Ep 14 - Alexandra Levit - Humanity Works

In this episode, Karen interviews John Hagel. John Hagel III, currently the founder of Beyond Our Edge, LLC, has more than 40 years of experience as a management consultant, author, speaker, and entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley but with a global range of activities. He is the founder of two Silicon Valley startups and was senior vice president of strategy at Atari, Inc. He spent 16 years as a partner at McKinsey & Company, where he was the founder of their E-Commerce Practice, and spent 13 years as a partner at Deloitte, where he was the founder and leader of the Center for the Edge, a global research center. In addition, he has published 8 books, including his latest, The Journey Beyond Fear. 

If you enjoyed this interview with John, be sure to connect with him on LinkedIn and check out The Journey Beyond Fear and his other books on Amazon. 

Also, be sure to connect with host Karen Zeigler on LinkedIn, where she talks about the future of leadership - leading by design—using the innovative leadership principles of design thinking to transform the future of how your company works. You can also check out more of her content on her website and Youtube channel.

In this episode, Karen interviews Jason Burnham. He is the Founder of Culture Design, LLC a global network of purpose-driven consultants, designers, and researchers, consisting of communication strategists, brand developers, experience designers, anthropologists, social scientists, leadership advisors, executive facilitators, and transformation architects, who think systemically about the impact business has on society.  Jason is committed to helping organizations and communities design sustainable solutions to accelerate innovation, build resiliency, and drive continuous improvement. Through his culture design practice, Jason equips his clients with the capabilities to assess, design, and develop thriving cultures to ensure strategy realization, brand activation, and operational excellence. You can connect with Jason on Linkedin or on his website www.culturedesign.com

Also, be sure to connect with host Karen Zeigler on LinkedIn, where she talks about the future of leadership - leading by design—using the innovative leadership principles of design thinking to transform the future of how your company works. You can also check out more of her content on her website and Youtube channel.

In this episode, Karen interviews Gal Rimon, CEO of Centrical. Gal Rimon is the founder and CEO of Centrical, a fast-growing, growth stage SaaS startup that has the mission of putting the frontline employees at the center of business success. By providing a personal guided experience to contact center agents and salespeople, Centrical helps them be engaged, improve their performance, learn and grow. Centrical is trusted by more than 100 large global enterprise organizations, including Yahoo, Microsoft, Verizon, British Telecom, and Coca-cola.

Also, be sure to connect with host Karen Zeigler on LinkedIn, where she talks about the future of leadership - leading by design—using the innovative leadership principles of design thinking to transform the future of how your company works. You can also check out more of her content on her website and Youtube channel.

In this episode, Karen interviews Paul Glover. Paul is the No B.S. Workplace Legacy Coach, a recovering trial lawyer, an unabashed Starbucks addict, the author of WorkQuake™: Making the Seismic Shift to a Knowledge Economy, a Chicago Bears fanatic, a speaker on business, and leadership topics, and a Member of the Forbes Coaching Council. Be sure to connect with Paul on LinkedIn and check out WorkQuake™: Making the Seismic Shift to a Knowledge Economy on Amazon. 

Also, be sure to connect with host Karen Zeigler on LinkedIn, where she talks about the future of leadership - leading by design—using the innovative leadership principles of design thinking to transform the future of how your company works. You can also check out more of her content on her website and Youtube channel.

In this episode, Karen interviews Oladimeji Olutimehin. Dimeji works as a coach with employees to equip them with tools and strategies to create value for their employer, and as a consultant, he works with companies to help them become Truly Human Companies. He has published several books: Value Giver, Truly Human Leadership, Truly Human Employee, Truly Human Company, and Truly Human School.

You can connect with Dimejl on Linkedin, and check out his Truly Human book series on Amazon. 

Also, be sure to connect with host Karen Zeigler on LinkedIn, where she talks about the future of leadership - leading by design—using the innovative leadership principles of design thinking to transform the future of how your company works. You can also check out more of her content on her website and Youtube channel.

In this episode, Karen interviews Paul Slater. Paul Slater is the Co-Founder and CEO of BillionMinds, an organization with the mission to help a billion people thrive at unstructured, ambiguous work through practical skills development.

Paul has spent over 25 years working in various technology strategy roles, writing and delivering courseware and books for organizations including Microsoft, Oracle, HP, and Shell. He formed his training and consulting organization before shifting to building large-scale architectures inside enterprises and managing the organizational change associated with adopting new technology.

At Microsoft, Paul designed architectures for portfolio management and cloud computing and consulted with startups and large enterprises (including Telus and GoDaddy) to build their businesses on the Microsoft Cloud. Ultimately he shifted into the Healthcare Technology space and became the CTO for Life Sciences.

Over these years – Paul became increasingly obsessed with what makes people effective by combining secondary research into productivity practices with primary research into the habits of the most effective among us. In 2020 he took a leap of faith and left Microsoft to form BillionMinds so he could help others start every day with motivation and end it with accomplishment.

You can connect with Paul on Linkedin, Twitter, and experience Billion Minds software for free. 

Also, be sure to connect with host Karen Zeigler on LinkedIn, where she talks about the future of leadership - leading by design—using the innovative leadership principles of design thinking to transform the future of how your company works. You can also check out more of her content on her website and Youtube channel.

In this episode, Karen interviews Oscar Trimboli, author of Deep Listening - Impact Beyond Words. 

Oscar Trimboli is on a quest to create 100 million Deep Listeners in the world. He is an author, host of the Apple Award-winning podcast—Deep Listening, and a sought-after keynote speaker. He is passionate about using the gift of listening to bring positive change in workplaces. Oscar consults with organizations including American Express, AstraZeneca, Cisco, Google, HSBC, L'Oréal, PwC, and Stryker helping chairs, boards, executives and their teams listen to what’s unsaid by the customers and employees.
Oscar lives in Sydney with his wife Jennie, where he helps first-time runners and ocean swimmers conquer their fears and contributes to the cure for cancer as part of Can Too, a cancer research charity.  If you've enjoyed this interview with Oscar Trimboli, be sure to connect with them on LinkedIn and visit ListeningQuiz.com.

 

Also, be sure to connect with host Karen Zeigler on LinkedIn where she talks about the future of leadership - leading by design. Using the innovative leadership principles of design thinking to transform the future of how your company works. You can also check out more of her content on her website and her Youtube channel.

In this episode, Karen interviews Alexandra Levit, author of Humanity Works: Merging Technologies and People for the Workforce of the Future.

Alexandra is a Workforce and Human Capital Author, Analyst, Consultant, Futurist, Founder, and CEO of Inspiration at Work. She been recognized by Thinkers 50 Radar Thinker 2019, American Management Association Top Leader and Northwestern University Emerging Leader of the Year. Alexandra is a former nationally syndicated columnist for the Wall Street Journal and writer for the New York Times, Fast Company, and Forbes. 

If you enjoyed this interview with Alexandra Levit, be sure to connect with her on LinkedIn or Twitter @Alevit.

Also, be sure to connect with host Karen Zeigler on LinkedIn where she talks about the future of leadership - leading by design. Using the innovative leadership principles of design thinking to transform the future of how your company works. You can also check out more of her content on her website and her Youtube channel.

In this episode, Karen interview Erika Andersen, author of "Change from the Inside Out: Making You, Your Team, and Your Organization Change-Capable". 

Erika is the founding partner of Proteus, a coaching, consulting, and training firm that focuses on leader readiness. She and her colleagues support leaders at all levels to get ready and stay ready to meet whatever the future might bring. Erika advises senior executives in companies like Spectrum, Revolt Media, Spotify, and Amazon on organizational visioning and strategy, team development, and their personal evolution as leaders.

If you enjoyed this interview with Erika Andersen, be sure to connect with her on LinkedIn or Twitter @Erikda Andersen. She regularly shares excellent content there as well as her popular leadership blog at Forbes.com, and her other books 

-Growing Great Employees (see Episode 1)

-Be Bad First, 

-Leading So People Will Follow, 

-Being Strategic, and 

As the Proteus Leader Show's creator and host, a podcast that offers quick, practical support for leaders. 

Also, be sure to connect with host Karen Zeigler on LinkedIn where she talks about the future of leadership - leading by design. Using the innovative leadership principles of design thinking to transform the future of how your company works. You can also check out more of her content on her website and her Youtube channel.

In this episode, Karen interviews George Anderson, author of "Stuck Happens: 95 Simple Life Hacks for Thinking and Thriving - Design Thinking for Personal Use."

George is a Program Director for Microsoft’s services organization, an Adjunct Professor and guest lecturer for several universities, and a long-time author and speaker. George leads teams of program and project managers, architects, and consultants tasked with digitally transforming organizations through new business applications and solutions. An avid life-long learner, he holds design thinking, management, and technical certifications, an MBA & a PhD in Applied Management. 

Be sure to connect with George on LinkedIn and on Twitter and grab your copy of "Stuck Happens: 95 Simple Life Hacks for Thinking and Thriving - Design Thinking for Personal Use." Also check out George's other books:

• Design Thinking for Program and Project Management
• Executive Leadership Lessons & Opportunities
• And more.

Also, be sure to connect with host Karen Zeigler on LinkedIn and Twitter where she talks about the future of leadership - leading by design. Learn to use the innovative leadership principles of design thinking to transform the future of how your company works. You can also check out more of her content on her website and her Youtube channel.