Practice? Podcast
“Theory and practice” is a common phrase. We've seen a lot of writing on theory, but what about that other word? Peter calls it "the dark matter of the social sciences" - Practice. It applies to pencil-pushing, educating, heart surgery, sailing, golfing, and anything you can do with purpose. Peter and Dave take you into a world of thought that couples work and play, purpose and routine, life and legacy. In a world of white-water, On Practice is the raft.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 101
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Episode 280: Episode 5 (Reprise) - Peter and Dave's Points of View on the Practitioner POV
Among the 32 Conjectures on why your practice matters in On Practice as a Way of Being is how Practice is perceptual and perspectival. What the person sees in moments of doing is what is acted upon (…
00:39:49 |
Sun 11 Aug 2024
Episode 279: Episode 4 (Reprise) Peter and Dave Continue to Probe the Nature of Practice
The essence of Practice cannot be fully described through lists or agreements in this conversation. It is ultimately defined by each individual practitioner and so much more. Peter and Dave exchange …
00:41:36 |
Sun 04 Aug 2024
Episode 278: Episode 3 (Reprise) - Peter Vaill and Dave Fearon Clarifying the Nature of Practice
While collaborating on the final draft of On Practice as a Way of Being, Peter and Dave recorded conversations similar to those in the book to originate the Practice? Podcast. There are 32 conjecture…
00:34:42 |
Sun 28 Jul 2024
Episode 277: Episode 2 (reprised) Peter Vaill and Dave - Conversation at the Origin of On Practice
Peter Vaill invited Dave to help him complete what was likely to be Peter's last book, On Practice as a Way of Being. In the Summer of 2019, Dave learned how to produce a podcast to capture the idea-…
00:36:21 |
Sun 21 Jul 2024
Episode 276: Episode 271 - He Frees Compassion from Hardened Male Minds (Sean Harvey)
Chief Compassion Officer Sean Harvey's work with men in the most challenging roles and situations elicits a string of 'wows' from Dave. The author of Warrior Compassion: Unleashing the Healing Power …
00:46:12 |
Mon 08 Jul 2024
Episode 275: Episode 270 - He Catches Telling Signs in the Ever-shifting Context for Leading (Tom Casey)
Tom Casey and his firm, Discussion Partners Collaborative, constantly cast questions to various leaders to catch the emerging trends shaping the context for leading their organizations. Dave and Tom …
00:42:33 |
Mon 01 Jul 2024
Episode 274: Episode 269 - Problem Solving at the Nexus Corporate Operations (Greg Balicki)
Corporate business operations are where multiple practices converge, with daily outcomes predicted and not. Dave's former student, Senior Vice President Greg Balicki, works at the nexus of Voya's con…
00:41:12 |
Sun 23 Jun 2024
Episode 273: Episode 268 -She Makes Space for Us to Do the Changing (Lisa Lloyd)
People find the need and space to change by experiencing Lisa Lloyd's "bespoke support" designs. Dave enjoys this conversation with a fellow podcaster. Lisa is Beyond the Water Cooler. He agrees with…
00:37:14 |
Sun 16 Jun 2024
Episode 272: Episode 267 - His Busines is the People Who Are the Business HR Huntsman)
Dave talks with business growth specialist HR Huntsman and makes the pleasant discovery that The Leaders EDGE is his client company's people - all of them - working in a complex social system that hi…
00:33:43 |
Mon 10 Jun 2024
Episode 271: Episode 266 - She Revels in the Ambiguity of the Digital Future (ElisaTuijnder)
Listening to Happiness at Work podcaster and agile leadership consultant Elisa Tuijnder is strangely encouraging. She is not hashing over the past (like Dave does). She is tossing digital breadcrumbs…
00:53:48 |
Sat 01 Jun 2024
Episode 270: Episode 265 - He Guides Business Owners Onward Into the Unknown (Scott Beebe)
Dave was intrigued by a business consultant about the founder of My Business on Purpose, Scott Beebe's logo - Liberating Owners from Chaos. These days, who doesn't need a coach who believes we can ha…
00:41:12 |
Sun 26 May 2024
Episode 269: Episode 264 - His Practice is Media Magic (Alexander Liteplo)
Dave met an actual AI content creator, Alex Liteplo, a practice for all our futures. Dave is trying out one of Alex's AI-generated clips to feature podcast episodes with his son Dave, Jr. The images …
00:44:54 |
Sun 19 May 2024
Episode 268: Episode 263 - What Are You Discovering About AI? (Dave, Jr & Dave, Sr)
Social Enaction thinker Dave Fearon helps his dad Dave Fearon overcome his reluctance to accept AI as an inevitable presence in our practice lives.
01:09:23 |
Sat 11 May 2024
Episode 267: Episode 262 - He Makes Space for Designing Conversations (Mark Bradford)
Dave returned (see Episode 257) to Relational Leadership thinker Mark Bradford to be with him in a virtual social space where designing thinking has plenty of room to bloom. And, for Dave, it did.
00:37:22 |
Mon 06 May 2024
Episode 266: Episode 261 - Classical Music Is His Learning Sound Track (Paul Crick)
Dave and Paul Crick, Founder of Elevate Partnership, exchange insights into the marvelous mysteries of humans' behavior in leading, composing, and performing in concert. While you will not hear class…
00:43:02 |
Sun 28 Apr 2024
Episode 265: Episode 260 - Softball then, now, and forever (Hannah Cooper)
Dave noticed that his former student Hannah Cooper, now a business analyst, was still the softball enthusiast he knew nearly ten years ago. Her practice evolved from player to coach to founder/traine…
00:31:12 |
Mon 22 Apr 2024
Episode 264: Episode 259 - He Studies the Sound of Silence (Freek Sanders)
Freek Sanders, from the Netherlands, is an action researcher, poet, and certified executive coach, among other things. Dave finds his current focus on the role of silence in leadership discourse inte…
00:52:14 |
Sun 14 Apr 2024
Episode 263: Episode 258 - He Helps Us See the Unseen (Leader) - Martin Gutmann
Dave was attracted to the evocative title of Historian/Business Professor Martin Gutmann's new book - The Unseen Leader. This led to a rousing conversation and the promise to keep on learning with ea…
00:52:50 |
Sat 06 Apr 2024
Episode 262: Episode 257 - His Practice Goes to the (Aikido) Mat (Mark Bradford)
Dave always looks for thinkers who can contribute a different perspective to leading and developing our leadership and collaborative design practices. Dave had to reach all the way out from Connectic…
00:37:22 |
Sat 30 Mar 2024
Episode 261: Episode 256 - Information Happens as We Practice (Dave, Jr & Dad)
Son Dave Fearon continues informing me about the hidden 'goings on' as we humans create and use information in conversation, laying out the path for practice. The typed letters are not information u…
01:06:49 |
Sat 23 Mar 2024
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