Ann Le Cam on Shifting Culture, the Superpower of Listening, Falling in Love with the Problem, and Building a Braintrust
Release Date: 03/28/2023
Special Holiday Re-release: How Can We All Just Get Along? With Dr. Jeff Myers
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This goes out to you if mending a relationship has been on your mind lately. It is for many of us. Re-releasing this episode is my small gift to you, in hopes you feel inspired to reconnect or reengage with someone you love this holiday season. Maybe for you, that’s family. And Dr. Jeff is exactly that. He’s my oldest brother, a prolific author, a deeply respected speaker and leader, and a recent cancer survivor. Though our worldviews are often opposing, what we share is important – VALUES. During our heartfelt (and sometimes difficult) conversation, we share with you how we have learned...
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Season 2 Wrap-Up: Nuggets from the Cutting Room Floor
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Not every recorded moment makes it into the podcast. Sometimes really poignant, personal, or humorous nuggets get left on the cutting room floor. My team and I – to wrap up our second season – selected four of our favorites to include in this special episode. Chew on clips from Chip Conley, Amy Gallo, and my brother, Jeff Myers, and then let us know what you think by leaving a review. See you in Season Three! To follow Tim’s journey as a conductor and creator, find him on and bookmark his website
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Renate Rohlfing | From Spoleto: Music, Memory, Creativity, & Connection
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If you’ve ever wondered how the arts can catalyze authentic connections among people and communities, this episode is a must-listen. Complete with empowering real-world examples of music being used as a vital building material, hear from music psychotherapist Renate Rohlfing on why your memory is so entwined with your creativity – regardless of your ability – and how anyone can employ "sonic artifacts" to unlock aging minds and process grief. Recorded on-site at the Spoleto Festival USA. Find out more about The Spoleto Festival's "Tell Your Story" project mentioned in this episode...
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Noah Zandan on How We Can Use AI to Increase Connection, Build Relationships, & Augment Creativity
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If you’ve been tuned in lately – to the news, to social media, to this podcast – you’ve undoubtedly heard about the much-hyped advances in AI (artificial intelligence). I bet you have questions, fears, or reservations about where AI is headed and what that means for our humanity – and our children’s future. Noah is here to clue us in on what’s going on. Well that, and so much more. Listen to find out how a convo about AI becomes one about building connection. About our human desire for community. About us being scared about certain things. About us being impressed. So...
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Chip Conley on How to Cultivate Your Wisdom, Learn to Love Midlife, and Have Empowered Relationships Across Generations
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Whether you're 28, 88, or somewhere in the middle, wouldn't you love it if your life came with operating instructions for aging? With great optimism and a generous sense of respect, Chip Conley (CEO and Co-Founder of Modern Elder Academy) lays out what's long been misunderstood about our 40s, 50s, and 60s and reasons why your life can get better with age. If it's any indication of how much this chat hit home for me, I felt it necessary to I bare my soul in the first few minutes. I hope this resonates with you as deeply as it did with my team and me. Wisdom bombs abound, friends – too many to...
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Recorded Live in Partnership with Austin Opera: Conductor Cues, "The Pearl Fishers"
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This week is a departure. I invite you to join me: let’s use art as a catalyst for critical conversations. Dig into topics of inclusion, cultural appropriation, historical practice, and artistic collaboration with me and my special guests, centering around a 400-year-old art form: OPERA. Recorded in front of a live audience, this conversation was too good – too important – not to share with you. Featuring stage director Alison Moritz and choreographer Anu Naimpally, gain insight into Austin Opera's upcoming production of Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers.” To follow Tim’s journey as...
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Amy Gallo on How to Get Along With Colleagues, Loved Ones, & "Difficult People"
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If you've ever felt stuck navigating a problematic relationship, this is the episode for you. Amy Gallo – author of Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People) – offers clear tactics to help you define and discern how to best refresh your approach with others, and reminds you it's ok to "fight with someone you love." Why? Listen in to find out! Amy Gallo is an expert in conflict, communication, and workplace dynamics. Find Amy on: Her To follow Tim’s journey as a conductor and creator, find him on and bookmark his website
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Ann Le Cam on Shifting Culture, the Superpower of Listening, Falling in Love with the Problem, and Building a Braintrust
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How do you lead creatives? And how do you create the right amount of abrasion to catalyze innovation without burning anyone out? Learn how to positively affect change with former Disney/Pixar and Wētā FX Executive Ann Le Cam, who built her career on innovative strategic thinking and transformational leadership. Ann Le Cam is currently an Executive Fellow at . Follow her on or see her . To follow Tim’s journey as a conductor and creator, find him on and bookmark his website
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Seth Godin on Doing Work That Matters, Music & Magic, Impacting Climate Change, the Future of AI, and more.
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Overwhelmed by the current state of our world? Paradigm-busting bestselling author & entrepreneur Seth Godin offers you reasons to be curiously optimistic in this sweeping, super-relevant conversation. Bonus: listen to the end for his unexpected pitch for a Murder Mystery podcast! For more than 30 years, Seth Godin () has "been trying to turn on lights, inspire people and teach them how to level up." Author to more than 20 bestselling books – including the most recent, THE PRACTICE – he's the founder of and the coordinator of , which he calls the "most important project of his...
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Dr. Jeff Myers | How Can We All Just Get Along?
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In order to solve the world's stickiest problems, we have to change the way we listen at the interpersonal level – starting with those closest to us. Maybe for you, that's family. And Dr. Jeff is exactly that. He's my oldest brother, a prolific author, deeply respected speaker and leader, and a recent cancer survivor. Though our worldviews are often opposing, what we share is important – VALUES. So I pressed record on one of our conversations in hopes of sharing how we have learned to challenge each other, how to stay curious, five conversation-altering words you can use, and how arguments...
info_outlineHow do you lead creatives? And how do you create the right amount of abrasion to catalyze innovation without burning anyone out?
Learn how to positively affect change with former Disney/Pixar and Wētā FX Executive Ann Le Cam, who built her career on innovative strategic thinking and transformational leadership.
Ann Le Cam is currently an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School.
Follow her on LinkedIn or see her IMDb profile here.
To follow Tim’s journey as a conductor and creator, find him on
and bookmark his website http://timothymyers.com.