culture

Nick Dorsey invited me on his podcast to talk about culture, gratitude, and the challenges our world faces today. Press play to listen to a great conversation and leave is a thumbs up if you liked the conversation...

Ken Yap is an advisor to SMB owners and multi millionaires in the San Francisco Bay Area. In this conversation we discuss Ken's career from engineer to Silicon Valley introducer. Ken is passionate about the power of an introduction. We explore how to make the right instruction, culture differences between Silicon Valley and Asia, and authentic human connection. Connect with Ken today at...

People say terms over and over again without giving much meaning to what they bought into. We hear this when people write job descriptions demanding that prospective employees "work with a sense of urgency" and we heard throughout COVID-19 that "we are all in this together." Pervasive groupthink is not healthy. In this video I discuss why working with a sense of urgency is not healthy, and not...

Join me as I interview veteran and former Walnut Creek Police Sgt. Michael Sugrue. During our conversation we discuss the challenges first responders face when confronted with mental health challenges and career ending injuries. We also discuss the needed cultural changes offering our lived experience and tips to create better outcomes for first responders, family members, and human resources teams...

I had the pleasure of interviewing one my favorite professors Dr. David Victor. Listen to our conversation as we discuss communicating across cultures, unconscious bias, how to live overseas as an expat, and the mindset needed to enjoy our differences. Dr. Victor also shares his LESCANT model of communication that looks at ✔ Language ✔ Environment ✔ Social Organization ✔ Context ✔...

Understanding cultural differences is an essential leadership skill in today's business environment. Whether you're an executive traveling overseas to negotiate a deal, an expat managing a footwear brand's supply chain in a foreign country, or a team member working in an organization that fosters diversity, equity, and inclusion, it's time to up your knowledge and understanding of cultural differences....

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) is a popular corporate topic right now, and for good reason. But while D&I strategies are surely needed, too often, they fall short because they focus only on external differences of gender and race. Imagine this: All of a sudden, you become blind, and you cannot see the applicant in front of you or the teammate next to you. All you can do is rely on what's being...

Technology has revolutionized most things, except the art of authentic communication. Have we lost our desire to have deep, meaningful conversations to favor superficial emojis as everyone works with a sense of urgency? Each generation has struggled to communicate while finding meaning, purpose, and economic stability throughout human existence. As a trusted millennial executive who has worked with top...

Mindfulness is the hottest topic in business leadership today, for great reason. Mindfulness vs. Meditation Before you jump to the end of the article where I'll teach you one kind of meditation I practice aiding in my vitality, we need to examine key differences between mindfulness and meditation. In today's Instagram world of yoga, people lose sight of the healing roots yoking the two. Mindfulness is...

When's the last time you took a survey of smiles per hour in your workplace? I've traveled the world and learned one universal truth, smiles are the key factor of success. Smiles do not require academic theory, they do not require a translator, and compensation can't sustain them. A smile is always a reflection of one's core; a smile is worth a thousand words. 1. Smile Audit: We can spend exorbitant sums...