Mandatory Cocktail Hour

Doctor Christopher Jones is Orthopedic Surgeon and Associate Medical Director of Perioperative and Procedural Care Operations and Outside Medical at Kaiser Permanentee.  Talking with Chris provided a great opportunity - Chris has experience and stories to share about cultivating collaboration as a leader of  major business initiative for his company.  We talk about that, along with the value of admitting out loud that you need help and possibly the most heartwarming long-dormant connection story I have ever heard.

Ryan Ozawa is a native Hawaiian, journalist, technologist, , community builder and owner of the @hawaii handle on multiple social networks.    We discussed the similarities and differences between an island network and an online network,  how is network helped him spin up an organization to build respirators during COVID, and the best question he has been asked at a networking event.

Michelle Hoover is the principle at Baem Leadership.   Michelle is an expert in First Generation Professionals and we spoke about the intersection of FGP's and social networks - the challenges and opportunities they have in mentoring, connecting at work and advancing in their careers.

Bryce Castillo is "technically in charge of media stuff" for Bizarre Magic INC.  In that role he works on youtube shows and audio podcasts including The Modern Rogue, Scam Nation, and Great Night.    Bryce's ambiguity about his title is connected to working and collaborating in a small organization.  That context shapes most of our conversation: we discuss the merit of knowing the people you are working with and the upside of being together a long time, The Power of making space - sometimes literally - for collaboration and the challenges of balancing solo work and collaborative outcomes in content creation.

Today I am talking to Doctor Dean Taylor, Professor of Surgery in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Director of the Duke Sports Medicine Fellowship Program, Team Physician for Duke Athletics and Chair of the Feagin Leadership Program.  Dean and I discuss collaboration in the operating room, how collaboration in medicine is strengthened by patient centeredness and how his experiences as a West Point cadet shape his collaboration.

Today I am talking with Caricia Catalani, a designer in the public health field, about collaboration in design.  Caricia shared how human centered design is collaboration with the ultimate audience of your design, the challenges that happen in distributed design, and a practice to overcome collaboration challenges.   

Jim LaPage is a content creator and member of the Spike Feeders, a Magic the Gathering YouTube page. Magic the Gathering is a collectible card game and Jim and I  we spent a lot of our time today talking about a concept in Magic called "Rule Zero" where players discuss how the group will play the game.  I am exploring Rule Zero as a metaphor for ground rules in collaborative groups and we talk about how collaboration and competition co-exist in the game of Magic.  Don't worry if you don't know about Magic, Jim does a great job of explaining the game.  We also spend some time talking about the collaboration required in creating content while playing a game and how the Spikefeeders handle that process. Find Show notes at www.thenetworkedleader.com/podcast/mtg  

Matt Williamson is the a serial entrepreneur who has founded or been an early stage employee at three different companies.   Matt and I discussed co-ownership  of homes as collaboration, the challenges it creates and how his company Plum makes co-owning a home easier.  He also shared his most desired trait in a co-collaborator as a serial entrepreneur and the role collaboration takes in starting a successful business. Find show notes at www.thenetworkedleader.com/podcast/williamson

Dani Fernandez is an actress and writer, her writing credits include shows on Netflix, and HBO Max as well as a comics for DC comics.  We talk about how different levels of responsibility shapes how she experiences collaboration, the benefits of being collaborative when you are in a tightly-knit industry, and her experience writing a story about Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy for DC comics