Robert E. Quinn is the Margaret Elliot Tracy Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business. His research and writing focuses on purpose, leadership, culture and change. He is one of the co-founders and of the field of Positive Organizational Scholarship and a cofounder of the Center for Positive Organizations. He is in the top 1% of professors cited in organizational behavior textbooks. He's also published 18 books. among them: Deep Change, The Best Teacher in You, The Positive Organization: Breaking Free of Conventional Cultures, Constraints and Beliefs, and The Economics of Higher Purpose: Eight Counter Intuitive Steps for Creating a Purpose Driven Organization.  We talked about the brilliance of applying lessons learned during #workfromhome to the new world of work and the challenges of working #homealone (apologies to #kevinmccallister).

Peter Winick is the founder and CEO of Thought Leadership Leverage. For the past two decades he has helped individuals and organizations build and grow revenue streams through designing and growing their thought leadership platforms as well as acting as a guide and advisor for increasing business to business sales of thought leadership products. We discussed the changing modes of thought-leaders and expert advisors as well as the power of community.

Rod is a Keynote Speaker, and Chief Facilitator at Salt Flats (a Management Consulting Firm out of Chicago) and Author, Wiki Management and Leadership in a Wiki World. We spoke about the impact #covid19 and #blm has had on organizational structure & culture.

Alain has over 20 years in leadership training, facilitation, adult learning and development design, organizational development, culture change. He's the author of "Cracking the Leadership Code". We spoke about the impact current crises (#covid19 #blm) have had on organizational culture.

Amy says that message impact is her sport, and amplifying her clients is where she lives. She's published lots of bestselling books and had web content go viral. She's helped high profile individuals create high stakes presentations and up the ante on their speaking skills. That moment when a client lights up with discovery of their authentic message is what she gets up for every day. Check out her website: tangerineink.com. I asked Amy if she felt that leaders were able to stay focused and on message during the #covid19 #blm crises.