

The Action Catalyst
Southwestern Family of Podcasts - Southwestern Family of Companies
The Action Catalyst interviews top leaders and achievers, sharing hard-earned tips and advice to help you uncover your inspiration and gain valuable insights to overcome setbacks, defeat mediocrity, and reach your goals in life, business, and beyond.
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Southwestern/Great American, Inc., dba Southwestern Family of Companies, for itself and its related entities and their assigns, reserves and retains all rights to their copyrighted materials and trademarks contained in this podcast.
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May 30, 2025 • 18min
REMASTERED: Doing Business With Friends of Friends, with David Burkus (Management, Networking, Science, Business)
Author, professor, and organizational psychologist David Burkus leads a deep dive into the power of networking, exploring weak and dormant ties, structural holes in networks, social capital, navigating "multiplexity", and the TRUTH behind Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.Mentioned in this episode:Learn more at HowToGrowYounger.comThe Secret Method for Growing Younger

May 29, 2025 • 3min
CLIP: The 4 C's And The 6 Questions To Ask
High-growth strategy specialist, executive advisor, and lecturer at the London Business School, Dr. Rebecca Homkes, lays out the 4 foundational C's that threaten a business, and the 6 critical questions to ask in the middle of a strategy reset.Hear Rebecca's full interview in Episode 487 of The Action Catalyst

May 27, 2025 • 17min
REMASTERED: Radical Leadership, with David Burkus (Management, Communication, Trust, Business)
Author, professor, and organizational psychologist David Burkus shares insights from his book “Under New Management”, including why salary transparency shouldn’t be scary, tips on setting email limits, being in the business of elimination, and why great leaders don’t innovate the product, they innovate the factory.Mentioned in this episode:Learn more at HowToGrowYounger.comThe Secret Method for Growing Younger

May 22, 2025 • 5min
CLIP: Risk Pool / Tesla Was Outmaneuvered
Bob Bush, senior investment executive and the President, CEO and Co-Founder of Mutombo Coffee, explains what he thinks Bezos got wrong about risk, and shares the historical lesson we can learn from Nikola Tesla.Hear Bob's full interview across episodes 485 and 486 of The Action Catalyst.Special for Action Catalyst listeners: visit the link below, or use code "Action25" at checkout at MutomboCoffee.com to receive 25% off your order.https://www.mutombocoffee.com/discount/Action25

May 20, 2025 • 26min
Survive, Reset, Thrive, with Dr. Rebecca Homkes (Strategy, Growth, Business, Leadership)
High-growth strategy specialist, executive advisor, and lecturer at the London Business School, Dr. Rebecca Homkes, explains how growth is a loop, not a line, and lays out the 4 C's that threaten a business, the 6 questions to ask in the middle of a strategy reset, the 3 things thriving organizations have, the difference between a teaching and a learning organization, and how to establish your MUST-WIN battles.

May 15, 2025 • 3min
CLIP: Value vs. Value
Bob Bush, senior investment executive and the President, CEO and Co-Founder of Mutombo Coffee, explains the important distinction between being valuable, and being important, and what that means for your impact in the world.Hear Bob's full interview across episodes 485 and 486 of The Action Catalyst.Special for Action Catalyst listeners: visit the link below, or use code "Action25" at checkout at MutomboCoffee.com to receive 25% off your order.https://www.mutombocoffee.com/discount/Action25

May 14, 2025 • 3min
Overtime with Outland: Bob Bush, Episodes 485 and 486
Overtime with Outland is Action Catalyst host Adam Outland's reflections and commentary on discussions with each of his esteemed and accomplished guests. In this segment, Adam dissects Episodes 485 and 486 with Bob Bush, senior investment executive and the President, CEO and Co-Founder of Mutombo Coffee.Special for Action Catalyst listeners: visit the link below, or use code "Action25" at checkout at MutomboCoffee.com to receive 25% off your order.https://www.mutombocoffee.com/discount/Action25

May 13, 2025 • 18min
Talent, Hunger, Wonder, with Bob Bush (Business, Leadership, Risk, Tesla)
Bob Bush, senior investment executive and the President, CEO and Co-Founder of Mutombo Coffee, explains the key business point on which he disagrees with Bezos, breaks down risk tolerance internationally and domestically, shares the historical lesson we can learn from Nikola Tesla, and talks about keeping the hunger and the naivety that is your spark.Special for Action Catalyst listeners: visit the link below, or use code "Action25" at checkout at MutomboCoffee.com to receive 25% off your order.https://www.mutombocoffee.com/discount/Action25Mentioned in this episode:Learn more at SouthwesternConsulting.com/Coaching/StudentsSouthwestern Student Coaching

May 8, 2025 • 4min
CLIP: "The Big Lie"
Best-selling author, Hall of Fame speaker, and podcast host Randy Gage reveals "the big lie" for entrepreneurs and how it will impact the future of every industry.Hear Randy's full interview in Episode 123 of The Action Catalyst.

May 6, 2025 • 34min
Commerce Over Charity, with Bob Bush (Learning, Business, Values, Leadership)
Bob Bush, senior investment executive and the President, CEO and Co-Founder of Mutombo Coffee, shares the life lessons he learned on early-morning bus rides, and reflects on being allowed to fail (a little bit), talking his way onto Wall Street, getting “behind the numbers”, the head and the heart connection, helping develop Dubai, defining “social impact”, and being valuable instead of just being important.Special for Action Catalyst listeners: visit the link below, or use code "Action25" at checkout at MutomboCoffee.com to receive 25% off your order.https://www.mutombocoffee.com/discount/Action25Mentioned in this episode:Learn more at SouthwesternConsulting.com/Coaching/StudentsSouthwestern Student Coaching


