Daniel Stillman

In this episode, Daniel Stillman inspired me with his definition of leadership.

He defines leadership as “creating the conditions for transformative conversations”. We talk about the nine elements of his Conversation OS and how you can use them in your life and work.

Dot Lung

In this episode, we talk about learning to be comfortable with discomfort and how it is a choice to be social and say hello to everyone. But to have an actual conversation or to build a relationship requires you to be authentic, curious, and find common ground. After all, we are all human. We all have emotions. We are all in the same boat. Once we recognize this it is the first step of departing our echo chambers and working towards something together.

Nicole Travis

We talk about showing up, over and over again. How expectations and the basic social dynamics change when you show up just as a person versus when you’re invited because of your professional role. It's only when you keep showing up that you begin to get to the root of the problem.

Elliott Montgomery & Chris Woebken

We discuss their project, Metro Test Zones, that prototyped future imaginaries for the city’s green urban commons with the help of a multidisciplinary group of scientists, public servants, designers, and actors

Nancy Nowacek and John Sharp

What is the social form you’re in right now?

Social forms are interactions, “the social can only exist in the space between two people,” Nancy tells us in this episode with Nancy Nowacek and John Sharp.

Indhira Rojas

I learn from Indi how to connect. To recognize - when talking to a stranger - that I’m having a thought AND a feeling.

Shelli Bohrer

Shelli shares her insights on how to talk to strangers - about dogs, t-shirts or the weather - and how working in retail is the best practice for talking to strangers.

Neetal Parekh

The founder of Innov8social. She is a social impact ecosystem builder and licensed attorney, with expertise in digital strategy, storytelling, and communications.

Anthony Lyons

The founder of Urbuu, a solutions design consultancy with projects across the globe. He has served in numerous public sector positions including the City Manager of Gainesville, FL - where we met.

Julian Bleecker

He founded the Near Future Laboratory as a way to explore imminent futures in an experimental and playful way outside of the confines of more traditional research and development practices.

Chris Grunder

Born in Hawaii and raised in Alaska, he's always been an outsider on the inside; observing the world and all it's vagaries with curiosity more than concern. He now runs a small gallery called Bass & Reiner with an eye for emerging and underrepresented artists.

Nancy Nowacek

An interdisciplinary working with the body at the intersection of digital technologies and the built environment, the regulation of the natural environment, and the forms of choreography embedded within.

Hunter Franks

Creates ways for people to share introspections, hear other people’s stories, and reimagine social norms. His practice encompasses community-based public art, visual work, writing, and installation.

Maceo Paisley

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Multi-disciplinary artist, designer, and cultural producer who explores themes in society and identity through movement, language, and imagery.

Ilana Lipsett

A community design strategist, and works at the intersection of policy, community engagement, and development. Ilana works with cities, real estate developers, international aid organizations, and creative communities around the globe to harness our collective capacity to address the world's biggest challenges.

Maceo Paisley

This episode was recorded while Maceo was on his book tour for Tao of Maceo, we discuss the ways in which we open up in public.

Maceo Paisley

This episode started it all! A simple recording of Maceo and I having a meandering discussion about the challenges of my project, Possibility Hours, being in public and talking to strangers.