Episodes
Feb. 14, 2018
023: Dov Baron, Conversation 2: Freedom and the Jaguar
Who doesn't have a dream car? If you can afford it, especially if you've aspired to it your whole life, isn't owning and driving your dream car one of the great joys and well-earned accomplishments in life? What if you found ...
Feb. 7, 2018
022: John Lee Dumas: Puerto Rico post hurricanes
John Lee Dumas and I met at a talk at the New York Public Library a week after the hurricanes hit his home in Puerto Rico. I was surprised at how that context affected his perception of the environment. When I teach leadershi...
Feb. 2, 2018
021: Emily Ann Peterson, Conversation 2: Turn Off Your Computer
During a book launch, Emily still turned off her computer in a stressful time. Book launches are crazy and people want your time like crazy. She still did it. Despite her defining environmental differently than I expected, he...
Jan. 31, 2018
020: Joshua Spodek, The Big Picture
I describe the big picture of this podcast. So far I've influenced a few people to make modest changes. The big picture for this podcast is systemic change on a national, even global level. I'm not just hoping to achieve it. ...
Jan. 28, 2018
019: Emily Ann Peterson, Conversation 1: Bare Naked Bravery
I've been part of Emily's community since she interviewed me on her podcast in June . I've seen support, growth, openness, and everything you'd expect from a group formed around bare naked bravery. Learning more about her jus...
Jan. 28, 2018
018: Joshua Spodek: Enron Environmentalism
I coined the term Enron Environmentalism to explain the gap between what people say they value about the environment and what they do . If you're an American, you probably practice Enron Environmentalism. Sadly, it's the oppo...
Jan. 23, 2018
017: Dorie Clark, Conversation 1, Make Yourself Known
Talk about a generous conversation! Dorie Clark shares about how to make yourself known, to become a leader, and to connect with others. She shares her personal experiences, since she didn't start with any advantages, and som...
Jan. 21, 2018
016: Daniel Gefen, Conversation 1, Vulnerability and Openness
Not often when two men chat on the internet do tears well up and they get choked up. I loved this conversation for its being unscripted and unguarded. Daniel allowed himself to be vulnerable. He asked about posting this inter...
Jan. 17, 2018
015: Dov Baron, Conversation 1
You will not forget this conversation. Dov brings his full self intellectually and emotionally, especially starting about 20 minutes in. I guarantee you will hear a person speaking a way you want to---unfiltered yet thoughtfu...
Jan. 14, 2018
014: Joshua Spodek: My friend's anger and why I'm doing the show
My friend told me this show angered him -- hearing people act as if little changes were significant... not knowing not to get new plastic bags. I shared some of my thoughts on people making trivial changes and what motivates ...
Jan. 11, 2018
013: Dan Pink, Conversation 2
Dan Pink's second conversation was short and sweet, like his personal challenge. After a few guests learning, growing, and leading from having to overcome big challenges, Dan shared an easy, simple experience. The story was t...
Jan. 8, 2018
012: Judith Glaser, Conversation 2
This conversation was fun and engaging since Judith is charismatic, experienced, and cheerful, even though it started solemnly, owing to a terrorist attack in Manhattan the day before. We covered politics a bit -- now that I ...
Jan. 6, 2018
011: Tanner Gers, Conversation 3
Tanner's third conversation continues his project beyond just polluting less himself to influencing a store, in fact a whole grocery store chain. You can hear his growing enthusiasm, that the more he works on his project, the...
Dec. 31, 2017
009: Tanner Gers, Conversation 2
Do you want to improve your life? ... and enjoy doing it? I usually don't laugh out loud at people talking about the environment, but Tanner made me. Listen to Tanner's second conversation to hear how a master approaches a mo...
Dec. 25, 2017
008: Jim Harshaw, Conversation 1.5
I will recommend this episode a lot. You’ll hear an accomplished man struggle with a goal he expected to be easy. You’ll also hear him triumph, bringing his wife and children to the triumph—creating it with them. I’m releasing it on a holiday...
Dec. 22, 2017
007b: Judith Glaser, Conversation 1: A different environment
A 30-minute highlight version of conversation 1 with Judith Glaser. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec. 21, 2017
007: Judith Glaser, Conversation 1
Judith co-founded the Harvard Coaching Institute as well as her own consulting and coaching firms -- Benchmark Communications and Creating WE -- through which she has worked with culture-setting companies such as Apple, Burberry, and Donna Karan....
Dec. 13, 2017
006: Jim Harshaw junior, Conversation 1
Jim and I have become friends since I did his podcast, Success Through Failure, twice. He's as friendly and approachable as anyone you'll meet, despite or maybe because of his reaching the top levels of one of our most demanding sports. I'll put his...
Dec. 13, 2017
005: Tanner Gers, Conversation 1
Tanner Gers has been through more than you have, almost surely. If you want a role model for taking on challenges that you know will improve your life but you aren't sure how, listen and learn from Tanner. I wanted his conversation early because...
Dec. 1, 2017
003 Elizabeth Kolbert, Conversation 1
Reading Elizabeth Kolbert's haunting The Sixth Extinction was difficult but enlightening. She presents what most people fear facing but is happening around us. We are causing the loss of almost unbelievably large parts of the natural world on which we...
Nov. 30, 2017
001: Dan Pink, Conversation 1
Everyone in leadership knows Dan Pink, his books and his TED talks. If you want to lead, influence, or motivate people, it's a matter of time until you read or watch something of his. I started with Drive: the Surprising Truth of What Motivates Us,...
Nov. 30, 2017
004 Michael Bungay Stanier, Conversation 1
Michael is a coach's coach. Our conversation became a two-way interview on leadership, values, and acting on them. I was pleasantly surprised that though he wasn't sure what to do specifically, he had thought about acting on the environment. I think a...
Nov. 28, 2017
002 Marshall Goldsmith, Conversation 1
I first heard of Marshall Goldsmith when business school leadership class assigned reading the New Yorker article about him in 2005. He became one of my most influential mentors since I met him in person shortly after. His insight and advice have been...