Episodes

March 31, 2023

The Philosophy of Being a Catalyst: Supporting Others and Cultivating…

Join us for an interview with Steve O'Brien , SVP of Talent at Syneos Health. He shares his left-brain, right-brain approach to catalyzing change. He shares concrete steps about the importance of bringing people on the journe...

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March 24, 2023

Learning On the Fly - Robin Fleming

Join us for an interview with Robin Fleming , who is Chief Executive Officer at Evolv Tech. She may have uncovered the secret to overcoming, even avoiding imposter syndrome - admit when you don't know things and lean on the …

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March 15, 2023

The Gift of Relentless Repetition - Karen Mangia

Join us for an interview with Karen Mangia , Vice President, Customer & Market Insights at Salesforce. In this episode, you can experience the laugh out loud highs, and the heartbreaking lows of being a Catalyst in one short ...

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March 3, 2023

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...

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Feb. 23, 2023

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 …

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Feb. 3, 2023

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...

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Nov. 11, 2022

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...

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Nov. 5, 2022

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...

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Oct. 28, 2022

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 ...

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Oct. 22, 2022

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 …

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Oct. 7, 2022

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 ...

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Sept. 15, 2022

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 …

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Sept. 9, 2022

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...

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Sept. 9, 2022

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...

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Sept. 2, 2022

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...

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Sept. 2, 2022

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 ...

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Aug. 29, 2022

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...

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Aug. 27, 2022

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...

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Aug. 22, 2022

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 …

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Aug. 19, 2022

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 …

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Aug. 12, 2022

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...

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Aug. 12, 2022

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...

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Aug. 5, 2022

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 …

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