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Are We There Yet?
by Jamie Hardy, Sonja Ernst
Are We There Yet? is about recognizing, defining, and building pathways toward a more sustainable working future. How can we collaborate with others in a way that brings authenticity and durability to our projects and relationships? What tools can we leverage to communicate productively towards a shared goal? What can leaders do to shape where we’re going, and how to get there? Hosts Sonja Ernst and Jamie Hardy are two humans on a quest to understand just where we’re headed, in monthly conversations with pioneers, professors, artists, and experts in the fields of science, technology, placemaking, coalition building, AI, and so much more. Whether you're a business leader, a technology enthusiast, or simply curious about the future of how we do things, this podcast is for you.
Episodes
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When Things Get Hard: Why Friction Matters, and How to Persevere with Dr. Giselle Farrell
What happens when children don’t get enough opportunities to struggle, make mistakes, recover, and try again? What are the implications for the workplace when they grow up? Dr. Giselle Farrell joins Jamie and Sonja to explore how childhood development sets the stage for success (or failure) in…
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Where Intelligence Lives: AI Anthropologist Matt Artz on the Edges Where We Learn
When does a tool become a collaborator? What parts of our lives should resist automation? Will artificial intelligence ultimately flatten humanity? AI is changing far more than our productivity: it is changing how we think, learn, collaborate, and lead. Anthropologist and AI researcher Matt Artz...
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Quality Is a Strategy: Creating Regenerative Economies with Kristi Wiedemann
How can local systems solve global problems? Will we ever know the true cost of convenience? Can the profound act of caring transform economic systems? In this episode, PhD researcher Kristi Wiedemann shares with Sonja and Jamie insights from her work studying local fiber systems in New York…
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Dysregulated Leaders, Broken Teams: New Criteria for Sustainable Leadership with Aram Cargill
Are we leading from conscious choice, or from stress, ego, and conditioning? Who are we beneath the roles and personas we construct to function in society? What if the biggest problem in leadership isn’t strategy, but self-regulation? In this episode, Aram Cargill unpacks with Sonja and Jamie a...
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Growing Through Change: Franziska Altenbeck on Meeting the Moment Wherever You Are
What do we lose when we resist inevitable change? How can organizations create stability in the face of constant evolution? How do we define progress if we're never truly "there yet"? Franziska Altenbeck, an industrial engineer and healthcare-sustainability innovator, is intimate with an...
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Process Over Results: Raising Resilient Thinkers in an AI-Saturated World with Derek Hyde
Who are we if our identity is wrapped up in how others see us? What happens to leadership when a generation grows up on shortcuts and instant answers? What kind of society are we creating when we prioritize results over process? Derek Hyde, an American educator in Germany, reflects with Sonja and...
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Learnings From the AI Revolution: Data Sovereignty, Growth Mindset, and the Problem of Scale with Kevin O'Donovan
Who should own, control, and profit from data? Will AI ultimately kill more jobs, or create them? Are the human timescale and the AI timescale compatible? Technology evangelist Kevin O’Donovan joins Sonja and Jamie to unpack how AI and emerging technologies are reshaping organizations, energy...
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Beyond the Numbers: Building Authentic Client Relationships with Ryan Vogel
Can technology ever truly replace the human touch in client relationships? How can one adapt a communication style to ensure one's advice is truly understood? How does authentic team connection strengthen organizational success? Sonja and Jamie interview Ryan Vogel, Chief Planning Officer at Novi...
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The Power of Yet: Rethinking Change in Education with Justine González
Today’s learners are tomorrow’s leaders. How can we help young people build a solid foundation now to succeed in an increasingly uncertain future? As AI rewrites the rules of the classroom, what must we do to keep humanity and equity at the heart of education? How can school leaders truly support...
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How to Run a Business Out of the Ground: Permaculture and Corporate Leadership with Vincent & Caroline Jeanteur
How can the principles of tending a sustainable garden transform the way we lead in business? In this episode, Sonja and Jamie talk with Caroline and Vincent Jeanteur, co-founders of executive coaching firm Emergentiel, about weaving permaculture principles into business strategy. Rooted in…
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Transforming Life and Business through Permaculture: Ethics, Zones, and Real-World Applications with Jamie Hardy
Who are we without a living relationship to place and community? How do we measure progress in ways that keep people and systems alive? Season 3 of Are We There Yet? opens with an exploration of what it means to live off the land—metaphorically, physically, collectively. Despite being creatures…
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Turning the Tide: Olympic Swimmer Natalie Hinds on Leadership, Burnout, and Self-Discovery
You’ve worked tirelessly and achieved the pinnacle of what is humanly possible long before turning 30. Then what? What measures success when medals fade into memory? Are we more defined by expectations—our own, others’—or by the choices we make every day? When staring down burnout, is stepping…
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The Road Taken: Two Women's Tales of Grit, Leadership and Resilience
How do we balance a life-defining career with the strain it can place on life outside it? How can we reconcile complex identities that may clash at home and in our careers? When a profession shapes your identity, who are you once it ends? Mary Winchester and Sarah Defur’s stories reveal how...
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Educating the Whole Child in a Digital World with Principal Luis Ramirez
What is an educator’s role in developing well-rounded students facing an unpredictable future? Can an emphasis on social-emotional learning close persistent gaps created by the pandemic? How should educators center human connection in tech-heavy classrooms? In this episode of "Are We There Yet?,"...
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Communication in a Global Workplace with Gerd Hoefner
In this episode of "Are We There Yet?," global leadership expert Gerd Hoefner shares fascinating insights from his decades-long journey across multicultural landscapes managing teams across borders, cultures, and time zones. Sonja and Jamie explore with him the transformative power of cultural...
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Crafting Influence: The Transformative Power of Story in Modern Communication with Jim Holtje
What role does emotion play in effective communication? What makes words so powerful they can stick with you for the rest of your life? In this podcast episode, Sonja and Jamie meet renowned speechwriter and professor Jim Holtje to discuss the enduring power of storytelling through all eras of...
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Empathetic Leadership in Action: Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. David Bassett on Sustainable Organizational Change
How does open communication contribute to sustainable change? How can leaders balance the demands of immediate objectives with long-term vision? What strategies can be employed to build consensus in diverse teams? In this episode, Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant General David Bassett sits down with...
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Mathematics As Storytelling with Marcus du Sautoy
Chaos theory shows that both the future and the past are unknowable. Exponential growth always seems to be stymied by an unpredictable limitation that flattens the curve. Creativity happens when something is new, surprising, and has value. But how do we assign value when we are awash in a world…
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The Power of Pausing To Watch The Snow Fall
There are hundreds of AI-powered therapy apps on the market today. When we talk to them, are we doing more than just talking to ourselves? Can we reach the same effect by simply stopping to watch snow fall outside? In this intimate episode, Sonja and Jamie use AI as a framework to reflect on the...
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Breaking Barriers: Beyond Grit with Marion Gornik
Resilience, grit, and determination: three essential qualities for achieving one’s goals. But are they enough? This episode we follow Marion Gornick’s career from personal assistant to Siemens Global Head of Cybersecurity Finance, a path fraught with traditional norms, gender biases, and...
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Leadership and Crisis Management with Hostage Negotiator Scott Walker
Sometimes people can feel like hostages to their organizations, leading to negative outcomes at every scale. As a team leader, how can you recognize and address these dynamics to generate a more supportive environment? At the end of the day, leadership and hostage negotiation require the same...
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The Future of Creativity and AI with Greg Kahn
Will AI transform creative endeavors like film, television, and music into one where human contribution is centered, or marginalized? What about painting, theater, or sculpture? In this episode of Are We There Yet?, Sonja and Jamie talk with digital, media, and advertising executive Greg Kahn…
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Empathy and AI in Healthcare with Dr. Jennie Byrne
To kick off season two of Are We There Yet?, Sonja and Jamie invite distinguished healthcare advisor, entrepreneur, and author Dr. Jennie Byrne to unpack the complex mental health challenges facing clinicians on the front lines of the profession, and how technology is already empowering a...
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Sustainable Leadership in Uncertain Times with Gerda-Marie Adenau
What is the one crucial aspect of leadership that correlates directly with the success of a team? Research shows a clear answer—but to get to it, first you must define success, and how you choose to measure it. Join Sonja and Jamie in a conversation with Gerda-Marie Adenau, a global…
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True Luxury: Authentic Connection with Pasha Khaledpour
A mother's determination to provide a better future for her son set a transformative journey in motion, thrusting the boy into the unknown and, ultimately, towards a thriving career in leadership excellence. As a complement to the core Are We There Yet? season, Sonja and Jamie release extras that...
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From Meth Lab to Ministry: Leading from Within with Michael Buck
Have you ever imagined that the leadership skills needed to spin up a regional methamphetamine lab would transfer to leading a church ? While he couldn’t have known his destiny from the start, this is the path Pastor Michael Buck took as he set his inner compass to his true North. As a complement...
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Climate Science & Action with Dr. Benjamin Strauss, CEO of Climate Central
What makes a story—an ancient myth, a newspaper article, even a map—powerful enough to shape a culture? Dr. Benjamin Strauss asks this question every day in his role as CEO and Chief Scientist of Climate Central, a scientific research and news organization focused on hyperlocal, actionable…
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Water, Electricity, Gas, Artificial Intelligence: Insights on the Inevitability of AI from Policy Advisor Ami Fields-Meyer
Imagine AI as a public utility—what would that look like? This episode, Sonja and Jamie ask: What are the hidden societal costs of broad AI adoption? How can we mitigate the implicit bias inherent in the creation of AI? And why are tech companies so interested in universal basic income, anyway?...
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Communicating Climate Urgency: Dr. Zoë Sadokierski and Dr. Timo Rissanen on the Power of Storytelling in the Sixth Extinction
What happens when a bird no longer recognizes the song of its species? What is the role of art and storytelling in building sustainable worlds? Can AI unchain human creativity and center compassion in our daily lives? As climate change continues to rewrite the rules of existence on Earth, Dr. Zoë...
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The Intelligence AI Can Never Create: Dr. Rina Bliss on Humans, Creativity, and Our Future
Intrinsic motivation, curiosity, emotional literacy, mindfulness, learning from our environment: these are aspects of intelligence that are uniquely human, and truly cannot be replicated by AI. Innate and accessible to everyone, these skills have incredible staying power even as our ways of being...
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How We Get There—Pathways to Leadership: Elite Spartan Racer Nick Miles
Competition, meet collaboration. Solitary grit, meet mutual support. Fierce warrior, meet loyal ally. These seemingly contradictory identities come together in the Spartan Race experience, a symbiotic combination of personal and collective achievement that reveals the outer bounds of who we are…
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Human-Centric Leadership in the Age of AI: Mickaël Dufourneaud
What are the true skills humans will need as AI pervades the workplace? How can we use technology to reinforce our humanness and augment our emotional intelligence—even if it has no feelings itself? How can a shared scarf serve as an analogy for authenticity and reciprocity in relationships? Join...
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How do we know AI is Conscious? A deep dive with Computational Cognitive Neuroscientist Dr. Megan Peters
Have you ever considered the possibility of robots and AI systems possessing a consciousness akin to our own? Dr. Megan Peters joins Sonja & Jamie in a compelling conversation on how we can determine whether a system has consciousness—and what that means for people and progress. Dr. Peters shares...
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Embodied Intelligence and AI with Professor Ryan Adams
Judgment, bias, assumptions, and the unknown: how have we taught machines to navigate uncertainty with the elegance of the human brain? Computational scientist, startup founder, and professor Ryan Adams joins us to discuss how Bayesian inference acts as a compass for AI in a sea of...
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Academia, Industry, and AI at a Crossroads: Insights from Joachim Hornegger
Ever wondered how universities are equipping future leaders to navigate the rapidly evolving AI landscape? In this episode, Sonja & Jamie interview computer scientist and Professor Dr. Joachim Hornegger, President of Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, to explore how universities...
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Tigger (Charlie) Kindel on how AI Will Keep Us Honest
Legendary technologist, product visionary, and leadership coach Tigger (Charlie) Kindel winds through the challenges and choices his team made during the early development of Amazon’s Alexa; where AI fits in the continuum of norm-shattering technologies like the printing press and the automobile;...
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How Do We Know Where We Are?
How can we use technology to flow with the cycles that govern our world? Which technology trends may make us better (or worse) communicators? How is AI like a baby, full of potential and in need of some guidance from its elders (humans!)? Join Sonja and Jamie as they explore sustainability in...
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Are We There Yet? is about recognizing, defining, and building pathways toward a more sustainable working future. How can we collaborate with others in a way that brings authenticity and durability to our projects and relationships? What tools can we leverage to communicate productively towards a shared goal? What can leaders do to shape where we’re going, and how to get there? Hosts Sonja Ernst and Jamie Hardy are two humans on a quest to understand just where we’re headed, in monthly conversations with pioneers, professors, artists, and experts in the fields of science, technology, placemaking, coalition building, AI, and so much more. Whether you're a business leader, a technology enthusiast, or simply curious about the future of how we do things, this podcast is for you.
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