The Business of Life with Dr King

Dr Ariella (Ariel) Rosita King
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Dr Ariel Rosita King brings on a variety of International guests from various countries, cultures, organisations, and businesses to talk about turning problem into possibilities! Let's turn our challenges in opportunities together! For more information: http://www.drarielrositaking.com http://www.arielfoundation.org

  1. 5d ago

    How To Lead Digital Change With People First with Belinda Rodman (Portugal & South Africa)

    Send us Fan Mail Change does not fail because the software is wrong. It fails because people do not feel safe, included or clear about what happens next. I’m joined by my friend Lady Belinda Rodman, a technology leader with nearly 40 years of experience from the punch-card era through global digital transformation, and we get practical about what actually makes change stick.  We break down the “ABCs of business” through a set of C’s you can use immediately: connection, collaboration, communication, culture, creation and change. Belinda shares how she plans for adoption from the start by bringing HR in early, mapping how roles will shift, and making sure teams are involved rather than surprised. We also talk about why “marketing” your internal programme matters more than you think, from naming initiatives to celebrations that reduce stress and build real buy-in.  Digital transformation shows up everywhere now, from banking to nonprofits to local shops, so we dig into cross-department alignment. Belinda explains how shared customer metrics and shared employee metrics cut through conflicting goals, and why continuous improvement beats multi-year strategies that end up on a shelf. You’ll also hear stories from a global bank building an agile operating model with a fully remote team, plus a community yoga studio turnaround powered by loyalty, merchandising and smart outreach. We close on the final C: caring. Empathy is not weakness; it is a leadership skill that helps you move fast without losing the human being in front of you.  If you found this useful, subscribe, share the episode with someone leading change, and leave a review so more listeners can find the show. What’s one “C” you want to strengthen this month? Music, lyrics, guitar and singing by Dr Ariel Rosita King Teach me to live one day at a time with courage love and a sense of pride. Giving me the ability to love and accept myself so I can go and give it to someone else. Teach me to live one day at a time..... Support the show The Business of Life Dr Ariella (Ariel) Rosita King Original Song, "Teach Me to Live one Day At A Time" written, guitar and vocals by Dr. Ariel Rosita King Dr King Solutions (USA Office) 1629 K St, NW #300,  Washington, DC 20006, USA,  +1-202-827-9762 DrKingSolutons@gmail.com DrKingSolutions.com

  2. Aug 15

    Fear, Voice, And The First Step with Chinedu Ihekoronye (Nigeria)

    Send us Fan Mail Fear does not always shout. Sometimes it whispers, “Stay quiet,” “Don’t try,” “They will laugh,” until years pass and your life feels smaller than your potential. We sit down with  Chinedu Ihekoronye , a Nigerian lawyer, writer, and motivational speaker, to talk about what it really takes to face your fears and reclaim your voice, especially when public speaking anxiety, rejection, or self-doubt has been running the show. He shares the moment his voice failed on stage as a child, and how that single experience shaped his choices through secondary school and university. The turning point comes after law school with one blunt question: if you are afraid to use your voice, how can you be a voice? From there we explore how courage is not about having zero fear, but about refusing to let fear make decisions for you. We also dig into a hard truth that frees a lot of people: if you do not take action, people will talk, and if you do take action, people will also talk. You will hear practical mentoring stories of young professionals stuck in career limbo, and how small, bold moves create momentum, confidence, and real opportunities. Inadu also breaks down his BOLD framework for overcoming fear and building courage: Believe your voice matters, Own your experience, Lean into discomfort, and Do the thing you fear most. If you are ready for mindset shifts that lead to action, this one will give you a clear next step. Subscribe, share with someone who is hesitating, and leave a review with the one fear you are choosing to face this week. Music, lyrics, guitar and singing by Dr Ariel Rosita King Teach me to live one day at a time with courage love and a sense of pride. Giving me the ability to love and accept myself so I can go and give it to someone else. Teach me to live one day at a time..... Support the show The Business of Life Dr Ariella (Ariel) Rosita King Original Song, "Teach Me to Live one Day At A Time" written, guitar and vocals by Dr. Ariel Rosita King Dr King Solutions (USA Office) 1629 K St, NW #300,  Washington, DC 20006, USA,  +1-202-827-9762 DrKingSolutons@gmail.com DrKingSolutions.com

  3. Aug 8

    A Board’s Job Is To Challenge Short-Term Profit with Katja Rieger (Switzerland)

    Send us Fan Mail Profit-only thinking sounds efficient right up until it produces a board that cannot see the people, risks, and long-term consequences sitting right in front of it. We sit down with governance specialist Katja Rieger to unpack what responsibility in the boardroom actually means: stewardship, ethical judgement, and decision-making that includes stakeholders rather than treating them as afterthoughts. We get practical about how boards work at their best. Katja Rieger explains why the CEO’s job is delivery, while the board’s job is challenge and balance, especially when quarterly targets squeeze out longer-term risk management. We talk UK corporate governance lessons, the value of independent non-executive directors, and why separating the chair and CEO roles matters for board independence and oversight. Then we move into the conversations many boards postpone until it is too late: cyber attack response, red lines, and the importance of agreeing roles and principles before a crisis hits. From there, we dig into board diversity and psychological safety, including why having more than one woman on the board changes the quality of discussion, improves risk awareness, and can strengthen investor confidence. We also name the real blockers: trust networks, comfort with the status quo, and hiring based on familiarity instead of competencies like courage, constructive conflict skills, and integrity. If you care about board effectiveness, responsible leadership, and governance that holds up under pressure, this is for you. Subscribe, share with a director or founder, and leave a review. What is one boardroom question you think every organisation should ask earlier? Music, lyrics, guitar and singing by Dr Ariel Rosita King Teach me to live one day at a time with courage love and a sense of pride. Giving me the ability to love and accept myself so I can go and give it to someone else. Teach me to live one day at a time..... Support the show The Business of Life Dr Ariella (Ariel) Rosita King Original Song, "Teach Me to Live one Day At A Time" written, guitar and vocals by Dr. Ariel Rosita King Dr King Solutions (USA Office) 1629 K St, NW #300,  Washington, DC 20006, USA,  +1-202-827-9762 DrKingSolutons@gmail.com DrKingSolutions.com

  4. Aug 1

    Artificial Intelligence Needs Leadership with Bryant Lee Jones (USA)

    Send us Fan Mail Handing decisions to AI sounds efficient until you ask a basic question: who carries the consequences when the model is wrong? We sit down with Sir Bryant Lee Jones, a Silicon Valley CIO who has guided organisations through four decades of technology upheaval, to make the case that AI’s biggest challenge is not the algorithms. It is leadership, governance, and the quality of executive judgement. We dig into what AI is and what it is not, why the “halo effect” keeps convincing smart people that new systems must be infallible, and how machine learning can fail when it has nothing solid to learn from. We also get honest about bias, feedback loops, and the uncomfortable reality of AI hallucinations: answers that sound credible yet collapse under scrutiny. If you work in business, public sector, or any role touching enterprise AI strategy, responsible AI, or digital transformation, this is the part that matters most. From there we zoom out to the operating model. Sir B. argues that AI introduces a fourth enterprise architecture: a cognitive architecture that senses, reasons, recommends, learns, and coordinates across the organisation. That shift changes what leaders do day to day, moving from routine decisions towards designing decision systems that are accountable, auditable, and safe, especially as AI moves from isolated tools into autonomous, embedded systems. If you care about AI governance, executive decision making, cybersecurity risk, and building trust in AI without surrendering control, press play. Subscribe, share this with a leader who needs to hear it, and leave a review with your biggest question about governing intelligence. Music, lyrics, guitar and singing by Dr Ariel Rosita King Teach me to live one day at a time with courage love and a sense of pride. Giving me the ability to love and accept myself so I can go and give it to someone else. Teach me to live one day at a time..... Support the show The Business of Life Dr Ariella (Ariel) Rosita King Original Song, "Teach Me to Live one Day At A Time" written, guitar and vocals by Dr. Ariel Rosita King Dr King Solutions (USA Office) 1629 K St, NW #300,  Washington, DC 20006, USA,  +1-202-827-9762 DrKingSolutons@gmail.com DrKingSolutions.com

  5. Jul 25

    Play Therapy That Helps Refugee Children Heal with Lulu Emannuel Ederia (Uganda)

    Send us Fan Mail A child refuses food, sits alone while others play, and wakes up terrified by memories that will not leave. When you work in a refugee settlement, those signs can be mistaken for ordinary illness, but they can also be PTSD. We sit down with Lulu Emmanuel Ederia, a Ugandan nurse and clinic officer with years in humanitarian health, to explain what “healing beyond medicine” looks like when the goal is not only survival, but recovery.  We talk through Children’s Accelerated Trauma Therapy (CAT) in practical terms: how communities are sensitised, how children are identified, and how screening and follow-up scoring guide care. Lulu shares what he looks for most, especially intrusion and avoidance, and why these patterns matter when symptoms overlap with medical conditions. He also walks us through the heart of the model: a structured play approach using physical figurines, where children tell their story forwards and backwards to reprocess memory, reduce anxiety, and move through the hardest hotspots safely.  The episode becomes deeply human through three real examples, including a 13-year-old girl struggling after losing her father, a 10-year-old boy with severe PTSD after losing both parents, and a 7-year-old boy living in conditions that would break most adults. You will also hear the part people avoid discussing: therapy can work, but hunger, tuition fees, and missing school materials can still block a child’s future, and volunteers cannot carry that burden alone. We end with secondary trauma and self-care for helpers who absorb painful stories every day.  If this conversation helps you see refugee mental health differently, please subscribe, share the episode with someone who cares about child wellbeing, and leave us a review. What is one change you think would make the biggest difference for traumatised children after therapy? Music, lyrics, guitar and singing by Dr Ariel Rosita King Teach me to live one day at a time with courage love and a sense of pride. Giving me the ability to love and accept myself so I can go and give it to someone else. Teach me to live one day at a time..... Support the show The Business of Life Dr Ariella (Ariel) Rosita King Original Song, "Teach Me to Live one Day At A Time" written, guitar and vocals by Dr. Ariel Rosita King Dr King Solutions (USA Office) 1629 K St, NW #300,  Washington, DC 20006, USA,  +1-202-827-9762 DrKingSolutons@gmail.com DrKingSolutions.com

  6. Jul 18

    Being Denied A Cup Of Tea Sparked A Movement For Dignity with Ronahi Zebari (USA)

    Send us Fan Mail A child at 12 is told she will not live to 30, then spends years hearing a steady drumbeat of “you can’t” at home.  Renahi Zabari turns that script on its head, sharing what it is really like to live with osteogenesis imperfecta, a brittle bone disease marked by fractures, surgeries, and long periods of forced stillness, while still building a confident identity that refuses to disappear behind a diagnosis.  We talk about a kind of ableism that can hide inside good intentions: protection that quietly removes normality, independence, and self-belief. Renahi explains why doing things for yourself is not just about practicality, but about dignity and mental health, especially after trauma like a major car accident. We also dig into what inclusive education can look like when children are given permission to see, ask, and engage rather than look away or default to pity.  A single moment of public exclusion, being passed over for a cup of tea while everyone else was served, becomes the catalyst for Light Upon Light, her charitable organisation in Washington State. Renahi breaks down the organisation’s programmes, including Enlighten, an in-school disability awareness and accessibility programme that teaches respectful language, introduces mobility aids in a hands-on way, and sends guidance home to parents and guardians so the conversation continues beyond the classroom. We end with a powerful reminder: we are remembered for how we make people feel, and disability inclusion starts with recognising the full humanity in front of us.  If you find this meaningful, subscribe, share it with someone who works in schools or community spaces, and leave us a review. What’s one small change that would make your world more accessible? Music, lyrics, guitar and singing by Dr Ariel Rosita King Teach me to live one day at a time with courage love and a sense of pride. Giving me the ability to love and accept myself so I can go and give it to someone else. Teach me to live one day at a time..... Support the show The Business of Life Dr Ariella (Ariel) Rosita King Original Song, "Teach Me to Live one Day At A Time" written, guitar and vocals by Dr. Ariel Rosita King Dr King Solutions (USA Office) 1629 K St, NW #300,  Washington, DC 20006, USA,  +1-202-827-9762 DrKingSolutons@gmail.com DrKingSolutions.com

  7. Jul 11

    Single Parenting With A Demanding Career with Dr. Pamela Buchanan, MD (USA)

    Send us Fan Mail You can love your children fiercely and still feel like you are failing when work is relentless. That tension sits at the heart of our conversation with Dr Pamela Buchanan, an emergency medicine doctor and single mum raising three children through school, sport, and the chaotic leap into adulthood. We get specific about what “doing it alone” really looks like: choosing night shifts to show up in the daytime, leaning on family and a church community, and trusting a nanny who becomes part of the household for years. We also dig into the practical craft of raising capable kids. Dr Buchanan shares how she teaches independence early, from laundry and basic home routines to cooking real meals that keep energy stable and illness down. We talk about the moment every parent dreads: when an 18-year-old forgets a deadline and you have to decide whether to rescue them or let them learn. Her answer is rooted in “lighthouse parenting” guiding them towards shore without hovering, so they build judgement instead of dependence. The conversation expands into ambition and security, too. After COVID and burnout, Dr Buchanan rethinks what stability means for professionals, learns to charge for her expertise, and explains why ownership matters in health tech. If you’re a working parent, a single parent, or anyone trying to raise resilient young adults without burning out, you’ll leave with clear principles and realistic reassurance. If this resonates, subscribe, share it with a parent who needs it, and leave us a review. What’s one skill you wish you’d been taught earlier at home? Music, lyrics, guitar and singing by Dr Ariel Rosita King Teach me to live one day at a time with courage love and a sense of pride. Giving me the ability to love and accept myself so I can go and give it to someone else. Teach me to live one day at a time..... Support the show The Business of Life Dr Ariella (Ariel) Rosita King Original Song, "Teach Me to Live one Day At A Time" written, guitar and vocals by Dr. Ariel Rosita King Dr King Solutions (USA Office) 1629 K St, NW #300,  Washington, DC 20006, USA,  +1-202-827-9762 DrKingSolutons@gmail.com DrKingSolutions.com

  8. Jul 4

    If Modern Life Makes Us Ill Then Why Keep Eating The Same Way with Dr Ayomide Sina-Odunsi (Nigeria)

    Send us Fan Mail You can feel the shift when your body stops “bouncing back” and starts sending invoices: low energy, poor sleep, creeping weight gain, and random aches that were not there in your twenties. We sit down with Dr Ayomide Sina-Odunsi, a medical doctor now working as an emergency officer in the humanitarian sector, to talk about what changed when he stopped treating nutrition like background noise and started treating it like a daily practice. We get practical about sustainable health habits, including intermittent fasting, skipping breakfast when it makes you sluggish, reducing refined carbohydrates, cutting down sugar and fizzy drinks, and eating earlier in the evening to improve sleep quality. We also go beyond the usual “eat more veg” advice and ask harder questions about ultra processed foods, packaging, hidden additives, “zero calorie” products, and even the gap between what is marketed as organic and what actually shows up in your kitchen. The conversation widens to food access and cost, from supply chains to why healthier options can be priced out of reach in big cities, and why children deserve stronger nutritional protection in schools and public spaces. We end with a habit almost anyone can do: walking. Dr Ayumidi shares how daily walks support mental health, metabolic health, and deep sleep, and why tiny changes consistently repeated beat a one week reset. If you found this helpful, subscribe, share it with a friend who feels stuck, and leave us a review with the one nutrition habit you are testing next. Music, lyrics, guitar and singing by Dr Ariel Rosita King Teach me to live one day at a time with courage love and a sense of pride. Giving me the ability to love and accept myself so I can go and give it to someone else. Teach me to live one day at a time..... Support the show The Business of Life Dr Ariella (Ariel) Rosita King Original Song, "Teach Me to Live one Day At A Time" written, guitar and vocals by Dr. Ariel Rosita King Dr King Solutions (USA Office) 1629 K St, NW #300,  Washington, DC 20006, USA,  +1-202-827-9762 DrKingSolutons@gmail.com DrKingSolutions.com

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Dr Ariel Rosita King brings on a variety of International guests from various countries, cultures, organisations, and businesses to talk about turning problem into possibilities! Let's turn our challenges in opportunities together! For more information: http://www.drarielrositaking.com http://www.arielfoundation.org

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  • Creator
    Dr Ariella (Ariel) Rosita King
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    92
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Dr Ariel Rosita King
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    The Business of Life with Dr King