Human Capital Leadership

Christie Garcia, founder of Mindful Choice and author of Your Ego Is Showing, is an ego-management and leadership coach with two decades in sales and talent development. She explores unconscious ego-driven behavior and the benefits of ego awareness. Christie outlines ego types, reframes ego as mixed-strengths, and discusses balancing and reading egos for better team dynamics.

Dean E. Carter, former CHRO at Patagonia and Sears and now CEO of Instill.ai, brings two decades of HR and leadership experience. He talks about shifting from HR to CEO and embracing a second-career phase. He discusses scaling culture at Patagonia, designing moments that matter like onboarding, and using real-time employee data over annual surveys.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Captain Kelly J. Gordon about balancing team dynamics and leadership.Captain Kelly J. Gordon is an accomplished motor yacht captain, public speaker, social media influencer, and the 2022 recipient of A Crew Yachting's Master 500-GT award. The former chemistry professor grew up on a farm in a small town in Indiana, where she developed the work ethic and drive that have made her successful. Her thirst for adventure has led her to become one of the busiest and most respected captains.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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.