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SHADES OF LIFE

Nancy L Stanford

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Welcome to Shades of Life! Join me on a rambling, wandering, sometimes crazy, journey through life and all that comes with it. The subject for each broadcast is known only to the UNIVERSE! I am just the mouthpiece. Scary, I know. But there is SO much out there to know..and to learn..and to laugh about! Let's do this thing!
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Part organizational design. Part therapy. Organizational psychologist and Stanford Professor Bob Sutton is back to tackle friction, the phenomenon that frustrates employees, fatigues teams and causes organizations to flounder and fail. Loaded with raw stories of time pressure, courage under ridiculous odds and emotional processing, FRICTION distills research insights and practical tactics to improve the way we work. Listen up as we take you into the friction and velocity of producing made-fo ...
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Ever wonder how some of the most remarkable people find their purpose? At the Heart of It gives you a look into their thought process and practices on how they manage their own well-being along the way. Tune-in, as I have intimate conversations that give you fresh insight from the hearts and minds of these high-profile personalities, day-to-day decision makers and quiet force powerhouses who are shaping our world. Together, we’ll take you on a journey that helps you better understand how the ...
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As a podcaster, children’s author and vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, Chelsea Clinton chooses optimism, focusing on progress that can be made with persistence. She’s passionate about children’s welfare, helping steer the foundation as it tackles issues including the pandemic’s impact on early education. Tune in to learn how careful scheduling…
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Congressman Andy Barr of Kentucky wants to spare others the suffering his family experienced when his wife, Carol, who had mitral valve prolapse, died in 2020 of sudden cardiac arrest at age 39. In this episode, hear how he’s determined, through the Cardiovascular Advances in Research and Opportunities Legacy (CAROL) Act, to honor his late wife, tu…
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When her husband, Jerry, died in 2008, Anita Zucker took the reins of the company he founded – and of her own health and that of her colleagues. As CEO of The InterTech Group, and with significant philanthropic interests, Anita carves out time for self-care by focusing on exercise early each day, before work gets in the way. Tune in to learn how sh…
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From “The Wonder Years” to the wonders of mathematics, actor and author Danica McKellar has trusted her intuition as she’s transformed her life and pursued her passions. In crafting numerous books making math fun, she’s focused on boosting kids’ confidence with numbers as a foundation for sharper minds and empowered lives. In advocating for women’s…
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Feeling run down in 2018, actor Jason Gray-Stanford relied on instinct and sought medical attention. It was the first step toward a diagnosis of heart failure and a period of relatively stable health – before he woke up on the floor of spin class one day and ended up having a heart transplant in 2020. In this episode Jason recounts a journey first …
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Health conscious and always on the go, NFL and NBA reporter Jen Hale describes in this episode how she didn’t want to recognize how much her body was failing her. She tried to “suck it up” as she huffed and puffed, poured out sweat, nearly slept days away, and couldn’t zip her clothes. Finally, diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy and facing the p…
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Mathew Knowles is a music executive, businessman, motivational speaker and lecturer. He’s the father of Beyonce and Solange and was the manager of Destiny’s Child. Not long ago, Mathew added another accomplishment to this long list: He survived cancer. In this first episode of season three, Mathew talks about the importance of men’s health, self-ca…
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As a woman of color and CEO of New York Life Investments, Yie-Hsin Hung discusses the importance of having diverse representation in positions of leadership. She discusses how to build a successful team. Yie-Hsin also stresses the importance of having more women and women of color in finance & taking control of their financial situation.…
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Ever wonder how some of the most remarkable people find their purpose? At the Heart of It gives you a look into their thought process and practices on how they manage their own well-being along the way. Tune-in, as I have intimate conversations that give you fresh insight from the hearts and minds of these high-profile personalities, day-to-day dec…
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In the final episode of season two, Stanford Professor Bob Sutton and producer Rachel Julkowski look for signs of hope in and lessons gleaned from our friction-filled world. We can’t fix every messy, frustrating organization overnight, but we can increase predictability for employees and start making it safer for everyone to share information that …
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Too much friction drives you crazy, but too little leaves you adrift. In this episode, Stanford Professor Bob Sutton and Hayagreeva Rao, professor in the Stanford Graduate School of Business and coauthor of Scaling Up Excellence, discuss their quest for the “just right” amount of friction. Sure, you can make structural changes, but you’ll never opt…
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The temperature is higher and things move faster, but restaurant kitchens aren’t so different from any other workplace—you’ve got egos, stress, and the constant pressure to deliver. In this episode, Craig and Annie Stoll, husband and wife owners of the renowned San Francisco-based Delfina Restaurant Group, talk with Stanford Professor Bob Sutton ab…
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The modern workplace is killing people and no one cares. That’s the sobering conclusion of Jeffrey Pfeffer’s new book "Dying for a Paycheck: How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance—and What We Can Do About It." In this episode, Stanford Professor Bob Sutton and Pfeffer, a professor of organizational behavior at the Stanf…
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Rules get an unfairly bad rap. In this episode, Stanford Engineering Professor Kathleen Eisenhardt, author of Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World, and Stanford Professor Bob Sutton discuss the virtues of structure and guidelines. As long as your rules are clear and customized to your organization, Eisenhardt says, they won’t get in your …
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You don’t need as many ideas as you think you do. In this episode, Stanford Professor Bob Sutton and Henning Piezunka, assistant professor at the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD), debunk brainstorming myths and talk about the importance of saving time and energy. Piezunka explains that rejecting ideas is a delicate art that ca…
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Can you dampen friction in the bureaucracy-laden, ego-filled halls of the United States government? Yes-- you can, says Jennifer Anastasoff. As head of people for the United States Digital Service (USDS), a non-partisan tech group in the federal government created to better deliver government services and improve the lives of people in America, Ana…
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Many companies likes to think they’re practicing design thinking, but most of them are wrong. Sam Yen, former Chief Design Officer of SAP and now Managing Director at JP Morgan Chase & Company, speaks with Stanford Professor Bob Sutton about how the design thinking movement gets lost in translation. He shares how SAP harnessed the energy of custome…
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If your stunt coordinator falls asleep in an important meeting, you can expect trouble later, says Hollywood executive producer Sheri Singer. In this episode, Singer and Stanford Professor Bob Sutton talk about the value of worry in the workplace. Singer, executive producer of 37 made-for-TV movies including “Halloweentown,” says that in the fast-p…
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To create a culture of innovation inside a large organization, leaders need to help their organizations become bimodal, says Michael Arena, chief talent officer at General Motors and author of Adaptive Space: How GM and other Companies are Disrupting Themselves and Transforming into Agile Organizations. In this episode, Arena and Stanford Professor…
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When companies get big, they stop innovating. In this episode, Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, talks with Stanford Professor Bob Sutton about ways to fight back against the sluggishness of scale. If you really want employees to come up with new ideas, Ries says, workplace posters and glib slogans won’t cut it. You’ve got to measure innovatio…
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The best leaders cultivate empathy, patience and an awareness of their own vulnerabilities, says Nancy F. Koehn, a historian at the Harvard Business School. She’s the author of Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times, about the zigzagging paths of five historical figures, from Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass t…
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