Human Capital Leadership

Layla El Khadri, founder of Creatrix/She Leads and somatic therapist with a filmmaking background, guides women to tap into feminine power. She explores why feminine role models were missing and the harm of forced masculine styles. She breaks down biology, identity, and energetics. She explains how feminine leadership benefits teams and why balancing masculine and feminine energy matters.

Dr. Roger A. Gerard, executive consultant and former Chief Learning Officer with a 52-year career in leadership development. He explores trust and community as the heart of engagement. He contrasts inspiration with mere expectations. He warns how imposed solutions and rewards can kill ownership. He outlines practical promises leaders can make to rebuild commitment.

Anant Sood, co-founder at WorkZogo who built teams at EY, PwC and Opera Solutions, and runs a popular workplace behavior-science newsletter. He discusses hybrid and asynchronous work, exploding app distractions and attention loss. They cover rising cognitive load from tool overload, AI note-takers and workflow redesign, and how AI can personalize managerial coaching.

Alida Miranda-Wolff, DEIB practitioner and author of Cultures of Belonging, shares why belonging demands intentional work and how mobility disability shaped her focus. She explores fragile belonging, cultural resistance to accommodating others, loneliness as a workplace and public-health issue, the business case for inclusion, leadership transparency, and the limits of AI for relational work.

Matthew Dietly, an employee experience and digital strategy leader, shares research on hidden workplace tensions. He talks about the Cold Work metaphor and modern disengagement. He examines flexibility versus accountability struggles. He explores turnover, feelings of replaceability, and frustrations with AI rollouts. He outlines a roadmap for building organizational resilience.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Shahar Botzer about the future of social impact investing and current trends and opportunities.Shahar Botzer is co-founder and managing partner at Good Company, an early-stage VC fund with a mission to back bold entrepreneurs who solve the world’s biggest challenges for people and the planet. They invest in software-driven innovations in Digital Health, Education, Energy, Circular Economy, and Agriculture because they believe these are the domains where technology can rewrite the future.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Jordan Hammerstad about the new report out from the Josh Bersin company, The Definitive Guide to Corporate Learning.Jordan Hammerstad is Associate Director of Research at The Josh Bersin Company, where she leads the L&D Roundtable—an executive forum driving corporate learning innovation. Passionate about the intersection of behavioral sciences and the workplace, she pursued a bachelor's degree in neuroscience before obtaining her master's in human resources. As a certified HR practitioner, Jordan brings experience from multiple industries, including commercial real estate, higher education, industrial automation, retail, and transportation. Her research focuses on learning and development—notably dynamic skilling, performance enablement, and AI-first corporate learning transformations.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Lee Rubin about work life balance and employee well being.Lee Rubin is a visionary culture leader with over a decade of experience in B2B sales. She first came up with the idea to help companies plan better corporate events back in 2014 when tasked with planning an event for her team. Lee is a leading pioneer of the virtual events space, pivoting Confetti from in-person to virtual team building following the 2020 pandemic. Her deep expertise and passion lies in helping companies scale and improve company culture.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Jamie Ramsden about creating a sense of community in a highly-fragmented workplace and world.Jamie Ramsden is CEO & Founder at Adastra Leadership. He is an Executive Leadership Coach and Former CEO, and is the author of "Let's Go!"See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Ravi Rajani about relationship currency and the five communication habits for limitless influence and business success.RAVI RAJANI is an international keynote speaker, communication expert, and LinkedIn Learning instructor, with over 65,000 people having taken his courses on Conscious and Charismatic Communication. Recognized as one of the world’s leading thought leaders on storytelling and communication, Ravi has worked with mission-driven leaders, teams and organizations such as Oracle NetSuite, T-Mobile, and Sherwin Williams. Over the years, Ravi has helped companies and people like this become masterful communicators, tell compelling stories, listen with intention and build meaningful relationships that amplify revenue growth and cultivate a culture of trust. Off stage or camera, Ravi lives just outside of London, UK, with his wife, son, daughter and furry little West Highland Terrier. His forthcoming book, Relationship Currency: Five Communication Habits for Limitless Influence and Business Success, will be released in November 2025. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.