[Unedited] Jerry Colonna with Krista Tippett
We still work with the old idea that we should check the messy parts of ourselves at the door of our professional lives. But Jerry Colonna says doing so cuts us off from the source of our creativity. \u201cThe result is that our organizations are actually less productive, less imaginative; not just poor workplaces for individuals to be, but poor places for collaboration \u2026 and spontaneity and laughter and humor.\u201d Colonna is a former venture capitalist who now coaches CEOs. He says undoing the old model starts with radical self-inquiry and asking ourselves questions like \u201cWho is the person I\u2019ve been all my life?\u201d \u2014 and that it\u2019s only after we sort through the material of our personal lives that we can become better leaders.\nJerry Colonna is the co-founder and CEO of Reboot, an executive coaching and leadership development firm. He also hosts the \u201cReboot\u201d podcast and is the author of \u201cReboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up.\u201d And if you want to hear Jerry in action, he\u2019s featured in several episodes of Gimlet media\u2019s podcast \u201cStartUp.\u201d\nThis interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode \u201cJerry Colonna \u2014 Can You Really Bring Your Whole Self to Work?\u201d Find more at onbeing.org.