20 Minutes with Bronwyn
Bronwyn Saglimbeni
Welcome to 20 Minutes with Bronwyn. I’m your host Bronwyn Saglimbeni. I’m a communication coach, keynote speaker, and writer. For over two decades, I’ve helped leaders at places like Stanford, NVIDIA, Cisco, and Oracle, as well as founders, philanthropists, and dreamers, learn how to become spellbinding communicators.
Each episode, you’ll hear conversations with brilliant thinkers, boundary-pushers, and everyday humans who have something unforgettable to say. Together, we’ll explore storytelling, energy management, listening, conflict, and all the messy, beautiful parts of being heard in a noisy world.
If you’re ready to ditch the script, find your voice, and shine on stage, in the boardroom, or across the dinner table — you’re in the right place.
Each episode, you’ll hear conversations with brilliant thinkers, boundary-pushers, and everyday humans who have something unforgettable to say. Together, we’ll explore storytelling, energy management, listening, conflict, and all the messy, beautiful parts of being heard in a noisy world.
If you’re ready to ditch the script, find your voice, and shine on stage, in the boardroom, or across the dinner table — you’re in the right place.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Sep 17, 2018 • 26min
Mapping the Journey
Great communicators know how to take an audience on a journey. In this episode, I'll show you how to map out a narrative that not only entertains your audience, but ensures that they'll remember what you've told them long after they've left the room.
Sep 10, 2018 • 21min
The Goldfish Problem
We've talked a lot about authenticity, integrity and courage ... which are all vitally important for us as communicators. But all the authenticity, integrity and courage in the world won't help you with this one little problem: the Goldfish problem. In today's episode, you'll learn what the heck I'm talking about, and how to move past it.
Sep 4, 2018 • 31min
The Life Brief with Bonnie Wan of Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Ever feel like you're living in a washing machine? Like every day is another spin on the hamster wheel of never ending assignments? Enter The Life Brief. Developed by Bonnie Wan, the Life Brief is a "tool for creative living and a practice of aligning who you are and what you believe with what you do." Creative living and alignment ... sounds a helluva lot more appealing than the hamster wheel/washing machine. Bonnie gives us the scoop on where the idea came from, and how it can bring sanity and meaning to our lives.
Aug 27, 2018 • 18min
Is There a Better Way to Do "Failure?"
Mistakes happen. Screw ups happen. We know we're not perfect. And yet... when we realize we've screwed up, a holy host of bad behaviors show up. We blame. We sometimes lie to cover our tracks. We fall into a deep shame spiral. But what if there was another way? Today's episode explores the magical world of messing up, and how a mistake just might be a portal to a richer life.
Aug 20, 2018 • 18min
The Imposter's Syndrome
The Imposter's Syndrome is a fancy descriptor for a decidedly UNfancy experience. It's that feeling of not being enough ... or "knowing" you don't belong somewhere ... and that if anyone really knew you, they'd fire you. Divorce you. Vote you off the island. In this episode, I'll show you how to cope with and dismantle your Imposter's Syndrome and get you back on track to being your most engaging, confident self.
Aug 13, 2018 • 27min
Deep Listening: Part Two
Listening has a real PR problem... it sounds passive, and it sounds like something we already know how to do. But the truth is, deep listening is an art, a science... a super skill. And in this second part of two episodes, I'll show you why listening is anything but passive, and has the power to transform the way we communicate.
Aug 6, 2018 • 45min
Tell the Truth...Memorably: An Interview with Dan Benaim
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be that speech writer that flies around the world with folks like Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton? Well, you're about to get the real scoop from former White House speechwriter/foreign policy advisor Dan Benaim. I loved Dan's take on the craft of speechwriting, and he offers some incredible tips and insights for anyone hoping to take complicated ideas, and express them in memorable, repeatable ways.
Jul 30, 2018 • 24min
Deep Listening: Part One
Listening has a real PR problem... it sounds passive, and it sounds like something we already know how to do. But the truth is, deep listening is an art, a science... a super skill. And for the next two episodes, I'll show you why listening is anything but passive, and has the power to transform the way we communicate.
Jul 23, 2018 • 35min
Emotions: The Data Men Miss
In his 2016 TEDxSantaClara talk, Dr. Adam Dorsay discusses a common blind spot for a lot of high functioning, successful men: Emotions. In this conversation, Bronwyn and Adam unpack this phenomena and explore how un-explored emotions negatively affect the way we communicate and the way we live.
Jul 16, 2018 • 17min
The Curse of Perfectionism
If left unchecked, perfectionism can undo us as communicators. Episode 5 encourages the practice of replacing our drive to be *perfect* with the drive to truly *connect* with an audience. Communicating well means telling the truth of what you know as clearly as you can, in a way that helps people... it means connecting with the needs of an audience. In this episode, you will learn how to move out of the tyranny of perfectionism, and into the flow of connection.
