Episode Details

“You gotta get through the discomfort of ‘this doesn’t look like something I have experienced and am comfortable with,’ but it’s going to push us ultimately, and hopefully into something better.” - Kyle Stapleton     Each week, your failed it! podcast host and improve it! founder Erin Diehl, will take you on a comedic journey that flips the “highlight reel” of Instagram on its head and shows you the grit, creativity and determination it takes to overcome your disappointments, embrace the suck, and design the career you’ve only dreamed about.    On today’s failed it! episode, host Erin Diehl introduces the Senior Manager of Culture & Experience at WarnerMedia Studios, Kyle Stapleton to speak about his lessons in failure and his embodiment in creating soulful, human work experiences.   Welcome to failed it!   Tune in to how innovator Kyle proves that the fortune sure does favor the bold by the highlights below:

• [5:49] Kyle’s failure resume
• [13:44] If you’re an innovator, surround yourself with integrators
• [14:14] Book - Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman & Mark C. Winters
• [16:55] The quarantine adjustment using the innovator mindset
• [19:30] Breaking down old habits and embracing change; be smarter and work different
• [20:06] Quarantine gave a chance to pause and reflect
• [23:01] improve it!’s WFH (work from home) membership
• [24:49] Chicken Champion Moment (getting comfortable with the uncomfortable)
• [26:11] The fortune favors the bold - value of speaking up
• [31:53] 3 action items for others to improve themselves (be a rebel, make sure you’re serving, take the opportunity to clean your slate)
• [39:58] Today, Kyle failed at…
• [41:13] With every failure, you learn
• [41:30] Fail Yeah!
• [43:13] You can follow Kyle on Twitter and LinkedIn
• [43:40] Screenshot you listening and tag us using #faileditpodcast!
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  • Facebook: @improveit

  Kyle Stapleton is Sr. Manager of Culture and Experience for WarnerMedia Studios, the creative production engine that supports WarnerMedia brands like TBS, TNT, HBO Max,Cartoon Network, [adult swim], NBA TV, truTV, CNN, Bleacher Report, and more. There he fosters an environment that empowers top creative talent to shape culture through stories. This entails working across the employee life cycle, from talent attraction and onboarding through engagement, inclusion, and development. His team’s goal is to make WarnerMedia the world’s preeminent destination for multimedia creatives.   As part of his interest in designing more soulful, human work experiences, Kyle co-founded the Atlanta chapter of CULTURE LABx, a global community of EX professionals experimenting with