Lead with a Question

What’s the best career strategy?

Guy Kawasaki - Podcaster and Chief Evangelist, Canva
An impressive, and sometimes controversial group of figures populates the pantheon of people who changed the world: Walt Disney; Estee Lauder; Jane Goodall; Henry Ford; Marie Curie; Gandhi; Steve Jobs; Martin Luther King Jr. It’s tempting to assume that for this lot, greatness was somehow bestowed, like a birthright. And yet, when we dig deeper, we find that our remarkable people had to muddle through forks in the road, just like we do. Today, we’ll hear from a man who knows a thing or two about pivoting–in business, in family, and in life. He’ll help us consider a really tough question:
What’s the best career strategy?
An entertaining conversation with fellow podcaster Guy Kawasaki, on this episode of Lead With a Question.
Guest Bio:
Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva and the creator of Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People podcast. He is an executive fellow of the Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley), and adjunct professor of the University of New South Wales. He was the chief evangelist of Apple and a trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation. He has written Wise Guy, The Art of the Start 2.0, The Art of Social Media, Enchantment, and eleven other books. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University, an MBA from UCLA, and an honorary doctorate from Babson College.
Guy's podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/guy-kawasakis-remarkable-people/id1483081827
Guy's website:
https://guykawasaki.com
https://guykawasaki.com/books/
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What if we made work more human?

Liz Ryan - CEO, Human Workplace
Chris, Ian, and I owe a lot to the thinkers who’ve inspired us to focus on this work. Sometimes, you just come across someone whose insights, vision, conviction, and courage are so powerful that they seem to have their own gravitational field. Isaac Newton once wrote, “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.” Well, we recently met one of our giants. Her unique blend of tough love, creativity, and business acumen have positioned her to speak truth to power, and boldly invite leaders to get back to the basics. Together we’ll consider the question: 
What if we made work more human?
A table-slapping conversation with Liz Ryan, on this episode of Lead With a Question.
Guest Bio:
Liz Ryan is the CEO and Founder of Human Workplace, a content and consulting firm whose mission is to reinvent work for people.
Liz is a former Fortune 500 SVP of HR and the world's most widely read workplace advisor. She is the author of Reinvention Roadmap: Break the Rules to Get the Job You Want and Career You Deserve; Red-Blooded HR: Essays on Human Resources as a Force for Good; and Righteous Recruiting: Essays on Reinventing Talent Acquisition for People. Liz is the host of the Work Related Podcast and a beloved advisor to three million leaders and working people who share her vision for a human-powered working world. 
www.humanworkplace.com
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How can we create the school of the future?

Nolan Bushnell - Inventor & Entrepreneur
What do the Atari company and Chuck E Cheese have in common? Well, besides offering a lot of options for entertainment, it might surprise you to learn that they were both founded by the same man–a Silicon Valley entrepreneurial legend who holds the distinction as first and only person to ever hire Steve Jobs. But rather than resting on his achievements, he’s chosen to spend the autumn of his life (his words, not ours) trying to understand how gamifying the learning process could supercharge the educational experience for the next generation. He’ll help us consider:   
How can we create the school of the future?
A conversation with Nolan Bushnell, on this episode of Lead With a Question.
Guest Bio:
In 1972 Nolan Bushnell created an industry when he founded Atari and gave the world Pong, the first blockbuster video game. Today his design credo—that games should be “easy to learn and difficult to master”—is inspiring a new generation of developers. A prolific entrepreneur, Bushnell has started more than 20 companies, including Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theater, Catalyst Technologies, the first Silicon Valley incubator, and Etak, the first in-car navigation system. In the process, he pioneered many of the workplace innovations that have made Silicon Valley a long-standing magnet for creative talent. Bushnell was the first and only person ever to hire Steve Jobs, which he details in his 2013 book, Finding the Next Steve Jobs.
He is currently Chairman of ExoDexa, a gamified education company, CKO of Moxy, a “play to earn” game and token platform, and an advisor to companies in the gaming and esports spaces. Additionally, he sits on several Boards, focusing on games, gaming and robotics.
A true icon of the digital revolution, Bushnell was named one of “50 People Who Changed America” by Newsweek. A biopic about Bushnell, tentatively titled “Atari”, was acquired by Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company and is in pre-production.
https://www.exodexa.com/
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How can self-imposed disruption accelerate your development?

Whitney Johnson - Author and CEO, Disruption Advisors
Imagine for a moment that you’re suddenly forced to switch to your non-dominant hand for a week. Getting dressed, feeding yourself, brushing your teeth–the tasks you used to do on autopilot have now become deeply challenging and awkward. But by the end of the experiment, you’ve gotten the hang of it! What was once an inconvenience has gifted you a new set of skills. Our guest today has spent her career empowering others to embrace disruption, both at the personal and organizational level. She’s found that with the right support and mindset, continuously seeking out the uncomfortable is the only way to keep growing throughout our lives. Today, she’ll guide our discussion with the powerful question:   
How can self-imposed disruption accelerate your development?
A conversation with Whitney Johnson, on this episode of Lead With a Question.
Guest Bio:
A non-exhaustive list of Whitney's many accomplishments:
–––Top 10 Business Thinker globally, according to Thinkers50
–––Co-founder and CEO, Disruption Advisors, an Inc Power Partner 2022 honoree (B2B partners founders can't live without)
–––WSJ bestselling author, Smart Growth: How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company (Harvard Business Review Press: 2022)
–––Host of Disrupt Yourself podcast, top .5% globally in terms of listenership. Guests have included Brené Brown, Leena Nair, Alexi Robichaux and Simon Sinek
–––Former co-founder of Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard's Clayton Christensen and award-winning Wall Street analyst
–––Lives in Lexington, VA where they grow strawberries, raspberries and blackberries
https://thedisruptionadvisors.com/
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How can virtual reality help us overcome our fears?

James Jensen - Founder and CEO, JUMP
A well-lived existence is not for the faint of heart. Setting and pursuing goals invites challenge. It creates the potential for disappointment. When we’re younger, dreaming big dreams comes easily. But for some reason, we can lose that ability as we get older. Like barnacles that attach to the hull of a ship, fears can cling to us and slow our PRAW-gress through the waters of life. That’s why we were so excited to connect with our guest today–a leader whose experiences in the creative application of technology have equipped him to explore the limits of the question   
How can virtual reality help us overcome our fears?
A conversation with James Jensen, on this episode of Lead With a Question.
Guest Bio:
James Jensen is an entrepreneur committed to working with leading-edge technology and eager to solveproblems surrounding how we interact and engage with each other in physical and virtual worlds. He isthe previous creator and co-founder of the world-renowned virtual reality company The VOID. Withinthe last 25 years, James founded and managed several technology companies in video streaming, socialnetworks, mobile games, and creative services. He has partnered with Disney, Sony Entertainment, FOX,MGM, Intel, Microsoft, SyFy, Dreamworks, and MTV through those ventures.
He is now launching a new form of virtual reality, called hyper reality, in the form of the multi-sensoryentertainment company JUMP. JUMP will allow people to come as close to jumping and flying as thereal thing, but without all of the risk.
https://www.limitlessflight.com/
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What can we create together when we remove the barriers?

Chad Reynolds - Founder and CEO, Vurvey
In times past, the process of bringing a product to market was a bit of a black box. And for many companies, it still is. Often, consumers don’t really have a chance to provide feedback on a company’s offering until it’s already been released. But in our new climate, people want to be seen and heard. They want to be active participants in the creation of the products they use. So today, we’ll spend a few minutes with a leader who’s building a platform that unites companies, creators, and consumers in totally original ways. It makes us wonder–     
What can we create together when we remove the barriers?
A conversation with Chad Reynolds, on this episode of Lead With a Question.
Guest Bio:
Chad Reynolds is a leading co-creation expert, pioneering ways companies can foster community building and collaborative intelligence to create a more inclusive and sustainable future. His company, Vurvey, is on a mission to help everyone become a creator. 
Chad graduated from the University of Cincinnati’s DAAP Program with a degree in Graphic Design. Over the past 20 years, he has developed new technology platforms that help companies like Adidas, Nike, P&G, and Unilever create more inclusive consumer research, product innovation, and brand experiences. He’s also a co-founder of Ocean, a high-tech accelerator that’s launched over 40+ start-ups from 12 countries.
www.vurvey.co
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How can a return to principles like love heal our communities?

Chris Jones - 2022 Arkansas Gubernatorial Candidate
What do you get when you combine a scientist, an ordained minister, a business leader, a husband, and a father? Well, you get today’s guest. His family roots in the state of Arkansas, dating all the way back to the 1700s, have given him a sense of groundedness, residency, and a love for his state, challenges and all. In fact, he loves his state so much that he’d like to be its next governor. Bonded to his core principles, he’s leading and teaching with humanity, using relatable analogies like bumblebees, hot coals, and PB&J. So together, we’ll consider this very important question:  
How can a return to principles like love heal our communities?
A conversation with Chris Jones, on this episode of Lead With a Question.
Guest Bio:
Dr. Chris Jones, the 2022 Democratic nominee for Governor of Arkansas, is a physicist, minister, educator, non-profit executive leader, father and husband. Chris, a Pine Bluff, Arkansas native, is a son of two preachers and was raised with a strong sense of faith. He attended Morehouse College on a NASA Scholarship for physics and math, then went on to study at MIT becoming a nuclear engineer and earning a Ph.D. in urban planning. After becoming ordained as a minister, Chris returned home to Arkansas and led the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub.  Through this work, he has seen firsthand how disparities within Arkansas have gotten worse, not better. He believes there is much room for growth, including improving public education opportunities in every community, strengthening infrastructure from roads to broadband access, protecting and securing our right to vote, and bridging the rural and urban divide. Chris has faith in Arkansas’s potential, and he is running for governor to ensure every person in Arkansas has an opportunity to succeed. Chris is the proud husband to Dr. Jerrilyn Jones, an emergency medicine physician and U.S. Air Force combat veteran who served in Afghanistan. Together, they are proud parents to three daughters.  Connect with Dr. Jones at chrisforgovernor.com and @JonesForAR across social media platforms.
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What can entrepreneurship teach us about creating environments of empowerment?

Joel Peterson, Chairman of JetBlue Airways and Professor at Stanford
Have you ever been part of a low-trust organization, where people seem to devote more energy to protecting themselves than to collaborating, or building good products? Or one where leaders hoard power and seem reluctant to give the reins over to anyone else? You might ask yourself how things got to that point, but an even more pressing concern is, how do you fix the situation? Our guest today has worked with some 300 companies in various stages of growth, and during his 50-year career he’s observed, researched, written and taught–about leadership, trust, and building strong teams. Today, he’ll help us consider the question:  
What can entrepreneurship teach us about creating environments of empowerment?
A conversation with Joel Peterson, on this episode of Lead With a Question.
Guest Bio:
Joel has a long history of successful growth capital investments in a variety of industries. He currently teaches Entrepreneurial Management at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, is the Chairman of the Board of Overseers at the Hoover Institution at Stanford as well as the Chairman of the Board at JetBlue Airways, and serves as a Director of Franklin Covey. He served formerly as Managing Partner of Trammell Crow Company. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Joel is the author of the books The 10 Laws of Trust: Building the Bonds that Make a Business Great; and Entrepreneurial Leadership: The Art of Launching New Ventures, Inspiring Others, and Running Stuff.
Learn more about Joel and his work by visiting https://www.joelcpeterson.com.
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