Back in Control Radio
241 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsDiscover how to conquer debilitating chronic pain by using a groundbreaking, self-directed approach pioneered by Dr. David Hanscom. His methods have been used by hundreds of patients to eliminate chronic pain and regain control of their lives.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Creating a Safe Environment for Teens to Heal
February 28, 2024 21:00 - 27 minutes - 24.1 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Jamie Shafir – LCSW, health coach and adolescent specialist at the Mind Body Therapy Center. She discusses the significance of early intervention and psychoeducation in addressing chronic pain in youth. She explains the different components of her approach including: pain reprocessing therapy, emotional awareness and expression therapy, and intensive short-term dynamic psychotherapy. She emphasizes the importance of establishing...
A Mind Body Practice to Help Teens Heal
February 21, 2024 21:00 - 28 minutes - 24.9 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Jamie Shafir – LCSW, health coach and adolescent specialist at the Mind Body Therapy Center. She shares how her sister’s early experience with chronic pain got her interested in non-pharmacological interventions for anxiety and for pain. She transitioned from her fundraising and grant writing work with adolescent youth groups to private practice with the help of Dr. Daniel Lyman. She talks about the unique challenges of working with children and a...
A Path of PEACE Out of Chronic Pain
January 31, 2024 21:00 - 33 minutes - 29.9 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Stephanie Carter Kelley – an orthopedic physical therapist. She explains her approach to treating patients with chronic pain and emphasizes the need for a more holistic and empathetic approach to addressing chronic pain. She talks about the benefits of a multi-dimensional approach to treatment incorporating yoga, breathing techniques, mediation, and training patients to understand the triggers associated with their pain, in addi...
Why We Need to Know All the Reasons We Hurt
January 24, 2024 21:00 - 26 minutes - 23.2 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Stephanie Carter Kelley – an orthopedic physical therapist. She shares her personal experience of turning to yoga for relief after experiencing physical discomfort following her first pregnancy. She describes how she found hope and persistence in yoga, and how it eventually led her to integrate yoga into her life. She discusses the multifaceted benefits of yoga, including its ability to calm the nervous system, which she finds particularly interes...
Being with Pain to Be Free From Pain
January 17, 2024 21:00 - 27 minutes - 24.5 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Agnes Szymczak – an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, Pain Reprocessing Therapy Coach, and Restorative Breathing Coach. She explores the crucial steps in the healing journey, emphasizing the need to disassociate pain from the body and nurture joy. She also explains the integrative approach to pain management, emphasizing the role of diet, breath work, and pain reprocessing therapy in reducing inflammation and calming the body....
Discovering a Simple, Beautiful Key to Healing
January 10, 2024 21:00 - 26 minutes - 22.9 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Agnes Szymczak – an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, She recounts her scoliosis surgery at sixteen and her struggle with chronic lower back pain that started in her early thirties, causing severe limitations and debilitating pain. She tried various treatments without success. After her third child, her pain became intense and disabling. She found that applying the principles in Back in Control, mental rehearsals of what she wanted to do, and ad...
Moving from Darkness to Light
January 03, 2024 21:00 - 31 minutes - 27.7 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Matt Bonin – consultant, speaker and author of Light from Darkness. He discusses how getting a new perspective on his trauma was part of his healing. In his therapy, he went from seeing his story as shameful and belittling to it being empowering and a source of pride. He began to heal when he came to believe that he could heal. He learned to acknowledge his suffering, and understand that darkness and light are part of the same e...
Wanting to Want to Live
December 27, 2023 21:00 - 28 minutes - 24.8 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Matt Bonin – consultant, speaker and author of Light from Darkness. He relates the story of his struggle with severe depressive episodes accompanied by a number of physical symptoms. At age 29, he developed functional neurological disorder – and experienced periodic semi-catatonic states where he could not move. His healing started after he found an empathic doctor and began therapy. He discovered that the mind / body dichotomy of modern medicine ...
Ending the Pain and Fear Cycle to Heal
December 20, 2023 21:00 - 27 minutes - 24.4 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Lee Canter – founder of Canter & Co. and author of My Migraine Breakthrough. He discusses the skills he learned in his work with Dr. David Schechter to break out of the pain and fear cycle. These included: realizing he could control his healing; learning to think about his symptoms in the context of his life; and using tools like meditation and expressive writing. He describes the psychophysiological approach used by Dr. Schecht...
Finding the Migraine Breakthrough
December 13, 2023 21:00 - 28 minutes - 25.4 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Lee Canter – founder of Canter & Co. and author of My Migraine Breakthrough. He shares his personal battle with severe migraines which he first experienced when he was 13. When he retired after running two successful businesses, he felt useless and without purpose. His became almost bedridden for 7 years by the symptoms of severe migraine. After taking a survey on the Curable app, he realized his migraines were a mind / body issue. He started wor...
How to FIGHT Autoimmune Conditions
October 18, 2023 20:00 - 29 minutes - 26 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Palmer Kippola – best selling author and certified Functional Medicine Health Coach. She discusses the science behind autoimmune conditions and the body's ability to heal itself. She emphasizes the importance of understanding the physiological response to stress and the role it plays in autoimmune conditions. She also discusses the power of epigenetics and how it supersedes the concept of genetics. She explains the question of p...
The Power to Beat Autoimmune Conditions
October 11, 2023 20:00 - 30 minutes - 26.9 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Palmer Kippola – best selling author and certified Functional Medicine Health Coach. She shares her personal journey with multiple sclerosis (MS) and discusses the complexities of MS, the importance of hope and optimism in healing, and the limitations of current medical treatments. She also explores the relationship between stress, physiology, and healing, and the power of epigenetics in determining health outcomes. Palmer Kippola is an author a...
Learning to Feel in Order to Heal
October 04, 2023 20:00 - 27 minutes - 24.5 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Michael Hodge – mind / body coach specializing in men’s pelvic health. He explains his four-step process of pain reprocessing therapy – realization to understand what is happening and why; reprocessing to remove fear; release to learn to feel and let go of the emotions; reprogramming to align with your authentic self. His process emphasizes the importance of creating a safe space where an individual can learn to feel so they can...
A Mind-Body Approach to Healing Pelvic Pain
September 27, 2023 20:00 - 24 minutes - 22 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Michael Hodge – a mind / body coach specializing in men’s pelvic health. He shares his personal journey with pelvic pain and how it led him to become a pelvic health specialist. He discusses the link between pelvic pain and mind-body principles, and how anxiety and body chemistry can affect pelvic pain. He explores the concept of emotional pain versus physical pain and how the brain chooses physical pain as a coping mechanism. He highlights the im...
Structured Flexibility – the Key to Successful Dieting
August 09, 2023 20:00 - 30 minutes - 26.7 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Joe Klemczewski – founder of The Diet Doc and the pioneer of macronutrient-based food intake tracking. Seeing the struggles that people had with dieting, he began re-engineering diets early in his career. The approach he developed is coaching based and experimental. It became known as flexible dieting. He works with clients to understand their life and goals, then based on that, he determines the right amount of carbs, fats and...
The Path to Becoming the Diet Doc
August 02, 2023 20:00 - 27 minutes - 24.3 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Joe Klemczewski – founder of The Diet Doc and the pioneer of macronutrient-based food intake tracking. He began participating in sports in high school and this eventually led hm to an interest in physical therapy. When he became a high performance weight lifter and body builder, he developed a deep interest in nutrition. His approach emphasizes the importance of both exercise and nutrition. Consistent and regular movement helps manage inflammatory...
Moving Beyond Vulnerability to See Life as an Adventure
June 28, 2023 20:00 - 26 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Dr. Kirk Schneider, an integrative existential psychotherapist. He explains the principles and process of his integrative existential therapy practice. He begins by asking the client two questions: How are you presently living? And how are you willing to live? The first question allows the client to explore what is going on. The second question helps clients discover a more open, internally free domain. He focuses on what is mos...
From Terror to Curiosity to Possibility- a Healing Journey
June 21, 2023 20:00 - 28 minutes - 25.3 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Dr. Kirk Schneider, an integrative existential psychotherapist. He shares the early experiences he had that later shaped his approach to his psychotherapy practice. He describes the impact of his older brother’s untimely death that led him to his first visit to a psychoanalyst at the age of 6. Though he managed this early trauma fairly well, he had a nervous breakdown in graduate school that led to panic attacks and cognitive distortions. Throug...
The Clues to Healing Within Patient Drawings
June 14, 2023 20:00 - 28 minutes - 25.3 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with world renowned surgeon and best-selling author, Bernie Sigel, MD. He discusses how patient drawings offer key insights into how the patient feels about their illness and treatment, as well as key events that have shaped their lives. He shares stories that illustrate these insights and how he used them to help patients tap into their innate healing power. He suggests that physicians should use patient drawings as a way to build ...
The Healing Power of the Doctor-Patient Relationship
June 07, 2023 20:00 - 35 minutes - 31.9 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with world renowned surgeon and best-selling author, Bernie Sigel, MD. He shares stories that illustrate the importance of the doctor-patient relationship. He stresses the key role of understanding the patient’s story – their life situation, challenges, motivations and fears to the healing process. He expresses his belief that listening to the patient and helping them tap into their innate ability to heal is the real business of medicine. Bernie S. Si...
Healing through Understanding and Action
May 24, 2023 20:00 - 28 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Dr. David Schechter, a pioneer in the practice of Mind Body Medicine. He shares the approach he uses with patients suffering from chronic pain. He outlines his treatment approach which involves a lengthy interview with the patient to get a fuller understanding of their context, followed up by providing them with a customized resource guide to help them better understand the nature of chronic pain and the role they play in the he...
Mind Body Healing for Teens
May 17, 2023 20:00 - 26 minutes - 23.7 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Dr. David Schechter, a physician focused on Family Medicine and Sports Medicine, and a pioneer in the practice of Mind Body Medicine. He was first exposed to Mind Body Medicine as a patient of Dr. John Sarno and used that experience to fashion his own mind / body approach to treating chronic pain. He explains the work he is doing with teens and how he is trying to help them understand the impact that emotional health has on their physical health...
Building the Foundation for Thriving
May 10, 2023 20:00 - 31 minutes - 28.3 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with internist Dr. Matt Lederman and Oriental Medicine and family practitioner Dr. Alona Pulde. They explain their areas of focus in getting patients beyond “normal limits” to thriving. These include: self-awareness, internal state, connection, work and spirituality. They share their belief that healing can be fostered when we learn to value human connection and authentic sharing above all else. Alona Pulde, MD is a board-certified ...
Going from Wellness to Wonderful
May 03, 2023 20:00 - 27 minutes - 24.5 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with internist Dr. Matt Lederman and Oriental Medicine and family practitioner Dr. Alona Pulde. They share their approach to healing that begins with understanding the physical and emotional context of the patient and helping them develop awareness about how this affects their health. Learning to deal with uncomfortable emotions and seeing how feelings are generated by needs is key. Their goal is to help patients learn to thrive – to experience joy and...
A Cultural Code for Healing
April 26, 2023 20:00 - 26 minutes - 23 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussino with psychological anthropologist and ethnomusicologist Dr. Tamara Turner. She explains the cultural context of the Algerian Diwan community’s approach to healing from pain and trauma through trance dancing. She found that one of the most important factors in making this an effective healing tool was the community’s belief that suffering is an accepted part of being human. The Diwan cultural code discourages talking much about suffer...
Dance of Healing
April 19, 2023 20:00 - 26 minutes - 23.7 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with psychological anthropologist and ethnomusicologist Dr. Tamara Turner. She shares the origins of her award-winning research into the role of dance and healing in North African communities. Her initial focus was on a career in classical music. But she developed an interest in other types of music that eventually led her to study the music of West and North Africa. She discovered that in Morocco and Algeria, certain communities used music and trance ...
Discovering How Our Brains Process Chronic Pain
March 15, 2023 20:00 - 44 minutes - 39.5 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with pain psychologist, neuroscientist and co-founder of Aivo Health, Melissa Farmer. Or eight years, she has worked with world-renowned neuroscientist Dr. Vania Apkarian on how our brains process chronic pain. She shares the important discoveries resulting from that work including how, over time, the brain shifts the processing from sensory centers to the older emotional learning areas. This is an adaptive strategy that the brain uses to free up threa...
The Healing Balance
February 22, 2023 21:00 - 31 minutes - 27.5 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with internationally renowned Ayurvedic clinician, Zeeba Khan. She describes how doshas (mind body spirit compositions) can indicate the types of illnesses or disorders you might be susceptible to. She identifies the 3 doshas – Vata Dosha, Pitta Dosha and Kapha Dosha – and gives examples of what they might signify for health. The first step in working with a client is to diagnose their doshas. From there she will work to bring the ...
Finding the Ayurvedic Path to Health
February 15, 2023 21:00 - 29 minutes - 25.9 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with internationally renowned Ayurvedic clinician, Zeeba Khan. She shares the important role her family life played in the development of her Ayurvedic practice. Her mother was Persian and her father was Indian, and in both her parents’ cultures, the kitchen was the pharmacy. Her experiences taught her the important of food, sleep, meditation, gratitude and surrender to a higher power as the foundational elements of resilience, health and healing. Zee...
The Healing Light Within
January 04, 2023 21:00 - 35 minutes - 31.5 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Daniel Atkins, an intuitive psychologist. He explains the steps he uses when working with clients to help them start on their healing journey. These include: focusing on the current issue; listening for emotional associations with the pain; encouraging them to explore new possibilities; and using experiential tools like breath work and meditation. His focus is on getting clients to see that their pain doesn’t define them and tha...
Discovering a Better Way to Heal
December 28, 2022 21:00 - 27 minutes - 24 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Daniel Atkins, an intuitive psychologist. He talks about his 10+ year personal journey through pain and illness. He explains that he tried traditional Western psychotherapy approaches to heal but found they focused too much on analyzing his early childhood and were unhelpful. His healing began when he started exploring other traditions with a broader spiritual dimension. What he learned drove a major shift in the way he works with clients in his p...
Fixing Pain by Making It Accurate
November 30, 2022 21:00 - 28 minutes - 24.8 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Jeff Frankart, physical therapist and founder of The Fix PT clinic. He explains the three components of chronic pain (biological, psychological and social) and shares the details of his approach to treatment. The first step is getting patients to understand how chronic pain works. The next step is having patients move and push up to, but not beyond, their pain threshold. Over time, this helps them desensitize to pain, move their...
Chronic Pain – Getting to The Fix
November 23, 2022 21:00 - 30 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Jeff Frankart, physical therapist and founder of The Fix PT clinic. He talks about his work in the military with combat soldiers to help them recover mobility and reduce opioid addiction. He explains how, using a movement-based systems that only relies on body weight and no equipment, he was able to help them increase their pain threshold, lose their fear of pain and begin their healing journey. Today he uses this same process in his physical ther...
Oxytocin and Human Sociality
November 16, 2022 21:00 - 30 minutes - 26.7 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Dr. Sue Carter, the former director of the Kinsey Institute and a world-renowned scientist. She talks about oxytocin’s important role in human social behavior. She underscores the fact that oxytocin affects every tissue of the body and is the physiologic basis for pair bonding and relationships. Under stress, the body produces large amounts of oxytocin, and can help us make better judgments about who it is safe to connect with. ...
Oxytocin, Healing and Health
November 09, 2022 21:00 - 34 minutes - 30.2 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Dr. Sue Carter, the former director of the Kinsey Institute and a world-renowned scientist. She shares how the importance of oxytocin has come to be recognized in the scientific community over time. She discusses the evolutionary history of oxytocin and explains the role that oxytocin plays in lowering inflammation and reducing stress. It also helps the body to build and repair bone tissue and plays an important part in healing processes. Sue Car...
The Perils of Sugar for Health
November 02, 2022 20:00 - 38 minutes - 34.1 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with neuroendocrinologist and bestselling author Rob Lustig. He explains the different types of sugar we consume in our diet and how the body metabolizes each type. In particular, he focuses on the dangers of the sweetener fructose and discusses how it results in fatty liver disease and diabetes. The problem with fructose is that it is both toxic and addictive. Our liver has a limited capacity to metabolize fructose. However, it sti...
How Fiber Keeps Us Healthy
October 26, 2022 20:00 - 32 minutes - 28.6 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with neuroendocrinologist and bestselling author Rob Lustig. He shares how he first got interested in nutrition when he studied the role of the hypothalamus in driving obesity in pediatric patients with brain cancer. He discusses the symbiotic role of gut bacteria in our digestion, immune response and even the experience of pain. He explains six importance benefits of fiber in keeping the gut microbiome healthy, regulating appetite and protecting the g...
A Collaborative Approach to Healing Pain
October 19, 2022 20:00 - 28 minutes - 25 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Charlie Merrill, a physiotherapist, clinician educator and consultant to startup Lin Health. He outlines his collaborative approach with patients. This begins with a physical assessment to look for a pattern that makes sense. If his findings don’t add up, the pain could be due to psycho-social factors. He uses treatments that interrupt the brain’s reaction and creates new wiring. He changes the physical treatment as the client’...
Helping Clients Find a Better Way to Heal
October 12, 2022 20:00 - 27 minutes - 23.9 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Charlie Merrill, a physiotherapist, clinician educator and consultant to startup Lin Health. He shares how he has created a practice of treating chronic pain that is based on building a strong and trusting relationship with the patient. He helps patients understand the dynamics of pain by explaining the issue in a systemic way, reduce their fear and establish greater autonomy in their own healing process. Along the way to developing his current ap...
How to Unlearn Overeating
September 21, 2022 20:00 - 26 minutes - 23.2 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with author and consultant Gillian Riley. She details the approach she uses to help clients control overeating. Some of the key elements include: getting clients to understand what drives their cravings and why they need to create new neural pathways to control them; developing self-agency and avoiding unsolicited advice; showing them how they can be in charge of their diet and their relationship to food; encouraging them to take sm...
Taking Charge of Overeating
September 14, 2022 20:00 - 26 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with author and consultant Gillian Riley. She explains how we respond to unconscious eating cues with deeply embedded biological responses. She discusses how becoming aware of these hidden cues is the first step to control overeating. Balancing long term and short term rewards is a key to eating less and eating better. A key aspect of her approach is helping clients understand they have freedom of choice over what and how they eat. After teaching a pr...
How to Say Hello to Good Health
September 07, 2022 20:00 - 25 minutes - 22 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Pam Wirth, a Principal of consultancy Strategic Growth Advisory and founder of Hello Health. She discusses the founding of her company, Hello Health, and outlines the steps to effectively use supplementation for improved health and treatment of a variety of conditions. These include getting tested to determine your gut health and developing a personalized supplementation profile that yields the most effective results for you. ...
A Mother’s Self-Healing Journey with Her Child
August 31, 2022 20:00 - 26 minutes - 23.4 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Pam Wirth, a Principal of consultancy Strategic Growth Advisory and founder of Hello Health. She shares the story of how her 5 year old son developed serious neurologic symptoms from an intense autoimmune response. She chronicles her struggle to get help from an indifferent healthcare system and how she finally discovered the power of diet and supplementation to heal her son’s condition. She details the combination of dietary changes, probiotics a...
The Secrets of Peaceful Parenting
August 17, 2022 20:00 - 27 minutes - 24.1 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Ruth Freeman, a psychotherapist and founder of Peace at Home Parenting Solutions. She discusses several basic principles and techniques for peaceful parenting that can help parents build a stronger connection to their kids. These include: focusing on relationships rather than compliance, showing up for what’s right with your kids rather than what is wrong, practicing reflective listening and coaching kids to solve their own prob...
Being Your Child’s Calm Center
August 10, 2022 20:00 - 23 minutes - 21 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Ruth Freeman, a psychotherapist and founder of Peace at Home Parenting Solutions. She shares the alarming statistics about the current mental health crisis with kids and discusses the causes of parental burnout among working parents. She explains how the hybrid working model spurred by the pandemic and the breakdown of family rhythms and routines under the pressure of modern life are contributing to the problem. She also emphasizes the importance ...
A Three-Column Approach to Healing Chronic Pain
August 03, 2022 20:00 - 30 minutes - 27.4 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Dr. Dan Ratner, an international mind/body expert. He shares details of his “three-column” approach to treating chronic pain which includes: helping patients understand the emotions they have around their symptoms, articulate and challenge their doubts and recognize they have the power to heal themselves. Dr. Dan Ratner is an internationally known mind body expert and the podcast host of Crushing Doubt, which is available on Y...
Rethinking How We Think About Chronic Pain
July 27, 2022 20:00 - 30 minutes - 27.2 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Dr. Dan Ratner, an internationally known mind/body expert, about his own experience dealing with chronic pain, and the evolution of his approach to helping others heal from chronic pain. He emphasizes the importance of changing the way we think about chronic pain so we can lessen doubt and feel safe. He also explains that aligning with our true selves is a critical step in the healing process. Dr. Dan Ratner is an internationally known mind body...
Mysteries of the Embodied Mind
July 20, 2022 20:00 - 26 minutes - 23.1 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Dr. Thomas Verny, psychiatrist and best-selling author of The Embodied Mind. He explains the concept of the embodied mind as a form of “cellular intelligence.“ While traditional neuroscience regards mind as an emergent property of the physical brain, the embodied mind posits that mind is dependent on the entire body, not just the brain. He shares numerous examples of the embodied mind at work including: the relationship between...
Emergence of the Embodied Mind
July 13, 2022 21:00 - 30 minutes - 26.6 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom talks with Dr. Thomas Verny, psychiatrist and best-selling author of The Embodied Mind. He shares how observations from his work with patients led him to the concept of the embodied mind—essentially how functions we normally associate only with the brain are dispersed throughout the cells of the body. One example of this is recalling memories formed before the age of two, which traditional neuroscience postulates is not possible. This may indicate that pre-n...
The Healing Power of Optimism
July 06, 2022 20:00 - 29 minutes - 25.8 MBIn this episode, Dr. David Hanscom continues his discussion with Victor Perton, founder of the Australian Leadership Project and the Center for Optimism. He explains that, according to researchers, optimism is the trait most associated with a healthy longevity. He shares his vision of promoting tools to become more optimistic. He has found two tools in particular to be very useful: getting people to talk about what they want to be in 5 years and storytelling. Victor Perton is the Chief Opti...