Wellbeing Ignites Welldoing

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Welcome to Wellbeing Ignites Welldoing, produced by OOt Social Health and powered by the Global Wellbeing Council. Hosted by Sasha Farley and Thyagi DeLanerolle, this podcast explores the future of leadership through one core belief: When people and the planet thrive, organizations thrive. Each episode brings you conversations with forward-thinking executives, authors, and innovators who are redefining what high performance looks like in the age of AI — where human connection, creativity, and conscious leadership are the real drivers of people, planet, and profits. Together, we uncover practical strategies to strengthen employee belonging, elevate wellbeing, and build cultures where teams feel connected, energized, and equipped to do their best work. Guests share both research-backed insights and real-world techniques across the employee lifecycle — from hiring to retirement — with a strong commitment to equity and inclusion. Join us as we turn wellbeing into action — and action into lasting impact. This is Wellbeing Ignites Welldoing. Where conscious leadership becomes the catalyst for thriving people, thriving organizations, and a thriving planet.

  1. What We Carry with RJ Casey

    38 min ago

    What We Carry with RJ Casey

    RJ Casey defies every standard category. He is a combat-decorated Special Operations veteran with tours on four continents. He is the first hire on SpaceX's Personnel Recovery Team, providing technical rescue and remote medicine for human spaceflight missions. He is a SAG stunt performer and military advisor on films including Extraction 2, Jack Ryan, Dunkirk, and Inception. He is a co-founder of Four Branches Bourbon — a service-disabled veteran-owned spirits company featured on the NBC Today Show — and of Brigands Co., a community platform built for veterans, first responders, and their families. He is a NAUI scientific diver doing marine conservation work with FORCE BLUE. He is a physician assistant trained at Fort Sam Houston. He speaks Spanish. And woven through every single one of those chapters is a single thread: service. Not as a resume line, but as a lived philosophy about what it means to show up fully — for your team, your community, the ocean, the mission, the people who didn't make it home. Wellbeing Ignites Welldoing rarely gets a guest like this. This conversation is not about corporate wellness programs or leadership frameworks. It is about what it takes to sustain a human being across thirty-five years of operating in some of the most extreme physical, psychological, and moral environments on earth — and what RJ has learned, sometimes the hard way, about resilience, purpose, grief, brotherhood, and the kinds of wellbeing that nobody talks about until it's almost too late.

    1 hr
  2. The Missing Link with Chris Schmelzer

    8 Jun

    The Missing Link with Chris Schmelzer

    Chris Schmelzer has spent more than a decade inside some of the most complex organizational transformations in North America, first at Deloitte and ScottMadden, and now as the founder of The ChangeMindset Co. His new book, The Missing Link, offers a radical reframe of why change programs fail, not because of poor strategy or weak communication, but because of something more fundamental: organizations systematically ignore the biological reality of the human nervous system under pressure. Chris’s central thesis is disarmingly clear. For more than a century, we have designed organizations as if humans were interchangeable units of cognition. But the brain’s primary job is prediction, not execution. When sustained change destroys predictability, the prefrontal cortex, the seat of reasoning, creativity, and empathy, goes offline. Survival circuits take over. And no communication campaign, training program, or culture initiative can reach a nervous system that is signaling danger. The correct sequence, Chris argues, is: Regulation, then Coherence, then Mindset, then Behavior. Most organizations begin at step three or four and wonder why nothing sticks. In this episode, we go deep into the book, the biology, and what it actually looks like to lead change in a way that honors the most fundamental system we have.

    53 min
  3. People Strategy as Revenue Protection with Sam Valentine

    18 May

    People Strategy as Revenue Protection with Sam Valentine

    Sam Valentine is the head of Employee Performance and Experience at miro, operating at the sharp edge of where people strategy meets business performance. At Miro, he’s shaping both employee experience and building people infrastructure designed to protect revenue, accelerate decision-making, and sustain performance through transformation. His work reframes HR from a support function into a core lever of competitive advantage. From retaining talented people through change to compressing strategic decision timelines from weeks to days using AI-powered insights, Sam brings a deeply data-driven, outcome-oriented lens to culture, performance, and leadership. In this conversation, we unpack what it really means to build human sustainability systems that scale, how AI is reshaping people leadership, and why the future of work belongs to organizations that can connect culture directly to measurable business outcomes.

    1hr 3min
  4. Ancient Wisdom for Modern Becoming with Dr. Jonathan Ellerby

    1 May

    Ancient Wisdom for Modern Becoming with Dr. Jonathan Ellerby

    Dr. Jonathan Ellerby has spent more than three decades sitting with healers, elders, and spiritual teachers across forty cultures — and just as long translating that wisdom into something practical, accessible, and genuinely transformative for modern people. His work spans 5-star wellness resorts and Indigenous community halls, corporate boardrooms and remote African villages. What stays constant is his conviction that spiritual practice isn't a luxury — it's a survival skill. In this conversation, we explore what it actually means to support young people in developing inner capacity during one of the most turbulent transitions of their lives — and why the integration of ancient contemplative traditions with modern behavioural science may be exactly what we need to stop falling through the cracks and start building lives of meaning, resilience, and genuine belonging.

    1hr 3min
  5. Ethical Leadership, Intentional Relationships with Shana Francesca

    20 Apr

    Ethical Leadership, Intentional Relationships with Shana Francesca

    Shana Francesca is an ethical leadership architect, keynote speaker, and founder of Concinnate LLC whose work focuses on transforming workplaces through intentional relationships, psychological safety, and inclusive leadership. Drawing on her lived experience as a survivor, scholar, and advocate for the neurodivergent community, Shana helps organizations reimagine leadership through the lens of curiosity, respect, and accountability. Her work demonstrates that cultures built on trust, inclusivity, and ethical leadership are not only healthier for people but also more innovative and profitable. In this episode, we explore leadership as a relational practice, the role of psychological safety in driving innovation, and why organizations that honor diverse ways of thinking are better positioned to thrive in an increasingly complex world.

    48 min
  6. Impactful Entrepreneurial Innovation with Silvia Via

    15 Apr

    Impactful Entrepreneurial Innovation with Silvia Via

    Silvia Via has turned lived experience into entrepreneurial innovation. As the founder of multiple mission-led ventures—from ethically sourced coffee to fashion-forward nonprofits—she exemplifies how business can serve as a vehicle for healing, inclusion, and global impact. This conversation explores the role of creativity, recovery, and social enterprise in advancing employee wellbeing, inclusive leadership, and purpose-driven strategy—especially relevant as companies rethink culture in the age of AI and burnout. For executive listeners, Silvia’s work offers insight into: How lived experience can inform regenerative leadershipWhy employee-led social impact drives brand authenticityThe power of storytelling, design, and wellness in building belonging

    32 min
  7. Resilience, Data & Doing The Work with Zach Baumer

    9 Apr

    Resilience, Data & Doing The Work with Zach Baumer

    Zach Baumer has spent over a decade shaping one of the most ambitious municipal climate agendas in North America. From technical data modeling to frontline community resilience, Zach’s leadership at the City of Austin has helped bridge the gap between sustainability vision and scalable systems change. Now Director of the newly formed Office of Climate Action & Resilience, Zach is focused on turning policy into practice—whether through multi-site solar procurements, cooling solutions for unhoused residents, or embedding financial feasibility into climate compliance frameworks. This episode dives into what it takes to sustain long-term momentum, how climate leaders can push progress without burnout, and why resilience starts not with flashy headlines—but with human impact, local trust, and data that actually drives decisions.

    43 min
  8. Creative Systems and Enduring Leadership with Jeff Melanson

    23 Mar

    Creative Systems and Enduring Leadership with Jeff Melanson

    Jeff Melanson is a rare kind of leader, one who has navigated the worlds of global technology, creative institutions, family enterprises, and civic systems with equal fluency. From serving as President & CEO of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and President of the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, to advising multigenerational family enterprises and partnering with one of the world’s leading real-time 3D technology platforms, Jeff’s career reflects a deep understanding of systems, stewardship, and human potential. Across arts, business, technology, and advisory work, Jeff has consistently focused on one central question: how do organizations sustain creativity, performance, and purpose over time? In this episode, we explore leadership as an act of stewardship, the role of creativity in organizational wellbeing, and what it takes to lead complex systems with clarity, care, and long-term vision.

    44 min
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Welcome to Wellbeing Ignites Welldoing, produced by OOt Social Health and powered by the Global Wellbeing Council. Hosted by Sasha Farley and Thyagi DeLanerolle, this podcast explores the future of leadership through one core belief: When people and the planet thrive, organizations thrive. Each episode brings you conversations with forward-thinking executives, authors, and innovators who are redefining what high performance looks like in the age of AI — where human connection, creativity, and conscious leadership are the real drivers of people, planet, and profits. Together, we uncover practical strategies to strengthen employee belonging, elevate wellbeing, and build cultures where teams feel connected, energized, and equipped to do their best work. Guests share both research-backed insights and real-world techniques across the employee lifecycle — from hiring to retirement — with a strong commitment to equity and inclusion. Join us as we turn wellbeing into action — and action into lasting impact. This is Wellbeing Ignites Welldoing. Where conscious leadership becomes the catalyst for thriving people, thriving organizations, and a thriving planet.

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  • Creator
    Global Wellbeing Council
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    71
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Employee Wellbeing Council OOt Inc.
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