
With Great People: High-Performance Teams
With Great People is the podcast for high-performance teams. We interview the best team leaders in the world. They share tips for listeners to reproduce their success. Topics include the Core Protocols, Agile software development, Open Space Technology, team emotional intelligence, psychological safety, and more.
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Latest episodes

Sep 27, 2022 • 49min
Tito Jackson: How Adding More Cowbell Can Be the Prescription for Your Team's Fever
In this episode, Richard interviews Tito Jackson. Tito is an entrepreneur, founder of Apex Noire, and a former City Councilor of the City of Boston. He tells us how to inspire cultural dedication to goals within your team and gives us a taste of his secret management sauce - Cowbell Fridays.
When you finish listening to the episode, find Tito on Instagram or Twitter, or email him at tito@apexnoire.com.
You can read the transcript of the entire episode at https://kasperowski.com/podcast-92-tito-jackson/.

Sep 13, 2022 • 29min
Dr. Dave Cornelius: How Having Fun and Building Trust Makes Teams Resilient and Successful
In this episode, Richard interviews Dr. Dave Cornelius. Dr. Dave is a lean and agile catalyst leading and empowering others to achieve their best. He is the author of several books, including Belonging and Healing: Creating awesomeness for yourself and others and Deliver Value: Happy contributing people, Satisfied customers, and Thriving business. Dr. Dave is a founder of the 5 Saturdays Agile education outreach program that enables high school students to experience technology and business careers through an interactive summer workshop. He tells us how building trust among your team members will build trust among your clients and customers.
When you finish listening to the episode, connect with Dr. Dave Cornelius on his website at https://davecornelius.us.
You can read the transcript of the entire episode at https://kasperowski.com/podcast-91-dr-dave-cornelius/.

Aug 2, 2022 • 44min
Jessica Kerr: How Some Shared Fun Time Increases Your Team's Productivity
In this episode, Richard interviews Jessica Kerr. Jessica is a software developer, popular public speaker, and a symmathecist. She tells us about symmathesy and observability and how they make our world develop faster and more harmoniously.
When you finish listening to the episode, connect with Jessica on Twitter, visit her website at https://jessitron.com, or chat with her during her office hours at https://www.honeycomb.io/devrel/observability-office-hours/.
You can read the transcript of the entire episode at https://kasperowski.com/podcast-90-jessica-kerr/.

Jul 19, 2022 • 19min
Sally Elatta: Here Are 5 Factors That Will Guarantee Your Team's High Performance
In this episode, Richard interviews Sally Elatta, CEO and founder of AgilityHealth. Sally tells us how leadership is just another way of serving a team and how leading from a place of love keeps the team engaged and focused. She also shares with us the top 5 predictors of a team's high performance.
When you finish listening to the episode, connect with Sally on LinkedIn and visit agilityhealthradar.com.
You can read the transcript of the entire episode at https://kasperowski.com/podcast-89-sally-elatta/.

Jul 5, 2022 • 25min
Andrea Ippolito: How to Bind Your Team With Friendship and Trust
In this episode, Richard interviews Andrea Ippolito, CEO and Founder of SimplyFed. SimplyFed is an organization supporting families in feeding their babies. Andrea was a part of and led many teams, including as the Director of the Department of Veteran's Affairs Innovators Network and as a Presidential Innovation Fellow at the White House. She tells us how the sense of shared vision and friendship among team members brings the ability to communicate freely, even disagreements, and push the team forward faster and better.
When you finish listening to the episode, connect with Andrea on Twitter and visit SimplyFed's website.

Jun 21, 2022 • 32min
Lisette Sutherland: How to Build Strong Personal Connections in a Remote Team
In this episode, Richard interviews Lisette Sutherland. Lisette is an author and keynote speaker, helping people work remotely successfully. She's also the founder of the online community Virtual Team Talk, the host of the Collaboration Superpowers podcast, and the founder and director of the Collaboration Superpowers consulting firm. Lisette tells us about the importance of personal connections in the workplace and how to foster them in remote teams.
When you finish listening to the episode, check out Lisette's website, visit collaborationsuperpowers.com, and give a listen to her podcast.
You can read the transcript of the entire episode at https://kasperowski.com/podcast-87-lisette-sutherland/.

Jun 7, 2022 • 36min
Claire DeMarco: How To Bring Your Team To Perfection With the Core Protocols
In this episode, Richard interviews Claire DeMarco. Claire is the Director of Information Discovery Services at the Harvard Library. She led multiple high-performance teams, including the one that made Harvard University Libraries available to virtually anyone in the world. She tells us how the Core Protocols helped her teams to achieve successes and what to expect when these successes get noticed.
When you finish listening to the episode, connect with Claire on Twitter, and check out her writings at medium.com.
You can read the transcript of the episode at https://kasperowski.com/podcast-86-claire-demarco/.

May 24, 2022 • 56min
Patricia Kong: How to Get From an Average to a Great Team With Emotional Intelligence
In this episode, Patricia Kong comes back to the show and turns the tables on Richard, asking him questions. Patricia Patricia leads Enterprise and Leadership Solutions at scrum.org. She is a public speaker, coach, a co-author of The Nexus Framework for Scaling Scrum, and a co-developer of the Evidence-Based Management Framework.
Patricia recently invited Richard to scrum.org to present a webinar on core protocols for psychological safety and emotional intelligence. During this interactive session, some important questions remained open, so Patricia came to get her answers!
When you finish listening to the episode, connect with Patricia on LinkedIn, and visit scrum.org, where you can check out Richard's webinar.
You can read the transcript of the episode at https://kasperowski.com/podcast-85-patricia-kong/.

May 10, 2022 • 26min
Brian Lucas: How to Define Your Team as a Powerful and Long-Lasting Brand
In this episode, Richard interviews Brian Lucas. Brian is an Assistant Professor at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He is best known for his research on creativity and morality in the workplace and everyday life.
Brian tells us how igniting energy and passion in your team brings the spark of creativity and endurance.
When you finish listening to the episode, connect with Brian on Twitter, visit his website, and check out his research.
You can read the transcript of the episode at https://kasperowski.com/podcast-84-brian-lucas/.

Apr 26, 2022 • 25min
Luke Hohmann: How Being Happy with Who You Are Makes You Feel Wonder for Who You Can Be
In this episode, Richard interviews Luke Hohmann. Luke is the founder and CEO of FirstRoot, the company on the mission to create the next generation of impact investors. He is also an inspiring public speaker and the creator of Innovation Games. Luke tells us how to recognize whether a team is a team we want to stick with and how self-appreciation can help us on this quest.
When you finish listening to the episode, connect with Luke on LinkedIn and visit www.firstroot.co.
You can read the transcript of the entire episode at https://kasperowski.com/podcast-83-luke-hohmann/.
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