Move Fast. Break Shit. Burn Out.

Gloria Caulfield is an ultra Catalyst, creating change in so many venues as the VP of Strategic Alliances for Tavistock, the President of the Lake Nona Institute and Founder of ⁠Lake Nona Impact Forum⁠ just to name a few. In this episode, Gloria shares the importance of strong communication skills. If you're just starting to realize your vision and don't have any data or testimonials, you...

Dave Zaboski is the ultimate storyteller, having worked as a Senior Animator at Disney during the Second Golden Age of Animation on films including “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Lion King,” “Pocahontas,” “Aladdin,” “Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “Hercules,” and “Fantasia 2000.” In this episode he shares the power of telling the story of the storyteller. When you think of the stories about iconic Cataly...

In this episode, the magical Kalifa Oliver PhD, guides us on a journey to understand how listening, data, storytelling and speaking in your audiences' language (plus an infusion of humor!) is the formula to inching change forward. She explains that it is not data itself that helps people move toward change, but rather building a bridge from data to help people understand how things will be bet...

Our podcast guest Whynde Kuehn brings a piquing frame to Catalysts - while we set big, hairy goals, we spend most of our time on the journey to achieve those goals. And yet many of us suffer through resistance and burnout on that path. As an ultramarathoner and mountaineer Whynde sees her most important catalytic skill as 'taking a journey'. While climbing Aconcagua she spent only 0.12% of...

In this episode, Brandon Powell , founder and CEO of HatchWorks Technologies, shares that his journey of self-exploration with coaches, therapists and fellow entrepreneurs has been the key to his success. Through this work he has transformed from a need to be the smartest person, to a desire to be the dumbest person in the room to ensure he is learning from others at all times which allows him to...

Join us for an interview with Susan Lindner , who is CEO at Innovation Storytellers. In this episode world famous innovation storyteller, Susan Lindner, helps us understand the power of story - first how it is the essence of dreams, how it can shift mindsets and how it unlocks the future. Then she shares how taking time to understand other people's stories - in the form of their values, purpo...

Join us for an interview with Sara Fenske Bahat , who is CEO at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. As Sara took her interim role as CEO of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, an employee asked her “Why should I invest in someone who is only here as interim CEO?” In this episode, Sara talks about the opportunities around coming in as an interim CEO and how she has chosen to focus on creating a cultu...

Join us for an interview with Amy Butchko , Vice President, Talent Acquisition at Maximus, helps us understand the power of intuition and how it allows her to tap into the energy behind what people are saying to give us signals on if the wind will have our back, or if resistance is on the horizon.  In this episode we deep dive into how self-care actitivites are the way to cultivate our intuit...

Join us for an interview with Wendy Lea , CEO at Energize Colorado. The Sanskrit definition of tantra means "woven together." Wendy uses the notion of tantra to find threads in ambiguity and move that tantra tension from restrictive energy into something freeing. The ability to recognize it, sit with it, explore and bring in externalities while not run too fast towards solving the proble...

Join us for an interview with Helen Whitehead , who is Customer & Experience Design Associate Partner at IBM. In this episode we hear from design leader, Helen Whitehead about the importance of slowing down to speed up. Slowing down helps us check our bias, triggers and intent and cultivates our compassion and ability to listen deeply. And listening deeply allows us to develop better, critical...

Tiffani Bova , the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of Growth IQ , shares her personal journey of changing job roles and using feedback as the vehicle to identify, and hone her super powers. She calls on all of us to boldly ask questions and for feedback to guide our careers and protect our time. Be sure to check out her new book "The Experience Mindset: Changing the Way You Think Abou...

Join us for an interview with Chris Schembra , who is the Founder of 7:47 Gratitude Experience ™. In this episode, Chris who is the "gratitude guru" and WSJ best-selling author of " Gratitude Through Hard Times ," shares his very personal story about how gratitude has gotten him through his toughest life challenges. The conversation ranges from Stoic philosophy to leveraging gr...

Join us for an interview with Paul Delbar , who is Product Marketing Manager at OMP.  In applying the Catalyst superpower of clarity and the learned skill of self-observation, Paul developed profound insights about how to move through the world as a Catalyst with less friction. One of the moments of clarity he came to was on page 66, paragraph 3 of our book Move Fast. Break Shit. Burn Out. "I...

Join us for an interview with Janice Fraser , who is a Partner at Seneca VC. In this episode, Janice who is an investor, speaker, author and expert in emerging management practices shares about how her superpowers as a Catalyst - all processor, no storage - can be a double-edged sword. She explains how she has developed the tools and capacities to work around it. So many of us Catalysts have been...

Join us for an interview with Steve O'Brien , SVP of Talent at Syneos Health. He shares his left-brain, right-brain approach to catalyzing change. He shares concrete steps about the importance of bringing people on the journey. "If you win the argument but lose the person, you've still lost." He also talks about the importance of leveraging the power of beauty as a key component...

Join us for an interview with Robin Fleming , who is Chief Executive Officer at Evolv Tech. She may have uncovered the secret to overcoming, even avoiding imposter syndrome - admit when you don't know things and lean on the expertise of others to help make decisions. In this episode, Robin shares how learning on the fly and embracing all it entails can allow Catalysts to avoid our frequent bru...

Join us for an interview with Karen Mangia , Vice President, Customer & Market Insights at Salesforce. In this episode, you can experience the laugh out loud highs, and the heartbreaking lows of being a Catalyst in one short episode. Karen is one of the most sought-after keynote speakers in the world. She is a Wall Street Journal best-selling author, host of the Success From Anywhere podc...

Join us for an interview with Amy Radin who is Executive Advisor at Pragmatic Innovation Partners LLC. Amy explains why no CEO she has ever talked to has said that they aren't customer focused.  To find more information, check out her website and her book . Original music by Lynz Floren .

Join us for an interview with Chad Sowash , who is the Co-Founder and Co-Host of Chad & Cheese Podcast. As Catalysts, our ability to connect dots and see brighter futures is one of our superpowers. But if we don't slow down, develop our patience and our ability to foster trust with those we need to bring on the journey, we will ultimately fail. In this episode, Chad Sowash, podcaster extraordi...

Join us for an interview with Aidan McCullen , who is Principal at Edge Behavior. Aidan has reinvented his life and career many times over - from rugby player to innovation specialist. The critical skills he has leveraged are a constant focus on not just transforming the world around him but transforming himself. In our discussion Aidan shares stories from his life about reframing failure as learn...

Join us for an interview with Daniel Elizalde , who is a Product Advisor for Climate Tech Companies. Daniel talks about moving from corporate to startup to consulting to teaching and the need to understand the world of each organization and their issues to assess how you can provide value. For Daniel, documenting his philosophy helps him share his value related to each context. Since it is so freq...

Join us for an interview with Toby Trevarthen who helps individuals and organizations become aware of and claim their stories, or narratives, as he calls it. We discuss the intersection of having orgs and people share their narratives to assess if there is a fit. He talks about being inspired by a leader who created a 'user manual' and had his employees do the same, helping them work better togeth...

Join us for an interview with Nimesh Jhaveri , the President of Community Pharmacy and Health at McKesson shares his infectious positive energy about his journey helping to transform the pharmacy industry. In his view, truly vulnerable leadership is one of the most important attributes to leading change. It's not enough to talk about "fail fast", as a leader you need to share your past fails and l...

Join us for an interview with Erica Kuhl , who is the CEO & Strategic Community Consultant at EKC. She tells us all about the early days of 'community' building and how the burgeoning field is a great place for Catalysts to work in. We discuss flying under the radar to build out proof points and how it is the Catalyst's job to help others understand the value of what they've done, not wait for...

Join us for an interview with Jason Putnam , who is the Chief Revenue Officer at Plum. Jason is a true Catalyst leader with an incredibly distinguished career of success after success. His secret? Listen deeply and learn how to communicate to the needs of each individual stakeholder.   He mentions the Talent Breakdown Assessment which you can find here . Original music by Lynz Floren .