As the Co-Founder and CEO at Rise Science, Jeff Kahn discusses the challenge of being emotionally present as a leader, the power of gratitude, and the two levers of sleep that are essential to high-performing leaders. Have you been enjoying these Heartbeat episodes, lately? If so, it’d mean the world to me if you wrote us…

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As the author of “Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps” and the CEO of Cultivating Leadership, Jennifer Garvey Berger discusses the hesitancy most leaders have around power, our relationship to conflict, and the most common mindtraps we find ourselves in as leaders. Have you been enjoying these Heartbeat episodes, lately? If so, it’d mean the world to me if…

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As COO at 1Password, Matt Davey talks about eschewing perfectionism, being an empathy-led business, why it’s important that everybody in the company does customer support (even with 220+ employees!), and what exactly has helped them maintain their “organizational soul.” Have you been enjoying these Heartbeat episodes, lately? If so, it’d mean the world to me if…

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As a leading conflict expert who’s worked with leaders and teams at organizations such as IBM and the United Nations, Dr. Jennifer Goldman-Wetzler, Ph. D., talks about embracing hard work, freeing yourself from conflict, resolving conflict, and ideal values vs shadow values. Currently, Dr. Goldman-Wetlzer is the Author of Optimal Outcomes and Founder + CEO…

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As Founder of Farnam Street, Shane Parrish talks about leaders’ tendencies to ignore positive outcomes and focus on the negative ones, being receptive to feedback, and the important concepts of “living life backwards,” and “outcome over ego.” Have you been enjoying these Heartbeat episodes, lately? If so, it’d mean the world to me if you wrote…

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As Coach and CEO at RebootHQ, Jerry Colonna talks about just because you feel like shit doesn’t mean you are shit, that there’s a very tight correlation between high achievers and impostor syndrome, and that cringe-worthy moments are great moments of learning. Have you been enjoying these Heartbeat episodes, lately? If so, it’d mean the world… Read the full article

This week, Jason Fried, CEO and Co-Founder of Basecamp and I, your host, Claire Lew, CEO of Canopy (formerly Know Your Team), interview each other for this special milestone episode #50 of The Heartbeat. We talk about learning how to be like yourself earlier, thinking about long-term views as leaders, how leadership roles change over…

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As CEO and Co-Founder of Lullabot , Matt Westgate talks about starting a company from scratch, teaching himself what he needed to know about business, leading with authenticity, and encouraging his company to talk openly about mental health. Every few weeks as part of The Heartbeat, I ask one question to a founder, CEO, or…

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As Co-Founder and Head of engineering at Gusto, Edward Kim talks about transitioning from a developer to a leader and the difficulty he had doing so, how founders see your company versus how early employees see your company, and failing as a learning opportunity. Every few weeks as part of The Heartbeat, I ask one…

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As VP Platform Engineering at Stitch Fix, Former VP Engineering at DocuSign, Pooja Brown talks about how every experience is a learning opportunity, people management, and why it’s important to “keep your listening ears on as a leader.” Every few weeks as part of The Heartbeat, I ask one question to a founder, CEO, or…

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