Kelly welcomes the always amazing Caroline Webb back to the podcast. Caroline is a former Partner at McKinsey, where she continues to serve as a Senior Advisor, and is now CEO of her own firm, Sevenshift. We spoke to Caroline some years back about her book How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioral Science to Transform Your Working Life. She has another terrific book called Leadership Intelligence: Science-Backed Strategies for Mastering 21 Everyday Management Challenges.

“Much of what you do each day runs on autopilot, without you realizing it.” 

“Don’t forget to evaluate the option of doing nothing.” 

“The brain’s reward system is the engine of human motivation.” 

Kelly has an amazing conversation with Lindy Elkins-Tanton: a professor at UC Berkeley, Director of the Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory, and lead of the NASA Psyche mission. Her new book is titled “Mission Ready: How to Build Teams That Perform Under Pressure.” 

“Calmness is contagious.” 

“Posing problems as questions keeps the solution space open.” 

“Seeing challenges as a gift is another way to say never give up.” 

Kelly connects with happiness scientist Elizabeth Dunn and climate scientist Jiayang Zhao to discuss their new book “Leave the Lights On: How Joyful Decisions Can Save Our Species.” 

“Cooler temperatures are good for our happiness.” 

“When it comes to saving carbon, luggage matters.” 

“Commuting is one of the unhappiest daily activities.” 

Kelly welcomes Scott Curran back to the podcast. He is the founder and CEO of Beyond Advisers and a former general counsel of the Clinton Foundation. His new book is called “Better Good: A Simple System for Creating Lasting Impact.”

“Betting against good is betting against the best parts of human nature.” 

“To see philanthropy only as charity is to miss its full power.” 

“Business as a force for good isn’t a new concept.” 

Kelly has a fascinating conversation with New York Times bestselling author David Epstein about his new book “Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better.”

“Multitasking is the act of distracting yourself.” 

“It is usually bad to be a maximizer.”

“Too often, we reach for a dream when what we need is a textbook.”

Kelly sits down with Amos Winter, the Germeshausen Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the K. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His new book is called “Global by Design: How to Create Innovations That Scale, Travel and Transform.”

“Become a tempered dreamer.” 

“Technology is not the right solution to every problem.” 

“No single recipe for success works for every company.” 

Kelly welcomes frequent guest Scott Barry Kaufman back to the podcast along with Chris Shipley, a journalist, industry analyst and entrepreneur to discuss the new book that they co-edited, “Leading for Tomorrow: Unlocking Human Potential in the Era of Continuous Change and Endless Possibility.” 

“We no longer live through disruptions; we live inside continuous disruption.” 

“In a world of continuous disruption, efficiency alone loses its value.” 

“What matters now is the human capacity to adapt, sense, connect, and create together in real time.”

Kelly goes online with Dr. Dana Suskind, bestselling author and the founding director of the Pediatric Cochlear Implant Program and professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the University of Chicago to discuss her remarkable new book, “Human Raised: Nurturing Connection, Curiosity, and Lifelong Learning in the Age of AI.”

“To be clear, I’m not against technology.”

“What I fear is that chatbot that never disagrees.”

“Our children don’t need to out-compute the computers.”

Kelly welcomes University of Chicago professor Nick Epley back to the podcast to discuss his fantastic new book, “A Little More Social: How Small Choices Create Unexpected Happiness, Health and Connection.” 

“Yes, acting extroverted tends to make people feel more positive.” 

“We fail to recognize the superpower of reciprocity.” 

“Laughing communicates liking.” 

Kelly sits down with Ron Friedman, an award-winning psychologist who helps leaders build high-performance teams. He is the bestselling author of “The Best Place to Work” and “Decoding Greatness,” and the founder of Superteams, Inc where he delivers keynotes, workshops, and executive advisory services to senior leaders around the world. He has a new book: “Superteams: The Science and Secrets of High-Performing Teams.” 

“On my team, we follow a single rule: no decision, no meeting.” 

“It helps to make dissent part of the process.” 

“Most of us overestimate how much other’s trust us.”