Podcast David Jacobs

How can we improve someone else’s day? Howard H. Prager is president of Advance Learning Group, and a speaker, executive coach, leadership consultant, and most… The post Episode 252: Howard Prager – Make Someone’s Day first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

How do we rewrite our owner’s manual? Jim Loehr – world-renowned performance psychologist, New York Times bestselling author, and co-founder of the Johnson & Johnson… The post Episode 251: Jim Loehr – Leading with Character, Part III first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

When we reach the end, what truly matters to you? Our guest on the podcast this week is Jim Loehr: world-renowned performance psychologist, New York… The post Episode 250: Jim Loehr – Leading with Character, Part II first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

What if you’ve thinking about time management all wrong? Our guest on the podcast this week is Jim Loehr: world-renowned performance psychologist, New York Times… The post Episode 249: Jim Loehr – Leading with Character, Part I first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Philosopher Jennifer Frey of the University of South Carolina talks about the state of the university in American education. Frey urges a stronger focus on virtue and human flourishing and a reduced focus on career preparation. Roberts, despite his sympathy with the examined life, challenges the virtue of philosophical enquiry. At the end of the co…

How can you set a worthy goal? Michael Bungay Stanier – coach, author, friend, and founder of Box of Crayons – returns to the podcast… The post Episode 248: Michael Bungay Stanier – How to Begin first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Author and psychologist Paul Bloom of the University of Toronto talks about his book, The Sweet Spot, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Bloom argues that suffering is underrated--suffering is part of happiness and meaning. This is a wide-ranging discussion of popular culture, religion, and what we hope to get out of life.…

What if profit wasn’t the only key driver of performance? Hubert Joly is the former chairman and CEO of Best Buy, recognized as one of… The post Episode 247: Hubert Joly – The Heart of Business first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Journalist and author Rowan Jacobsen talks about his book Truffle Hound with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. This conversation has nothing to do with chocolate. It's about the strange world of underground fungi, found in the forest by specially trained dogs and used by chefs and home cooks around the world. You will learn about truffle oil, cooking wit…

How can we commit to making a lasting change – big or small? My guest this week is Katy Milkman: and behavioral economics researcher, former… The post Episode 246: Katy Milkman – How to Change first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Author and journalist Sam Quinones talks about his book, The Least of Us, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Quinones focuses on the devastation caused by methamphetamine and fentanyl, the latest evolution of innovation in the supply of mind-altering drugs in the United States. The latest versions of meth, he argues, are more emotionally damaging tha…

How do you maximize your potential? David Meltzer is a business coach, executive producer of Entrepreneur’s #1 digital business show, Elevator Pitch, and author of… The post Episode 245: David Meltzer – Game-Time Decision Making first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Economist and author Arnold Kling talks about improving government regulation with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Kling suggests ways to improve the administrative state--the agencies and regulatory bodies that often write the regulations that they enforce. The conversation concludes with Kling's idea for holding public intellectuals accountable for t…

How can we start to have conversations that make us uncomfortable? Konda Mason is a social entrepreneur, spiritual teacher, Grammy Award winner, and earth &… The post Episode 244: Konda Mason – Jubilee Justice first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Author and economist Noreena Hertz of University College London talks about her book, The Lonely Century, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Hertz blames social media and the individualist, pro-capitalism worldviews of leaders like Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan for the rise in loneliness in the developed world. Russ suggests some alternative ca…

Can you really change other people? Yes – and there’s even a step-by-step process to help you do just that. You CAN Change Other People… The post Episode 243: Peter Bregman & Howie Jacobson – You CAN Change Other People first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Economist and author David Henderson talks about his book (co-authored with Steve Globerman) The Essential UCLA School of Economics with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Much of the conversation focuses on the work of Armen Alchian and Harold Demsetz, who both saw economics as a powerful tool for understanding human behavior and how the world works.…

What is confidence and how can it be calibrated? Don Moore holds the Lorraine Tyson Mitchell Chair in Leadership at the Haas School of Business… The post Episode 242: Don Moore – Perfectly Confident first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Author and Microsoft executive Glen Weyl talks about radical reforms of capitalism with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Weyl is worried about the concentration of corporate power, especially in the tech sector. But rather than use the traditional tools of antitrust, he has a more radical strategy for reorganizing corporate governance entirely.…

This week on the podcast, I’m joined by my dear friend and successful business owner Brad Baugh. In this special episode, we journey through Brad’s… The post Episode 241: Brad Baugh first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Author and journalist Johann Hari talks about his book, Lost Connections: Why You Are Depressed and How to Find Hope, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Hari, who has suffered with depression as a teenager and an adult, offers a sweeping critique of the medical establishment's understanding of depression and the frequent reliance on pharmaceutical tr…

Historian Bret Devereaux of the University of North Carolina talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about our understanding of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Devereaux highlights the gap between the reality of Greece and Rome and how they're portrayed in popular culture. The conversation focuses on the diversity of ancient Rome and the military prow…

Can you learn to be funnier—and bring humor to the workplace? In their newest book, Humour, Seriously, Dr. Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas explore the… The post Episode 240: Dr. Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas – Humor, Seriously first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Law professors Michael Heller and James Salzman talk about their book, Mine! with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Heller and Salzman argue that ownership is trickier and more complicated than it looks. While we tend to think of something as either mine or not mine, there's often ambiguity and a continuum about who owns what. Salzman and Heller explore …

Journalist and author Nicholas Wapshott talks about his book Samuelson Friedman with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Milton Friedman and Paul Samuelson were two of the most influential economists of the last century. They competed for professional acclaim and had very different policy visions. The conversation includes their differences over the work o…

Can the workplace be more fun? Dr. Bob Nelson, author of many titles but most recently, Work Made Fun Gets Done, joins us today to… The post Episode 239: Bob Nelson – Work Made Fun Gets Done! first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Author and economist Michael Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the virtues--and the flaws--of free markets. Munger says the best argument for a free market approach is not that it's perfect but that it's better than anything else we've been able to come up with over the centuries. Better at bringing people out of…

Journalist and author Jonathan Rauch talks about his book The Constitution of Knowledge with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Rauch argues that the constitution of knowledge--the norms and institutions for testing the reliability of new ideas and accumulating knowledge--has been dramatically altered by the internet and social media. Along the way, they …

How does one navigate and juggle workplace and parental responsibilities simultaneously? This week we’re joined by Daisy Dowling, an executive coach specializing in working parents… The post Episode 238: Daisy Dowling – Workparent first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Economist and Nobel Laureate James Heckman of the University of Chicago talks about inequality and economic mobility with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Drawing on research on inequality in Denmark with Rasmus Landerso, Heckman argues that despite the efforts of the Danish welfare state to provide equal access to education, there is little difference …

Journalist and author Michael Easter talks about his book The Comfort Crisis with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Easter thinks modern life is too easy, too comfortable. To be healthy, he says, we need to move out of our comfort zones and every once in a while try to do something, especially something physically demanding, that we didn't think was poss…

How can we break our addictions and bad habit cycles? Addiction psychiatrist, mindfulness training expert, and associate professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine… The post Episode 237: Jud Brewer – Unwinding Anxiety first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Economist Don Boudreaux of George Mason University talks about the pandemic with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Boudreaux argues that a perfect storm of factors created a huge overreaction, including unnecessary lockdowns that accomplished little at a very high cost in physical and emotional health. Instead, Boudreaux argues, we should have focused at…

Claudia Hauer of St. John's College and the Air Force Academy talks about her book Strategic Humanism with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Topics discussed include war, rage, terrorism, and what a modern warrior might learn from Homer.Bởi EconTalk: Russ Roberts

How do we stop or quiet negative self-talk? Ethan Kross, PhD, is a professor at the University of Michigan and the Ross School of Business,… The post Episode 236: Ethan Kross – Chatter first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Journalist and author Sebastian Junger talks about his book, Freedom, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. The book and conversation are based on a 400-mile walk Junger took with buddies along railroad rights-of-way, evading police, railroad security, and other wanderers. Junger discusses the ever-present tension between the human desire to be free and…

Economist and author Anja Shortland of King's College London talks about her new book, Lost Art, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. When a famous painting disappears into the underworld of stolen art, how does it make its way back into the legitimate world of auction houses and museums? Drawing on the archives of a private database of stolen objects-…

Can you reverse-engineer and replicate the elements of success? Ron Friedman, award-winning psychologist and researcher, returns to the podcast to discuss his newest book Decoding… The post Episode 235: Ron Friedman – Decoding Greatness first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Author and economist Donald Shoup of UCLA talks about destructive parking policies with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Shoup argues that most parking policies inflict unseen damage on the economy. He urges cities to charge for curbside parking and use the proceeds to improve the neighborhood beyond the curb. Shoup also explains the surprising harm don…

Author Ian Leslie talks about his book Conflicted with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Leslie argues that, far from being a negative thing, conflict is often the essential ingredient that helps us get to the right answer or best solution. Because some of our best thinking comes in collaboration with others, learning how to disagree civilly when our vie…

How can we reduce miscommunication within a digital medium? CEO of Cotential and leadership expert Erica Dhawan returns to the Bregman Leadership Podcast with her… The post Episode 234: Erica Dhawan – Digital Body Language first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Economist Bruce Meyer of the University of Chicago talks about poverty with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. In recent years, a number of scholars have claimed that millions of Americans live in extreme poverty, akin to the standard of living in the poorest countries around the world. Meyer argues that these studies are based on flawed surveys or partic…

Journalist and author Jason Riley talks about race with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Riley argues that the challenges facing Black America go beyond racial discrimination and the threat of police violence. He argues that both the history of Black Americans and the current situation has been distorted by activists who benefit from that distorted pict…

How much can one data point spur us to make a lifestyle change? Joining us today is Dr. Casey Means, biomedical researcher and surgeon-turned-co-founder of… The post Episode 233: Casey Means – Levels Health first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Podcaster and author Julia Galef talks about her book The Scout Mindset with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Galef urges us to be more rational--to be open-minded about what we might discover about the world--rather than simply defend what we already believe, which she calls the soldier mindset. The conversation is a wide-ranging discussion of our bias…

Philosopher Agnes Callard of the University of Chicago talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about anger. Is anger something we should vilify and strive to eradicate in ourselves? Or should we accept it as a necessary and appropriate human emotion? Callard takes a fresh look at anger and has much to say about jealousy, desire, and forgiveness as we…

What kind of transformation is required discover your current identity? This week, we’re back with Bill Plotkin, PhD: psychologist, wilderness guide, and author of most… The post Episode 232: Bill Plotkin – The Journey of Soul Initiation, Part 2 first appeared on Bregman Partners.Bởi Bregman Leadership Podcast

Behavioral scientist Katy Milkman of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania talks about her book How to Change with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. What can we learn from research in psychology and behavioral economics about breaking the habits we want to change? Is that research reliable? And should Russ Roberts accept being overweight o…

Author and poet Roya Hakakian talks about her latest book, A Beginner's Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Hakakian was born in Iran and came to the United States as a 19 year-old, not speaking any English, and carrying only the things she could stuff in her backpack. She tells Russ about the love a…

Sociologist and author Mark Rank talks about his book, Poorly Understood, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Rank looks at a wide variety of aspects of poverty. He argues that many widely-held views on poverty are inaccurate, and in particular he argues that most Americans will be poor at some point in their lives. This is a wide-ranging and lively c…