Conspiracy of Goodness Podcast

When you operate with an opportunity-based narrative over a fear-based one, you can move beyond fear to instead view new things with hope and excitement. This is the message of John Hagel, a Silicon Valley management consultant, entrepreneur, speaker, and author who for 40 years has been driven by a desire to help people and organizations around the world take advantage of new possibilities in thi...

If our brains are like toddlers running with scissors, how can we keep them in check? Dr. Kimberly Quinn, teacher of Positive Psychology, Mindcraft, and Cognitive Psychology at Champlain College in Burlington, VT, can help you do just that. This episode is packed with tips and tricks to help you train your brain and work towards a more positive way of thinking.   Kimberly teaches a summer cou...

Welcome back to The Conspiracy of Goodness Podcast! In today’s episode, we will be talking to Ryan Heafy, a social entrepreneur. He has created some systems that left a wonderful legacy of progress and possibility for people. Ryan is currently the Co-Founder and COO of 6AM City, the fastest-growing newsletter-first local media company in the country. Let’s learn about Ryan’s view of local media, w...

David Weaver is a creative thinker, habit hacker, and raconteur. He is the kind of person who can help us to break up routines and provide more perspectives that will be more useful to meet the times, and move through the world with more insight, courage, and wonder. Join us in a journey that people cannot even predict! A native Iowan, and a 30-plus year advertising and marketing veteran, David ha...

We are in the days of the Great Resignation, or what I like to call, The Great Questioning. We’re seeing people worldwide realize that businesses should operate with purpose, on purpose, and for purpose. That’s where Tim Jones comes in!   Tim Jones is The Grow Good Guy. He delivers the inspiration, motivation, and impactful training that businesses need to achieve meaningful goals and tap int...

Gary Bolles is a master at understanding and managing disruption. As the Chair for the Future of Work for Singularity University, he helps others understand the impact of exponential change and how to navigate it.   Gary writes and lectures worldwide on the future of work, learning, and organizations. He also helps organizations, educators, and governments understand the needs of tomorrow’s w...

Imagine you could take your wildest dreams and aspirations and take them on a quick test run without having to leave your job. That is Christie Albrecht’s gift to the world through her book, You Make the Path by Walking!    Christie works with people who have “built castles in the sky” and helps them build the foundation under them to live out its reality.   She helps leaders unleas...

Presidential and Secretarial Advisor, U.S. Ambassador, UN Delegate, Corporate Executive, WSJ Bestselling Author with Leadership at the Highest Levels of Business, Government, and Military Sectors, Public Speaker - all things that describe Lisa Gable’s impact on the world! Lisa Gable has served four U.S. presidents and two governors, counseled Fortune 500 CEOs, and represented global public-private...

Debbie Gisonni has what I believe to be the most powerful way to overcome disappointment and let go of the illusion of control. Debbie is an author, speaker, happiness guru, and corporate advisor who inspires people to make simple changes that radically improve their self-awareness, well-being, and success!  She is the founder of SELF POWER NOW! - a media and consulting company offering books...

David L. Cooperrider has proved that it’s in finding strengths that we render weaknesses irrelevant.   David Cooperrider is the Professor of Appreciative Inquiry at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. He serves as faculty Director of the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit.    He is best known for his pioneering theory on ‘Appre...

Genevieve’s life changed forever the day she made it her mission to get children in emergency shelters across New York City a pair of pajamas. When you help wherever you can, even the simplest gestures can have a massive impact.    Genevieve Piturro is the founder of the Pajama Program, an initiative that helps kids in need get the clothes they need.    Her work and story have...

Jason Connolly’s story of success didn’t start in a life of luxury or privilege. From the very beginning, he learned how to struggle until he found success within the setbacks.    Jason is now the founder and CEO of JMC. Jason launched his company in 2016 and has since led the agency into the #1 ranking legal recruitment agency on Google! JMC is one of England’s most highly regarded lega...

Riaz Meghji has over 20 years of experience as a broadcast interviewer and presenter for several brands. He now serves as a human connection keynote speaker, helping leaders build trust, meaningful relationships, and inclusive cultures in our hybrid reality.    His unique insights have been featured in various publications like Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Financial Post. A...

Annemarie Shrouder is passionate about creating healthy workplace communities where people feel seen, heard and valued - and can thrive.   To advocate for change, Annemarie facilitates engaging, dynamic and interactive presentations with the goal to help audiences think differently about diversity, to understand the importance of inclusion, and inspire the creation of healthy workplace commun...

When we left our last conversation with Rodney Flowers, we learned how a football injury almost took away his mobility completely. Instead of giving up, he made a conscious decision to transform his destiny to inspire others to do the same.  Today, Rodney is no longer confined to a wheelchair and is an internationally recognized Transformational Speaker. He travels the world coaching individu...

Donna Cameron, After many incredible years in nonprofit management, has been spending her time “pursuing unanswerable questions in good company.” She started this journey by living out one year of being intentionally kind, one day at a time.   She blogs about the power of kindness, and has written the award winning book, A YEAR OF LIVING KINDLY, a love letter to the ways kindness is power in...

Rodney Flowers was a young, healthy athlete with dreams of a future in the NFL, until at age 15, he experienced a football injury that left him paralyzed. Doctors told him that he would never walk again.  But Rodney didn’t give up here. Instead, he made a conscious decision to transform his destiny. Step by step, with faith, perseverance and an unwavering belief in himself, he achieved his go...

Bert Pope, a widower raising 4 kids and the Creator and CEO of the Awesome Company, took the world by storm when he decided to make a social network for the good of mankind - solving the problem of negativity by digitizing kindness and gratitude.   Bert started using Awesome to showcase family friendly TikToks letting users vote for ‘the most awesome’ with the currency he created called Kindn...

Today’s thought leader is Sunny Grosso. Sunny is a founding member of the Delivering Happiness consulting team. She is a master coach, a global speaker, and a culture changer working directly with organizations worldwide.   Sunny is on a mission to inspire and impact organizations around the world, to adopt happiness as a business model. Her work leads to the creation of more purposeful organ...

You would never initially think that women would make some of the best game wardens in all of Africa and lead to complete social reform within the community! There is a lot to learn here, and today we’re going to dive head first into a world of social entrepreneurship with Damien Mander.   Damien is an Iraq war veteran who served as a Naval clearance diver and special operations sniper for th...

Whether for the better or worse, technology has truly shaped our human experience. But according to today’s guest we shouldn’t be taking the back seat, but instead showing up as humans to regain control over this living being we call artificial intelligence.  Mo Gawdat is a thought leader who, after a 30-year career in technology serving as Chief Business Officer at Google [X], has made happi...

What could you achieve if you gave your full attention to something without worrying about other people’s opinions on it? Today’s guest has been impacting the world for the better with her ingenious designs from the age of 15 till now. Andini ‘Ann’ Makosinski is a world-renowned inventor, writer, and what I call a ‘social entrepreneur’. Her incredible innovations in ‘green’ energy have led her to...

It’s time to expand our capacity for human connection by embracing our differences. Dina is the Director of Family Programs at myFace. MyFace is a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to changing the faces - and transforming the lives - of children and adults with facial differences. This is a mission that Dina finds herself perfectly aligned with. As someone with a facial difference herself,...

“Imagine if all the people who want to change the world knew they could.” Jim Lord is set on a mission to not only make the world a better place but to help others realize they can do the same, creating a world filled with people who know they’ve made a difference with their lives. Jim, author of Bounce Back Higher and creator of “The Philanthropic Quest,” is committed to championing the power of...

Purpose is aspirational, it’s always looking forward, and meaning is something you use to make sense of the past. Liesl Ulrich-Verderber, the CEO of Ever Widening Circles and Founder of the Conspiracy of Goodness Network, is back with us again to help break this down practically. While last episode we looked at the mileposts of a purpose driven life, today we are going to dive a bit deeper and rea...