The Business of Giving

The following is a conversation between Chuck Ingoglia, President and CEO of the National Council for Behavioral Health, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. The National Council for Behavioral Health is a unifying voice of America's healthcare organizations that deliver mental health and addictions treatment and services. Both have been under severe stress since the COVID-19 pandemic and face difficult times ahead. And to learn more about these challenges, it's a pleasure to have with us Chuck Ingoglia, the President and CEO of the National Council for Behavioral Health.

The following is a conversation between Harry Nelson, Author of The United States of Opioids: A Prescription for Liberating a Nation in Pain, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. Harry Nelson is one of the leading healthcare legal experts in the country addressing the worsening problems on how we treat pain and addiction. In his recent book, The United States of Opioids: A Prescription for Liberating a Nation in Pain, he tells us how we got here and what we need to do as a nation to successfully address this ever-growing problem, which is only likely to be exacerbated some by the current pandemic, and he's with us now to discuss it.

The following is a conversation between Michael Bungay Stanier, Author of The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious, and Change the Way You Lead Forever, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. Ninety-three percent of Americans believe that their driving skills are better than average, which, of course, is not possible. There is something else we all believe we're better than average at, much better in fact, and that is giving other people advice. I might have trouble solving my own problems, but your problems? Let me dial-up that answer for you. This idea is challenged on many different levels by award-winning author and the number one thought leader in coaching, Michael Bungay Stanier, in his wonderful new book, The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious, and Change the Way You Lead Forever. And he's with us now.

The following is a conversation between Steven Kotler, co-author of The Future is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies are Disrupting Business, Industries, and our Lives, and Denver Frederick, the Host of the Business of Giving. Technology is accelerating far more quickly than anyone could have imagined. During the next decade, we will experience more upheaval than we have in the past 100 years. It's not easy to get your mind around the kind of change that will be caused by this rapid technological disruption, but my next guest will help us try. He is Steven Kotler, executive director of the Flow Research Collective and co-author of The Future is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies are Disrupting Business, Industries, and Our Lives.

The following is a conversation between Olivier Sibony, Author of You’re About to Make a Terrible Mistake! How Biases Distort Decision-Making and What You Can Do to Fight Them, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. We make decisions all the time, yet even the smartest and most experienced among us make frequent and predictable errors as a result of all too common cognitive biases. What are some of those biases?  And which ones have come into play as government and others make decisions about the COVID 19 pandemic? To find out, it's a pleasure to have with us, Olivier Sibony, the author of a fascinating new book called You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake! How Biases Distort Decision-Making and What You Can Do to Fight Them.

The following is a conversation between Amit Mukherjee, author of Leading in the Digital World: How to Foster Creativity, Collaboration, and Inclusivity, and Denver Frederick, the host of The Business of Giving. Digital technology is changing every aspect of our lives from the way we communicate, eat, shop, learn, date, play, and more. But what about leadership? How is that being transformed? No one has studied this topic in-depth, not until now, and it is presented in a wonderful new book called Leading in the Digital World: How to Foster Creativity, Collaboration, and Inclusivity. And it's a pleasure to have with us its author, Amit Mukherjee.

The following is a conversation between Arthur Blank, Co-Founder of Home Depot and Author of Good Company, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. There's been a lot written about values-based businesses, but far less from those who have actually lived it, and not in just one setting, but across a wide range of enterprises, with each producing the same exceptional results. One such person is Arthur Blank, Co-Founder of Home Depot, Owner of the Atlanta Falcons among other businesses, and author of a wonderful new book titled Good Company.

The following is a conversation between Marcia Reynolds, Author of Coach the Person, Not the Problem: A Guide to Using Reflective Inquiry, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. Coaches rely far too much on asking open-ended questions, says my next guest. She maintains that reflective inquiry to complement those questions can help provide insights and potential breakthroughs. All this and much more is captured in a fascinating new book called Coach the Person, Not the Problem: A Guide to Using Reflective Inquiry. And it’s a pleasure to have with us its author, Dr. Marcia Reynolds.

The following is a conversation between Fred Dust, Author of Making Conversation: Seven Essential Elements of Meaningful Communication, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. How often do you walk away from a conversation feeling really heard, that it moved the people in it forward in some important way? Dialogue is the oldest tool for change we have, but we seem to be getting worse and worse at it. This dilemma and how to address it is captured in a fascinating new book called Making Conversation: Seven Essential Elements of Meaningful Communication. And it's a pleasure to have with us its author, Fred Dust.

The following is a conversation between Josh Suskewicz, Co-Author of Lead from the Future: How to Turn Visionary Thinking Into Breakthrough Growth, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. With the challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and the corresponding economic turndown, the tyranny of the present has never been more pronounced. My next guest believes, however, that in these uncertain times, the ability for an organization to look into the future, as much as 10 years, is more important than ever. He is Josh Suskewicz, a Partner at Innosight and Co-Author of the book Lead from the Future: How to Turn Visionary Thinking Into Breakthrough Growth.