Career Blindspot

"The shortest distance between two souls is a story." - Aaron Calafato

CBQ - "What's your favorite story from a grandparent?"

Storyteller, Podcast Producer & Host of 7 Minute Stories, Aaran Calafato, joins. We talk about quality podcasting and what it means to be a good story teller.

https://www.7minutestoriespod.com/

"Leadership saved my career." - Jerry Fu

CBQ - "When was your most intense conflict in the workplace?"

Jerry Fu is a pharmacist and a conflict resolution coach. He works with Asian-American professionals on their career and life journeys. He focuses on resolving clients' conflict at work, in culture, and within themselves.

www.AdaptingLeaders.com

"We specialize to matching the nurse to what your needs are." - Jasmine Bhatti

CBQ - What super would you grant to all nurses?

She'll always consider herself a nurse but recently co founded, Navi Nurses, private at home high quality peace of mind with a registered nurse. Bringing a compassionate and expert nurse to you, when you need one the most.

Navi Nurses

"Good sleep not only adds years to your life, but life to your years." - BioLoop Sleep Client

CBQ - To compete for a gold medal, what is your sleep routine?

Quality sleep was never a nice to have if you expected to perform at your best.Co-founder of Bioloop Sleep, Joshua Collin is our guest today. Bioloop Sleep is coaching that leverages all that wearable data into quality Z's!

• Josh Collin
• BioLoop Sleep
• @Bioloopsleep (IG)

"If they're not saying 'Holy shit that's good!', we're doing it wrong." - Troy

"It was up to us... our team needed comfort and leadership." - Kyu

CBQ - What is your celebratory meal?

Longtime friends and partners Kyu Utsunomiya & Troy Watkins, share their history in the restaurant industry and navigating through 2020. They're owners of amazing Downtown Phoenix spots that serve uncommonly delicious food & drink...

• @KaizenPHX
• @TheLarryPHX
• @ConceptuallySocialcatering

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"A New Work Mindset: The Truth About Leader, Jobs and Ourselves at Work." - Host Juan Kingsbury 1st book, out now!

"Our aspirations is Reduce Sick Days, make the world healthier." - Ben Boyer, Co-Founder R-Zero Systems

CBQ - "Who is the best hire that's made your life better?"

Ben Boyer, Managing Director of Tenaya Capital and Co-founder of R-Zero, shares his journey in building this new start up, leadership team and how he sees diversity and inclusion as an INVESTMENT that must be a priority today.

R-Zero Systems are thoughtfully-designed, hospital-grade technologies and science-backed protocols, R-Zero seeks to create a new standard for disinfection in public spaces. Their products are already in use in thousands of classrooms, restaurants, and Ben share

rzero.com

TenayaCapital.com

"If I don't finish this book no one is going to articulate work this way." - JK

CBQ - "Is your mindset trash?"

After a brief hiatus, my first (definitely not last book) "A New Work Mindset: The Truth About Leaders, Jobs and Ourselves at Work." is out for order.

Special shoutout to all those who preordered in 2020, your copies are coming your way (and then some!).

I also give a small peak behind the pod and look into the future of Career Blindspot on today's mini episode.

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"The difference between knowing and not knowing is what allows you to get to truth." - Hakeem Muata Oluseyi

CBQ - As a TEENAGER, WHO made you feel smart?

Hakeem Muata Oluseyi, astrophysicist, author, STEM educator, multi-patented inventor, voice actor, TV personality, science communicator, and keynote speaker. Recently served as the Space Science Education Lead in the Space Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington DC.

• Affiliated prof at George Mason University
• President elect of national society of black physicist
• Space edu lead at nasa
• Chief science officer at discovery communications

A Quantum Life.

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"Don't have secret identities with people you're really trying to team up with." - JK

CBQ - How would someone ID your leadership style?

Upcoming guest Hakeem Muata Oluseyi, astrophysicist and STEM educator prompted this topic of reflecting on the identify we think we and others have, and how there's more work to do.

• Assumptions over simplfy
• Recognize Others
• Our Assessments are Incomplete

A Quantum Life

IG: Hakeem Oluseyi

"We need to think about training and onboarding and support and resources for all different kinds of workers so they feel supported and can do their best work." - Katie Nielson

CBQ - Do immigrants really get the job done?

Dr. Katie Nielson, Chief Education Officer and Founder of EnGen, empowers and helps immigrants learn english to accomplish their goals. She makes a strong case for a total system redo and for organizations to invest in upskilling immigrants.

Voxy EnGen is the virtual english learning platform to help new americans gain language skills in order to advocate for themselves. Dr. Katie Nielson holds a PhD in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and has over twenty years of experience in applied language research.

https://www.voxyengen.com/