Episodes

  • Episode 33 | Part One: Yael Averbuch

    Episode 33 | Part One: Yael Averbuch
    Feb 17 2025
    David welcomes to the show Yael Averbuch, owner of the training app Techne Futbol and general manager for NJ/NY Gotham FC. Yael has been in soccer teams since the age of seven — most notably, the University of North Carolina Tar Heels and the US Women’s National Team. In this episode, Yael shares her experiences of good and bad team cultures, and weighs in on the value of rituals and predictability in the humanly unpredictable world of sports.
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    27 mins
  • Episode 32 | Part Two: Richard Kopelman

    Episode 32 | Part Two: Richard Kopelman
    Feb 3 2025
    In this second part of their conversation, David and Richard Kopelman discuss the value of the Aprio Way during recent mergers, acquisitions, and overseas expansion. Richard reflects on how having a structured company culture has helped to overcome mistakes made along the way.
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    23 mins
  • Episode 32 | Part One: Richard Kopelman

    Episode 32 | Part One: Richard Kopelman
    Jan 27 2025
    David welcomes Richard Kopelman — CEO and managing partner of the business advisory and accounting firm Aprio. In this first of a two-part conversation, Richard recounts the pivotal moments that introduced him to leadership, the formalization of their company culture through the creation of the Aprio Way, and the story behind his company’s focus on kindness.
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    21 mins
  • Episode 31 | Part Two: Mark Skogen

    Episode 31 | Part Two: Mark Skogen
    Jan 13 2025
    With Festival Foods coming up on its first decade of practicing the Boomerang Basics, David and Mark Skogen talk about the role that culture has played in the company’s recent history. Mark shares the advice he would give to his 25-year-old self.
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    28 mins
  • Episode 31 | Part One: Mark Skogen

    Episode 31 | Part One: Mark Skogen
    Jan 6 2025
    In this episode, David sits down with Mark Skogen — CEO and president of the Festival Foods supermarket chain in Wisconsin. Mark is a third-generation grocer, his family having been in the grocery business since 1946. With him at the reins and their Boomerang Basics as their guide, the company has come to be recognized as a leader in innovation, growth, ethics, and of course, culture.
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    25 mins
  • Episode 30 | Part Two: Chris Deaver

    Episode 30 | Part Two: Chris Deaver
    Dec 16 2024
    David and Chris Deaver discuss how bravery ties into the co-creative approach. Chris weighs in on the idea that, amidst generational differences and constant disruptions around the world, culture may be a company’s best and most enduring product.
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    30 mins
  • Episode 30 | Part One: Chris Deaver

    Episode 30 | Part One: Chris Deaver
    Dec 9 2024
    David welcomes to the show Chris Deaver — leadership coach, co-founder of BraveCore, and co-author of Brave Together: Lead by Design, Spark Creativity, and Shape the Future with the Power of Co-Creation. Armed with a background in animation and two decades of experience shaping Fortune 500 companies from the inside, in this episode Chris explains how organizational culture-building in this day and age is headed towards co-creation and collaboration.
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    28 mins
  • Episode 29 | Part Two: Roberta Matuson

    Episode 29 | Part Two: Roberta Matuson
    Nov 25 2024
    David resumes his conversation with Roberta Matuson on what goes into building organizations that inspire employee loyalty. In this second part, Roberta also shares her insights on the evolution of the workforce, and reflects on her early start with corporate leadership.
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    23 mins