Insert:Human
123 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Welcome to Insert:Human, my name is Chris Colbert.
Over the last 20 years, I've come to believe one simple thing, that whatever you're trying to make better, a relationship, your leadership, marriage, your business startup, the world, that the very best way to make it better is to get better at understanding humanity.
Insert:Human is my weekly conversation with brilliant people about how to do exactly that. Each week will toggle between life, business, and the world, but will always end up at the exact same place, the unfiltered truth about us.
I hope you can join me
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Our Life with Dave McLaughlin
December 06, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 90.4 MBDave McLaughlin is the Global Head of Community at WeWork. He was previously the CEO and Co-founder of Vsnap, on the Board of Directors at Boston World Partnerships, and the Co-founder and Vice Presid
This is it - for your business - Chapter 5
November 29, 2021 10:00 - 13 minutes - 18.1 MBLong-running, evolving businesses need to be humble enough to embrace the cold hard truth and have sufficient courage to deal with the sacred cows, ugly babies, and very large elephants in the room. E
Steven Titus Smith on Finding Gravity
November 22, 2021 10:00 - 55 minutes - 76.5 MBSteven Titus Smith is the Co-Founder of Gravity and the co-author of Egonomics: What Makes Ego Our Greatest Asset (or Most Expensive Liability). His ten-year research project on innovation and culture
This is it - for your business - Chapter 4
November 15, 2021 10:00 - 15 minutes - 21.7 MBYou cannot become more innovative, progressive, transformative, or evolved without innovating from the inside out. You need to change how your organization works, what it values, what it celebrates, a
The Hope of Higher Education with Dr. Laurie Leshin
November 08, 2021 10:00 - 51 minutes - 70.2 MBDr. Laurie Leshin is the 16th President of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), which embraces the application of theory learning in the classroom with real-world problem-solving. Laurie has mor
This is it - for your business - Chapter 3
November 01, 2021 09:00 - 9 minutes - 13.5 MBAt times, stepping back and analyzing your circumstances will reveal that your business is lacking structure. As a business owner, you are fallible, and it is this fallibility that hinders your compan
How to Innovate Ethically with Jessica Pachuta & Dror Yaron
October 25, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBJessica Pachuta and Dror Yaron are Innovation Ethics Coaches and the Founders of Ethics MVP. They previously worked for more than a decade at the CREATE Lab at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics In
This is it - for your business - Chapter 2
October 18, 2021 09:00 - 12 minutes - 16.6 MBWhether the crux of our collective business problems is customer disloyalty or the concept that computing power will double while the cost of it is cut in half each year - the question is: how do we a
Some Hard Truths About Soft Skills with Dane Johnson
October 04, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 47.5 MBDané Johnson is the Culture and Change Consultant at SweetRush. She works in the Thrive by SweetRush team focusing on cultural transformation in organizations at a comprehensive level. She is a human-
This is It - For Your Business - Chapter 1
September 27, 2021 09:00 - 13 minutes - 18.5 MBAbout two years ago, I wrote a book called This Is It, all about the reasons and processes behind evolving one’s life. But, what about businesses—large or small—and their leaders, executives, and mana
The (Real) Future of Work with Jon Levy
September 20, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBJon Levy is a Behavioral Scientist applying the latest research to transform the ways businesses approach sales, marketing, culture, and consumer engagement. His clients include Google, Microsoft, and
Encore of Fifty Shades of Grey
September 13, 2021 09:00 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MBWhen people make decisions and take positions on various topics, they are often black or white positions that are fundamentally overblown. The right path and solution are usually not found in the simp
The School of Humanity with Raya Bidshahri
September 06, 2021 09:00 - 45 minutes - 63.3 MBRaya Bidshahri is a global thought leader who works with governments, EdTech companies, investors, and education providers to develop revolutionary education models. She is a serial education entrepre
How to Choose Courage over Fear
August 30, 2021 09:00 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MBFear can be a crippling emotion. It prevents us from stepping out of our comfort zones, meeting new people, and exploring new opportunities. Its primary purpose is to protect us from harm, whether phy
Finding our Compassion with Bryan Welch
August 23, 2021 09:00 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MBBryan Welch is the CEO of Mindful Communications—a media and training company—and Mindful Magazine. He has spoken at major events such as the American Magazine Conference, Outdoor Retailer, the B Corp
Is All Certainty Aggression?
August 16, 2021 09:00 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBA few weeks ago, my wife handed me the most recent issue of Mindful Magazine and recommended that I read the cover story. It was a sorrowful story of a father losing his son to drugs and suicide. It w
Underneath Influence with Jon Levy
August 09, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBJon Levy is a behavioral scientist, influencer, adventurer, and author of The 2 AM Principle: Discover the Science of Adventure and You're Invited: The Art and Science of Cultivating Influence. Jon wo
Why I Love You is So Hard to Say
August 02, 2021 09:00 - 7 minutes - 10.5 MB“I love you” is a seemingly simple phrase that says so much yet is sometimes hard to hear or hard to say. Recently, my father-in-law headed in for open-heart surgery and—on one of his many preoperativ
The Artist Within Us with Beatrice Coron
July 26, 2021 09:00 - 45 minutes - 63.2 MBBeatrice Coron is a globally recognized illustrator and artist who excels in visual storytelling in books, public art, paper cutting, and wearable sculptures. Her work can be seen in major collections
Culture Decoded with Ed and Peter Schein
July 12, 2021 09:00 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBEd Schein is the Professor Emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management. He has a Ph.D. in Social Psychology and worked at the Walter Reed Institute of Resear
Regression to the Mean
July 05, 2021 09:00 - 4 minutes - 5.94 MBRegression to the mean, not the statistical phenomenon but the societal one, is the idea of when the going gets tough, when desperation rears its head as a primary motivation, then meanness often appe
The Psychology of Politics with Mike Hutchinson
June 28, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 53.2 MBMike Hutchinson is a Digital Marketing Manager who has successfully implemented and optimized more than $10-million in digital campaigns across major media and ad network sellers. He became interested
Do You Know What You Need to Know?
June 21, 2021 09:00 - 6 minutes - 8.74 MBOur capacity to realize whatever it is we want is, in part, predicated on us having the knowledge to realize it. The question then becomes - do we know what we need to know? We exist, and in our exist
Integrity by Design with Mike Horne
June 14, 2021 09:00 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBMike Horne is a People and Culture Executive Coach working to advance authentic leadership in the world. He is the author of Integrity by Design: Working and Living Authentically, a Board Member for t
Fear, Part I
June 07, 2021 09:00 - 5 minutes - 7.02 MBWe all have many fears and often spend months dealing with that fear, which is often disabling in a way. As much as we pretend it is not, fear is always within us and ready to pounce. When it does, it
The Technology Trap with Laura Drake
May 31, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes - 63.7 MBDr. Laura Drake is an independent scholar and philosopher of technology. She started out as a Computer Science Major and Computer Scientist but soon noticed that technology was a barrier to human conn
Why Do We Believe in Myths
May 24, 2021 09:00 - 9 minutes - 13.7 MBMost of us were introduced to myths from an early age. I was fascinated by Greek myths and Greek mythology. There was something about the ancient mythical world of Hera and Zeus, Hades and Dionysus, a
The Reinvention Mandate with Julie Jungalwala
May 17, 2021 09:00 - 37 minutes - 52 MBJulie Jungalwala is the Co-Founder and President of the Academic Leadership Group, supporting deans, senior administrators, and faculties as they design and develop their organization’s and people’s c
The Growing Consciousness with Richard Barrett
May 10, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes - 59.7 MBRichard Barrett is the Managing Director and Founder of the , an international think-tank to discover, incubate, and develop concepts, ideas, and practices that support the evolution of human consciou
Changing Ourselves with Erin Baker
May 05, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBDr. Erin Baker is a Transformational Coach and Strategic Advisor working with high-performance entrepreneurs and leaders to achieve a life they love while making a positive impact. She was previously
The Point is the Point
April 26, 2021 09:00 - 18 minutes - 25.9 MBOne of the biggest misses of our lives, countries, and companies is the lack of intentionality, something I call the ‘Essentiality of Intentionality.’ If we do not define the point that we are trying
What Trees Can Teach Humans with Linda Hoffman
April 19, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 56.9 MBLinda Hoffman is an artist, poet, and the Apple Orchardist at Old Frog Pond Farm & Studies in Harvard, Massachusetts. Linda restored the abandoned orchard in 2001 to create Massachusetts’ first pick-y
Learning Not to Forget
April 12, 2021 09:00 - 9 minutes - 12.6 MBAs the world begins to open up from its COVID-induced 13-month slumber, some things will come back, including the things we like, the things we don't, and the things that don't serve us so well. This
Adding Humanity to Healthcare with Mark Edwards
April 05, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBMark Edwards is the Co-Founder and CEO of Upstream USA, a non-profit organization working on expanding opportunities by reducing unplanned pregnancy in the U.S. by providing training and technical ass
What I Gained From Losing a Loved One
March 29, 2021 09:00 - 8 minutes - 12.1 MBWhen a loved one passes away, we are often filled with feelings of grief and high levels of emotions. Your loved one may have passed away suddenly and without warning or had a tough final few years. W
Fifty Shades of Grey
March 15, 2021 09:00 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MBWhen people make decisions and take positions on various topics, they are often black or white positions that are fundamentally overblown. The right path and solution are usually not found in the simp
The Measure of Us with Dr. Madhavi Venkatensan
March 08, 2021 10:00 - 48 minutes - 67 MBDr. Madhavi Venkatesan is an academic economist, an environmental activist, and the Founder and Executive Director of Sustainable Practices. She has a PhD., Master’s, and Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Vanderbilt University, a Masters in Sustainability and Environmental Management from Harvard University, and a Masters In Environmental Law and Policy from Vermont Law School. Dr. Madhavi is also a multi-published author and a recipient of a Fulbright Distinguished Lectureship and is pass...
The Measure of Us with Dr. Madhavi Venkatesan
March 08, 2021 10:00 - 48 minutes - 67 MBDr. Madhavi Venkatesan is an academic economist, an environmental activist, and the Founder and Executive Director of . She has a PhD., Master’s, and Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Vanderbilt Uni
Get Your IQ Score Here
March 01, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes - 16 MBOur country's collective IQ, which in this case refers to integrity quotient instead of intelligence quotient, is created on the back nine of one of the ex-president's perfectly green golf courses. We
Planet Changing with David Grispoon
February 22, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBDavid Grinspoon is an astrobiologist, an award-winning science communicator, and a prize-winning author of books including Earth in Human Hands, Lonely Planets, and Chasing New Horizons. He works as a scientist at the Planetary Science Institute and an Adjunct Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Science at the University of Colorado. He was appointed as the inaugural Chair of Astrobiology at the U.S. Library of Congress and has been involved with interplanetary missions for NASA, the Ja...
Planet Changing with David Grinspoon
February 22, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 64.1 MBDavid Grinspoon is an astrobiologist, an award-winning science communicator, and a prize-winning author of books including Earth in Human Hands, Lonely Planets, and Chasing New Horizons. He works as a
Creating Cultures of Excellence with Sherry Harris
February 08, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutes - 61.1 MBSherry Harris is a Brand Strategist, Activator, the President of Sherry Harris Partners where she helps business owners, senior management, and CEOs make new visions and ideas stick with people strate
Lead, Us
February 01, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes - 15.6 MBLeadership is all around us; there is leadership of countries, leadership of small businesses, and leadership of our lives. Arguably, all progress - forward or backward - requires some form of leaders
Repairing Ourselves with Julie Matheson and Melissa Yahia
January 25, 2021 10:00 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBJulie Matheson is a holistic counselor and the Founder of , where she helps people find lasting peace through energy clearing work and guided writing practices. She is the author of Lotus Flower Livin
This Is It - Lesson One
January 18, 2021 10:00 - 38 minutes - 53.5 MBAs we enter a new year, it is a great opportunity to set new intentions, resolutions, commitments, and goals. This is a moment to evolve and to think about how and what we want to change. We need
The Humanity of Sound with Julian Treasure
January 11, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBJulian Treasure is a sound and communications expert and the Founder and Chairman of the audio branding company, , which has developed Moodsonic technology for improving wellbeing and productivity in
Where Have All the Grownups Gone?
January 04, 2021 10:00 - 9 minutes - 12.6 MBThere are many differences between a child and an adult. Many people argue that the immaturity of children includes matters of intellect and emotion. Children are developing yet have a limited cap
Untangling Your Mind and Heart with Julie Matheson
December 28, 2020 10:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBJulie Matheson is the Owner and Energy Psychology Practitioner at . As a holistic counselor, she helps clients achieve lasting peace through guided writing practices and energy clearing work. She
How to Make Your New Year's Resolutions Stick
December 21, 2020 10:00 - 10 minutes - 14.1 MBThe time is coming around to make our New Year’s resolutions; however, time and time again, we make resolutions that don’t stick. Have you wondered why this is? Wanting something doesn’t create ch
Bottlenecks and Biology with David Boghossian
December 14, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBDavid Boghossian is a serial entrepreneur, strategic consultant, investor, and the Managing Director and Founder of . He is a Co-Founder of the Private Market Impact Fund with 25 years of experien