This week Joanne speaks with Tara Well, Associate Professor of Psychology at Barnard College to talk about her new book, Mirror Meditation: The Power of Neuroscience and Self-Reflection to Overcome Self-Criticism, Gain Confidence and See Yourself with Compassion. Tara explains how Mirror Meditation works and how it can help us literally and figuratively see ourselves more […]
Bahriye Goren-Gulek on Mindfulness And Other Leadership Skills You Might Not Have Considered Before: Episode #62
This week Joanne is in conversation with Bahriye Goren-Gulek, a brand strategy expert who has worked across the globe on both the client and agency side with organizations including Unilever, Kantar, Wallace Church, and The Art of Branding USA. Bahriye is the author of Be: Become Your True Self and Inspire Those Around You and […]
Why I Don’t Want To Live In A Metaverse
My father was a technology nerd, long before there was such a thing. He got into the refrigeration and appliance business when that was all brand new and shiny. My mother said when they got married in 1951, they had no money, no furniture, but they did have a Crosley TV perched on a cardboard […]
Cecile Hofer on Leadership, Empathy and the State of the Workplace: Episode #38
Joanne’s guest this week is Cecile Hofer, the Co-Managing Partner of Amrop, Hofer Tan, a global executive search and leadership consulting firm based in Singapore. Cecile offers her global perspective on leadership, empathy as a job qualification, and the state of the job market as we move into a post-pandemic world. They also chat about […]
How Liz Kaplow, Founder and CEO of Kaplow Has Been Changing Conversations Since Day 1: Episode #35
Liz Kaplow founded Kaplow Communications at a time when a woman launching her own shop was still pretty rare. Thirty years later, with Liz leading the way, Kaplow continues to change the conversation in PR and Communications. Listen in as Joanne chats with this visionary entrepreneur, past President of NYWICI, mentor to many women, and […]
Dr. Lilian Ajayi Ore on Data Privacy, Adjunct Faculty in Higher Ed and Giving Back: Episode #31
This week Joanne chats with Dr. Lilian Ajayi Ore. Dr. Ajayi Ore is the Chief Learning Officer and Managing Partner at Lilian Ore Consulting, the Founder of the Global Connections for Women Foundation (GC4W), and a Professor at NYU. Joanne and Lilian discuss what the end of third party cookies will mean for data collection in marketing, […]




