Podcast Episodes

Closing the Empathy Gap

We use a recent exploration of the NFL's empathy gap as a doorway into a broader conversation about the tradeoffs between analytics and the human side of things in organizational and individual life.…

Published on 4 years, 2 months ago

Focusing on the Process When Results Matter

We dive into what it was like to launch the Growth Eq's latest book, The Practice of Groundedness. In particular, we focus on our struggles trying to practice what we preach during a frenetic, hectic…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Finding Stability in a Frenetic World

In this behind-the-scenes podcast, Steve interviews Brad on his new book The Practice of Groundedness. Where did the idea for the book come from? How do you go from an idea to a fleshed-out framework…

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

The Mind Outside of Your Head

People often think of the brain and the mind as the same thing. But they are not. The brain is an organ inside your skull. The brain contributes to the mind — or your thoughts, feelings, and general …

Published on 4 years, 3 months ago

Determining the Greatest of All Time

We take a slight divergence from our usual topics to dive into one of those perennial questions with no possible answer: Who is the greatest of all time? To give ourselves at least some constraints, …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

How to Spot Guru Syndrome (And What to Do About It)

With conspiracy theories—on everything from diet, to exercise, to a global pandemic and vaccines—flying left and right, we wanted to devote some time to understanding the tendencies behind the people…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Olympic Lessons For All of Us

With the 2020 Olympic Games coming to an end, we thought we'd recap some of the best moments and explore what we all can learn from them, regardless of whether you are an athlete, an executive, an ar…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Ask Me Anything (AMA) — It Depends!

We're back with another AMA. We field a broad range of listener questions on diverse topics, ranging from the Olympics to nutrition to how to actually implement a process mindset.

You can find the epi…

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

How to Get Going When You Don’t Want To But Know You Should

Many people are feeling a kind of languishing these days, a sense of stagnation and lethargy as if everything is a big effort. We dive into what is underlying this and, more importantly, how to work …

Published on 4 years, 4 months ago

Unpacking The Best Press Conference Ever

A few days ago, NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo was asked about keeping his mind right during high pressure games. His answer, which this podcast opens up with, was a masterclass in high-performa…

Published on 4 years, 5 months ago