We've got a special treat for you this episode! We're featuring a recent Los Angeles GrandSLAM - with hosting, audience slips, music, and of course, great stories. The episode was introduced by Sarah Austin Jenness, and the GrandSLAM was hosted by Brian Finkelstein. The musicians in this episode were Alexander Burke, who played the vibraphone, and Eban Schletter, who played the theremin.

Special thanks to Gary Buchler, regional producer of The Moth's Los Angeles slam series.

Storytellers:

Jess Nurse learns a bit about friendship after your twenties.

David Ambroz finds inner strength in a challenging situation.

Bryan Kett plays disc-golf with some misfits.

A special Veterans Day edition of The Moth Radio Hour. After returning from active duty in the Middle East, a marine searches for new meaning; a 97 year old woman describes training young men for WWII combat as a WASP; a father being deployed to Iraq must find a way to explain it to his children; and a WWII soldier from Wisconsin serves with the segregated 93rd Infantry Division in the South Pacific. This special hour is hosted by The Moth's Producing Director, Sarah Austin Jenness. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Storytellers:

Mike Scotti finds new meaning after returning from active duty in the Middle East.

Dawn Seymour becomes part of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), training young men stateside to enter WWII overseas.

Bill Krieger tucks his daughter in at night before being deployed to Iraq. 

William Cole serves as a radio operator in the 93rd Infantry Division, a segregated unit, in the South Pacific.

Podcast # 356

There’s a huge amount of productivity systems and time management strategies out there. But what actually works, and why?

How will the crisis affect the career paths of today's workforce. What are the new opportunities, and how can you write your own script for success?

Which country is responding best to the global crisis, and is the era of globalization dead?

When we look back at 2020, what will we have learned after a global health crisis, a national reckoning around racism, and a divisive election?

Moderna could seek government approval for its Covid-19 vaccine as early as November.

One week after a contentious U.S. election, we speak with Harvard political philosopher Michael J. Sandel about making sense of what’s happening in America.

Here’s how to know if you’re making enough time for happiness, and what to do if you’re not.

How Does Netflix Approach Corporate Diversity?

Is there a way to make a virtual social event at work not stink?

As more people get access to a Covid-19 vaccine, organizations are facing an opportunity for a real reset.

A huge digital transformation is gaining speed, and to succeed firms must focus on their digital core.

Apple leaders need deep expertise, immersion in details, and collaborative debate.

When Apple was smaller, it may have been reasonable to expect leaders to be experts on pretty much everything going on in their organizations. However, they now need to exercise greater discretion regarding where and how they spend their effort.

When Steve Jobs arrived back at Apple in 1997, he laid off general managers of all business units and combined disparate functional departments into one functional organization.

China is achieving a new level of global competitiveness, thanks to its hyper-adaptive population.

Today, Bitcoin consumes as much energy as a small country. This certainly sounds alarming — but the reality is a little more complicated, says Nic Carter, whose firm invests in public blockchain startups.

Real inclusion means your employees feel included, involved and accepted at work. (3 of 3)

Six ways to take full advantage of the benefits of relocation. (3 of 3)

As workplaces take tentative steps towards a new normal, social psychologist Heidi Grant shares best practices for interacting when some are in the office and some are remote.

Diversity does not always translate to inclusivity. How to ensure that your efforts are making your employees feel like they belong. (2 of 3)

How can people stay viable and valuable throughout their careers?

Can you make a career out of playing video games? Short answer: Yes.

Research shows that negativity causes us to shut down, stop communicating, and cease being helpful to others. But thriving—the mental state in which people feel a sense of vitality and learning — blunts negativity’s toxic effects.

This is not a side issue: it’s time to adopt a more systematic, coherent approach to D&I.

Here’s how to figure out if it’s time to move on to the next phase of your career--and if it is, how to do it right.

Paul Hudson, head of one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, says leaders need to sit back and listen more often.

Speicher explains how design thinking can help guide us to new ways of collaborating as we rethink work and the workplace in a post-Covid world.

Hoffman, now a partner at Greylock Partners, says innovators must ignore hype to identify new technologies with real traction. It starts by envisioning how they might shape the future.

Tsedal Neeley on Why We Need to Think of the Office as a Tool, with Very Specific Uses

Do You Have What it Takes to Own a Food Truck? | Career Crush

Ever feel like your brain has run out of ideas? Here’s how to break out of a creative rut.

Giving feedback can be tricky and awkward, especially if you’re conflict averse. How do you give feedback that’s empathetic yet effective?

I can watch TikToks for hours. I’ve even made a few. But what is it like to make them for a living?

You may think of your career as a ladder–straight up, or down–but a better analogy might be a rock climbing wall, where going sideways or even backwards can be how you find your unique route to the top.

"There is no excuse. Creativity has to be at the forefront.” If not, one day you'll wake up and discover your competitors have the edge.

When you’re in the middle of a conflict, it’s common to automatically enter a “fight or flight” mentality, but it’s possible to interrupt this response and clear a path towards a more productive discussion.

Should you always be looking for another job, never make a lateral move, or be sure to stay at a job for two years? There's a lot of conflicting advice out there. HBR's Amy Gallo helps you sort the myths from the facts.

They’re not being a jerk on purpose, and if you can understand what motivates them you’ll find a better way to co-exist, and maybe even thrive.

Of all the bad bosses out there, one of the most common–and most painful to work for–is the one who’s plagued by doubt. Here’s how to deal with them.

Sure, you could just argue with them. But if you have to work together, here are more productive ways for everyone to win.

I'm happy to announce a live-streamed recording of my Lean podcast with my guest Jarvis Gray. You can join us Live on Linkedin on Wednesday, October 30 at 1 pm ET. EVENT LINK The episode will also be released as a podcast via the normal feeds and my YouTube channel. But if you attend live, you can ask questions via LinkedIn Chat. We'll discuss his new book, MASTERING HEALTHCARE EXCELLENCE: A Leaders Guide to Getting […]

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Thanks, as always, to Ryan McCormack for this. He always shares so much good reading, listening, and viewing here! Subscribe to get these directly from Ryan via email. News, articles, books, podcasts, and videos about how to make the workplace better. Operational Excellence, Improvement, and Innovation Operational Excellence, Improvement, and Innovation Will AI Transform the Factory Floor? Want a business case approved? Just say you are implementing GenAI. Process optimization has remained focused on leveraging […]

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #519 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Jarvis Gray, the Managing Director of The Quality Coaching Co. He offers more than 16 years of strategic planning, quality improvement, and operations leadership experience in the healthcare industry.  Through his firm, The Quality Coaching Co., Jarvis and his associates help healthcare organizations foster cultures of system-wide quality improvement by offering customized Lean Six […]

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I'm happy to be hosting and moderating this webinar that will be presented by Brent Loescher, a fellow instructor with me at TKMG Academy. A Lean practitioner at heart, Brent received his formal Toyota Production System training while working for Toyota Motor Sales in their North American Parts Operations. He helped develop a Lean program for the landscape maintenance industry, implementing and evolving continuous improvement programs across the country since 2009. This included co-leading a […]

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It’s time to end zero-tolerance policies in schools, which disproportionately harm Black students with ADHD and other disabilities, and place them at increased risk for getting sucked into the school-to-prison pipeline.

How can you craft an ideal career that brings fulfillment and joy? Begin by sharpening the focus on these five ADHD assets and strengths.

Hard-to-meet goals can frustrate children with ADHD. Deploy these approaches to prevent meltdowns and transform relationships.

Business leaders with ADHD do best when they surround themselves with teammates who offset their executive functioning weaknesses.