Mitchell Broderick and Tim Chermak join me to discuss their new company and how they’re using it to both promote rational philosophy and upend an industry.

This show is all about principles and practices for living the best, most fulfilling life possible, so in this episode, I figured I’d dig into the ideas of a thinker who identified a novel approach to philosophy, the goal of which is to help people flourish. That philosopher is Ayn Rand, and her Objectivist ethics begins with observations of the fa…

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Rupert Evill, author of Bootstrapping Ethics, and they discuss ethics, integrity, culture, and risk in the third sector. Links for this episode: https://linktr.ee/ethics_insight

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Nir Kossovsky, CEO of Steel City RE and reputational risk management expert, as they discuss reputational risk management approaches for the third sector. Relevant links: Time Stamp, Topic, URL 08:30 Prediction: Resilience Monitor https://steelcityre.com/predict-reputation-risk/ 10:11 2022 Νobel Prize in Economics – …

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Lori Stanley, founder of Lori Stanley Consulting and strategy development expert, as they discuss the threats and opportunities third-sector organizations face when developing strategic plans.

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Rachel Erskine, an ethical storytelling advisor and co-chair of the BOND People in the Pictures Working group, and they discuss the importance of ethical storytelling and fundraising in the third-sector. Resources for this episode: Practical guidance The Dignified Storytelling project (2022) Guidelines for ethical co…

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Dr. Warren Black, a complex systems and risk expert, and they discuss how complexity, systems thinking, and risk impact the third sector. You can find the complexity matrix we discuss on the episode here. You can find Dr. Black's YouTube channel here - https://youtube.com/@warrenblack4700?si=of8i9HsBmWRhTTHr…

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Isabel de Bruin Cardoso - a third-sector ethics and safeguarding expert - and they discuss the risks of unethical behavior and the "halo-effect" in the third-sector. References for this episode: Contact details: debruin@rsm.nl More info: NGO Soul & Strategy podcast Principia Advisory Website Articles: The NGO Halo Ef…

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Hussein Nasser-Eddin, CEO of Crownox Security, and they discuss physical and personal security and risk in the third-sector.

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Kate Roberts, a third-sector Staff Care and Wellbeing Specialist, and they discuss moral injury, psychosocial hazards, and risk in the third-sector.

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Claris D'cruz, a third-sector governance expert, and they discuss strategy, governance, and risk in the third sector. Relevant links for this episode: https://www.gov.uk/government/5-minute-guides-for-charity-trustees https://www.gettingonboard.org/ https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/trustee-learning-programme-getting-o…

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Edson Marinho, Executive Director of PM4NGOs, and they discuss project management and risk management in the third sector. Relevant links for the episode: https://pm4ngos.org/

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Tim Leech, Managing Director of Risk Oversight Solutions, and they discuss the importance of having a clear Board purpose and how it helps organizations better achieve their objectives and manage risk.

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Paul Ronalds, Founder and CEO of Save the Children Global Ventures, as they discuss impact investing, innovative financing, and risk in the third sector.

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Alexandra Hoffman, CEO of Crisis Ally, and they discuss crisis, resilience, and risk in the third sector.

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Elyse Wallnutt, Founder - Agility Lab Consulting, and they discuss the impact data protection has specifically on the marketing and fundraising efforts of third-sector organizations. Books referenced: The Fight for Privacy by Danielle Kats Citron Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble LinkedIn: www.linkedin.c…

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Andy Kovacs, The Audit and Leadership Communications Guy!, and they discuss the myriad of ways you can improve your audit communications.

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Veesh Sharma, Chief Assurance Officer / Interim Chief Risk Officer, of Save the Children International, as they talk about internal audit and risk in nonprofit organizations.

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Veronica LaFemina, Founder and CEO of LaFamina & Co., and they discuss strategy execution and the threats and opportunities that are associated with this in the third sector. References for this episode My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vlafemina LaFemina & Co. website: lafemina.co LaFemina & Co. Blog Post -- …

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Niki Wood, an international development MEL expert, and they discuss how monitoring, evaluation, and learning, and risk have more in common then you might think. References and citations for this episode are: Rogers, P. J. (2008). Using Programme Theory to Evaluate Complicated and Complex Aspects of Interventions. Ev…

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Laura Frederick, Founder and CEO of "How to Contract", and they discuss risk in contracting, demystify contracts, and provide simple and practical advice for third-sector organizations to better manage their contracting. Links for this episode: How to Contract Term Scout Contract Nerds…

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Patti Blackstaffe, governance expert and CEO of GlobalSway, as they discuss the importance of governance in risk management for third-sector organizations.

During WWII, while American forces battled dictatorial regimes overseas, three writers back home were unleashing a full-scale assault on the ideas at the very base of tyranny. Isabel Paterson’s The God of the Machine, Rose Wilder Lane’s The Discovery of Freedom, and Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead, all published in 1943, launched the modern American li…

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Mohie AlWahsh, Food Security Cluster Coordinator for the UN World Food Programme, and they talk about managing risk in fast-moving humanitarian responses and navigating organizational bureaucracy. Relevant links for this episode: What is the cluster approach? UNHCR Emergency Handbook - Cluster Approach UN Office for …

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Indira Ahluwalia, Founder of the Coalition for Racial & Ethnic Equity in Development (CREED) and they discuss the importance of going beyond compliance, the destructive results of microaggressions, and how leadership can't be outsourced. CREED will be celebrating its one-year anniversary on February 22, 2023— during …

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Malcolm John, Founder of Action for Trustee Racial Diversity, as they discuss the importance of diversity and "lived experience" on 3rd sector boards. Reference information for the episode: Action for Trustee Racial Diversity - https://atrd.group action4trusteeracialdiversity@bgmail.com malcjohn18@gmail.com https://w…

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Bobby Jefferson, VP, Global Head of Diversity, Equity, Engagement, and Inclusion at DAI and they discuss the importance of DEI initiatives, some of the associated risks, and why organizational culture needs to be based on living the values of your organization. Reference material for this episode: Board of Trustees P…

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Horst Simon, Founder - Risk Culture Builders, and they discuss Horst's approach called "Radical Risk Management" and his advice on how to build a strong risk culture. References for this episode: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-here-horst-simon-risk-culture-builder/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-risk-cultu…

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Anthony Pusatory, the Managing Director of Seven Pillars Social Impact Consulting and they talk about risk and innovation in the third sector.

Philosopher, author, and teacher Dr. Andrew Bernstein joins Jon to discuss the abysmal state of American education and what parents and educators can do about it. #education #teaching #history #objectivity #AynRand #philosophy #flourishing #MarvaCollins #classroom 📜 ALSO CHECK OUT: Why Johnny Still Can't Read or Write or Understand Math: And What W…

Join Sabrina as she talks with Christian Hunt, founder of Human Risk consultancies, and they discuss how to bring behavioural science to risk and compliance.

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Defrim Dedej, a grant management and innovative finance expert, about risks in grant design, awarding, and management from a donor perspective.

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Linda Crockett, Founder of the Canadian Institute of Workplace Harassment and Violence, as they discuss how third-sector organizations can manage the risk of workplace bullying and how survivors of workplace bullying can get help. Links to materials referenced in the episode: Self-assessments: https://instituteofwork…

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Dr. Elliot Schreiber, author of "The Yin and Yang of Reputation Management: Eight Principles for Strategic Stakeholder Value Creation and Risk Management" and co-founder of the Institute for Enlightened Governance, Management, & Leadership, as they discuss how third-sector organizations can manage reputational risk.…

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Isobel Sinosi, a third-sector HR management specialist, and they discuss how to identify and manage HR risks in nonprofits, charities, and NGOs.

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Angela Byrne, an Objective Centric Risk & Certainty Managment Advisor, and they discuss ways third-sector organizations can integrate risk management into their ways of working, link risk management directly to their objectives and decision-making, and demonstrate how risk management can add value to funding proposal…

Join Sabrina as she speaks with Matt Saunders, Founding Partner of Saunders and Silverstein, LLP and they discuss intellectual property risks in the third sector.

Join Sabrina as she talks with Mohammad Shahin, a forensic investigations and intelligence specialist, about conducting investigations in the 3rd sector.

Join Sabrina as she talks to Charlie Germano, former Head of Information Security at Save the Children, US, about risks relating to data protection and privacy in the 3rd sector.

Philosopher and psychotherapist Jason Stotts returns to discuss the nature of sex and sexual attraction, common misconceptions and errors related to sexuality, and how to improve one’s sex life and relationships. #Objectivism #sex #psychology # #objectivity #AynRand #philosophy #flourishing #sexualethics #emotions 📜 ALSO CHECK OUT: Free ebook: Intr…

Why is intellectual life in America dominated by ideologues that seem disconnected from reality? How can each of us takes steps toward reviving civil discourse? Dr. Peter Boghossian (@peterboghossian)—author of A Manual for Creating Atheists and How to Have Impossible Conversations—joins Hersey for a discussion of how and why he spearheaded the “st…

Our emotions are our means of experiencing our values, so it’s extraordinarily important to grasp why we feel the way we do and how to change it when our emotional lives are just not ideal. In this conversation, psychotherapist and philosopher Jason Stotts shares his conceptual framework for navigating the human emotional landscape. Stotts, author …

Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out this FREE ebook: 👉https://bit.ly/3eALZFD Thomas Reid, founder of the philosophic school of common-sense realism, substantially refuted the skeptics of his time (e.g., George Berkely and David Hume) by defending the validity of sense perception and the efficacy of man’s mind. Alt…

Are you interested in learning about Ayn Rand's Objectivism? Check out this FREE ebook: 👉https://bit.ly/3eALZFD Micaela Richmond—of “In Bloom: A Pro-Humanity Podcast”—interviews Jon Hersey about religion, atheism, Objectivism, consciousness, concepts, liberty, history, and more. Subscribe to In Bloom here: https://bit.ly/3ICD7vM #Objectivism #Caree…

Ayn Rand was one of the most influential intellectuals of the 20th century, and her works continue to sell hundreds of thousands of copies each year. A 1998 poll conducted by Modern Library ranked Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead as the first and second greatest novels of the century, with Rand’s Anthem and We the Living coming in at seven and e…

Jackson Upmann asks Jon his questions on philosophy and flourishing. The discussion ranges over what philosophy can and cannot tell us about career choices, the nature of values, life as the standard of value, and more. #Objectivism #CareerAdvice #weightlifting #objectivity #AynRand #philosophy #flourishing Are you interested in learning about Ayn …

The basic ideas that people accept are like a computer’s operating system. If the OS has bugs and is vulnerable to viruses, it wreaks havoc on the machine and its user. The same goes for a person’s fundamental ideas about the nature of the world, his means of gaining knowledge, and what he ought to do with his life. In this episode, Jon gives an ov…

Julia Galef’s The Scout Mindset was one of my favorite books of 2021. It’s loaded with great tips for thinking more clearly and thereby improving your life. Here, I talk about what scout mindset is, why it’s powerful, and how to make it second nature. #independence #rationality #scoutmindset #objectivity #rationalism #philosophy #flourishing Are yo…

Michael Strong is an education serial entrepreneur and the author of The Habit of Thought: From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice and Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalism Can Solve All the World’s Problems. Here, we discuss the virtue of independence and how the Socratic method can be used to cultivate it in oneself and …

Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University and the bestselling author of So Good They Can’t Ignore You, Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and most recently, A World Without Email. In this episode, we talk about how the “hyperactive hive mind” approach to work undermines our productivity and happiness, what he’s learned from h…