The Cook On Monday Morning Podcast

Stevon Cook
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The Cook On Monday Morning Podcast

Stevon Cook is a writer, strategic advising consultant and Former President of the San Francisco Board of Education. At Cook on Monday Morning we believe that if we own Monday Morning we can own the week. If we own the week we can own the year. And if we can change our year, we can change our lives. Our guests are policy makers, business leaders and change agents across multiple industries. This podcast gives an overview of the stories of our guest and information they've learned along the way. Together we are redefining how we feel about Monday Morning.

Episodes

  1. 01/01/2021

    Cook on Monday Morning #70: The Lucas Eastwood Story

    The Lucas Eastwood Story

    1h 22m

  2. 12/28/2020

    Cook on Monday Morning #69: The Daniel Harris Lucas Story

    The Daniel Harris Lucas Story

    1h 14m

  3. 12/26/2020

    Cook on Monday Morning #67: The Yusef Freeman Story

    The Yusef Freeman Story

    1h 36m

  4. 12/26/2020

    Cook on Monday Morning #68: The Marquis Cook Story

    The Marquis Cook Story

    1h 11m

  5. 12/21/2020

    Cook on Monday Morning #66: The Faauuga Moliga Story

    The Faauuga Moliga Story

    1h 21m

  6. 12/07/2020

    Cook on Monday Morning #64: The David Greco Story

    The David Greco Story

    59 min

  7. 11/30/2020

    Cook on Monday Morning #63: The Carl Sherman Jr. Story

    The Carl Sherman Jr. Story.

    53 min

  8. 11/23/2020

    Cook on Monday Morning #62: The Eric McDonnell Story

    The Eric McDonnell Story

    57 min

  9. 11/17/2020

    Cook on Monday Morning #61: The Clive Downie Story

    Cook on Monday Morning #61: The Clive Downie Story Clive Downie is the Chief Marketing Officer at Unity Technologies, a company that brings state-of-the-art, affordable multi platform tools & services to developers of interactive content everywhere. Downie has been in the gaming industry for more than 20 years, with 15 years of experience at Electronic Arts overseeing franchises like FIFA Soccer, Need for Speed, Medal of Honor and Command & Conquer. Born and raised in the small hamlet of Devon, England, Downie spent his youth watching planes pass overhead and daydream about travel and endless possibilities. During our interview we discuss the principles that have remained a constant in Clive’s life, as well as, the many highlights and lessons learned throughout his purpose-driven career in tech. [Twitter] (https://twitter.com/clivedownie) [Unity Technologies] (https://unity.com/) [Unity Technologies Instagram] (https://www.instagram.com/unitytechnologies) Topics discussed in this episode: [00:00] Introductions [02:13] Do you remember how we met? [04:45] Tell me about Unity [13:30] Since you’re asking me to open up…. [16:52] You want something, you’ve got to earn it [21:38] Always seize opportunity [23:40] Marketing Madden Football - in England [28:20] This is our culture [30:55] Do you think that perception exists? [35:02] Your hardest moment in business [36:13] Rapid Fire - Seize the Day Book Recommendations: Think and Grow Rich https://amzn.to/3kxX0s3 “How to Start a Podcast During a Pandemic” https://medium.com/@stevon.cook/how-to-start-a-podcast-during-a-pandemic-bae746a3ccd3 About The Host: Stevon Cook is a small business owner, policy maker and media personality. He is the founder of The Luther Harris Holding Company, a strategic advising company that focuses on creating partnerships, diversity recruitment and helping companies drive impact in the communities where they do business. As the host of The Cook on Monday Morning podcast, he interviews high capacity leaders in a variety of industries. The goal of the podcast is to build a community of people creating lives that make them excited about Monday morning. At Cook on Monday Morning we believe that if we can own Monday morning, we can own the week, if we can own the week then we can own the year and if we change your year, we can change your life. Cook is the former President of the San Francisco Board of Education. He was elected in 2016 with over 150,000 votes. He also served as CEO of Mission Bit, an education nonprofit focused on ending generational poverty through coding education for high school students. Stay in Touch: Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevoncook Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevoncook/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevon-cook-93778465/ Book Recommendations: https://www.stevoncook.com/bookshelf

    40 min

  10. 11/09/2020

    Cook on Monday Morning #60: The Bryant Marks Story

    Dr. Bryant T. Marks, Sr. is an ordained minister, the founder and Chief Equity Officer at The National Training Institute on Race & Equity, as well as, a Psychology Professor at Morehouse College. For over twenty years Dr. Marks has provided unparalleled diversity, equity, and inclusion training. He served on President Obama’s Board of Advisors with the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans and as Senior Advisor with the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Dr. Marks was a contributor/trainer with the Obama Administration’s My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) and 21st Century Policing programs. Dr. Marks has provided implicit bias training to over 2,000 Police Chiefs and several thousand patrol officers, including the entire Los Angeles Police Department. Dr. Marks holds a B.A. in psychology and a minor in economics from Morehouse College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan. He conducts research in the areas of diversity and implicit bias, Black male psychology and development, and the academic achievement of minority college students. When Dr. Marks is not pursuing some of the most important work of this era, you can find him spending quality time with his wife and three children. During our interview we discuss the meaning of implicit bias and how it affects us all, why the concept of defunding the police is problematic, and what it's like to be the one you call for diversity, equity, and inclusion training. The National Training Institute on Race & Equity Linkedin Twitter Topics discussed in this episode:   [00:00] Introductions  [02:43] Implicit Bias  [05:20] I’ve been doing diversity training for 20 years  [07:18] Defunding the Police, I knew it was going to be problematic  [10:50] Not old enough to drink, but old enough to take somebody’s life  [15:10] These are good problems  [21:13] Are you serious or not?  [24:54] Institutionalize it  [27:06] Sort of like Master Class  [29:41] A person of faith and of facts  [31:58] The secret sauce  [34:39] Inherently racist or evil  [37:23] Rapid Fire: “Perfection is the goal, but excellence is acceptable” Book Recommendations: The Purple Cow   “How to Start a Podcast During a Pandemic” About The Host: Stevon Cook is a small business owner, policy maker and media personality. He is the founder of The Luther Harris Holding Company, a strategic advising company that focuses on creating partnerships, diversity recruitment and helping companies drive impact in the communities where they do business.  As the host of The Cook on Monday Morning podcast, he interviews high capacity leaders in a variety of industries. The goal of the podcast is to build a community of people creating lives that make them excited about Monday morning. At Cook on Monday Morning we believe that if we can own Monday morning, we can own the week, if we can own the week then we can own the year and if we change your year, we can change your life.  Cook is the former President of the San Francisco Board of Education. He was elected in 2016 with over 150,000 votes. He also served as CEO of Mission Bit, an education nonprofit focused on ending generational poverty through coding education for high school students. Stay in Touch: Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevoncook Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevoncook/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevon-cook-93778465/

    42 min
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Stevon Cook is a writer, strategic advising consultant and Former President of the San Francisco Board of Education. At Cook on Monday Morning we believe that if we own Monday Morning we can own the week. If we own the week we can own the year. And if we can change our year, we can change our lives. Our guests are policy makers, business leaders and change agents across multiple industries. This podcast gives an overview of the stories of our guest and information they've learned along the way. Together we are redefining how we feel about Monday Morning.

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