Episodes
Customer Obsession & Focus on Results - Amy Radin
Join us for an interview with Amy Radin who is Executive Advisor at Pragmatic Innovation Partners LLC. Amy explains why no CEO she has ever talked to has said that they aren't customer focused. To find more information, check...
Slowing Down for Success: Patience and Trust - Chad Sowash
Join us for an interview with Chad Sowash , who is the Co-Founder and Co-Host of Chad & Cheese Podcast. As Catalysts, our ability to connect dots and see brighter futures is one of our superpowers. But if we don't …
Transform Yourself to Transform the World - Aidan McCullen
Join us for an interview with Aidan McCullen , who is Principal at Edge Behavior. Aidan has reinvented his life and career many times over - from rugby player to innovation specialist. The critical skills he has leveraged are...
From One World to Another - Daniel Elizalde
Join us for an interview with Daniel Elizalde , who is a Product Advisor for Climate Tech Companies. Daniel talks about moving from corporate to startup to consulting to teaching and the need to understand the world of each o...
What's in Your User Manual? - Toby Trevarthen
Join us for an interview with Toby Trevarthen who helps individuals and organizations become aware of and claim their stories, or narratives, as he calls it. We discuss the intersection of having orgs and people share their n...
Doing Good Business by Doing Good - Nimesh Jhaveri
Join us for an interview with Nimesh Jhaveri , the President of Community Pharmacy and Health at McKesson shares his infectious positive energy about his journey helping to transform the pharmacy industry. In his view, truly ...
The Emerging Field of Community Building - Erica Kuhl
Join us for an interview with Erica Kuhl , who is the CEO & Strategic Community Consultant at EKC. She tells us all about the early days of 'community' building and how the burgeoning field is a great place for …
Building Your Catalyst Legacy - Jason Putnam
Join us for an interview with Jason Putnam , who is the Chief Revenue Officer at Plum. Jason is a true Catalyst leader with an incredibly distinguished career of success after success. His secret? Listen deeply and learn how ...
How a Brain Injury Made Her a Better Catalyst - Jennifer Cotie Kangas
Join us for an interview with Jennifer Cotie Kangas , a Catalyst with an interesting Hero's journey. In 2020 an accident gave her the gift of a beginners mindset. She had to relearn everything - how to talk, to how …
Ask for Help: You Don't Have to Create Change Alone - Justin Lokitz
Join us for an interview with Justin Lokitz , who is a Catalyst, Entrepreneur, Advisor, Author and Professor. In this episode, Justin shares how he has learned to ask for help to drive success. When he reflects back on things...
Maximize Your Change Making Superpowers - Carina Wong
Join us for an interview with Carina Wong, who is the former Deputy Director at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She talks about how stepping out of a managerial leadership position into a Senior Advisor position helped...
Guaranteed Basic Income & Tackling Systemic Change - Dr. Dawnté Early
Join us for an interview with Dr. Dawnté Early , who is President & CEO of United Way California Capital Region. She is tackling systemic poverty through a data-driven ecosystem approach. She shares about the importance of st...
To Net Zero or Not - Chris Librie
Join us for an interview with Chris Librie , who is a Director of ESG at Applied Materials. He shares about his journey driving sustainability into some of the world's largest companies. Chris shares about the challenges and ...
Creating Change Through Growth Mindset Organizations - Bernhard Kowat…
Join us for an interview with Bernhard Kowatsch , who is the Head of the Innovation Accelerator at United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). We discuss creating large scale change through building a growth mindset organizati...
The Two Paths - Jane Craig
Join us for an interview with Dr. Jane Craig who led global leadership development at Mars Inc. as she talks about the importance of Catalysts working on themselves to support their external change work. There is a path of pe...
Unleashing Creativity & Innovation Through Psychological Safety - Jac…
Join us for an interview with Jacci Johnson . She shares about the role psychological safety has in allowing teams to be creative and innovative, what it feels like to be on both a safe and unsafe team, and how …
Changing Society by Catalyzing Others - Mai Vang
Join us for an interview with Mai Vang , who is a City Council Member for the City of Sacramento. Mai identifies the biggest challenges to be solved and catalyzes the community to make big changes happen. She was the …
Connecting the Dots to Enable Change - Guido Jouret
Join us for an interview with Guido Jouret , who is the Former Chief Development Officer at Plume. Dr. Guido Jouret has had an incredible journey leading change in some of the world's largest organizations. In our conversatio...
Catalyzing Change - Tyrome Smith
Join us for an interview with Tyrome Smith , who has spent almost 20 years honing his skills in enterprise strategy and value clarification. Providing trusted advisorship to senior leadership to assist in organizing problem-s...
Creating by Example - Ryan Clark
Join us for an interview with Ryan Clark . For Ryan it isn't just a quick conversation, it is about developing a relationship and really letting people see you like family and finding a way to support Catalysts around you …
Exploring New Ideas - Eric West
Join us for an interview with Eric West , who's career started on the manufacturing floor of the Black Hawk Helicopter, to DARPA-funded R&D projects. More recently, he is working on external-focused resources across open inno...
Building Diverse and Inclusive Environments - Faye Sahai
Join us for an interview with Faye Sahai , Partner at Telosity Ventures, investing in digital wellness and behavioral health startups with the Telosity Fund and advising corporations on innovation. She has served an Advisor a...
A Diverse and Inclusive Metaverse - Giselle Mota
Join us for a conversation with Giselle Mota , who is a Principal Consultant on the Future of Work. Named a Top 100 Future of Work Thought Leader, she brings simplicity, humanity and innovative perspective to the sometimes ab...