The Way of the Spiritual Entrepreneur, with Pauline Nguyen

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On October 20, 2026
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  • author, breathwork, burnout, Business, calm, CEO, emotional intelligence, entrepreneur, leadership, mindset, overwhelm, stress, success, Workplace Culture
Pauline Nguyen, acclaimed entrepreneur, author, speaker, and founder of the world-renowned Red Lantern restaurant, shares powerful insights on emotional mastery, conscious leadership, and sustainable high performance. Drawing from her extraordinary personal journey as a Vietnamese refugee and successful business owner, Nguyen explains why many high-achieving leaders excel externally while struggling internally with stress, burnout, and […]
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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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I Bottled My Mother, with Monica Nassif – Episode 505 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On July 7, 2026
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  • author, bravery, Business, disruption, entrepreneur, leadership, risk, startup, Stephanie Maas, success
Monica Nassif, founder of Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day and Caldrea, reveals hard‑earned lessons on entrepreneurship, leadership, and building a successful consumer brand from the ground up. Nassif emphasizes the importance of simplicity, resilience, and belief—highlighted through her “plant, water, weed, believe” philosophy—as well as the mindset that failure is simply learning. She explains how successful […]
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Time To Get Real, with Julie Wainwright – Episode 503 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On May 19, 2026
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  • author, Business, CEO, data, entrepreneur, failure, fashion, fear, founder, fundraising, leadership, luxury, mindset, passion, success, tech, technology, unicorn
Entrepreneur Julie Wainwright, founder and former CEO of unicorn company TheRealReal, shares the candid story behind building a billion-dollar luxury resale company after being told at age 52 that she was “unemployable”, discusses overcoming public failure, fear, ageism, and gender bias in tech, how her experience at Pets.com shaped her resilience, and the disciplined, data-driven […]
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The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales – Episode 499 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On February 3, 2026
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  • AI, author, Business, entrepreneur, internet, leadership, nonprofit, success, tech, technology, trust
Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Foundation, replays the origins of Wikipedia and the unique challenges it faced, examines the emotional and practical implications of trust, and chats about working with for-profit vs non-profit stakeholders, his issues with large language models and the way they work, the polarization of societal and business interests, […]
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AI & You: Harnessing Technology Without Losing the Human Touch – The Action Catalyst Live!

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On November 18, 2025
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  • AI, Business, CEO, coaching, entrepreneur, fashion, humanity, leadership, Lifebridge Strategies, live, opportunity, southwestern consulting, speaker, success, tech, technology
The Action Catalyst unites several of its esteemed alumni; Anya Cheng, founder and CEO of Taelor, Dave Brown, Founding Partner at Southwestern Consulting, Dr. Amy D’Aprix, President and Founder of Lifebridge Strategies, and newcomer Gayathri Krishnamurthy, Head of Product Marketing at Level AI, for it’s first ever “live” episode, from City Winery in Nashville, and […]
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GOAT Wisdom, with Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell – Episode 494 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

  • Posted by Action Catalyst
  • On October 7, 2025
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  • author, Business, community, entrepreneur, farm, goat, kindness, Shark Tank, skincare, Stephanie Maas, success, Work Life Balance
Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell, a.k.a. the “Fabulous Beekman Boys”, co-founders of Beekman 1802 skincare, recount settling in with Farmer John and his goats and packing 52,000 bars of soap, and chat about making neighbors, not customers, making hay while the sun shines, NOT Shark Tank-ing every business, making kindness part of the business model, […]
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The Accidental Network, with Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard

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  • On September 23, 2025
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  • author, Business, entrepreneur, founder, internet, inventor, leadership, success, tech, technology
Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard, the tech entrepreneur known as the “father of the cable modem“, explains the two experiences he brought together to create the revolutionary device, what things like broadband and cable modems REALLY are, why he gave it all away free of royalties, and the role of homemade Persian food in making it all possible. […]
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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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