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Inspired Teams

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Welcome to Inspired Teams. Life is too short. We need to enjoy it by working in human-centered organizations that are worthy of receiving the best that we have to offer. I’m finding our new role models – creators and rebels WHO make working together better. They’re in dynamic, inventive environments that are as creative, courageous, and adaptable as we are. We’ll hear their journey and way of being plus guideposts and methods for how they’re co-creating innovative workplaces focused on dynamic leadership and inspired teams. I’m your host - Catherine Jaeger

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Episodes

  1. Malcolm Colman-Shearer - Satisfying needs by experimenting with networks & decentralized organizations

    Malcolm Colman-Shearer’s needs weren’t being met in his banking IT job in New Zealand, so he left to find an environment that was more socially oriented where relationships were important. Jumping from the safety and confinement of that corporate ship, he’s now leading the life of an…

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  2. Ella Morgulis - Life’s journey brings empathy, patience and gratitude

    Ella Morgulis practices empathy and patience as a life coach and practitioner of “PQ - Positive Intelligence and Mental Fitness.” She recounts her path from her early childhood in Odesa Ukraine, followed by her moves to Russia and Moldova, and the religious, cultural and educational “bumps in the...

  3. John Thompson - Organizing for intrinsic motivation

    John Thompson of The PCO Group returns with his passion for unleashing intrinsic motivation, which has a critical role in the human state, and therefore plays out into a team and more broadly into an organization. When tapping into intrinsic motivation, there is “no difference between being a...

  4. Sonja Robinson - The power of peer coaching

    The past two years have raised awareness of our need for simplicity and community – to simply share and have a conversation with like-minded people and to feel helped and supported. This is true across all aspects of our lives and it is especially true now as we experience work life, family and...

  5. John Thompson - Redefine the manager role with PCO Group

    There is a lot of discussion about increasing social and emotional intelligence, showing up with more wholeness as Frederic Laloux popularizes, vulnerability and taking off your armor as Brene Brown encourages. This is just to mention a few. But how do we put this into practice, esspecitally at...

  6. Wade Okinaka + Elise Lacher - part 2: Culture of Caring makes traditional workplaces better

    How can you create engaged teams with autonomy in a top down workplace? Can middle managers make a difference? Yes! Wade Okinaka and Elise Lacher share the self management and human centered practices that they bring into traditional hierarchical workplaces while hitting the metrics. This chat…

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  7. Wade Okinaka + Elise Lacher - part 1: Culture of Caring makes traditional workplaces better

    How can you create engaged teams with autonomy in a top down workplace? Can middle managers make a difference? Yes! Wade Okinaka and Elise Lacher share the self management and human centered practices that they bring into traditional hierarchical workplaces while hitting the metrics. Wade’s “How...

  8. Ron Quartel - FAST Agile: forming a marketplace with experiments

    Ron Quartel’s roots in extreme programming lead him to develop FAST Agile (fluid scaling technology), where people form a marketplace around the work. We talk about FAST Agile and the 2 year experiment he ran using it and why the team decided to discontinue it. He shares why he loves 10% time,...

  9. Elise Lacher + Bill Kearley - Communication, hiring, & purpose for veterinarians

    Elise Lacher, a CPA and self described “recovering social worker’, innately incorporates human centeredness into her veterinary accounting practice as she guides her clients on much more than just accounting practices. Bill Kearley, a co-founder of Enlightened Rebels with Elise, joins our...

  10. Brian Haney, the Pirate Coach

    Brian Haney has maintained his fascination with the sea throughout his professional life. He partnered with entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, and change agents for over 10 years during dot com boom as an independent IT consultant. He then spent 14 years at Google to assist various teams with their...

  11. Inspired Teams Trailer

    Life is too short – We need to enjoy it! It’s time to break away from numbing and bureaucratic work places and create human centered organizations that make working together better. Hear the journeys and stories of creators and rebels as they share their journey + way of being as well as…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Welcome to Inspired Teams. Life is too short. We need to enjoy it by working in human-centered organizations that are worthy of receiving the best that we have to offer. I’m finding our new role models – creators and rebels WHO make working together better. They’re in dynamic, inventive environments that are as creative, courageous, and adaptable as we are. We’ll hear their journey and way of being plus guideposts and methods for how they’re co-creating innovative workplaces focused on dynamic leadership and inspired teams. I’m your host - Catherine Jaeger

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Welcome to Inspired Teams. Life is too short. We need to enjoy it by working in human-centered organizations that are worthy of receiving the best that we have to offer. I’m finding our new role models – creators and rebels WHO make working together better. They’re in dynamic, inventive...

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