Play isn’t for kids anymore! OK, it is.... and it’s definitely for adults who want their work to shine! Play is the foundation for everything from better corporate culture to improved communication. Come play with a plethora of playful people and see WHY play is needed for better business.

Rona Lewis and Jeffrey Hansler welcome play experts Kristina Beauchesne, Mazzy Cameron, Talia Dashow, Julie Trell, Louise Wo, and Lauren Yee to a lively discussion on the role of play in organizational and individual health and achieving desired results and profits.

School is in and everyone is guaranteed an 'F' for Fun!

Quiet Quitting and the Great Resignation seem to be all anyone is talking about. Shocked?! We're not. Power shifts are constant and in the new combined environment of hybrid, WFH (Work from Home not 'What the F... Happened) and RTO (Return to Office not 'Reject This Opportunity'), keeping companies and employees working together requires critical thinking. Join Jeffrey and Rona as they discuss issues and solutions retaining employees and actions for management.

We’ve become a society of “over-apologizers.” It takes the meaning out of the word, as well as the emotions behind them. When SHOULD you apologize? What circumstances might warrant admitting you’re wrong, or asking for forgiveness?

Join Rona and Jeffrey as they banter away during this organic discussion on the pros and cons of apologizing.

Love means never having to say you’re sorry. Wait that’s from a movie. Sorry.

Think the music business is glamorous and easy? Think again!

Nick Sodano, a successful and prolific Front-of-House, Monitor, and Studio Engineer who’s worked with the likes of Brittany Spears, KESHA, Barry Manilow and The Rippingtons, gives you a behind-the-scenes look at what REALLY goes into making musical artists sound perfect.

Please join Rona Lewis, Nick's longtime friend, and Jeffrey Hansler in this rollicking interview with Nick Sodano, the man ensuring the music magic created by your favorite artists makes it to your ears.

This heart and soul session is music for your ears!

While many people don’t think about their personal safety in established organizations, physical violence in the workplace is increasing as world divisiveness rears its ugly head. In this episode, Rona Lewis and Jeffrey Hansler interview Arlene Limas, CEO of PAVE Prevention, a two-year-old company.  Arlene Limas, 1988 Tae Kwon Do Olympic Gold Medalist Welterweight Division, Seoul, Korea, advocates personal and corporate safety. She shares her accomplishments with PAVE Prevention and some of their successes implementing safety practices within workplaces and communities.

What does it say about a business or an industry when clear communication is low on the priority list? Is a lack of effort in communication a reflection on the business, the industry or their target audience. The Thanksgiving holiday provides more than full bellies for our hosts Rona Lewis and Jeffrey Hansler. Listen in for the complete their Thanksgiving holiday special report while on the road visiting friends.

On a recent outing at the Santa Monica Pier, Rona was invited to play by some children building castles in the sand. 

A tide of realization washed over Rona as she washed away her grown-up thoughts and joined in the fun. 

Though the importance of play is her key message as a major building block for innovation, she shares how being in her "adult-mind" almost had her missing a special moment.

Join Rona as she shares an incident report about the wise advice from children.

On a recent road trip through Las Cruses, New Mexico, and hankering for a premium cup of coffee, Jeffrey hit a local McDonald’s who just opened with their latest technology in place. In restaurant terms, 86’d in restaurant lingo means we are out of it a particular menu item. It was worse than that. Lack of effort by corporate, owners, and management, left employees scrambling and customers wanting.

P.S. The restaurant lingo 86'd likely refers to a coffin in the ground - 8 feet long and 6 feet underP.S. The restaurant lingo 86'd likely refers to a coffin in the ground - 8 feet long and 6 feet under.

For one brief shining moment, Rona and Jeffrey 'find their voice'. You can hear the magic on a portion of this podcast about plans not working out, failure, learned helplessness and the 2nd Emotional Failure, and getting back in the saddle - so to speak.

If everything were equal, in a vacuum, idealistically and perfectly, we’d never have to deal with our emotional upheaval when our plans don’t work out as we envisioned them. And when you’re in business, plans often don't work out as expected.

In this episode, Rona and Jeffrey discuss the emotional patterns when plans fail, dealing with those emotions, and avoiding learned helplessness and the 2nd emotional collapse.

Rona and Jeffrey wrap things up as usual with tips and suggestions for staying the course. Now that they've found their voice once, they are one step closer to their target. The only thing missing is you. 

Halloween was nigh when Rona and Jeffrey hooked into the electrical grid to bring life to innovation. It's ALIVE!

In this episode, they delve into the science of why organizational structure kills innovation and their system for bringing an innovative organization to life.  Join Rona and Jeffrey as they share their model for innovation and the elements necessary for an innovative organization.