Podcasts by Quantum Business Insights with Olivia Parr-Rud
In today’s fast-paced, high-tech, global economy, the business landscape is constantly changing. The confluence of big data, emerging technologies, and global connectivity puts unprecedented pressure on companies to become more innovative and agile. To maintain a competitive edge, companies must constantly adapt while continuing to identify and exploit new opportunities. Interestingly, new models are emerging from science and nature that offer a unique perspective – one that sees our global economy as a highly interconnected, continually evolving complex adaptive system. These models unveil powerful insights for optimizing our business strategies and processes. Each week on Quantum Business Insights, Olivia explores these concepts with thought leaders from around the globe. We look for ways to leverage their insights to ignite innovation, inspire our workforce, and create positive outcomes for our companies, our communities, and the planet.
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HOW TO BE HAPPY AT WORK: The Power of Purpose, Hope, and Friendship from 2018-02-09T08:00
Nearly two-thirds of all employees are either actively disengaged or ambivalent about their jobs, as Gallup consistently reports. And while organizations and their leaders are increasingly aware of...
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Top-Line Economics: Shifting Frequencies for Prosperity with Andrew Cameron Baily and Connie Baxter Marlow from 2015-07-03T07:00
To thrive in today’s fast-paced global economy, companies have to constantly adapt to shifting markets, technologies, and consumer demands. This places enormous pressure on employees, as well as le...
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Experiential Learning: How to Lock in New Behavior with Jonathan Wygant from 2015-02-07T08:00
In today’s high-tech global economy, companies have to constantly adapt just to remain competitive. This often requires employees, as well as leaders, to learn new skills and even new behaviors. Tu...
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Capitalize Employee Empowerment with Shawn Casemore from 2015-01-09T08:00
Are you aware of your company’s greatest asset? In today’s high-tech global economy, most businesses have access to the same equipment, technology, and processes – a fact that has leveled the playi...
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The New Four Agreements at Work with David Dibble from 2015-01-02T08:00
Are you tired of large-scale organizational change initiatives that are doomed fail? Do you want to learn a simple, yet powerful method for initiating and continually improving all aspects of your ...
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Special Encore Presentation: Conscious Evolution with Barbara Marx Hubbard from 2014-12-26T08:00
Would you like to live in a more sustainable, connected, and peaceful world? Do you feel that business has a role in creating this future? Are you drawn to business models that create synergy and m...
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Responsible Business with Carol Sanford from 2014-12-19T08:00
Do you want to achieve record revenue growth while running a legally, fiscally, socially, and environmentally responsible business? Would you like to know the secret to the highest employee satisfa...
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Built to Lead with David Long from 2014-12-12T08:00
Are you looking for the best leadership principles that support adaptability and long term survival? According to David Long, “Everything You Think You Know About Being a World Class Manager is WRO...
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People Analytics in a World of Big Data with Martine George from 2014-12-05T08:00
Did you know that as your use of technology increases across your organization, your costs in the areas of talent acquisition and management also increase? Yes, the need for highly skilled, motivat...
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Conscious Evolution with Barbara Marx Hubbard from 2014-11-21T08:00
Would you like to live in a more sustainable, connected, and peaceful world? Do you feel that business has a role in creating this future? Are you drawn to business models that create synergy and m...
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Do You QuantumThink? with Dianne Collins from 2014-11-14T08:00
Are you stressed by the increasing complexity and volatility in your life? What if everything you thought you knew about the nature of reality and the way life works was, well, … wrong? Tune in as ...
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Special Encore Presentation: Wholehearted Leadership and Employee Engagement with Kevin Kruse from 2014-11-07T08:00
Did you know that employee satisfaction is a major driver of business success? As complexity increases, our human capital becomes ever more critical to adaptability, innovation, and long term profi...
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Mindfulness in the Workplace with Amy Edelstein from 2014-10-31T07:00
To gain an edge in our highly competitive economy, employers need to create an environment that brings out the best in their employees. This includes training, support, and an environment that fost...
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Authentic Leadership with Mastin Kipp from 2014-10-24T07:00
Did you know that, in companies attempting to navigate in our fast-paced, high-tech global economy, authentic leadership is becoming a core competency? The complexity and specialization we experien...
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Triple Crown Leadership with Bob Vanourek from 2014-10-17T07:00
Did you know there are certain leadership practices that are proven to drive long-term profitability? And were you aware that most of the economic crises of the last 30 years were actually the resu...
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Disrupt with Human-Centric Leading with Eleni Pallas from 2014-10-10T07:00
Did you know that companies that practice disruptive leadership are quickly gaining a competitive advantage in our current fast-paced, high-tech, global economy? But this requires that leaders disr...
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Empowering Innovation with Jeff DeGraff from 2014-10-03T07:00
Did you know that innovation is the only value proposition with a shelf life? And with the commoditization of most linear processes and technologies, innovation is essential to stay competitive in ...
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Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems with Barry Johnson from 2014-09-26T07:00
Have you ever pursued a strategy only to get derailed by some unforeseen consequence of that strategy? The underlying cause goes by many names: Paradox, Tensions, Polarity, Yin and Yang, Interdepe...
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Sacred Economics with Charles Eisenstein from 2014-09-19T07:00
Have you ever considered economics to be sacred? It may seem like a stretch–given the common theme that money is the root of all evil. Money, or currency, is a form of energy through which most of ...
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Human Capital and Workforce Optimization with Gene Pease from 2014-09-12T07:00
Did you know that a company with an engaged workforce has a higher likelihood of being profitable? This presents an unprecedented opportunity and challenge for managers and HR professionals. With a...
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Wholehearted Leadership and Employee Engagement with Kevin Kruse from 2014-09-05T07:00
Did you know that employee satisfaction is a major driver of business success? As complexity increases, our human capital becomes ever more critical to adaptability, innovation, and long term profi...
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Holonomics: Developing Authentic Businesses and Sustainable Leadership with Simon and Maria Moraes Robinson from 2014-08-29T07:00
Have you ever viewed your business as a hologram? Or an entity that can be understood, even optimized, as a single system rather than the sum of its parts? Quantum physics and evolutionary biology ...
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Overfished Ocean Strategy: Powering Up Innovation for a Resource Deprived World with Nadya Zhexembayeva from 2014-08-22T07:00
Does your business have a solid strategy for competing in a resource-depleted world? Do you want to successfully navigate our troubled economic seas? The linear throwaway economy of today–where we ...
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Reinventing Organizations with Frederic Laloux from 2014-08-15T07:00
Do you yearn for a more soulful workplace? The way most organizations are managed seems increasingly out of date. Many work environments feel soulless and lifeless. Yet we long for authenticity, co...
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Beyond Expert toward Being-Driven Leadership – with Ross Hostetter from 2014-08-08T07:00
Many professionals have spent substantial amounts of time and money developing and maintaining their expertise, only to observe people not nearly as smart as they are making a lot more money and ha...
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Feminine Leadership - with Allison Conte from 2014-08-01T07:00
We are in the midst of a shift in human society from modernism to post-modernism, which tends to be more inclusive, more caring and more holistic – some would say, more Feminine. In organizations, ...
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Making the Very Complex… Awesomely Simple – with John Spence from 2014-07-25T07:00
Are you overwhelmed by complexity? Tired of adapting to constant change? The secret to success in our complex, high tech, global economy is embedded in the fundamental business strategies of the wo...
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10 Ways to Lead Your Team to Greatness – with Barbara Corcoran from 2014-07-18T07:00
Entrepreneurs, business managers and salespeople alike benefit from lessons in how to get people moving on the path to greatness. Barbara Corcoran, who built The Corcoran Group, New York’s largest ...
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The Collaboration Economy - with Eric Lowitt from 2014-07-11T07:00
To secure our future, we need a new economic model. No longer can capitalism ignore the environmental and social impacts of business activities. Nor can the public sector be allowed to prioritize t...
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Strength Through Diversity - Our Immigrant Heritage – with Dr. Paul Hsu from 2014-06-27T07:00
Are you aware that the most successful corporations are often the most diverse? And that one of the richest sources of diversity is our cultural diversity? Complex systems, like companies, communit...
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7 Steps for Hiring Super-Performers – with Henri Schauffler from 2014-06-20T07:00
Have you hired the perfect person for a position, only to have them fail miserably after onboarding and training? Are you hiring based on experienced resumes, then being deeply disappointed over th...
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Collaborative Leadership - with Ken Beller from 2014-06-13T07:00
Ever wonder why the old style of ‘command and control’ leadership is no longer effective? It served us well when our economy was simple and workers were expendable. But in today’s highly complex, g...
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Marketing with Archetypes – with Dr. G. Clotaire Rapaille from 2014-06-06T07:00
Want to know what drives someone to buy from you? Want to understand your customers’ attitudes, motivations, and unspoken needs? Discovering their archetype brings into awareness the unconscious di...
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Buddhism and Modern Capitalism – with Michael Carroll from 2014-05-30T07:00
Max Weber credited the Protestant ethic with giving rise to capitalism. Now it sometimes seems as if it is the Buddhist ethic that is keeping capitalism going. – The Economist, 11.16.13. Just 5 yea...
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Coping Styles and Choosing Leaders from 2014-05-23T07:00
What does take to predict effective leadership in complex, rapidly changing conditions? According to my guest, Dr. Leslie Pratch, an answer lies in understanding how executives will cope with unexp...
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Human Agility Mapping - with Linda Berens from 2014-05-16T07:00
Is your organization agile? Are you able to adapt quickly to new technologies and changing markets? Agile organizations require agile people – people who are able to maintain mental flexibility, ba...
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Tapping Your Greatest Resource – with Jeremy Eden and Terri Long from 2014-05-09T07:00
Are you bogged down by endless meetings, company politics, and bureaucratic stagnation? Would you like to learn a few simple actions you can take right now to improve profits? According to my guest...
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Holonomics: A Holistic View of Our Economy with Simon and Maria Moraes Robinson from 2014-05-02T07:00
Would you like to engage in a new mental operating system that allows you to make sense and truly comprehend the complex problems and issues you face today? In their ground-breaking book, Holonomi...
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Value Populations: A New View of the Market with Ken Beller from 2014-04-25T07:00
Do you consider yourself a Millennial? A Baby Boomer? Part of the Gen X or Gen Y generation? These demographic groups are not only popular, they are often used by marketers to predict future behav...
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The Power of Active Coping with Leslie Pratch from 2014-04-18T07:00
Did you know that the success of a leader is highly predictable? And that one of the key drivers of that success is a leader’s ability to cope with stressful situations? With the current level of e...
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Creating Value with Human Capital with Mike Echols, Ph.D. from 2014-04-11T07:00
Did you know most Fortune 500™ companies spend 70% of their operating budgets on human capital? Why? To remain competitive in our high-tech, fast-paced, global economy, companies must embrace the l...
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Gender Intelligence: Men and Women Working Together with Amy L. Robinson from 2014-04-04T07:00
Do you have challenges due to gender differences within your organization? Do conflicts arise that appear to be linked to differences between men and women? The reality is that women and men do alm...
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Avoiding Global Collapse: A Conversation with Rebecca Costa from 2014-03-28T07:00
Have you ever wondered why efforts to solve our global problems always end in gridlock? Why our government is more in debt, our air and water more polluted, our jails more crowded, our security mor...
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FutureShapers: A Path to Conscious Leadership with John Renesch from 2014-03-21T07:00
Do you have the desire to help create a more sustainable future? Do you wish to inspire others to join you in your efforts? As corporate leaders, we hold great potential for making a difference - i...
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Teamability: A Conversation with Dr. Janice Presser from 2014-03-14T07:00
We’re all familiar with our IQ. We’re quickly learning about our EQ. These are both powerful measures of individual potential and performance. But did you know that you can now measure the perform...
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The Hard Work of Soft Management: A Conversation with Bernie Nagle from 2014-03-07T08:00
Are you a manager or C-level executive who would like to get more from your employees? Or an employee who feels you have much more to give but don’t feel empowered or motivated? In today’s fast-pac...
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Nothing is Impossible: A Conversation with Tom Oliver from 2014-02-28T08:00
Do you feel that your talents go unrecognized? Your strengths go untapped? Do you have a different plan for yourself than the one others might imagine for you? Are you ready to turn your wildest dr...
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Wisdom at Work: Unleashing Innovation through Deep Dialogue with Mitch Ditkoff from 2014-02-21T08:00
Are you drowning in data but starving for insights? Think about it! At this point, you’ve successfully transformed and manipulated your data to provide useful information. You’ve mined and analyzed...
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The Science of Leadership and Optimal Performance from 2014-02-14T08:00
Are you a leader who wants to produce outstanding results by empowering your employees to peak performance? Do you want to increase your influence by learning the latest strategies for designing, d...
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The Art of Group Leadership from 2014-02-07T08:00
Does the success of your organization depend on your ability to lead? Do you have the skills, knowledge, and self-awareness to inspire others? Do you know how to build and empower high-functioning ...
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The Power of Strategy Innovation with Insigniam from 2014-01-31T08:00
In today’s highly interconnected economy, many businesses find themselves competing in a global marketplace. This creates a lot of pressure to continually innovate – and not just by developing new...
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Edgewalkers: Walking Between Worlds with Judi Neal from 2014-01-24T08:00
Do ever feel like you live in more than one world? Do you make your living in business but find your joy and peace through practices that feel very far removed from it? Would you like to bring thos...
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Moving Up: A Guide to Success with John Tschohl from 2014-01-17T08:00
Do you feel stuck in your current position? Would you like to advance your career but don’t know how? Do you wonder why success seems to come so easily to some people? In our highly volatile global...
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Collaboration 2.0: Emotional Intelligence and Resolutionary Thinking with Stewart Levine from 2014-01-10T08:00
In today’s highly specialized, global economy, it is no longer possible to do it alone. To take advantage of the wide variety of diverse opportunities and technologies, we must collaborate. It’s no...
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Martial Arts as a Leadership Practice with Master Winston Price from 2014-01-03T08:00
We’re all familiar with the phrase “Leadership in Action.” But how about “Leadership in Inaction?” Sounds a bit silly.. But it turns out that in today’s highly volatile economy, effective leadershi...
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Special Encore Presentation: Spiritual Intelligence – Taking Leadership to a Higher Level from 2013-12-27T08:00
Cindy Wigglesworth defines Spiritual Intelligence as the ability to behave with wisdom and compassion while maintaining inner and outer peace regardless of the situation. In her new book, SQ21: The...
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Special Encore Presentation: The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economy from 2013-12-20T08:00
To avoid economic disaster, eminent social scientist and bestselling author, Riane Eisler, points the way to a sustainable and equitable economy that values our greatest economic assets: people and...
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) – The New Competitive Advantage from 2013-12-13T08:00
In a recent global survey, more than 80% of customers said they care as much about a company’s values and level of social responsibility as they do about the company’s offerings, employment practic...
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The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economy with Riane Eisler from 2013-12-06T08:00
To avoid economic disaster, eminent social scientist and bestselling author, Riane Eisler, points the way to a sustainable and equitable economy that values our greatest economic assets: people and...
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Spiritual Intelligence: Taking Leadership to a Higher Level with Cindy Wigglesworth from 2013-11-22T08:00
Cindy Wigglesworth defines Spiritual Intelligence as the ability to behave with wisdom and compassion while maintaining inner and outer peace regardless of the situation. In her new book, SQ21: The...
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Creating a Culture of Innovation with Mitch Ditkoff from 2013-11-15T08:00
In today’s high-tech, global economy, every linear process is being automated or out-sourced. From sales, to marketing, to HR, the only way to remain competitive is to create a culture that inspire...
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Overcoming Our Immunity to Change from 2013-11-08T08:00
According to Harvard professors and founders of Minds at Work, Robert Kegan & Lisa Lahey, human capability will be a decisive success factor for companies in coming years. Yet despite costly organ...
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Keys to Building High Performing Teams with Rod Napier from 2013-11-01T07:00
Since the 1990's, as a country, we have become team-based in our approach to nearly everything. The motivation was the result of cutting out middle managers and creating teams. The problem is there...
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Holacracy: Purposeful Organizations through Social Technology with Brian Robertson from 2013-10-18T07:00
Conventional approaches to management tend to stifle agility and creativity. Predict-and-control techniques struggle to keep up with today's rapid change and dynamic complexity. Time and energy a...
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Integrating Collaboration with Competition in Business, Government, and Society from 2013-10-11T07:00
In today’s highly diverse, global economy, companies are increasingly seeking strategic partnerships to expand their reach. This may require collaboration among numerous stakeholders within a highl...
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Designing Breakthrough Strategies with Quantum Planning from 2013-10-04T07:00
Global economic volatility caused by new technologies and shifting markets makes it almost impossible to predict the future with any degree of certainty. This makes traditional strategic planning m...
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Measuring the Value of Your Greatest Asset: Human Capital Analytics from 2013-09-27T07:00
To remain competitive in our fast-paced, high-tech, global economy, we must leverage our greatest asset, our human capital. Historically, human resource investments have been difficult to measure. ...
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The Organizational Ecosystem - Mapping Complexity to Adaptability from 2013-09-20T07:00
In our highly complex, global economy, companies must continually adapt to stay competitive. The old strategies of ‘Plan and Predict’ are effectively being replaced by systems that empower an organ...
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Overcoming Uncertainty in Our Evolving Business Landscape from 2013-09-13T07:00
Have you ever noticed how globalization, big data, and the constant introduction of new technologies are causing our business landscape to be less predictable? In fact, it feels like it’s constantl...
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