Episodes

Join us for a conversation with Ashleigh Brookshaw, who is a Senior Manager of Digital Customer Experience at NICE CXone. She is responsible for the analysis, strategic recommendations, and change initiatives for the digital customer experience and online Customer Community. Ashleigh is a detail oriented and digital change enthusiast with expertise in online community engagement, cultural & transformative change management through DEI, and strategic digital communications to drive business resul...

Join us for an interview with Michael Bloxton, CEO of both Nebula Space Enterprise and Bloxton Investment Group. He moves at lightning speed. He creates massive change. When we talk about a range of Catalytic-ness, Michael is on the hyper-end. Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for a conversation with Virginia Hamilton, Public Sector Innovation Catalyst who is former Regional Administrator at the US Department of Labor and advisor to the Obama Administration. Virginia is an experienced public policy expert who uses Design Thinking to improve policy. She is a change agent always searching for ways to involve more people, encourage creativity and bring truth to better lives. Hearing about the trails Virginia has blazed can support us all on our own journeys! Ori...

Join us for a conversation with Kahlilah Guyah, who is the CEO, Founder and Principal EHS Consultant at EHS Compliance Services Inc. She partners with business leaders to identify and mitigate environmental, health & safety (EHS) risks through strategic planning, management system implementation, onsite audits and risk assessments, corrective and preventative action plan creation, control measure implementation and employee training. As a trained chemist, she thinks analytically, but it is the b...

Join us for a conversation with Parminder Jassal, who is the CEO of Unmudl Public Benefit Corp. and the Founder/CEO of SocialTech.ai. She is also the Founder of the “Work + Learn Futures Lab” at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Jassal investigates the future through three intersecting lenses: 1) the innovations of open economies; 2) changing role of people in their environments; and 3) the relationship between learning and work. Through new research and research-inspir...

Join us for a conversation with Abby Ferri, who is Senior Risk Control Consultant at Gallagher, and she leverages social media, voice, and the latest technology to advocate for worker safety and equity. She is a frequent conference speaker, podcast host (Safety News with Abby Ferri) and guest, and author of "The Safety Habit: They can't take it away from you." and "The Safety Consultant Toolkit" books available on Amazon Kindle. Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for a conversation with Deborah Hankin, who as Global Chief People Officer, takes a human centric, design-thinking approach to ensure a superior end-to-end experience for Connatix’s people. She and her team strive every day to envision and execute an exemplary employee experience that matches the wonderful client experience. Her deep knowledge of agency life, married with her work in innovation and management consulting, is a winning combination for Connatix. She received a B.A. in Comm...

Join us for a conversation with Susan Morgan Bailey, who is a high energy leader with more than 25 years of experience in health, benefits and education settings. In her role as Senior Vice President, Culture & Wellbeing Practice Leader at Marsh & McLennan Agency, she calls upon her experience to help organizations build sustainable business via supportive cultures that empower individuals to thrive. Prior to joining MMA, Susan consulted on and led culture and wellbeing initiatives in a variety ...

Join us for an interview with CEO at Futuro Health, Van Ton-Quinlivan. Van is a recognized thought leader in workforce development with a proven track record for implementing large systems while fostering a culture of experimentation, innovation and collaboration. Her distinguished career spans the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for a conversation with Jean Marc Landry, who is Chief Customer Officer at NB Power, and is responsible for providing strategic leadership in the development of a customer-centric culture. He leads the customer relations team, energy efficiency services, product and service development and management, sales, marketing and corporate brand functions and serves as a key interface between customers and the Corporation. Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for an interview with Julie Vens - De Vos, CEO and partner at nexxworks since 2018. nexxworks firmly believes companies should invest 10% of their time in exploring the Day After Tomorrow. By bringing the right inspiration, stories and connections we help companies to find direction, sense urgency and build enthusiasm for the future. As a natural communicator with 5 years of experience in a corporate fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) environment, she understands how organizations not onl...

Join us for an interview with Saidah Nash Carter, Co-Founder of Bright Insights Global. Saidah launched her new venture after a distinguished 20-year career at Thomson Reuters, most recently as former Head of Innovation, Africa. We caught up with her in her new hometown, Cape Town, South Africa. This article is a great companion piece further explaining her journey to the Colonizer Reparation Index work. Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for a conversation with Jim Mayer, who has been a daily newspaper journalist, a public administrator and a nonprofit executive. He is a farmer and environmental steward; a member of public and nonprofit boards; and a university professor, strategic advisor and community volunteer. He is irrationally optimistic, let's join him! Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for a conversation with Kamiar Alaei, who is a professor of global health policy and chairman of department of Health Science at California State University Long Beach. Dr. Alaei has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed journal articles in prestigious publications including the Lancet Global Health, the British Medical Journal and AIDS. He is the principal investigator of a federal grant to develop culturally relevant public health information technology through a health equit...

Join us for a conversation with Christopher Kennedy, who is a commercial leader in the life sciences industry. He has spent the last two decades in executive roles within the Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Medical Device, Pharmacy and Clinical Research sectors. Christopher has been nationally recognized for his efforts in pioneering innovative healthcare solutions focused on getting new technologies from research bench to patient bedside. Original music by Lynz Floren.

Join us for a conversation with Jayshree Seth, who is a is a corporate scientist at 3M and has 72 patents for a variety of innovations. She is also 3M’s first ever Chief Science Advocate. She is an award-winning scientist, recognized thought-leader and prolific speaker who was also featured in the 3M docuseries “Not the Science Type.” Jayshree is the author of two books, with all sales proceeds going to a scholarship for underrepresented minority women in STEM administered by Society of Women En...

Join us for a conversation with Toby Eduardo Redshaw, who is a global business & tech transformation leader focused on P&L impact, competitive positioning, and future-proofing. He is known for driving competitive advantage through innovative, real-world strategy and speed-of-execution in high growth, high service, and high technology environments. In this episode, Toby shares the impact of teamwork. He looks at this in ways you may not have thought of and explains some of the important underpinn...

Join us for a conversation with Dennis Meister, who has lived his entire professional life with one goal: "make a meaningful contribution to measurably improving the quality of life of at least a million people a day on a global scale". He worked as a Senior Vice President of Product Portfolio, Product Management and Clinical Development for Siemens Healthineers, and now he is focusing on Climate Change and finding the technologies that could the aid in the abatement of global warming, and leavi...

Join us for a conversation with Virginia Hamilton, Public Sector Innovation Catalyst who is former Regional Administrator at the US Department of Labor and advisor to the Obama Administration. Virginia is an experienced public policy expert who uses Design Thinking to improve policy. She is a change agent always searching for ways to involve more people, encourage creativity and bring truth to better lives. In this episode Virginia shares how at moments everyone can think she’s insane with her i...

Join us for an interview with Saidah Nash Carter, Co-Founder of Bright Insights Global. Saidah launched her new venture after a distinguished 20-year career at Thomson Reuters, most recently as former Head of Innovation, Africa. We caught up with her in her new hometown, Cape Town, South Africa. Saidah shares how General Colin Powell helped her realize her Catalyst nature early on – realizing that she thinks and works differently from others. He helped her articulate the importance of Noble Pur...

Join us for an interview with John Morley, Business Design Strategist Hitachi. He has been a wicked Catalyst in some of the world’s largest companies including EMC and Hitachi, AppDynamics and Symantec. John describes how an open, iterative process can help organizations uncover new value. He described how he starts by using his Catalyst superpowers of sensing what needs to emerge through conversations, research, and reading lots and lots. He then identifies the mutual wins with a broad set of s...

Join us for a conversation with Vice President, Ethics and Compliance Strategy, Intelligence, & Operations at Kaiser Permanente, Shakeya McDow. Shakeya is a thought leader and positive disruptor in the world of ethics and compliance who thrives when working on gnarly and complex problems. In this episode Shakeya explains how clarity and stillness have allowed her to become the leader she wants to be and shifted how others respond to her. She also shares a counterintuitive learning that giving vo...

Join us for an interview with Michael Bloxton – CEO of both Nebula Space Enterprise and Bloxton Investment Group where he shares his story about how an early transformative tragedy sent him on his path to becoming a Catalyst and creating massive change. He moves at lightning speed. He creates massive change. When we talk about a range of catalyticness, Michael is on the hyper-end. He spent his 20s creating the financial freedom to pursue his big Purpose, which he now knows is helping humans beco...

Join us for an interview with CEO at FuTuro Health, Van Ton-Quinlivan. Van is a recognized thought leader in workforce development with a proven track record for implementing large systems while fostering a culture of experimentation, innovation and collaboration. Her distinguished career spans the public, private, and non-profit sectors. In this episode Van shares the transformational impact of making time for mentors and the importance of listening to their feedback to help you progress, “You...