Dr. Tracy Brower is a work environment sociologist and a Principal with the Applied Research + Consulting Group at Steelcase. She is the author of Bring Work to Life by Bringing Life to Work: A Guide for Leaders and Organizations, which focuses on work-life fulfillment. Dr. Brower is a contributor for Forbes and Fast Company, as well as an executive adviser for Coda Societies and the MSU Professional Mathematics Program, and she is also an award-winning speaker with over 25 years of experience working with global clients to achieve business results. She is also a board member for the FM Research & Benchmarking Institute and her work has been featured in TEDx, the Wall Street Journal, and other publications. Dr. Brower holds a PhD in the Sociology of Work as well as a Masters of Management (MM) in Organizational Effectiveness, and a Masters of Corporate Real Estate with Workplace Specialization.

In this episode, John Corcoran talks to Dr. Tracy Brower about what businesses and employees should do to get ready to go back to work after the current health crisis. They talk about how the work environment has changed over the last couple of months, how company leaders should become present and visible to effectively take charge and guide their teams, and the importance of staying connected during a crisis.

Steven Cleere is the Founder and Chief Brand Developer of Nexxt Level Brands. For over 30 years, he's been actively involved in marketing, advertising, and promotion disciplines, and in 2014, he founded NexxtLevel Brands, a consulting group aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses to scale and to grow especially those in the food and CPG areas. 

Steve previously worked as Co-founder and Managing Partner at Trade Marketing Inc., aka TMI Group, which is a retail marketing agency. He's also worked in grocery, drug, mass and specialty real retailing, software development, promotion evaluation, and key account profitability. In 2019, Steven and his wife, Deborah, combined their backgrounds and created Kitchen2Shelf, which is an educational service that provides online courses and in-person workshops for food and beverage entrepreneurs at all stages of growth.

Derek Sivers has been a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and book publisher. He started two companies called CDBaby and HostBaby a number of years ago which were quite successful and later exited them. 

Derek refers to himself as an ambitious hustler and 'a monomaniac, introvert, slow thinker, and love finding a different point of view'. He is a California native based in Oxford, England and he studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston. 

In this episode, Derek Sivers is interviewed by John Corcoran about how he connects with people and keeps his relationships strong. He also shares what it was like to perform with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Kimo Williams, his experience at Berklee College of Music, and what he learned about the music industry.

Brendan Dell is the Founder of Spark, a messaging consultancy agency which works with some of the world's most amazing companies like Expedia and Cvent and helps them with positioning, messaging, and articulating their story. He is also the author of The 12 Immutable Laws of High-Impact Messaging and host of The Hook Podcast.

In this episode, Brendan Dell joins John Corcoran to talk about how brands can position themselves in a post-pandemic world. They also discuss how different brands like Drift and Zuora have positioned themselves to stand out from their competitors and how companies can know when their positioning is off.

Stephanie Sims is the Founder of Finance-Ability, a business that helps fellow entrepreneurs navigate their steps from startup to continued success through education and confidence building. She is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and podcaster, and she carries more than two decades worth of experience in finance quality, IT management, in the valuation of public and private entities. Her career started in real estate investment banking working with Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers, just to name a few. She also went international, assisting Swiss startup MicroChemical Systems in business development capital, financial projections, and keeping venture capital investors happy.