Podcast Episodes

Excellence Starts With Curiosity

Brad Stulberg is a bestselling author and performance coach whose new book, The Way of Excellence, offers a practical guide to achieving mastery in w…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems

1️⃣ Both/And Thinking by Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis

2️⃣ Black-and-White Thinking by Kevin Dutton

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

We’re Teaching American History All Wrong

James Traub is a journalist and educator who spent a year visiting public schools across the country to understand what’s going wrong and what’s goin…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

How Not to Die (According to an ER Doctor)

Ashely Alker MD is an emergency medicine doctor and medical consultant who has seen it all — from freak accidents to horror-movie-worthy diseases. He…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

Life Changes You. The Question Is How.

First up, Maya Shankar (The Other Side of Change) on uncertainty, resilience, and becoming someone new on the other side of disruption. Then John Kaa…

9 months ago

Why the Five-Day Workweek No Longer Makes Sense

Chances are, you work five days a week. Monday through Friday. And you probably don’t think much about it, because that’s just how work works, right?…

9 months ago

How to Solve Problems Before They Happen

First, Dan Heath reveals how the most effective leaders don't just solve problems — they prevent them from happening in the first place. Then Thomas …

9 months ago

Your Self-Discipline Isn’t the Problem

Productivity expert Chris Bailey explains why follow-through fails — and how aligning your values, intentions, and friction levels makes action feel …

9 months ago

What If Laughing More Made You Better at Everything?

Most of us think of humor as something that happens at comedy clubs or in group texts with friends. But what if laughter could actually make you bett…

9 months ago

The One Human Need That Explains (Almost) Everything

First up, Philosopher and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein argues that the mattering instinct is the hidden engine behind nearly everything we do…

9 months, 1 week ago