For all the talk of being “authentic” in today’s business world, it still seems to be a pretty rare thing. So when I caught sight of a post on LinkedIn from an old friend that was utterly raw and vulnerable – and was getting serious traction – my interest was piqued. Myles Weissleder and I first met not long after he and some friends started the event platform Meet-up. As part of testing his own platform, Myles began an event called SFNewTech, which would become the very first (and 500 pound gorilla) of geek gatherings in San Francisco. Myles had always been a community-oriented guy and this event and its momentum supersized his role in building the SF Tech community. Things changed, the market shifted and Myles moved on to other community-building roles. Then things changed again, and more shift. By the time of his recent LinkedIn post he was in a pretty interesting spot and the response to his post was amazing. In this episode of Talk Unleashed, Myles and I talk about vulnerability, authenticity and the role they really should be playing in today’s business world. And yes, we also talk about his pets.

What does leadership actually mean in today’s world? Good questions, right? That’s what Cathy Brooks, thought. And it’s why she created Talk, Unleashed – a new podcast of entirely candid conversations with fascinating people doing remarkable things. This weekly podcast features guests from arts and entertainment to business to technology to food to activism to politics (well, we’ll see on that last one). Talk Unleashed invites these influencers to consider the things that have led to them to where they are, the lessons they’ve learned and how all those things can come together to create a better world. This podcast compliments Unleashed Leadership, the coaching business through which Cathy helps clients unearth and untether their own internal leadership and connect with others in a way that truly engages.

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