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Featured Episodes

Guest: Kim & Todd Saxton
Episode 39
What Determines Whether A Startup Will Fail Or Succeed In The Market?

Guest: Norbert Majerus
Episode 38
Winning Innovation – Interview with Norbert Majerus

Guest: Heather Polivka
Episode 37
Why Companies Must Invest In People-Centered Leadership Development

Guest: Roy Osing
Episode 36
Why You Need To Be An Audacious Leader
Audacious leaders are those who are willing to admit when they are wrong. They are also honest about what they do not know. This makes them vulnerable and shows others that they are human. They are brave enough to make mistakes and learn from them. Audacious leaders work alongside their people.
Guest: RJ Grimshaw
Episode 35
Intrapreneurship – What Is It And How Does It Matter In Today’s World?

Guest: Jamie Flinchbaugh
Episode 34
Understand why framing your problem statement matters.

Guest: Mark Herschberg
Episode 33
Keep Investing In Leadership Skills And Become A Better Leader.
In today’s world, organizations need to be proactive about leadership development. Leaders must develop their skills and abilities to meet the challenges of the future. Only two out of five businesses think they are developing leaders who benefit the company.

Guest: Charlotte Allen
Episode 32
Almost no one likes change, but change is necessary for growth.
Guest: Terry Barnhart
Organizational transformation executive
Episode 31
How to think outside of your own experiences.
Reflecting on what you’ve learned helps you retain information better. It also allows you to apply what you know to new situations. So this episode is a re-run where I had a great conversation with Terry Barnhart about how to teach people to think better – especially the advantages of skill stack, work in collaboration, and how to think outside of your own experience.
What are the tools you teach people about how to think? How do you get teams to work together collaboratively on learning? It’s really hard. Every high-performing team goes through cycles of growth and development and what really matters is how the team thinks and acts together.

Guest: Bruno Pešec
Episode 30
What exactly is an innovation strategy?

Guest: Stacey Ashley
Episode 29
Your strength as a leader comes from yourself.
Leadership is about helping people to realize their potential. If you want to lead, you must learn to listen. People often think that leaders are born, not made. But leadership is learned. Leaders are learners. They learn from experience, from mistakes, from successes, from other people. They learn from themselves and from each other. They learn to ask questions, to seek answers, to understand why things happen.

Guest: Darrell Evans
Episode 28
How to overcome failure & setbacks.

Guest: Zoë Routh
Episode 27
Vulnerability in the workplace is the root of authentic leadership.

Guest: Michael Haynes
Episode 26
Innovation readiness is a critical issue for any organization.

Guest: Peter Mohr
Episode 25
The four P’s to entrepreneurial business success.

Guest: Gabriel Yoder
Episode 24
Design thinking – it starts with empathy every time.

Guest: Lauren Winans
Episode 23
Transparency in leadership is an essential component of effective management.

Guest: Ally Muller
Managing Director GOYA Consulting
Episode 22
How to inspire leaders to change their approach to innovation in the corporate landscape.

Guest: Flip Brown
Founder & CEO at Business Culture Consultant.
Episode 21
When implementing a change, you’re asking people to go into the unknown with you
Change is inevitable in the workplace, but it doesn’t have to be disruptive or chaotic. In fact, there are many ways to implement organizational changes that will lead to success for your organization. The first step towards implementing any kind of organizational change is preparing your organization and yourself for it.
Guest: Alex Brueckman
Business strategist, Board advisor, and author. He coaches executives on designing and implementing business strategies with measurable impact.
Episode 20
A strategy process is the perfect vehicle to shape culture
Many leaders struggle with strategy. Understanding the key steps in strategy implementation is critical to being a successful and effective leader within your company.
Guest: John Zachara
Vice President at Integrated Facilities Solutions, Inc.
Episode 19
How Does Lean Construction Help Companies Become More Efficient?
What is Lean Construction? The main difference between lean construction and traditional approaches is that lean construction looks for opportunities to improve efficiency rather than just trying to reduce cost.
Guest: Jeff Smith
Motivational Speaker and Virtual Training on Advanced Leadership for KPI and Business Management at Jeff-Smith.com
Episode 18
KPIs have not evolved, the way we use KPI’s has evolved.
What are the KPIs and what do they mean and how can you use them to improve performance? First of all, KPIs are not targets to be hit, they help you identify areas where improvements need to be made so you can focus your efforts accordingly.
Guest: Ricardo Liberato
Making Companies Better
Episode 17
If you’re only trying things that succeed. You’re not going to innovate.
Why is agile important for a learning organization? Agile is about teaching the mindset that we are always questioning what we are doing.
Guest: Jared Allmond
Culture Collaborator | Partnering with HR and L&D professionals to ethically and safely strengthen culture
Episode 16
The importance of being a people-centric organization.
How do you build a people-centric culture? you start with aligning with people’s values. The culture is the secret sauce and it is unique for every business – it’s all about fostering a culture where the employees feel valued and engaged.
Guest: Andy Skipper
CTO Coach at CTO Craft, Startup Technology Advisor
Episode 15
Coach or mentor? You need both.
Encouraging coaching and mentorship are key components when managing modern employees. The right skills play a critical role in driving future success and it is all about asking the right questions, empower employees, provide feedback, know each individual’s strengths and be a great listener. Coach to inspire — and to learn.
Guest: Steve Stucky
President MN Chapter PDMA | Business Owner | Agile / Lean Product Development Coach, Helping Businesses Drive Profitable Growth
Episode 14
How a Lean-Agile Mindset and Practices can Improve your Product Development Outcome.
How can you radically reduce idea-to-market cycle times? How do you build sustainable, profitable growth for the business through better product development and the elimination of waste? Learn more about lean/agile methodology and why lean product development is not about cost reduction.
Guest: Sudhanshu Srivastava
Entrepreneur | Customer Success | Product Success
Episode 13
Failing fast is a great thing, but fail forward – so that you’re moving.
What is the secret sauce for a successful product launch? The secret is to create a knowledge-intensive company where there is a dynamic between knowledge creation and knowledge sharing across the entire company.
Guest: Fred Leland
Director and Principal Trainer for Law Enforcement & Security Consulting (LESC)
Episode 12
Don’t be afraid to adapt and adjust your methods of learning.
How can decision making and problems solving skills be improved? What is sense-making teaching/learning and can it helps us to solve problems better? Learn how to help your people work together more effectively by changing your way of teaching
Guest: Terry Barnhart
Organizational transformation executive
Episode 11
How to think outside of your own experiences.
What are the tools you teach people about how to think? How do you get teams to work together collaboratively on learning? It’s really hard. Every high-performing team goes through cycles of growth and development and what really matters is how the team thinks and acts together.
Guest: Paul Dunlop
Supporting organisations and individuals to go from CHAOS to CALM Productivity
Episode 10
Let go and stay curious so you can ask the good questions.
How good is your company at problem-solving? Learn more about how LEGO serious play works as a catalyst and can improve the implementation of a lean management system in your organization. The lean mindset is effective in any process-driven environment whether it’s in the delivery of a service or a product.
Guest: David Shiller
Product & Business Development For The Advanced Lighting Industry
Episode 9
Marketing innovation – the business side of Innovation
Many companies are making poor decisions in their marketing messaging which leads to terrible outcomes. Understanding both the sales and marketing side as well as the technology side can lead to better Solutions and Innovation.
Guest: Robin Gaster
President of Incumetrics Inc, a data and analysis consultancy
Episode 8
What is the secret of Amazon’s huge Success?
Why is amazon one of the most successful companies worldwide and what innovation strategies drive their ongoing quest to become the most customer-centric company? Amazon has mastered the art of innovation on a massive scale by becoming a massive cluster of highly innovative and driven teams.
Guest: Chaim Guggenheim
Co-Founder and CEO at Stealth – L&D Start-Up
Episode 7
A world of thinking and learning.
Guest: Jeff Hastie
Founder and President at Learn-Apply-Lead, LLC
Episode 6
The Role of Leadership in Changing Organizational Culture.
Guest: Charlotte Nytoft
I help Companies Conquer Transatlantic Markets
Episode 5
How to drive digital innovation across businesses, departments, borders, and cultures.
Guest: Louise Them Kjølholm
Chief Advisor Environmental and Social Risk at EKF Denmarks Export Credit
Episode 4
The importance of accepting the early stages of innovation.
Guest: Norbert Majerus
Business Owner & Retired from The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Episode 3
The process is easy, it’s the people part that is the difficult one.
Guest: Bella Englebach
Creating Better Organizations where the Music of the Human Spirit Sings.
Lead Consultant, Lean for Humans, Inc.
Episode 2
It’s all about the people – become better problem solvers
Guest: Bob Melvin
Episode 1
Passion for lean product development.
Winning Innovation – Interview with Norbert Majerus – Episode 38
Episode 38 Winning Innovation Innovations are critical for businesses. They help companies stay on top of new developments and allow them to implement new tactics in new and evolving markets and gain a greater market share. Innovation also helps create opportunities...
Why Companies Must Invest In People Centered Leadership Development – Heather Polivka – Episode 37
Episode 37 Why Companies Must Invest In People Centered Leadership Development. People-centric Leadership doesn't mean being soft or forgetting the profits. It means thinking of the impact of leadership on the people who worked for you and behaving in such a way that...
Why You Need To Be An Audacious Leader – Roy Osing – Episode 36
Episode 36 Why You Need To Be An Audacious Leader. Audacious leaders are those who are willing to admit when they are wrong. They are also honest about what they do not know. This makes them vulnerable and shows others that they are human. They are brave enough to...
Intrapreneurship – What Is It And How Does It Matter In Today’s World? RJ Grimshaw – Episode 35
Episode 35 Intrapreneur-ship: What Is It And How Does It Matter In Today's World? An intrapreneur is a person who creates something from nothing. They are usually self-starters who are able to think outside the box and come up with innovative solutions. They are often...
Understand why framing your problem statement matters – Jamie Flinchbaugh – Episode 34
Episode 34 Problems are always solved by people and business problems today are increasingly more complex and ambiguous. That makes it harder to clearly define and articulate them
Keep Investing In Leadership Skills And Become A Better Leader – Mark Herschberg
Episode 33 Keep Investing In Leadership Skills And Become A Better Leader. In today’s world, organizations need to be proactive about leadership development. Leaders must develop their skills and abilities to meet the challenges of the future. Only two out of five...
Almost no one likes change, but change is necessary for growth – Charlotte Allen
Episode 32 Almost no one likes change, but change is necessary for growth. Change management is an integral part of any business strategy because it helps employees feel comfortable with the changes occurring around them. People should feel safe when making changes,...
Reflecting on what you’ve learned helps you retain information better – Terry Barnhart
Episode 31 How to think outside of your own experiences Reflecting on what you've learned helps you retain information better. It also allows you to apply what you know to new situations. So this episode is a re-run where I had a great conversation with Terry Barnhart...
What exactly is an innovation strategy? – Bruno Pesec
Episode 30 What exactly is an innovation strategy? Strategy is about choosing between a number of different options to get the best possible result. Innovation is just one of the methods used to achieve your strategic goal. Without a good innovation strategy, it's...
Your strength as a leader comes from yourself – Stacey Ashley
Episode 29 Your strength as a leader comes from yourself. Leadership is about helping people to realize their potential. If you want to lead, you must learn to listen. People often think that leaders are born, not made. But leadership is learned. Leaders are learners....
How to overcome failure & setbacks – Darrell Evans
Episode 28 How to overcome failure & setbacks. Setbacks in life are inevitable. You can choose to view them as positive lessons instead. We should learn from our mistakes, but we shouldn't dwell on them. Minor setbacks can help us grow stronger and get closer to...
Vulnerability in the workplace is the root of authentic leadership – Zoe Routh
Episode 27 Vulnerability in the workplace is the root of authentic leadership. It’s a well-known fact that people who are vulnerable are more likely to be liked, trusted, and respected. They make better leaders because they are open to feedback, willing to admit...
Innovation readiness is a critical issue for any organization – Michael Haynes
Episode 26 Innovation readiness is a critical issue for any organization. It's easy to think of innovation as something that happens only in the lab or in small start-ups. Yet innovation is a key component of every business strategy. In fact, the term “innovation”...
The Four P’s to Entrepreneurial Business Success – Peter Mohr
Episode 25 The four P's to Entrepreneurial Business Success. In order to become an entrepreneur, you must have entrepreneurial freedom. Entrepreneurship is not a choice, it is a necessity. If you choose to start a business, you must have the right products, processes...
Design Thinking – it starts with empathy every time – Gabriel Yoder
Episode 24 Design thinking - it starts with empathy every time. Problem-solving is an essential part of life. It's how we get through everyday challenges and solve problems. Problem-solving skills are also critical for success in the workplace. Design Thinking is an...
Transparency in leadership is an essential component of effective management – Lauren Winans
Episode 23 Transparency in leadership is an essential component of effective management. Transparency in the workplace is an effective way to create a positive company culture and foster employee loyalty and engagement. Leaders who practice transparency in the...
How to inspire leaders to change their approach to innovation in the corporate landscape – Ally Muller
Episode 22:
Guest: Ally Muller
Innovation requires risk-taking, but it also demands that we learn how to fail well. Due to the pace and scale of change are accelerating organizations must adapt to survive which means businesses need to evolve faster than ever to remain relevant and successful. It’s important to open innovation up to everyone to spark curiosity.
When implementing a change, you’re asking people to go into the unknown with you – Flip Brown
Episode 21 – Flip Brown
Change is inevitable in the workplace, but it doesn’t have to be disruptive or chaotic. In fact, there are many ways to implement organizational changes that will lead to success for your organization.
A strategy process is the perfect vehicle to shape culture – Alex Brueckmann
Episode 20 – Alex Brueckmann.
Many leaders struggle with strategy. Understanding the key steps in strategy implementation is critical to being a successful and effective leader within your company.
How Does Lean Construction Help Companies Become More Efficient? John Zachara
Episode 19 – John Zachara
How Does Lean Construction Help Companies Become More Efficient?
What is Lean Construction? The main difference between lean construction and traditional approaches is that lean construction looks for opportunities to improve efficiency rather than just trying to reduce cost.
KPIs have not evolved, the way we use KPI’s has evolved – Jeff Smith
Episode 18 – Jeff Smith
What are KPIs and what do they mean and how can you use them to improve performance? First of all, KPIs are not targets to be hit, they help you identify areas where improvements need to be made so you can focus your efforts accordingly.
Agile, It’s all about plan-do-check-act – Ricardo Liberato
Episode 17 – Ricardo Liberato
If you’re only trying things that succeed. You’re not going to innovate Why is agile important for a learning organization? Agile is about teaching the mindset that we are always questioning what we are doing.
How do you build a people centric culture? Jared Allmond
Episode 16 – Jared Allmond
The importance of being a people-centric organization How do you build a people-centric culture? you start with aligning with people’s values. The culture is the secret sauce and it is unique for every business
Coach to inspire and to learn – Andy Skipper
Episode 15 – Andy Skipper
Encouraging coaching and mentorship are key components when managing modern employees. The right skills play a critical role in driving future success and it is all about asking the right questions, empower employees, provide feedback, know each individual’s strengths and be a great listener. Coach to inspire — and to learn.
Lean-Agile Mindset – Steve Stucky
Episode 14 – Steve Stucky
How can you radically reduce idea-to-market cycle times? How do you build sustainable, profitable growth for the business through better product development and the elimination of waste? Learn more about lean/agile methodology and why lean product development is not about cost reduction.
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