Best Keita Demming Podcasts (2025)

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Omar Mohammed | Cropper Foundation 42:31

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In this episode we chat with Omar Mohammed, CEO of the Cropper Foundation in Trinidad & Tobago, a non-profit organization that is unique in its focus on innovation, collaboration and impact. Learn about impactful sustainability and climate focus projects they're working on to boost sustainable agriculture and education about climate in the Caribbea…

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Stuart Cozier | Sustainability & the Global South 37:00

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In this episode Stuart Cozier of Every Bottle Back in Trinidad & Tobago, explains how his organization is participating in the circular economy with an operation that is recycling plastics to remove waste and litter from local ecosystems, beaches and households.By Chike Farrell

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Jessica Holmes: The Path to Thriving Mental Health in the Workplace 44:36

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Could humor be the secret to a fulfilling professional life? Comedian Jessica Holmes joins us to explore how humor can enhance mental well-being, workplace satisfaction, and align personal values with work. Jessica Holmes is renowned for her performances alongside Ellen DeGeneres, Russell Peters, Jerry Seinfeld, and Oprah Winfrey. She has graced st…

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Haesun Moon: The Art of Strategic Listening 49:14

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Join us for an enlightening conversation with Dr. Haesun Moon, Executive Director at the Canadian Centre for Brief Coaching and author of "Coaching A to Z." In this episode, Haesun explores the profound impact of strategic listening in solution-focused coaching, emphasizing how intentional listening choices drive meaningful conversations that foste…

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Henna Pryor: Embracing Awkwardness for Authentic Professional Growth 50:49

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Ever felt that awkwardness could actually be a strength rather than a weakness? In this episode, Henna Pryor, a regular Expert Columnist for Inc. Magazine, 10x award-winning author of Good Awkward, and an in-demand global keynote speaker, explores the idea that awkwardness can be a strength in both personal and professional settings. Pryor challeng…

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Jessica Hawkins: Emotional Intelligence and Conflict Resolution at Work 1:10:32

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In the hustle and bustle of today's work world, where stress and burnout are all too common, embracing empathetic conflict resolution is key to cultivating vibrant and supportive workplaces. Join Jessica Hawkins, Leadership Coach, Workplace Mediator, Solution-Focused Trainer, and Founder of Better Conflict, as we dive into the dynamics of workplace…

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Jonathan Passmore: The Value of Coaching for Organizational Growth 57:06

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In this episode, we're honored to host Jonathan Passmore, a globally recognized chartered occupational psychologist, executive coach, author, and leader with over 40 years of experience across various sectors. With a wealth of expertise gained from diverse leadership roles spanning public, private, academic, and non-profit sectors, Jonathan brings …

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Ep 3 - Rueanna Haynes talks Climate Action from a Caribbean lens 34:29

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In this episode we meet Rueanna Haynes, Director of Climate Analytics Caribbean, a passionate advocate for the planet and the power of organisations and individuals to work together to create meaningful change. Rueanna has represented the Caribbean region in multilateral environmental negotiations, using her unique combination of law, policy experi…

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Jeremy Miller: Integrating Core Values for Sustainable Business Growth 41:43

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My guest in this episode is Jeremy Miller, brand strategist and bestselling author. Over the past decade, Jeremy and the Sticky Branding team have profiled and interviewed hundreds of companies across dozens of industries to uncover how companies grow Sticky Brands. In this conversation, we highlight the connection between personal development and …

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Fotini Iconomopoulos: Negotiation Mastery for Empowerment & Growth 50:39

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Dive into the art of negotiation with Fotini Iconomopoulos, where empathy and strategic silence take center stage. In our conversation, Fotini, a renowned negotiation consultant, shares insights on how mastering negotiation goes beyond simple transactions, deeply influencing our business relationships and personal growth. As the best-selling author…

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Ron Tite: Bridging Profit with Purpose for Holistic Success 54:53

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In this episode, I had a great conversation with entrepreneur, speaker, and best-selling author, Ron Tite, who has been an award-winning advertising writer and Creative Director for some of the world’s most respected brands. Together, we delve into the shift from profit-driven approaches to purposeful business practices that foster both personal an…

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Minette Norman: Cultivating Inclusive Leadership and Trust in Business 51:58

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In this episode, my guest is Minette Norman, an author, speaker, and leadership consultant who previously spent decades leading global technical teams in the software industry. She has extensive experience leading internationally distributed teams and believes that when groups embrace diversity in all its forms, breakthroughs emerge, and innovation…

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Keita Demming PhD - Sustainability & the Global South S1 Ep2 55:15

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Keita Demming is a Caribbean-born innovator doing it on the global stage. He is an educator, author, and strategy consultant, with a passion for seeing organizations become more successful and sustainable through more effective strategy development and implementation. He drives himself and those around him to always push the envelope, including fou…

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Tendayi Viki: Cultivating Authenticity and Innovation in Corporate Culture 51:03

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Unlock the secrets to transforming corporate culture through authenticity and innovation with my esteemed guest Tendayi Viki. As we sit across from each other, you'll gain invaluable insights into the role of psychological safety, the freedom to embrace mistakes, and the impact of discarding the stifling "mask of correctness." It's a candid explora…

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Liane Davey: Embracing Conflict for Team Success 40:20

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Explore the world of innovation through discomfort with renowned author and team consultant, Liane Davey. Known for her bestselling books and contributions to Harvard Business Review, Liane brings a wealth of experience in leadership and team effectiveness. Discover the concept of 'conflict debt' and the value of addressing tough conversations head…

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Episode 1 - Racquel Moses 32:28

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In this first episode of the new video / audio show Sustainability and the Global South, Racquel Moses of the Caribbean Climate Smart Accelerator shares her journey and purpose around sustainability, the opportunity the Caribbean has to lead the world in sustainability solutions, and golden nuggets to help any aspiring leader in any space build suc…

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David Burkus: Building Psychological Safety and High-Performing Teams 34:16

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Discover the keys to mastering business and personal growth with renowned organizational psychologist and best-selling author, David Burkus. In our discussion, we delve into team dynamics, where David's expertise sheds light on creating shared understanding, bridging individual roles, and fostering collective intelligence. Dr. David Burkus is not o…

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Clint Pulver: Employee Engagement and Workplace Culture 37:23

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Dive into the world of workplace transformation with renowned keynote speaker, Emmy Award winner, and bestselling author Clint Pulver. Join us as Clint unravels the keys to fostering employee engagement and crafting a thriving workplace culture in this enlightening podcast episode. Clint is a professional keynote speaker, author, musician, pilot, a…

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Stephen Shedletzky: Cultivating a Speak-Up Culture 52:31

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Join me in a dynamic conversation with Stephen Shedletzky (Shed), for a deep dive into the essential elements of fostering a Speak-Up Culture within organizations. A sought-after speaker, coach, and advisor, Shed has led hundreds of keynote presentations, workshops, and leadership development programs around the world. As a thought leader on psycho…

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Welcome to Conversations with Keita Demming 1:19

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Welcome to Conversations with Keita Demming! This is a bi-weekly podcast on a quest for two things: How to become better people in business, and how to become better business people. Throughout the past year, I've had the privilege of interviewing inspiring individuals, diving deep into the fundamental questions of personal and professional develop…

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Ep: 101: Rethinking everything you thought you knew about facilitation. A Disruptive Conversation with Adam Kahane. 29:27

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In this episode, I speak with Adam Kahane about his new book, Facilitating Breakthrough, Facilitating Breakthrough: How to Remove Obstacles, Bridge Differences, and Move Forward Together. In the conversation, several things stood out for me. Here are a few What does it mean to be a facilitator? Many years ago, when I first received training, I thou…

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Ep: 100: Creating a flywheel? A Disruptive Conversation with Paul Desmarais III. 44:30

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In this conversation with Paul Desmarais III, we talk a lot about Disruption. In this episode, he shared many unique insights. Here are a few that stood out for me. What is Disruption? Naturally, this podcast has explored the word Disruption and what it means. Paul describes it as adding more people into the majority. He even said it was like growt…

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S3: Ep. 99: Why we need philosophers in the board room? A Disruptive Conversation with Christian Madsbjerg. 46:45

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Christian Madsbjerg is a professor at the New School for Social Research in New York City, where he teaches German and French philosophy from the 20th century. He has also founded a company called Red Associates. Red Associates is a Social Science-based or anthropology-based company to advise on human behaviour and how humans make sense of the worl…

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S3: Ep. 98: Conversations create a new way of seeing. A Disruptive Conversation with Paul Pangaro 45:32

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Paul Pangaro has a deep interest in the relationship between machines and people. He describes himself as an interaction designer, pragmatist and practitioner. He thinks, like me, believes if you have a good theory, you can then make progress. Currently, he teaches at Carnegie Mellon in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute there. In this conver…

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S3: Ep. 97: Be a billionaire of influencing positive outcomes. A Disruptive Conversation with Joel Solomon 43:05

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Joel Solomon is a financial activist and co-founder of a mission venture capital firm called Renewal Funds. He is also the author of The Clean Money Revolution: Reinventing Power, Purpose, and Capitalism. In this episode, we explore many a wide range of topics. Here are some of the things that stood out for me. How do we make money a force for good…

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S3: Ep. 96:We build our world conversation by conversation. A Disruptive Conversations with Elizabeth Stokoe. 40:59

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Elizabeth Stokoe is a conversational analyst. This means she studies conversation in the wild. She looks at real-life conversations works to understand how talk works. Her work focuses on social interactions. What are people doing as they interact? Here are some of the highlights from our conversation. We build our world through social interactions…

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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. 38:23

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Dr Larry Richard is a former Lawyer, who now works to understand what makes Lawyers tick. In our conversation, he shares his findings from his work with lawyers. His major insight is that skills and tools that make Lawyers good at law do not necessarily make them good leaders. In analyzing a variety of personality assessment tools, he found that La…

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S3: Ep. 94:What is the default setting for your conversations? A Disruptive Conversations with Daniel Stillman. 45:15

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In this conversation with Daniel, you hear from two people who are really fascinated with understanding conversations. We take a practical and philosophical journey thinking about and exploring our current thoughts on conversations. Here are some of the things that stood out for me in this conversation. We are designing conversations all the time. …

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S3: Ep. 93: Is it okay to be you in the world? A Disruptive Conversations with Dan Doty. 46:38

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Dan Doty describes himself as a father, husband, entrepreneur and outdoorsman. He is the co-founder of Everyman. A global organization that brings men together to learn and practice emotional skill sets. Men too can learn to be in touch with the vulnerable parts of life. They can learn to express as fully as possible. This conversation with Dan was…

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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. 33:58

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In this episode of Disruptive Conversations, we hear from Liz Elam, founder of the largest coworking conference in the world know as the Global Coworking Unconference Conference (GCUC). There are a number of great takeaways. Here are a few of the insights I found helpful. To change your life, you have to change something you do every day. Later in …

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S3: Ep. 91: Disrupting Robust Discrepancies. A Disruptive Conversations with Isobel Stevenson. 49:05

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In this episode of Disruptive Conversations, I interview Isobel Stevenson, Director of Organizational Learning at the Connecticut Center for School Change. The Center is a nonprofit based in Hartford, Connecticut. In this conversation, we discuss a range of topics that span areas like coaching, leadership, evaluation, and even the role of gaming th…

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S3: Ep. 90: Are you being a thought partner. A Disruptive Conversation with Hubert Saint-Onge. 38:19

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In this conversation with Hubert Saint-Onge we explore a number of big ideas. Below are some of the ideas that stood out for me. Hold back your precocious advice giving. When I asked Hubert about the best lessons he has ever learned, he responded, it is about listening for what is being said? A key part of conversations is listening. Over the years…

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S3: Ep. 89: Disinfect at the source. A Disruptive Conversation with David Burkus. 51:21

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David Burkus has focused much of work, writing and research on how to not make work suck. A common joke in the world of organizational psychologists. He written books on creativity, networking, teams, teamwork and more recently remote work. In general, he asks, what do we think we know about work? Now that we have some ideas around that, what does …

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Ep. 31 (Rebroadcast): Don’t confuse invention and innovation. A conversation with John Ruffolo. 32:02

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In this episode, I interview John Ruffolo former Chief Executive Officer of OMERS Ventures. We explore how many of the entrepreneurs they invest in have a passion for solving a problem. He tells the story of Shopify. One of Canada’s great entrepreneurial stories. John and his team look for founders who care deeply about the problem to be solved. He…

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S3: Ep. 88: Maintaining a stance of curiosity. A Disruptive Conversation with Peter De Jong. 47:18

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In this conversation, Peter and I explore how solution-focused conversation has helped to shape his view of the world. This conversation is full of beautiful insights, stories, metaphors and quotable quotes. Here are some of the things that stood out for me in the conversation. Where do we have power and influence in conversations? Peter reminded m…

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S3: Ep.87: Change Your World. A Disruptive Conversation with Michael Ungar. 51:54

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Michael Unger is a professor of social work and is currently the Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. Although he began his career as a family therapist, today he is a researcher and looks at resilience in populations that under stress. He works around the world to try to unders…

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S3: Ep.86: Disruption starts with inside of the house expertise. A Disruptive Conversation with Aneil Gokhale. 1:06:30

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Aneil Gokhale is the Director of Philanthropy at the Toronto Foundation. In this conversation, he and I cover a range of topics related to Philanthropy and the charitable sector. At the Foundation, he and his colleagues are trying to get people to think differently about how they give. In our conversation, we cover a range of inflexion points withi…

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S3: Ep.85: Business Models for a better world. A Disruptive Conversation with Sarah Kaplan. 52:02

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In this episode of Disruptive Conversations, I speak with Sarah Kaplan (PhD). Sarah is an innovation scholar at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. She has recently written the book The 360˚ Corporation. Today, Sarah works to explore how ideas from innovation can be applied in a way that helps to create a world of social and ec…

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S3: Ep. 84: An approach to better conversations. A Disruptive Conversation with Haesun Moon 41:24

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Can we change the way people have dialogue? Can we make their interactions better? This is the simple premise of Haesun’s work. Admittedly, we share similar perspectives on the role conversations play and their potential to help people thrive. So often, we blame other people for not communicating well. When we are in fact not listening. Conversatio…

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S3: Ep. 83: Disrupting performative diversity and inclusion initiatives featuring Stefan Kollenber3 29:44

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Stefan Kollenberg is a Co-Founder of Crescendo. Crescendo delivers tailored microlearning for every employee inside of Slack. In our conversation, we discuss a number of themes. I really struggled to summarize this conversation but some of the things that stood out for me were: Using existing platforms to deliver a novel solution. Crescendo uses Sl…

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S3: Ep. 82: Successful conversations are not free of negative feelings featuring Misha Glouberman 1:09:29

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In this episode, I talk with Misha Glouberman and I explore the nuance of a conversation. Admittedly, this was not my best interview. There was a moment in the interview where I was so caught up in being understood that Misha and I got in a silly dance where I broke all the rules of successful conversations. The irony of this conversation is that i…

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S3: Ep. 81: Find “The Nudge” by being a tourist in the world you wish to change featuring Sille Krukow 30:50

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Sille Krukow is a Nudge Behavioral Design expert. She describes her work as using applied behavioral science to work to change behavior in a variety of industries. She stumbled into the field out of a desire to create an impact in the world. In her previous experiences, she found that she did great design and campaign work but she was never really …

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S2: Ep. 80: The job of the disruptor is to harness self-interest. A Disruptive Conversation with Tonya Surman 53:46

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Tonya Surman is the CEO of the Center for Social Innovation. One of the largest purpose driven coworking spaces, likely in the world. In this conversation, we explore a number of lessons that she has learned over the years. A few that stood out for me are: The goal of the work is to understand how to better support people. A major theme in this epi…

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S2: Ep. 79: Being intentional with your language. A Disruptive Conversations with Jon Shell 50:04

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In this conversation with Jon Shell, we talk about the a range of topics loosely connected to Impact Investing. Jon, throughout this episode, problematized a lot of the language people use. For example, instead of talking about the Future of Work, he talks about the Present of work. I really enjoyed this conversation and some of the take ways I hav…

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S2: Ep. 78: Learn to be wrong with grace. A Disruptive Conversation with Andrea Reimer. 40:49

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Andrea Reimer is known for her disruptive public policy initiatives. She attributes her knack for disruption to her belief in fairness and justice. When she sees things that are unfair on unjust, she feels like she has to embark on transformative change initiatives. In this episode we explore many of the ideas that inform her knack for starting on …

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S2: Ep. 77: Stop doing the wrong things righter. A Disruptive Conversation with Cameron Norman. 41:58

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Keita Demming • Disruptive Conversations • Cameron Norman.mp3 Cameron Norman is a psychologist and designer who brings together the science of systems, program evaluation, and design to help people create impact and innovation. In this conversation, he and I explore a number of themes related to change and innovation. Here I highlight some of theme…

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S2: Ep. 76: A church without god. No seriously! A Disruptive Conversations with Ashley Proctor. 22:49

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In this conversation, Ashley Proctor and I we talk about the difference between the coworking industry and the coworking movement. There are a number of things that stood out for me in this episode. Build something for community larger than you. Build something for people. Ashley points out that she is driven to build things for people. Essentially…

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S2: Ep. 75: The Myth of Hacking Growth. A Disruptive Conversation with Sarah Stockdale 41:48

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Start your career where you can grow. Sarah decided to take the road less traveled and instead of taking a job with a major company she opted to take a job at Startup. In the basement of a house. She was interested in where could she learn the most and where could she learn the fastest? Keep making changes to your life until it’s the life you want …

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S2: Ep. 74: Embracing detached action. A Disruptive Conversations with Kofi Hope 55:10

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This interview with Kofi Hope was thought-provoking on many levels. In this episode, we explored his work as an activist and an academic. Hope you enjoy the many insights we uncover in this episode. Here are some of the things that stood out for me. The most important journey we can go on is to find the fearless honestly within ourselves. Kofi remi…

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S2: Ep. 73: The life you live is determined by your intentions. A Disruptive Conversation with Adrian Crook. 1:01:19

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Adrian Crook is an entrepreneur and housing activist. He is probably best known for his blog 5 Kids 1 Condo. Additionally, Adrian runs a successful game design company. Somehow, with five kids and as a fulltime entrepreneur, he manages to find time to write and speak about sustainable housing. Adrian is challenging the way we thinking about homes a…