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

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  • 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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The Win-Win Workplace, with Dr. Angela Jackson

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  • On August 19, 2025
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  • author, Business, CEO, culture, engagement, founder, leadership, management, speaker, success, workplace
Dr. Angela Jackson, the founder/CEO of Future Forward Strategies and a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, reveals the lessons learned from studying Fortune 500 companies, the REAL cost of turnover, why top-down decision making is dead, and the two main takeaways for small business owners. About Dr. Jackson: Dr. Angela Jackson is […]
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Education is Freedom, with James Keyes – Episode 471 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On October 15, 2024
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  • Adam Outland, astronaut, author, Business, CEO, change, education, entrepreneur, fear, intelligence, leadership, management, success, Time Management
James Keyes’ career has included serving as CEO of two Fortune 500 companies; Blockbuster Inc. and 7-Eleven, but he starting off working to be an astronaut.  Hear how, plus find out what Einstein called “intelligence having fun”, learn about what CEO really stands for, why 7-Eleven and Blockbuster were really part of the same business, […]
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Crowd Surfing, with Cassie Petrey – Episode 464 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On July 16, 2024
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  • Business, CEO, entrepreneur, founder, leadership, management, marketing, music, social media, Stephanie Maas, technology
Cassie Petrey, CEO and co-founder of social media/music management firm Crowd Surf, talks about starting a Backstreet Boys army at 12 years old, questioning Hillary Clinton, how hardware leads to social media change, the limitations of VR, advice on differentiating yourself in a crowded field, innovating new pay structures in the music and digital marketing […]
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High-Consequence Success, with K. Scott Griffith – Episode 447 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On December 26, 2023
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  • author, Business, collaboration, leadership, management, reliability, risk, Stephanie Maas, success, systems
K. Scott Griffith is the founder and managing partner of SG Collaborative Solutions, LLC and author of the world’s first Collaborative High Reliability improvement programs, recalls averting catastrophe for the airline industry, working for NASA, and tackling risk A.S.A.P., and explains the sequence of reliability, the essential attributes of a highly reliable organization, socio-technical improvement, […]
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Stickers to Stimulus, with Anthony Constantino – Episode 446 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On December 12, 2023
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  • Adam Outland, Business, CEO, entrepreneur, leadership, management, manufacturing, social media, strategy, success
Anthony Constantino, Co-Founder and CEO of Sticker Mule, and also founder of Stimulus, the world’s first 100% ID-verified social media network, talks about reverse engineering his first successes as a teenager, growing his thriving company from the dysfunctional wreckage of a prior business, and judging on the basis of attendance, shares his dead simple business […]
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Be Curious, with Jim Bartolomea – Episode 441 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On September 19, 2023
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  • Adam Outland, AI, benefits, Business, hiring, HR, human resources, leadership, management, retention, staffing, success
Jim Bartolomea, SVP and Global Head of People and Places at ClickUp, talks about his “softie”, Broadway-loving, military father, creating a benefits program that drives retention, why letting people go in a beautiful way is hugely important to remaining employees, why people leave managers, not jobs, conducting “stay” rather than “exit” interviews, having confidence in […]
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Action Catalyst Update – Mike McFall

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  • On June 23, 2023
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  • author, Business, CEO, engagement, entrepreneur, focus on giving, leadership, management, productivity
We catch back up with Mike McFall, author, entrepreneur, and Co-CEO of Biggby Coffee, who walks us through his new book, “Grow: Take Your Business from Chaos to Calm“, explains how the best-run business is one you’re not a part of, hips us to the “most powerful productivity hack in corporate America since the microprocessor”, […]
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Rise and Grind, with Mike McFall – Episode 406 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

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  • On November 29, 2022
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  • author, Business, CEO, employee loyalty, entrepreneur, goal setting, leadership, management, success
Mike McFall, Co-CEO of BIGGBY COFFEE®, the US’s third largest coffee franchise, recalls sailing around the world as a teenager and expounds on conscious capitalism, working towards being the eventual owner of the Detroit Red Wings (any day now), doing due diligence on yourself as an entrepreneur, determining your “Grind Score”, gut-checking your ego, why […]
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Patty Hoppenstedt:  Nicaragua, 9/11, and Serving Southwestern

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  • On September 13, 2022
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  • Business, human resources, leadership, management, Nicaragua, overcome adversity, security
Patty Hoppenstedt, Chief Operations and People Officer for Southwestern Family of Companies, shares her upbringing in Central America and the natural disaster that helped shape her early life, to her beginnings in security in the 9/11 era, stint in city management, and the influences and determination from her unique background that help her create the […]
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