I've debated whether I should do my podcast in seasons for a while now, and I've finally decided the answer is yes. We're calling the first 18 episodes up until now Season 1, and will return in the fall for Season 2. Thank you for all your support!

John Southard learned the power of empathy when he studied US Marines living in local villages during the Vietnam War. Now, he helps businesses and organizations apply those lessons by incorporating empathy into their leadership practices. In this episode, we talk about his research with empathy, my research with empathy, and how it can make our lives better.

Learn more about John at https://johnsouthardspeaks.com/

Caitee Cooper is a professional content writer, a debut novelist, and most importantly, my wife. As tools like ChatGPT and Jarvis make it easier to create a lot of decent content very quickly, I wanted to talk to Caitee about whether she felt threatened by AI, and how she felt it could fit in the writing space. As a bonus, Caitee is also about to launch a Kickstarter for her debut novel Silverskin, which you can follow and support at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/caiteecooper/silverskin-book-1-of-the-portlock-series

Ernie Harker has extensive experience in branding, specifically convenience store branding. In this episode, we discuss branding as a whole, when it becomes manipulation, and I get overly excited about an old Maverick rebrand.

Joe Mull is helping the world build better and more humane workplaces, and has been doing so for more than 15 years. In this episode, we talk about his new book, Employalty, while Joe diagnoses my past work history. He quickly shows that the Employalty scorecard even works on a weird fringe case like me, and that we can all be happier when our work aligns with our values.

Pre-order Employalty: https://www.amazon.com/Employalty-Ignite-Commitment-Keep-Talent/dp/1774582902

Srushhti Trivedi is a bioethicist working in the pharmaceutical industry, which makes for a lot of interesting questions. We hit on some of the ethical concerns in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as how AI is going to be changing and revolutionizing that industry.

Brenden Kumarasamy is a speaker and coach, mainly focusing on helping clients learn better communication and public speaking skills. He founded MasterTalk, both the company and YouTube channel as part of those efforts.

Brenden and I didn't have a specific topic in mind for this episode, so the conversation got interesting and a bit unrelated to ethics, but I think it was interesting regardless. I hope you enjoy it!

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is a hot topic and a growing industry. Despite how much I like all of those words, I have serious concerns about DEI policies that may inadvertently make things less diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Julie Kratz willingly puts up with my shenanigans while we talk about some problematic policies that have been implemented and how they could be made better.