The Perkins Platform

Harvard-trained global learning and organizational development leader, facilitator, and author, Carice Anderson joins us to discuss her new book, Intelligence Isn’t Enough: A Black Professional’s Guide to Thriving in the Workplace (published in October 2022 with Berrett-Koehler Publishers). Carice wants to empower professionals to take ownership of their careers by helping them understand themselves, others and their environments better so that they can ultimately have more impact and fun at work. In her book, Carice shares her career insights as well as lessons learned from 30 successful Black leaders that she interviewed for the book. She has presented insights from her book to companies such as Google, Bain & Company, JPMorgan Chase, Accenture, Bloomberg and Biogen, just to name a few. Carice has an MBA from Harvard Business School and she has worked for top companies such as McKinsey & Company, Deloitte and Korn Ferry. She lived in South Africa for 10 years and she recently moved back to Atlanta with her husband Fungayi. Tune in on Wednesday, September 13 @ 6pm EST!

Join us on Thursday, September 7 @ 6pm EST for an exciting conversation with Brad Stulberg discussing his new book, Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You. Brad's book is being released on Wednesday, September 6 and we will be the first to hear from him post-release! Brad researches, writes, and coaches on health, well-being, and sustainable excellence. He is the bestselling author of The Practice of Groundedness and co-author of Peak Performance. Stulberg regularly contributes to the New York Times, and his work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, Outside Magazine, Forbes, and other outlets. He also serves as the co-host of The Growth Equation podcast and is on faculty at the University of Michigan’s Graduate School of Public Health. In his coaching practice, he works with executives, entrepreneurs, physicians, and athletes on their mental skills and overall well-being. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

Join us on Wednesday, September 6 @ 6pm EST for an exciting conversation with The Decision Doctor, Constance Dierickx, as she shares the steps on getting “unstuck” when making decisions. Constance is a sought-after advisor to boards and senior executives making the most consequential decisions, including strategic pivots, CEO transitions, conflict, and crisis. She has consulted with dozens of boards and over 500 executives on five continents. Recognized as an expert on governance, strategic decisions, and recovering from strategic mistakes, Constance has been interviewed by National Public Radio for Marketplace Morning, The Wall Street Journal, and Chief Executive and writes for Harvard Business Review and Forbes. Her most recent book is Meta-Leadership: How to see what others don’t and make great decisions (April 2023.) She is a member of the Association for Psychological Science, The Association for the Advancement of Consulting, and Marshall Goldsmith’s MG100 Coaches. Constance, a former stockbroker, earned her MA and Ph.D. from Georgia State University in clinical Psychology.

Leadership development speaker and visionary technology and business executive with deep expertise in security, managing risk, and leading an inclusive culture, Andy Ellis joins us to discuss his new book, 1% Leadership: Master the Small, Daily Improvements that Set Great Leaders Apart. Andy is a graduate of MIT and former US Air Force officer, and served as Akamai’s Chief Security Officer. He is now an Operating Partner at YL Ventures, an advisor to numerous cyber security startups, and has served on Harvard’s Visiting Committee to Information Technology, the FCC’s Communications Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council. He was inducted into the CSO Hall of Fame in 2021. Tune in on Wednesday, August 30 @ 6pm EST!

Join us on Wednesday, August 23 @ 6pm EST for an exciting conversation on leadership philosophy with Gretchen Oltman and Vicki Bautista, authors of What's Your Leadership Story?: A School Leader's Guide to Aligning How You Lead with Who You Are.

Gretchen Oltman, J.D., Ph.D., is an associate professor of organizational leadership at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. She is also an attorney and author with over 25 years working in the field of education. Her work focuses on the practical application of leadership principles to real-life settings.

Vicki Bautista is an Assistant Professor at Creighton University in the Department of Family and Community Medicine in the School of Medicine. She serves as the Assistant Program Director for the online master’s in Integrative Health and Wellness. Additionally, she is a Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach. Prior to working at Creighton, she was employed in a variety of health promotion settings including, non-profit, medical, government, and research.

Miami-based independent scholar and blogger for Psychology Today, Lawrence R. Samuel joins us to share his thoughts on the psychology of success. Lawrence’s many books include Diversity in the United States: A Cultural History of the Past Century (2023) and the forthcoming Literacy in America: A Cultural History of the Past Century (2024) and The American Teacher: A History (2024). He holds a Ph.D. in American Studies and an MA in English from the University of Minnesota and was a Smithsonian Institution Fellow. Tune in on Wednesday, August 16 @ 6pm EST!

Join us on Wednesday, August 9 @ 6pm EST for an exciting discussion with award-winning author, Joseph Grenny as he shares his work on crucial conversations. Joseph is a New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including the communication classic, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High. His work has been used by nearly half of the Forbes Global 2000 and has helped millions of people achieve better relationships and results. He co-founded Crucial Learning, one of the world’s most respected learning and organization development firms, offering courses in communication, performance, and leadership. Joseph is also the co-founder and current board chair of Unitus Labs, an international nonprofit that has helped more than 50 million people increase their self-reliance and provided capital arrangement services of more than $2 billion to some of the world’s most successful socially oriented ventures. Joseph also co-founded The Other Side Academy (TOSA), a residential school that teaches vocational and life skills to people with histories of crime, addiction, and homelessness.

Catalyst, strategist and coach to C-Suite executives, professionals and entrepreneurs, David Lancefield joins us to share his thoughts and experiences on emotions and leadership. As well as a speaker and facilitator, David hosts the Lancefield on the Line podcast for strategic leaders. He writes for Harvard Business Review and is a contributing editor for Strategy+Business. David is also a guest lecturer at the London Business School. He has worked with over 40 CEOs, hundreds of senior executives, professionals and entrepreneurs from start-ups to corporates, private to public, local to global, media to utility. These include the BBC, Microsoft, Royal Mail, Standard & Poors, Informa, Vodafone, NBC Universal, NHS, Virgin Media, Technicolor, Channel 4, Sage, IHG and The Guardian. Tune in on Wednesday, August, 2 @ 6pm EST!

Founder, productivity expert, automation enthusiast, and bestselling author, Aytekin Tank joins us to discuss his new book, Automate Your Busywork: Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff. This work delivers an essential and insightful roadmap to help you make the most of your most precious asset: time. Aytekin’s entrepreneurial passion and firm belief in creating tools to make organizations more productive led him to build Jotform, a bootstrapped global Software as a Service (SaaS) company that provides powerful online forms to tens of millions of users. Tune in on Wednesday, July 26 @ 6pm EST!

Join us on Wednesday, July 19 @ 6pm EST for an exciting conversation with award-winning writer and author, Julia Keller to discuss her new book, Quitting: A Life Strategy / The Myth of Perseverance and How the New Science of Giving Up Can Set You Free. Julia is Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, novelist, playwright, and teacher. She has taught at Princeton University, The University of Chicago, and the University of Notre Dame, and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. She was the literary critic at The Chicago Tribune for a decade until she quit to write books. Her award-winning, eight-volume mystery series begins with A Killing in the Hills and is set in her home state of West Virginia, and she is also the author of a three-volume science fiction series, The Dark Intercept.