Personalization Outbreak

Glenn Llopis

A podcast about the collapse of traditional corporate standards in today’s more personalized world. Leadership strategist, author, contributor to Forbes and founder of the Leadership in the Age of Personalization Movement, Glenn Llopis interviews executives across multiple sectors to find out how the balance between standardization and personalization can exist.

  1. 150: The Difference Between Leading and Surviving

    3일 전

    150: The Difference Between Leading and Surviving

    “Leadership that costs you your health, your peace, or your identity is not leadership — it’s survival.” Too many leaders don’t realize they’ve stopped leading. They’re just surviving. In this episode of the Personalization Outbreak Podcast, Glenn Llopis sits down with Randy, former C-suite executive and author of The Art of Transformation, to explore the hidden cost of success and what happens when achievement comes at the expense of the human being behind the title. Randy shares: ⚠️ How high performers can slowly lose themselves inside successful organizations  💼 Why giving everything to a company doesn’t always mean your contribution will be seen  🧠 The moment he realized he needed a “corporate detox” and a new path forward  🔥 How burnout, stress, and relentless pace affected his health  🌱 Why leaders must protect the person behind the role  ⚖️ The shared responsibility between organizations and individuals  💡 The difference between a leader who is surviving and one who is truly leading Because the ultimate question isn’t just: “How successful can you become?” But, rather: “Who do you become while achieving success?” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video Content: 0:00 Intro 04:28 The Burden of Leadership 09:40 Surviving is Not Necessarily Leading 13:50 When Organizations Stop Seeing You 27:30 Equipping Ourselves for Effective Leadership 30:16 Leadership is Not a Performance 34:02 When You Give Everything and Still Aren’t Seen 35:43 The Corporate Detox 43:38 Your Health Keeps the Score 47:11 Who Owns the Responsibility? 51:12 Leadership vs. Survival 53:49 The Art of Transformation: A Journey of Resilience, Purpose, and Becoming Who You're Meant to Be 🎧 Listen now and learn what it means to earn conviction beyond performance. 📺 Full episode available on Youtube ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #Leadership #EarningConviction #LeadershipDevelopment #Burnout #ExecutiveLeadership #FutureOfWork #Randy #GlennLlopis #PersonalizationOutbreak #HumanCenteredLeadership #Resilience ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOIN THE MOVEMENT: GLLG Company Website: https://www.glennllopis.com/ Age Of Personalization Website: https://ageofpersonalization.com/ Contact Us: https://www.glennllopis.com/contact-us/ Email Us: sandy@glennllopisgroup.com FOLLOW GLENN LLOPIS: LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3tnBmP9 Instagram: https://bit.ly/3fcziRV Facebook: https://bit.ly/33sCg1K Twitter: https://bit.ly/3HVT14B

    57분
  2. 149: The Armor That Made You Successful Is Holding You Back

    6월 20일

    149: The Armor That Made You Successful Is Holding You Back

    "In writing, privately, go back through your career and find the moments when you felt most fully alive in the work. Not most successful, but most alive. See, those moments are not nostalgia. They are the blueprint of who you are when the armor isn't yet fully in place." Success has a hidden cost. The same behaviors that help you advance can slowly disconnect you from who you actually are. In this episode of the Earning Conviction Series, Glenn Llopis explores the standardization trap—how leaders learn to adapt, perform, and succeed until the very qualities that made them exceptional become harder to access. Glenn explains: 🛡️ How the “armor” leaders build early in their careers protects them—but eventually limits them ⚠️ Why organizations unintentionally reward conformity over individuality 🧠 How successful leaders can reach a point where they know what everyone else thinks—but no longer know what they think 💡 Why individuality is not just personal expression, but a strategic leadership advantage 🗣️ The power of saying “I don’t know” and creating space for real innovation 🌱 How leaders can reclaim the perspective, instincts, and convictions they may have buried over time Because the goal of leadership isn’t to become the perfect version of what the system expects. It’s to become more fully yourself. 🎧 Listen now and learn how to move from exhausted to unshakable. 📺 Full episode available on Youtube #Leadership #EarningConviction #Authenticity #SelfAwareness #LeadershipDevelopment #FutureOfWork #GlennLlopis #PersonalizationOutbreak #ExecutiveLeadership #HumanCenteredLeadership ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOIN THE MOVEMENT: GLLG Company Website: https://www.glennllopis.com/ Age Of Personalization Website: https://ageofpersonalization.com/ Contact Us: https://www.glennllopis.com/contact-us/ Email Us: sandy@glennllopisgroup.com FOLLOW GLENN LLOPIS: LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3tnBmP9 Instagram: https://bit.ly/3fcziRV Facebook: https://bit.ly/33sCg1K Twitter: https://bit.ly/3HVT14B

    12분
  3. 148: When Your Conviction Becomes a Threat to the System

    6월 15일

    148: When Your Conviction Becomes a Threat to the System

    "My body told me the truth before I was ready to accept it." The system that rewards you today can become the same system that breaks you tomorrow. In this episode of the Earning Conviction Series, Santi Strasser—The Resilience Architect—joins Glenn Llopis to share a deeply personal story about leadership, innovation, burnout, and what happens when conviction collides with bureaucracy. Santi explains: 🔥 How he built a high-performing, purpose-driven team inside a Fortune 500 company  ⚠️ What happens when the environment around you changes and stops rewarding what made you successful  🧠 Why leaders slowly abandon their convictions one compromise at a time  💥 How his body warned him before he was ready to listen  🌱 Why purpose without pace can become self-destructive  👥 How organizations must move from empathy to true care Because the hardest leadership moments aren’t always about making the right decision. Sometimes leadership is about deciding who you refuse to become. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video Content: 0:00 Intro 04:28 How Santi Built a Culture That Worked 06:51 When the System Changed Everything 10:10 When Innovation Becomes a Threat 11:53 Position vs. Purpose 15:56 Conviction vs. Compliance 19:31 When Your Body Tells the Truth 27:31 Purpose Needs Pace 43:09 Purpose Without Pace Can Be Self-Destructive 49:30 Becoming Unshakable 🎧 Listen now and learn what it means to earn conviction when the system challenges who you are. 📺 Full episode available on Youtube ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #Leadership #EarningConviction #Resilience #FutureOfWork #OrganizationalCulture #SantiStrasser #GlennLlopis #PersonalizationOutbreak #LeadershipDevelopment #Burnout #HumanCenteredLeadership ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOIN THE MOVEMENT: GLLG Company Website: https://www.glennllopis.com/ Age Of Personalization Website: https://ageofpersonalization.com/ Contact Us: https://www.glennllopis.com/contact-us/ Email Us: sandy@glennllopisgroup.com FOLLOW GLENN LLOPIS: LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3tnBmP9 Instagram: https://bit.ly/3fcziRV Facebook: https://bit.ly/33sCg1K Twitter: https://bit.ly/3HVT14B

    52분
  4. 147: The Dark Side of Personalization No One Talks About

    6월 1일

    147: The Dark Side of Personalization No One Talks About

    Personalization has become one of the most celebrated leadership skills of our time. But there's a version of personalization that quietly exhausts even the most capable leaders. In this episode of the Earning Conviction Series, Glenn Llopis explores the hidden danger of adapting so well to others that you eventually lose touch with yourself. 🧠 Why personalization without conviction becomes performance ⚠️ The subtle difference between adapting from your core and adapting for approval 🎭 How emotionally intelligent leaders unintentionally abandon their own perspective 🔄 The trigger patterns that slowly erode self-trust 💥 Why adaptability without a fixed point eventually becomes drift 🌱 How earning conviction creates sustainable leadership If you've ever walked away from a conversation feeling drained, uncertain, or disconnected from your own thinking, this episode may explain why. Because personalization is only sustainable when it flows from conviction—not toward approval. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video Content: 00:00 The Dark Side of Personalization 01:10 Two Types of Personalization 02:30 How Leaders Lose Themselves 05:01 Why Approval-Seeking Erodes Self-Trust 07:24 Leadership vs Performance 09:19 Four Signs You're Adapting Toward Approval 🎧 Listen now and learn how to move from exhausted to unshakable. 📺 Full episode available on Youtube ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #Leadership #Burnout #EarningConviction #LeadershipDevelopment #PersonalizationOutbreak #GlennLlopis #FutureOfWork #ExecutiveLeadership #LeadershipMindset #PersonalGrowth ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOIN THE MOVEMENT: GLLG Company Website: https://www.glennllopis.com/ Age Of Personalization Website: https://ageofpersonalization.com/ Contact Us: https://www.glennllopis.com/contact-us/ Email Us: sandy@glennllopisgroup.com FOLLOW GLENN LLOPIS: LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3tnBmP9 Instagram: https://bit.ly/3fcziRV Facebook: https://bit.ly/33sCg1K Twitter: https://bit.ly/3HVT14B

    13분
  5. 146: You're Not Burned Out. You're Performing.

    5월 31일

    146: You're Not Burned Out. You're Performing.

    Most leaders think they're exhausted because they're working too hard. They're not. They're exhausted from performing. In this episode of the Earning Conviction Series, Glenn Llopis explores a hidden truth behind leadership burnout: ⚠️ Why exhaustion often comes from managing perception, not workload 🛡️ How the "armor" that helped you succeed may now be draining your energy 🔄 Why transformation rarely lasts—even when the strategy is right 🧠 The difference between performing leadership and living it 💥 Why burnout may be the clearest signal your mind and body are giving you 🌱 How conviction creates sustainable leadership in a world that rewards performance If you've been successful on paper but still feel depleted, this conversation may help explain why. Because the problem isn't that you're incapable. The problem may be that you're spending too much energy being the version of yourself you think everyone expects. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video Content: 00:00 Why So Many Successful Leaders Feel Exhausted 01:15 The Hidden Cost of Performance 03:06 What My Father Taught Me About ConvictioN 05:19 The Missing Piece Behind Sustainable Transformation 08:48 The Standardization Trap 13:12 Exhaustion Is a Signal, Not a Problem 🎧 Listen now and learn how to move from exhausted to unshakable. 📺 Full episode available on YouTube  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #Leadership #Burnout #EarningConviction #LeadershipDevelopment #PersonalizationOutbreak #GlennLlopis #FutureOfWork #ExecutiveLeadership #LeadershipMindset #PersonalGrowth ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOIN THE MOVEMENT: GLLG Company Website: https://www.glennllopis.com/ Age Of Personalization Website: https://ageofpersonalization.com/ Contact Us: https://www.glennllopis.com/contact-us/ Email Us: sandy@glennllopisgroup.com FOLLOW GLENN LLOPIS: LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3tnBmP9 Instagram: https://bit.ly/3fcziRV Facebook: https://bit.ly/33sCg1K Twitter: https://bit.ly/3HVT14B

    17분
  6. 145: AI Is Making Human Skills More Valuable Than Ever

    5월 29일

    145: AI Is Making Human Skills More Valuable Than Ever

    "The technical skills only take you so far. The durable skills are what allow you to really excel, allow people who know how to do things to become leaders or managers of other people who do those things, maybe, down the road. We all know people who know how to do things, but don't ascend to helping others do things or leading others who do things. And that's because the deficits may be in durable skills more than anything else." AI isn’t replacing human potential. It’s exposing what actually makes humans valuable. In this episode of the Personalization Outbreak Podcast, John Woods—Chief Academic Officer at the University of Phoenix—joins Glenn Llopis to explain:  🤖 Why AI is transforming how people learn faster than ever before 🧠 Why “durable skills” like self-awareness and judgment matter more now ⚠️ The hidden risk of relying on technical skills alone 🎯 How workers are independently learning AI while organizations struggle to adapt 🌱 Why identity, dignity, and mentorship are becoming competitive advantages 💥 What companies must do now to retain talent in the AI era If organizations focus only on productivity, they’ll miss the real transformation happening underneath. Because the future of work won’t belong to the most automated people. It’ll belong to the most adaptable human beings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video Content: 0:00 Intro 09:35 AI Is Changing Learning Faster Than Organizations Can Adapt 12:17 Establishing institutional context, value, and responsibility using AI 16:07 AI Is Changing Learning Faster Than Organizations Can Adapt 22:46 Why Durable Skills Matter More Than Ever 24:51 Why Durable Skills Matter More Than Ever 27:19 AI Is Disrupting Traditional Career Paths 32:04 Technical Skills Are Becoming Commoditized 34:16 Why Human Dignity Matters During AI Adoption 43:17 The Future of Work Belongs to Adaptable Humans ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🎧 Listen now and learn how AI is reshaping education, leadership, and career growth. 📺 Full episode available on YouTube ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #AI #FutureOfWork #Leadership #Education #CareerDevelopment #JohnWoods #UniversityOfPhoenix #GlennLlopis #Podcast #PersonalizationOutbreak #ArtificialIntelligence #WorkplaceLearning #HumanSkills  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOIN THE MOVEMENT: GLLG Company Website: https://www.glennllopis.com/ Age Of Personalization Website: https://ageofpersonalization.com/ Contact Us: https://www.glennllopis.com/contact-us/ Email Us: sandy@glennllopisgroup.com FOLLOW GLENN LLOPIS: LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3tnBmP9 Instagram: https://bit.ly/3fcziRV Facebook: https://bit.ly/33sCg1K Twitter: https://bit.ly/3HVT14B

    48분
  7. 144: Burnout and Success: The Cycle of High Achieving Individuals

    5월 21일

    144: Burnout and Success: The Cycle of High Achieving Individuals

    "I think a lot of these high performers mistake endurance for strength. And they believe that if they just keep on going, I hear this all the time, "I just got to keep going. " There's restructuring, reorganization, and they just say, "I just need to keep pushing through." And that is endurance, but that's not strength." Burnout isn’t always caused by too much work. Sometimes it’s caused by becoming someone you were never meant to be. On this season of Personalization Outbreak Podcast, Glenn Llopis shares a thought - conviction isn't a given, it's earned. Earning Conviction kicks off with Dr. Suzan Song—psychiatrist, researcher, and author of Why We Suffer and How We Heal. Dr. Song joins Glenn Llopis to explain: 🧠 Why so many high performers confuse endurance with strength ⚠️ The hidden reason successful people still feel empty 🎭 How workplaces reward overfunctioning—and call it leadership 👀 Why most “personalization” efforts at work still feel superficial 💥 How leaders lose trust when they become performative under pressure 🌱 What healing, alignment, and sustainable leadership actually require If your success is costing your identity, it may be time to rethink what winning means. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video Content: 0:00 Intro 03:07 The Story That Changed Everything 5:55 Stability Is a Myth 10:12 The Power of Pausing 14:24 Why Workplace Personalization Feels Superficial 16:33 Endurance Is Not Necessarily Strength 18:43 How Leaders Lose Their Identity 23:30 Breaking Out of Identity Crisis 26:50 The Impact of Chronic Instability 31:46 Human Leadership Is Now Strategic 37:14 What Leaders Must Learn and Unlearn 41:24 Why We Suffer and How We Heal: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593581539 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🎧 Listen now and learn how to lead, work, and live with more clarity and wholeness. 📺 Full episode available on YouTube ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #Leadership #Burnout #MentalHealth #HighPerformance #FutureOfWork #SuzanSong #GlennLlopis #Podcast #PersonalizationOutbreak #LeadershipDevelopment #WorkplaceCulture #Wellbeing ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOIN THE MOVEMENT: GLLG Company Website: https://www.glennllopis.com/ Age Of Personalization Website: https://ageofpersonalization.com/ Contact Us: https://www.glennllopis.com/contact-us/ Email Us: sandy@glennllopisgroup.com FOLLOW GLENN LLOPIS: LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3tnBmP9 Instagram: https://bit.ly/3fcziRV Facebook: https://bit.ly/33sCg1K Twitter: https://bit.ly/3HVT14B

    46분
  8. 143: Why Most Content Fails (And How Empathy Fixes It)

    5월 17일

    143: Why Most Content Fails (And How Empathy Fixes It)

    "They're giving you the most precious thing. They can give you time. They're giving you that chance. So deliver, deliver for them by answering and speaking to them and building again, that bridge. And that requires that empathy, that requires that communication. That requires the innovation, which is really creativity with purpose. That's what innovation is. It is strategic creativity. And if you combine all of those elements and make it about something beyond yourself and what you feel like saying at that moment, you are well on your way to being ahead of the majority of other content out there right now." Empathy isn’t a soft skill anymore. It’s the difference between content that gets ignored — and content that actually connects. In a world flooded with AI-generated noise, most organizations are creating more…but connecting less. In this episode of the Personalization Outbreak Podcast, Amanda Downie —Editorial Strategist at IBM — joins Glenn Llopis to explain: 🧠 Why empathy is the foundation of effective storytelling 📖 How great content starts with “why”  🔍 Why most brands are creating content no one actually needs 🎯 The shift from mass messaging to true personalization 🤖 How AI is changing content—and where it falls short 👂 Why the best communicators are the best listeners If your content isn’t resonating, it’s not a distribution problem—it’s a connection problem. Connection starts with understanding the human on the other side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Video Content: 0:00 Intro 3:20 The Power of Empathy 5:11 Cutting Through the Noise: The Empathy-Storytelling Link 7:10 Humanizing the Fortune 500 Chief Information Officer (CIO) 11:30 Authenticity vs. "Content for Content’s Sake" 17:01 The Death of Standardization in Communication 21:31 Leading Through Change: Addressing the "Human Element" 25:11 Inbound Strategy: Moving from "What" to "How" 35:51 Creating Consistenty for Consumers 42:26 The Acting Lesson: Acting is About Reacting 🎧 Listen now and learn how to create content that actually matters 📺 Full episode available on Youtube ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #Leadership #Storytelling #ContentStrategy #Empathy #AI #Personalization #AmandaDownie #GlennLlopis #Podcast #PersonalizationOutbreak #MarketingStrategy #FutureOfWork ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOIN THE MOVEMENT: GLLG Company Website: https://www.glennllopis.com/ Age Of Personalization Website: https://ageofpersonalization.com/ Contact Us: https://www.glennllopis.com/contact-us/ Email Us: sandy@glennllopisgroup.com FOLLOW GLENN LLOPIS: LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3tnBmP9 Instagram: https://bit.ly/3fcziRV Facebook: https://bit.ly/33sCg1K Twitter: https://bit.ly/3HVT14B

    49분

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A podcast about the collapse of traditional corporate standards in today’s more personalized world. Leadership strategist, author, contributor to Forbes and founder of the Leadership in the Age of Personalization Movement, Glenn Llopis interviews executives across multiple sectors to find out how the balance between standardization and personalization can exist.