Second City Works presents "Getting to Yes, And‪"‬ WGN Plus

Kelly connects with Ben Ramalingam, who just became the Director of Strategy for the British Red Cross and has been a senior leader, innovator, and researcher specializing in international crisis management and development. His new book is called “Upshift: Turning Pressure into Performance and Crisis into Creativity.”

Kelly talks to Anuradha Dayal-Gulati who, after fifteen years in finance and academia, began a new path of helping people release the past and reclaim their power. Her new book is titled  “Heal Your Ancestral Roots: Release the Family Patterns That Hold You Back.” “If we don’t live with intention and courage, we are likely […]

Kelly connects with David Glasgow, NYU Law School professor and the Executive Director of the Melzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. He has a new book co-written with Kenji Yoshino called “Say The Right Thing: How to Talk About Identity, Diversity and Justice.” “It’s impossible to live in a biased society without bias seeping […]

Kelly sits down with MD and Chief Innovation Officer at BetterUP, Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, to discuss her new book co-authored with Martin Seligman: “Tomorrowmind: Thriving at Work – Now and in an Uncertain Future.” “Agency protects us from learned helplessness.”  “No one has shown that hugging a computer can produce oxytocin.” “Creativity need not be […]

Kelly re-connects with American University professor Caty Borum whose new book, “The Revolution Will Be Hilarious,” looks at the intersection of social justice and comedy. “Creativity and culture are still too often relegated to the theoretical sidelines of serious advocacy work.”  “Comedy resides within a great tradition of artistic activism as a mechanism to push for […]

Kelly connects with former Comedy Central executive Tara Schuster to talk about her powerful book about the work she’s done as an adult to overcome a very rough childhood. “If you’re not dealing with the thing you know you need to deal with, it’s dealing with you.”  “Time does not heal all wounds; it just gives them […]