Episodes
June 22, 2018
054: The connection between entrepreneurship, academia, and environment; Balint Horvath , Part 1
Balint Horvath and I are physicists and both podcasters -- a rare combination. I think the connection helps make this conversation inspire. That's the goal. I originally appeared on his podcast, where we connected. His love …
June 19, 2018
053: Leadership without judgement; David Burkus, Part 2
David Burkus returns to share his cold shower challenge. He's a leadership expert and shares great insight, especially about networking and tolerance. There's a lot to learn from him. If I'm honest, in contrast to my usual e…
June 15, 2018
051: Changing a community through leadership; Jeff Brown, Part 2
Can a small change lead a community? Our conversation with Jeff Brown shows how a small action on what you care about can inspire and lead a community. Even small actions, when based on your values---what you care about---ca…
June 12, 2018
050: Disconnecting means reconnecting; Vincent Stanley, part 2
For such a successful man, Vincent Stanley is as down to earth as they come. He returns to discuss his experience disconnecting from technology and reconnecting with his values, especially his words. People seem to believe t…
May 29, 2018
049: David Allen, conversation 1: Creating work of enduring value
In our first conversation, David and I talk mostly about creating a work of enduring value. As David says, the way to keep you book so high up on Amazon is by writing a great book. If you want your work to endure and for peo…
May 22, 2018
048: Anisa Heming, conversation 2: I became very grateful
This episode contains a lot of laughter. It's about making behaviors conscious. Many people tell me how hard they envision living by their values. They think you have to prepare with planning, analysis, and so on. Anisa's ex…
May 21, 2018
047: Michael Lenox, conversation 1: Can Business Save the Earth?
At last I spoke to someone with a systems perspective! Michael spoke about how many areas we could work in, not to say it's too much but that you can find a place to contribute. Many people wish there was a silver bullet. As…
May 19, 2018
046: Systems, values, and learning from the military
Why do people who haven't tried it call not flying impossible, yet it was just as challenging for me and I find it one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. Being in a system without realizing it makes it easy to con…
May 13, 2018
045: Anisa Heming, conversation 1: Every day you make choices. Make them conscious
Anisa is another counterexample to believing that working on the environment distracts from getting ahead. She rose to become the director of the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council despite being earl…
May 9, 2018
044: Jeff Brown, Conversation 1: Leading means more than reading and writing
Jeff has interviewed authors of leadership books since before I started writing mine. I enjoyed being a guest on his podcast. This time he's on mine, and it's a landmark event, as the next section describes. If you're here f…
May 8, 2018
043: Ken Blanchard, Conversation 1: We're here to help each other
21 million books sold among 60 titles---including one I remember from my mom's shelf as long as I can remember---a lifetime of research, speaking, and consulting, and more. Since I don't often get to speak with people who ha…
May 6, 2018
042: More valuable than hope
This morning I volunteered to pick up trash along the Hudson River. The experience included baby geese, a crab, lots of plastic and waste, and people not connecting their behavior with all this garbage. Hosted on Acast. See …
May 3, 2018
041: David Burkus, Conversation 1: Flipping the mental model
David has helped me many times. I felt honored to host him and, I hope, help start his environmental legacy. We covered two main things. First, his new book, Friend of a Friend , on networking. His background as a professor …
April 19, 2018
040: Which is easier, freeing slaves or not using disposable bottles?
Which is easier, for a slave owner to free his or her slaves or for you to stop using disposable water bottles and food packaging, flying around the world, turning down the thermostat and wearing a sweater in the winter, and…
April 2, 2018
039: Vincent Stanley, conversation 1: business success through environmental support
Vincent shares several stories of Patagonia growing from a few dedicated outdoors people to discovering business growth, the usual ways businesses abandon values besides profit, and their not accepting that abdication of res…
March 28, 2018
038: RJ Khalaf, conversation 2: Making productive leaders from hopeless martyrs
RJ and I talk about the early success of LEAD Palestine , the organization he began to teach leadership to youths that most of the world abandoned in Palestine. Where their environment made it natural to respond with hopeles…
March 28, 2018
037: Our first Leadership and the Environment Panel of Experts: April 3 at NYU
Do you care about the environment? Do you care about leading? The Leadership and the Environment podcast and NYU's School of Liberal Studies invite you to improve both at a Panel of Leadership and Environment Experts Tuesday…
March 25, 2018
036: Bryan Braman, Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagle (who composts): World Championship leadership
I created this podcast to bring leadership to environmental action. Who leads? As much as I value science and education, scientists and educators rarely lead effectively. We've mistakenly looked to them for leadership for to…
March 18, 2018
035: RJ Khalaf, conversation 1: Leading on the West Bank with the Dalai Lama
I encourage you to review RJ's leadership program in Palestine for yourself. Check out www.leadpalestine.com . RJ Khalaf is my youngest guest so far, still an undergrad at NYU, but achieving beyond student status. He took my…
March 16, 2018
034: Joshua Spodek, Before, Living by Others' Values
After sharing my "after" stories about after taking on my environmental challenges, in this episode I share the "before" situations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
March 6, 2018
033: David Biello, conversation 3: "It's easier than you think"
David shares what happens when you act on your values: Act on your values -> better life -> act on your values more -> yet better life -> etc This cycle is the opposite mainstream society suggests---that environmental action…
March 6, 2018
032: David Biello, conversation 2: "Way better than I expected ... and easier"
David's challenged himself to reduce his meat eating. Right off the bat, he said he found it way better and easier than expected. He felt good and wants to do more. What are you waiting for? Chances are your choice to live b…
March 1, 2018
031: Frances Hesselbein, Conversation 1: Where you can make the greatest difference
Having worked with many people and generations, Frances sees great hope in millennials. She points to research that they are like the so-called Greatest Generation, who fought World War II and then helped rebuild the world. …
Feb. 26, 2018
030: Joel Runyon, conversation 2: Almost too easy
How do you treat the world? True to form, Joel committed to a double challenge of avoiding bottled beverages and picking up trash, so we talked about both. I recommend trying the challenge of picking up trash daily for a mon…