Gary Hamill, co-author of Wall Street Journal best seller, Humanocracy (www.humanocracy.com) and a thought leader in leadership and management, joins Rich Fernandez of SIY Global to discuss workplace management and the impact it can have on innovation within organizations. Gary highlights the limitations of bureaucratic structures and the importance of balancing freedom and control systems. The conversation emphasizes ways learning and development teams can implement these strategies to establish better ways of working.

Absorb LMS’ CEO, Kimberly Williams shares her career journey as a lifelong learner and has a lively conversation with SIY Global’s CEO Rich Fernandez on ways companies can work to develop leadership skills throughout the workforce. They also cover ways L&D can bridge the multi-generational gap, and which skills to look for in potential leaders.

Our host Rich Fernendez from SIY Global sits down to chat with Pete Schramm about the ideas put forward in his book, Pathfinders: Navigating Your Career Map With A Personal Board of Advisors.

Together they discuss how Schramm’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering led him to a career in HR Technologies, and his belief that everyone should build a personal board of advisors to aid in their career pathing. This discussion is helpful for people in L&D and HR who are looking to find ways to create positive impact and career growth for their learners.

Laura Overton joins Rich Fernandez for an in-depth discussion on the importance of staying curious about your learners’ needs, while aligning learning initiatives and understanding business goals to demonstrate impact.

Laura shares her research learnings and four-stage model of learning maturity. Their discussion encourages L&D practitioners to be bold, open-minded, and deliberate in shaping the future of the industry.

Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist and author of “WHAT’S NEXT IS NOW: How To Live Future Ready” Frederik Pferdt joins Rich Fernandez to discuss the concept of a future ready mindstate.

The conversation covers the shift from focusing on what we want to do in the future to how we want to be in the future. Frederik also explains the concept of Dimension X, a unique superpower that each individual possesses, and emphasizes the importance of discovering and using this superpower to shape our future.

Nichol Bradford, Executive-in-Residence for AI + HI at The Society for Human Resource Management, defines and discusses the impact of transformative technology in work and society.

Bradford and host Rich Fernandez also discusses the opportunities and risks of AI in the future, highlighting the need for a human-centered approach and the cultivation of an agile and curious mindset.

Cecily Mak has worked as a lawyer, a CEO, a member of multiple boards, and is now embarking on becoming a published author.

She shares her experiences to illustrate some dos and don’ts of becoming an honest leader with strong emotional skills.

Mak also provides tips on how to boost your confidence and quell Imposter Syndrome.

Lukas Alexander, VP of Customer Experience at Churn Zero, discusses how creating a customer success mindset can help every department throughout your company.

He also covers how to support CSMs in proactively engaging customers with support and guidance, plus the skills you should be prioritizing to develop your CSM team.

Rich Fernandez hosts Dr. Nikki Mirghafori, an artificial intelligence scientist and an internationally recognized Buddhist teacher, in episode three. Dr. Mighafori talks about her professional journey and shares insights into and dispels myths about the many forms of AI, as well as ways to constructively incorporate it into our lives. The pair also have a discussion on how to incorporate Buddhist teachings of mindfulness into leadership practices.

Join Rich Fernandez as he chats with Sarah Deveraux, a friend and former Google colleague. Devereaux describes how she helped launch the successful Googler-to-Googler program. They discuss the challenges and solutions to implementing the peer-to-peer learning network at Google.

Deveraux then shares her experiences from her career in leadership training including insights on the loneliness and exhaustion that many leaders experience and how to support development at the executive level. We also learn about her current role developing female leaders as a founding partner, leadership coach and workshop facilitator at the White Pine Leadership Collective.

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