"You Have to Believe in Your Next Sale" w/ Jeremy Wieland

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05/25/20 • 68 min

Today's a little different, folks. Chris and co-host Jeremy Wieland get together to swap stories about the current small business climate as a result of the pandemic. They talk about how the optimism of the small business community clashes with what the data is telling us, what the outcome of a small business apocalypse might look like (hint: good, if you like Chipotle and only Chipotle, bad otherwise), what needs to happen to avert it, and why you should delete your food delivery apps.
Have a great Memorial Day, everyone!
Read this stuff:
Study, Columbia Business School: "Crisis of Confidence Could Delay Recovery Over a Decade"
Article: "Q&A with the President of the SBA of Michigan"
Article: "SHRM Small Business Study (PDF)"
Article: "Delete Your Delivery Apps"
Book: The Black Swan, Second Edition by Nassim Taleb
Buy: Ky's Hawaiian Shirts (they also have pandemic masks!)
Watch (or not): Demolition Man (trailer)

Writer, Host: Chris Thierfelder
Producers: Sarah and Max Warman
Art: Jennie Jacobs
Music: Kevin MacLeod
IG: @mondaypod
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"Bullshit Jobs and The Revolt of the Caring Class" w/ David Graeber

Today Chris sits down for an expansive talk with David Graeber. He is an anthropologist, author, activist and all-round congenial rabble-rouser. We cover his early observations that led to him writing his seminal work on modern labor "Bullshit Jobs" and trace through to today, where we see many of his earlier theories put to the test and found quite accurate, not the least of which being that the people we currently refer to as "non-essential" workers were, in fact, engaged in a fair volume of bullshit work.
We take a clear look at the state of the economy and of work and what the pandemic is revealing about that, and what we hope to see come out the other side.
Read this stuff:
Book: "Bullshit Jobs" (finally read the thing that Chris keeps referencing)
Article: Click here for a collection of David's articles
Scholarly Work: Click here for a collection David's scholarly work.
A History of the ILGWU

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"You Are Enough, and You Got This." w/ Moe Carrick

Today, Chris talks with author, researcher, executive coach and now podcaster(!) Moe Carrick. Moe's work focuses on creating dynamic, human-centric leaders and work places so that we can all thrive and flow in our careers. Her books tackle some of the thorniest ideas in modern leadership, and pays respect to that most complicated workplace mystery: people!
Moe's ideas have been imperative for years but have taken on a new urgency now, as we are all confronted with a need to evolve as leaders and create brand-new paradigms for leadership and for work itself. As we all start to settle in to a "new normal" it's high time we re-consider what good leadership looks like and how it can lift us up and through our current environment.
Read this stuff:
Website: Moecarrick.com (links to toolkits, her books, and podcast can be found there!)
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