Leadership, Disrupted

Your Leadership Origin Story | David Hutchens is a leadership conversation presented by Dan Rust featuring author, speaker, and storytelling expert David Hutchens. In this video, Hutchens dives deep into one of the most powerful leadership concepts: the origin story— the narrative of how you became a leader and why your path matters. In this talk, you’ll explore questions such as:✨What is a leade...

Since founding Laugh Dot Inc., Kevin's has focused on using comedy as a tool to strengthen team bonds, enhance company morale, grow community and enhance leadership. He has honed his expertise in engaging audiences and tailoring sales processes to deliver Laughter as a Service (LaaS) that transcends traditional team-building exercises, making every corporate event a memorable and unifying experien...

For more than 20 years Kimberly Davis has been helping thousands of emerging leaders transform into strategic difference-makers who drive results while leveraging their true, authentic selves. She is the author of BRAVE Leadership, which demystifies HOW to BE brave and DO brave, even when you don't feel brave. Brave Leadership is an the essential guide for leaders in today’s ever-shifting world. L...

For any successful business, the BRAND is a critical asset. Leaders envision the brand. Nurture the brand. Protect the brand. And Cat Holt is a Maestro of brand. Cat Holt is the architect behind one of the most enduring and beloved campaigns in insurance history — Dr. Rick for Progressive Insurance. With a rare blend of strategic rigor and creative soul, Cat has helped legacy brands evolve, challe...

Ryan Heinl is the CEO of SIY Global - a science-based learning company that delivers world-class emotional intelligence programs built on a unique blend of neuroscience and mindfulness to create high-performing workplaces where people and business can flourish. Ryan has a unique take on Emotional Intelligence with a foundation in industrial and organizational psychology plus over 20 years at the i...

Barbara Wittmann is the founder of the digital wisdomcollective: an operating system for the age of AI and transformation that upgrades how organizations align, collaborate, and deliver. It builds two interconnected layers of infrastructure to make your tech stack shine: • Human Infrastructure — confidence, collaboration, connectors in the middle, shared mental models, and an innovation mindset th...

In this compelling episode of Leadership Disrupted, we sit down with Eric Rogers, PhD, a high-impact sleep consultant and board-certified behavioral sleep medicine specialist, to explore the critical link between sleep hygiene, cognitive performance, and effective leadership. Modern leadership in a complex, fast-paced world demands peak mental acuity, yet many leaders navigate their roles in a sta...

Sonia McDonald is the CEO and founder of LeadershipHQ andMcDonald Inc. Sonia is a leading keynote speaker, leadership advisor and award winning author. Her books Leadership Attitude, Just Rock It! and First Comes Courage are taking the world by storm and she is an in demand coach,facilitator, keynote speaker and advisor. Leadership stress is a topic of particular interest to Soniaand in this episo...

What if your 'problem employees' are actually your greatest asset? Discover the power of neurodiverse hiring to build innovative, high-performing teams. Adam Kleckner specializes in strength-based, cognitive and Neurodiverse hiring, helping organizations reduce mis-hires, boost retention, and align teams not just by skills, but by the way people naturally think, collaborate, and solve prob...

This ain't your grandfather's leadership training. Dan Carusi and the team at Red Paint Consulting specialize in experiential & simulation learning with equine & nature-based activities, enabling personal and professional growth for individuals and teams worldwide. Their unique approach drives performance improvement, change management, sales and business transformation, and talent & l...

Koreen Pagano has decades of experience helping organizations transform. She has worked with executive teams on building business strategies, analyzing market opportunities, and pitching new ventures to Boards. And today her primary focus is helping leaders navigate the question of what skills means to them and how to start the journey to becoming a skills-based organization. Koreen’s LinkedIn Pro...

Noah Charnow is a Creative Director based in San Diego, best known for being a good idea thinker, a dog dad, a human dad, a skateboarder, a tearable speller, an obsessive doodler. Also the founder of Rock Hard Reviews, a globally successful movie review company. And the founding member of a decent one-man band, Dr. Alien. Website: https://noahcharnow.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah...

Ben Rosenfield is the Swiss Army Knife of communications. He's an influential marketing and communications leader, strategist, and hands-on creator with extensive, demonstrated experience in combining content and customer experience to drive brand visibility and growth. Sought after for thought leadership and proven expertise in audience research and engagement, transforming consumer and busin...

Anna Fain is an inspiring, strategic leader with extensive talent and culture building experience in global, large, mid-size, and start-up operations spanning multiple industries. In this episode she details her passion for developing leaders and building an organizational culture of of empathy, inclusion and belonging. She has a proven track record with global industry experiences spanning Biopha...

Jim Caruso has trained, coached and mentored over 10,000 individuals in 15 countries on 5 continents from over 100 organizations including 50 Fortune 500 and Global Fortune 500 companies, across all industries, functions, and talent levels. In this episode Jim shares a lifetime of experience and practical wisdom focused on helping people become better leaders. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in...

Tony Barr is a strategist, operator, and leadership thinker. He is the creator of the Signal Leader Paradigm™ and founder of Vidergo Group, an alliance of thought and practice disciplines that help organizations achieve breakthroughs in clarity, trust, and performance. His work bridges strategy, culture, and human development, grounded in decades of executive leadership and transformation experien...

Cecilia Anderson is a corporate learning strategist with nearly 20 years of helping organisations build learning that works: for people and for the business. She focuses on creating experiences that strengthen culture, shift behaviour over time, and connect lifelong learning with authentic leadership and performance. Cecilia partners with clients to shape learning that feels personal, practical, a...

Josandra Schmidt is an emerging leader for a major agriculture equipment manufacturer. She's also in the third year of her own farm startup, with her husband. Plus she’s raising two young girls. She’s one of the hardest working Millennials I know and in today's episode she shares her perspective on leadership, life, work, etc. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondra-schmidt-92971b95...

David Hutchens is an author and CEO at Mythos Global / The Storytelling Leader. He helps innovation leaders around the world exercise the storytelling "voice of engagement" skill. With nearly 30 years of experience in organizational learning, David is an expert in using narrative to facilitate engagement, alignment, learning, and change in the world's most influential organizations. David has auth...

Charlotte Kemp is a futurist based in Capetown, South Africa. She helps leaders wrestling with the future to learn how to manage change; gather futures intelligence; define, describe and design the future and create a roadmap towards innovation and growing relevance in the marketplace. She is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists (APF). LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlot...

Today's episode provides a much needed booster shot of optimism, resilience and hope. Through her stories and practical examples, Jill helps others see through the challenges immediately in front of them, into a world of joy and peace and emotional abundance. The lessons themselves are almost always hard in the moment, and often the more difficult and painful they are, the more the teach us. S...

T.J. Jones is an author, speaker and leadership coach with a unique ability to help leaders leverage the strength of their humility, caring and vulnerability. A Caring Warrior chooses to wake up to his or her true self, chooses to lead others by giving, and chooses to inspire organizations and the world by sharing. It takes courage to fight on the battlefields of life: the internal (self), the tri...

Peter Laughter and Dan Rust continue their conversation regarding the concept of "Distributed Leadership" from the previous episode. Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterlaughter/

As a keynote speaker and leadership transformation raconteur, Peter bridges the gap between organizational theory and practical implementation. Through award-winning storytelling and evidence-based insights, Peter helps executives navigate disruption by showing how leaders can:• Release the shackles of command-and-control• Access collective wisdom of their teams• Transform culture to thrive in rap...

Paul Gonsalves is a seasoned Global Executive and Healthcare Consultant. Paul has a remarkable reputation for driving commercial success across a diverse range of companies, from small enterprises to Fortune 500 corporations and private equity-owned businesses. Currently, Paul serves as a Private Equity Advisor and Interim Operating Executive with Leverage Advisors. He specializes in global health...