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Business BreakdownScaling Insight: How Ciela Hartanov Helps Women Lead Through ChangeCiela Hartanov is an Organizational Consultant and Coach at humcollective. In this episode, Ciela shares her journey from leading future of work initiatives at Google to launching her own consulting and coaching practice focused on transformation and foresight. She reflects on the challenges of redefining identity after leaving a corporate role, the slow pace of business development, and building offerings that blend organizational strategy with deep personal growth—especially for women navigating complexity and change. Ciela also introduces her “Sensitivity Paradigm,” a powerful framework designed to help individuals and organizations adapt in an AI-driven world.Link...2025-06-0824 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep36: Mastercard's Chief Innovation Officer on Fostering a Culture of InnovationGuest: Ken Moore
How can you have solutions for your customers before they even know they need them? Or BE the change instead of reacting to change?
That’s all part of the job for Mastercard’s Chief Innovation Officer, Ken Moore. He says the rate of change for businesses will soon increase 400%, as if the world isn’t changing fast enough already! But no worries; Ken shares the keys to innovation and being ready for change with you in this episode.
Here's what Ken and Maureen cover:
The five things...2024-11-1938 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS1-Ep1: Leadership 2050: Two Experts Uncover How to Become Tomorrow's Leader, TodayGuests: Susan Cannon, Leadership Professor & Futurist, and Mike Morrow-Fox, Organizational Development & Leadership Consultant
What you know now probably won’t cut it in a few years. You need to adapt your leadership skills to succeed through the next generation – and today’s guests tell us how! Futurist Susan Cannon and consultant Mike Morrow-Fox emphasize the need for modern leaders to develop higher-order skills to navigate the complexities and rapid changes happening now…and yet to come. The keys are adaptability, cross-cultural management, and emotional intelligence. Listen now to become a forward-thinking leader able to thrive in an inc...2024-09-1033 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS10-Ep11: Noodling Solutions for Food InsecurityGuest: Dr. Reza Soltanzadeh (CEO & Founder of Borealis Foods)
Solving a major crisis sometimes requires reframing it. For Reza Soltanzadeh, working with Doctors Without Borders exposed him to global hunger—but he saw one solution by reframing the problem as global malnutrition.
That set him on a path of high innovation, resulting in a ramen noodle that can, quite literally, nourish the world.
Reza shares how his company, Borealis Foods, has learned to innovate so supremely well.
Here's what Reza and host Maureen Metcalf cover:
Why the...2024-03-0645 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS9-Ep47: Coming Soon to a Business Climate Near You!Guest: Matthew Griffin
Feeling uncertain about the future as a leader? You have good reason: a staggering 55% of a company’s fate lies beyond the CEO’s grasp. In fact, 40% of CEOs believe their companies won’t survive the next decade. So what can you do?
Futurist Matthew Griffin shares his insights in this episode — with game-changing strategies that will reshape the way you perceive your own future leadership.
Here's what Matthew and host Maureen Metcalf cover:
What the statistics say about the growing irrelevance of today’s type of CEO;
The qualities...2023-11-0759 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS9-Ep14: Prepare for the Future with ForesightGuest: Dr. Ciela Hartanov
Change is accelerating. Volatility continues unabated. And no business is immune. What’s a leader to do?
Develop foresight and become future-ready, of course! Ciela Hartanov joins us in this episode to detail her practical process for developing foresight. As a futurist, she’s developed many tools for probing potential paths’ future outcomes. She’s distilled those tools into her foresight process. That, in turn, helps leaders adapt their mindsets, enabling them to make their organizations future ready.
Here's what Ciela and host Maureen Metcalf cover:
The defini...2023-03-3055 min
Pivot with Jenny BlakeWayfinding and Developing Identity Agency with Ciela Hartanov“The Sensitive Leader is a wayfinder, not a truth teller” with all the answers. Learn how serendipity helped today’s guest, Ciela Hartanov, successfully pitch an internal project to co-found and lead The Google School for Leaders; why sense-making is an essential skill when pivoting; and how to “right-size” a proposal until you get a yes. We also discuss what it means to develop “identity agency,” how Ciela knew it was time to go out on her own, why building a personal brand isn’t the end-all-be-all, and how to build trend-spotting skills.More...2023-02-1248 min
Empowering Women in the Workplace64 - Changing Organizational Ecosystems and Trends in the Future of Work, with Dr. Ciela HartanovIn this episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Dr. Ciela Hartanov about changing organizational ecosystems and trends in the future of work.Dr. Ciela Hartanov (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cielahartanov) was part of the founding team of The Google School for Leaders and Head of Next Practice Innovation and Strategy at Google, where she developed projects designed to shape the future of leadership and work. She currently runs humcollective, a boutique strategy and innovation firm that helps companies, executives, and teams make sense of the forces shaping the future and prepare strategically. Ciela has been...2023-02-0337 min
Human Capital LeadershipS43E6 - Changing Organizational Ecosystems and Trends in the Future of Work, with Dr. Ciela HartanovIn this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Dr. Ciela Hartanov about changing organizational ecosystems and trends in the future of work.
Dr. Ciela Hartanov (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cielahartanov) was part of the founding team of The Google School for Leaders and Head of Next Practice Innovation and Strategy at Google, where she developed projects designed to shape the future of leadership and work. She currently runs humcollective, a boutique strategy and innovation firm that helps companies, executives, and teams make sense of the forces shaping the future and prepare strategically. Ciela has been a...2023-02-0325 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS7-Ep31: Leading in Emerging IndustriesGuest: James Brenza
By their very nature, emerging industries (such as EVs, private spaceships, and cannabis) present unique leadership challenges – and opportunities – rarely encountered in long-established businesses. In addition to general entrepreneurism, you’re creating something new for the marketplace…and forging the team to shepherd it.
Emerging industries often lend a new twist on old businesses: they allow the opportunity to relook at established practices, sparking innovation in the business sector. James Brenza joins the show to discuss his venture into an emerging industry -- and how that provided him with new challenges...2023-01-2248 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS8-Ep14: Getting Lost in the Language of LeadershipGuest: Jonathan Reams
Leadership is nothing without thought -- and research shows we (literally!) think with our hearts as well as our minds. Neurocardiology is just one way we're learning about how a good leader thinks. The development of more robust thinking skills is vital in growing as a leader. Jonathan Reams, of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, discusses the mindsets required for leaders to be effective.
Here's what Jonathan and Maureen cover:
What the science of neurocardiology shows about how a leaders’ emotions physically affect their teams;
How the fall of Super...2023-01-0756 min
FuturePodEP 148: Ciela Hartanov - Where Work is PlacedDr. Ciela Hartanov joins us to talk about work - what it means, how we do it, and how we create a more humane futures of work.Dr. Ciela Hartanov was part of the founding team of The Google School for Leaders and Head of Next Practice Innovation and Strategy at Google, where she developed projects designed to shape the future of leadership and work. She currently runs humcollective, a boutique strategy and innovation firm that helps companies, executives, and teams make sense of the forces shaping the future and prepare strategically.Ciela has been...2022-11-2441 min
FuturePodEP 148: Ciela Hartanov - Where Work is PlacedWhat role does work play at this point in human evolution?
How do we create more humane workplaces?
How can we move past what our systems and structures allow to find the new way that better serves us?
Dr Ciela Hartanov is an explorer of the future of leadership and adaptable organisation. She brings together foresight and organisational development to break down barriers and invent the next practices for humane, kind, and responsive workplaces.
Interviewed by: Amanda Reeves
2022-11-2141 min
Innovating Leadership: Co-Creating Our FutureS8-Ep46: Opportunity in Uncertainty - with Dr. Ciela HartanovFeatured Guest: Dr. Ciela Hartanov
When you face uncertainty, how do you react?
We’re biologically wired to meet uncertainty with concern, even panic or anxiety: it triggers our fight-or-flight response. But behind that veil of the unknown lies tremendous opportunity, and we can rewire our brains to look forward to it…to welcome uncertainty as fun and exciting. As Dr. Ciela Hartanov explains to host Maureen Metcalf, the key is to hack our own mindset to create a new mental framework. In the process, we may just find ourselves in more humane workplaces.
Fo...2022-11-1557 min
The Leadership PodcastTLP325: The butcher, the baker, the candlestick makerDr. Ciela Hartanov runs Humcollective, a boutique strategy and innovation firm that helps companies, executives, and teams make sense of the forces shaping our future and prepare strategically. In this episode, Ciela discusses the shift that will be needed to turn teaching leadership skills into teaching a leadership mindset. She discusses how and why sensitivity (not emotionalism) is needed more than ever at work. Listen in for an impressive view of the future of work and how that will shape our communities. Key Takeaways [1:57] Ciela has a passion for the human experience inside of work. She believes it is important to...2022-09-2144 min
The Evolving LeaderReclaiming Sensitivity with Ciela HartanovIn this episode of the Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Scott Allender and Jean Gomes talk to human behaviour expert Ciela Hartanov. Ciela is a former Head of Innovation and Strategy at Google and is founder of Hum Collective where she consults with leaders who are overwhelmed by the pace of change and need help creating the time, tools, and innovation models to create a new paradigm of work. 0.00 Introduction4.05 A little more about Ciela’s background and work.5.46 How do you build a mindset to face uncertainty?9.07 How do you...2022-09-0750 min
Leadership Today - Practical Tips For LeadersBonus Episode - Dr Ciela Hartanov - The Future of Work and What it Means for LeadersWe talk all things future of work and what it means for leaders with Dr Ciela Hartanov. Ciela has a doctorate in Culture and Human Behavior and has applied that knowledge to tech organizations for almost two decades. She now runs humcollective, a boutique strategy and innovation firm. Ciela was part of the founding team of The Google School for Leaders and Head of Next Practice Innovation and Strategy at Google, where she developed projects designed to help shape the future of work. She is a psychologist, and expert in creating organizations that are more...2022-08-3056 min
thinkfuture: technology, philosophy and the future635 Reshaping Work For The Future with Ciela Hartanov @ humcollectiveDr. Ciela Hartanov was part of the founding team of The Google School for Leaders and Head of Next Practice Innovation and Strategy at Google, where she developed projects designed to shape the future of leadership and work. She currently runs humcollective, a boutique strategy and innovation firm that helps companies, executives, and teams make sense of the forces shaping the future and prepare strategically.
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The Leadership Hacker PodcastInnovating Next Practice with Dr Ciela HartanovDr Ciela Hartanov was part of the founding team of The Google School for Leaders and Head of Next Practice Innovation and Strategy at Google, She is a psychologist and human behavioural expert and is the founder and CEO of Humcollective, in this episode, you can learn:
Why some leaders run towards disruption with excitement yet others will be afraid?
How we become our own psychological architects.
What is "Innovating Next Practice?”
The four perspectives of emergent mindset.
Join our Tribe at https://leadership-hacker.com
Music: " Upbeat Party " by Scott Holmes courtesy of the...2022-07-2544 min
Social Responsibility at WorkThe Power of Sensitive Organizations with Ciela Hartanov“We need to get clear that there is probably not this thing called ‘culture’ that an organization dictates and pushes through an organization. It needs to be viewed as a network effect, a collaborative effect, and a co-creation effect.”
This is one of the many powerful soundbites dropped by my most recent guest Ciela Hartanov, which contained many jaw-dropping moments. She makes a VERY convincing case for employee experience design.
Ciela has a doctorate in Culture and Human Behavior and was part of the founding team of The Google School for Leaders and Head of Next Pra...2022-07-1346 min
Coach BusinessSensitive LeadershipToday, on the podcast, we're talking about sensitive leadership and the future of work with Dr. Ciela Hartanov.
We have the opportunity, right now, to move out of the Industrial era logic around work and reclaim, or invite back in, some of our humanity.
Some business owners and companies will choose to stick with what has been tried and true, with what they know. BUT, we also know that employees and people on our teams are asking for something else - and will seek to find it.
In this conversation, we talk about:2022-06-2041 min
Leadership Jam SessionThe future of leadership is to be a WayfinderIn this episode, I sit with leadership expert and organizational psychologist, Dr. Ciela Hartanov, who was part of the founding team of the Google School for Leaders as well as Head of Next Practice, Innovation and Strategy at Google, where she developed projects designed to shape the future of leadership and work. Dr. Ciela currently runs humcollective, a boutique strategy and innovation firm that helps companies, executives, and teams make sense of the forces, shaping the future and helps them prepare strategically. Her book, Reclaiming Sensitivity, will be out in 2023. KEY TAKEAWAYS Leadership is an ac...2022-06-1323 min
One Step Beyond: The Cadence Leadership PodcastLeading Yourself – Dr. Ciela Hartanov, Ep. 91On this episode of One Step Beyond, we are joined by Dr. Ciela Hartanov.
Dr. Ciela Hartanov was part of the founding team of The Google School for Leaders and Head of Next Practice Innovation and Strategy at Google, where she developed projects designed to shape the future of leadership and work. She currently runs humcollective, a boutique strategy and innovation firm that helps companies, executives, and teams make sense of the forces shaping the future and prepare strategically.
In this episode, we talk about:
-Going out on your own
-Recognizing doubt
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One Step Beyond: The Cadence Leadership PodcastLeading Yourself – Dr. Ciela Hartanov, Ep. 91On this episode of One Step Beyond, we are joined by Dr. Ciela Hartanov. Dr. Ciela Hartanov was part of the founding team of The Google School for Leaders and Head of Next Practice Innovation and Strategy at Google, where she developed projects designed to shape the future of leadership and work. She currently runs humcollective, a boutique strategy and innovation firm that helps companies, executives, and teams make sense of the forces shaping the future and prepare strategically. In this episode, we talk about:-Going out on your own-Recognizing doubt-Learning to lead yourself-Authenticity not allowing us to evolve-The future...2022-04-271h 33
Everyday LeadershipA State of Transformation: Leading Me, Myself and I with Dr. Ciela HartanovWhen you choose something, being on the fence does no favours to anyone involved It can be difficult to make a decision, yet the next step can be where the real challenge starts. Fully committing to yourself, and your decisions may seem harder, as now youve got to put the actions behind the words. You can no longer be entertaining habits, views and opportunities that take you away from your path. In this week's episode, were taken on insightful learning of what transformation can mean to us. As seasons change, and complexities grow, its important to...2022-04-051h 02
Inspire GreatnessBeing Agile and Innovative Without Creating Burnout with Dr. Ciela HartanovIn this episode we talked with Dr. Ciela Hartanov and discussed the top 5 most important things that a leader needs to do to be agile and innovative without burning people out.Dr. Ciela Hartanov is the founder and managing director of humcollective, a boutique strategy and innovation firm that helps companies, executives, and teams make sense of the forces shaping the future and prepare strategically.Ciela was part of the founding team of The Google School for Leaders and Head of Next Practice Innovation...2022-04-0443 min
Not SimpleCiela Hartanov, Sensitivity"There is so much emergent change that’s happening around us, so we need every piece of this human condition to be able to be okay and to thrive and to be resilient." Dr. Ciela Hartanov is the founder of humcollective, and her book, Reclaiming Sensitivity, will be out in the new year. She and Wendy discuss how we have oversimplified the idea of sensitivity and what we may gain by embracing it in all of its complexity and messiness.2022-03-2433 min
The Heart of Marketing You with Erica CastnerThe Emergent Mindset: Four perspective shifts for leaders to evolve with Dr. Ciela Hartanov - Episode 126According to our guest for this episode, Dr. Ciela Hartanov, the key to leaders evolving faster is by adapting four perspective shifts to help them develop an emergent mindset. Ciela has a research background in Culture and Human Behavior and has applied her knowledge of human behavior to organizations for almost two decades. She currently runs humcollective, a boutique strategy and innovation firm that helps companies, executives, and teams make sense of the forces shaping the future and prepare strategically. She is also a host for the Questioning Work podcast. 2022-03-2428 min
Inevitable: The Future of Work085 Sensemaking: Creating conditions needed to thrive in unprecedented times We live in unprecedented and unpredictable times…sort of a climate change circumstance for organizations. So what are leaders and activators to do? How will they facilitate sensemaking for themselves and their teams? Dr. Ciela Hartanov, who runs innovation and strategy firm humcollective, is an alumna of Google, and the author of the forthcoming book, "Reclaiming Sensitivity," provides an understanding of how to grow well beyond the Industrial Age thinking that remains a cornerstone of our engagement practices and help our people solve for the paradoxes that surround us…solutions that hold the key to revealing the emergent strategies that...2022-03-0250 min
Questioning Work#10: What have we learned? Reflecting on Questioning Work.In this final episode of Season One of Questioning Work, Terri, Maxine, and Ciela reflect back on lessons learned in 2021. They discuss their major takeaways from the first season of the podcast, and how things have changed for them and the world since the project's first inception.Topics Include:- Connection, and the need for connectivity- Polarities and paradoxes- The changing role of leadership in organizations- Agency in the workplace- Responsibility- What matters at work- Balance diverse values- And other...2022-01-1144 minQuestioning Work#09: How do we locate and relocate ourselves in times of uncertainty?How do we locate and relocate ourselves geographically, emotionally, and physically during times of uncertainty? In this episode, we explore the idea of location and how our increasingly virtual environments are affecting our ability to ground and find meaning in our work. We explore how these shifting work norms impact our ability to connect and form relationships in the workplace. Topics Include: Fluidity of location. Making choices about being seen or not seen. Locating and relocating. The relationship between attachment and meaning. Grounding during times of uncertainty. Listening skills in a virtual environment. How organizations...2021-10-0539 minQuestioning Work#08: How do we become better resourced to manage the emerging future?Today we discuss resourcefulness, strategic planning, and how organizations are positioning themselves to deal with the emerging future. We explore questions such as, how do we identify what metrics matter long term, who is responsible for “sense-making” when the work environment is rapidly changing, how can we let go of old ways of knowing to anticipate the emerging future, and much more.Topics Include:Differentiating resilience and resourcefulness. The difference between leaders and leadership practices within an organization. The possibility that the “new normal” remains everchanging. When collaboration becomes a hindrance, rather than a best practice. The great re...2021-09-0744 minQuestioning Work#07: How do we need to rethink thinking about culture?How are ideas of culture changing as we enter a new era of work? What does it mean to be part of a collective that does not share spaces?Terri, Maxine, and Ciela explore these questions and more in this episode of Questioning Work. They ask what the relevance of company culture will be in a world of remote work, and how we might build a company culture in a remote environment. Topics Include:Definitions of culture. The juxtaposition between the individual and the collective. Reconciling individual agency and collective wellbeing. Differences...2021-07-1337 minQuestioning Work#06: What Does It Take To Create Including Workplaces?Ciela, Maxine, and Terri are joined today by Terrence Taylor to talk about inclusion and exclusion in organizations and in the workplace. They discuss the academic environment, how institutions can create a feeling of belonging, and how leaders can embrace the need for more equitable systems.Topics include:What does it take to create an inclusive organization or workplace?Is inclusion always a good thing?What does exclusion look like in the organization?Inclusion and exclusion for large organizationsCreating incentivesThe courage of inclusivitySpeaking up and being vocalCancel cultureAnd other topics...Want to connect...2021-06-0833 minQuestioning Work#05: What is the definition of work?What is work? Is work a noun or a verb? What does it mean to question work? In this episode, Terri, Maxine, and Ciela explore these questions and the mental constructs we have around work as organizations and as individuals.Topics Include:Individual conceptions of workEastern and western visions of what work should feel likeWork as a source of purpose and meaningDefining "essential work"Work as a contribution, not a burdenWork and identityVisibility as a workerChanging the world of workAnd other topics...Resources Mentioned:Your Reflected Best Self – https://hbr.org/2005/01/how-to-play-to-your-strengthsWa...2021-05-1136 minQuestioning Work#04: Are we sleepwalking at work?What does it mean to wake up in the workplace and in our personal lives? What has COVID taught us about work and our relationship to work? What do we mean by "the new normal", and how might we shape these new norms consciously? In this episode, Terri, Maxine, and Ciela explore these questions and much more.Topics Include:Bringing consciousness and self-reflection to the workplaceWhat the "new normal" may be for various groups and organizationsThe possibility of maintaining a "work culture" when working from homeWhat it means to have agency in the workplace and in...2021-04-2039 minQuestioning Work#03: Why does the organization sometimes feel dangerous?Ciela, Maxine, and Terri discuss why being a part of an organization often feels dangerous and the feelings of fear and anxiety that can result. They explore the changing expectations of leaders and organizations in a post-COVID world, why kindness is key at the individual and collective level, the problem with blurry lines between professional and personal relationships, and more.Topics Include:Vulnerability in the workplaceChanging expectations for leaders and organizationsObjective truths vs subjective human experiencesDiversity and inclusionPersonal growth as an organizational goalBelonging–knowing that you are cared for and a part ofBalancing safety and riskAppropriate le...2021-02-1847 minQuestioning Work#02: What if we were able to more deeply connect?Ciela, Maxine, and Terri discuss the role connection plays in an organization. Together, they explore why connection is important but can also feel dangerous, differences between connection, collaboration, and trust, intentionally connecting with those who hold differing opinions, and more.Topics Include:Trust within an organizationWhat it means to feel "connected" in the workplaceThe shadow side of connection or trustThe theory of Dunbar's NumberThe relationship between connection and competitionConnecting with yourself to connect with othersFostering connections with people who think differently than usAn "I see you, and I am here" attitudeSeeing the person, not the roleAnd...2021-02-1843 minQuestioning Work#01: Who am I at work and who decides?Ciela, Maxine, and Terri meet to discuss identity in the workplace. In this conversation, they explore the difference between resilience and resourcefulness, 2020 as a mindset reset, investigating our scope of influence in the workplace, and more.Topics Include:Adaptive resourcefulnessBlurred lines between home and work during COVIDIdentity and workResilience vs resourcefulnessAdaptation–leaving behind that which no longer serves youMindsets and how they can changeSlowing down to co-create with othersAn individuals scope of influence in the workplaceAnd other topics......Resources Mentioned:Ikigai by Chris MyersDeliberate Practice by James ClearWa...2021-02-1841 minQuestioning WorkAn Introduction to Questioning WorkWelcome to Questioning Work! In this introductory episode, hosts Terri Soller, Maxine Jaffit, and Ciela Hartanov share their intentions for the podcast, and what listeners can expect in forthcoming episodes. Want to connect? Reach out to us online!https://www.questioningwork.com/2021-02-0103 min