Social Responsibility at Work

Kanishka Desai, Co-Founder at Qooley Hybrid working has us all questioning if that meeting could have been an email, but what if you ensured that your next meeting was a one of a kind experience that injected innovation , value and increased engagement? Kanishka Desai, joins me on this episode to share the experiential platform he’s created to bring more positive, inspiring and impactful experienc...

Guest: Dr. BehNaz Gholami, Executive Director at Dizen and Founder at Human Side Academy.  Today I’m joined by Dr. Behnaz Gholami, a social scientist and experience designer who has spent her career engineering change using human centered design. We talk about the concept of change for the human experience and how organizations can beat the statistic of 75% of transformative change failing due to...

Guests and Titles: Nicole Dessain, Chief Experience Officer at Talent. Imperative, Inc.   Oneka Cornelius, Executive Director and Founder at Convergence Solutions, LLC.   Kendra C. Jackson, Group Director, Internal Communications & Change Management at Real Chemistry  Description: Nicole, Oneka and Kendra, all co-founders of HR vs. Racism joined me on this heart-felt episode that’s near and dear t...

I’m so excited to introduce our guest on this episode. Jennifer McClure is the CEO of DisruptHR and Unbridled Talent LLC, a consulting and advisory firm providing services to clients in the areas of keynote speaking, leadership, executive communication skills and talent strategy. On this episode with Jennifer, we talk about an evolving idea of disruption in what feels like an exhaustively disrupti...

Welcome to Season 3! This season, we are bringing you special guests who are actively disrupting the world of work in the best ways possible – for the benefit of people and humanity. To kick us off, we are joined by brothers Dan and Patrick Riley. Both Dan and Patrick are co-founders of RADICL an authority in people science and the whole person experience. Our conversation centers around the chang...

This is an extra special episode. I’m joining you all from Playa del Carmen in Mexico - right along the the Caribbean Sea. This trip was a long awaited opportunity to recharge the human batteries, rest and relax. We all need the time to fill our cups in ways that work for us. For me, the sound of the ocean takes me to a place of clarity, decadent ease and mindfulness. So, I took the time to share...

Resilience & Redefining Stress On this episode, we are joined by former-NFL and former-Uber leader turned people first entrepreneur, and stress coach, Evan Singer. Evan has used his experiences to apply a human-centered approach to leadership, communications, performance, and well-being through understanding stress and evolving mindset and resilience. We chat about the individual human connection...

Purposeful play at work is an underrated indicator of productivity, team belonging and team morale, so why are we not talking more about it? Join me and guests Gary Ware and Jeff Harry explore play as the “special sauce” for psychologically safe teams and innovative companies. Jeff and Gary share their perspective of play from the lens of positive psychology and what organizations and leaders can...

On this episode, we’re joined by Ron Thurston, Best Selling Author of Retail Pride and Vice President of Stores at INTERMIX. With over 25 years of retail experience and building big brands such as Tory Burch, Apple, Saint Laurent, and Bonobos Ron shares a unique perspective about the importance of creating and celebrating pride in an industry that employs millions of people and drives a massive po...

On this episode, we’re joined by Daniel Marcos, CEO and Co-Founder at Growth Institute., a leading provider of business education to help small to medium sized firms scale up by reducing chaos and drama. Their mission is to scale impact and reduce drama for 10 million leaders by 2040. We talk about the impact of drama and chaos on quality of life, quality of leadership, employee engagement and the...

On this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Lindsay Malloy, Ph. D. and Dr. Amanda Zelechoski, J.D., Ph. D. - two psychologists, moms, scholars and researchers. Together, Lindsay and Amanda co-founded Pandemic Parenting - a non-profit organization and community  for parents and caregivers to easily access resources and valuable research to help navigate the unique challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. We u...

On this episode, we’re joined by Stephan Vincent, a thought leader in the Employee Experience (EX) space and a leader at LifeGuides - a well-being and employee assistance solution for conscious leaders and organizations. On the brink of transformation around “well-being at work”, Stephan and I explore a holistic well-being approach that is  farther reaching than  traditional and limiting physical...

I’m excited to introduce my guest Janelle King, Industrial/Organizational Consultant and the Founder of Excel Leadership. Janelle works with organizations to build purpose driven cultures and with individuals to build purpose driven lives that connect to life and work. We explore the concept of workplace spirituality - which is aimed at bridging individual purpose, belonging and community within t...

Like many of you, I’ve been working hard to temper my expectations for a year that’s experienced a massive amount of pressure to be better than its predecessor. We’re off to a rocky yet optimistic start, and my optimism has only grown from the hopeful conversations you’ll experience this season. Although many might call 2020 “broken” -I’m happy to introduce this season’s theme - The Whole Human. W...

We're wrapping up the year with a bit of personal reflection and the vision for Humanly Possible: Future of Work Conversations as we enter our 2nd season and 2021. Join me and guest Norris Narsa - my husband, this podcast’s producer and hands down my favorite person in the world, reflect on 2020 over a New Years Eve cocktail. Thank you for making Humanly Possible: Future of Work Conversations a pl...

Description: We’re joined by employee experience strategists, Frank Laterza and Haley Kuschman. Both our guests are leaders at Qualtrics - an experience management platform that brings together organizations’ experience data. Frank and Haley review findings from the 2021 Employee Experience Trends research report which was recently published by Qualtrics and surveyed over 12,000 full time employee...

Today’s conversation is with Donald Bowman, CEO and Founder at DBC - a service culture and hospitality consulting firm that specializes in cultures that support service excellence. Donald’s experience has positioned him well to build pressure tested workplace cultures that create comebacks versus set-backs for organizations and their workers during crisis. We discussed the importance of resetting...

Today’s conversation is with our returning guest,  Q. Kim Sullivan . Kim is the Chief People Officer at Concentrix -   a global business services company specializing in customer engagement and improving business performance.   We’re used to hearing that the customer comes first, but today’s conversation is all about the  intimate connection between the employee and customer experience. Kim and I...

Today’s conversation is with Oscar Garcia, Chief Empowerment Officer for Aspira Consulting – a consulting firm focused on community relations training and workforce development. Oscar uses his personal story and differences to inspire and empower others to effectively turn adversity into opportunity. We discussed the importance of emulating authenticity in business and how creating a culture of au...

Today’s conversation is with Breanna Jackson. Breanna is the Founder and CEO of The Refining Company, a firm focused on helping individuals and teams activate their office confidence through learning and development. She has worked with organizations like Kaiser Permanente to create talent pipeline programs that are innovative, sustainable and inclusive. We discuss her expertise and personal exper...

On this episode, we're joined by Tayo Rockson, Author, TedX speaker and Equity, Inclusion & Diversity Consultant. The center of the conversation is around the importance of holding space  for discussions around differences in the workplace  - including having constructive conversations around privilege and race. We talk about his book titled, Use Your Difference to Make a Difference ,and the impor...

On this episode, we are chatting with Brian Hampton. Brian is the Co-Founder and CEO of ChangeNerd. A community designed to bring diversity of thought and empowerment to professionals focused on people and enterprise change. Brian provides insight into the importance of people readiness and how a simple mentality shift on the responsibility of organizations to team members can make a tremendous im...

On this episode of Humanly Possible,  we are  joined by Alex Draper – CEO and Founder of DX.  Alex founded DX on the principles of inclusive and progressive leadership and creating a more equitable workplace. We spoke with Alex about his firm’s C.A.R.E. model – a model for challenging leaders to focus on treating employees the way THEY want to be treated. We chat about the importance of psychologi...

On this episode of Humanly Possible, we're joined by Q. Kim Sullivan, Chief People Officer of Concentrix.  Join the conversation as we discuss the criticality of customized leadership and how the future of work is a lot closer than we think. 

Welcome to Humanly Possible, a podcast and conversation series focused on the game changing potential of human-centric workplaces. The Humanly Possible podcast, hosted by Angela R. Howard, is an actionable space shared with extraordinary humans who are doing their part to make workplaces authentic to the human experience.  Angela R. Howard is an organizational psychologist with over fifteen years...