Megan Marini, Finding Zen: Maintaining Simplicity in a Complex World
05/19/20 • 48 min
Are you thinking about how this time impacts our teams, our organizations, and, well, ourselves?
In this episode, I speak to Talent Optimization Specialist Megan Marini on everything from effective teams, Buddhism, empathetic leadership, and compassion, for ourselves and others.
Megan's Bio:
Megan Marini is a Talent Optimization Specialist. Megan has had the opportunity to speak and train within prestigious companies such as Mendix, Microsoft, Willis Towers Watson, Santander Bank. In addition to being a Certified Predictive Index Partner, she is Corporate Training Certified (CTC), is a Forbes Council Coach 2019, and holds a BFA from Naropa University, a Buddhist Psychology University in Boulder, Colorado. Megan applies adult learning theory to unlock hidden drives, remove friction, and build high-performing teams.
Contact:
Resources:
Predictive Index:
https://www.predictiveindex.com/partner/megan-marini-consulting
Non-profit agencies struggling during the pandemic
Importance of self-care during pandemic:
Music by Ryan Sullivan: Contact: [email protected]
Are you thinking about how this time impacts our teams, our organizations, and, well, ourselves?
In this episode, I speak to Talent Optimization Specialist Megan Marini on everything from effective teams, Buddhism, empathetic leadership, and compassion, for ourselves and others.
Megan's Bio:
Megan Marini is a Talent Optimization Specialist. Megan has had the opportunity to speak and train within prestigious companies such as Mendix, Microsoft, Willis Towers Watson, Santander Bank. In addition to being a Certified Predictive Index Partner, she is Corporate Training Certified (CTC), is a Forbes Council Coach 2019, and holds a BFA from Naropa University, a Buddhist Psychology University in Boulder, Colorado. Megan applies adult learning theory to unlock hidden drives, remove friction, and build high-performing teams.
Contact:
Resources:
Predictive Index:
https://www.predictiveindex.com/partner/megan-marini-consulting
Non-profit agencies struggling during the pandemic
Importance of self-care during pandemic:
Music by Ryan Sullivan: Contact: [email protected]
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Greg Satell - The Power of Cascades: Creating Movements that Shape the Future
Ever wonder how to effect real, meaningful change? Whether it be a social movement or a corporate movement, what does it take to influence positive, important change at scale? Well, you need to create a movement. In this episode, I speak to International Keynote Speaker and Author Greg Satell on the importance of good information, clear purpose and shared values when creating a successful movement.
Greg's Bio:
Greg Satell is a popular author, speaker, and trusted adviser bestselling author of Cascades: How to Create a Movement that Drives Transformational Change. His previous effort, Mapping Innovation, was selected as one of the best business books of 2017. Greg regularly contributes to Harvard Business Review and has been featured in other A-list publications such as Barron’s Forbes, Inc. and Fast Company. He is consistently ranked by Innovation Excellence in the top five on its global list of the Top 40 Innovation bloggers and by IDG as one of “10 Digital Transformation Influencers to Follow Today.” You can learn more about Greg on his website, GregSatell.com and follow him on Twitter @DigitalTonto.
Also, check out his workshop at https://voltagecontrol.com/virtual-cascades-workshop
Greg's TEDx Talk: https://youtu.be/IOt1dLVyHjQ
Greg's HBR Articles:
https://hbr.org/2019/08/4-tips-for-managing-organizational-change
https://hbr.org/2020/03/you-dont-need-a-grand-strategy-to-achieve-organizational-change
Resources:
Milken institute website, where you can track COVID vaccine and treatment developments. Several more vaccines have entered testing since my conversation with Greg. As of May 12th, it's at 125. https://milkeninstitute.org/covid-19-tracker
Srdja Popovich, Serbian political activist. Here is his 2011 TED talk on How to Topple a Dictator: https://www.ted.com/speakers/srdja_popovic
Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS): www.canvasopedia.org
Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK234217/
Partnership on AI: https://www.partnershiponai.org/
Poll finds percentage of people supporting the bombing of the fictional kingdom from the movie Aladin: https://www.publicpolicypolling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PPP_Release_National_121715.pdf
Music by Ryan Sullivan. Contact: sullybmusic.com
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Are you wondering how to find happiness in a disrupted world? In episode 12 of Humans, Now and Then, I speak to Dr. Lindsay Weisner about her book 10 Steps to Finding Happy, as well as important topics including parenting, trauma, suicide and the power of resilience.
Bio:
Lindsay Weisner is a clinical Psychologist in Long Island, New York. She graduated from Georgetown University in 1999 and was awarded a fellowship in child development at the NIH/NICHD. She received her doctorate from C.W. Post, LIU, and went on to pursue post-doctorate training at the American Institute of Psychoanalysis. Dr. Weisner is the current host of the Neurotic Nourishment Podcast and the co-author of the upcoming book Ten Steps To Finding Happy. This book was released on March 20, 2020, in accordance with the United Nations International Day of Happiness.
Contact:
You can find her on Instagram @psychshrinkmom @10stepstofindinghappy @neuroticnourishment
On YouTube @Dr Lindsay Kallen Weisner
On Psychology Today at The Venn Diagram Life (blog)
And on iTunes on the Neurotic Nourishment Podcast
Resources:
Kenneth Ginsburg, M.D., M.S. Ed, The 7 C's of Resiliency:
http://www.fosteringresilience.com/
10 Steps to Finding Happy:
Music by Ryan Sullivan. Contact: [email protected]
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