60 episodes

Bright & Wize, a Brize podcast, explores topics we all face in today’s work environment, offers practical guidance on how to get through, and talks with exceptional people who share how they got to where they are today and where they want to go next. The host of Bright & Wize is Leslie Ferry, the founder of Brize, an app that helps individuals develop and strengthen strategic thinking, effective communication, productive collaboration, and positive mindsets to achieve their definition of career success. Visit https://brize.co to learn more.explores topics we all face in today’s work environment, offers practical guidance on how to get through, and talks with exceptional people who share how they got to where they are today and where they want to go next.

Bright & Wize Brize

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    • 5.0 • 8 Ratings

Bright & Wize, a Brize podcast, explores topics we all face in today’s work environment, offers practical guidance on how to get through, and talks with exceptional people who share how they got to where they are today and where they want to go next. The host of Bright & Wize is Leslie Ferry, the founder of Brize, an app that helps individuals develop and strengthen strategic thinking, effective communication, productive collaboration, and positive mindsets to achieve their definition of career success. Visit https://brize.co to learn more.explores topics we all face in today’s work environment, offers practical guidance on how to get through, and talks with exceptional people who share how they got to where they are today and where they want to go next.

    Special Edition: To Take Advantage of AI’s Impact on Your Career – Skate to Where the Puck is Going

    Special Edition: To Take Advantage of AI’s Impact on Your Career – Skate to Where the Puck is Going

    Disclaimer: Apologies to non-sports fans, specifically non-hockey fans, for the analogy. It's just particularly fitting.

    AI is already disrupting how we work. It will increase our productivity and change how we achieve our goals and responsibilities in profound ways. It is the latest evolution of the skills needed in the AI economy. Listen to hear how you can take advantage of this latest shift.

    • 5 min
    Being Strategic - What It Means

    Being Strategic - What It Means

    Strategic thinking, or being strategic, is often tossed around as a needed approach in the workplace. But what does it actually mean? Being strategic involves achieving short-term goals while keeping an eye on the future for potential opportunities or unforeseen consequences. 

    Listen to hear more.

    • 2 min
    Leadership Attribute: Activates System 2 Critical Thinking for Problem-Solving

    Leadership Attribute: Activates System 2 Critical Thinking for Problem-Solving

    In this episode, Leslie Ferry and Pamela Coleman-Davis discuss the 2nd of 5 effective leadership attributes:  Activates System 2 Critical Thinking for Problem-Solving.

    • 7 min
    Leadership Attribute: Empowers Others Through Continuous Learning

    Leadership Attribute: Empowers Others Through Continuous Learning

    In the 5th and final episode, Leslie Ferry and Pamela Coleman-Davis discuss the leadership attribute: Empowers Others Through Continuous Learning.
    In their wrap-up of the series, they share how these five attributes contribute to a leader's trustworthiness.

    • 11 min
    Leadership Attribute: Influences Others to Gain Cooperation

    Leadership Attribute: Influences Others to Gain Cooperation

    In this year-end podcast series,  Pamela Coleman-Davis, a Certified Career Coach and The Modern Leadership Design program developer, joins Leslie Ferry. And they explore 5 attributes of effective leadership.
    In this first episode, they start by defining the broader definition of leadership, which encompasses those who want to take ownership of their career, so a self-leader, to those who wish to demonstrate leadership before getting the title. 
    They then move into the first attribute – Influences Others to Gain Cooperation.
    For each attribute, Pam explains
    What each meansWhy it is importantActions to take to strengthen themAnd knowing if you are doing it correctly The other attributes will follow in separate episodes and include:
    Activates System 2 Critical Thinking for Problem-SolvingOver-Communicates to Avoid AmbiguityProactively Creates CultureEmpowers Other Through Continuous Learning

    • 9 min
    Leadership Attribute: Over-Communicates to Avoid Ambiguity

    Leadership Attribute: Over-Communicates to Avoid Ambiguity

    In this episode, Leslie Ferry and Pamela Coleman-Davis discuss the 3rd of 5 effective leadership attributes: Over-Communicates to Avoid Ambiguity.

    • 8 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
8 Ratings

8 Ratings

VParks03 ,

Awesome Insight

This conversation is fascinating - here we are running around thinking we’re so self-aware, but in reality it’s not as easy as it seems - especially in relation to our co-workers (or family members). I love the structure of this podcast and how relatable and accessible the info is.

sk8tegr8 ,

Thought provoking

Host Leslie Ferry does a great job combining her own experiences in the workplace with the topics and trends todays young professionals need to be aware of.

Suzi0505 ,

Insightful

The topics are insightful and applicable. Subscribed!

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