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Guest: Gary Weber

Gary Weber and Maureen Metcalf talk about some recent brain research and how leaders and emerging leaders can leverage this research to gain additional capacity and also what recent research is DISPROVING: busting conventional wisdom. As we think about the purpose of this show, Gary’s work is perfectly tailored to help leaders rethink how they lead and for some, as we look at the brain consciousness connection – what it even means to be a leader.  Gary also connects his work with the brain to promoting happiness.  1) Why did you take up this work?  2) What was the question you started with?  3) Your bio says you did research at Yale. Tell us more.  4) How can we become much more productive and less distracted.  5) How do I stop the internal narrative in my head?  6) How does being less distracted and managing my internal narrative help me be more happy?

Guest: Lesley Southwick-Trask

This is a witty and delightful conversation where Lesley shares her genuine experience launching and growing companies and explore what unique qualities she used as a leader to be named one of the top 100 most powerful women in Canada. She shares what she has learned from her unique background and shares her perspective on what she would recommend for other leaders.
Lesley is open and genuine in sharing her personal journey as an anthropologist from her first job as an on-air radio manager to a highly influential leader and entrepreneur to hosting guests along the Camino in Portugal.
She will answer questions about her unique journey and also discuss her recommendations for leaders now.
Lesley also hosts a radio show Women who Lead. She will share some of her learnings from the highly influential women she has interviewed.

Guest: Mike Morrow-Fox

We have all had a bad boss or someone we struggled to work with. During this show, Maureen and Mike will compare and contrast good bosses and bad bosses. Mike draws heavily on his research as well as decades of successful leadership experience to lay out a list of bad behaviors, the correlating great behaviors and discuss how to move from bad to great. They will provide examples to illustrate both bad and good. This show will be enlightening and enjoyable.

Guests: Carla Morelli & Laura Hult

Carla Morelli and Laura Hult talk about mergers and acquisitions focusing on key factors that drive success and failure. They are seasoned M&A veterans, participating in many transactions and both have seen similar themes. This interview provides insights and recommendations to improve the probability of success for your next transaction – whether you are acquiring, selling or involved in the integrations.  50% – 80% of acquisitions fail to deliver intended results. We will explore key success factors: 1. Understanding the deal goals – the why of the transaction for both sides; 2. Working with the human factors that have the greatest impact (and M&A transactions fail without considering humans and dealing with their needs); 3. Navigating the organizational factors. The participants share their stories of success and their unique perspectives.

Guests: Thai Lee & Dr Dale Meyerrose

This interview is recorded live at the CIO Tomorrow Conference on April 14, 2016. It includes conversations with two keynote speakers – Thai Lee and Dr. Dale Meyerrose talking about disruptions in the technology industry and their views on how to run organizations that will thrive in and era of rapid disruptive changes. In early 2015, Fortune magazine sent a survey to each of the Fortune 500 CEO’s, asking in part what their companies saw as their greatest challenge. Not surprisingly, the largest response was the rapid and disruptive pace of technological change. Those CEOs knew that disruption creates pivotal points at which normal patterns can no longer reasonably be maintained. Their concerns about how these new advancements will impact the future expectations of their companies, both from a capabilities and a consumer point of view, are important perspectives worthy of serious consideration. Change is a choice, not a mandate. Organizational health is driven by this choice.

Guest: Dave DuBose

Dave and Maureen discuss Dave’s experience with supply chain optimization and talk about what leaders should be thinking about with regard to how effective supply chain management contributes to accomplishing overall organizational strategy. When done well it is cost effective and attracts limited attention. When done poorly, it damages company’s reputations. Dave will share his experiences of strategic solutions and pitfalls.

Topics include:
1. What role does supply chain play in business? In society?
2. What trends are you seeing in supply chain work and how will it change the supply chain practice in the next few years?
3. What are common business issues that companies face in supply chain optimization?
4. What innovative solutions should companies be considering?

Guest: Guru Vasudeva

As a CIO with Nationwide, Guru Vasudeva shares his extensive experience with implementing lean and agile practices across a large IT organization. He shares his challenges, recommendations and financial and quality results. He answers the following questions: 1. Does lean only apply to operations? 2. What results has Nationwide been able to achieve through Lean IT? 3. As a CIO – how have you changed your leadership style to run an organization that is using lean and agile? 4. How does lean relate to innovation? 5. What advice you have for CIOs who are embarking on a Lean transformation?

Guest: Susan Paul

With the increasing pace of change in IT, what do you need to do with IT to avoid being ‘Netflixed’?

Susan will share her perspective on several questions
1. What disruption do you see being caused by technology over the next 5 years?
2. What do you recommend organizations DO to address this disruption?

IT change is going to continue at an increased pace and increased cost. You need to think through and have a strategy for managing that change so it doesn’t catch you flatfooted. Your IT strategy goes well beyond the IT organization itself – because of the depth and breadth of technology you have and will be implementing, the organization needs to look at IT and technology spend as a key component of their business strategy.

Guest: Dr. Dale Meyerrose

Leaders will better understand the nature of the threats we currently face and how to take proactive steps to optimize organizational success by taking advantage of the cloud and at the same time protect organization’s critical to position to run efficient and effective organizations. During this show, Maureen Metcalf and Dr. Dale Meyerrose discuss several questions raised by an executive forum to provide a perspective from senior leaders: 1. Overview of the cyber security landscape – what is real and what is hype? 2. Address specific questions from the executive forum members about cyber security. 3. What should leaders and boards be thinking with regard to cyber security? This session provides listeners with a strong foundation to understand and plan their next steps required to keep their organizations operations and data safe.

Guest: Dr. Dale Meyerrose

Over the past two years, Maureen conducted 100 weekly interviews with top executives, academics, consultants, and diplomats from around the globe. For the 100th anniversary, she synthesizes the key themes and summarizes key learning during these interviews. This interview focuses on what top thinkers and leaders are focusing on. They continue to build their own inner capacity to deal with life’s challenges, they are staying current on a broad range of topics that impact their organizations from technology to geopolitics and they are focusing on evolving their organizations to remain successful as the ecosystem in which they operate continually changes. One of the most important take-away’s is that while we are facing unprecedented challenge, there are amazing people thinking about these issues and experimenting with solutions to solve our biggest challenges.