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Expert negotiator Kwame Christian is a master of difficult conversations. He bases his approach on something he calls “compassionate curiosity.” This week, he joins host Jessi Hempel to share his philosophy and his framework for successful negotiations in every facet of life.

Paul Davison and his Clubhouse co-founder Rohan Seth are in the midst of a colossal career moment. Jessi sits down with Paul to learn what it’s like to design an app as it goes viral.

In this episode from the archives, Jessi Hempel chats with Natalie Nixon, a creative strategist. Natalie offers tips on infusing our workdays with more innovative thinking and cultivating creativity by exercising the three ‘i’s—inquiry, improvisation, and intuition. She also talks about the insights she gained by researching the surprising agility of a high-end hotel brand.

Debbie Millman is a writer, designer, educator, brand consultant, and host of one of the world’s first podcasts - Design Matters. She’s also living proof that articulating your dreams and planning for them can lead to great things. She joins Jessi to share her story - and a powerful tool anyone can use to plan for a brighter future.

To kick off 2021, we’re having our first-ever community check-in. We hear from listeners and Hello Monday teammates on what it means to “have it all.” Let us know what you think of the show! Take our listener survey at LinkedIn.com/HelloMonday.

In this episode from the Hello Monday archives, author, business professor, and coach Dorie Clark chats with Jessi about making a good Plan B, the importance of having a growth mindset, and why it’s such a good idea to plan for what comes next - even when it seems like things are going fine.

For our last new episode of 2020, Jessi sits down with musician and entrepreneur Wyclef Jean for a wide-ranging conversation on the power of human connection.

Back in March, we first reached out to our friends and listeners Kate, Emily, Manny, and Becky to see how they were managing in the early days of the worldwide COVID-19 response. It's nine months later, and Hello Monday contributor Michaela Greer called them each to check in on how they're doing.

Deb Liu has been a product manager for most of her career. She started out at PayPal, and is now VP of App Commerce at Facebook. A few years into her career, she noticed a change creeping into product management: there were fewer and fewer women. In this conversation (inspired by Deb’s LinkedIn article, What happened to women in product?), Deb speaks to Jessi about how one company’s business decision ultimately ended up narrowing a wide field to a narrow channel of technical men, and how Deb has tried to change that. 

Walker and Company Founder and CEO Tristan Walker sits down with Jessi to trace his entrepreneurial journey from business school through the sale of his company to Procter and Gamble in 2018. He shares insights on building a legacy from within a large corporation. 

As 2020 slogs to a close, the Hello Monday team and community has been feeling burnout creeping in. To better understand what it is and how to cope with it, Jessi sits down with Emily and Amelia Nagoski - sisters, and authors of Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle.

For this US holiday week, we’ve grabbed a team favorite from the archives: Jessi’s conversation with Bill Burnett and Dave Evans, Stanford professors and authors of Designing Your Work Life. 

Jessi sits down with listener Lauren Maffeo to discuss Lauren’s transition from journalism to civic tech, and her advice for others interested in making a career change.

On Monday, award-winning financial strategist, TV host, and bestselling author Farnoosh Torabi talked with Jessi here on Hello Monday about the intersection of money and career. On the same day, Jessi visited Farnoosh's show, So Money, for this conversation on the future of work and the disproportionate impact of the pandemic and recession on women.

To succeed in our careers, we have to talk about money. But it can be uncomfortable. So we drafted Farnoosh Torabi, a money expert and host of the podcast SO MONEY, to demystify and destigmatize talking about and planning for our financial realities. 

At Hello Monday, we believe that creativity is a muscle. And muscles need trainers! Creativity strategist Natalie Nixon joins Jessi to teach us all how to infuse our workdays with more innovative thinking.

Carbon CEO Ellen Kullman visits with Jessi to tell her rare-for-today story of growing throughout her career at only two companies - GE and DuPont. She shares lessons learned from leading DuPont during the ‘08 financial crisis, and ways we can each take control during uncertain times. 

Yale professor emeritus Craig Wright studies the nature of genius and what we can learn from the geniuses among us. He shares stories and tips from exceptional lives.

In this special bonus episode, guest host Michaela Greer talks with Dr. Rheeda Walker, psychologist and author of The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health, about measuring and improving our "psychological fortitude."

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff sits down with Jessi to trace his unique path from indie programmer to Salesforce leader, and shares his vision for how business can improve the world.