The Indispensable Conversation

It is in the spirit of #WorldMentalHealthDay (recognized on October 10th) that I offer this week’s special episode of The Indispensable Conversation, where I explore this essential question with my guest Mandy Morris, LPC.  Mandy is a well-known Corporate Psychologist, Speaker and Season 2 Mental Health Support Advisor on 4 Days to Save the World TV Series.  As you might already know, th...

If you want diversity and inclusion in the workplace, you need to promote and hire differently. It is really that simple. I  have worked with clients in transforming their company cultures for nearly 30 years. Diversity and inclusion continues to be a stumbling  block for many. Why? The fact remains that people hire other people that look, think, and behave like them. It seems that no am...

That's just 10 years from now!  This question is about the future of work. It's a question about the professional work settings that today's 6th Grade Middle School students will face when they graduate from college? If innovation and technology continues to rule how work is done, are we heading towards a business world with few rules, one where an budding market of specialists and niche play...

While the pandemic has left people sick, tired, exhausted, and rattled. It has also upended their notions of what work should look like.  The Great Resignation continues to grab headlines as different work arrangements are taking shape around the globe, including hybrid, remote, 4 day workweek and 25 hour week, to name a few. Should top leaders be worried? We explore these questions, and more...

I explore this question on this episode of The Indispensable Conversation with my guest Peter Winick.     Peter is the Founder and CEO, Thought Leadership Leverage. He is what many consider a "Thought Leader Whisperer" bringing the best out in his thought leadership clients.     It is this reputation that makes Peter the "right guest" to explore the issue of thought l...

In the world of Google, our minds are constantly being bombarded by data, and we’re forced to interpret it in real-time with no time to synthesize and reflect. What effect does that have on our thinking? What about critical thinking? Have we lost the ability to separate fact from opinion, as result? Experts suggest that we are wired to unknowingly spin everything to avoid any degree of dissonance....

Being a consultant who does a ton of work in the culture change and organizational design and development space, I think decency counts -- a lot!  Additionally, I think it's one of the characteristics that is all too often forgotten when times get tough. Given where we have been over that past couple of years, the question of decency's importance in business is worth some further examination....

Why do we still feel empty, when we live in abundance? Why is depression on the increase, when we are awash with information on how to be happy? A new happiness industry has been sprouting fast to keep up with consumers’ insatiable demand for programs and prescriptions on how to experience authentic, ultimate, and lasting happiness, is it possible that the present happiness craze may be partially...

People with an overriding desire to be widely known to strangers are different from those who primarily covet wealth and influence. Their fame-seeking behavior appears rooted in a desire for social acceptance, a longing for the existential reassurance promised by wide recognition.  My question to my guest Rhett power on this episode of The Indispensable Conversation is this: Is it good for bu...

This is the question posed to my guest, Dave Summers on this episode of The Indispensable Conversation. Dave is founder of Pine Mountain Digital. He is absolutely the right person to have on the show to discuss this provocative question with me. He is a digital media producer/coach/animator that creates all kinds of business podcasts, interactive web-events and irreverent video-blogs for business...