DeriveInsights

What happens when you realize that your income is tied directly to your time, your body, and your ability to keep performing? In this episode of Derive Insights , Etu Daniel sits down with Josh Washington , a former professional dancer with the JabbaWockeeZ who spent nearly a decade touring the world before transitioning into sales, marketing, entrepreneurship, and capital raising. Josh's jour...

What do we hold on to when life takes us through a storm we never expected? In this episode of Derive Insights , Etu Daniel sits down with Bill Derrick , a family business leader, author, and speaker with more than 50 years of experience in the construction industry. Bill has experienced some of life's most challenging storms firsthand. After helping lead his family business through the Great...

What if the future isn't something we simply wait for but something we can intentionally shape? In this episode of Derive Insights , Etu Daniel sits down with Tom Meyers , a specialist in stress-related conditions, founder of the Rest Approach, and full-time future explorer who helps people understand change and intentionally prepare for what comes next. Tom has experienced his own share of se...

What if understanding who you are goes beyond what you can see, experience, or explain on the surface? In this episode of Derive Insights , Etu Daniel sits down with Dr. Monalisa Coburn for a fascinating conversation about consciousness, spirituality, intuition, awakening, and the deeper possibilities within the human experience. Dr. Monalisa is a lifelong teacher, consciousness author, medium, ch...

What if extraordinary relationships aren't found, but intentionally built? In this episode of Derive Insights , Etu Daniel sits down with Ed Tomlinson , a successful real estate professional, inventor, entrepreneur, bestselling author, mentor, and community leader who has spent more than five decades asking one powerful question: How can this be made better? That question has shaped Ed's c...

What if it's never too late to pursue a new dream, make an impact, or become the person you were meant to be? In this episode of Derive Insights , Etu Daniel sits down with Edward Doherty , a leadership consultant, business executive, author, mentor, and lifelong believer in the power of persistence. Ed's extraordinary career spans decades of leadership and service. He has served as a regi...

What if the biggest thing holding a capable leader back isn't a lack of knowledge or ability, but a pattern they haven't learned to recognize? In this episode of Derive Insights , Etu Daniel sits down with Dr. Marcia Ruben , an executive coach, organizational consultant, and professor emerita who has spent more than 30 years helping leaders understand the patterns that can limit their effe...

What if some of the people we struggle to understand aren't actually trying to be difficult? What if they simply see, process, and respond to the world differently? In this episode of Derive Insights , Etu Daniel sits down with Sheila Glazov , a best-selling author, award-winning personality expert, internationally known speaker, coach, and passionate educator. Sheila began her career as a tea...

What if obesity is far more complicated than simply eating less and moving more? In this episode of Derive Insights , Etu Daniel sits down with Iva Nadler , a leading pediatric bariatric surgeon who has spent more than two decades treating children with obesity and studying the biology behind weight gain. Together, we explore the science behind obesity, childhood weight, genetics, biology, develop...

What if your business is profitable but you still don't feel successful? In this episode of Derive Insights , Etu Daniel sits down with Paul Sweeney , a business advisor and chartered accountant who helps business owners gain clarity, improve cash flow, and make better decisions. Paul works with entrepreneurs whose businesses may look successful on paper but still feel harder, more stressful,...

What happens when we stop thinking about education as simply delivering information and start thinking about how people actually experience learning? In this episode of Derive Insights , Etu Daniel sits down with Jackie Pelegrin , an award-winning instructional designer, college professor, consultant, author, and podcast host with nearly 20 years of experience creating engaging and effective learn...

What happens when life doesn't go according to plan but you choose to keep going anyway? In this episode of Derive Insights , Etu Daniel sits down with Cheri Baugh Woods , a faith-based speaker, cancer survivor, and author of When Will Miracles Still Happen . Cheri has walked through extraordinary seasons of adversity, including two forms of leukemia, a bone marrow transplant, two brain surger...

What happens to human judgment, experience, and wisdom in an AI-driven world? In this episode of Derive Insights , Etu Daniel sits down with Jon Wolheim , a talent and leadership executive who has spent more than 20 years building teams and talent functions across companies including Apple, Amazon, and two AI startups that reached billion-dollar valuations in under four years. Jon built the talent...

What if compliance was more than simply following rules? In this episode of Derive Insights , Etu Daniel sits down with Tom Fox , a leading voice in compliance, business ethics, leadership, and podcasting. Tom is the founder of the award-winning Compliance Podcast Network , a podcast network dedicated to compliance, and a co-founder of the Texas Hill Country Podcast Network. With more than 30 podc...

What can more than 100,000 business conversations teach us about people? In this episode of Derive Insights , Etu Daniel sits down with Tom Vander Well , CEO of Intelligentics, customer experience researcher and trainer, author of the international Amazon bestseller This Call May Be Monitored: This Taught Me About Business and Life , writer, actor, speaker, and host of The Wayfarer Podcast . For m...

Having a great product isn't enough. In today's crowded B2B technology landscape, companies can build exceptional products and services yet still struggle to become visible, trusted, and remembered by the people who actually make buying decisions. In this episode of Derive Insights , I sit down with Richard Cook , founder and Managing Director of Champion Communication , an award-winning B...

What happens when the patterns we've carried for years begin to shape the way we experience stress, fear, relationships, and even ourselves? In this episode of Derive Insights , I sit down with Sophia Torrini , a certified Clinical EFT practitioner, transformational catalyst, and advocate for personal empowerment. Sophia's journey into this work began through her own experience with a life-threate...

What if the setbacks you've experienced aren't the end of your story, but the beginning of another chapter? In this episode of Derive Insights , I sit down with Darren Williams , an author, resilience expert, coach, and mental health advocate whose life and work are centered around overcoming adversity and helping others discover what is still possible after difficult seasons. With more than 20 ye...

Should you write a book? Knowing you have a book inside you is one thing. Actually writing it, publishing it, and turning it into something that creates opportunities for your business is another. In this episode of Derive Insights , I sit down with Kristin Clark , founder of Elite Content Creation , a boutique ghostwriting and publishing firm that helps executives, entrepreneurs, and thought lead...

What if stewardship isn't primarily about money, but about how we manage every part of the life we've been entrusted with? In this episode of Derive Insights , I sit down with Larry O’Nan , a stewardship mentor, author, and advisor whose work explores purpose, generosity, leadership, and intentional living. Along his journey, Larry discovered a perspective that fundamentally changed how he underst...

What does it really take to build meaningful relationships across cultures, communities, and differences? In this episode of Derive Insights , I sit down with Matthias Lemos Castillo , founder of MLC Consulting , community engagement consultant, cultural bridge builder, and leadership advisor. Originally from Uruguay and now based in the United States, Matthias brings an international perspective...

What happens when we stop protecting our ideas and start challenging them? In this episode of Derive Insights , I sit down with Mohamed Nabil , an author, social innovator, and creator of AIDOP an innovative approach that uses artificial intelligence to critically challenge an author's own work through transparent, published debates. Our conversation explores artificial intelligence, critical...

What does it really take to change when you know something in your life isn't working? In this episode of Derive Insights , we explore addiction, recovery, self-deception, identity, and what it means to truly belong to yourself. Our guest is Peg O’Connor , a professor of philosophy with more than three decades of teaching experience, author of four books on addiction and recovery, and creator...

What remains when everything you've built suddenly falls apart? Welcome to Remind Me of Myself , a special series on Derive Insights where we uncover the defining moments, lessons, and experiences that remind us of who we truly are beneath the noise, setbacks, and expectations of life. In this episode, I sit down with Polis Xinaris , an entrepreneur, social media marketing expert, certified me...

What if true healing begins when we stop treating only the symptoms and start understanding the person as a whole? Welcome to Remind Me of Myself , a special series on Derive Insights where we go beyond success stories to uncover the defining moments, experiences, and lessons that shape extraordinary people and help us recognize pieces of our own journey. In this episode, I sit down with Magic Bar...