Community and Joy – An interview…
As part of the updates to this website and across the RPZ brand, I’ve recently sat down for a half dozen interviews with close friends. And instead of the typical “Robin conducts an interview”, I have asked them to interview me. Today’s interview is with my dear friend, Nate Floyd. Nate and I have known […]
Dr. Emily Anhalt, Founder of Coa,…
My guest today is Dr. Emily Anhalt (@dremilyanhalt), a clinical psychologist and the co-founder of Coa, a startup building virtual and in-person centers to practice and improve mental health and resilience. Emily spoke at a Responsive Conference event that I hosted on Mental Health in San Francisco in November 2019, and I was so impressed […]
Jeremy Liew, partner at Lightspeed Venture…
My guest today is Jeremy Liew (@jeremysliew), a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Jeremy heads up investments in consumer technology at Lightspeed, a well-known Silicon Valley venture capital firm, and has invested in iconic and culturally relevant companies, including Snap, Giphy, Rothy’s, Affirm, Honest, Cheddar, and many more. Jeremy is willing to embrace the beginner’s […]
Finding inner peace through 24 years…
Eldra is a TED main stage speaker and the co-executive director of Inside Circle, a non-profit which works to end cycles of incarceration and recidivism. Eldra was incarcerated for 24 years, with several years of that time spent in solitary confinement. Eldra now spends most of his time sitting with people inside and outside the […]
Jude Gomila: Golden and Mapping Human…
Welcome back to the Robin Zander Show! For today’s episode, I sat down with Jude Gomila to talk about his journey as an entrepreneur and his start-up Golden. I first met Jude, and learned about Golden, when Zander Media was hired to create an explainer video about the company. We had 10 days to get […]
Achieving Radical Alignment with Alex Jamieson…
Welcome back to another episode of the Robin Zander Show! My guests today are Alex Jamieson and Bob Gower, co-authors of the new book, Radical Alignment. This book is designed to help people achieve more joy and less drama – at work and in daily life. Bob Gower is an organizational design consultant. He supported […]
Chris Fussell, former Navy SEAL, on…
I’m really pleased to share my live conversation with Chris Fussell, former Navy SEAL and Chief of Staff to General Stanley McChrystal, who was himself in charge of Special Operations during the Iraq War. Chris is now the President of the McChrystal Group and spoke onstage at Responsive Conference 2016. He is the first person […]
David Hanrahan, CHRO of Eventbrite, on…
Welcome back to the Robin Zander Show, and an entirely different world. The Coronavirus Pandemic has the entire world in an uproar. In today’s podcast, I have a conversation with David Hanrahan, CHRO of Eventbrite, about taking a large company entirely remote in under 2 weeks, parenting tactics when so many of us are working […]
25 Days in Ghana with my…
This fall I spent 3.5 weeks traveling with my mother in Ghana, Africa. Before embarking for this trip, I had never had a particularly strong desire to go to West Africa. I’ve always wanted to visit many different places, like Morocco, Peru, and Nepal, but West Africa never quite made it on my list. By […]
Be More Loving with Sales –…
Recently while in NYC, I led a strategy workshop for an exclusive group of CEOs and founders who are building companies designed to thrive in the modern world. Here, we discuss how to have more authenticity in our sales. Respecting others’ time and double checking that they are still available and willing to speak gives […]
Behavior Change – Zander Media Strategy…
A few weeks ago in NYC, I led a strategy workshop for an exclusive group of CEOs and founders who are building companies designed to thrive in the Future of Work. Every organization is tasked with issues that seem insurmountable. Often, the process to accomplishing a huge goal can be so overwhelming that we never […]
Responsive Organizations with President of Pepsi,…
My guest today is the President of Pepsi Global Foods, Simon Lowden. Simon has been the driving force over the last 10 years at turning Pepsi into a forward-thinking and self-iterating company. He is incredibly thoughtful when it comes to marketing and Responsive organizations, and in today’s conversation, we dive deep into some of the […]
How to Create an Amazing Brand…
A few weeks ago, I sat down with Michael Roderick to discuss brand strategy and his work around creating “referrable brands.” This conversation covers a wide range of topics related to brand strategy, including his AIM model which stands for Accessibility, Influence, and Memory. We apply this framework to a variety of business examples, including […]
Perfectionism | Financial Freedom Workshop
Perfectionism can limit your creative fuels. The fear of failure can be crippling, and the pressure to execute consistently can paralyze you from trying at all. To help combat this, try making a list of 10 ways you can do any specific thing unsuccessfully. The idea is to find ways to do something incorrectly, on […]
What’s Your Purpose? | Financial Freedom…
We all have a myriad of beliefs, and it is useful first to recognize your beliefs. But it is also possible to amplify them, and use your beliefs as fuel to create more of what you want. In this exercise, we looked for the earliest memories of a specific belief, and then turned the belief […]
How to Ask Better Questions with…
In this episode, my friend, Daniel Stillman, interviews me for his podcast, The Conversation Factory. We discuss how to ask better questions, the value of loving, non- judgmental questions, and my story. I hope you enjoy today’s podcast as Daniel flips the script and interviews me on the art of asking questions. Line Notes 1:15 […]
We are in Control of our…
We are each in control of our own reality. If you feel that making money by selling your art or your work is impossible, go find other people whose work you admire that are successful. If someone else has done it, you can do it too. Find roll models that have something in common with […]
How To Tell Your Story –…
This is a talk that I gave at the HR Transform conference in Las Vegas to the Heads of HR of some of the fastest growing tech companies you have definitely heard of. The context for my talk was storytelling. I pulled on my experience at Robin’s Cafe and Responsive Conference to help others tell […]
What Brings You Joy? | Financial…
If you want to save more money, adopting principles of behavior change will be important. What areas of your daily life can you cut back on spending? It’s important to be thoughtful on what you spend money on in conjunction with how you want to live. That being said, if something in an unnecessary expense […]
The Story of Robin’s Cafe |…
This is the story of how I came to own Robin’s Cafe in the course of 3 weeks with no initial intention or experience in purchasing a coffeeshop. The mental and emotional growth I gained through that experience was instrumental. From that experience, I also found that when we show up humbly and ask for […]
50 Ways to $50,000 | Financial…
50 ways to 50k is a game you can play to come up with ways to make extra money each month. The first step is to choose an amount of money that feels really achievable for you to make additionally to your normal income each month. The second step is to brainstorm 15 ways to […]
Find Your “Why” | Financial Freedom…
One consideration about money that we don’t talk about enough is establishing a clear “why”. The reason you want something can be highly motivating, and the absence of a clear “why” can limit you from taking direct action. Be specific with how much more money you want, why it is important to you, and what […]
An Interview with New York Times…
I recently sat down to chat with Lindsay McGregor in New York City. Lindsay is the co-author of The New York Time’s best selling book Primed to Perform and also spoke onstage at Responsive 2018. She and her husband co-founded the company, Vega Factor, which works with fortune 500 companies, fast growing start-ups, and a […]
Building a Great Place to Work…
I took a 36 hour trip to New York City recently, and among other meetings, I had the pleasure of 30 minutes on camera with Cindy Gordon, Head of People at Policygenius. Cindy spoke at Responsive Conference 2018, and Policygenius has been heralded as one of Inc’s Great Places to Work. We discuss her work […]
Having Intentional Relationships (and Clear Boundaries)
Friendship isn’t something that most people do intentionally. Ordinarily, we “fall” into and out of relationships and friendships, without thinking through what we want or why we are there. In this video, I tell the story of how I became friends with Michelle Love, my co-founder at Motion (www.wantmotion.com). Michelle brought a level of clarity […]
How to Get Over Childhood Resentment…
One day, after my first year of college, I came home and proposed to my parents that we have a real relationship. I had always been grateful to have them, but I had never really made the choice actively to have a relationship with them. I promised to always be loving, speak my truth, and […]
How To Relate To Anybody
My father’s ability to speak to different audiences in a language that was familiar to them has always stuck with me all of my life. Individually, we all have the ability to chose how we relate to the people we are with. Prioritize connecting with others. Demonstrating that desire to meet people where they are […]
Entrepreneurship, Business, and the Freedom to…
Running your own business isn’t about throwing around stacks of $100 dollar bills. It is about taking ultimate responsibility, doing the work necessary, and making hard decisions. When you run your own business or work for yourself there an essential element that we don’t talk enough about. Freedom. It gives you the freedom to set […]
What Is Resistance?
Steve Pressfield coined to term “Resistance” in his incredible book “The Way of Art”. When it comes to any job, you have to do the work. If you are putting on events, you have to sell tickets. If you are writing a book, you have to sit down and write. Everything else, in many ways, […]
What’s Your One Thing?
We are all so busy, distracted, and distract-able. We are surrounded by social media and news pulling us in a million different directions. The solution to that is very simple: identify the one thing that you need to do right now to move forward whatever you are trying to accomplish, and do that one thing. […]