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Ep 221. Alec Ross: The Fight For Our Future

Ep 221. Alec Ross: The Fight For Our Future

Alec Ross is one of the world’s leading experts on innovation. A former senior advisor in the Obama Administration and currently Distinguished Visiting Professor at The University of Bologna Business School, his book is called The Raging 2020s: Companies, Countries, People — and the Fight for Our Future. Stew and Alec talk about what he learned starting out as a school teacher in an economically ravaged part of Baltimore; the central problems of government, the private sector, and labor politics; and creating a sustainable world. [Click for more]

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Ep 220. Rob Cross: Breaking Free From Collaboration Overload

Ep 220. Rob Cross: Breaking Free From Collaboration Overload

Rob Cross is the Edward A. Madden Professor of Global Leadership at Babson College and the author of Beyond Collaboration Overload: How to Work Smarter, Get Ahead and Restore Your Well-Being. He has studied the underlying network dynamics of effective organizations for more than 20 years. Rob is cofounder and Research Director of the Connected Commons business consortium and is the coauthor of five other books, including The Hidden Power of Social Networks. Stew talks with Rob about the causes of the epidemic of too much collaboration at work and how this problem has reduced productivity and well-being in all parts of our lives. Rob describes how to identify and reduce what he calls the now-common “micro-stressors” in our lives…[Click for more]

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Ep 219. Scott Behson: The Whole-Person Workplace

Ep 219. Scott Behson: The Whole-Person Workplace

Scott Behson is a professor of management and Silberman Global Faculty Fellow at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is the author of The Working Dad’s Survival Guide and most recently The Whole-Person Workplace: Building Better Workplaces Through Work-Life, Wellness and Employee Support. Stew talks with Scott about insights for action from his new book on how to garner employer support for all employees, and for working parents in particular, in the new world created by the pandemic’s jolt…[Click for more]

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Ep 218. Carmen Fernandez: Chief People Officer, Marsh McLennan

Ep 218. Carmen Fernandez: Chief People Officer, Marsh McLennan

Carmen Fernandez is Vice President and Chief People Officer at Marsh McClennan, one of the world’s leading professional services firms in the areas of risk, strategy and people. She is committed to creating a culture that is inclusive and vibrant with inspiring leadership. Stew talks with Carmen about the new challenges in Human Resources today; attracting and retaining talent; diversity and inclusion best practices…[Click for more]

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Ep 217. Daisy Dowling: The Workparent Toolkit

Ep 217. Daisy Dowling: The Workparent Toolkit

Daisy Dowling is Founder and CEO of Workparent, an executive coaching and training firm, and author of Workparent: The Complete Guide to Succeeding on the Job, Staying True to Yourself, and Raising Happy Kids. Stew talks with Daisy about the useful tips she gathered from speaking to a variety of working parents across different stages of the parenting life cycle…[Click for more]

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Ep 216. Jen Fisher: How to Work Better Together

Ep 216. Jen Fisher: How to Work Better Together

Jen Fisher is Deloitte’s chief well-being officer in the United States and the co-author of Work Better Together: How to Cultivate Strong Relationships to Maximize Well-Being and Boost Bottom Lines. Stew talks with Jen about relationships at work, how the pandemic as well as technology have had an impact on work connections and performance, and why it’s crucial to care for yourself if you’re going to succeed…[Click for more]

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Ep 215. Ulcca Joshi Hansen: The Future of Smart

Ep 215. Ulcca Joshi Hansen: The Future of Smart

Ulcca Joshi Hansen, a researcher and education advocate, is the author of The Future of Smart: How Our Education System Needs to Change to Help All Young People Thrive. Stew talks with Ulcca about what we want our children to learn, what they are actually being taught in our schools, what it means to be “smart” in today’s in today’s complex world, and how the educational system we have had for centuries has to change…[Click for more]

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Ep 214. Gorick Ng: The Unspoken Rules for Early Career Success

Ep 214. Gorick Ng: The Unspoken Rules for Early Career Success

Gorick Ng is a graduate of Harvard College and Business School and is now a career adviser at Harvard College, specializing in coaching first-generation, low-income students. He’s also a researcher with the Managing the Future of Work project at Harvard. H e and Stew discuss his new book, The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right,. They focus on three critical questions : Are you competent? Are you committed? Are you compatible? …[Click for more]

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Ep 213. Richard Culatta: Raising Children to Thrive in an Online World

Ep 213. Richard Culatta: Raising Children to Thrive in an Online World

Richard Culatta is author of Digital for Good: Raising Kids to Thrive in an Online World. He serves as CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE); senior fellow at NYU’s GovLab; and design resident at IDEO. Richard was appointed by President Obama as the Director of the Office of Educational Technology for the US Department of Education. Stew talks with Richard about practical ideas for how we can cultivate good digital citizenship in our children by developing five essential qualities: focusing on the quality and value of specific content and not on the amount of time spent online;…[Click for more]

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Ep 212. Jessica Bacal: Learning from Rejection

Ep 212. Jessica Bacal: Learning from Rejection

Jessica Bacal is director of Reflective and Integrative Practices and of the Narratives Project at Smith College. Her latest book is The Rejection That Changed My Life: 25+ Powerful Women on Being Let Down, Turning It Around, and Burning It Up at Work. It’s is a sequel of sorts to Jessica’s first bestseller, Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong. Stew talks with Jessica about how to learn and grow from rejection by gleaning useful data from rejections, especially about your values…[Click for more]

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Ep 211. Latha Poonamallee: Mindfulness and Leadership in a Changing World

Ep 211. Latha Poonamallee: Mindfulness and Leadership in a Changing World

Latha Poonamallee is an Associate Professor, Chair of Faculty of Management, and University Fellow at the New School in New York City. She and Stew discuss her new book, Expansive Leadership: Cultivating Mindfulness to Lead Self and Others in a Changing World. Latha explains that meditation and mindfulness are tools that can change how we do business and are part of a new way to lead us to a better, more equitable world and how technology can be harnessed for good…[Click for more]

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Ep 210. Jason Thacker: A Banking Executive on Paternity Leave

Ep 210. Jason Thacker: A Banking Executive on Paternity Leave

Jason Thacker is a Senior Vice President of TD Bank Group and Head of Credit Cards and Unsecured Lending. He started his career in brand management at Procter & Gamble as the company's youngest global expatriate, leading priority brands in both the US and Canada. Jason holds an MBA from The Wharton School and an HBA from the Ivey Business School. Jason has been recognized as one of Canada's Top 40 under 40, The Wharton School's 40 under 40 and P&G's Global Alumni under 40. Stew talks with Jason about his career, his recent paternity leave, its impact on his work, and the impact of fatherhood on his career…[Click for more]

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Ep 209. Lauren Smith Brody: The Fifth Trimester

Ep 209. Lauren Smith Brody: The Fifth Trimester

Lauren Smith Brody is the founder of The Fifth Trimester and author of the bestselling book The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom’s Guide to Style, Sanity, and Success After Baby. She was previously the executive editor of Glamour magazine. Stew talks with Lauren about practical advice for working mothers following their children’s arrival…[Click for more]

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Ep 208. Jason Harris: The Soulful Art of Persuasian

Ep 208. Jason Harris: The Soulful Art of Persuasian

Jason Harrisis is CEO of the creative agency Mekanism, which has been named to Ad Age's Agency A-list and twice to their Best Places to Work. He’s the author of a recent book, The Soulful Art of Persuasion. Jason has been named in the Top 10 Most Influential Social Impact Leaders, as well as the 4A's list of "100 People Who Make Advertising Great." His methods are studied in cases at Harvard Business School. Stew talks with Jason about building a trusting workplace culture and strengthening your reputation and your market power through persuasion, though Jason’s take on persuasion is not what most people think about when they picture what it means to be persuasive..[Click for more]

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Ep 207. Liya Shuster-Bier: Alula is Making Cancer Less Lonely

Ep 207. Liya Shuster-Bier: Alula is Making Cancer Less Lonely

Liya Shuster-Bier is the founder and CEO of Alula, a radically honest platform for cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors. She is a cancer survivor herself. Prior to Alula, Liya built a career in community development and impact investing, partnering with mayors and governors across the country to create innovative financing solutions that improved community outcomes. Stew talks with Liya about her inspiring leadership story of transforming an excruciating pain in your life into something of value to others…[Click for more]

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Ep 206. Erica Dhawan: Digital Body Language

Ep 206. Erica Dhawan: Digital Body Language

Erica Dhawan is author of Digital Body Language: How to Build Trust and Connection No Matter the Distance and co-author of Get Big Things Done. She is also the Founder and CEO of Cotential. She was named by Thinkers50 as “The Oprah of Management Ideas” and featured as one of the Top 20 Management Experts around the world by GlobalGurus. Stew talks with Erica about her latest book and Erica shares lots of practical advice such as when to write in all caps, with whom to use emojis, how to negotiate ambiguous time-to-respond issues, how to respond to passive aggressive emails…[Click for more]

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Ep 205. Katy Milkman: The Science of How to Change

Ep 205. Katy Milkman: The Science of How to Change

Katy Milkman is an award-winning behavioral scientist and the James G. Dinan Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She hosts Charles Schwab’s popular behavioral economics podcast Choiceology and is the co-founder and co-director of The Behavior Change for Good Initiative, a research center at the University of Pennsylvania with the mission of advancing the science of lasting behavior change. This work is being chronicled by Freakonomics Radio. Stew talks with Katy about her new book, How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. Katy shares her very practical advice about how to craft a way to get things done that is tailored to your own particular stumbling blocks…[Click for more]

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Ep 204. Jordan Shapiro: How to Be a Feminist Dad

Ep 204. Jordan Shapiro: How to Be a Feminist Dad

Jordan Shapiro is the author of Father Figure: How to Be a Feminist Dad.; senior fellow for the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop; Nonresident Fellow in the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution; and his previous book is The New Childhood: Raising Kids To Thrive in a Connected World. Stew talks with Jordan about fatherhood in the modern world, dilemmas, stigmas…[Click for more]

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Ep 203. Joann Lublin: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life

Ep 203. Joann Lublin: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life

Joann Lublin was management news editor for The Wall Street Journal until she retired in April 2018, and she is still a regular Journal contributor. She shared a Pulitzer Prize in 2003 for stories about corporate scandals and was awarded the 2018 Lifetime Achievement from the Loeb Awards, the highest accolade in business journalism. Stew and Joann discuss her new book -- Power Moms: How Executive Mothers Navigate Work and Life -- which explores the emotional and professional challenges women face as they try to move forward in their careers while raising a family…[Click for more]

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Ep 202. Susan McPherson: The Lost Art of Connecting

Ep 202. Susan McPherson: The Lost Art of Connecting

Susan McPherson brings 25+ years of experience in marketing PR, and communications to her new book -- The Lost Art of Connecting: The Gather, Ask, Do Method for Building Meaningful Relationships. Stew talks with Susan about the very best question to ask -- How can I help you? -- and how to build relationships at work and elsewhere….[Click for more]

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