Speaking Human-First

What makes a story powerful enough to inspire action or influence policy?

Piper Hendricks, Founder of Stories Change Power, a nonpartisan nonprofit dedicated to transforming advocacy through storytell…

What does it take to create content that truly stands out? Jay Acunzo, celebrated writer, speaker, and host of the "How Stories Happen" podcast, joins us to unpack the art of meaningful storytelling—…

How do movements gain enough traction to get people to take concrete action? How does a movement even come to be?

Understanding the nuances of what truly motivates human behavior – not just thoughts a…

When leaders wholeheartedly embrace our shared humanity and foster empathy, we unleash a transformative power that can reshape the workplace and beyond.

Daisy Auger-Domínguez, a distinguished HR and D…

In a world inundated with information and brands vying for our attention, how do you not only get seen and heard but also inspire others to take action?

Brand scientist and director of NobiWorks, N. C…

How do we make change that scales and replicates beyond our immediate sphere?

For Denise Brosseau, founder and CEO of Thought Leadership Lab, thought leadership is a transformative path, a way to not …

Our world is increasingly data-driven, especially when understanding our audiences, but what if the metrics we’re using are incomplete?

David Allison, a renowned marketing strategist and the innovativ…

Can you be a leader of an organization and publically share your personal views? Ami Dar, Executive Director of Idealist.org, is currently threading that needle after going viral for his commentary o…

Personal narratives have a unique power to help us connect to ideas and issues despite disparate backgrounds.

Courtney Martin has been channeling her “uncomfortable gift” for recognizing hypocrisy and…

I started Speaking Human-First to answer a simple question: If you want to change the world with your ideas, how do you speak so people will listen?

This season we heard from seven leaders and while o…

If you could create an ideal world, what would it look like? 

And how would you convince others to help you build it?

For Maurice Mitchell, National Director of the Working Families Party, the ideal is…

How do we build a more equitable world?

A world where historically marginalized groups find equal footing with power-dominant groups. A world where everyone does the necessary internal work, and exten…

Laura Zapata didn’t see anyone who looks, thinks, or talks like her in the renewable energy space, so she put herself there.

Co-founder and CEO of Clearloop, Laura helps small and mid-sized businesses…

If you could change how people think about an issue, would you? 

If that shift required you to be radically visible–to share your personal experiences and speak up on behalf of others, regardless of w…

Why is it that when we introduce ourselves we lead with what we DO instead of who we are?

I dig into that question and others with Tara McMullin – a writer, podcaster, and business owner who is also a…

Abby Falik is an award-winning entrepreneur and expert in social innovation and leadership.

With an aspiration to “only preach what I already practice,” Abby, her husband, and two young sons spent th…

Social psychologist Robert Livingston has been studying the science underlying bias and racism for 20 years. But it’s his mastery of language that empowers and inspires.

Dr. Livingston wears many hat…

So, you’ve got a world-changing idea. A new way to think about an intractable problem. A framework for understanding people, the planet, or, maybe, the space between our ears.

But getting that idea he…