Shop Different, with Ron Johnson – Episode 508 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On October 6, 2026
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  • Adam Outland, author, being authentic, Business, CEO, culture, customer experience, empowerment, entrepreneur, hiring, innovation, leadership, management, retail, success
Ron Johnson, the visionary behind the Apple Store and the iconic Genius Bar, shares powerful lessons on leadership, customer experience, innovation, and company culture drawn from his leadership roles at Apple, Target, and J.C. Penney. Johnson explains how principles of unconditional support, authentic leadership, and empowering frontline employees helped transform retail by creating meaningful customer […]
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Scaling With Purpose: An Action Catalyst Panel

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On January 13, 2026
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  • Adam Outland, AI, Business, coaching, data, David Stuart, growth, insurance, leadership, revenue, risk, scale, southwestern consulting, southwestern insurance group, success, tech, technology
Adam Outland, Action Catalyst host and President of Southwestern Consulting, and David Stuart, President and Founder of Southwestern Insurance Group, break down how they’ve each re-examined the structure of their long-standing businesses, including a few key decisions on what NOT to do, taking a hard look at where true revenue comes from, reframing and calculating […]
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Workforce Innovation, with Hattingh Basson and Werner Barnard – Episode 493 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On September 16, 2025
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  • Adam Outland, Business, career, entrepreneur, hiring, jobs, leadership, offshore, South Africa, Southwestern Advantage, Southwestern Talent, staffing, success, talent, workforce
Hattingh Basson and Werner Barnard, Senior Partners at Southwestern Talent, explain the unique career history that spawned the business, the professional services gap that they are filling and why it exists, why offshoring isn’t really offshoring anymore, how the South African people create a world-class talent pool, overcoming start-up pain points, and why sometimes the […]
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Find & Follow, with Greg DeVore – Episode 492 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On August 5, 2025
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  • Adam Outland, author, Business, CEO, entrepreneur, knowledge, leadership, music, onboarding, performance, success, teams, training
Greg DeVore, CEO and co-founder of ScreenSteps, lays out his “Find & Follow” philosophy to reduce supervisor burnout and improve employee performance, breaking down concepts like actual vs. foundational knowledge and knowledge spenders vs. knowledge investors, the knowledge operations maturity model, the dead simple exercise that’ll change how your team gets work done, how just […]
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Leading to Thrive, with Klaus Kleinfeld – Episode 490 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On July 1, 2025
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  • Adam Outland, author, Business, CEO, data, entrepreneur, feedback, high performance, leadership, purpose, questions, success
Klaus Kleinfeld, the former CEO of Siemens and Alcoa and the only leader to have successfully served as CEO of two Fortune 500 companies on different continents, recalls going to work at age 12, and covers the perils of sign language in the business world, getting close to the source of an issue, why we should be talking about […]
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Think Big, Buy Small, with Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff – Episode 488 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On June 3, 2025
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  • acquisition, Adam Outland, author, Business, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, Harvard, leadership, Podcast, risk, success
Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, Harvard Business School professors and co-hosts of the Think Big, Buy Small podcast, explore the growing trend of “acquisition entrepreneurship”, including the type of person who might be right for it, the type of opportunity to look for and how to find them, the relative LACK of risk involved, and […]
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Talent, Hunger, Wonder, with Bob Bush – Episode 486 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On May 13, 2025
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  • Adam Outland, Bezos, Business, CEO, leadership, motivation, risk, success, Tesla
Bob Bush, senior investment executive and the President, CEO and Co-Founder of Mutombo Coffee, explains the key business point on which he disagrees with Bezos, breaks down risk tolerance internationally and domestically, shares the historical lesson we can learn from Nikola Tesla, and talks about keeping the hunger and the naivety that is your spark. […]
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Your Best Life Forward, with Dr. Amy D’Aprix – Episode 483 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On April 1, 2025
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  • Adam Outland, advisor, author, Business, empathy, entrepreneur, finances, founder, leadership, Lifebridge Strategies, listening, money, planning, retirement, success
Dr. Amy D’Aprix, President and Founder of Lifebridge Strategies, talks about bridging the gap between the stages, changes, and events of life transitions, how life and money go hand in hand, using the right “script” in your interactions, the 3 levels of listening, why empathy is everything, and offers a tease of what’s to come. […]
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How To Talk Good and Stuff, with Michael Chad Hoeppner – Episode 481 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On March 4, 2025
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  • acting, Adam Outland, author, Business, coaching, communication, entrepreneur, focus, memorization, sales, speaker, success
Michael Chad Hoeppner, author, professor, and the Founder and CEO of GK Training, shares the very specific background he and Adam have in common, and covers topics such as embodied cognition, the Lego trick for memorization, the 5 P’s of vocal variety, a tactical exercise for sales people, the BAD speaking advice you’ve heard 100 times, […]
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Living in a Post-AI World, with Terence Mauri – Episode 479 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On February 11, 2025
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  • Adam Outland, AI, author, Business, disruption, education, entrepreneur, future, leadership, speaker, success, tech, technology
Continuing the discussion from Episode 478, Terence Mauri, acclaimed author and founder of Hack Future Lab, talks about having sweet AND sour in your life, teaching wisdom & judgement, tearing down information silos, the 3 forms of curiosity, deliberate reductionism, and other important topics. About Terence: Terence Mauri, one of the world’s leading experts and keynote […]
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