From Project Professional to CEO, with the RSPCA's Joanna Rowland
The APM podcast features Joanna Rowland, who left a senior civil‑service career to become chief executive of the RSPCA in December 2025. The conversation explores how a project‑management background prepared her for leading one of the UK’s largest animal‑welfare charities. Rowland stresses that her first priority is financial resilience, noting that charities are not as well‑funded as the public assumes. She also highlights the broader mission—advocacy, prevention, and influencing food‑production practices—requiring the same strategic oversight she honed on multi‑billion‑pound government programmes. She likens the RSPCA to “inheriting a stately home,” where the CEO is a custodian for future generations. Her project‑management toolkit—vision setting, risk and stakeholder mapping, and disciplined communication—proved essential, especially when she explained how agile‑style “co‑design” can unite communications, assurance teams, and scientific experts on the new farm‑welfare scheme. For project professionals, Rowland’s journey illustrates that the discipline can be a direct pathway to C‑suite roles, provided they gain operational experience and learn to loosen rigid controls in favour of innovation. The insights signal that nonprofits increasingly need agile, cross‑functional leadership to navigate funding pressures and deliver impact.
Webinar: Leading in Complexity #leadership
The webinar introduced Oxford University’s Advanced Management and Leadership Programme (OAMLP), highlighting its new blended format that combines a week of on‑campus learning, several weeks of online modules, and a final immersive week in Oxford. Designed for senior leaders, the...
Dan Schulman, Verizon CEO, on AI, Layoffs & Punching Back | The CEO Signal
Dan Schulman, former PayPal chief, stepped out of retirement to become Verizon’s CEO, tasked with reversing a five‑year decline in market share, rising churn, and a slipping market‑cap. He framed the mission as a “play‑to‑win” attitude, borrowing metaphors from...
Flourishing in an Unraveling World: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Richard Davidson
The conversation centers on Richard Davidson’s new book, *Born to Flourish*, which defines flourishing as a state of full presence, connection, curiosity, purpose, and an underlying sense that "everything will be okay." Davidson frames these qualities as innate human capacities...
Building a Life of Meaning & Generational Leadership with Rick Walker
Arthur’s Round Table featured Rick Walker, a self‑made entrepreneur who grew up in a two‑bedroom home in Corpus Christi and launched a facilities‑management firm while still in college. By his mid‑20s he was overseeing 400 employees and later built a...
Blum Center Program: Meaning, Purpose, and the Science of Fulfillment
The session, hosted by the Blum Center, featured Carmen Alvarez, a certified positivity and mindfulness facilitator, who led a monthly program exploring the science of meaning, purpose and fulfillment after attending a global summit in Madrid. Alvarez presented research showing that...
How Marcus Aurelius Dealt with a World Full of Jerks
The video revisits Marcus Aurelius’s *Meditations*—a private, 2,000‑year‑old journal of the Roman emperor—to illustrate how Stoic philosophy tackles today’s pervasive “jerk” culture. Aurelius repeatedly confronts dishonest courtiers, demagogues, and fraudsters, using those encounters as tests of his character rather than...
Stop Overthinking: Get Out Of Your Head
The video argues that most people spend roughly half of their waking hours trapped in mental chatter, preventing true engagement with the world around them. It uses a personal anecdote of sitting on a beach and feeling nothing because the mind...
How Do You Catch the Winds of Luck?
In a brief talk, Tina Celig, executive director of Night Hennessy Scholars, reframes luck as a skill rather than pure chance, distinguishing it from fortune—the events that simply happen to us. Celig argues that luck is omnipresent, likening it to wind...
How Can We Face the World’s Suffering Without Becoming Overwhelmed? — Ask Mingyur Rinpoche
The video features a Q&A with Mingyur Rinpoche, who addresses a viewer’s concern about feeling overwhelmed by global suffering while trying to maintain personal meditation practice. He frames the challenge as a need to integrate wisdom with compassion, likening the...
What Does It Mean to Be Aware of Being Aware?
The video explores the concept of "being aware of being aware" as the pinnacle of meditation, a notion the speaker first encountered in a Tibetan monk’s text and later expanded upon in his own writings. Central to the discussion is the...
The Secret to Real Accountability
The video reframes accountability as a conversational practice rather than a punitive squeeze. It argues that real accountability emerges when leaders ask purposeful, two‑minute check‑ins that invite participants to articulate why they are there and what they hope to achieve. Key...
The Courage to Prioritize People Over Profits in Today’s Economy
The video argues that four decades of American‑style capitalism have conditioned businesses to chase quarterly earnings at the expense of building enduring enterprises. It contrasts short‑term profit pressure with the need for a lasting corporate purpose, citing Jack Welch and Milton...
Treat Business Like a Video Game
The video uses Final Fantasy VIII as a metaphor, comparing the early grind of a role‑playing game to the challenges faced by new entrepreneurs. It argues that every loss in business, like a battle in the game, grants experience points that improve...
Why We Should Refuse to Get Into Arguments
The video contends that everyday provocations— from a partner’s “nuclear button” to a clerk’s shrug— are not genuine disputes but psychological traps designed to draw us into conflict. It explains that most aggressors are overwhelmed by their own anger and seek...
Leisure's Not a Luxury. It's a Requirement for Top Leaders
Leisure is framed not as a luxury but as a strategic requirement for high‑performing leaders. Drawing on Josef Pieper’s classic “Leisure, the Basis of Culture,” the speaker argues that top strivers must treat non‑work time with the same intentionality they apply...
The Brain Science of Why Smart People Ignore Red Flags and Rationalize Pain
Dr. Tracey Marks explains that even highly intelligent people can overlook warning signs in romantic relationships because their brains prioritize narrative cohesion over factual truth. She describes cognitive dissonance as the mental strain when a loved one's actions clash with the...
Flourish Rerelease: Behind Frenemy Lines - Breaking Down Toxic Workplaces with Amber Tichenor
In this re‑aired episode of Flourish, host Sarah Richardson interviews organizational psychologist Amber Tichenor, author of *Behind Frenemy Lines*, to dissect the hidden epidemic of female rivalry in high‑stakes environments—from NASA and IBM to frontline nursing units. Tichenor traces the...
Multipliers - An A.CRE Pod: The Multipliers Nobody Talks About (S1E8)
In this episode of the Multipliers podcast, hosts Michael Bolasco and Sam Carlson discuss how unconventional “multipliers” – travel, team chemistry and stakeholder ownership – amplify personal and business performance. They argue that brief, low‑cost trips break the monotony of daily...
Detach From Anxiety Sleep Meditation #michaelsealey #sleepmeditation
The video presents a guided sleep meditation designed to help listeners detach from anxiety before bedtime. Michael Sealey repeatedly emphasizes that anxiety is a transient mental event, not the core self, encouraging a mindset shift that can calm the nervous...
Why Meditations Still Matters Today
The video highlights Marcus Aurelius’s *Meditations*, a collection of private Stoic reflections written nearly two millennia ago, and argues that its lessons remain strikingly applicable to contemporary life. Aurelius cautions against the corrupting influence of power, stresses personal values, and offers...
Why You’re Bad at Disagreeing (And How to Fix It)
The video features Harvard Kennedy School scholar Julia Mson discussing why most people struggle with disagreement and how to improve it. She defines a constructive disagreement as one that leaves both parties wanting to talk again, emphasizing that the goal...
Do You Feel Angry with Your Parents?
The video explores why many adult children feel sudden irritation toward their parents during reunions, using a personal Christmas anecdote to illustrate the clash between anticipation and unexpected emotional backlash. It explains that such irritation is not irrational but a polyvagal...
YOU WILL NEVER SEE DISCIPLINE THE SAME AGAIN
The video reframes discipline as a negotiation among competing neural networks rather than a single‑minded will, arguing that our brains consist of 86 billion neurons organized into rival “teams” that constantly vote on our actions. It explains how these internal factions generate...
Don't Forget To Forgive Yourself Too :)
In a recent retreat, the speaker describes a guided visualization led by mindset coach Patrick, where participants converse with a younger version of themselves, prompting a deep personal revelation. The exercise uncovered that the speaker had been denying a core need:...
Leigh Steinbreg, Sports Agent and Author | Sports Business Radio Podcast
Leigh Steinbreg, a veteran sports agent and author, explains how he readies clients for the NFL draft. His approach begins months ahead, sending prospects to specialized training camps that combine advanced nutrition plans with targeted workouts designed to master the...
When Did Everyone Become the Main Character™️?
The video examines how Americans’ sense of personal importance has dramatically shifted over the past half‑century, citing a 1952 poll where only 12 % of respondents described themselves as “very important” versus an 80 % figure in a 1990 follow‑up. The hosts attribute...
How to Think Like a Rocket Scientist (And Do the Seemingly Impossible) | Animated Book Summary
Think Like a Rocket Scientist by Ozan Varol distills NASA‑grade problem‑solving into a four‑step framework—R, C, K, T—aimed at helping anyone achieve seemingly impossible goals. The framework starts with “Rethink what’s possible” by swapping “can” for “could,” which triggers divergent thinking....
Why Young People Don't Have 'The Hunger' For Work (And What Leaders Need to Hear) | Dr. Eliza Filby
The video features historian Dr. Eliza Filby explaining why younger workers seem less driven and what leaders should hear. She argues that the traditional promise of stable, merit‑based careers no longer exists, leaving many to question why they should “hunger”...
Claude Cowork for Beginners: Build Your Own Jarvis
The video walks viewers through building a Claude‑powered personal assistant called Co‑Work, using only plain‑text markdown files. By creating a root folder with a claw.md instruction manual, a memory.mmd log, and a voice‑principles.md profile, users can set up a hierarchical...
Sometimes Putting It Off Is a Sign You Need to Call It Off 💡
The video recounts a stalled business deal with a well‑known figure, where the team kept postponing the agreement. The narrator describes growing guilt over the delay until a phone call revealed the root cause. The partner erupted over a minor contract...
Why Hospitality Skills Matter | When Experience Becomes Instinct at EHL | Hospitality Mindset (S2E2)
The video showcases EHL’s “Hospitality Mindset” series, emphasizing that real‑world event management at the school is the crucible where hospitality soft skills are forged. Students coordinate the Millésime and Fête Universelle events, handling logistics, sponsor relations, and crisis moments such as...
From Knowing to Doing: The Inner Game of Leadership
The speaker, a former engineer‑turned‑strategy consultant, explains why many executives know what to do yet fail to act. He attributes the gap to an overlooked ‘inner game’—the mental battle that determines whether knowledge translates into behavior. Drawing on Tim Gallwey’s 1970s...
BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING IS COMING TOGETHER - Motivational Speech
The video is a motivational address that frames success as a cosmic partnership, urging listeners to trust unseen forces that “settle the score” and provide timely nudges, such as a stray $20, even when doubt lingers. The speaker dissects three core...
Bad Managers Ignore These 5 Things #salestraining #salesmanagement #skospeaker #motivation
The video reexamines Maslow’s hierarchy, proposing a modern five‑point framework to keep employees motivated and retained. The speaker places fair compensation at the base, followed by a culture of psychological safety, then camaraderie through team collaboration, recognition of individual contributions, and...
10 Global CEOs on the New Rules of Scaling
The video brings together ten global CEOs to distill a new playbook for scaling businesses in turbulent markets. Across the series, leaders stress returning to the core purpose—loving the product and empowering the frontline—as the antidote to the complexity that...
Stop Trying to Fit In | Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein
The video features former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein reflecting on his rise from Brooklyn public housing to the helm of a Wall Street titan, emphasizing the cost of constantly trying to fit in and the power of embracing one’s...
We Control How We Respond To Other People
The video centers on a timeless Stoic lesson: we cannot dictate others’ behavior, but we can choose how we respond. It stresses that people act according to their own motives, and any attempt to control them is futile. The speaker urges...
How He Built a Multi-Million Dollar Business While Others Gave Up
The video chronicles how a young entrepreneur transformed a modest steel‑fabrication shop into a multi‑million‑dollar enterprise, contrasting his trajectory with peers who reverted to corporate jobs after early setbacks. Drawing on military discipline, a relentless work ethic, and a willingness...
Perhaps Moments of Turbulence Like These Actually Call on Us to Change Our Way of Thinking Entirely.
The video challenges the familiar narrative that life before machines was uniformly miserable, arguing that the Industrial Revolution and the rise of capitalism actually intensified labor exploitation. It contends that pre‑industrial communities, such as medieval peasants, enjoyed substantial leisure time,...
You’re Not Cold. You Learned to Shut Down to Survive. #shorts
The short video tackles avoidant attachment, arguing that people labeled “cold” often protect themselves through learned emotional shutdown. It traces the behavior to childhood environments where cries were ignored or dismissed, teaching the brain to “stop needing” as a survival tactic....
How To Discard The Junk In Your Mind
The video explores a passage from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations, portraying the Roman emperor not as an untouchable ruler but as a deeply anxious, frustrated human seeking calm. It frames his advice on mental clarity as a timeless strategy for anyone...
What Intrusive Thoughts Are Actually Trying to Tell Us
The video explores how intrusive thoughts are not random disturbances but signals of underlying emotions, particularly love, vulnerability, and unmet needs. It argues that what we vocalize in conflicts—like “You never help”—often disguises a deeper request for support and reassurance. Key...
Beyond the Boardroom: Responsible Leadership in Practice | LSEG Sustainable Growth
The LSEG Sustainable Growth podcast features Sir Mark Moody‑Stuart, a veteran of the extractives sector, discussing what responsible leadership looks like beyond the boardroom. He argues that lasting sustainability requires a joint approach: businesses, civil‑society groups, and governments must collaborate...
6 Fears That Keep You Poor - Napoleon Hill (Think and Grow Rich)
Napoleon Hill’s final chapter of *Think and Grow Rich* outlines six “ghosts” of fear—poverty, criticism, ill health, loss of love, old age, and death—that act as invisible brakes on wealth creation. Hill argues these psychological barriers, not external circumstances, keep...
Fake Friends, Haters & Clout Chasers (#5)
In episode five of his self‑improvement series, Hamza recounts how quitting his 9‑to‑5 job propelled him to a $15,000‑per‑month YouTube income, but also exposed him to a wave of fake friends, haters and clout‑chasing rivals. He explains that his trusting nature—traced...
YOU HAVE TO SACRIFICE TO BE A CHAMPION - Motivational Speech | Khabib Nurmagomedov
The video features Khabib Nurmagomedov delivering a motivational speech emphasizing that becoming a world champion requires unwavering focus and a disciplined daily regimen. He stresses that discipline alone is insufficient; true greatness demands total sacrifice of time, family, and comfort. He...
Most Men Are Exhausted for a Reason (Comedian Tim Hawkins)
The Dad Tired podcast episode featuring comedian Tim Hawkins examines why many men feel exhausted, blending personal stories about parenting, grandparenting, and Christian life. Hawkins and the host argue that sleep deprivation erodes patience, noting research that well‑rested fathers are calmer....
How an 8-Figure CEO Survived Recessions & Built Through Chaos
The video features an eight‑figure CEO recounting how his steel‑focused company survived the early‑2000s downturn and the 2008 financial crisis. He attributes survival to a fundamental mindset shift, moving from reactive cost‑cutting to proactive strategic planning, and to leveraging external...
Male Roles, Obligations and Options for Building a Fulfilling Life | Scott Galloway
In this Huberman Lab episode, Scott Galloway joins Andrew Huberman to dissect contemporary masculinity. Galloway argues that men need a clear "code"—a set of guiding principles drawn from career, sport, or personal values—to navigate the hundreds of daily choices that...