WonderTour
Join Drew Paroz and Brian Nutwell on a journey to become better leaders by traveling through fantastic worlds and inspiring lore. We connect leadership concepts to story contexts because it sticks to our brains better.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 144
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Avatar Pt. 1: What to Do When the Map in Your Head Doesn't Align with Reality
When Jake Sully reaches Pandora in Avatar, he comes pre-loafed with a series of mental maps that he uses to navigate reality: his maps of reality. Jake's maps include all kinds of useful tools that …
Indiana Jones Pt. 2: How to Integrate Conflicting Skillsets
Like Indiana Jones at the end of The Last Crusade, we all want to be the type of hero that can pass the trials when they inevitably come and save the day. But Indy can't pass those tests without his…
Indiana Jones Pt. 1: What to Do When You Only Have Half a Map
It's time to begin a new series on WonderTour. This time we are talking about Map-making and what better place to start than Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Navigating a complicated world takes …
Stranger Things Pt. 2: How to Have Compassion On Those Above and Below You
It's hard enough to have Compassion on our peers, but how do we have Compassion on those above us and below us in the organization chart? All too often we hear blaming and conjecturing but rarely, fo…
Stranger Things Pt. 1: How to Have Compassion on Someone We Don't Agree With
We would all probably say that we want to be compassionate people. But what do you do when you don't agree with the person you are trying to have compassion on? In Stranger Things S1E5, the Flea and…
Obi-Wan Pt. 2: How to Make the Small Pains of Life Meaningful
Energy management is one of the most challenging parts of being a functioning member of the world, much less a magnanimous leader. When the weight of the world feels too heavy to bear it can seem li…
Obi-Wan Pt. 1: When is Compassion a Liability?
While our world might not seem as dark as a galaxy under the veil of the evil empire, like Obi-Wan Kenobi closing himself off from the force it can sometimes feel like the smart decisions is just to …
Thor Ragnarok Pt. 2: How to be the Leader the People Need (Instead of the Leader You Want)
In the MCU oftentimes what we remember most about our favorite heroes is their overcoming moment or how they vanquished the bad guy in the final fight. Yet, in our daily lives we rarely come across …
Thor Ragnarok Pt. 1: How to Find the Balance Between Compassion and Wisdom
Choosing to act compassionately can feel like it drains our energy levels. On top of that the world is full of people in need and our time and resources our finite so how could we be compassionate t…
Wisdom, Money, and Stories Pt. 2: Is There a Limit to How Fast We Can Develop Character?
With humans like with money it just seems like it can't grow fast enough. We want our investments to compound sooner. We want the hard work we are putting into our character to yield visible result…
Wisdom, Money, and Stories Pt. 1
In our first Bonus episode, Derrick and Drew go on The Cash Podcast with host Adam Koos. If you resonate with WonderTour but are wondering how we go about applying what we learn from these stories i…
The Batman Pt. 2: How to Inspire Hope When All Seems Lost
As humans, it seems like hope is a currency that we are always short on. As leaders we seek to inspire hope in those around us, but without a formula to execute, it's certainly daunting. Hope just …
The Batman Pt. 1: Why Subverting Expectations Changes Everything
Normally it's considered a negative to subvert expectations. When it comes to compassion, if we wish to see lives transformed then we must look for opportunities to unexpectedly turn the narrative u…
Parks and Recreation: Why Compassion is Essential
As we begin episode 1 of a series on compassion, we return to the TV show Parks and Recreation (S2E19) to check out everyone's favorite lovable goofball Jerry. It's so easy to find ourselves laughin…
Top 10 Moments of Wonder: How to Become Magnanimous
Why can't we be like the magnanimous leaders from our favorite movies, extending ourselves for the good of others? Over the first 50 episodes of WonderTour we've journeyed through dozens of fantastic…
Parks and Rec: Integrity is Worth the Cost
One of the main reasons we might examine ourselves and find we don't measure up to the integrity of the ideal leader is because integrity seemingly must come at a cost. If integrity is about playing…
The Prestige Pt. 2: Why Integrity is Worth Founding Your Life On
Integrity is a foundational building block for a leader. A cornerstone that all other character traits are built upon. Much like a magnanimous leader, the film The Prestige is also built on undeniab…
The Prestige Pt. 1: How to Prevent Character Deterioration
Continuing our series on integrity we examine the lives of two rival magicians Alfred Borden and Robert Angier as they each seek to become the world's greatest. Over the course of their life-long pu…
Boba Fett: How to Transform Without Losing Who You Are
In life we often feel the stress of conforming to established structures like organization charts and governments. While these things are great for sustaining order they generally struggle to bring …
Don't Look Up Pt. 2: How to Share Unpopular Truth
Like Dr. Mindy and Kate, it sometimes feels like we are swimming upstream to deliver a message of critical importance. "We need to transform our business model!" "You need to reform your habits". …