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Create New Futures | How Leaders Produce Breakthroughs and Transform the World through Conversation
Welcome to Create New Futures. Every episode, best-selling author and host Aviv Shahar will explore ideas and insights that can awaken and inspire you to the opportunities you have to create new futures for you, your family, your teams, and for your business.
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133 Julie Noonan - Leading with Curiosity & Transparency in the Wake of Shifting Generations in the Workforce
Julie Noonan is an Executive Coach and Strategic Cha...
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May 16 2023 38m
132 Sophie Wade - Bringing Empathy & Self-Awareness to the Forefront of the Workplace
Sophie Wade is an international speaker, the author ...
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Apr 20 2023 42m
131 Oscar Trimboli - How to Listen
Oscar Trimboli is the author of How to Listen: Disco...
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Mar 20 2023 42m
130 Dr. Eric Holsapple - Mindful Leadership
Dr. Eric J. Holsapple is a successful developer, aut...
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Feb 15 2023 33m
129 Ashley Reichheld & Amelia Dunlop - The Four Factors of Trust
Ashley Reichheld & Amelia Dunlop are both passionate...
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Jan 16 2023 39m
128 Court Lorenzini, Grant Canary, & Bryce Bennett - Solving Tough Problems
Today, we’re exploring how the future reveals itself...
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Dec 16 2022 1h 8m
127 Peter Docker - Intentional Leadership
Peter Docker is a keynote speaker, facilitator, and ...
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Nov 16 2022 53m
126 Faiza Hughell - Courageous Leadership
Faiza Hughell is a go-to market leader, board member...
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Oct 17 2022 36m
125 Shaunak Roy - Changing the Future of Education
Shaunak Roy is the Founder and CEO of Yellowdig, a c...
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Sep 15 2022 49m
Chapter 1 7 mins
Aviv introduces today’s guest, Shaunak Roy who speaks to what brings him joy from the work he does, his passion for learning and the problem that Yellowdig solvesChapter 2 9 mins
Shaunak expounds on the broken educational system and possible solutions to fix itChapter 3 7 mins
How Yellowdig differentiates itselfChapter 4 7 mins
Agency, Mastery and ConnectednessChapter 5 5 mins
What it looks like when a group of learners and educators truly embrace the full capability of Yellowdig’s platformChapter 6 3 mins
Yellowdig’s business model, their expected growth, and Shaunak’s five-year visionChapter 7 2 mins
Shaunak reflects on key insights and learnings from building an organizationChapter 8 1 min
Advice Shaunak would give his twenty-five-year-old self and two learnings that Shaunak values above all elseChapter 9 2 mins
Final words of wisdom from Shaunak
124 Eddy Badrina - Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch
Eddy Badrina is the CEO of Eden Green, a vertical fa...
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Aug 16 2022 37m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Aviv introduces today’s guest, Eddy Badrina who shares what he loves about the work he’s currently doing and the problems Eden Green is solvingChapter 2 5 mins
Vertical farming, explained and what Eden Green doesChapter 3 5 mins
Food Insecurity around the globeChapter 4 3 mins
Other key players in the vertical farming value chainChapter 5 1 min
The demand for ‘organic’Chapter 6 1 min
Eddy’s vertical farming origin storyChapter 7 3 mins
Building a ‘Redemptive Organization’Chapter 8 4 mins
Eddy reflects on key learnings from working at The U.S. Department of State and The White HouseChapter 9 3 mins
The formative moment that awakened this sense of empathetic leadership in EddyChapter 10 1 min
Advice Eddy would give his twenty-five year old self and two learnings that Eddy values above all elseChapter 11 2 mins
Final words of wisdom from Eddy
123 John Church - Possibilities Thinking in Executive Leadership
John Church is a visionary leader who has had an ext...
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Jul 12 2022 1h 2m
Chapter 1 3 mins
Aviv introduces today’s guest, John Church who speaks to the joys of retirement and his uncanny ability to remain calm in stressful situationsChapter 2 11 mins
John shares how General Mills successfully navigated the world-changing event of the pandemicChapter 3 2 mins
Best practices and protocols that enabled John and his team to succeedChapter 4 3 mins
Managing the human side of leadership during a crisisChapter 5 7 mins
A shifting paradigmChapter 6 6 mins
The concept of ‘Possibilities Thinking’Chapter 7 11 mins
John’s career origin storyChapter 8 6 mins
Vulnerability in leadershipChapter 9 2 mins
The key principles that guide John’s mentoring practicesChapter 10 3 mins
Three final inquiries from AvivChapter 11 1 min
Final words of wisdom from John
The Art of Storytelling: How to Effectively Leverage Stories with Mark Carpenter
Mark Carpenter is a speaker, consultant, serial stor...
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Jun 15 2022 41m
Chapter 1 5 mins
Aviv introduces today’s guest, Mark Carpenter who shares what he enjoys most about storytelling and the power of connecting through storiesChapter 2 1 min
Where Mark’s passion for storytelling aroseChapter 3 4 mins
What we don’t understand about stories and the three biggest mistakes people make when telling storiesChapter 4 5 mins
Aviv and Mark engage in an exercise to provide the three major components of a storyChapter 5 7 mins
What an effective story and storyteller looks likeChapter 6 2 mins
Why adults and children listen to stories similarlyChapter 7 2 mins
Why Conflict is keyChapter 8 5 mins
Three steps of crafting and delivering a great storyChapter 9 3 mins
Aviv and Mark speak to the critical stories about the human condition that we must be developingChapter 10 2 mins
Final words of wisdom from Mark
121 Russell Hudson - From resignation to regeneration
Russell Hudson is a strategist, economist and consul...
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May 16 2022 56m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Aviv introduces today’s guest, Russell Hudson who shares what brings him energy and joy these days and reflects on what he calls ‘the noise in the silence and the silence in the noise’Chapter 2 7 mins
Key insights from Russell’s research into work-life identity and the current state of The Great ResignationChapter 3 4 mins
The Great Exhaustion, explainedChapter 4 7 mins
Reclaiming your power to choose and ‘Elizabeth’s story’Chapter 5 7 mins
Russell reflects on his own journey through The Great ExhaustionChapter 6 3 mins
Russell expounds on the phrase, ‘Here I stand, I can do no other’Chapter 7 6 mins
Transitioning from chasing to embracingChapter 8 10 mins
Rethinking success and significanceChapter 9 1 min
Final words of wisdom from Russell and what he hopes to be writing about in the future
120 Ralf Specht - Making Soulless Companies a Thing of the Past
Ralf Specht is a visionary business leader and crea...
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Apr 16 2022 40m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Aviv introduces today’s guest, Ralf Specht who shares his visionChapter 2 2 mins
Core agreements that shaped the trajectory of Ralf’s companyChapter 3 2 mins
Formative lessons Ralf learned as CEOChapter 4 6 mins
Building and cultivating a shared purposeChapter 5 6 mins
The Soul System, explainedChapter 6 6 mins
Fostering a sense of belonging through open conversations and connecting purpose, mission, and vision to the work you do every dayChapter 7 1 min
How Ralf transitioned from a corporate to a consulting frame of mindChapter 8 4 mins
Daring to be human againChapter 9 57 sec
Advice Ralf would give to his younger self and two learnings Ralf values above all othersChapter 10 1 min
Final words of wisdom from Ralf
119 Tim Coats - Towards a Life Well Lived
Tim Coats is a former Executive at General Mills. Af...
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Mar 16 2022 1h 8m
Chapter 1 1 min
Aviv introduces today’s guest, Tim Coats who shares his background and what brings him energy and joy these daysChapter 2 3 mins
A closet philosopher and mystic flying under the cover of a corporate executiveChapter 3 3 mins
Bringing philosophical tendencies to corporate AmericaChapter 4 1 min
The power of ‘We’Chapter 5 2 mins
The inquiry that Tim initially set out to answer when he launched his blogChapter 6 2 mins
Defining ‘A Life Well Lived’ and the two broad categories of peopleChapter 7 3 mins
The journey of finding meaningChapter 8 4 mins
Three of Tim’s contemplative practicesChapter 9 5 mins
The Four Principles: Balance, Awareness, Practice and WisdomChapter 10 6 mins
Tim speaks to the idea of belonging and the Five Energies of LifeChapter 11 4 mins
Being accepted for your own authentic selfChapter 12 10 mins
Be the best, look both ways, help others succeedChapter 13 4 mins
The peace that proceeds challengeChapter 14 10 mins
The critical phase in every development journeyChapter 15 1 min
The God Test
118 Yair Assulin - The Stories We Create
Yair Assulin is an award-winning author and thinker...
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Feb 16 2022 1h 10m
Chapter 1 7 mins
Aviv introduces today’s guest, Yair Assulin who shares the fundamental shift in mind and heart that he believes needs to occur in our worldChapter 2 3 mins
The impact the Industrial Revolution had on the rise of the ‘Nation State’Chapter 3 5 mins
The Century of the ‘How’ and the Century of the ‘What’Chapter 4 5 mins
The need to create new language and a new story in order to evolve and move forwardChapter 5 3 mins
Characteristics of people who are able to lead by changing consciousnessChapter 6 4 mins
The discovery of America metaphorChapter 7 5 mins
Yair speculates on the future of the ‘State’ and trends he’s observed over the past few yearsChapter 8 4 mins
The fundamental changes to consciousness, space, and timeChapter 9 6 mins
Yair reflects on his own personal journey and shares what he’s learnedChapter 10 2 mins
The fight for freedom and individualismChapter 11 6 mins
Yair provides his thoughts on totalitarian ChinaChapter 12 33 sec
The distinction between technological and conceptual enterpriseChapter 13 5 mins
What the spiritual realm means to YairChapter 14 3 mins
What Yair hopes to be writing about five to ten years into the futureChapter 15 3 mins
Are we currently in a Revolutionary Age or a Transformation Age
117 - A Transformational Leader Must Be a Conversation Artist
During a recent workshop with an executive team, Av...
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Jan 27 2022 9m
Chapter 1 1 min
Aviv shares learnings and insights he gleaned about the currency of leadershipChapter 2 3 mins
Aviv analyzes four reasons that the highest leverage for a leader is to frame the conversationChapter 3 1 min
The heavy price leaders pay when failing to embrace the mindset of conversation as the currency of leadershipChapter 4 44 sec
Key elements and capabilities that characterize a conversation artistChapter 5 1 min
Now it’s your turn, embark on a lifelong journey of becoming a conversation artist
116 Mark Horoszowski - Building an Equitable Future
Mark Horoszowski is the co-founder and CEO of Moving...
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Jan 13 2022 1h 8m
Chapter 1 3 mins
Aviv introduces today’s guest, Mark Horoszowski who shares his background in corporate social responsibility and what he enjoys most about his workChapter 2 2 mins
Mark reflects on the type of learner he isChapter 3 8 mins
What catalyzed Mark’s journey to MovingWorldsChapter 4 2 mins
The most important lessons Mark learned during his year of travelChapter 5 5 mins
The mission of MovingWorldsChapter 6 13 mins
Building a sustainable and equitable economy and the role of social businessesChapter 7 4 mins
Mark provides some examples of the work he and his team do at MovingWorldsChapter 8 7 mins
Challenges that Mark had to overcome and what he learned from themChapter 9 6 mins
The importance of the belief systems of people who get involved in systems changeChapter 10 4 mins
Deep insights Mark has gleaned about human natureChapter 11 3 mins
What it means to Mark to be an RSA FellowChapter 12 7 mins
Advice Mark would give to younger people looking to make a difference in this ever-changing world
115 Steven Morris - The Power of Purpose
Steven Morris is a Brand and Culture Advisor and Spe...
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Dec 14 2021 1h 18m
Chapter 1 7 mins
Aviv introduces today’s guest, Steven Morris who shares the inspiration behind his signature mantra, ‘There is nothing more powerful than a united group of souls ignited in a common cause with love at the core’Chapter 2 2 mins
Steven defines the business he is currently inChapter 3 4 mins
Reframing ‘businesspeople’ as creativesChapter 4 2 mins
Steven talks about his book, The Beautiful BusinessChapter 5 9 mins
A sense of agency and Steven’s purpose journeyChapter 6 6 mins
Discovering purpose and how Steven’s purpose exploration impacted how he approaches businessChapter 7 8 mins
A critical lesson in entrepreneurshipChapter 8 4 mins
An identity unravellingChapter 9 4 mins
Steven opens up about insights from his own personal discovery processChapter 10 6 mins
The continual examination of lifeChapter 11 5 mins
The Great ResignationChapter 12 2 mins
The globalization of our societyChapter 13 8 mins
Questions Steven hopes business leaders start to ask after reading his bookChapter 14 2 mins
Parting words of wisdom from Steven
114 Colin Hunter - Play Purposefully & Stretch for Growth
Colin Hunter is the Chief Executive Officer of Poten...
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Nov 15 2021 48m
Chapter 1 7 mins
Aviv introduces today’s guest, Colin Hunter who shares his background, speaks to what he enjoys most about his work and explains why he considers himself a ‘work-in-progress’Chapter 2 1 min
Colin talks about the phenomenon of ‘Squirrelling’Chapter 3 3 mins
The Hero’s JourneyChapter 4 2 mins
The Three ‘C’s: Core practices from Colin’s bookChapter 5 4 mins
Building deeper layers of self-insightChapter 6 1 min
The Heathrow Airport exampleChapter 7 7 mins
Colin opens up about a breakdown he experienced when he was thirtyChapter 8 2 mins
The important role mentors have played in Colin’s personal and professional developmentChapter 9 6 mins
Why we must create a playground atmosphere at workChapter 10 3 mins
Colin recalls a situation where he was compelled to exercise courageChapter 11 3 mins
How Colin defines a tough conversationChapter 12 1 min
Advice Colin would give to his twenty-five-year-old selfChapter 13 1 min
The two insights Colin values above all elseChapter 14 2 mins
Final words of wisdom from Colin
113 Tom Chiarella - Resonating as a Leader
Tom Chiarella is the CEO and Founder of Resonance AI...
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Oct 13 2021 55m
Chapter 1 10 mins
Aviv introduces today’s guest, Tom Chiarella who shares what he enjoys the most about his work and why and the problems that Resonance AI is trying to solveChapter 2 2 mins
Who are Resonance AI’s customers?Chapter 3 2 mins
The three ‘Power’ scores: Drawing, Holding and StayingChapter 4 5 mins
Complex functionalities that AI is close to solvingChapter 5 4 mins
Tom speaks to the incredible work they’re doing at Resonance AIChapter 6 5 mins
Tom’s entrepreneurial origin journeyChapter 7 4 mins
Mentors who have impacted Tom throughout his careerChapter 8 2 mins
The road to co-founding a companyChapter 9 4 mins
Key lessons Tom learned from his time at QuestraChapter 10 7 mins
Critical insights Tom has gleaned as a leaderChapter 11 1 min
Advice Tom would give to his twenty-five year old selfChapter 12 1 min
The two insights Tom values above all elseChapter 13 2 mins
Final words of wisdom from Tom
112 Aaron Hurst - The Science of Purpose at Work
Aaron Hurst is the CEO and co-founder of Imperative,...
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Sep 14 2021 59m
Chapter 1 7 mins
Aviv introduces today’s guest, Aaron Hurst who shares what he enjoys the most about his work and why and the inspiration to launch the Taproot FoundationChapter 2 3 mins
The insight that catalyzed ImperativeChapter 3 2 mins
Core principles of Purpose Inquiry and DiscoveryChapter 4 5 mins
Purpose, meaning and fulfillment and the significance of happiness and joyChapter 5 2 mins
Cultivating a purpose mindset and the religious and spiritual aspects of purposeChapter 6 6 mins
The peer coaching process explainedChapter 7 2 mins
Imperative’s business modelChapter 8 1 min
Promoting and encouraging authenticityChapter 9 1 min
Aaron speaks to how he’s been changed through the experience of launching ImperativeChapter 10 5 mins
Aaron’s entrepreneurial origin journeyChapter 11 4 mins
Aaron’s creative processChapter 12 2 mins
Aaron speculates on how the world of work will change in the coming decadeChapter 13 9 mins
How to address gaps in purpose and connectionChapter 14 49 sec
Advice Aaron would give to his twenty-five-year-old selfChapter 15 59 sec
The two insights Aaron values above all elseChapter 16 1 min
Final words of wisdom from Aaron
111 - 8 Key Questions for Evaluating Your Strategic Innovation Opportunities
Strategic planning is an oxymoronic term. While visi...
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Aug 30 2021 11m
Chapter 1 1 min
Aviv introduces today’s topic, 8 Key Questions for Evaluating Your Strategic Innovation OpportunitiesChapter 2 2 mins
Aviv provides best practices for engendering true strategic explorationsChapter 3 4 mins
Aviv lists and analyzes the eight key questions for evaluating your strategic innovation opportunitiesChapter 4 1 min
The Ford Taurus exampleChapter 5 1 min
Now it’s your turn, reflect on your strategic growth opportunities holistically to create the future of your business, apply the eight inquiry framework to discover which options are optimal and determine the priority investments that will unlock the future to which you aspire
110 Adam Wray - Changing the Perception of Education
Adam Wray is the founder and CEO of AstrumU, a Seatt...
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Aug 16 2021 58m
Chapter 1 3 mins
Aviv introduces today’s guest, Adam Wray who shares his background in the humanities and what he enjoys the most about his workChapter 2 4 mins
The problem Adam is striving to solve at AstrumU and the Four Buckets of Universal SkillsChapter 3 6 mins
Adam shares his perspective on how the ability to focus has been impacted by the recent technological boonChapter 4 8 mins
The inspiration to get involved in education and three key trends that are reshaping the spaceChapter 5 3 mins
Other significant trends Adam has observed in educationChapter 6 2 mins
Adam’s entrepreneurial origin journeyChapter 7 2 mins
Critical lessons Adam has learned on building highly effective teams and cultureChapter 8 7 mins
The seven values Adam fosters in his organizationChapter 9 1 min
Adam’s experience working at AmazonChapter 10 4 mins
Adam speaks to the final two values he fosters in his organizationChapter 11 2 mins
How Adam reinvests in himself to become a better CEOChapter 12 5 mins
Adam reflects on a moment in his past where he expressed courage in leadershipChapter 13 42 sec
Advice Adam would give to his twenty-five-year-old selfChapter 14 1 min
The two insights Adam values above all elseChapter 15 2 mins
Final words of wisdom from Adam
109 Jon Herlocker - Setting High-Level Goals & Becoming a Lifelong Learner
Jon Herlocker is the Founder and CEO of Tignis, a co...
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Jul 13 2021 1h 3m
Chapter 1 10 mins
Aviv introduces today’s guest, Jon Herlocker who speaks to what he enjoys the most about his work and his experience enabling others to achieve extraordinary breakthroughsChapter 2 4 mins
Jon tells the story of where his fascination with giving people vision startedChapter 3 9 mins
Jon shares the origin story of Tignis, the initial problem he set out to solve when he launched and how Tignis has evolved since thenChapter 4 2 mins
Jon speculates on when we might have fully autonomous industrial plantsChapter 5 2 mins
Jon explains Industry 4.0Chapter 6 2 mins
How Jon addresses concerns that automated plants will lead to social challenges such as job lossChapter 7 3 mins
Aviv and Jon discuss the Overshoot Undershoot Syndrome and Jon provides an interesting Control Systems analogyChapter 8 4 mins
Jon expounds on common misconceptions that people have about machine learning and artificial intelligenceChapter 9 5 mins
Jon speaks to his entrepreneurial origin storyChapter 10 4 mins
Jon shares the top lessons he’s learned throughout his careerChapter 11 2 mins
Core management practices that Jon established in his companyChapter 12 2 mins
Aviv breaks down The Four Stages of Adult LearningChapter 13 2 mins
How Jon continues to learn and evolve as a CEO and a leaderChapter 14 2 mins
Advice Jon would give to his twenty-five year old selfChapter 15 1 min
The one insight Jon values above all elseChapter 16 2 mins
Final words of wisdom from Jon