Abuse of power rarely announces itself. Sometimes it hides behind sacred language, promises of miracles, and a mandate to take dominion over every part of society. Lori Adams-Brown sits down with Dr. Keri Ladner, author of American Dominion: The Rise and Radicalization of a New Christendom, to trace how a…
Presence is not performance. It is availability. Bradley McDevitt joins us to talk about somatic leadership, embodied trust, and why your body is always one step ahead of your brain. New episode out now. Link in bio. #LeadershipDevelopment #ExecutivePresence #SomaticLeadership #AWorldOfDifference #LeadWithPresence
Think about the bar you can raise alone. Now think about the bar you can raise with other people. In a world changing faster than any one person can track, community is not a nice extra. It is capacity. Shared learning, shared weight, shared wins. Carlee Wolfe brings lessons from…
Born in India. Raised in Nigeria. Educated in England. Now leading AI transformation work globally 🌍 Shaara Roman's third culture kid journey shaped a leadership style built on curiosity, adaptability, and never assuming you have all the answers. New episode live. Link in bio. #ThirdCultureKid #GlobalLeadership #Adaptability #TCK #AWorldOfDifference
Have you ever felt smaller around a leader who talked constantly about being "broken" and "authentic"? Therapist Dr. Chuck DeGroat calls it fauxnerability: vulnerability performed for an audience instead of offered in relationship. Real vulnerability connects us. Performed vulnerability shrinks everyone in the room, including the leader. New A World…
When feedback lands hard, what is your first question? Therapist and author Dr. Chuck DeGroat has spent more than 25 years helping leaders do the inner work. He notices that when leaders are challenged, the first reflex is often defensive: “Why are they going after us?” That reflex is fragility,…
Have you ever followed a leader who shared their struggles on stage, said all the right things about brokenness, and still left everyone around them feeling smaller? Therapist and professor Dr. Chuck DeGroat has a name for that: fauxnerability. Chuck returns to A World of Difference the day after launching…
Why do so many leaders who talk about vulnerability leave people feeling smaller? Therapist Dr. Chuck DeGroat names it "fauxnerability" and shows how to spot it. Chuck returns to A World of Difference the day after launching his new book, Who You're Becoming: The Slow and Courageous Work of Cultivating…
Can an Enneagram Five be mistaken for an Eight at work? Joey Schewee explains why Fives may appear confident and task-focused in roles where they feel knowledgeable, and how that can contribute to mistyping and stereotypes about Eights. The Enneagram is more than a label: it can help explain the…
Your workplace culture isn't broken. It's working exactly as it was designed. Organizational psychologist Dr. Lauran Star explains why that should make every leader pause, and what courageous leaders do about it. Dr. Lauran Star is an organizational psychologist, forensic cultural behaviorist, author, and executive advisor. In this conversation with…
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Workplace culture isn't broken. According to Dr. Lauran Star, it's working exactly as it was designed, and that should make every leader stop and look closely. Organizational psychologist and forensic cultural behaviorist Dr. Lauran Star joins Lori for a candid, funny, and unflinching conversation about the high-stakes environments most consultants…
What if people do not resist change at all, and what they resist is change that is done to them? Karen Zeigler, CEO of Human Score, joins Lori to explain why so many change and AI efforts stall, and what leaders can do differently this week. This conversation was recorded…
Why does work feel like it never stops? Melissa Swift explains work intensification and how to feel effective again. Plus: how to stand out in an AI job market, and what high-stakes professionals can teach us about clear communication. Organizational consultant Melissa Swift, founder of Anthrome Insight and author of…
Have you ever felt that the moment you catch your breath, three new demands are already waiting? Organizational consultant Melissa Swift gives that feeling a name, work intensification, and explains what helps. In this conversation, Lori and Melissa explore: • How three years working in London showed Melissa that a…
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Ever worked with someone who just didn't get you, not because they were difficult, but because you were wired completely differently? Enneagram expert Joey Schewee joins @loriadams-brown to explain why understanding motivation, not just behavior, is what actually transforms how teams work together. Joey Schewee is a management consultant, executive…
Corporate spaces put us into boxes, like little worker bees, but that doesn't end up bringing out the human uniqueness we each bring. Joey Schewee, consultant and Enneagram coach explains how Enneagram 5's often are mistyped as 8's in a way that harms both 5's and 8's in the workplace…
Have you ever worked with someone who just didn't get you, not because they were difficult, but because you were wired completely differently? In this episode, Lori sits down with Enneagram expert Joey Schewee to unpack why understanding motivation, not just behavior, is what actually transforms how teams work together.…
Most people enter venture capital as a founder, an angel, an LP, a GP, or an ecosystem builder, usually without a roadmap. Lolita Taub has been all five. She calls the hidden cost of building without inherited networks the "access tax," and she says it shows up everywhere: in every…
Lolita Taub, GP at Ganas Ventures, breaks down why she invests in Latin America and the numbers most investors miss. 🇲🇽🇧🇷 Full episode with Lolita Taub is live Tuesday on A World of Difference. Subscribe for more conversations on global leadership, courage, and building without the playbook. #Shorts #VentureCapital #LatinAmerica…
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LinkedIn Live interview with Karen Zeigler, CEO of The Human Score. Topics: The Human Score origin story, how it's making a difference in the AI era, and the data and outcomes behind it.
