Second City Works presents "Getting to Yes, And"

Kelly talks to business leader, author and podcast host Mo Bunnell about his new book, “Give to Grow: Invest in Relationships to Build Your Business and Your Career.” https://serve.castfire.com/audio/6999921/Mo_Bunnel__2024-10-22-002021.64kmono.mp3 “It’s amazing how creative we can be to avoid acting.”  “Showing someone attention is one of the most meaningful things you can do.”  “Top performers fall in love with their client’s problems, not their own solutions.”  Recent Posts Second City Works presents “Getting to Yes, And” Scott Barry Kaufman – ‘Rise Above and the Victim Mindset’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Raffi Grinberg – ‘How to Be a Grownup’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Getting to Yes, And… | Abby Davisson – ‘Money and Love’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Getting to Yes, And… | Wes Adams & Tamara Myles – ‘Meaningful Work’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Getting to Yes, And… | Jenny Wood – ‘Wild Courage’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more

Kelly connects with Michael Morris of Columbia University to talk about his timely book “Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together.” https://serve.castfire.com/audio/6984190/Michael_Morris_2024-10-14-161430.64kmono.mp3 “Tribal living is what made us truly human.”  “Our species became wiser thanks to our tribes.”  “Killing the old culture happens top-down, then building the new culture happens bottom-up.” 

Kelly connects with Karen Brooks Hopkins, the former president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), to discuss her book “BAM…And Then It Hit Me” https://serve.castfire.com/audio/6847911/Karen_Brooks_Hopkins_2024-10-08-042811.64kmono.mp3 “In an odd way, there is a kind of nobility in fundraising.”  “The first thing you need to know about fundraising is that it’s not brain surgery. It’s harder than brain surgery.”  “Good service is everything. No one gives you money to sit in lousy seats.” Recent Posts Second City Works presents “Getting to Yes, And” Scott Barry Kaufman – ‘Rise Above and the Victim Mindset’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Raffi Grinberg – ‘How to Be a Grownup’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Getting to Yes, And… | Abby Davisson – ‘Money and Love’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Getting to Yes, And… | Wes Adams & Tamara Myles – ‘Meaningful Work’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Getting to Yes, And… | Jenny Wood – ‘Wild Courage’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more

Kelly welcomes Dr. Kathleen Smith back to the podcast. Dr. Smith is a licensed therapist and associate faculty member of the Bowen Center for Study of the Family. She is the author of “Everything Isn’t Terrible.” Her new book is called “True to You: A Therapist’s Guide to Stop Pleasing Others and Start Being Yourself.”  https://serve.castfire.com/audio/6468312/Dr_Kathleen_Smith_2024-09-19-034212.64kmono.mp3 “We look to others to find ourselves.”  “When our fate depends on other people changing, we get stuck.”  “Sometimes humor is the best way to share your thinking, and sometimes it isn’t.”  Recent Posts Second City Works presents “Getting to Yes, And” Scott Barry Kaufman – ‘Rise Above and the Victim Mindset’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Raffi Grinberg – ‘How to Be a Grownup’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Getting to Yes, And… | Abby Davisson – ‘Money and Love’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Getting to Yes, And… | Wes Adams & Tamara Myles – ‘Meaningful Work’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Getting to Yes, And… | Jenny Wood – ‘Wild Courage’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more

Kelly talks to former FBI Hostage Negotiator Chip Massey about his new book “Convince Me: High-Stakes Negotiation Tactics to Get Results in Any Business Situation.”  https://serve.castfire.com/audio/6468167/Chip_Massey_2024-09-19-035007.64kmono.mp3 “You may have truth on your side, but persuasion does not hinge on what is true.”  “Business is all about give and take, but there is a shelf life for an ask.”  “Sharing your ups and downs makes you instantly more convincing.”  Recent Posts Second City Works presents “Getting to Yes, And” Scott Barry Kaufman – ‘Rise Above and the Victim Mindset’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Raffi Grinberg – ‘How to Be a Grownup’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Getting to Yes, And… | Abby Davisson – ‘Money and Love’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Getting to Yes, And… | Wes Adams & Tamara Myles – ‘Meaningful Work’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Getting to Yes, And… | Jenny Wood – ‘Wild Courage’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more

Kelly connects with Yumi Kendall, Assistant Principal cellist for the Philadelphia Orchestra to talk about the power of the arts and her experiences as a student in the Waldorf educational system. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/6431947/Yumi_Kendall_2024-09-16-000647.64kmono.mp3 “I didn’t decide until the day after my SATs, because all of my friends were working on their personal essays and I thought, ‘My personal essay is cello,'” “Music is a medium of awe that helps make sense of life’s wonders.” “I feel like sound is texture. Sound is feeling like I mean, feeling on my skin, like how soft cashmere feels is how it. That’s my experience, that’s my lived experience. “ 

Kelly talks to Sandra Steinbrecher, a Chicago documentary photographer whose new book captures the transformation of the Morton Salt factory into The Salt Shed, a premier music venue in Chicago. https://serve.castfire.com/audio/6431989/Sandra_Steinbrecher_2024-09-16-000229.64kmono.mp3 “We protect our past so we are connected to what came before us and so we understand what lies in front of us – today and tomorrow.” “Ultimately, the goal of architecture is to shelter and create spaces that improve human life and foster a sense of belonging,” “For the ironworkers, It’s not how many years you have left – it’s how many winters.” 

Kelly meets up with writer, teacher and philanthropist Randy Fertel to talk about this new book “Winging It: Improv’s Power and Peril in the Time of Trump.” https://serve.castfire.com/audio/6373791/Randy_Fertel_2024-09-09-234831.64kmono.mp3 “Improv seeks to widen our mental bubble.”  “Improvisation is the discourse of paradigm shifts.”  “Innovation always begins with disruption, a pushback against the dominant culture.”  Recent Posts Second City Works presents “Getting to Yes, And” Scott Barry Kaufman – ‘Rise Above and the Victim Mindset’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Raffi Grinberg – ‘How to Be a Grownup’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Getting to Yes, And… | Abby Davisson – ‘Money and Love’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Getting to Yes, And… | Wes Adams & Tamara Myles – ‘Meaningful Work’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Getting to Yes, And… | Jenny Wood – ‘Wild Courage’ .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more

Live from The Second City in collaboration with the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Kelly interviews Alison Fragale, the Mary Farley Ames Lee Distinguished Scholar of Organizational Behavior at the Kenen-Flagler Business School at the University of North Caroline Chapel Hill. She has an incredible new book, it’s called “Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve.”   https://serve.castfire.com/audio/6211385/Alison_Fragale_2024-09-03-145225.64kmono.mp3 “The key to managing your status – and reaping all the benefits that come with it – is showing up as a likeable badass, getting others to see you as both assertive and warm.”  “The faster we talk, the more status we get.”  “There is a strong relationship between humor and status. People who have high status engage in more humor.” 

Kelly talks Yes, And with Dr. Frederik Pferdt, Google’s first Chief Innovation Evangelist. He founded Google’s Innovation Lab, where he trained tens of thousands of Googlers to develop cutting-edge ideas and taught groundbreaking classes on innovation and creativity at Stanford University for more than a decade. His new book is called “What’s Next is Now: How to Live Future Ready.”  https://serve.castfire.com/audio/6013102/Dr_Frederik_Pferd_2024-08-27-001202.64kmono.mp3 “We’re built by change but we’re not built for change.”  “The pursuit of better is about progress, not perfection.”  “Fair warning: it takes courage to be curious.”