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 240: Episode 235 - Her Practice is Simply Presidential! (Glynis Fitzgerald)
Dave reconnects with his former university colleague Glynis Fitzgerald to celebrate her recent ascendence to President of Alvernia University with a conversation about old times, now-times, and time …
00:31:48 |
Sat 21 Oct 2023
Episode 239: Episode 234 - Teaching 5th Grade -the Hub of his Gallaxy of Practices (Matt Dicks)
Many have one soul-satisfying practice around which other ways of being cluster. Teaching 5th graders is Matt Dick's primary way of being his best self. Storytelling in many forms and forums orbits a…
00:47:22 |
Sat 14 Oct 2023
Episode 238: Episode 233 - She Alway Answers the New Alternative Doorbell (Kate Barhart)
Kate Barnhart and her old friend "Uncle Dave" talk about her extraordinary service accomplishment - New Alternatives for LGBT Homeless Youth in New York City. Kate was a close friend of his late niec…
00:33:41 |
Sun 08 Oct 2023
Episode 237: Episode 232 - Encouragng Our Full Potetial for Doing Good in the World (Judi Neal)
Judi Neal, an inspirational global educator, and leader, encourages us to be Edgewalkers and to elevate our Global Consciousness. It does take courage to change for the better. Listening to Judi in t…
00:45:34 |
Sat 30 Sep 2023
Episode 236: Episode 231 - She Listens for the Good (Ideas) in Us (Bessi Graham)
Thinking partner Bessi Graham is a writer, speaker, podcaster, and listener. Hear this in a getting-acquainted conversation with Dave, who suddenly says she is a conversation 'alchemist.' Bessi draws…
00:44:00 |
Sat 23 Sep 2023
Episode 235: Episode 230 - His Practice Results in Safety (Jordan Wareham)
"It is safe to say" that Senior Director of Operational Safety for Spirit Airlines Jordan Wareham is a superb organizational learner. In this conversation, you will see why Dave says this is so. The …
00:40:31 |
Sat 16 Sep 2023
Episode 234: Episode 229 - His Practice is on (a) Track - Mike Hurczyn
Motorsports have been the roaring soundtrack of race driver Mike Hurczyn's career since childhood. Among the lessons Dave learns in this conversation with his former student is that all a driver's te…
00:35:24 |
Sun 10 Sep 2023
Episode 233: Episode 228 - He Talks for the Towns (Bart Russell)
Hundreds of thousands of people living in America's town have an advocate in Bart Russell. His practice is to know and care deeply about the small town way of life, telling their compelling story for…
00:35:03 |
Sun 03 Sep 2023
Episode 232: Episode 227 - Teaching Organizational Behavior is His North (Michigan) Star (Gary Stark)
Northern Michigan University Professor of Management Gary Stark found his place to thrive in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. He "talks shop" with Dave, who had, for 30 years, found his place to excel at …
00:43:00 |
Fri 25 Aug 2023
Episode 231: Episode 226 - Teaching his Old Dad New Tricks (Dave Fearon, Jr.)
Here is another conversation in which Dave Fearon, Jr. continues to teach his dad (me) how we humans are constantly fulfilling the promise of our practices and have the capacity called languaging to …
00:49:32 |
Sat 19 Aug 2023
Episode 230: Episode 225 - His Trumpet has Taken Him Far (Andy Forster)
Outstanding Maine Music Educator Andy Forter was found in the fifth grade by an attic trumpet. Many trumpets since have kept Andy learning, growing, and inspiring the same in thousands of rural Maine…
00:35:11 |
Sun 13 Aug 2023
Episode 229: Episode 1 - Reprising our First Recorded Conversaton - August 2019 (Peter Vaill and Dave Fearon)
Over 200 individuals have engaged in discussions with Dave, exploring the distinctive essence of their practices. The catalyst behind these conversations was Peter B. Vaill, who requested Dave's assi…
00:26:02 |
Sat 05 Aug 2023
Episode 228: Episode 224 - He Prospects for Work Energy with a Different Map (Martin Goldberg)
Recovering from COVID when he recorded this conversation, Dave knows first-hand what it means to Practice drained of energy. Martin Goldberg's new book Out of the Workplace Trap rolls out a different…
00:46:47 |
Sat 29 Jul 2023
Episode 227: Episode 223 - Executive Decisions are His Legacy, Craft, and Study (David Mansfield)
Entering his seventh decade, David Mansfield looks back at his years as CEO of a major UK media corporation, his satisfying times as an advisor/coach to senior leaders, and now, ahead as a student of…
00:48:33 |
Sat 22 Jul 2023
Episode 226: Episode 222 - He Hears Computers Talking to Him (Dan Oleksiw)
Diagnosing is a practice we rely upon in many fields. It takes 'a keen ear". Since his early teens, Dan Oleksiw has built and repaired PCs for his family's small business Computer Heads. Now, he cha…
00:37:50 |
Sat 15 Jul 2023
Episode 225: Episode 221 - He Made a Company from Scratch (John Hibbs)
Perhaps John Hibbs was walking an Island of Guernsey beach when the first ideas for his company, CoEfficient, came to him. His practice is as a Maker, a co-maker of companies that help us see a busin…
00:44:06 |
Sat 08 Jul 2023
Episode 224: Episode 220 - Practice Caught in the ACT (Dave, Sr & Dave, Jr.)
Here is my conversation with my son Dave asking him to take me back to his learnings from George Herbert Meade. As you will hear, all there is about Practice happens at the moment we ACT. Picture ho…
00:40:00 |
Sat 01 Jul 2023
Episode 223: Episode 219 - He's Got the Music in Him (Rijon Ericson)
Dave discovers something else about Practice. Music is at the core of Rijon Ericson's way of being, yet today he works as a people-gatherer. He draws people together for moments of free expression in…
00:44:39 |
Sun 25 Jun 2023
Episode 222: Epsode 218- Youth is not eternal, but his teaching is (Ian Mitroff)
Dave relishes this conversation with a professor whose career, like Peter Vaill's, began among the taproots of thinking, writing, and managing Organizational Behavior. Ian Mitroff is still drawing ho…
00:44:34 |
Sun 18 Jun 2023
Episode 221: Episode 217 - His Practice is research. His results help people change (Richard Boyatzis)
Dave has a lively conversation with fellow Management Educator Richard Boyatzis. Richard's research practice informs his highly regarded teaching, writings, and consultations. His current interest i…
00:39:58 |
Sun 11 Jun 2023
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