When John Baker was considering what to do for work, he asked himself, what’s the most important problem in the world I can help solve. The answer was how people learn, which led to founding D2L 20 years ago. Today, he’s out to upskill the workplace and work strategically to…
Where have all the entrepreneurs gone? We seem to be producing less and less each year. Josh Spodek says this is due in part our educational system that teaches compliance at the expense of pursuing interests and passions in learning. He’s out to teach people to take initiative and pursue…
CultureTalk provides a new framework of understanding that fuels personal growth and organizational fulfillment. Using the power inherent in Archetypes, CultureTalk opens doors to a more conscious and positive way of interacting and communicating, helping people realize their greatest potential and organizations carry out their unique missions. Join a growing…
A couple of years into his first job at Morgan Stanley in New York, Deval Sanghavi realized he wanted to be in India, to focus on the lives of the many millions that live without dignity and equity. So the Texas-born investment banker packed up, came to Mumbai, and co-founded…
It’s one thing to become acquainted with one’s purpose; it’s quite another to put it into action by creating or operating offerings that express it. Drawing from the experiences of 30 careers and a lifetime of study and inquiry, Dr. Holly Woods has learned to help people discover purpose across…
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be the great shake-up force in companies across the world. Pivoting as a company operating in these times and supporting employees in a virtual environment has elicited many necessary changes in human capital practices. In this episode, we listen in as a young start-up…
A conscious purpose-driven business deserves an investor that is here to liberate it to fulfill its purpose. Traditional financial services, capital markets, and investors are not aligned and thus, able, to support the needs and purposes of these types of businesses. Traditional financial firms and investors seek to maximize financial…
Howard Shore is on a mission to impact 500,000 people. And he wants to do so by helping business owners create businesses that are not “about me,” but rather out to change the world. He revels in helping companies and leaders play not to win but to be “different.” To…
People are often surprised to learn that others can and do experience passion in the work they do. They’re even more confounded to discover there are people who actually live their purpose through the work they do. Joanne Heyman knows the world is a better place when more people live…
Business will experience more change in the next 10 years than it has in the last 40. Every business will become a technology company, and every business will become a data company. Investments in information technology will be a strategic imperative for every organization. The gap between companies that invest,…
The tables are turned in this episode as Alise Cortez, Host of Working on Purpose radio, is interviewed through the “essence mining” method by Danny Gutknecht. He’ll tease out what matters most to her and surface her path to purpose and how it is expressed through the work she does.…
A paradigm shift is in the world of business is urgently needed, especially on the heels of the pandemic that has served as a major wakeup call and has helped us understand the inextricability of environmental context in operational health. Having a static purpose statement is wholly insufficient to steward…
Life takes energy and effort, along with a strong and focused mindset. You’ll need to summon passion, perseverance and then, just get TO it. When you “Go All In” you give your very best to the world. When you give your best to the world you make it a better…
Don’t let anyone tell you that you have to choose between making money and making a difference. Salespeople who genuinely understand how they can make a difference to customers outsell those who only focus on internal targets and quotas. In an era where organizations often believe that money is the…
Bob Chapman has had a series of arresting insights that have completely changed the way he builds his businesses and his approach to leadership. He’s come to realize there is a leadership crisis in the world that stems from not giving leaders the skills and courage to care for those…
Having studied and practiced leadership for 30 years, Jeff Lovejoy is on a mission to package and share everything he’s learned. And he’s doing so in digestible “bite-sized” chunks called “quips.” This episode surveys some of the his more salient points he believes are especially important to lead and motivate…
Michael Oster has discovered a way to help high achievers “level up” in life. He’s created a framework that teaches people to harness competency-strengths combinations as “weapons of construction” to make progress on any issue in life. Being defined by competencies, and informed by strengths, we are able to accomplish…
Companies spend a lot of time and budget recruiting new talent into their organization, adding headcount to grow and replacing that which moves on or retires. Often overlooked as a strategy to source talent is the alumni which already hold an affinity for the organization. This episode explores the opportunity…
Living life fully takes energy and a choice toward a path to purpose. It also takes being authentically true to yourself, listening carefully to your own calling, despite what well-intentioned people direct you otherwise. Herb Sennett has earned several college, university, and seminary degrees even though his guidance counselor in…
Coronavirus has presented so many unique challenges to education. Moving education online at the drop of a hat, then figuring out how to continue to support students, how to support parents becoming teachers with no training, how to return to face to face education, and how to address the digital…
Many of us will spend a good portion of our lives getting over and recovering from the events of our childhood. It’s the steps we take, the work we do, and the grace we grant ourselves that can make all the difference as we work to unfold into our very…
There is a growing urgency, a hunger to experience more meaning and purpose in life and at work. Danny Gutknecht further asserts that the need to actualize is becoming a cultural phenomenon. Throughout history, there have been those who moved away from institutions and struggled to assume responsibility for their…
Transformational leadership casts a vision and empowers the team to realize it through inspired performance. Hugh Ballou works with non-profit and church leaders because he knows they often must work even harder to realize their vision, as they don’t have the power of the paycheck to push for performance. What…
