Check Your Comms, with Janice Kapner

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On July 21, 2026
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Business, change, communication, leadership, storytelling, success, tech, transformation, trust

Janice Kapner, former communications leader at Microsoft and T‑Mobile, shares expert insights on navigating high‑stakes corporate transformation, mergers and acquisitions, and leadership without formal authority. Drawing on her experience leading communications during the largest telecom merger in U.S. history, Kapner explains how transparency, strategic storytelling, and consistent stakeholder communication are critical to maintaining trust, credibility, […]

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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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On May 5, 2026
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AI, branding, Business, growth, leadership, marketing, strategy, success, tech, technology

Lifang He, brand strategist, and former leader at Apple, Amazon, Ring, and Bloomberg, explores why brand strategy and product strategy must be inseparable for modern tech success, drawing on firsthand experience launching global products like the iPhone and Amazon Pharmacy. The conversation covers common branding misconceptions in tech, lessons from Apple’s integrated product‑brand philosophy, how […]

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On March 17, 2026
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AI, author, Business, CEO, company culture, innovation, leadership, strategy, success, tech, technology

Jason Wild, an author, strategist, and former leader at Salesforce, IBM, and Microsoft, addresses misconceptions around what innovation is and isn’t and the way leadership can help or hinder it, creating culture, the as-of-yet unmet promise of AI, the ABC’s inside of organizations, how a creative intern at the Waldorf Astoria saved a ton of […]

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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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On January 23, 2026
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AI, Business, fitness, health, leadership, success, tech, technology

Dave Mortensen, President and Co-Founder of Self-Esteem Brands / Purpose Brands, continues the conversation with insights on advancement vs perfection, noise vs value, the 80/20 rule of where good ideas come from, listening to the voice not speaking in the room, and how to “live in the grey”. About Dave: From cleaning exercise equipment to […]

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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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On December 30, 2025
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AI, Business, cybersecurity, leadership, security, southwestern consulting, Southwestern Family of Companies, success, tech, technology

Vice President of Information Technology for the Southwestern Family of Companies, Ed Solima, and Training and Development Manager for Southwestern Consulting, Chad Rothermich, examine recent changes in AI and other tech, and offer an in-depth use case as well as some guiding principles for vetting potential tools and vendors, engaging stakeholders in your operation, integrating […]

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On December 16, 2025
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AI, artificial intelligence, author, Business, computer science, cybersecurity, data, science, tech, technology

Alex “Sandy” Pentland, a Professor at MIT, a Stanford University Fellow, and one of the most cited computational scientists in the world, dives into the misunderstood issues and opportunities around artificial intelligence, including alignment, human centricity, how different nations are handling the new tech, and the application you can put to work in your business straight […]

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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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Check Your Comms, with Janice Kapner

Time To Get Real, with Julie Wainwright – Episode 503 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Brand Power Built In, with Lifang He

Genius at Scale, with Jason Wild – Episode 501 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

The Seven Rules of Trust, with Jimmy Wales – Episode 499 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Living in the Grey, with Dave Mortensen – Episode 498 of The Action Catalyst Podcast

Scaling With Purpose: An Action Catalyst Panel

Innovation at the Edges: An Action Catalyst Panel

Shared Wisdom, with Dr. Alex Pentland

AI & You: Harnessing Technology Without Losing the Human Touch – The Action Catalyst Live!