This...

Dawna Jones explores innovative approaches to solving complex global challenges. The discussion emphasizes the necessity of diverse, non-linear thinking and leveraging intergenerational wisdom to foster planetary consciousness and sustainability. Key topics include the importance of redesigning decision-making processes to be more creative, compassionate, and curiosity-driven; the role of ethical...

My guest in this episode is R. Karl Hebenstreit who brings a long list of accomplishments to the conversation. Karl is a certified Executive Coach, Leadership/Team/Organization Development Consultant, and international speaker who has over 25 years of experience coaching leaders and their teams (from Individual Contributors to CEOs. He holds a PhD in Organizational Psychology and authored thr...

  Interrupting Violence: One Man's Journey to Heal the Streets and Redeem Himself  follows Cobe as he undertakes his redemption journey, offering new hope for the nation’s most violent communities. As the country wrestles with the inequities exposed by the coronavirus pandemic and the complex intersections of urban violence, racial injustice, police brutality, and poverty in th...

Stephane Segatori, the director of WeFlow Lab in Amsterdam, talks to Dawna about developing psychological safety via emotional transparency and maturity, self-awareness, and inner freedom. Stephane's experience in the corporate world informs his role as a facilitator and coach, emphasizing the significance of understanding oneself at a deeper level to navigate the complexities of life and business...

In this episode, we dive deep into what happens when companies say they want creative ideas but mean 'keep the status quo'. Drawing insights from Paul McCarthy's book "The Fired Leader," we explore the reality and challenges of being a disruptive leader in environments desperately needing to think differently if employee retention and workplace health are to be taken seriously. We talk about exami...

Timisoara, a city in Romania, bolstered by winning a bid through the EU, took on a grand experiment. My guest Silvia Fierascu, a network science researcher among other roles, was a part of that project. In this episode, we explore how political vision, open-mindedness and principles drawn from network science brought community organizations together to strengthen and grow cultural cohesion. Workin...

Have you ever been told that vulnerability is a sign of weakness? Have you believed it? Garry Turner debunks the myth and shares his personal journey after saying yes to an inner recognition that something was missing from life. His exploration released him from old traumas, through to recovered energy and a freedom that energizes an unimaginable level of productivity and creativity. Garry Turner...

Rod Collins is back! In this episode, the former COO of Blue Cross Blue Shield and futurist explores the critical shift from hierarchically structured authority to collective and collaborative networks. Learn the pitfalls of digital feudalism and how pioneering companies like Google have strayed from their original ideals. This episode promises insights into leveraging collective intelligence for...

Whether you are a business or at a personal level, how you deal with life's interruptions determines your emotional and mental health from that day forward. Transforming a tragedy into an inspired purpose is the choice Amanda Bauer-Frisch made when her husband died abruptly. In this episode, she takes us on a deep dive and explains how she moved through the difficult times and why she hangs out wi...

Innovation nerd and adaptive thinker extraordinaire Curtis Michelson provides an overview of what is emerging in 2024 based on signals he's picked up from his many communities. From Agile to organization network analysis to open innovation and more, you'll learn what is brewing inside edgy thinking communities. Curtis Michelson is, in his own words a "serial failed entrepreneur, yet ever hopeful a...

What is the world asking for you to contribute? This and many other reflections pop up in the conversation with Jeffrey Beeson who explores what network science tells us about the future of organizations and what it means for leaders. Organizations are changing: their structure, thinking and internal roles. We talk about: pioneering companies who reinvented themselves, shifts leaders need to make,...

Doug Kirkpatrick and Rod Collins combine expertise with self-managed governance and collective intelligence to provide a bridge between traditional business mechanisms with respectful approaches for intelligent people. Learn why the transformative concept of synergistic control, replaces traditional control mechanisms to engage collaborative achievement. We talk about the principles guiding self-m...

Harry Turner flew to the Peruvian Amazon to commit suicide but something happened while he was there that would change his life forever. Documented in the film Wild Cat, now streaming on Amazon Prime, Harry's experience with war, death, and school led him to discover and reconnect to himself. He had help in the form of two wild cats — ocelots. His experience with being their parent mimics the expe...

Surprises that come with abrupt disruption can threaten the worldview relied on to make sense of the world. So what happens when not much makes sense anymore? In this episode, Ukranian theologian and passivist Ihor Kozlovsky talks about his experience recovering from torture and illegal imprisonment to share how to move through trauma that has become so ubiquitous in the world today. The episode f...

Liliya Savych was an HR professional working for a large corporation located in Kyiv when we recorded this episode. When Russians surrounded Kyiv she left the city and faced being a refugee without roots. Landing in Dublin she reclaimed her sense of self and then returned to Ukraine. Since this interview, Liliya has left corporate to work for a city in western Ukraine with the aim of bringing her...

Lisa Gill is a self-managing organizations coach and trainer, writer, and Leadermorphosis podcast host talks about the inner work needed to lead effectively in self-managed organizations and in life. Leading courses globally with Tuff Leadership Training, Lisa trains people in the mindset and skills needed to lead in more involving ways, creating working climates built on trust and openness, as we...

Dr. Leandro Herrero is an organizational architect and regular speaker at the Organization Network Analysis Summit sponsored by OrgMapper.com in November of each year. Slightly irreverent and very honest, our conversation spans why peer-to-peer change works better than top-down when it comes to creating changes at scale. Thinking differently comes naturally to Dr. Leandro and his clients' benefit....

In epic 100th episode (for this podcast) Dawna speaks with Dr Annemarie Lombard who is the Founder and CEO of Sensory intelligence® Consulting. Sensory intelligence is something everyone has but may not be aware of despite how important it is to foresight, insights and maintaining a healthy workplace environment. Their mission? To help people be healthy, productive and happy. We talk about: Sensor...

In a world of constant change and perplexing challenges, insights reveal the path to moving through a chaotic uncertain world with Zen-like mastery. Welcome to the Inspirational Insights podcast: Harnessing Agility, Embracing Possibilities— navigate the ever-evolving landscape in personal and business life with confidence and creativity. Through powerful conversations and thought-provoking insight...