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Beyond Listening

Miriam Jones and Adam Rumack, Co-Founders of Open Circle

Brought to you by Open Circle: a podcast for leaders and change makers who listen, adapt, and act. With guests from diverse industries, cultures, and political perspectives, and episodes that distill the lessons we’ve learned, and the questions we are still asking, after decades of guiding organizational and personal transformations. Join us on a journey of soul and spirit in leadership and action. Hosted by Miriam Jones and Adam Rumack. For more information visit

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E38: How To Share Your Voice Compassionately...

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2022/12/17

Intersectionality, nuance, integrity, compassion, presence. These key tenets rise to the surface in our conversation with dear friend Pranidhi Varshney. The founder of Yoga Shala West, a community-supported Ashtanga Yoga studio in West LA, Pranidhi shares experiences from her personal life, her yoga practice and her quest for creating more nuanced relationships with our lives and each other. Touching on motherhood, shared culture, the principles of Ashtanga, ‘resisting with compassion’ and being in

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E37: Fostering Community and Social Equity

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2022/11/17

Fostering community takes perseverance. Today we welcome Orion Kriegman, Executive Director with the Boston Food Forest Coalition. Orion’s journey in life has shown him the depth of global social inequity and instilled in him a desire to be the change. Recounting experiences volunteering as a graduate student to living in a newly post-apartheid South Africa, he now leads the non-profit BFFC in transforming and reanimating urban areas. He shares insights from his seven years in the role - emphasising

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E36: The Yogic Journey w/James Boag

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2022/10/10

How can we practically connect with our animating spirit? Walking us through the process is today's guest and yogic thinker, James Boag. We discuss the restrictive quality of our school systems and habits, experiencing invention as discovery and the power of circle practice to foster soul-nourishing laughter, learning and fulfilment. His life journey - from English origins to Japanese and Indian teachings as yoga teacher and language scholar - reveals a spirit of discovery, communication and

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00:40:58

E35: The Soul and Spirit of Leadership w/Miriam Jones...

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2022/10/03

Conventional descriptions of leadership often miss a piece - the dual components of Soul and Sprit. Our hosts Adam Rumack and Miriam Jones dive into what they describe as one of the ‘most magical and mystical parts of their work’. Reflecting on their experiences of leadership in life, the discussion builds on recent episode, exploring enchantment and our animating spirit. With the next Leadership retreat planned for early November in Oregon, today’s conversation explores the importance of natural

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00:43:47

E34: Science, Enchantment and Interconnection with Dr...

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2022/09/27

What lives on the overlap of hard science, Jungian psychology and enchantment? Dr Joseph Cambray is the former Harvard Medical School faculty who has spent decades answering that question. With remarkable insight, Joseph breaks down enchantment, disruption and coincidence and takes us through how they have each in turn challenged and ultimately transformed him. The human experience is interconnected in the most real sense of the term. Here, we're invited to reconnect with our experiences - without

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00:44:23

E33: DreamSeeDo: Nurturing Fulfillment in Business

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2022/09/14

Soulmates come in different shapes and sizes. Enter Josh Schwartzman and Jeremy Berman - business soulmates. Having met at Hackathon, the duo founded DreamSeeDo with a simple mission: to unlock human potential. Document the challenge of progressing a business while staying true to their values, they help us understand HOW to stay grounded; in moments of success and frustration. The best place to find DreamSeeDo is here

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00:53:30

E32: Sovereign Bodies: Durability vs. resilience and...

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2022/08/31

Can you train resilience? Today's episode features Raven Aäe; a hunter, ultra runner, meditator and founder of coaching school Magnetic North. Raven discusses her experience founding a coaching school, shattering societal expectations whilst pregnant and striving for solitude in the wilderness. Touching on working with Navy Seals and sharing the experiences that make her feel truly alive, we're challenged to consider our own levels of durability, resilience, and ultimately whether we are capable of

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00:46:36

E31: Hunting, Ethics and Conservation - Joel...

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2022/07/08

Why is it that we hunt? And how does it interface with Conservation? Today we welcome Joel Strimling, board member of Oregon Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA). Joel spent his childhood outdoors but adopted a hunting lifestyle as an adult - experiencing initial trepidation grow into a fulfilling passion. We dive into the challenges of Joel's transition into a huge advocate of the hunting lifestyle and the conservation of natural spaces - and touch on encountering death, the complex ethics of

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E30: Café Gratitude: the compassionate guide to...

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2022/06/25

What are the mechanics of gratitude? And how do we practically recognise abundance? Today we are thrilled to welcome Terces and Matthew Engelhart onto the show. Authors, co-founders of Café Gratitude and creators of The Abounding River Board Game, Terces and Matthew are fascinating examples of how to lead lives of spirituality, kindness and compassion - all while interfacing with the corporate world and managing the tension of growing a global brand. Covering abundance, systems of oppression and

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E29: Overturning our Immunity to Change with Deb...

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2022/06/04

Why do we fail to achieve the most important high-stakes changes that our lives demand and that we desire? According to the Immunity to Change approach to human development, it is because we have a sub-conscious "immune system" of competing commitments and assumptions that make those changes nearly impossible; until we uncover and overturn them. In this episode, Deborah Helsing, the Director of Mind at Work, explores the psychological "Immunity to Change" and its roots in proven theories of adult

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00:46:35

E28: DEI, Engagement, and Org Health: Beyond the...

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2022/04/29

"Culture feels squishy to a lot of people. It is squishy and hard to quantify. When you look at visible and observable behaviors - how people show up - you start to get data that gives you an organizational diagnosis of where and why people are experiencing the organization.Culture is often defined by the worst behavior tolerated. How do people treat the lowest ranking member in your organization? That is the picture of culture that people experience." ~ Julie Diamond Julie Diamond,CEO, and founder

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E27: The Value of Culture: Basecamp to Summit w/...

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2022/04/04

In this episode, we kick-off a three part series, where we will be looking at the value of culture amidst structural change and strategic growth, and the false separation between culture and strategy. Adam Rumack and Miriam Joy Jones discuss how they assess cultural ecosystems with clients, support an organization's journey through change, and their roles as guides on this journey of transformation. Join us for exploring into questions like: What does it take to shift the focus of traditional

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00:43:29

E26: Inter-generational Vision: Where do we go from...

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2022/03/15

The chaos and confusion of systems collapsing and the dramatic change all around the world, is a call for a broader array of ideas to envision a new way forward. This episode of the Beyond Listening podcast is part of our Getting to Know You Series where we gather a diverse group of people from around the globe to share their stories around a question they are passionate about. In this session, Intergenerational Vision, we ask voices less heard in our community- our elders and our youth- about where

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00:54:05

E25: How to Fix the Unfixable, When Trust is Broken,...

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2022/03/03

In this episode of the Beyond Listening podcast, we hear from Dr. Wendy Fraser about the research she captured in her book: Trust Repair: It is Possible! Learn about: psychological safety, mending group conflict, conversational competence, and the journey of trust repair in both personal relationships and groups. Dr. Wendy Fraser believes in and mentors the collective wisdom in an organization by engaging the talents and hearts of people. Through leadership and organization development, she

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00:54:37

E:24: From Reggae Bands to Marketing Tech: Finding...

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2022/02/28

In Episode 24, we hear from Jeff Eckman, Founder and CEO of Blue Green, about creative conflict, and multiplying love through business. Jeff earned his BS in Operations Technology at Northeastern University, and holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Jeff lives in Belmont, Massachusetts with his wife and two children, and is the drummer for Boston's original reggae band, Pressure Cooker. Blue Green is a marketing technology company that delivers exponential growth in returns on

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00:56:57

E23: Connection Sustains Us and Forgiveness as...

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2022/02/14

In this episode of the Beyond Listening Podcast, First Nations Leaders Renee and Manny Iron Hawk share stories around reconciliation, healing identity issues, and cycles of conflict. They speak to the significance of righting the wrongs of violence, and acknowledging the genocide, historical trauma, and false narratives about indigenous people for healing nation-to-nation relations. From stories of pain and trauma, to the gift of Creator's love, and the power of forgiveness, Renee and Manny offer

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E22: Black, White and In Between

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2022/01/17

A dialogue of reconciling patterns of oppression, shame and silencing. What is it to acknowledge our experience of color and go beyond the trauma and the triggers to a conversation of the human soul, and to carry together the legacy of hurt, oppression, shame and silencing? To step past political correctness to the fullness of story and the healing that comes from being seen and deeply heard. In this listening circle we focus on the color of skin, and its interaction with our stories, our listening

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E21: Don't Make Mistakes, Make Experiments

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2021/11/01

In this episode of the Beyond Listening Podcast, Miriam and Adam (co-founders of We are Open Circle and hosts of the Beyond Listening Podcast) reflect on the value of their mistakes with real-life examples. They share reflections on how valuing mistakes can lead us towards avoiding the pain of "shoulding ourselves to death," and making meaning out of shame, righteousness and everything in between.

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E20: Getting to Know You: The Art of Listening

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2021/09/13

The way we listen forms the way we understand the world. In this session of the Getting to Know You series, we explore different perspectives on The Art of Listening, and how it shapes our actions. This month's featured storytellers are: Dr. Tjanara Goreng Goreng is a Wakka Wakka Wulli Wulli Traditional Owner from Central Queensland who has had a diverse career as both an academic researcher, community development worker and senior policy Director in the Australian Public Service. Lanalle L Smith

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E19: Part 2: A Family of Activists- From the Inside...

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2021/09/07

In Part 2 with Eileen and India, we continue the journey through the territory of discrimination, race and equity- exploring personal and professional stories of societal and organizational transformation. Eileen Cooper Reed is a change maker and advocate. Her entire adult life has been dedicated to the improvement of the human condition particularly for children and families of color. Before becoming a lawyer, Eileen was trained in community development and worked in both rural and urban

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