Adam Alter is an Associate Professor of Marketing and Psychology at New
York University’s Stern School of Business and a New York Times
bestselling author of two books on addictive behavior, Irresistible: The
Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked and
Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel,
and Behave. Stew and Adam discuss the insidious, incredibly powerful ways
by which new technologies have created, perhaps in an unintended way,
behavioral addictions that negatively impact our social lives, of inner
lives, our finances…[Click for more]
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Julia King Pool is on the faculty, of the University of Pennsylvania’s
Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) program and she is Founder and
CEO of Burn-In Mindset. Julia worked in urban education for a decade. And
she has received numerous awards including the Sue Lehmann Excellence in
Teaching Award from Teach For America and 2013 DC Teacher of the Year. Stew
and Julia discuss the extraordinary stress and strain experienced by
teachers in K- 12 that too often results in exhaustion, and unnecessary,
expensive turnover. They explore the ways in which positive psychology can
help teachers to remain strong, healthy, resilient and engaged…[Click for
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Gretchen Spreitzer is the Keith E. and Valerie J. Alessi Professor of
Business Administration at the Ross School of Business at the University of
Michigan. Her research focuses on employee empowerment and leadership
development, particularly within a context of organizational change and
decline. Her recent research examines how organizations can enable
thriving. Gretchen co-authored How to Be a Positive Leader: Small Actions,
Big Impact with Jane Dutton. Stew and Gretchen discuss the ways in which we
have more control and discretion than we believe we have in order to make
small, meaningful changes in our work, no matter what work we do and no
matter where we fall in an organizational hierarchy…[Click for more]
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Kevin Kruse is the Founder and CEO of LEADx and a New York Times best
selling author. His latest book is Great Leaders Have No Rules: Contrarian
Leadership Principles to Transform Your Team and Business. Stew and Kevin
talk about Kevin’s somewhat unorthodox views on leadership — including a
closed and not an open-door policy, the importance of picking favorites,
and having “no rules” …[Click for more]
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Chip Conley is the founder Joie de Vivre Hospitality and author of Wisdom
at Work: The Making of a Modern Elder. After transforming an inner-city
motel into the second largest boutique hotel brand in America and running
his company as CEO for 24 years, he went on to help the founders of Airbnb
transform their start-up into the world’s leading hospitality brand. Stew
and Chip discuss the future of work, how organizations can capitalize on
the loyalty and wisdom of the mature employee…[Click for more]
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Dr. Michelle Still Mehta, who holds a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard
University’s Kennedy School, is the author of Silent Sacrifice on the
Homefront: Military Spouses Share their Quests to Fit Career with Marriage,
Motherhood, and Military Life. Dr. Mehta is a researcher, management
consultant, and executive coach. Stew and Michelle discuss the
psychological and financial impact of the military culture of frequent
relocations…[Click for more]
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Meredith Bodgas is the Editor-in-Chief of Working Mother Magazine and
Workingmother.com. She talks with Stew about the culture change afoot in
American companies as they strive to do the right thing by all their
employees — working mothers and fathers, LGBT employees, those with
disabilities, both visible and invisible, and our military employees. They
discuss the new Culture@Work initiative and the National Association for
Female Executives (NAFE)…[Click for more]
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Michele Gelfand is a Distinguished University Professor at the University
of Maryland, College Park, and author of Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How
Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World. As a cross-cultural psychologist,
Michele uses field, experimental, computational, and neuroscience methods
to understand the evolution of culture and its consequences. Michele wants
to help us understand the mindsets of those around us at work, at home, and
in our communities to help increase self-awareness as well as an
understanding of others’ perspectives…[Click for more]
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Brigid Schulte is director of The Better Life Lab at New America which
offers ways to restructure our workplaces and social policy using original
research and policy analysis. Brigid was an award-winning journalist for
The Washington Post and part of the team that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize.
Her book, Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time, was a
New York Times bestseller. For details on what we can do to reduce the toll
they take on our lives… [Click for more]
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Ashley Whillans is an assistant professor at Harvard Business School in the
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit. She studies how people navigate
trade-offs between time and money and whether intangible incentives, such
as experiential and time-saving rewards, affect employee motivation and
well-being. Stew and Ashley discuss “time poverty,” “happiness dollars,”
and “time confetti” …[Click for more]
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