Culture First with Damon Klotz

In this episode, Damon sits down with Priya Parker, master facilitator, and author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters.

Priya provides listeners with a masterclass in the art of gathering. Here are some of the questions you might have about your work meetings:

• Have you wondered if your meetings were serving the right purpose?
• Have you questioned whether the right people are in the room?
• Do you worry that the way you gather at work is impacting someone’s ability to feel like they belong?

Don’t worry, these questions are being asked at every level of organizations around the world right now. Priya will lay the foundation for how to gather, why to gather and what we can do to make our gatherings more meaningful.

Damon and Priya also analyze some famous examples of workplace culture in the form of Ted Lasso and Succession to learn what they can teach us about gathering.

By the end of this episode, you’ll also learn the difference between a conversation and a gathering and why you need to find the deepest need of your gatherings to truly create a meaningful experience.

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In this episode, Damon sits down with Rachel Botsman, a leading expert and author on trust in the modern world, to discuss the positive impact of trust in the workplace.

You'll hear Rachel and Damon discuss:

• How Rachel navigated the changes to her professional life without being on physical stages with audiences.
• The process Rachel uses before she creates a new keynote speech.
• The definition Rachel uses for trust: “Trust is a confident relationship with the unknown.”
• The relationship between trust, humility and ego.
• The rise of employee activism and why employees want to know just what their organization stands for, but also what a company stands against.
• Analyzing the role that vulnerability has on trust when building new relationships.
• Four phrases we need to rethink in the workplace

Rachel Botsman is a trust expert, author, and lecturer at Oxford University. She is passionate about teaching people how to think differently and challenge ideas around trust and humility.

She has been recognized as one of the world’s 30 most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50, one of the Top 10 most influential voices in the UK on LinkedIn and honoured as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

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In this episode, Damon sits down with Minda Harts, founder of The Memo, and author of the book by the same name. Minda has dedicated her life’s work to supporting the career development of women of color. Listen below to learn Minda’s approach to improving workplace inclusivity.

In the modern business landscape, everyone seems to be vying for a seat at the proverbial leadership table. However, Minda suggests it might be time to throw out the old table and build a new one designed to include a wider range of voices. Together, Damon and Minda explore ways to amplify the voices of diverse employees.

We then hear from Lindsay Kaplan, Co-Founder of Chief, a private community created to connect and support women leaders. Lindsay shares the importance of creating a space for authenticity and vulnerability within a community of leaders.

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Host: Culture Amp’s Work Culture Evangelist, Damon Klotz.

Executive production: Sarah Lessire.

Production: Ayla Filipiak

Editing: Nick Jaworski at Podcast Monster.

Design: Nicole Dominic, Amelia Chieng and Christine Tapawan.

Culture Amp Data: Vivian Woo.

Video: Kyle Doan.

Original music: Sarah Lessire.

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This episode contains the never heard before full interview from our very first episode with Esther Perel.

It was this sit down conversation that sparked a friendship between Esther and Damon that continues to this day. We believe in the magic that real conversations can create, so we want to take you back to that moment in time, back to the start and give you access to the first time Esther and Damon sat down together.

For the first time ever, we’re releasing the full interview from start to finish. This conversation offers a great opportunity to be reminded of the foundational elements of relational intelligence, and gives you tangible takeaways to help you build a better world of work.

Psychotherapist Esther Perel is the New York Times bestselling author of The State of Affairs and Mating in Captivity. Fluent in nine languages, she helms a therapy practice in New York City and serves as an organizational consultant for Fortune 500 companies around the world. Esther’s TED talks have garnered more than 20 million views and she is the host of the podcast Where Should We Begin?

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Show notes:

In this episode Esther mentions: John Gottman’s metaphor of the The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The four communication styles, according to his research, that can predict the end of a relationship are criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and stonewalling.

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In this Culture First episode, Damon Klotz sits down with the iconic Simon Sinek in a conversation wholly shaped around Simon’s concept of the Infinite Mindset of company culture. Inside, you’ll get a sneak peek into Simon’s background and how it shaped his perspective on life and work. You’ll also hear about the massive role that storytelling plays in Simon’s work and how you can use it to help people connect with ideas on a deeper level.

Simon’s passion for shaping leaders with an Infinite Mindset shines throughout this chat, and he mentions Walmart, Microsoft, and Patagonia, organizations that have embraced the Infinite Mindset as he walks us through the tools and leadership skills that are required to build it. This interview was recorded in 2019, just moments before Simon stepped on stage to address an audience of more than 1,000 people and culture professionals at a Culture First event, which makes Simon’s concerns about the power and influence of big tech companies and the need for balancing their role in society even more relevant today.

Simon Sinek is an unshakable optimist who works to inspire people to do what inspires them so that we can change our world for the better. Simon and his team work with leaders and organizations in nearly every industry to help transform company culture and create a better working world. He is fascinated by the people and organizations that make the greatest, lasting impact on the world. He has devoted his life to sharing his thinking, and leading a movement to inspire people to do the things that inspire them and may be best known for popularizing the concept of WHY in his first Ted Talk in 2009. It has since become one of the most watched talks of all time on TED.com, with 37+ million views. Simon is a bestselling author and shares his ideas in the books Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last, Together Is Better, Find Your Why, and The Infinite Game.

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Show notes:

Simon recommends two books in this interview. He actually says they belong on the national curriculum: Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl and How to Talk to Kids So Kids Will Listen by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish.

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