The Interchange by Maximyz

In this episode, we speak with Sean Kearney from Upgaged.  

We talk about Tony Robbins, how not to get fired, failing brilliantly, the importance of psychological safety, and games.  

Sean is passionate about helping teams learn and do their best work together and extend their capabilities to solve meaningful problems.  

He has 30 years of marriage, children that are happy and sane, and has worked with over 100 organizations around the world.

This week's episode features Isidoros Sideridis, CEO of Pobuca.  

Watch as we talk about culture and communication.  

Learn about: 

• What it is like to expand globally?
• The future of AI -Women and management 
• Setting your own moral compass -and more!  

Isidioros is passionate about technology and science, wants to build an AI to improve humanity, and has led a company of 110 people across five countries.

In this episode, we speak with CEO, Jonathan Mueller about culture, diversity, and inclusion.  

Listen in to learn about: 

- Jonathan's experiences living in Rahel's home country, Tanzania, and how he uses the 'village' concept in his own business. 

- What is it like to be arrested in China.  

- Why transparency is important for trust and success. 

- How to create engagement with bitmojis. 

- Being intentional by not putting your values on a coffee mug. 

...and more!  

Jonathan Mueller is the CEO of Ascend behavior partners. He's been described as a leader who is smart, focused, and having superior emotional intelligence, and a role model with grit, vision, and passion. He's helped families in Tanzania who lost loved ones due to AIDS, restart their businesses with a small business microfinancing program. He has been a ski coach and is a dedicated husband and father of three.   

It was a pleasure having him on our show!  

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We shrunk Bryan Boyd in order to create a safe space!  

Watch as we talk about how Chicago's lowest-performing school improves due to psychological safety. The principal gave the students a safe space to learn.  Learn how just knowing about emotional intelligence and psychological safety won't change behavior. Awareness of actions is the first step, evaluating is the next.  

TED TALK https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_feldman_barrett_you_aren_t_at_the_mercy_of_your_emotions_your_brain_creates_them EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE 2.0 https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Intelligence-2-0-Travis-Bradberry/dp/0974320625Today we have Brian Boyd and we're going to talk about psychological safety and emotional intelligence.   

Bryan is a director of learning and development at Grand Pacific Resorts. He's a lifelong learner that wants to provide skills for people to grow.   His goals and aspirations are to run a large-scale, learning and development department.  He's been Teacher of the Year, owns a business with his wife, and has two beautiful daughters.   

If you are a learning and development professional and want to be interviewed for the Interchange, please visit calendly.com/maximyz/interview to sign up.  

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In this episode we speak with Jessie Cruikshank, the Director of Leadership Development at the Foursquare International Church.  

We talk about bias in babies and should those working from home be paid less? 

How curiosity and neuroscience plays a part in bias. 

The six-second rule to controlling emotions and breathing correctly.  

A little more about Jessie:  

She enjoys walking others through hard places, and bringing life and joy to others. She helps organizations catalyze their development by using bravery and courage to invoke change.   

She's been involved in four startups, all of which are still thriving today. She has helped an engineering firm turnaround in three years. 

And she's had the privilege of being a leader of leaders and coaching their development for over 10 years. 

Learn more about Maximyz at www.maximyz.com and stay tuned for the next episode!

Our guest for this chat is Michael Lawrence. 

He's a learning and operational development professional at CreativAnswer (creativanswer.com).   

He considers himself a walking Seinfeld episode. And he aspires to help people learn their value at work and in their personal lives, become a thought leader in the learning space and get a speeding ticket at age 100.   

Michael's various achievements are being a father, creating his own space in the corporate world and learning and development, and being the first in his family to go to college from high school and graduate  In this episode we talk about training and development and having fun at work.  

If you are a learning and development professional and are interested in being interviewed for our show, you can sign up at calendly.com/maximyz/inteview.  

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In this episode we speak with Kelly Dowd about role playing, and sales as it pertains to learning and development.  

Kelly is a learning and development consultant from onespan. And she describes herself as being curiouser and curiouser. Her ideal future is less about achieving certain milestones, than it is about finding new ways to spark creativity, and use her imagination.   

She strives to be a lifelong learner, amused to others, and never be bored or settle.   

Her top three achievements are surviving and thriving after open heart surgery at a young age, having the guts to pursue acting fearlessly, and the judgment to quit when it no longer brought her joy. And being the only woman in a male improv troupe.  

If you are a learning and development professional and want to be interviewed for The Interchange, please visit calendly.com/maximyz/interview to sign up.  

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Today, our guest is Dani Espinoza-Gonzalez.  

He is previously a VP of operations. And he describes himself as a passionate individual who enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing rugby, and continuously learning.   

His goals are to invest in and support the development of the self teams and committees and committees to create a more equitable world for all. His top achievement is meeting and building a strong relationship with his lifelong partner.  

In this interview, Dani and I talk about rugby, meditation and how they relate to learning and emotional intelligence.   

If you are a learning and development professional and want to be interviewed for the Interchange, please visit calendly.com/maximyz/interview to sign up.  

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In this episode we speak with Katie Ervin, Associate VP of Strategic Alliances at Park University.  

Katie is passionate about life long learning and working with organizations to invest in their people's personal/professional development!   She aspires to help organizations understand the importance of investing in their people's happiness at work. She works with organizations to find efficiencies and save them significant money by developing processes.  

Katie shared her valuable insight into the learning and development industry as it contrasts in the corporate vs. educational realms. Katie also shares her passion for positivity and nurturing the younger generations with life skills.