Stories from the periphery... the Positive Turbulence Podcast

Why listen to this?

I've been amazed and thrilled with the explosive growth of the podcast economy and communities. There is some great content out there, some of it entertaining, some of it informative. For our podcast, my co-host Karyn Zuidinga and I chose to focus on change, but very specifically change related to disruption, chaos, and complexity. But it's not the kind of change caused by unexpected disasters, but a change in response to the continual and increasing whitewater in our environments and our organizations (that's the turbulence part). Best yet, it's change that can be directed and engaged head-on (that's the positive part). 

You can listen to the podcast at https://www.positiveturbulence.com/ or find it at your favorite podcast site like iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, etc. 

Look here if you'd like to learn more about the concepts of Positive Turbulence. You can download a chapter I've written with Stan Gryskiewicz who first published on the concept in the 1990s.

What's coming next?

We launched season one a few weeks ago with 10 exciting episodes:

1. Season 1, Episode 1 (36 mins) – Joyfully Making Tech Better for Us All – In this episode, we talk to Rich Sheridan author of Joy Inc: a case study of Menlo Innovation and Chief Joy Officer: the values of a joyful leader and how to build a culture of joy.
2. Season 1, Episode 2 (36 mins) – Turbulating College With Confidence – In this episode, we talk to Emilia Wiles, the founder and CEO of College Confident, an organization whose mission is to get students into college and not into debt.
3. Season 1, Episode 3 (51 mins) – Flooding Insurance with Positivity – Jim Albert, data whizz kid and innovator in multiple industries. Lately, he’s turned his attention Flood Insurance going up against the behemoth US national flood insurance and winning.
4. Season 1, Episode 4 (62 mins) – Making Meaning with Mary – Meet the designer and leader of the Design Management and Arts and Cultural Management programs at the Pratt Institute, Mary McBride. She describes herself as Person, Poet, Professor.
5. Season 1, Episode 5 (49 mins) – Standing in Love With Teaching – In this episode, you’ll get to meet William Anderson, high-school history teacher, turbulator, and an optimistic/pessimistic/realist. 

Plus five more episodes to be posted in the coming weeks. We are now recording season two and plan two seasons a year in the fall and spring with ten to twelve episodes each. 

Rob Brodnick, Ph.D. is a strategist and innovator. He founded Sierra Learning Solutions as a platform for his work to help organizations learn and change. Recently he published Innovations in Strategy Crafting, a book that is filled with applicable tools and provocations for anyone seeking to create their own futures. Rob is the co-host of the Positive Turbulence Podcast and serves as editor of The Pub, a collection of writings and stories about creativity, innovation, and change. He also helps guide and facilitate the AMI innovation learning community. He welcomes feedback, inspiration, or requests for assistance; write to him at rob@sierralearningsolutions.com.