On Kindness

In this week’s episode, Nicole talks to Lucia Annunzio about her perspectives on Kindness.  Lucia is an acclaimed leadership coach, 3x best-selling author, faculty at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and is known by her clients as the ‘CEO-whisperer’.  She speaks about Kindness from the perspective of experiences both in her career journey and through the example set by her own...

In this week’s episode, Nicole speaks with Michael Kurt about his experiences with Kindness.  Michael had an incredible career where he started as a character performer at Walt Disney World and went on to hold finance leadership roles at Disney, Paramount Pictures, Wasserman, Hinge and Jeeves. Michael shares about the examples he’s seen up close of friends and family selflessly sharing Kindness an...

In this week’s episode, Nicole speaks On Kindness with Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Dr. Brent Ridge, co-founders of Beekman 1802, the world’s largest goat milk soap company, where Kindness has been a core business strategy from day 0.  Josh and Brent share their story and speak about Kindness from numerous angles including Kindness as ‘the next harder cousin’ to being nice, Kindness as wellness and pre...

In this week’s episode, Nicole talks with Nadene Cherry.  Nadene speaks about Kindness as the ability to turn compassion into action. She emphasizes that the ability to practice Kindness starts with a pause. Nadene discusses the importance of the interconnectedness and humanness of every single individual.  Through her work, Nadene helps people ground themselves in that humanness that we all are a...

Larry is the CEO & Co-Founder of dvk, a boutique marketing agency in Chicago with a mission to help their clients across North America to BE BOLD in their business and brand leadership. In this episode, Larry describes Kindness as a focus in the transformational aspect of relations as opposed to the transactional. He touches on how the example others set during his formative years set the pill...

Satyajeet leads teams and organizations that build great products and great businesses at the intersection of technology and media.  He was the founding Product Manager for both YouTube Live and Games on Google+/Play Games and led product initiatives on Payments and Ads, as well as served as Chief of Staff for the YouTube tech org. He also mentors and advises startups and guest lectures at a few g...

Erin is an accomplished Human Resources leader dedicated to transforming workplaces into environments where business thrives because people flourish. In this episode, Erin speaks about how the sense of Kindness moves “me” into “we” and improves the experience of the whole.  She shares insights into the importance of a company knowing what they need from their talent, of their talent knowing what t...

In this week’s episode of On Kindness, I got to be interviewed by a long time friend and colleague, Khaleed Juma. We discuss how Kindness is and can be a part of everything we do and how to bring intentionality of Kindness into our daily mindset.   Nicole’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleryoder/   Khaleed’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/khaleedjuma/ On Kindness is an original...

Doug is Senior Principal of Marketing & Communications Strategy and Global Business Advisory Services at Slalom, LLC.  Doug shares his thoughts on the role of Kindness, communication, and empathy in the workplace. He speaks about the power of confident vulnerability, the importance of leading by example, and how frameworks and incentives can best trigger actions toward more intentional Kind pr...

Peter Jones is a Distinguished Engineer in the Cisco Networking Hardware team and an active mentor and speaker. We discuss his leadership style and how he embodies Kindness in his engagement with colleagues, peers and mentees.  He shares advice on how to incorporate Kindness into our daily lives and how Kindness adds to the richness in our relationships.  Peter’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com...

Aaron is the Director of Business at PeopleScout, and author of the book "SINCERITY - The Recipe for Living Your Best Personal & Professional Life".  In this interview, we discuss the importance of Kindness in company culture and and in every aspect of building business relationships.  Aaron shares how he has built his career through Kindness and why being a giver leads to greater pe...

Have you ever stopped to think about, “what is kindness?” I’m your host, Nicole Yelsey, bringing to you ‘On Kindness’, an ongoing discussion that celebrates the power of Kindness.  At KindWorks. AI, we are on a mission to encourage and enable Kindness habits for billions. We do this because we know that Being Kind Works.   In this podcast discussion, we aim to shed light on what is Kindness, what...