Working on Purpose
Talk 4 Podcasting • Business, Management, Science
Talk 4 Podcasting • Business, Management, Science
Working on Purpose
Talk 4 Podcasting • Business, Management, Science
Talk 4 Podcasting • Business, Management, Science

About

Do you want TO HELP CREATE a world where people are passionate about their work? Where INSPIRATIONAL LEADERS HELP team members REALIZE THEIR GREATNESS, and capitalism thrives while serving the highest causes? Me, too. The Working on Purpose program is a thought leadership engine that ENLIGHTENS AND INSPIRES listeners with insights from ELITE business leaders and novel subject matter experts. Together, we’re WORKING ON PURPOSE TO STEWARD the future of work and BUSINESS to elevate us all.

Working on Purpose is broadcast live Tuesdays at 6PM ET and Music on W4CY Radio (www.w4cy.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). Working on Purpose is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).

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Episodes

  • Brand with Backbone: Why Emotional Connection Drives Loyalty
    What makes a brand unforgettable? Conviction. Warren Kornblum explores how standing for something meaningful sparks emotional connection, earns belief, and subtly shapes culture. Learn why values must be lived, not stated, and how great brands evolve...
  • The Shattering Within: Facing the Man in the Mirror to Finally Come Home
    Men are suffering—often in silence and alone. The cost is devastating. What happens when a man can no longer outrun himself? Every 13 minutes, a man takes his own life by suicide. For many men, midlife isn’t a crisis—it’s a reckoning. A shattering of...
  • The Anti-Freedom Truth: Why Constraints Spark Breakthroughs
    If you hate rules, this episode might challenge everything you believe about innovation. Rules get blamed for everything—slow progress, lack of innovation, stuck teams. But what if they’re not the problem? In this provocative episode, Sheri Jacobs...
  • From Sunday Dread to Workforce Devotion: Turning Culture into Your Competitive Advantage
    Every Sunday night millions of workers feel it--the piercing dread as the weekend fades away. Yep, it’s the “Sunday Scaries” as your team braces for what they must endure in the upcoming work week. But what if learning what is driving that tension and...
  • Degrees Aren’t Enough: Why Graduates Still Aren’t Job-Ready
    Today’s graduates are doing everything “right”—earning degrees, building credentials—yet many still struggle to land their first job. Meanwhile, employers are searching for talent that can contribute from day one. So what’s missing? Alexandra Levit...
  • Stop Trying to Do Better -- It’s Not Working
    Here’s a hard truth: Most leaders are focused on the wrong thing. They chase performance, tactics, and productivity—yet overlook the one factor that drives it all: who they are being. In this provocative episode, Ryan Gottfredson reveals why only...
  • Hooked, Wired, and Tired: The Hidden Cost of Constant Connection
    What if the very tools meant to make life easier are actually draining you? From endless notifications to late-night scrolling, today’s technology is keeping your cortisol levels spiked—and your body stuck in stress mode. Justin Hai breaks down how...
  • The Road Back to Yourself: What 40,000 Miles Can Teach You About Living Fully
    Sometimes, the longest journeys are the ones that bring you home to yourself. In this heartfelt episode, entrepreneur Michael Yang shares how a 40,000-mile motorcycle journey became a moving meditation on his life—from his early years in Korea during...
  • Stop Making Parents Choose: A Smarter Way to Lead Work and Life
    What if supporting new and working parents wasn’t a disruption to your business—but a strategic advantage? In today’s multi-generational workforce, leaders are being called to design workplaces where people don’t have to choose between meaningful...
  • Leading What’s Alive: The Journey to Mastering the Living Organization
    Leadership isn’t just about directing outcomes—it’s about cultivating what’s alive within your organization. In this thoughtful dialogue with Norman Wolfe, we explore the next evolution of The Living Organization and what it asks of leaders willing to...
  • The AI Ultimatum: Will You Replace Humans…or Rise With Them?
    AI is no longer a future conversation—it’s here, and it’s forcing a reckoning. Will you use it to cut costs and commoditize talent, or to amplify human brilliance? In this episode, we unpack the real leadership challenge of AI: navigating disruption...
  • Don’t Lose Yourself: Staying Strong, Sane, and Grounded in a Divided World
    The world feels louder, harsher, and more divided than ever. It’s easy to get pulled into the chaos—reacting, withdrawing, or simply feeling worn down by it all. But losing yourself in the noise comes at a cost. So how do you stay clear, centered, and...
  • The Curse and Gift of Being “Driven”
    Only about 10% of the population are what psychologist Douglas Brackmann calls “The Driven.” They are the entrepreneurs, inventors, and elite performers who build companies, create new industries, and generate much of the world’s wealth. But their...
  • Why Soft Skills Are Now Hard Core: The Five C’s for Team Thriving
    For years, leadership conversations treated communication, empathy, and collaboration as “soft skills.” But in today’s complex workplaces, they’ve become hard core capabilities for team success. My guest Yadira Caro shares her Five C’s framework—a...
  • The Heart of High Performance: The Transformative Power of Appreciation
    What if the missing ingredient in your engagement strategy isn’t better rewards—but deeper appreciation? While recognition programs spotlight desired behaviors, authentic appreciation acknowledges the whole person behind the work. It carries both...
  • Henry David Thoreau on Business: Radical Simplicity for Complex Times
    Henry David Thoreau is often remembered as a writer, environmentalist, thinker, surveyor and activist. A closer, more appreciative look also reveals his creative and eclectic thought leadership and contributions to business operations and leadership....
  • Painting New Pathways: Creativity as Medicine for Workplace Burnout
    Burnout is on the rise, and traditional solutions fall short. Enter Dr. Tolia, a former medical doctor turned visual artist who now prescribes beauty and creativity for vitality. Her work shifts workplaces from tense and transactional to calm and...
  • You Don’t Feel Ready—Good. That’s Where Leadership Begins
    Real leadership doesn’t emerge in moments of certainty—it’s forged in ambiguity, discomfort, and self-doubt. No matter where you are on your leadership journey, you will face moments where you don’t know the answers and can’t see the road ahead. In...
  • Return to Office Mandates: A Step Forward or Backward?
    Remote and hybrid work opened the door to greater autonomy, focus, and balance for millions of workers. Today, that door is closing as companies reinstate return-to-office mandates. What’s fueling this reversal, and what are leaders overlooking? In...
  • Another Tumultuous Era: Why Cultivating Inner Peace Is the Leadership Work of Our Time
    From the Great Depression to the Information Age, and countless times before, periods of upheaval have always reshaped how we live and lead. Today’s convergence of AI, cultural disruption, and evolving workforce expectations is no different—except the...