Episodes
July 10, 2019
199: Be Fruitful and Multiply: What Does It Mean? What Can It Mean?
I've learned in leading that you can lead people best when you meet them where they are. That means speaking their language and understanding their perspective. Many people I talk to take their cues from the Bible, including ...
July 9, 2019
198: Brandon Voss, part 1: Negotiate Like Your Life Depends On It
Brandon loves negotiation and teaching it. He learned from the top in the field and practices it apparently 24/7. We start our conversation by covering negotiation as developed by an FBI hostage negotiator---Chris, his father...
July 7, 2019
197: Polarization, communication, and education
Everybody talks about political polarization, the communication messes this nation and world are in, and how people who disagree can't talk to each other any more, so we can't resolve conflict. I do it too---that is, get into...
July 7, 2019
196: Seth Shelden, part 1: Nuclear Weapons, the Environment, and the Nobel Prize
When I studied physics and spent time in universities, I met a lot of Nobel laureates. Physics is Nobel heavy so Columbia physics connected me to 3. Other science departments led me to another 1 or 2. The business school led ...
July 5, 2019
195: How it feels to live more sustainably than mainstream
People ask me if I worry or lose sleep from my environmental habits in a world where most people pollute profligately and unnecessarily. In this post I try to illustrate by analogy how it feels. How would you feel if you were...
July 2, 2019
194: Tom Murphy, part 2: Author of one of the best sites on the internet
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Tom's Do The Math blog is one of the best site on internet. If you measure a site by how much it can improve a reader's life and human society, I challenge you to find one with great...
July 1, 2019
193: Tim Smit, part 2: Spirituality and Passion from the Earth
From our first conversation you know Tim's history as a musician and founder of the Eden Project. This time you'll hear the passion of a man who loves restoring the Earth's ability to sustain life and human society. He talks ...
June 27, 2019
192: Laura Coe, part 1: Emotional Obesity and Environmental Obesity
Laura and I go back a few years, from being on her podcast. We talk about her concept of emotional obesity : a parallel between physical health and emotional health. I find it a rich analogy on many levels. Characteristics of...
June 22, 2019
191: Mark Metry, part 2: Farmers markets
Mark and my second conversation it about happiness, pleasure, meaning, and purpose, though it sounds like it's about personal growth, food, and environment. In our first conversation, he didn't really connect on the environme...
June 21, 2019
190: McKinsey's 3-Time Global Managing Director Dominic Barton: It's fundamentally about people
Outside the MBA world, not everyone knows McKinsey. Within it, and at the upper echelons of business and government, McKinsey advises some of the largest and most influential organizations, including governments and the world...
June 18, 2019
189: Nadya Zhexembayeva, part 1: Sustainability is not enough
Nadya and I mostly talk about business and sustainability. She describes what she saw growing up in the dissolution of Kazakhstan, where she saw the opposite of sustainability. I can't describe what she saw, but you'll hear t...
June 16, 2019
188: Steve Sikra, part 1: Passion at Proctor and Gamble
Proctor and Gamble produces a lot of plastic and waste, which makes them very interesting to me. An old me would protest. The leader me sees the opportunity to support change if they aren't changing and help motivate it if th...
June 10, 2019
187: Mark Metry, part 1: To grow, put yourself out there
Mark seeks transitions---what most people avoid, certainly around leadership and the environment---and loves them. He shares them with the world. Listening to his podcast and reading his results, they're working. Change can m...
June 5, 2019
186: D-Day and the Environment
Tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of D-Day. This post is about being a part of something greater than yourself, than all of us, benefiting us all, and benefiting yourself -- one of the great feelings and experiences available ...
June 5, 2019
Ilissa Miller
As founder and CEO of iMiller Public Relations (iMPR), Ilissa Miller brings nearly two decades of experience in sales, marketing and product development to her clients in an effort to help them differentiate their messages an...
June 4, 2019
Sammy Courtright
Sammy is a cofounder of Fitspot Wellness -- a fully managed solution for companies and properties, bringing on-site and digital workplace wellness programs and amenities to engage employees and tenants through community exper...
June 4, 2019
Jezzibell Gilmore
Jezzibell is a co-founder and SVP of Business Development of PacketFabric. From their web site: PacketFabric redefines how companies build and use network services. The PacketFabric network-as-a-service platform provides inst...
June 4, 2019
JV Bharatan
In his words, JV Bharathan cares about every single human being on the planet and celebrates the greatness of being human. He is an accidental author. He holds a BS in electrical engineering from India and received double mas...
June 4, 2019
185: Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM: Nutrition and the Environment
I subscribe to almost no newsletters or video channels, but I subscribe to Dr. Greger's Nutritionfacts.org. More than subscribing, I promote it. Watching his videos is a highlight of my Sundays, when his newsletters go out, a...
June 4, 2019
Aaron Price
Aaron is the president & CEO of the NJ Tech Council and founder of Propelify ---the Propelify Innovation Festival. Propelify empowers the community of innovators who act. He launched Propelify in 2016 to inspire the tech and ...
June 3, 2019
Ani Manian
I felt a special bond with Ani before interviewing him. He introduced himself telling me that he read my Inc article What a Year Without Flying Taught Me About Responsibility, Empathy, and Community over a year before and, ag...
June 3, 2019
Shana Yadid
Shana is the founder, CEO, and Lead Trainer at Yadid’it! Dog Training, the Executive Director at Yadid'it! Sustainable Dog Rescue and an ABCDT (Animal Behavior College Certified Dog Trainer). She is, in her words, super quirk...
May 25, 2019
184: Jonas Koffler, part 1: It's going to take all of us (plus a hippopotamus)
You might not guess from the beginning of our conversation that we'd talk about almost being attacked by a hippopotamus in Botswana, with crocodiles, and apes that might rip your head off, nor family triumph and tragedy, the ...
May 23, 2019
183: Reusing and recycling are tactical. Reducing is strategic.
I finally saw how to see reducing versus reusing and recycling. The distinction is subtle until you get it. Then you see that missing it leads people to counterproductive behavior and, egregiously, feeling good about that cou...