Recently, a story went viral online about a CEO of a small start-up tech firm that laid off a handful of staff.

Some people supported this CEO's openness and vulnerability.

Others found the CEO to be tone deaf and alleged that he was using the situation as a publicity stunt.

So what is the truth?

Nobody truly knows his intentions behind the original post, but on this episode we break down:

- What happened with this company and how the CEO responded publicly

- The consensus of people that are attacking and supporting what happened

- What we can all take away form this situation

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CEO’s teary post selfie goes south

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Fred Baker has more than a decade of experience in Instructional Design and Project Management, having worked in both higher education and in business.

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Liz Reveles has worked for over 25 years developing high-impact leaders and Training professionals. Today, Liz consults with businesses to provide leadership development, business coaching, life coaching and speaking engagements.

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On this episode, we  look at how the skill of learning effectively and efficiently is necessarily in today’s world. 

This episode will provide you with a 4-step model to learn just about anything as quickly as possible.

We also explore a Business Insider article that features the Microsoft CEO promoting being a learn-it-all.

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Guy has been an external consultant since 1982 and is known for his writings and presentations on both Performance Analysis, and Curriculum Architecture Design. On this episode, we dive in to Guy's experience, what he thinks about the change to L&D teams over time, and what we all can do to focus on performance improvements.

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Yu-kai Chou is an Author and International Keynote Speaker on Gamification and Behavioral Design. 

He is the Founding Partner and Chief Creation Officer of the premium consulting/design firm The Octalysis Group, as well as Co-Founder and Chief Experience of Metablox – an NFT platform powered by Real World Places and Real Life Memories.

Yu-kai is the Original Creator of the Octalysis Framework, and the author of Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards. 

Yu-kai has been a regular speaker/lecturer on gamification and motivation worldwide, including at organizations like Stanford/Yale/Oxford, Google, Tesla, IDEO LEGO, BCG, the governments of UK, Singapore, Kingdom of Bahrain, and many more. 

His design work has empowered over 1 Billion users’ experiences across the world.

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There are a lot of people that seem miserable and complain constantly these days.

While there are certainly problems that need solving, I believe that these people just lack perspective.

By most objective data, we live in the greatest time in human history.

We need to take advantage of this. For ourselves, for those around us, and for how we motivate and engage ourselves in our careers.

We look at two articles today and discuss how they can help us to gain perspective and how we can use this data to support our people.

We don't have to do things the old ways anymore.

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What a Time to Be Alive by Jack Raines

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Today we welcome on our first guest - Jason Klietz.

He has an inspiring story about self-improvement, accountability, and learning.

Jason started a health journey and has inadvertently experienced social media fame. He talks about his unexpected attention and what he is doing to allow his experience to motivate others.

This is a great episode to learn from. We can all improve ourselves in multiple areas of our lives.

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Previous Apex Mind Episodes mentioned:

0: Origin of Apex Mind

15: I've Solved the Return to Work Debate

19: How Better Training Can Address The Great Resignation

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Episode 21

The Economy is slowing and we are likely heading for a recession.

Many large tech companies have already been laying off staff.

Your company may be tightening budgets or reducing staff.

Times like this can be scary, but there are opportunities.

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