Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our Future

S9-Ep54: Leadership Trends for 2024

Guest: Christopher Washington
What will affect your leadership the most in 2024? We’ve identified seven trends you’ll have to contend with through the coming year.Christopher Washington (Provost & EVP of Franklin University) interviews ILI’s CEO, Maureen Metcalf, to get the details on all seven. Knowing them will help your organization navigate the destabilizing effects of those trends…and take advantage of the opportunities they create.
Here's what Christopher and Maureen cover:
Why knowing these trends is takes the fear out of uncertainty – and anchors your organization with better risk management;
How you must operate while straddling both the old world and the new: with one foot in old-school issues like war and geopolitics, and one foot in new-school issues like unbridled AI; and
Through it all, why self-care and lifelong learning are the keys to staying on top of your game no matter how uncertain the future seems.
Here are the interviews Maureen referenced in this episode:
Over the Weather: Leadership at the Weather Channel with Sheri Bachstein
Nurturing Peace from the Ashes of Violence with Hyppolite Ntigurirwa & Mike Hardy
Power, Charisma, Hormones: Science Studies Leadership with John Antonakis
For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on Instagram, TikTok, Threads, and Twitter, too!
 
RESOURCES:  
Christopher Washington writes on Medium at https://drchristopherwashington.medium.com and with the Forbes Nonprofit Council at https://councils.forbes.com/forbesnonprofitcouncil.
 
Our host, Maureen Metcalf, posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 
 
Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. 
 
Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:
Jilly Truit murder mysteries by BeverleyMcLachlin:
Full Disclosure: https://amzn.to/46TxW6Q (paperback) https://amzn.to/46VDL3Q (audiobook)
Denial: https://amzn.to/46YCbhs (paperback) https://amzn.to/3GJc0AA (audiobook)
Women and Leadership: Journey Toward Equity by Sherylle J. Tan & Lisa DeFrank-Cole
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood by J. Michael Straczynski
Own the AI Revolution by Neil Sahota
NOTE: As an Amazon partner, we may make a small commission from books you buy through these links.
 
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OUR PODCAST TEAM:  
Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf
Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko
Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko
Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli
Basking in the Days of Future Past: Jenna Reik & Mike Morrow-Fox
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About Our Guest:  
Dr. Christopher Washington is a tireless supporter of global leadership development, designer of accessible, inclusive and relevant education, and champion for the role of universities in workforce development. He serves as the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs for Franklin University. Dr. Washington takes an active role in his local community by serving on the International Visitors Council and on the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition’s Ohio Advisory Council. He is a member of the Forbes Nonprofit Council, is the immediate past Chair of the Board of Directors of the Washington D.C.-based Global Ties U.S., and is on the America 250 International Task Force.

S9-Ep53: How to Lead through the Storm with the Weather Company’s CEO

Guest: Sheri Bachstein
Can your business weather the storm? We mean that quite literally!
 
There’s not a business on the planet that isn’t impacted by weather at some level. Leaders must prepare their organizations for what’s to come. It’s not just obvious climate change decisions, like making sure you don’t build that new factory in a hurricane hotspot. It’s little things, too, like a grocer stocking extra ice cream when weather keeps people indoors and craving comfort food (even in the middle of winter!).
 
Guest Sheri Bachstein, CEO of The Weather Company (parent of The Weather Channel), reveals the data and insights behind the forecasts that can boost – or bust – your bottom line. Along the way, she share lessons from her own unexpected leadership journey.
Here's what Sheri and Maureen cover:
How today’s rich weather data can boost your business’ survivability…and profitability;
Why climate change has made crafting a weather plan as part of your business plan an absolute must; and
Realizing that your leadership journey will never be a straight line (and how to maximize the benefits of those inevitable zigs and zags).
Other episodes you'll enjoy:
Women’s Leadership Journeys with Lisa DeFrank Cole & Sherylle Tan
To Err Is to Innovate with Beryl Tomay
When Your Path Is Unclear with Donna Marie Laskin & Chellie Spiller
For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, too!
 
RESOURCES:  
The Weather Channel’s website is https://weather.com. For the business side, surf over to The Weather Company’s homepage at https://www.ibm.com/weather (NOTE: This may change when the ownership changes from IBM to Francisco Partners).
 
Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 
 
Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. 
 
Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood by J. Michael Straczynski
Own the AI Revolution by Neil Sahota
Time and Chance by Kim Campbell
Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, the Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith
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OUR PODCAST TEAM:  
Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf
Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko
Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko
Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli
Weathering the Vicissitudes of Life: Jenna Reik & Mike Morrow-Fox
CONNECT WITH US: 
YouTube: @InnovatingLeadership 
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Twitter: @IL_Institute 
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ILI-LinkedIn2 
Instagram: @innovativeleader 
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Website: InnovativeLeadershipInstitute.com 
 
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About Our Guest:  
Sheri Bachstein began her career with The Weather Channel nearly 30 years ago as a field producer (otherwise known as storm chaser). Today, as the CEO of The Weather Company, an IBM business (and parent company of The Weather Channel), she holds a deep appreciation for and understanding of weather’s impact on consumers, communities, and businesses. Under her leadership, The Weather Channel is recognized as one of the top 10 most trusted brands in the U.S., the world’s leading provider of weather, and the world’s most accurate forecaster, helping hundreds of enterprise-level companies leverage weather data to increase consumer loyalty and business performance.

S9-Ep52: When Leadership Puts Life on the Line: Navigating Tough Decisions with Canada’s First Female Chief Justice

Guest: Beverley McLachlin
Making decisions can be the toughest part of a leader’s job. Judges up the ante; their decisions can literally mean the difference between life or death.
 
Beverley McLachlin was the Chief Justice of Canada’s Supreme Court. In this episode, she reflects on her leadership journey — from a farm in rural Alberta to the top court in the land. That journey has powerful perspectives on the decision-making process for leaders of all stripes: from law-firm partners to CEOs.
 
It’s inspiring, too! Beverley overcame deeply entrenched sexism and other barriers, but forged on with a clear vision.
Here's what the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin and Maureen cover:
The many ways the legal profession offers lessons for leaders of every stripe;
The qualities and skills judges must hone to make effective, balanced decisions — skills that will help your decision-making, too; and
Why it’s so important to get your decisions right — but be willing to change them as new evidence comes in.
Produced in partnership with the International Leadership Association: https://ilaglobalnetwork.org. 
 
Other episodes you'll enjoy:
Leading with Character: A Real-Life Red Roof Report with George Limbert
Women’s Leadership Journeys with Lisa DeFrank Cole & Sherylle Tan
Reflections on Women in Leadership with Kim Campbell
 
For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, too!
 
RESOURCES:  
Beverley McLachlin has written several books, including murder mysteries! Check out…
The Jilly Truit Trilogy (mysteries):
Full Disclosure — https://amzn.to/46TxW6Q (paperback) https://amzn.to/46VDL3Q (audiobook)
Denial — https://amzn.to/46YCbhs (paperback) https://amzn.to/3GJc0AA (audiobook)
Proof — https://amzn.to/46PFQhv (paperback); pre order, as its release date is May 21, 2024.
Nonfiction:
Truth Be Told: My Journey through Life and the Law — https://amzn.to/3GC50pi (paperback) https://amzn.to/3GA3iox (audiobook)
Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 
 
Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. 
 
Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood by J. Michael Straczynski
Own the AI Revolution by Neil Sahota
Time and Chance by Kim Campbell
Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, the Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith
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OUR PODCAST TEAM:  
Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf
Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko
Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko
Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli
Deciding Daily to Be Awesome: Jenna Reik & Mike Morrow-Fox
CONNECT WITH US: 
YouTube: @InnovatingLeadership 
Threads: @innovativeleaders
Twitter: @IL_Institute 
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ILI-LinkedIn2 
Instagram: @innovativeleader 
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Website: InnovativeLeadershipInstitute.com 
 
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About Our Guest:  
Beverley McLachlin was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 2000 to 2017. She is the first woman to hold that position, and the longest-serving Chief Justice in Canadian history. In 2018, McLachlin became a Companion of the Order of Canada, the highest honour within the Order. She is also the #1 bestselling author of two novels, Full Disclosure and Denial, and a memoir, Truth Be Told, which won the prestigious Writers’ Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing and the Ottawa Book Award for Nonfiction.

S5-Ep12: Reflecting on Leadership & Peace-Building

Guest: Mike Hardy
Leading the world into peace is so monumentally difficult, it’s never been done (Rome’s propaganda about the Pax Romana aside!). But understanding how leaders have brought regional peace, and ends to war, has been done – and more than worthy of study.
Guest Mike Hardy founded the Center for Trust, Peace and Social Relations at Coventry University.  He’s also the board chair of the International Leadership Association. Mike with host Maureen Metcalf about the importance of uncovering the ways leaders bring about peace – and the roles both organizations play in that. Then he asks the big question: how can we all be effective leaders in this increasingly volatile present to create a more peaceful and prosperous future?
This episode was produced in partnership with the International Leadership Association: https://ilaglobalnetwork.org.
 
Other episodes you'll enjoy:
Nurturing Peace from the Ashes of Violence with Mike Hardy & Hyppolite Ntigurirwa
ShEquity: A Refugee’s Path to Empowering Women & Their Businesses with Pauline Koelbl
Finding Peace in Conflict: Northern Ireland and Beyond with Lord John Alderdice
For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on Instagram, TikTok, Threads, and Twitter, too!
 
RESOURCES:  
Information about the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations – for which Mike was the founding director – is online at https://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/areas-of-research/trust-peace-social-relations.
 
Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 
 
Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. 
 
 
Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:
Women and Leadership: Journey Toward Equity by Sherylle J. Tan & Lisa DeFrank-Cole
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood by J. Michael Straczynski
Own the AI Revolution by Neil Sahota
Time and Chance by Kim Campbell
NOTE: As an Amazon partner, we may make a small commission from books you buy through these links.
 
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OUR PODCAST TEAM:  
Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf
Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko
Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko
Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli
They’ve Got That Peaceful, Easy Leading: Jenna Reik & Mike Morrow-Fox
CONNECT WITH US: 
YouTube: @InnovatingLeadership 
Threads: @innovativeleaders
Twitter: @IL_Institute 
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ILI-LinkedIn2 
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Website: InnovativeLeadershipInstitute.com 
 
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About Our Guest:  
Mike Hardy is Chair of Intercultural Relations and a founding Director of the Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations at Coventry University. He is adjunct professor of leadership at the LSPR Institute of Communications and Business in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mike has been twice honoured in the UK, awarded the OBE in 2001 for his peace-building work in the Middle East, and appointed a Companion of Honour of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the HM Queen’s Birthday Honours June 2010 for his work internationally in Intercultural Dialogue. Mike is a Board Director and Chair of the International Leadership Association ( www.ila-net.org ), Chair of Trustees of The Faith and Belief Forum ( http://faithbeliefforum.org ), the leading interfaith charity in the UK, and life-fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts.

S9-Ep51: Amazon’s Innovation Secret from their VP: Look to Failure for Your Success

Guest: Beryl Tomay
One of the biggest keys to success is failure.
It seems counterintuitive, but the reality is we ALL make mistakes. Highly successful leaders embrace stumbles and fumbles, and learn from them.
As Beryl Tomay points out, that’s especially true at Amazon. Their innovation culture is so highly effective because Amazon learns from each step, good or bad, and builds from it. Indeed, some of Amazon’s most successful products wouldn’t have seen the light of day if not for what was learned from products that didn’t make the cut!
Beryl started as an intern and rose through the ranks to be Amazon’s Vice-President of Last Mile Delivery and Technology. Here’s what she and Maureen cover in this episode:
 
1. The tools in Amazon’s innovation culture that breed success – including mentors, resiliency, and perpetual learning;
2. The drive to (and importance of) planting seeds for the future; and
3. How a love for Radiohead facilitated Beryl’s career path that led to Amazon!
 
Other episodes you'll enjoy:
- Delivering the Future: Amazon’s Innovation Culture with David Carbon, John Love, Dr. Vin Gupta, & Tye Brady
- Mastering Skills that Empower Innovation with Jeff DeGraff
- Humans in the Loop: AI’s New Business Models with Suchi Srinivasan
 
For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on Instagram, TikTok, Threads, and Twitter, too!
 
RESOURCES:  
Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 
 
Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. 
 
Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:
Women and Leadership: Journey Toward Equity by Sherylle J. Tan & Lisa DeFrank-Cole
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood by J. Michael Straczynski
Own the AI Revolution by Neil Sahota
Time and Chance by Kim Campbell
 
NOTE: As an Amazon partner, we may make a small commission from books you buy through these links.
 
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OUR PODCAST TEAM:  
Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf
Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko
Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko
Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli
Supporting Us After Every Stumble: Jenna Reik & Mike Morrow-Fox
CONNECT WITH US: 
YouTube: @InnovatingLeadership 
Threads: @innovativeleaders
Twitter: @IL_Institute 
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ILI-LinkedIn2 
Instagram: @innovativeleader 
TikTok: @innovativeleadership
Website: InnovativeLeadershipInstitute.com 
 
Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating! 
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About Our Guest:  
Beryl Tomay has been at Amazon for nearly 19 years having joined in 2005 as a Software Development Engineer. She was part of the small team that launched the original Kindle device and remained in the Devices organization for the subsequent 8 years. She joined the nascent Last Mile organization (the logistics business that gets packages through the final steps on their way to customers’ doorsteps) in early 2014 as one of its first employees, and today is responsible for all of Amazon’s Last Mile delivery businesses, including the Delivery Service Partner, Amazon Flex and Hub Delivery programs. In addition, she oversees the Last Mile product and technology teams covering areas such as mapping, routing, capacity planning, pickup points, delivery station and driver experience technologies. Prior to Amazon, Beryl received her undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Waterloo in Canada.

S5-Ep6: Women’s Leadership Journeys

Guests: Lisa DeFrank Cole & Sherylle J. Tan
Women account for more than half of the world’s population – a little more than half in the United States. Yet they still make up far less than half of leadership roles…despite getting higher education degrees far more than men.
Why? That’s what guests Lisa DeFrank-Cole and Sherylle Tan unpack. In this episode, they explore how women’s career journeys are different than men’s, why women have “nontraditional” career paths, and why women experience leadership development in ways men don’t.
Here’s what Lisa, Sherylle, and host Maureen Metcalf discuss:
Why it’s so important – now more than ever -- to look at women and leadership;
What makes women's leadership journeys different from men's; and
Why personal stories are just as critical as academic research in revealing the truths about women and leadership.
Produced in partnership with the International Leadership Association: https://ilaglobalnetwork.org. 
Other episodes you'll enjoy:
Reflections on Women in Leadership with Kim Campbell
Sheba & ShEquity: Empowering Women-Owned Businesses with Pauline Koelbl
You Are Enough, You Are Worthy: Leadership Lessons for Women with Betsy Myers
 
For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, too!
 
RESOURCES:  
Dr. Tan’s and Dr. DeFrank-Cole’s book is Women’s Leadership Journeys: Stories, Research, and Perspectives. It’s on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3uF3oZ1. Their most recent book is Women and Leadership: Journey Toward Equity; it’s at https://amzn.to/47vbG4j. The Kindle version is https://amzn.to/47sWnt6.
 
Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 
 
Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. 
 
Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood by J. Michael Straczynski
Own the AI Revolution by Neil Sahota
Time and Chance by Kim Campbell
Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, the Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith
NOTE: As an Amazon partner, we may make a small commission from books you buy through these links.
 
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OUR PODCAST TEAM:  
Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf
Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko
Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko
Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli
On a Journey All Their Own: Jenna Reik & Mike Morrow-Fox
CONNECT WITH US: 
YouTube: @InnovatingLeadership 
Threads: @innovativeleaders
Twitter: @IL_Institute 
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ILI-LinkedIn2 
Instagram: @innovativeleader 
TikTok: @innovativeleadership
Website: InnovativeLeadershipInstitute.com 
 
Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating! 
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About Our Guest:  
Dr. Sherylle J. Tan is the Director of Internships and KLI Research at the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College. Dr. Tan has researched and published on leadership education and development, women and leadership, and work and family. She is currently series co-editor of Sage teaching case study collection on Women and Leadership and co-edited Women’s Leadership Journeys: Stories, Research, and Novel Perspectives (2019), with Lisa DeFrank-Cole.
 
Dr. Lisa DeFrank-Cole is Professor and Director of Leadership Studies at West Virginia University (WVU). She is a member of the Executive Leadership Team in the ILA Women and Leadership Affinity Group and has been writing and studying women and leadership for nearly 20 years. Women’s Leadership Journeys: Stories, Research, and Novel Perspectives by Routledge (2019) is her first co-edited book with Dr. Sherylle Tan.

S9-Ep50: AI Is Changing Your Business Model; Boston Consulting Group’s Managing Director Explains How

Guest: Suchi Srinivasan
AI is disruptive. It’s already disrupting society, and is disrupting business faster than the internet did. It’ll disrupt you, too. But is that bad…or good?
 
The answer is up to you. Guest Suchi Srinivasan of Boston Consulting Group shares her comprehensive view of the effects of AI on business now – and in the near future. The bottom line? Artificial intelligence is a tool like any other: embrace it and adopt it wisely, and it can be a significant boon to your operations and for your staff. And it has the potential to finally solve food insecurity and other global issues that have plagued humanity for centuries.
Here's what Suchi and Maureen cover:
The new business models – and ethical dilemmas – AI brings to your decision-making;
The role of technology in boosting your balance sheet…and in solving hunger and other global issues; and
The persistent gender imbalance in the tech workforce, and what women can do to overcome it.
 
Other episodes you'll enjoy:
Leading with an Eye on AI with Neil Sahota
The Rise of Humanness (The Role of People in an AI World) with Chis Nolan & Michael Schindler
Unleashing the Power of Human-AI Collaboration with Neil Sahota
For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, too!
 
RESOURCES:  
You can learn more about Suchi’s work at Boston Consulting Group on the firm’s website: https://www.bcg.com. Search for her podcast, In Her Ellement, on your favorite podcast platform; for example, it’s on Podbean at https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/n9cty-268d9c/In-Her-Ellement-Podcast.
 
Our host, Maureen Metcalf, posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 
 
She’s also written several award-winning books on leadership development. You can peruse and purchase them here. 
 
Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:
Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, the Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith
The Five Lost Superpowers: Why We Lost Them & Hot to Get Them Back by John Reid, et al
The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
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OUR PODCAST TEAM:  
Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf
Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko
Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko
Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli
Firmly in their element: Jenna Reik & Mike Morrow-Fox
CONNECT WITH US: 
YouTube: @InnovatingLeadership 
Threads: @innovativeleaders
Twitter: @IL_Institute 
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ILI-LinkedIn2 
Instagram: @innovativeleader 
TikTok: @innovativeleadership
Website: InnovativeLeadershipInstitute.com 
 
Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating! 
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About Our Guest:  
Suchi Srinivasan is a managing director and partner at BCG and has occupied the role since 2022. Suchi grew up with a dad who worked as an engineer, and vividly remembers the tech he brought home with him from work. After her studies, she went on to work as a software engineer at the former Bell Telephone Laboratories, moving on to Microsoft during a time of huge change and innovation in the company. Suchi is passionate about using technology as a way to solve some of our world’s most complex and pressing challenges such as climate change.
 
In 2011 Suchi became one of the founding members of the Cleanweb Hackathon, a non-profit community-building event for global entrepreneurs and software developers. The goal was to drive IT-powered innovation and large-scale climate change impact. The event grew into an organization that boasted over 10,000 members across 25+ countries.
 
Suchi is also an advisor and sponsor for Women In Cloud, a community-led economic development organization taking collective action to generate $1B in new net economic access for women entrepreneurs and professionals by 2030.
Suchi is a seasoned executive operating cross-vertical to help businesses recognize the threats and opportunities brought on by Digital and AI.
 
She has two decades of experience across Microsoft, McKinsey and Dell envisioning and operationalizing response strategies to build ecosystems, deliver solutions and services, grow customer satisfaction and bring new products to market.
 
Suchi has 20+ experience in digital, B2B software and hardware. Track record of driving growth, M&A, GTM operations, and partnerships in Fortune 500 and venture-backed startups. Exceptional business acumen, operational savvy, deep intellectual curiosity, and entrepreneurial spirit to lead investors and board members, customer CxOs, and cross-functional global teams in engineering-driven cultures and fast-paced, resource-constrained environments to deliver on ambitious breakthrough initiatives.

S9-Ep49: The Rationale of Irrationality

Guest: Greg Moran
When your competitor’s (or CEO’s) decisions don’t make sense, pause: there’s something to learn there. What do they know that you don’t?That’s just one insight guest Greg Moran offers about dealing with the irrational in your organization. Sometimes a decision is just bad; but more often than not, it’s been made from a perspective or with information you don’t see. And that perspective might just be the missing key to your success!
Here's what Greg and Maureen cover:
The impact of rational and irrational decision-making on your organization’s success;
How your company’s structural incentives might be the cause of some of the worst decisions your peers (and maybe you!) make; and
The changing dynamics of the employer-employee relationship as society changes.
 
Enjoy your own Moran-athon with:
Working Together: Leading a Hybrid AI-Human Workforce with Greg Moran
What Leaders Won’t Talk About (When Scaling their Business) with Greg Moran
What Your Team REALLY Thinks with Greg Moran
For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on Instagram and Twitter, too!
 
RESOURCES:  
The book on competitive intelligence Greg mentions at the beginning of the show is Inside the Competitor’s Mindset: How to Predict Their Next Move and Position Yourself for Success by John Horn. It’s on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3sHtutS. You can contact Greg at https://zed2a.com.
 
Our host, Maureen Metcalf, posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 
 
She’s also written several award-winning books on leadership development. You can peruse and purchase them here. 
 
Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:
The Five Lost Superpowers: Why We Lost Them & Hot to Get Them Back by John Reid, et al
The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin
Snow White & the Seven Robots by Louise Simonson & Jimena Sanchez
 
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OUR PODCAST TEAM:  
Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf
Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko
Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko
Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli
So Rational We Think They Might Be Undercover Vulcans: Jenna Reik & Connor Carson
CONNECT WITH US: 
YouTube: @InnovatingLeadership 
Twitter: @IL_Institute 
LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ILI-LinkedIn2 
Instagram: @innovativeleader 
Website: InnovativeLeadershipInstitute.com 
 
Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating! 
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About Our Guest:  
Greg Moran is a C-level digital, strategy and change leadership executive with extensive global operations experience. He led corporate strategy for Ford and designed the plan that Alan Mullaly used to turn around the company. Greg held C-level IT positions in app dev, infrastructure, and core banking applications at Ford, Nationwide Insurance, and Bank One/JPMC, respectively. He began his career in consulting with Arthur Andersen Accenture, working across industries with 100 companies over the course of a decade. He is passionate about leadership and culture, and teaches part-time on the topic at Ohio University.

S5-Ep5: Revitalizing Leadership - Putting Theory & Practice into Context

Guest: Brad Jackson
Theory is one thing. Practice is another. That’s just as true of leadership coaches and their theories as with any science. Guest Brad Jackson understands that, and works to put leadership theory into real-world contexts so it can be truly useful.
 
That’s the focus of his book: Revitalising Leadership – Putting Theory and Practice into Context. It argues that the universal prescriptions favored by most leadership scholars ignore the reality that context always matters in leadership practice. He puts our attention on the key challenges for leadership in different organizational contexts. From developing a specific purpose for leadership to formulating the values, norms and domains of action, putting leadership in context is tremendously useful – shaping the role, responsibilities, rights, behaviors and attributes relevant to leaders and followers.
 
Produced in partnership with the International Leadership Association: https://ilaglobalnetwork.org.
Other episodes you'll enjoy:
How Do Leadership & the Environment Connect? – with Rian Satterwhite & Kathleen Allen
Workforce Education: A New Roadmap – with William Bonvillian & Sanjay Sarma
The Essentials of Theory U with Otto Scharmer
For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, too!
 
RESOURCES:  
You can find Brad’s book on revitalizing leadership on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3SLJhT6. For a breezy read, check out his other book, A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Studying Leadership.
 
Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 
 
Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. 
 
Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood by J. Michael Straczynski
Own the AI Revolution by Neil Sahota
Time and Chance by Kim Campbell
Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, the Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith
NOTE: As an Amazon partner, we may make a small commission from books you buy through these links.
 
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Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf
Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko
Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko
Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli
Our Great Revitalizers: Jenna Reik & Mike Morrow-Fox
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About Our Guest:  
As director of the Policy Innovation Hub and Professor of Social Innovation at Griffith Univeristy, Brad Jackson’s research explores the relationship between leadership and governance practices; cross-sectoral leadership processes; the role of communication in strategic leadership; and the application of aesthetic and geographic perspectives to leadership research, development and education. He has taught courses in leadership and ethics; leadership and change; organisational behaviour; cross-cultural management; management learning; leading social enterprise and qualitative research methods. Prior to re-joining Victoria University of Wellington, Brad was the Fletcher Building Education Trust Chair in Leadership and Co-Director of the New Zealand Leadership Institute at The University of Auckland Business School between 2006 and 2013. During his original term with Victoria between 1999 and 2006, he served as Head of School of Management and the Director for the Centre for the Study of Leadership among several appointments.

S9-Ep48: A Genocide Survivor's Path to Leadership - How One Man Turned Trauma into Passion for Peace

Guests: Hyppolite Ntigurirwa & Mike Hardy
Seeing your family members tortured and murdered will have a major influence on your leadership mindset. But not necessarily in the ways that you think.
 
Hyppolite Ntigurirwa survived the Rwandan genocide as a child. Growing up, he thought of vengeance and retribution. But after encountering exceptional kindness, his mindset shifted – and he now leads efforts for peace and reconciliation. As he reveals his gripping story, Mike Hardy joins the conversation to discuss his friendship with Hyppolite, and his own work in pointing leaders to peace.
Here's what Hyppolite, Mike, and Maureen cover:
The atrocities young Hyppolite witnessed, and why humanity still practices such hatred;
The simple acts that turned Hyppolite’s heart from revenge to reconciliation; and
Steps leaders at any level can take to help people remember their humanity.
 
Trigger Warning: This episode discusses rape, murder, and other atrocities of genocidal acts.
 
This episode was produced in partnership with the International Leadership Association: https://ilaglobalnetwork.org.
 
Other episodes you'll enjoy:
ShEquity: A Refugee’s Path to Empowering Women & Their Businesses with Pauline Koelbl
Finding Peace in Conflict: Northern Ireland and Beyond with Lord John Alderdice
Cultivating Empathy through Authenticity with Jason Lioy
 
For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, too!
 
RESOURCES:  
Hyppolite’s powerful memoir, A Boy Called Hyppo, is available at https://amzn.to/3MI38Pm.
 
Learn more about Hyppolite’s organization, BE THE PEACE, at https://commonstreet.org/be-the-peace. Information about the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations – for which Mike was the founding director – is online at https://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/areas-of-research/trust-peace-social-relations. And the Yale initiative they both mentioned, the Jackson School of Global Affairs, has more information at https://jackson.yale.edu.
 
Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 
 
Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. 
 
Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood by J. Michael Straczynski
Own the AI Revolution by Neil Sahota
Time and Chance by Kim Campbell
Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, the Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith
 
Note: As an Amazon affiliate partner, we may receive a small commission on any books sold through these links.
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OUR PODCAST TEAM:  
Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf
Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko
Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko
Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli
They’ve Got a Peaceful Easy Feeling: Jenna Reik & Mike Morrow-Fox
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About Our Guests:  
Mike Hardy is Chair of Intercultural Relations and a founding Director of the Centre for Trust, Peace, and Social Relations at Coventry University. He is adjunct professor of leadership at the LSPR Institute of Communications and Business in Jakarta, Indonesia. Mike has been twice honoured in the UK, awarded the OBE in 2001 for his peace-building work in the Middle East, and appointed a Companion of Honour of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the HM Queen’s Birthday Honours June 2010 for his work internationally in Intercultural Dialogue. Mike is a Board Director and Chair of the International Leadership Association (www.ila-net.org), Chair of Trustees of The Faith and Belief Forum (http://faithbeliefforum.org) the leading interfaith charity in the UK, and life-fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. Hyppolite Ntigurirwa survived the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. When he was seven years old Hyppolite, lost many members of his extended family and witnessed the murder of his beloved father. He struggled after the genocide to gain an education and to learn to forgive the killers.By the age of thirty he had graduated from university in Rwanda and worked as a journalist and radio presenter, a playwright and a theatre director. He raised enough money to travel to England and achieved a Masters Degree in Sociology from Bristol University. He started a foundation for peace in Rwanda, and travelled to America to deliver a series of lectures at universities using theatre to address issues of hatred and racism being transmitted from one generation to the next.In 2019, Hyppolite became an international news item when he performed a hundred-day walk across 1,500 kilometres of Rwanda to mark the 25th anniversary of the genocide, inviting people to join him and to share their stories of peace and forgiveness.

S5-Ep4: Evidence-Based Best Practices for Leadership Development

Guests: Gama Perruci, Sadhana Warty Hall & Karen Ford
Are you spending a hefty budget on leadership training, and wondering if it’s worth it?
You’re far from alone. According to the American Society of Training and Development, U.S. businesses spend more than $170 billion on leadership-based curriculum…and many wonder about the results. McKinsey reports "There is no silver bullet for successfully developing leaders—more than 40 key actions must be taken to increase chances of success to 80 percent."
So how do you boost your chances, and make the most of your investment? Our guests in this episode have done the research, and share the results with host Maureen Metcalf!
Produced in partnership with the International Leadership Association: https://ilaglobalnetwork.org.
Other episodes you'll enjoy:
Finding Peace in Conflict: Northern Ireland & Beyond with John, Lord Alderdice
Reflections on Women in Leadership with the Right Honourable Kim Campbell
Adaptive Leadership & Culture Change with Ron Heifetz
 
For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, too!
 
RESOURCES:  
Sadhanna & Gama’s book is Teaching Leadership: Bridging Theory & Practice. It’s available on Amazon at https://amzn.to/469UtMk. You can learn more about Sadhana on her website: https://sadhanahall.com/home.
 
Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 
 
Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI . You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here.
 
 
Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood by J. Michael Straczynski
Own the AI Revolution by Neil Sahota
Time and Chance by Kim Campbell
Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, the Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith
NOTE: As an Amazon partner, we may make a small commission from books you buy through these links.
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Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf
Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko
Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko
Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli
(Information requiring higher security clearance than you have): Jenna Reik & Mike Morrow-Fox
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About Our Guests:  
Sadhana Warty Hall is the former Deputy Director of the Rockefeller Center. Hall designed, implemented, and oversaw programs for undergraduate students focusing on leadership, public policy, and civic engagement.
Prior to her appointment at the Rockefeller Center, she worked for more than 20 years with communities around the world. In Tuvalu, Bhutan, and the Caucasus, she helped implement programs in health, agriculture, economic development, and water supply. In the US, Hall's experience includes managing primary healthcare programs and extending health services to disadvantaged communities in the state of New Hampshire. She served as director of international relations with the Global Health Council, where she also directed three annual global health conferences with 1,500 participants representing 80 countries.
She holds a B.S. from the University of Delhi, India, a M.A. from the University of Rajasthan, India, and an M.P.H. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Public Health.
 
The late Dr. Gama Perruci was Dean of the McDonough Center at Marietta College in Ohio and served as a leadership education consultant for The New York Times, a facilitator for the Young African Leaders Initiative, and a facilitator and the leadership programs at Dartmouth College’s Rockefeller Center. Gama was a frequent guest on the BBC and the Paris-based Radio France International broadcast to Brazil, his country of birth. He served as a member of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library’s Academic Advisory Council and as the Board Chair of the International Leadership Association. Notably, he also served as a consultant for the review of the Department of Leadership, Ethics and Law at the United States Naval Academy and as an evaluator of Zayed University’s leadership program in Dubai, UAE. He is the author of several books including Global Leadership: A Transnational Perspective; Teaching Leadership: Bridging Theory and Practice with Sadhana Warty Hall; and Understanding Leadership: An Arts and Humanities Approach with Robert M. McManus.
 
Dr. Karen Ford is a Professor Emeritus and former Director of Strategic Leadership Studies at James Madison University. Her educational background includes a D.S.W. from Howard University, an M.S.W. from Virginia Commonwealth University, and a B.A. from Emory & Henry College. Her professional interests focus on accountability and policy in higher education. Dr. Ford has held various positions, including Professor in the Social Work Department at JMU, Director of Lynchburg Youth Services, Regional Youth Prevention Specialist for the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice, Director of Camp New Hope, and a Middle School Social Studies Teacher. Additionally, she has contributed to organizations such as the Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors Association, Council on Social Work Education, American Association of University Professors, Virginia Network of Nonprofit Organizations, Nonprofit Academic Centers Council, and the NAACP​​.

S9-Ep47: Coming Soon to a Business Climate Near You!

Guest: Matthew Griffin
Feeling uncertain about the future as a leader? You have good reason: a staggering 55% of a company’s fate lies beyond the CEO’s grasp. In fact, 40% of CEOs believe their companies won’t survive the next decade. So what can you do?
Futurist Matthew Griffin shares his insights in this episode — with game-changing strategies that will reshape the way you perceive your own future leadership.
Here's what Matthew and host Maureen Metcalf cover:
What the statistics say about the growing irrelevance of today’s type of CEO;
The qualities you need to win in the current (and future) climate of business chaos; and
How the future of work is shaping up as AI infiltrates the office space.
 
Other episodes you'll enjoy:
Prepare for the Future with Foresight with Dr. Ciela Hartanov
Is Your Organization Designed for the Future with Mark Palmer & Eddie Moore
The Future Is Yours to Create with Rebecca Ryan
 
For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, too!
 
RESOURCES:  
You can learn more about Matt’s work, access his blog, and more on his organization’s website: https://www.311institute.com.
 
Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 
Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI. Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. 
 
Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:
Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood by J. Michael Straczynski
Own the AI Revolution by Neil Sahota
Time and Chance by Kim Campbell
Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller, the Man Who Created Nancy by Bill Griffith
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OUR PODCAST TEAM:  
Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf
Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko
Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko
Assistant Editor & Raconteur: Luigi Morelli
Warily Eyeing the Future: Jenna Reik & Mike Morrow-Fox
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About Our Guest:  
Matthew Griffin, described as “The Adviser behind the Advisers” and a “Young Kurzweil,” is a world class futurist and the founder and CEO of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures consultancy working across the next 50 years, and the World Futures Forum and XPotential University, two philanthropic organisations whose mission it is to reduce global inequality, in all its forms, and ensure the benefits of the future are accessible to everyone, irrespective of their abilities or background. He is also the author of the futuristic “Codex of the Future” series, and the book “How to Build Exponential Enterprises.”
Matthew’s clients include royalty, world leaders, G7 and G20 governments, Accenture, Aon, BCG, Centrica, Credit Suisse, Decathlon, Dentons, Deloitte, GEMS, Huawei, Lego, Legal & General, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Qualcomm, RWE, SAP, Samsung, T-Mobile, and many others.
A rare talent Matthew is regularly featured in the global media, including the AP, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Discovery, Forbes, Telegraph, ViacomCBS, and WIRED, and his ability to identify, track, and explain the impacts of hundreds of revolutionary emerging technologies on global culture, industry and society, is unparalleled.
Recognised for the past six years as one of the world’s foremost futurists, innovation and strategy experts Matthew is an international speaker who helps governments, investors, multi-nationals and regulators around the world envision, build and lead an inclusive, sustainable future.