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Wise Up with OpenWater
by OpenWater
Get your weekly dose of business wisdom from the accomplished, deeply experienced members of OpenWater.
Episodes
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Question Everything — with Michele Margolin
What if changing direction doesn’t require reinventing yourself at all? Executive and leadership coach Michele Margolin joins Wise Up to challenge some of our assumptions about career change, success, and what it means to keep evolving throughout our adult lives. Drawing on her own nonlinear...
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A Second Act, With Wine — with Carolyn Moore
After nearly 30 years as an HR executive, Carolyn Moore is building a very different next chapter centered on wine and bringing people together. Carolyn joins Wise Up to talk about turning a longtime interest into genuine expertise, launching a new business after 50, and discovering that...
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When Grief Comes to Work — with Patricia Bravo
Grief shows up at work in more ways than we may realize. It can follow the death of someone we love, but it can also come with divorce, health challenges, organizational change, the departure of a valued colleague, or the accumulation of smaller “micro losses” that change our experience of work....
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Beyond the Answer: AI, Judgment and the Value of a Good Lawyer — with Matti Neustadt
AI can answer legal questions, draft contracts and even pass part of the bar exam. But as international legal advisor and tech founder Matti Neustadt explains, good legal counsel starts somewhere else: understanding a client’s business, goals and risks well enough to identify the questions they...
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Keep Coming of Age: Choosing Purpose Over Approval – with Jeff Jacobs
After 36 years in human resources and decades working with senior leaders, Jeff Jacobs has learned that many of the obstacles holding us back come down to something surprisingly basic: our reluctance to have honest conversations with each other—and ourselves. In this episode, Jeff shares lessons...
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Beyond Financial Planning: A More Meaningful Definition of Wealth – with Carmen Ortiz
What if financial planning isn’t really about money? In this episode, I speak with Certified Financial Planner (CFP), educator, and author Carmen Ortiz about why traditional approaches to wealth often leave people feeling unfulfilled—even when they have more than enough. Drawing on nearly four...
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Leading the Loop: How to Use AI Without Losing Your Edge – With Carl Loeb
Artificial intelligence can make us faster, more productive, and more efficient. But what happens when we start outsourcing not just our work—but our judgment? In this episode, I speak with strategist and creative leader Carl Loeb about the growing risk of "cognitive surrender" and how...
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The Strength Behind Success – with Denis Champagne
What if the biggest threat to your business performance isn't market conditions, competition, or technology—but the gradual decline of your own capacity? In this episode, I speak with entrepreneur, coach, and former competitive athlete Denis Champagne about the connection between physical…
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Always Be Connecting – with Sharon Schanzer
What if the real secret to business development isn’t selling at all, but building genuine, friction-free relationships over time? In this episode, I speak with entrepreneur, implementation expert, and self-described “superconnector” Sharon Schanzer about the hidden mechanics of networking,...
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Rethinking Cost as a Growth Strategy – with Jeff Peduto
What if the fastest path to growth isn’t chasing new revenue, but improving the profitability already inside your business? In this episode, I speak with operations executive and cost optimization advisor Jeff Peduto about why cost optimization should be treated as a strategic growth lever—not…
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Tying Profit to People – with Jared Koesten
What if your organization’s margin challenges, client churn, or execution gaps aren’t operational problems at all, but leadership ones? In this episode, I speak with executive coach and fractional leader Jared Koesten about how aligning people, process, and strategy unlocks measurable business...
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Discovering Opportunity in Search Funds – with Jon Staenberg
Search funds may be one of the best-kept secrets in alternative investing. In this episode, I speak with veteran venture capitalist Jon Staenberg, managing partner of the Agate Hound Fund — the world’s first fund of funds dedicated to this asset class. We explore how search funds empower young...
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How to Avoid Public Health Crises with Help from AI – with Jay Varma
Of the three major disciplines in global health, public health is both the least visible and the least well-funded. And yet, effective public health practices are critical to alleviating and even avoiding major health crises (think pandemics). In this episode, I chat about the future of public...
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Tapping into the Sage to Combat Ageism with Karl Stewart
How can mid- and late- career professionals break the mold that ageism and other cultural forces try to force us into? Could the OpenWater community play the modern role of a fractional Oracle of Delphi? In a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation, Karl Stewart shares wisdom acquired through a...
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Facing Uncertainty and Embracing Change with Insight and Humor with Rachel Burr
Every caterpillar goes through an incredibly messy transformation inside its chrysalis – reduced to goo before eventually emerging as a beautiful butterfly. But this only happens once in their lifetime. What about adults in mid-life or mid-career? How many periods of messy change might we…
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Exploring a World of Interoperability with Julian Durand
Just a few weeks ago, the entire energy grid in Spain and Portugal went dark. This wasn’t the result of malicious activity, it was the consequence of one malfunction in a hugely complex and interoperable system built over several decades. Our world is full of interoperable systems for...
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When Does Brand Building Really Count? with Rose Sommerich
We’re all familiar with stories of brand successes and failures, but what should you do when that brand is your own? In a fun and informative discussion with brand and marketing leader Karen Rose Sommerich, we discussed the moments in your organization’s growth when brand thinking can matter…
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How TruHealer's Extended Reality Trains Doctors to Be Empathetic, with David Lin
There are a lot of technologies out there to improve the skills of doctors. But TruHealer, which is coming out of stealth, aims to use mixed reality headsets to help doctors improve their bedside manner. Founder Dave Lin talks about how TruHealer's approach creates lifelike patient scenarios, but...
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Conflict Resolution Coaching, with Angela Nelson, DrPH
Conflict, especially in the workplace, is something many of us like to avoid. But avoidance does not lead to resolution. Today's guest is Dr. Angela Nelson, an attorney and certified coach who helps individuals and teams work through their conflict issues. Nelson uses an assessment tool called…
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How Empathy Can Boost Your Bottom Line, with Patricia Bravo
It’s probably safe to say that most of us want to be empathetic. And it’s also probably safe to say that most of us want empathetic leaders in the workplace. It’s not just about being nice. Fostering empathy in the workplace can boost productivity and positively impact the bottom line. This…
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Applying Design Thinking to Get Better Sleep, with Megan Mazzocco
Sleep. Everybody needs it. 1 in 3 adults don't get enough of it. Megan Mazzocco has written a book on it called Sleep System: 28 Days to Better Sleep. In it, she uses design thinking when thinking about sleep. In this interview, we cover: Examining all our sensory inputs before we go to bed What...
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How to Own (a Fraction of) a Home in France, with Don Spradlin
If you've ever dreamed of having a home in the south of France, then fractional ownership might be for you. Dewey "Don" Spradlin has been a real estate broker for forty years and recently launched Joie de Vivre Homes, a new service that helps people buy partial ownership of French homes. This…
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Q&A with Never Search Alone Author, Phyl Terry
This is a special edition of the Wise Up! Podcast. We had such a great chat with Phyl Terry about job searching that we wanted to include it in our regular podcast feed. Take a listen, you won't regret it. Looking for a job sucks. That’s why Phyl Terry says you should never search for one alone....
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Should You Start a Portfolio Career? with Jossie Haines
As Executive Coach and fractional software leader, Jossie Haines explains it, a “portfolio career” is similar to consulting — but it allows you to pursue many of your interests instead of just focusing on one. Portfolio careers offer mix of project and fractional work across your skills and...
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Stop Buying Dumb Greeting Cards and Other Ways to Fight Ageism, with Sara Hart, PhD
Sara Hart, PhD has been fighting for gender equity for decades. As the Founder of Prime Spark, Hart now focuses on helping women in their fifties and older eradicate gender ageism. Gender ageism can take many forms, from the blatant exclusion at work, to condescension, to even the greeting cards...
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The Four Kinds of Connection, with Dr. Adam Dorsay
Dr. Adam Dorsay is psychologist and author of the forthcoming book, "Super Psyched: Unleash the Power of the 4 Types of Connections and Live the Life You Love." But what is connection? How do you know when you have it? How does it change? Learn how connection can bring rejuvenation and more...
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Leading for Inclusivity and Psychological Safety, with Minette Norman
When you're a leader at a company, creating room for a diversity of opinions and psychological safety in your teams is critical to your success. But how do you establish those mechanisms? Today we chat with , former tech exec and now a speaker and author of "The Boldly Inclusive Leader." In this...
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Why AI is Not Just for Big Companies, with Justin Simpson
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly on its way to becoming ubiquitous, and Justin Simpson wants to make sure everyone benefits from its power -- not just the entrenched, big players. Justin is Co-Founder & Publisher of Here.Now.AI, the self-described "go-to guide for everyday, practical AI...
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From Zero to 1, and 1 to N, How to Effectively Transition Corporate Leadership, with Dave Zinman
There are business leaders that take a company from zero to one - your classic out of the garage story. But the person who gets from zero to one isn't necessarily the same person who can take that company from one to one million and beyond. Transitioning between those two phases can be tricky…
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Be an Optimist to Find Business Opportunities, with Andy Sriubas
You may not have heard of him before, but has been at the center of more than a few big disruptions in business. Whether it was converting a hotel video operation into mini cable service, getting information screens up in major subway systems or helping convert movie theater chains from film to...
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More Than a Feeling, How Improving Happiness Can Improve Your Business, with Valerie Alexander
t's fair to say that happiness is something most people strive for. But all too often, happiness is something businesses overlook. As Valerie Alexander, Founder and CEO of Speak Happiness, businesses do so at their own peril. Having happier employees deliver all kinds of benefits to a company...
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How to Be a "Defiant Imposter," with Delida Costin
We've all heard of imposter syndrome, the feeling that you don't belong somewhere, typically in a job situation. But as our guest Delida Costin points out, there are times when people actually don't "belong" due to some existing institutional, systemic structures rife with racism, sexism and…
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How to Build a Company Without a Toxic Culture
The number one indicator of successful teams is psychological safety (according to a Google study). And guess what? Workers don't feel safe when the workplace is toxic! Thus reducing overall success. So how can you avoid toxic work cultures before they take hold? To help us answer that question…
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How to Raise an Elite Athlete, with Picabo Street
Could your child be a world champion in their chosen sport? What does it take to get them there? We talked with Olympic medalist (and parent)(and OpenWater member) to get her take on what it takes to raise an elite athlete. After competing on the highest possible competitive levels, Picabo…
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Finding Friends as an Adult is Hard, Dr. Adam Dorsay is Here to Make it Easier
The combination of proximity, school and limited freedom made making friends as a kid easy. But when you're an adult, bogged down with responsibilities and time constraints -- finding friends is a lot trickier. Loneliness is an epidemic that the US Surgeon General has literally warned us about!…
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Barsac, Barbera, and a Little Bit of Dave Matthews - Wine Recommendations with Heath Porter
Buying wine doesn't have to be so nerve wracking. It should be fun, exciting and even affordable. To help, we brought in sommelier and owner of Heathen Wine Tours, Heath Porter. Heath grew up in a teetotaling family in a trailer park in Alabama before leaving home to embark on his own vino…
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What to Expect When You're Ex-Patting, with Greg Sherwin
If you've ever dreamed of working from a café on the Champs-Elysées, or from the foothills of Mt. Fuji, there are some things you should consider before you pack your bags. Career technologist Greg Sherwin left Silicon Valley six years ago to live full-time in Portugal. Greg walks us through the...
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Be Better at Networking (Hint: It's Not a Numbers Game), with Karen Wickre
Some people may cringe at the thought of "networking." It can feel so transactional. So baldfaced. But it doesn't have to! Our guest on this special episode of the Wise Up! podcast is Karen Wickre, who literally wrote the book on the subject -- Taking the Work Out of Networking. We sat down to…
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Conscious Transformation, with Miki Johnson
As the saying goes, the only thing constant in life is change. Miki Johnson, the Founder of Leading By Example, is here to help you manage change and use it as an opportunity to transform. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this wide ranging chat that explores how we see ourselves, others, and how to...
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How Good Storytelling in Business Can Unlock Greater Success, with Connie Kwan
Stories aren't just for bedtime! According to Connie Kwan, stories are a powerful, yet underutilized, tool for organizing and conveying information -- especially in business. No matter your role in your company, using storytelling principles when packaging data, insights and pitches helps you...
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Finding Your Entrepreneurial Meaning (and a Little Bit About Water Skiing), with Albino Sanchez
Here's a qualification you don't hear from many executive and leadership coaches -- champion water skiier. But that's exactly what Albino Sanchez , Founder and CEO of aha! Impact is, and it's not just a novelty. In this interview, Sanchez explains how a life in sports helped him become a better...
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Why Your ForthAct Might Be Your Best Act, with Shirley Braun and Kristin Kobey
People in the latter stages of their careers may find themselves at a crossroads. They've already been working for decades, are great at what they do -- but may want something more or different going forward. The challenge is knowing what they really want, and finding a viable path to transition...
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Why Your Business Should Talk to Government (Without Talking Politics!), with Michael Robinson
If you run a business, no matter how big or small, you should introduce yourself to your elected representatives. That tip is from Michael Robinson, Chairman & CEO of The Montgomery Strategies Group, a government relations and communications firm. Doing so, he argues, allows you to show what…
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The Value of Immigration, Getting Fired by Your Father, and Proper Skincare, with Ricardo Quintero
Born the son of Cuban immigrants in Mexico, Ricardo Quintero has brought a worldly perspective to his executive career at companies such as Estée Lauder, Clinique, and as the President of Movado Group. In this wide ranging interview, Ricardo talks about: The business skills he learned starting…
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The State of Corporate Real Estate, with Gabrielle Baccari
Between the pandemic and the rise in remote work, the corporate real estate market is still in a period of transition. To better understand what's happening with physical office space, we brought in Gabrielle Baccari, a deeply experienced expert in the space who has done corporate real estate for...
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Job Sites That Aren't Linkedin, Plus the Perks of Using Travel Advisors, with Melissa Potter
The Wise Up Podcast this week features talent recruiter Melissa Potter, who shares her wisdom around searching for a job. Listen in for her insights as a recruiter (apply early!), some new job sites that aren’t Linkedin and why you should never stop networking. But wait! There's more! In addition...
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The Big Picture, Wisdom from Hollywood Producer Adam Baxter
Getting a movie made is hard. Making an entire movie on a shoestring budget in two weeks with a start time less than a month away? That's almost impossible, and yet, that's the hand Adam Baxter was dealt to produce the feature Your Lucky Day. We talk with Baxter about the wisdom he's picked up…
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Know When to Stay Silent for Strong Investor Relations, with Denise Garcia
Whether you run a public company or a startup with IPO ambitions, knowing how to tell your corporate story to investors is critical to your success (not to mention highly regulated by the federal government). That's where having a strong investor relations program comes into play. Denise Garcia…
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Dot.Wow! The Domain Name Business is Kinda Awesome with Andrew Allemann
Domain names, you know -- the words you type into your browser to get to a website, are probably something you don't put much thought into. But you should! Picking the right domain name can have a big impact on your business. To find out all the ins and outs of domain naming, we brought in an...
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Author Chip Conley on Learning to Love Midlife
OpenWater was thrilled to host An Evening with Chip Conley, New York Times bestselling author and Founder of the Modern Elder Academy. If you weren’t able to make, well, you missed out on the free beer and wine, but you can enjoy Chip’s Q&A right now from the comfort of your own home! That’s…
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