Disruptive Conversations
Disruptive conversations is a blog series where I record conversations with people who are working to transform or disrupt a sector or system.Sometimes I do in-person interviews, but they are usually online.
Podcasts
Ep: 101: Rethinking everything you thought you knew about facilitation. A Disruptive Conversation with Adam Kahane.
Published: Sept. 15, 2021, 1:30 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 27 seconds
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Ep: 100: Creating a flywheel? A Disruptive Conversation with Paul Desmarais III.
Published: April 15, 2021, 3:38 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 30 seconds
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S3: Ep. 99: Why we need philosophers in the board room? A Disruptive Conversation with Christian Madsbjerg.
Published: April 2, 2021, 1:36 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 45 seconds
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S3: Ep. 98: Conversations create a new way of seeing. A Disruptive Conversation with Paul Pangaro
Published: March 16, 2021, 12:21 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 32 seconds
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S3: Ep. 97: Be a billionaire of influencing positive outcomes. A Disruptive Conversation with Joel Solomon
Published: March 1, 2021, 11:54 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 5 seconds
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S3: Ep. 96:We build our world conversation by conversation. A Disruptive Conversations with Elizabeth Stokoe.
Published: Feb. 15, 2021, 12:20 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 59 seconds
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S3: Ep. 95: Bringing out the best in others is not a logical endeavour.A Disruptive Conversations with Dr Larry Richard.
Published: Feb. 1, 2021, 11 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 23 seconds
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S3: Ep. 94:What is the default setting for your conversations? A Disruptive Conversations with Daniel Stillman.
Published: Jan. 15, 2021, 10:15 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 15 seconds
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S3: Ep. 93: Is it okay to be you in the world? A Disruptive Conversations with Dan Doty.
Published: Dec. 1, 2020, noonDuration: 46 minutes 38 seconds
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S3: Ep. 92:To change your life, you need to change something you do every day. A Disruptive Conversation with Liz Elam.
Published: Nov. 16, 2020, 1:05 a.m.Duration: 33 minutes 58 seconds
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S3: Ep. 91: Disrupting Robust Discrepancies. A Disruptive Conversations with Isobel Stevenson.
Published: Nov. 1, 2020, 2:30 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 5 seconds
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S3: Ep. 90: Are you being a thought partner. A Disruptive Conversation with Hubert Saint-Onge.
Published: Oct. 15, 2020, 6:05 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 19 seconds
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S3: Ep. 89: Disinfect at the source. A Disruptive Conversation with David Burkus.
Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 10:50 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 21 seconds
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Ep. 31 (Rebroadcast): Dont confuse invention and innovation. A conversation with John Ruffolo.
Published: Sept. 16, 2020, 1:54 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 2 seconds
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S3: Ep. 88: Maintaining a stance of curiosity. A Disruptive Conversation with Peter De Jong.
Published: Sept. 1, 2020, 11:35 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 18 seconds
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S3: Ep.87: Change Your World. A Disruptive Conversation with Michael Ungar.
Published: Aug. 15, 2020, 6:54 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 54 seconds
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S3: Ep.86: Disruption starts with inside of the house expertise. A Disruptive Conversation with Aneil Gokhale.
Published: July 30, 2020, noonDuration: 1 hour 6 minutes 30 seconds
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S3: Ep.85: Business Models for a better world. A Disruptive Conversation with Sarah Kaplan.
Published: July 15, 2020, 11:24 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 2 seconds
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S3: Ep. 84: An approach to better conversations. A Disruptive Conversation with Haesun Moon
Published: July 1, 2020, 11:35 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 24 seconds
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S3: Ep. 83: Disrupting performative diversity and inclusion initiatives featuring Stefan Kollenber3
Published: June 15, 2020, 12:35 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 44 seconds
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S3: Ep. 82: Successful conversations are not free of negative feelings featuring Misha Glouberman
Published: June 1, 2020, 10:25 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 29 seconds
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S3: Ep. 81: Find The Nudge by being a tourist in the world you wish to change featuring Sille Krukow
Published: May 15, 2020, 1:51 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 50 seconds
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S2: Ep. 80: The job of the disruptor is to harness self-interest. A Disruptive Conversation with Tonya Surman
Published: May 15, 2019, 10 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 46 seconds
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S2: Ep. 79: Being intentional with your language. A Disruptive Conversations with Jon Shell
Published: May 1, 2019, 11:20 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes 4 seconds
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S2: Ep. 78: Learn to be wrong with grace. A Disruptive Conversation with Andrea Reimer.
Published: April 15, 2019, 10:15 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 49 seconds
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S2: Ep. 77: Stop doing the wrong things righter. A Disruptive Conversation with Cameron Norman.
Published: April 1, 2019, 11:40 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 58 seconds
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S2: Ep. 76: A church without god. No seriously! A Disruptive Conversations with Ashley Proctor.
Published: March 15, 2019, 11 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 49 seconds
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S2: Ep. 75: The Myth of Hacking Growth. A Disruptive Conversation with Sarah Stockdale
Published: March 4, 2019, 3:36 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 48 seconds
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S2: Ep. 74: Embracing detached action. A Disruptive Conversations with Kofi Hope
Published: Feb. 18, 2019, 3:14 p.m.Duration: 55 minutes 10 seconds
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S2: Ep. 73: The life you live is determined by your intentions. A Disruptive Conversation with Adrian Crook.
Published: Feb. 1, 2019, 11:53 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 19 seconds
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S2: Ep. 72: How would you disrupt your own business? A Disruptive Conversations with Maarten Ectors
Published: Jan. 15, 2019, 10:21 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 22 seconds
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S2: Ep. 71: We all need to feel loved by our first tribe. A Disruptive Conversation with Alyson Schafer.
Published: Dec. 1, 2018, 4:20 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 16 seconds
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S2: Ep. 70:Dismantling the myth of the lone wolf. A Disruptive Conversation with Kate Sutherland.
Published: Nov. 15, 2018, noonDuration: 33 minutes 13 seconds
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S2: Ep. 69: Business needs to go All In on Sustainability: A Disruptive Conversation with David Grayson.
Published: Nov. 1, 2018, 11 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 28 seconds
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S2: Ep. 68: A sailboat approach to disruption. A Disruptive Conversation with John Robinson.
Published: Oct. 15, 2018, 11 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 12 seconds
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S2: Ep. 67: Overnight change takes decades of preparation. A Disruptive Conversation with Travis Kimmel.
Published: Oct. 1, 2018, 1:05 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 46 seconds
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S2: Ep. 66: Stop caring about people buying your product. A Disruptive Conversation with Seyi Fabode.
Published: Sept. 15, 2018, 4:47 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 50 seconds
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S2: Ep. 65: When the rain comes the flowers will bloom. A Disruptive Conversation with Marc Winn
Published: Sept. 1, 2018, 11:04 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 9 seconds
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S2: Ep. 64: If the fight is worth fighting for, do so relentlessly. A Disruptive Conversation with Chris Hooper.
Published: Aug. 15, 2018, 11:55 a.m.Duration: 36 minutes 42 seconds
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S2: Ep: 62: Confessions of a Corporate Insurgent. A Disruptive Conversation with Gib Bulloch
Published: July 29, 2018, 1:07 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 9 seconds
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S2: Ep 61: The moment you start winning, you start losing. A Disruptive Conversation with Tendayi Viki
Published: July 15, 2018, 11:25 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 57 seconds
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Bonus: Ep 60: Insights on the Future of Work. A disruptive conversations from The Urban Worker Project.
Published: June 3, 2018, 11:37 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 12 seconds
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Bonus: Ep 59: Put lots of cookies in your backpack. A Disruptive Conversation with Mary Gordon.
Published: May 15, 2018, 4:34 a.m.Duration: 49 minutes 55 seconds
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Ep. 58: (Mini-Series-Chap-5): Disrupting Healthcare Using Patient-Generated Data. A Disruptive Conversations mini-series.
Published: May 2, 2018, midnightDuration: 27 minutes 37 seconds
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Ep. 58: (Mini-Series-Chap-4): Disrupting Healthcare Using Patient-Generated Data. A Disruptive Conversations mini-series.
Published: May 1, 2018, 11:59 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 54 seconds
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Ep. 58: (Mini-Series-Chap-3): Disrupting Healthcare Using Patient-Generated Data. A Disruptive Conversations mini-series.
Published: May 1, 2018, 11:57 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 40 seconds
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Ep. 58: (Mini-Series-Chap-2): Disrupting Healthcare Using Patient-Generated Data. A Disruptive Conversations mini-series.
Published: May 1, 2018, 11:55 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 27 seconds
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Ep. 58: (Mini-Series-Chap-1): Disrupting Healthcare Using Patient-Generated Data. A Disruptive Conversations mini-series.
Published: May 1, 2018, 11:52 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 4 seconds
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Bonus: Ep. 57: It is possible to help people and become a successful entrepreneur. A Disruptive Conversation with Andrea Demichelis
Published: April 29, 2018, 11:51 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 34 seconds
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Bonus: Ep. 56: How do you own your data? A Disruptive Conversation with Mitzi Laszlo
Published: April 1, 2018, 10:37 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 55 seconds
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Bonus: Ep. 55: Why a truly disruptive conversation should make you rethink everything you thought you knew.
Published: March 17, 2018, 9:59 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 56 seconds
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Bonus: Ep. 54: What you need to know about how the why is more important than the what. A Disruptive Conversation with Kishau Rogers.
Published: Feb. 16, 2018, 3:31 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 19 seconds
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Bonus: Ep. 53: What does a good quality of death look like? A Disruptive Conversation with Sun Drews
Published: Jan. 17, 2018, 12:52 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 42 seconds
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Bonus: Ep. 52: Disruption at the edge of regulated and unregulated markets. A Disruptive Conversation with Mark Zekulin.
Published: Dec. 15, 2017, 8:55 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 25 seconds
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Bonus: Ep. 51: Your enemies can be your greatest teacher. A Disruptive Conversation with Adam Kahane.
Published: Nov. 15, 2017, 3:52 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 54 seconds
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Season 1 Wrap up: Pay attention to what's urgent but not important. A Disruptive Conversation with Keita Demming featuring Chuck Marohn
Published: Oct. 22, 2017, 10:55 a.m.Duration: 56 minutes 39 seconds
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Ep. 50: Part 2 - Taming complexity. Lessons from a horse whisperer. A Disruptive Conversation with Letizia Reato
Published: Oct. 15, 2017, 11:35 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 30 seconds
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Ep. 50: Part 1 - Taming complexity. Lessons from a horse whisperer. A Disruptive Conversation with Letizia Reato
Published: Oct. 8, 2017, 11:45 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 12 seconds
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Ep. 49: Disrupting the American Dream. A Disruptive Conversation with Courtney Martin
Published: Sept. 24, 2017, 12:53 a.m.Duration: 47 minutes 59 seconds
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Ep. 48: Disrupt by knowing your market inside out. A Disruptive Conversation with Sheeza Shah
Published: Sept. 17, 2017, 3:25 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 44 seconds
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Ep. 47: Is authenticity a principle of being disruptive? A Disruptive Conversation with Ritu Bhasin.
Published: Sept. 10, 2017, 2:34 p.m.Duration: 36 minutes 5 seconds
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Ep. 46: Think big, start small, and work together. A Disruptive Conversation with Nick Scott.
Published: Sept. 3, 2017, 11:53 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 48 seconds
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Ep. 45: Can we avoid going to the last resource first? A Disruptive Conversation with Huda Idrees.
Published: Aug. 27, 2017, 4:20 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 40 seconds
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Ep 44: How do we scale and improve decision-making? A Disruptive Conversation with John Richardson
Published: Aug. 20, 2017, 6:27 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 2 seconds
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Ep. 43: The future is financed and implemented by the present. A disruptive conversation with Daniel Egger
Published: Aug. 13, 2017, 11 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 58 seconds
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Ep. 42: What does it mean to be anti-silver bullet? A Disruptive Conversation with Amanda Hachey
Published: Aug. 6, 2017, 6 a.m.Duration: 39 minutes 4 seconds
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Part 2 Ep. 41. No more faster horses. Focus on changing the culture. A Disruptive Conversation with Chuck Marohn
Published: July 30, 2017, 11:40 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 42 seconds
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Ep. 41. No more faster horses. Focus on changing the culture. A Disruptive Conversation with Chuck Marohn
Published: July 21, 2017, 11:30 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 13 seconds
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Ep. 40: To be disruptive build bridges to the industry. A Disruptive Conversations with Tim Attia.
Published: July 17, 2017, 12:41 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 44 seconds
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Ep. 39: To have what you have never had do what you have never done. A Disruptive Conversation with Sharon Avery
Published: July 9, 2017, 4:50 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 34 seconds
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Ep. 38: Is compassion and empathy at the heart of ideological change? A Disruptive Conversation with Christian Picciolini.
Published: July 2, 2017, 3:17 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 55 seconds
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Ep. 37: Stop driving with your emergency brakes on! A Disruptive Conversation with Jeff Leitner
Published: June 25, 2017, 11:40 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 8 seconds
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Ep. 36: Walking the path with your enemy. A Disruptive Conversation with Zak Ebrahim
Published: June 18, 2017, 1:01 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 35 seconds
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Ep. 35: Are you waiting on other people to be the change you want to see in the world. A Disruptive Conversation with Jonathan Levy
Published: June 11, 2017, 12:17 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 5 seconds
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Ep. 34: The tragedy of Strategic Planning. A Disruptive Conversation with Zaid Hassan.
Published: June 4, 2017, 11:28 a.m.Duration: 28 minutes 33 seconds
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Ep. 33: Why are you the right person to bring this idea to the world? A Disruptive Conversation with Cheryl Rose.
Published: May 28, 2017, 7:37 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 14 seconds
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Ep. 32: The secrets we keep can have high costs. A disruptive conversation with Brielle Morgan
Published: May 21, 2017, 3:21 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 21 seconds
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Ep. 31: Dont confuse invention and innovation. A conversation with John Ruffolo.
Published: May 14, 2017, 12:30 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 48 seconds
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Ep. 30: When the bar is low the opportunity for disruption is high. A conversation with Greg Tehven.
Published: May 7, 2017, 4:43 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 48 seconds
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Ep. 29: Responsibility, forgiveness and reconciliation. A disruptive conversation with Thordis Elva
Published: April 30, 2017, 11:54 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes 16 seconds
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Ep. 28: Turning social safety nets into trampolines. A conversation with Sarah Schulman
Published: April 23, 2017, 1:55 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 4 seconds
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Ep. 27: Hate parking tickets? Let's make it easy for everyone. A disruptive conversation with Jim Gibbs from MeterFeeder.
Published: April 16, 2017, noonDuration: 35 minutes 15 seconds
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Ep. 26: When it comes to cybersecurity, let's disrupt zero-sum thinking. A conversation with Dr. Ann Cavoukian
Published: April 9, 2017, 1:29 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 28 seconds
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Ep. 25: How do we catalyze change for public good? A conversation with Claire Bure
Published: April 2, 2017, 11:51 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 37 seconds
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Ep. 24: Your flaws don't define you. You can be disruptive despite your flaws. A conversation with Mark Brand.
Published: March 26, 2017, 12:38 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 31 seconds
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Ep. 23: How a group of students is transforming lives in some of the harshest conditions on the planet. A conversation with Stefany Nieto
Published: March 19, 2017, 4:48 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 14 seconds
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Ep. 22: What if I told you 'walkabilty' was a disruptive concept? A conversation with Jeff Speck.
Published: March 12, 2017, 8:34 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 8 seconds
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Ep. 21: Build an oragnizations that others cannot duplicate. A conversation with Dhani Oks
Published: March 5, 2017, 12:53 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 15 seconds
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Ep. 20: How can we disrupt a culture of punishment? A conversation with Piper Anderson.
Published: Feb. 26, 2017, 2:46 p.m.Duration: 34 minutes 16 seconds
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Ep. 19: Generate disruption by being action biased. A conversation with Steve Garguilo
Published: Feb. 19, 2017, 2:53 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 28 seconds
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Ep. 18: What if quality of thought was at the core of our education system? A conversation with Maria Vamvalis
Published: Feb. 12, 2017, 1:47 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 37 seconds
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Ep. 17: Who is behind the social innovation side of UBER? A conversation with Bradley Tusk.
Published: Feb. 5, 2017, 12:53 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 21 seconds
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Ep. 16: Are ordinary people the source of disruption? A conversation with Al Etmanski.
Published: Jan. 29, 2017, 2:11 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 23 seconds
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Ep. 15: Finding disruption in unexpected places. A conversation with Kaitlin Mongentale of Pulp Pantry.
Published: Jan. 22, 2017, 12:32 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 31 seconds
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Ep. 14: Disrupting under the public eye. A Conversation with Jennifer Keesmatt Toronto's chief planner.
Published: Jan. 15, 2017, 12:55 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 51 seconds
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Ep. 13: The strange & wonderful intersection between Startup organizations and Peace Studies. A Conversation with Paul Heidebrecht
Published: Jan. 9, 2017, 12:44 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 39 seconds
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Ep. 12: Disrupting complex organizations through Service Design. A conversation with Chris Ferguson from Bridgeable
Published: Dec. 25, 2016, 1:25 p.m.Duration: 28 minutes 26 seconds
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Ep. 11: How a community of creative alchemist is HATCHing a better world. A conversation with Yarrow Kraner.
Published: Dec. 18, 2016, 4:18 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 16 seconds
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Ep. 10: Can conflict and curiosity be a path to breakthrough? A conversation with Crista Renner of Velocity.
Published: Dec. 11, 2016, 2:24 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 38 seconds
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Ep 9: Designing for the future of learning today. A conversation with Chrisitan Long from Wonder by Design
Published: Dec. 4, 2016, 4:06 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 16 seconds
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Ep 8: Disrupting the food system. A conversation with Diane Hatz from ChangeFood.org
Published: Nov. 27, 2016, 12:09 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 30 seconds
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Ep 7: Coaching the next generation of disruptors. A conversation with Brendan Wylie-Toal from Green House
Published: Nov. 20, 2016, 2:33 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 58 seconds
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Ep 6: Public art as a source of disruptive innovation. A conversation with Anjuli Solanki
Published: Nov. 13, 2016, 1:13 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 29 seconds
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Ep 5: How an old idea is disrupting the financial system. A conversation with Akhtar Mohammed.
Published: Nov. 7, 2016, 2:45 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 7 seconds
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Ep 4: How learning from failure can help spur innovation. A conversation with Ashley Good of FailForward
Published: Oct. 30, 2016, 4:40 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 11 seconds
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Ep 3: Immigrants actually make your country safer. A conversation with Sheryl Winarick
Published: Oct. 23, 2016, 2:41 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 24 seconds
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Ep 2: Education as a pathway to disruption with Jennifer McRae
Published: Oct. 16, 2016, 2:19 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 38 seconds
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Ep 1: Profit & Purpose. How can they become friends? A conversation with Phillip Haid
Published: Oct. 8, 2016, 10:46 p.m.Duration: 29 minutes 34 seconds
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