WISE TALK December 2013: Sue hosts Darrel Rhea, author, consultant and pioneer in customer-centric design and consumer-led innovation.

Darrel will help you understand the strategic importance of the role of meaning for consumers in innovation. His insights and practical tips will help you transform the way your company thinks about innovation and get you started on designing meaningful customer experiences.

WISE TALK November 2013:  Sue hosts Eric Lowitt, a globally recognized expert in the fields of competitive strategy, growth, and sustainability who has been named one of the Global Top 100 Thought Leaders on Trustworthy Business Behavior by Trust Across America.

Eric discusses his new book, The Collaboration Economy:  How to Meet Business, Social and Environmental Needs and Gain Competitive Advantage, and will help you understand why companies can no longer ignore the responsibility to act for the greater good.  He argues a new economic model – the Collaboration Economy – is the way to secure our future.  His insights and innovative thinking will help your company establish a competitive advantage and sustainable growth that leads to prosperity in perpetuity.

WISE TALK September 2013: Sue hosts Ty Montague, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of co:collective.  Ty is the author of the book, True Story: How to Combine Story and Action to Transform Your Business.  He was named one of the 50 most influential creative minds of the past 20 years by Creativity Magazine, one of the Top 10 Creative Directors in America by Advertising Age, and one of the Top Ten Creative Minds in business by Fast Company.

WISE TALK October 2013: Sue hosts Judith Glaser, Founder and Chairman of the Creating WE Institute, organizational anthropologist and best-selling author. Judith’s insights will help you understand how to listen and communicate in a way that establishes connectivity and trust.   She’ll translate the complexity of neuroscience for easy consumption.  Judith’s advice and tips will enable you to build a strong company culture that impacts the bottom line.

WISE TALK August 2013: Sue hosts Dr. Prasad Kaipa, a Silicon Valley CEO advisor and executive coach, and Navi Radjou, a Silicon Valley innovation and leadership strategist. The tips they will share from their new book, From Smart to Wise: Acting and Leading with Wisdom, will help you cultivate practical wisdom and use it to move beyond profit maximization to achieve meaningful change in the world and sustainable success for all.

WISE TALK July 2013: Listen as Kevin and Sue discuss key principles behind employee engagement, tips for managers to quickly create engaged teams and how individuals can own their part in creating a thriving culture. Kevin’s practical advice and insights will help you get started on building and executing an employee engagement plan.

WISE TALK June 2013: Our 100th show with Rita Gunther McGrath, Professor at Columbia Business School.  Listen as Rita and Sue discuss how the notion of a sustainable competitive advantage is irrelevant in today’s market and explore insights for building a successful dynamic strategy.  You’ll come away from the conversation with new insights, tools, and approaches that could help you re-think your strategy, or at least shake out some new ideas and questions to explore.

WISE TALK May 2013: Sue hosts Mike Brown, founder of The Brainzooming^TM Group and a seasoned branding and marketing strategist. Mike shares his insights on creative thinking, based on personally-tested, real-world methods of successfully applying innovation and strategic planning tools.  You’ll come away from the conversation with an understanding of the top barriers to creativity and innovation, tips to exploit your own creative talents and ideas for ongoing application to stimulate innovation. Follow Mike on Twitter: @Brainzooming

WISE TALK April 2013: Sue hosts branding expert and strategy consultant, Dorie Clark. Listen in as she discusses her new book, Reinventing You, and provides insights on how to think big about your professional goals, take control of your career, build a reputation for more opportunities, and live the life you want.

WISE TALK March 2013: Sue hosts Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management. He discusses his new book, Playing to Win, based on the robust strategic approach he helped roll out at P&G.  How do we best create a discipline of strategic thinking and strategic practice?  What strategic choices help us beat the competition? Roger is a foremost authority in design thinking and brings great examples and metaphors to the table.