Season 3

In this episode, we connected with Minette Norman , former Vice President of Engineering Practice at Autodesk, and author of The Psychological Safety Playbook and The Boldly Inclusive Leader , shares how two key skills really...

In this episode, we had the great honor of connecting with James Andrews , an 'Innovation Artist' and founder at Creator Mode Studios, whose career and journey have been so mindblowing it's hard to convey. Celebrated for elev...

In this episode, ultra Catalyst Sean Kitzmiller , Design Strategy Lead at TIAA, talks about the powerful gift to yourself, as well as others, when you combine radical inclusion with the power of being open to different approa...

In this episode of "Move Fast. Break Shit. Burn Out.", we're joined by Sneha Shah , EVP, Head of New Business Ventures. Sneha, with over two decades of experience in building high-growth global data and FinTech businesses, de...

Join us in this inspiring episode as we chat with Marilia Bezerra , Chief Programs Officer at the IKEA Foundation. Marilia brings a unique perspective, blending self-care with the zeal for global change. She shares how tackli...

As the Senior VP of Innovation & Partnerships at GS1, Melanie Hilton underscored the significance of two pivotal skills amidst the whirlwind of change: diplomacy and relentless optimism. Her insights shed light on how diploma...

From an early age, Dr. Meisha-Ann Martin had a drive to change work environments. But even as a data analytics expert, she learned that data is not enough to drive lasting change. In our conversation we take a deep dive …

Sue Kalweit is the Managing Director at Deloitte Transactions and Business Analytics LLP at Deloitte and a world-class athlete, ranked 69th in the US in the 2022 CrossFit Games. One of the key skills she has learned that Cata...

In this episode, Jen Goldsack , former Olympian athlete, World Economic Forum Advisor, and CEO of DiMe, shares about the importance of balancing tenacity and hard work with enjoyment for the change process. No industry has be...

In this episode, featuring Dr. Ryan Vega , Chief Health Officer for Vantiq and former Chief Innovation Officer for the Veterans Health Administration, talks about two key skills required to successfully lead change: resilienc...

Few people in the world have more experience in igniting Catalyst across a global organization than Hemerson Paes , Global Network Catalyst at Roche Pharmaceuticals. In this episode, Hemerson shares his hard-won, invaluable i...

Stephanie Murphy (Founder & Principal Consultant, MCS Consulting) listens to other people for a living, so it is not at all surprising that her call to action for Catalysts is to find and use our voices! Stephanie begins our ...

Bringing others along is a common challenge Catalysts face that we often discuss in our podcasts. Dr. Tasha Eurich - an organizational psychologist, researcher, and New York Times best-selling author - brings an important nua...

Katherine von Jan (affectionately known as KVJ), former Chief Strategy Officer of Innovation at Salesforce, shares with us the power of relationship building to drive change. She tells the story about how her skills in cultiv...

In this episode, LaTranda Irons (Head of Organizational Effectiveness and Change Management for North America at The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.) helps us understand the role that scrappiness plays in our catalytic success. L...

Pan Macdonald ( Chief People and Culture Officer at SES Satellites) comes from a line of Catalysts, following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother in positively challenging and improving systems. She believes the mo...

In this episode, Krishna Manda , Vice President of Corporate Sustainability at Lenzing Group doesn't just talk about his commitment to slowing down to bring people along leveraging empathy, he embodies it. Krishna shares his ...

Gloria Caulfield is an ultra Catalyst, creating change in so many venues as the VP of Strategic Alliances for Tavistock, the President of the Lake Nona Institute and Founder of ⁠Lake Nona Impact Forum⁠ just to name a few. In …

Dave Zaboski is the ultimate storyteller, having worked as a Senior Animator at Disney during the Second Golden Age of Animation on films including “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Lion King,” “Pocahontas,” “Aladdin,” “Hunchback ...

In this episode, the magical Kalifa Oliver , PhD, guides us on a journey to understand how listening, data, storytelling and speaking in your audiences' language (plus an infusion of humor!) is the formula to inching change f...

Our podcast guest Whynde Kuehn brings a piquing frame to Catalysts - while we set big, hairy goals, we spend most of our time on the journey to achieve those goals. And yet many of us suffer through resistance and …

In this episode, Brandon Powell , founder and CEO of HatchWorks Technologies, shares that his journey of self-exploration with coaches, therapists and fellow entrepreneurs has been the key to his success. Through this work he...

Join us for an interview with Susan Lindner , who is CEO at Innovation Storytellers. In this episode world famous innovation storyteller, Susan Lindner, helps us understand the power of story - first how it is the essence of ...

Join us for an interview with Sara Fenske Bahat , who is CEO at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. As Sara took her interim role as CEO of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, an employee asked her …