Kelly talks to Muriel Wilkins, host of the award-winning Harvard Business Review podcast, Coaching Real Leaders. Her latest book is called “Leadership Unblocked: Break Through the Beliefs That Limit Your Potential.”     A recurring theme in this book is ceding the need to be right.  “Probably one of the things that if you had asked …

Kelly celebrates the release of Anne Libera’s new book on comedy, “Funnier.” The talk in front of a live audience at The Second City.   There’s a great line in your new book, “Funnier,” you write: “The real secret to creating good comedy is to start by creating comedy that is likely not good at …

Kelly welcomes Richard Thaler, the 2017 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to the podcast along with his co-author, professor Alex Imas to talk about their updated version of Thaler’s seminal book “The Winner’s Curse.”    One of the stories I love from the book was how Richard saw how farmers used …

Kelly welcomes the always provocative Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic back to the podcast to talk about his new book: “Don’t Be Yourself: Why Authenticity is Overrated (and What to Do Instead).”  The idea of ‘authenticity’ is seen as such a valuable commodity that we talk a lot about how important it and yet, do we really want …

Kelly connects with Berkely Professor Toby Stuart to discuss his fascinating new book, “Anointed: The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status in a Winner-Take-Most World.”     One of the things that’s interesting about your book is that in addition to asking us to be aware that people are cultivating what we pay attention to, you note …

Kelly welcomes the always inspiring Morgan Housel back to the podcast to discuss his new book “The Art of Spending Money: Simple Choices for a Richer Life.”    In the author’s note that opens the book you write, “Money is less about numbers and more about stories we tell ourselves about what matters, what makes …

Kelly welcomes professor Colin Fisher back to the podcast to discuss his new book “The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups.”    Your work in jazz improvisation and my work in theatrical improvisation – we learned how to be effective in groups. But most of the world doesn’t have that kind of training …

Kelly talks to Maryellen MacDonald, a cognitive scientist with a focus on psycholinguistics, the study of how we comprehend, produce, and learn languages. Her new book is called, “More Than Words: How Talking Sharpens the Mind and Shapes Our World.”    I was trying to explain what your book is about to people and they …

Kelly talks to Martin Dubin, a clinical psychologist, serial entrepreneur, business coach, and adviser to C-suite executives and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs about his new book: “Blindspotting: How to See What’s Holding You Back as a Leader.”      There’s a story we tell in the book “Yes, And” about a leader for a group vying to build …