Leaders & Futures
Episodes
177 episodes
Paying attention & planning
An Effective Leader pays attention to all that surrounds him/her and plans accordingly. But does the best plan win?
Listening to find gaps
There are many good reasons for listening. Listening to find (and correct) gaps is critical.
How do leaders know what to do?
Knowing what to do is important to leading effectively. But how do leaders know what to do?
Leadership Fatigue
Chief and Dr Lugo have a good discussion on the notion of Leadership Fatigue. Does it even exist? Maybe. Maybe not.
Motivating to think about futures
Dr Lugo and Chief continue their conversation on why thinking about futures is important and how to motivate others to think futuristically.
Why futures?
Chief instigates some thought and discussion by asking, "Why even consider futures in the workplace?"
The value of experience
Experience is valuable. How it's applied is critical to creating futures.
New Year Revolutions!
Dr Lugo and Chief Vásquez start a new season of shows by discussing New Year Resolutions that Chief calls REVOLUTIONS! If they're not revolutionary, they're boring, and you'll quit!
Season finale
Dr Lugo and Chief Vásquez conclude this season with closing thoughts and thanks.
The process, commitment, assumptions, and experience
Dr Lugo and Chief Vásquez discuss the importance and significance of the process, commitment, assumptions, and experience to developing futures.
The process for analysis
There's actually a process by which to accomplish the analysis portion of creating futures. Dr Lugo and Chief Vásquez discuss the elements of that process and more.
Analysis and Futures
Chief and Dr Lugo finally agree on something...that creating futures requires analysis.
Obedience, Authority, and Thinking
Chief and Lugo continue their discussion on obedience, but add two more topics, authority, and thinking, or lack there of....
Following & Obedience
Dr Lugo and Chief Vásquez agree and don't agree on the topics of following and obedience! But they do agree to disagree agreeably....
Toxic managers manage through fear and fail to listen
Concluding their discussion on toxicity, Dr Lugo and Chief talk about how toxic managers manage through fear and fail to listen, but, more importantly, how Effective Leaders can avoid doing those.
Toxic managers lack accountability & not interested in their followers' lives
Continuing on with their conversation about toxicity, Chief and Lugo discuss how toxic managers lack accountability & are not interested in their followers' personal lives and how to fix that.
Toxic managers crush creativity
Dr Lugo and Chief continue their discussion on toxic managers and leaders. The specific topic of this episode is that toxic managers crush team creativity.
Respect, Love, Experience, and Effectiveness
Chief and Dr Lugo get into a discussion on several topics that all affect Leaders & Futures.
Connecting trust with negotiating futures
Trust is critical to the maintenance of a relationship, whether personal or profession. How is it connected with negotiating futures? Here's our perspective....
Negotiating Futures
Have you ever tried to negotiate a future? What does that even mean? How do you do it? Chief Bob and Dr Lugo share their insights on those questions.
Toxic vs Effective Leaders
What's the difference between a Toxic and Effective Leader? Here are some interesting perspectives on terms and behaviors.
What makes a leader?
Are there specific behaviors that make a leader a leader? Chief Bob and Dr Lugo share their perspectives on that question.
What leaders do
Leading requires certain behaviors based on certain purposes. Here are some examples....
Summarizing Leaders and Futures
Dr Lugo and Chief Bob conclude the introduction of their Leaders and Futures podcast. They summarize the main topics of Leaders, Leading, and Leadership, as well as Futures, Foresight, and Vision. Future episodes will include their discussion o...
Foresight, Futures, and Vision
Chief Bob Vásquez and Dr José Lugo Santiago share their perspectives on the concepts of Foresight, Futures, and Vision. Dr Lugo, an expert on the science of foresight and futures, guides the portion of the discussion on those topics, whil...