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Take control of your life, business, and career once and for all. The Indigo Podcast offers raw, unfiltered, and science-based talk about flourishing in life. Join CEOs, executives, and regular folks in learning how to build a better future at work and beyond. Check out this top ranked podcast! For more information, visit www.indigotogether.com.

 

Our approach is evidence based and our conversation is quirky. In every episode, we:

 

1. Promote the flourishing of people and organizations.

2. Bridge the gap between social science and management practice.

3. Provide an antidote or counterpoint to the ever-increasing overly simplistic, reductionist approaches to work and life.

4. Feed the curiosity of people who want to make the world a better place through work.

5. Inspire listeners to become lifelong learners and bold difference-makers.

Dec 30, 2020

This year has been such a challenge for you, us, and the rest of the world. But there is hope. We discuss in this episode, specifically:

  • How 2020 was tremendously challenging
  • Why we should have hope going into 2021 
  • Ways in which we can position ourselves for flourishing this year

 

Happy New Year to you and...


Nov 17, 2020

We are taking a pause.  Please listen as to why.

More about Vincent William Baran's life, including the eulogy that Ben delivered for him, is online at www.MightyVincent.org


Nov 10, 2020

Do veterans make good civilian employees? How do veterans and civilians avoid talking past each other in corporate settings? We discuss this and more with Kristin Saboe who leads employee listening, research, and talent strategy at The Boeing Company. She is responsible for authoring and leading Boeing’s...


Nov 3, 2020

John Kroger, a vice president at the Aspen Institute, previously served as the inaugural Chief Learning Officer of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, providing oversight for all education institutions and programs for more than 900,000 civilian and military personnel, with a budget of more than $1.7 billion....


Oct 29, 2020

If you want to motivate people, you need to understand the nature of rewards in the workplace. Otherwise, you might be really missing the mark. You might actually be demotivating your employees. In this episode, we unpack the basics of rewarding employees, including the following:   

  • Extrinsic versus intrinsic rewards