Episodes
June 22, 2019
191: Mark Metry, part 2: Farmers markets
Mark and my second conversation it about happiness, pleasure, meaning, and purpose, though it sounds like it's about personal growth, food, and environment. In our first conversation, he didn't really connect on the environm…
June 21, 2019
190: McKinsey's 3-Time Global Managing Director Dominic Barton: It's fundamentally about people
Outside the MBA world, not everyone knows McKinsey. Within it, and at the upper echelons of business and government, McKinsey advises some of the largest and most influential organizations, including governments and the worl…
June 18, 2019
189: Nadya Zhexembayeva, part 1: Sustainability is not enough
Nadya and I mostly talk about business and sustainability. She describes what she saw growing up in the dissolution of Kazakhstan, where she saw the opposite of sustainability. I can't describe what she saw, but you'll hear …
June 16, 2019
188: Steve Sikra, part 1: Passion at Proctor and Gamble
Proctor and Gamble produces a lot of plastic and waste, which makes them very interesting to me. An old me would protest. The leader me sees the opportunity to support change if they aren't changing and help motivate it if t…
June 10, 2019
187: Mark Metry, part 1: To grow, put yourself out there
Mark seeks transitions---what most people avoid, certainly around leadership and the environment---and loves them. He shares them with the world. Listening to his podcast and reading his results, they're working. Change can …
June 5, 2019
186: D-Day and the Environment
Tomorrow is the 75th anniversary of D-Day. This post is about being a part of something greater than yourself, than all of us, benefiting us all, and benefiting yourself -- one of the great feelings and experiences available…
June 5, 2019
Ilissa Miller
As founder and CEO of iMiller Public Relations (iMPR), Ilissa Miller brings nearly two decades of experience in sales, marketing and product development to her clients in an effort to help them differentiate their messages a…
June 4, 2019
Sammy Courtright
Sammy is a cofounder of Fitspot Wellness -- a fully managed solution for companies and properties, bringing on-site and digital workplace wellness programs and amenities to engage employees and tenants through community expe…
June 4, 2019
Jezzibell Gilmore
Jezzibell is a co-founder and SVP of Business Development of PacketFabric. From their web site: PacketFabric redefines how companies build and use network services. The PacketFabric network-as-a-service platform provides ins…
June 4, 2019
JV Bharatan
In his words, JV Bharathan cares about every single human being on the planet and celebrates the greatness of being human. He is an accidental author. He holds a BS in electrical engineering from India and received double ma…
June 4, 2019
185: Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM: Nutrition and the Environment
I subscribe to almost no newsletters or video channels, but I subscribe to Dr. Greger's Nutritionfacts.org. More than subscribing, I promote it. Watching his videos is a highlight of my Sundays, when his newsletters go out, …
June 4, 2019
Aaron Price
Aaron is the president & CEO of the NJ Tech Council and founder of Propelify ---the Propelify Innovation Festival. Propelify empowers the community of innovators who act. He launched Propelify in 2016 to inspire the tech and…
June 3, 2019
Ani Manian
I felt a special bond with Ani before interviewing him. He introduced himself telling me that he read my Inc article What a Year Without Flying Taught Me About Responsibility, Empathy, and Community over a year before and, a…
June 3, 2019
Shana Yadid
Shana is the founder, CEO, and Lead Trainer at Yadid’it! Dog Training, the Executive Director at Yadid'it! Sustainable Dog Rescue and an ABCDT (Animal Behavior College Certified Dog Trainer). She is, in her words, super quir…
May 25, 2019
184: Jonas Koffler, part 1: It's going to take all of us (plus a hippopotamus)
You might not guess from the beginning of our conversation that we'd talk about almost being attacked by a hippopotamus in Botswana, with crocodiles, and apes that might rip your head off, nor family triumph and tragedy, the…
May 23, 2019
183: Reusing and recycling are tactical. Reducing is strategic.
I finally saw how to see reducing versus reusing and recycling. The distinction is subtle until you get it. Then you see that missing it leads people to counterproductive behavior and, egregiously, feeling good about that co…
May 20, 2019
182: Dov Baron, part 3: What is your car worth?
When last we heard from Dov, about a year ago, he had limited driving his James Bond Jaguar, enjoyed the experience beyond expectation, and said he was considering getting rid of it. For a year I've wondered what came of his…
May 20, 2019
181: The Time I Met Mark Cuban
My book, Initiative , launches in two days. In it I start by describing how Shark Tank , other media, and other parts of our culture that claim to promote entrepreneurship actually discourage it. A few months ago, I met Mark…
May 13, 2019
180: The Difference Between Me and Nearly Everyone I Know Acting on the Environment
Imagine someone said too much stress and proposed giving someone with stress shoulder rubs or body massages. I bet a lot of people would say, "I'm stressed. I could use a shoulder rub." If they were ready to give the shoulde…
May 10, 2019
179: Initiative, the book: Highlights from an interview
This is a podcast about leadership. Initiative is a major part of leadership. If you want to lead environmentally, you need to initiate because the world is likely going in an opposite direction than you want. More fundament…
May 6, 2019
178: What parenthood teaches us about environmental action
We're living in a world of people who are judging parenting from the view of a partier, which makes sense when you don't have a child -- something to take responsibility for. But we have such a thing, the environment. The jo…
May 5, 2019
177: The best advice on making habits last
The challenge for habits isn't starting them. It's not stopping them. I've started many. Actually, I've probably started fewer than most. I've stopped fewer. Mistakes: focusing on starting, wondering the value of it to you, …
May 3, 2019
176: The folly of chasing efficiency
Silicon Valley, governments, and lots of people are pushing for efficiency. I do too, but only after changing systemic beliefs and goals . The greatest cause of global warming would have looked like the greenest clean energy…
April 30, 2019
175: Jack Buffington, part 1: What can we do about plastic?
Plastic is everywhere -- the oceans, landfills, and for 93% of us, our bloodstreams. Everyone promotes recycling, but it's not happening anywhere near the scale that we're producing it and pumping it into our world. Most peo…