SUBSCRIBE NOW Listen now: About this episode: (Season 1, Episode 1) In this episode, hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch explore the ideas and practices related to transformational relationships. What makes a relationship transformational? How is it different than other relationships? What can we do to make our relationships more...

SUBSCRIBE NOW Listen now: About this episode: (Season 1, Episode 2) In this episode, hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch explore different perspectives on collaboration. Is there a mindset that leads to collaboration? How can we encourage collaborations that create something new? What makes for a good collaboration? Jessica and...

SUBSCRIBE NOW Listen now: About this episode: (Season 1, Episode 3) In this episode, hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch collaborate with Danielle Swallow and Chris Petrone of Sea Grant Delaware to explore community resilience in the face of hazards and disasters. Danielle and Chris have been integrating resilience into...

SUBSCRIBE NOW Listen now: About this episode (Season 1, Episode 4) In this episode, hosts Jessica Beckendorf and Bob Bertsch explore john Stepper's Working Out Loud framework in the context of building relationships for resilience. Jessica and Bob discuss five elements of Working Out Loud: purposeful discovery, relationships, generosity, visible...

SUBSCRIBE NOW About this episode (Season 1, Episode 5) In this episode, Karen Pedersen, Dean for Global Campus at Kansas State University, talks about how the VUCA framework (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) has helped her better understand the world, and how the VUCA Prime framework (vision, understanding, clarity, and...

In this episode, Jessica and Bob discuss the idea of "celebrating failure." While we know a healthy attitude towards failure can make us more innovative, failing still feels bad. How can we deal with those feelings and develop a practice helps us deal with failure? Jessica and Bob share some of their ideas.