The Swell Pod

S:01 EP:05 | Em Capito - Tangible Resilience Strategies

In today's episode, we chat with Em Capito a psychotherapist specializing in tangible resilience strategies, highlighted in a recent TEDx talk, and partners behind the scenes with visionaries, entrepreneurs, and business leaders to foster purpose-driven impact and holds a Master's Degree in social work and business administration. She is a licensed clinical social worker, a yoga teacher, and a meditation teacher with a private practice in Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah.
We dive into Em's story and her strategies to build resilience.

S:01 EP:04 | Steve Clayton - Chief Storyteller @ Microsoft

In today’s episode, we chat with Steve Clayton – the Chief Storyteller at Microsoft in which he shares some pretty fantastic stories about how he landed at Microsoft, became the chief storyteller, and then his perspective on story, culture, and change – and the role they play on each other.

S:01 EP:03 | Nate Walkingshaw - Chasing Confidence: Transforming Ideas into Impact

In today’s episode, we chat with Nate Walkinshaw – previous chief experience office at Pluralsight and author of “Chasing Confidence: Transforming Ideas into Impact” We dive into his story. From his first company, the moment that changed his perspective, to his time with Pluralsight and beyond.
Learn about his passion for kinetic architecture and Directed Discovery – his model for putting the customer at the center of everything. And stick around because, by the end, he may or may not bring out the guitar to close us out! 

S:01 EP:02 | Brendan Dawes - Data Artist Exploring the Aesthetics of Form & Code

In today’s episode, we chat with Brendan Dawes, A UK-based artist who’s exploring the aesthetics of form and code. We dive into his creative process, his installations at MoMa and Sundance, and how he elicits emotional impact and curiosity – as he turns Data into Art.

S:01 EP:01 | Hello, World. Meet The Swell Pod - Podcast Introduction

In this inaugural episode of the Swell Podcast – Get to know us, the creators and hosts Josh Taylor and Spencer McKeown. We’ll talk about what you can expect from this podcast, why we created it, and ultimately, we’ll tease into the discussions that we had with our Season 1 guests.

Trailer: The Swell Pod, Season 1

One dark and stormy night, two kindred spirits, a dreamer and an innovator, dizzy from the meaningless jargon, never-ending PowerPoint presentations, and enough acronyms to demand entire encyclopedias, emerged from the fires of fortune 100 companies. These two change agents, armed with their curiosity, a bit of pleasant rebelliousness, and their toothbrushes, set out to change the world. 
​Their journey, fueled by a lifelong passion for Story, Design, Culture, and Experience, took them from humble beginnings of designing bite-sized content, to leading creative change and transformation within entire organizations. Until, one day, they found a problem that hooked them:
​Culture change is often the victim of unintended evolution over time. 
They believed they could intentionally and creatively design culture and its experience to be more aligned, both with the employee and the business, by using a human-centered, change-based, narrative strategy focused on purpose, values, behaviors, and the various experiences within a culture including rituals, symbols, artifacts, communication, story, content, and communication.
​It was at this moment, they committed to a philosophy that believes that culture and change begins with the individual and swells outward. Culture isn’t a bulldozer plowing through your organization. It’s a seed planted deeply within us as individuals, rooted in our human sensibilities, swelling into passionate and purposeful action. It’s at this point when we stop convincing minds and start connecting hearts. It’s when we meaningfully and purposefully see ourselves within the larger story and culture. It’s when change swells from the individual, into teams, across departments, and through the entire organization until it sticks. We believe lasting change can’t be prescribed. It has to be believed.
It was through this journey that instead of changing the world, they discovered it. They encountered new people, places, and ideas and found themselves humbled and in awe of… Well, all of it. This sparked a life-long fascination and, ultimately, a mission to understand how ideas, culture, and change swell into a movement --  through moments of inspiration, disruption, and innovation.
​As a result, The Swell Podcast was born.