Sense & Signal: Leading Through Sensemaking

Sense & Signal: Leadership, Literature, & Social Media: In Conversation with Jesan Sorrells Jodan and Dan welcome Jesan Sorrells, CEO of HSCT Publishing and the author of My Boss Doesn’t Care and 12 Rules for Leaders. He is also the podcast host of Leadership Lessons from the Great Books. We discuss how literature – especially Shakespeare and Jane Austin – can help leaders with their sense...

Sense & Signal Podcast The Mental Mastery Episode In Conversation with Tina Greenbaum Jodah and Dr. Dan talk with Bay Area based leadership coach Tina Greenbaum about her training program Mastery Under Pressure. They discuss her journey in becoming a leadership coach, the characteristics of a natural leader, emotional regulation under pressure, mindfulness, the changing roles of leaders in org...

Sense & Signal Podcast Playing Jenga with Organizational Culture: In Conversation with Zoe Fragou - Organizational Psychologist and Leadership Trainer Jodah and Dr. Dan talk with Zoe Fragou, an organizational psychologist and leadership trainer and consultant based in Athens, Greece. They discuss what literature can teach us about leadership, toxic positivity in the workplace, how organization...

We have nothing to say. This is a failed episode.  We have nothing to say about this episode. It's a failed podcast episode.  It's just an episode about how organizations should be open to figure and even celebrate it.   And we demonstrate this principle by highlighting our own failures.   #leadership #sensemaking #failure #organizations #culture

Sense & Signal Podcast: The Death Episode – Grief, Terror, and Zombies Jodah and Dan tackle one of the least addressed issues in organizational leadership - Death. The talk about what leaders and managers should do when an employee passes, how terror management theory can inform our organizational sensemaking, and what to do with zombie projects and programs. Learn more about Jodah Jensen: htt...

In this Sense and Signal quick take, Dan unpacks Jennifer Liu's Make It article: ‘"he older model of leadership just doesn’t cut it anymore’: Why new RTO dates, power moves from CEOs could backfire."   https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/07/why-new-rto-dates-power-moves-from-ceos-could-backfire-experts-say.html

Sense & Signal Podcast: Improv, Jazz, and the Sensemaking Organization Jodah and Dan discuss Karl E. Weick’s concept of sensemaking organizations and how they function like jazz ensembles, nimbly addressing complex situations through improvisation. They discuss why the conversation of sensemaking organizations is important right now, what are the characteristics of a sensemaking organization,...

The Sense & Signal Podcast Is the Hiring Interview Process Broken? Adventures Through Nightmare Interviews – with Beer In this episode, Jodah and Dan enjoy some fine microbrews while discussing whether current approaches to the hiring interview process are broken. While they don’t solve any of the world’s problems as usual, at least they don’t spill their beer. Find out more about Daniel Tarke...

The Sense & Signal Podcast – Episode 7 Meaning and Work: Caring for Your Diamonds Join Jodah and Dan as they discuss whether leaders have an obligation to help employees make meaning of their work with special guest Yung Sook Koh, UX Manager with Tripwire at Help Systems. Learn more about Yung Sook Koh on her LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yung-sook-koh-uxdesign/ Find out more abou...

The Sense & Signal Podcast: Working Remotely (or How Malcolm Gladwell Ticked Off the Internet) Jodah and Dan discuss the controversy created by Malcom Gladwell’s comments on remote work on Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO podcast. What are the pros and cons of remote work as we enter late stage COVID? Links: Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e162-ma...

Sense & Signal Podcast Episode 5: Why Higher Education? What is its value? Building off their previous conversation around Simon Sinek’s Golden Circle and the importance of asking why, Jodah and Dan delve into answering why higher education? What is its value? Is higher education important to society and the individual? Links: Report on Public Agenda study on people’s perceptions of the value...

Jodah and Dan dissect Simon Sinek’s 2009 viral Ted Talk video “Start with why -- how great leaders inspire action.” Why is asking the question why so important to connecting with employees as well as customers and clients? Watch the Simon Sinek video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA&t=12s Dan Tarker’s website: https://danieltarker.com  Dan Tarker’s Substack: https://tarker.sub...

The Sense & Signal Podcast Wrestling with Complexity Jodah and Dan dig into the concept of complexity using David Snowden’s Cynefin sensemaking framework. Dan Tarker’s website: https://danieltarker.com Dan Tarker’s Substack: https://tarker.substack.com Beats by Jeff Day at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGvOpfOxwiA

The Sense and Signal Podcast You Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Research: Everything is Research In this episode Jodah and Dan discuss the necessity of research in product and program development. Do you need it? Can you avoid it? What factors should you consider before investing in a research project: #research #product development #leadership Dan Tarker’s website: https://danieltarker.com Dan Tarker’s S...

The Sense & Signal Podcast Episode 1: Gun Violence Mass Shootings In the first episode of the Sense and Signal Podcast, Jodah and Dan discuss the issue of how organizational leaders should address the crisis of mass shootings. As a podcast focusing on sensemaking and organizational leadership, they explore how leaders should provide training so their communities are prepared to respond should...

Reflections on Jonathan Haidt's book The Righteous Minds based on posts from my Substack newsletter.  Read the posts that informed this episode at: https://tarker.substack.com/p/deleting-elon-musk-pt-i?r=z4ct8&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web https://tarker.substack.com/p/deleting-elon-musk-part-ii?r=z4ct8&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Daniel Tarker, MFA, Ed...

An audio essay episode based on a Substack post of the same name. Explores how the classic absurdist play Rhinoceros speaks to the ideological polarization of our time. To subscribe to the Substack or to listen to other podcast episodes, visit danieltarker.com. Leave a voice message to comment on the episode: https://anchor.fm/daniel-tarker/message #leadership #sebsemaking #rhinoceros #ionesco #id...

A review of two substack posts on the intersection between leadership, sensemaking and the Cynefin framework. Explores how mis-categorizing a problem as simple when it is complex can lead to chaos. Also investigates recent studies on leadership and the CIP sensemaking framework and how ideology informed Donald Trump’s response to the pandemic. Access the Substack posts and other podcast episodes a...

In episode one of The Signal, host Daniel Tarker comments on five articles on leadership that popped up on a Google News search in December 2021. More information can be found here: http://Danieltarker.com https://tarker.substack.com Former CIA Agent Wonders Where the Hell Have All the Leaders Gone https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/patriotism-unity/where-have-all-our-leaders-gon...