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Making Business Personal

Making Business Personal

By: Jason Weiss
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🎧 Making Business Personal is where organization consultant, executive coach and keynote speaker Jason Weiss explores how leadership gets better when it gets more human. Tune in for practical tools, raw insights, and deep conversations with founders, creatives, and change-makers. New episodes every Tuesday (quick hits) and Thursday (deep dives). Because when human potential is activated—extraordinary becomes the new normal.Jason Weiss Economics
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  • Episode 50: STOP Chasing 'Transformation' & Do This Instead | The Leadership Secret That Moves at the Speed of Trust
    Nov 4 2025

    Tired of transformation fatigue? 😫 In this episode, Jason Weiss tackles the biggest myth in leadership and business change. The relentless pursuit of speed and transformation is quietly burning out your team. The real path to sustainable growth and evolution moves at one speed: the speed of trust.

    Learn why the pace of the human nervous system is the key to corporate change , and how to implement a 90-Day Evolution Sprint that truly works. This is essential listening for any entrepreneur or leader dealing with organizational burnout.

    You'll discover:

    * The 3 critical reasons most change initiatives fail. * The 4 elements of emotional scaffolding you need to build team trust and resilience. * Why Evolution is the River, and transformation is a destructive Flash Flood.

    The real work of leadership is accelerating trust.

    Want to stop chasing performance and find purpose?

    Join Jason's free community, the Leadership Renaissance, for weekly letters and meaningful conversations.

    Find the community link here: https://tinyurl.com/yc3b76h6

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    16 mins
  • Episode 49: Goldie Chan
    Oct 7 2025

    From Hollywood soundstages to Silicon Valley boardrooms, Goldie Chan has built a career at the crossroads of art, business, and authenticity. In this unforgettable conversation, Jason Weiss sits down with the “Green-Haired Oprah of LinkedIn” to talk about how creativity, consistency, and humanity can still win in a world run by algorithms.

    Goldie shares how producing the 2011 financial drama Cost of Capital, complete with a literal fire on set, taught her everything about leadership, crisis management, and collaboration. She opens up about leaving entertainment for tech, launching 800 consecutive daily LinkedIn videos that changed her life, and turning her insights into her upcoming Hachette book, Personal Branding for Introverts.

    Together, Jason and Goldie explore why “edutainment” matters, how introverts and extroverts can elevate one another, and what it truly means to build a personal brand that feels human. You’ll hear candid stories about anxiety, ambition, and the messy middle between creativity and business success, plus a few laughs about Hollywood, LinkedIn fame, and the lost art of the em dash.

    If you’ve ever wondered how to turn presence into power or how to stay authentic when everyone else is performing, this episode will remind you why vulnerability, curiosity, and genuine connection are still the ultimate superpowers.

    Guest: Goldie Chan
    Founder & CEO, Warm Robots
    LinkedIn Top Voice | Author of Personal Branding for Introverts (Hachette Books)

    🌐 Website: https://www.goldiechan.com
    💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/goldiechan
    📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goldiechan
    🐦 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/GoldieChan

    Host: Jason Weiss, Founder & President of Jason Weiss Consulting and creator of The Leadership Renaissance™.

    Follow Making Business Personal for more conversations that reveal the humanity behind high performance, and share this episode with someone who needs a reminder that authenticity is good business.

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Episode 48: Phil Davis
    Sep 25 2025

    You're Never Too Small to Be a Target: Inside the High-Stakes World of Cybersecurity with CISO Phil Davis

    Get ready for an episode that proves the best plans are the ones you never make! In this captivating conversation, Jason sits down with the brilliant Phil Davis, a man who has worn many hats on his journey to becoming a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). From a lifelong dream of becoming a lawyer to a surprising detour into the world of IT, Phil's story is a masterclass in resilience and seizing opportunity.

    You'll hear Phil share how a chance internship in IT, a few harrowing months waiting for his bar exam results, and the perfect excuse (ahem, getting married!) led him down an unexpected path.

    This episode is packed with personal anecdotes, including the hilarious story of how Phil’s wife might have thought he was a grump when they first met, and the reality check of working in family law.

    But it's not all fun and games. This conversation dives deep into the high-stakes world of cybersecurity. Phil breaks down what a CISO really does, why IT security professionals often feel like they're reporting to the legal department, and how the "dark web" isn't the mythical place you think it is.

    You'll get the real story behind "zero-day exploits" and learn why that random app you downloaded five years ago could be a major vulnerability.

    Phil also tackles the trillion-dollar question about apps like TikTok and why they're so valuable to bad actors, proving that when it comes to your data, you are never too small to be a target.

    This episode is a must-watch for anyone who's ever felt stuck in their career, questioned their purpose, or just wants to understand the invisible digital risks we face every day.

    Phil’s story shows that when you embrace agility and leverage your unique experiences, you can create a powerful and valuable career trajectory—even if it's not the one you originally planned.

    If you enjoyed this episode of Making Business Personal, you might love getting more of Jason's insights! You can find him at www.jasonweissconsulting.com, on Instagram at @jasonweissconsulting, or connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/itsjasonweiss/.

    And if you really loved this episode, don't keep it to yourself! Help us grow our community by hitting that like button, subscribing to the channel, and sharing it with a friend. We’d also love to hear your thoughts in the comments below—tell us what resonated with you most. And while you’re at it, why not leave a review on your favorite podcast platform? It's the best way to help us reach more people who want to make business personal!

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    1 hr and 6 mins
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