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The Conversation Factory
by Daniel Stillman
Welcome to The Conversation Factory, where I investigate how to create change through changing conversations. Each episode I'll talk to an amazing conversation designer about how to Amplify, Shift or Transform conversations in Organizations, Teams, Communities and our own lives. Visit www.theconversationfactory.com/listen where I distill these insights we can bring into our work and lives.
Episodes
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Meet Your Members Where They Are with TightKnit CEO Zach Hawtof
My guest is Zach Hawtof, CEO and Co-founder of TightKnit.AI, a platform for businesses that run their communities on Slack. He is also a community builder for people who do or who could potentially use his company's product. He and I are both members of Fabrik, where I host a Founder's Forum that...
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The Science of How Small Talk Can Add Up to a Big Life with Dr. Gillian Sandstrom
Welcome to the Conversation Factory, conversation designers. My guest today is Dr. Gillian Sandstrom, a psychologist at the University of Sussex who studies what happens when we talk to people we don't know. She is a scientist of Small Talk. Her book, Once Upon a Stranger, is all about the…
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Founder Unfriendly - Under the Hood with Charlie O'Donnell
Welcome to The Conversation Factory, the podcast where we explore the deep mental models that turn difficult conversations into opportunities for clarity and alignment. Founding a company is often viewed as a binary choice: win big or fail completely. But what if success isn't about total victory...
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The Power of Nature to Fuel Creativity with Warren Berger
Get free chapters of my book, Good Talk, and master the art of conversations big and small: https://www.danielstillman.com/good-talk Please support the podcast! 💌 subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3QzcPAW 💌 iTunes: https://apple.co/4ifh6pb or with a monthly contribution here:...
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Leading with Respect with Marcy Syms
Marcy Syms is a pioneering businesswoman and advocate for respect in leadership. She's seen leadership fads come and go. She was a CEO when people still thought "women shouldn't do that sort of thing" And she's done something many folks have never had to endure - shuttering her family's business...
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The Seven Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems
Download free chapters from Good Talk and master the art of conversations big and small: https://www.danielstillman.com/good-talk Listen now 👇 🎙️ Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3QzcPAW 🍎 Apple: https://apple.co/4ifh6pb And please subscribe on Spotify or iTunes! Also! support the podcast with a...
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Innovation, Connection, and Conscious Leadership with Othership CEO Robbie Bent
Get free chapters of my book, Good Talk, and master the art of conversations big and small: https://www.danielstillman.com/good-talk Please support the podcast! 💌 subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3QzcPAW 💌 iTunes: https://apple.co/4ifh6pb or with a monthly contribution here:...
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The Founder's Financial Compass: Navigating Emotions and Assumptions with Fractional CFO Lauren Pearl
Get free chapters of my book, Good Talk, and master the art of conversations big and small: https://www.danielstillman.com/good-talk Please support the podcast! 💌 subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3QzcPAW 💌 iTunes: https://apple.co/4ifh6pb or with a monthly contribution here:...
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Join or Die: Behind the Scenes of Creative Collaboration
Get free chapters of my book, Good Talk, and master the art of conversations big and small: https://www.danielstillman.com/good-talk Please support the podcast! 💌 subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3QzcPAW 💌 iTunes: https://apple.co/4ifh6pb or with a monthly contribution here:...
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Founder-Led Sales and Building Co-founder Relationships
Get free chapters of my book, Good Talk, and master the art of conversations big and small: https://www.danielstillman.com/good-talk Please support the podcast! 💌 subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3QzcPAW 💌 iTunes: https://apple.co/4ifh6pb or with a monthly contribution here:...
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The Inner Work of Leadership with Carole Robin, PhD
Master the art of conversations big and small - both inside yourself and in your teams and organization. Get free chapters of my book, Good Talk: https://www.danielstillman.com/good-talk Please support the podcast! 💌 Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3QzcPAW 💌 iTunes:...
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Your Brain on Beautiful Conversations with Anjan Chatterjee
Download free chapters from Good Talk and master the art of conversations big and small Please support the podcast by subscribing on Spotify or iTunes, making a monthly contribution here, or making a one-time donation here. Check out the episode post for the full transcript and video highlights....
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Changing the Political Conversation with Nick Troiano
If you want to change the game, changing the rules and incentives of the game is a powerful approach. Few people who watch the news - or those folks who avoid watching the news! - would say the political system in the United States is going according to plan. The founding fathers, if they were...
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The Secrets of Motivation and Systems Change with Becca Block, PhD
Warning - this episode uses a specific curse word - a lot. And once we started using one, we started using more of them. So…if f-bombs, sprinkled like salt are not your cup of tea, this is a good episode to skip! My guest today is Rebecca R Block, PhD, who is an expert in helping organizations...
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How to Turn a Conversation into a Public Park
Sometimes the bold goals we set out to achieve actually happen, and sometimes something even more amazing happens - something better than we can imagine. Usually that happens because of the people we meet along the way, the conversations we have, the unexpected connections we make that open up…
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Art that Changes the Conversation
Art has the power to change and even lead the conversation, to spark curiosity and fuel real engagement. But what comes first in a powerful creative project? The idea and the message? The tools and the talent? Or The Funding, that can make or break it all? My guest today is Benjamin Von Wong, who...
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Leadership is Designing Moments of Impact
Today my guests are Lisa Kay Solomon and Chris Ertel, the co-authors of the powerhouse 2014 book Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations That Accelerate Change, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year! I devoured this book 10 years ago and I think you might enjoy it, too!...
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The Problem with Change and the Power of Stability, Humanity and Praise with Ashley Goodall
My guest today is Ashley Goodall, a leadership expert who has spent his career exploring large organizations from the inside, most recently as an executive at Cisco. He is the co-author of Nine Lies About Work, which was selected as the best management book of 2019 by Strategy + Business and as…
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Reunion: Leadership and Creating a Culture of Belonging
Rabbi Tarfon said: The day is short, and the work is plentiful…It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it. (Pirkei Avot 2:15-16) My conversation today with Jerry Colonna closes with him paraphrasing this powerful notion - and the work we are discussing is...
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The Intentional Conversations that Build Powerful CoFounder Relationships
My guests today are Rei Wang and Anita Hossain, Co-founders of coaching platform The Grand, which was seed funded by Alexis Ohanian's firm Seven Seven Six in 2023. Rei is the Chief Product Officer and Anita is the CEO. I met Rei ages ago, in her early days in NYC at General Assembly, where she...
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From Transaction to Participation
My guest today is James Rutter, Chief Creative Officer at COOK, the pioneering frozen food company, where he oversees internal and external branding and communications. COOK is a founding UK B Corp, committed to using its business as a force for good in society, and has been ranked in the top 100...
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Divorce by Design - Shifting the Default Conversation with Suzanne Vickberg
Today I share my conversation with Suzanne Vickberg, aka Dr. Suz. She is a social-personality psychologist and a Research Lead at Deloitte Greenhouse. Along with her Deloitte Greenhouse colleague Kim Christfort, Suzanne co-authored the best-selling book Business Chemistry. But there's another…
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Conversation Wisdom from an AI-savvy CEO
My guest today is Jay Ruparel, co-founder and CEO of VOICEplug AI, a Voice-AI company empowering restaurants to leverage AI and automate food ordering using natural language voice ordering at drive-thrus, over the phone, websites, and mobile apps. VOICEplug's technology integrates with existing...
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Designing Conversations to Unlock Strategic Foresight and Innovation with Kevin Bethune
I'm excited to share my conversation with Kevin Bethune, a multidisciplinary design executive, entrepreneur, best-selling author and keynote speaker based in Redondo Beach, California. He's been a VP of Strategic design at BCG Digital, A global process product manager at Nike and a Nuclear…
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A Leader's Guide to Managing Organizational Emotions During Layoffs and Beyond with Emily Levada
My guest today, Emily Levada, is a seasoned Chief Product & Technology Officer. Currently, she is the Chief Product Officer and Interim co-CEO at Embark Veterinary, a company dedicated to leveraging genetics to enhance the health and longevity of dogs. During her tenure, the company has achieved...
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Unpacking Mentoring with Jason Knight and Sandra Monteiro
My guest today is Jason Knight, the creator, host, producer, editor and promoter of the One Knight in Product podcast, a B2B SaaS product consultant, and fractional Chief Product Officer for companies that have gotten to product market fit and need help scaling their product team. Jason is also…
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When the Mission Drives the Tech: Co-Founder Conversations
It's not every day that a patient-doctor relationship turns into a Techstars-Funded medical innovation startup. In this episode I sit down with Dr. Onyinye Balogun and Eve McDavid, the co-founders of Mission-Driven Tech, a women's health venture in collaboration with Weill Cornell Medicine...
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Give First: The Long Conversation of Being a Co-Founder
David Hoffman built and sold big-data and data analytics company Next Big Sound to Pandora in 2015. He's now building Beam, which helps people create shoppable mood boards for DTC brands. David reflects on his experience with mentorship and the long arc of the conversation that is being a...
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Cofounder Conversations: Pivoting while Staying Sane
My guests today, Ryan Horrigan and Armando Kirwin, bonded over their mutual fascination with the future of entertainment and their desire to do something innovative, which led to the creation of their current company, Artie. We talk about pivots and micro pivots and staying sane through the…
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The Power of Intention
I am excited to share my conversation with Leah Smart, who I had the pleasure of meeting at the Culture Summit where we were both giving main stage talks. Leah is brilliant! She's all about helping people become the authors of their lives, which she does through her work on the LinkedIn Editorial...
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Leaders as Humble, Audacious, Z-Shaped Coaches
I am excited to share my conversation with AJ Thomas, who I had the pleasure of meeting at the Culture Summit where we were both giving talks. AJ was sharing her perspectives on being a Chaos Pilot at Google's Moonshot Factory, Called "X". At the time of this conversation, she's been with Google...
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A Company Must be a Community of Practice
In this episode I talk with my friend Chris Murchison, who is a coach, a facilitator and a talented artist, too! We talk about his Four principles of Communities of Practice and how building a positive culture within an organization requires, essentially, creating a community of practice. Your...
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Coaching from Essence, Creating from the Future
Today, I sit down for a conversation with *my coach* Robert Ellis, about his new book, Coaching From Essence. Robert has been described as "one of Silicon Valley's best-kept secrets" and has been coaching leaders at startups, mid-stage companies, Fortune 500 giants, and nonprofits for over 30...
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How to Think Strategically about Funding for Founders and Investors
I first met Avantika Daing, a General Partner & Managing Partner at Plum Alley Investments (and Tedx Speaker!) while she was onstage at an Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator event. She was there to share a bit about Plum Alley's Investment thesis as well as unpack six pitches live from...
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A Recipe for Team Agility: One Page, One Hour
Today my conversation partner is Matt LeMay! Matt is an internationally recognized product leader, author, and consultant. He is the author of Agile for Everybody (O'Reilly Media, 2018) and Product Management in Practice (Second Edition O'Reilly Media, 2022), and has helped build and scale…
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The Surprising Power of Two Hour Mid-week Cocktail Parties
In 2019 My friend Philip invited me to a 2-hour cocktail party at his tiny apartment in the Lower East side. True to his word, the gathering, which was on a Tuesday night, started at 7 PM sharp, and at 9 PM he kicked us out onto Orchard Street to enjoy the rest of our night and/or to get to bed…
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Launching a Remote, Asynchronous Venture Studio
Today I sit down with my friend Barry O'Reilly, who's a co-author of the bestselling book "Lean Enterprise" and author of "Unlearn: How to Let go of past success to achieve extraordinary results". He's also the host of the Unlearn podcast. He's also the co-founder of Nobody Studios, a global and...
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Conscious Collaboration: Co-founder Conversations
In this conversation, I sat down with Beth Bayouth and Mario Fedelin, the COO and CEO (respectively) of Changeist, a non-profit organization dedicated to youth empowerment. They are building a community of young people that utilize their personal agency to create a more just society. Changeist's...
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Managing Healthy Conflict: Co-founder Conversations
In this conversation I talk with Jennifer Dennard and Dan Pupius, the co-founders of Range, software that helps teams be more connected, focused, and productive no matter where they're working. Global teams at Twitter, New Relic, CircleCI, and more keep their teams in sync and connected with…
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Building an Integrity Culture: Co-Founder Conversations
In this conversation, I sit down with Huddle Co-Founders Stephanie Golik and Michael Saloio. Huddle is a platform for designers and builders to invest in startups with their time. Stephanie has spent her career building alongside founders at studios and leading design and product at fast-growing...
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Community Building for Founders through Conversation and Hosting
Today my guest is Yehong Zhu, the founder and CEO of Zette. We discuss three key layers of conversation design: + The conversation with yourself - even with so many companies founded…why not me? + The importance of community, community building and hosting as an integral part of staying sane,...
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Clarity and Intimacy in Co-Founder Conversations
In this conversation, I dive into the nuances of co-founder relationships with Clarity.so co-founders Richie Bonilla, CEO and Eni Jaupi, CTO. Clarity.so is a y-combinator funded startup that has built a groundbreaking DAO contribution platform. DAO stands for Decentralized, Autonomous…
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Conscious Co-founders
In this conversation, I sat down with my friend Doug Erwin, the Senior Vice President of Entrepreneurial Development at EDAWN, the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada. Doug is a former serial entrepreneur turned economic developer and executive coach, and he's committed to growing...
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Stories as Medicine
I first met Dr. Paul Browde as part of a multi-month intensive men's work program we were both part of. We were just about to break out into a few parallel sessions about various elements of running men's groups when Paul raised his hand and said something to the effect of "would it be useful to...
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Prototyping Partnerships
How do you make a friend? How do you become lovers with someone? How do you become business partners? In RomComs, there's a "meet-cute"...the hilarious and unlikely way two people in this topsy-turvy mixed-up world collide and fall madly, rapidly in love. In the real world, taking time and...
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Wired to Create Together
Today I host a conversation with Carolyn Gregoire and Scott Barry Kaufman, the co-authors of the 2015 bestseller, Wired to Create. Their working title was "Messy Minds" and one of the core ideas of the book is just that - deeply creative folks can manage messiness, plow through paradox and move...
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Building an Intelligence Engine
I'm excited to share this rambling and wide-ranging conversation with Srinivas Rao. Srini is the host of The Unmistakable Creative Podcast, and has recorded over a thousand episodes with such luminaries as Danielle Laporte, Tim Ferriss, Seth Godin, and me! Srini describes his podcast as "If...
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The Power of Wondering and Wandering
This episode, Dr. Natalie Nixon and I dig into not just what it means to be creative, but also how leaders can create space for creativity and inspire it in their teams by letting in a little chaos. Dr. Nixon is the author of The Creativity Leap, a creativity strategist, and a highly sought-after...
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Communities are Conversations with Carrie Melissa Jones, Pt. 3
I'm thrilled to be able to share this conversation with Carrie Melissa Jones with you! Carrie is the co-author of Building Brand Communities, with Charles Vogl, and she's kind of a big deal in the community-building world. She's also an alum of the facilitation masterclass and a friend. This is...
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Turning a Challenge into an Agenda
How do you turn a question, a problem, or just a list of needs, into an agenda? At the close of a recent cohort of the facilitation masterclass, the participants were still sitting with some big questions. Which is good, because that's what the closing session is for! But I felt that some of…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to The Conversation Factory, where I investigate how to create change through changing conversations. Each episode I'll talk to an amazing conversation designer about how to Amplify, Shift or Transform conversations in Organizations, Teams, Communities and our own lives. Visit www.theconversationfactory.com/listen where I distill these insights we can bring into our work and lives.
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Daniel Stillman
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