Second City Works presents "Getting to Yes, And"

Kelly speaks with Erin McGoff, an award-winning filmmaker and content creator – known as the “internet’s big sister” through her AdviceWithErin branding. She received a Pulitzer Fellowship in 2017 and was named a Forbes 30 under 30 recipient in 2025. She has a new book: “The Secret Language of Work: Hyper-Helpful Scripts for Every Situation.” https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8058423/8058423_2026-03-25-200323.64kmono.mp3 “What holds people back from speaking up is fear.” “Communication is at the heart of every single aspect of your career.” “Don’t tell yourself a story that takes away your power.” Recent Posts Second City Works presents “Getting to Yes, And” Erin McGoff – ‘The Secret Language of Work’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Julia Minson: ‘How to Disagree Better’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} B. Joseph Pine – ‘Transform Your Business and Life’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Jane Marie Chen – Designing Self-Compassion .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} ‘Improv and Leadership for Girls: A New Free Program’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more

Kelly connects with Julia Minson, a professor at Harvard Kennedy School. She is a behavioral scientist with extensive research experience in conflict, communication, negotiations, and decision-making. She has a new book: “How to Disagree Better.”  https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8054274/8054274_2026-03-24-042214.64kmono.mp3 Recent Posts Second City Works presents “Getting to Yes, And” Erin McGoff – ‘The Secret Language of Work’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Julia Minson: ‘How to Disagree Better’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} B. Joseph Pine – ‘Transform Your Business and Life’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Jane Marie Chen – Designing Self-Compassion .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} ‘Improv and Leadership for Girls: A New Free Program’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more

Kelly talks to Joe Pine, an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and management advisor to Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial start-ups alike. He is a co-founder of Strategic Horizons LLP, a thinking studio dedicated to helping businesses conceive and design new ways to add value to their economic offerings. He is the co-author of the best-seller “The Experience Economy,” and his latest book is called “The Transformation Economy: Guiding Customers to Achieve Their Aspirations.”    https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8035980/8035980_2026-03-16-001120.64kmono.mp3 “What people want, in short, is to be transformed.”  “Customization is the antidote to commoditization.”  “Sell the end.”  Recent Posts Second City Works presents “Getting to Yes, And” Erin McGoff – ‘The Secret Language of Work’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Julia Minson: ‘How to Disagree Better’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} B. Joseph Pine – ‘Transform Your Business and Life’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Jane Marie Chen – Designing Self-Compassion .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} ‘Improv and Leadership for Girls: A New Free Program’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more

Kelly spends time with Jane Marie Chen, a globally recognized entrepreneur, inventor, speaker, and leadership coach. She is the co-founder of Embrace, which developed an infant incubator that has helped to save over a million babies. Jane has been a TED fellow and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. She has a new memoir, “Like a Wave We Break: A Memoir of Falling Apart and Finding Myself.” https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8022686/8022686_2026-03-09-220426.64kmono.mp3 “This is the story of a wipeout.”  “True leadership, I realized, wasn’t about perfection or invincibility. It was about authenticity.” “Surviving trauma and confronting its aftermath are two different experiences.”  Recent Posts Second City Works presents “Getting to Yes, And” Erin McGoff – ‘The Secret Language of Work’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Julia Minson: ‘How to Disagree Better’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} B. Joseph Pine – ‘Transform Your Business and Life’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Jane Marie Chen – Designing Self-Compassion .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} ‘Improv and Leadership for Girls: A New Free Program’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more

Kelly talks to Jenny Raymond from the Harnish Foundation and Julie Dumais Osborne from The Second City Training Center to talk about a new partnership that offers free improv-based leadership training for girls in grades 3 through 8 in Chicago called Funny Girls. The best part: IT’S FREE! For more information or to sign up your school, go here: https://thehf.org/funny-girls/secondcity/ https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8011649/8011649_2026-03-04-183249.64kmono.mp3 “Improv is a warm hug for girls.”  “Improv teaches girls that there’s no right or wrong, fostering a sense of confidence and belonging.”   “By using improv, we’re helping girls discover their voices and build the confidence they need to lead.” Recent Posts Second City Works presents “Getting to Yes, And” Erin McGoff – ‘The Secret Language of Work’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Julia Minson: ‘How to Disagree Better’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} B. Joseph Pine – ‘Transform Your Business and Life’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Jane Marie Chen – Designing Self-Compassion .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} ‘Improv and Leadership for Girls: A New Free Program’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more

Bob Johansen, futurist and author of Navigating the Age of Chaos, sketches the BANI world: Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, Incomprehensible. He talks about why improv trains leaders for unpredictable systems. Conversations cover media incomprehensibility, decision-making with shaky data, resilience vs efficiency, scenario planning, and using AI as a conversational thinking partner.

Leslie John, Harvard Business School professor and author of Revealing, explores the surprising effects of self-disclosure. She discusses how oversharing can build rapid rapport, links improv’s “yes-and” to vulnerability, examines risks like manipulation, and reflects on personal grief, family secrets, and the healing power of transparency.

In this engaging conversation, Kelly connects with Paul Eastwick to discuss his new book, ‘Bonded by Evolution,’ exploring misconceptions about love and connection. He critiques the outdated ‘Evo script’ that shapes our understanding of attraction and relationships, emphasizing the impact of modern dating practices. Eastwick highlights the fluidity of attraction, the importance of close relationships, and the science behind breakups and attachment. He advocates for a constructive approach to building relationships, recognizing the role of change and the power of listening and validation in fostering connection. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7977783/7977783_2026-02-16-044723.64kmono.mp3 “We like different people for different reasons, which just adds to the chaos of it all.”  “Learning your place in the dating pool can be a brutal process.”  “No one enjoys being stuck in the friendzone.”  Recent Posts Second City Works presents “Getting to Yes, And” Erin McGoff – ‘The Secret Language of Work’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Julia Minson: ‘How to Disagree Better’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} B. Joseph Pine – ‘Transform Your Business and Life’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Jane Marie Chen – Designing Self-Compassion .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} ‘Improv and Leadership for Girls: A New Free Program’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more

Kate Murphy, journalist and author of Why We Click, explores the science of interpersonal synchrony and how people physically and neurologically align. She connects improvisation to research on mirroring, discusses mother‑infant bonding and left‑side cradling, and explains why video calls drain us. Short, curious, and full of surprising social science.

Daniel Coyle, best-selling author on culture and performance, reflects on moving from chasing success to creating meaning. He explores rituals and pauses that build connection, how improvisation and questions foster shared purpose, and designing spaces and practices that spark group flow and mutual flourishing.