Work Dope

EP27: All of Our Parts (Joy, Disgust, Anger, Fear, Sadness...) Playing Out - at Work

Work Dope is a podcast on the messiness, and the potential, of humans, at work. In this episode, I chat with Thom Qafzezi, the president and CEO at Molto Crescendo, a firm focused on shifting the behavioral dynamics within organizations. Learn more about Thom’s work at https://moltocrescendo.com/. Thom and I talk about: * IFS (Internal Family Systems) as a modality to help leaders in corporate operate optimally, from the highest form of Self * Workplace dynamics wherein triggered parts (of one human's system) are often interacting with another’s triggered parts, and how this contributes to burnout * Psychedelics and the use of ketamine in human healing I also mention that I recently did a TEDx talk. You cab view the archived version of the talk here [https://www.youtube.com/live/N05S4OYKcQU?feature=share&t=5369], (It will be loaded to the TED site in coming weeks.) I hope you enjoy this episode and, if you do, please leave a review on iTunes, or whatever platform you use for podcasts.

EP26: Emotional Culture and Operationalizing Values at Work - with Kevin Judge

Work Dope is a podcast on the messiness, and the potential, of humans, at work. In this episode, I chat with Kevin Judge, the CEO and Founder of iNOBL, a Strategic Advisory Firm that helps executives maximize buy-in, alignment, and execution for their most critical strategic initiatives so they can drive results for their business, their people, and themselves. Kevin works with leaders to define strategy, operationalize plans, and ready their talent so the whole company is effective at executing for success. Learn more about Kevin’s work at https://inobl.com/ Kevin and I talk about: * How companies often get in their own way of big goals through challenges around people, process, and technology * How people are critical to success, and are also messy; how people / we *feel* and our attitudes affect our ability to perform * The Emotional Culture approach and inventory as a mechanism for improved culture and operationalized values I hope you enjoy this episode and, if you do, please leave a review on iTunes, or whatever platform you use for podcasts.

E25: Knowing Your Value at Work / Knowing You're Valued at Work ;)

Work Dope is a podcast on the messiness, and the potential, of humans, at work. This is a solo mini episode on the topic of what it means to be valued in the workplace.  Some of the ideas explored in this episode: * What does it mean to be valued in the workplace? * How do our notions of being valued change over the course of our careers? * What can we do to increase the potential of being seen as a valuable contributor? * How do we elevate the sense of value experienced by our co-workers? * What is the role of individuals’ personal values in the context of being valued? I hope you enjoy this episode and, if you do, please leave a review on iTunes, or whatever platform you use for podcasts.

E24: Fear Based Bosses (and how to navigate if you have one)

Work Dope is a podcast on the messiness, and the potential, of humans, at work. This is a solo episode on the topic of fear-based bosses and how to navigate if you have one.  Summary: * Fear-based environments are everywhere in Corporate America (and beyond) * Sometimes the fear is in micro-environments (like, maybe just your team or department) * Some signs you could be in a fear-based workplace include micromanagement, negative value judgement when new ideas are being presented, boss treating employees like children * Fear-based management styles can lead lead to a "paycheck mentality' among employee, low or passive engagement, and sometimes, rebellion! * Antidotes to this style of management are described in the video * Practice the antidotes and things will shift - potentially you'll get better opportunities, or other factors will allow you to move on I hope you enjoy this episode and, if you do, please leave a review on iTunes, or whatever platform you use for podcasts.

EP23: Distraction at Work - What to Know, What to Do

Work Dope is a podcast on the messiness, and the potential, of humans, at work. This is a solo episode on the topic of Distraction (and by extension, interruption and attention). Some themes include: * The Pyramid of Why’s - i.e. why we engage in any new *thing* * How modifications in one area life bleed into others * Human biology, evolution, and history as it relates to our tendency towards distraction * Why daydreaming and “lack of focus” play important roles are SO important to creativity * Research / statistics on distraction and interruption at work (how things have gotten “worse” in recent years * The state of Flow, and how it relates to “knowledge work” * Multitasking myths and truths, and tips for managing all-the-things [with a full-throttled, high quality of experience (even if messy)] I hope you enjoy this episode and, if you do, please leave a review on iTunes, or whatever platform you use for podcasts.