Catalyst

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Live from Nexus 2025: With UPS’ Sean Jantzen Jul 29, 2025

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At the first ever live Catalyst event Tammy and Sean Jantzen discuss driving digital innovation at UPS

Sean Jantzen is the king of shipping for shipping. 24 years ago he started out as an intern at UPS and is now the Vice President of Applications Development. In the first ever live Catalyst recording from Nexus 2025, Tammy sits down with Sean to discuss how he ships new innovative software at the global shipping and logistics company. Sean talks about how his background in team sports informs his coaching mindset and explains why shipping early and small can lead to fewer bugs and faster delivery.

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Scaling responsible AI: With Noelle Russell

Only the curious will thrive: Top takeaways from Nexus 2025

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Mindshift: On reshaping the future with Brian Solis Jul 23, 2025

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Brian Solis on how purpose, curiosity and creativity will help us shape the future

This week Tammy is joined by visionary futurist and digital anthropologist Brian Solis. Brian is the Head of Global Innovation at ServiceNow and is one of the most interesting thinkers on how disruptive technologies like AI can impact businesses and the customer experience. Brian and Tammy discuss the mind shift that’s needed in our current changing world and Brian shares his reflections on how you can help shape the future, not just react to it.

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The building power of AI: With Maryam Ashoori Jul 15, 2025

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Dr. Maryam Ashoori on the risks and opportunities of AI

Maryam Ashoori started studying AI long before it became popular. Now, as the Director of Product Management and Head of Product for IBM's watsonx.ai, Maryam is focused on delivering the best AI solutions. This week Maryam joins Tammy to talk about all things AI implementation and ethics. Maryam shares what AI applications she’s most excited about right now and shares some of the biggest risks and opportunities she’s seeing with enterprise AI implementations today. She also shares tips for building diverse and high-performing teams. A little hint - the best teams are built on trust and accountability.

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Reinventing the healthcare experience: With Keena Patel-Moran Jul 08, 2025

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Keena Patel-Moran on building a more holistic healthcare industry

As a young professional Keena Patel-Moran saw firsthand how a healthcare product she developed helped save lives. Now the Healthcare and Lifesciences Industry Lead at Launch by NTT DATA, Keena is still working towards building a more human approach to healthcare. This week, Keena sits down with Tammy to discuss ways to improve the industry and give patients the support they need and deserve. Keena reflects on how a personal experience watching a family member's health journey shaped how she views the healthcare industry today. They discuss why doctors should look beyond just symptoms and at the whole individual and make a case that improving healthcare processes is not only better for patients and care-takers but is also good for business.

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The case for emotional intelligence: With Vlad Moskovski Jul 01, 2025

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Vlad Moskovski on helping leaders tap into their emotional and somatic intelligence

According to Vlad Moskovski, the thing that is transforming leadership these days is somatic intelligence, or the ability to feel and understand sensations in the body and how they relate to what we’re navigating. Vlad has been coaching CEOs and their executive teams for over 15 years and has seen first hand the difference that emotional intelligence and somatic intelligence can make on a team. This week he joins Tammy to share anecdotes and data on how these types of intelligence can help leaders and teams improve their KPIs and be better problem solvers. He also turns the mic on Tammy and gives her an impromptu coaching session.

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The power of intentionality: With Deanna Steele Jun 24, 2025

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Deanna Steele on finding joy and being deliberate with how you spend your time

As Chief Information Officer at Allied Universal, Deanna Steele is at the forefront of major technological change and is a driving force for innovation. This week Deanna joins Tammy to talk not only about how to lead organizations but also how to lead ourselves. Deanna talks about why she takes a quarterly inventory of her goals to make sure she is being intentional with where she spends her time. She also talks about the power of female friendships, especially in the world of tech, and talks about how seeking joy and being a well-rounded individual will help you be a better leader.

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Scaling human-centered teams: With Munawar Ahmed Jun 17, 2025

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Munawar Ahmed on getting the best out of your team in high-stress situations

Munawar Ahmed has a unique gift for growing teams and designing award-winning experiences at scale and has spent the last two decades working with some of the biggest companies from Verizon to Microsoft. This week Munawar joins Tammy to discuss how she helps teams reframe problems and build incredible experiences. Munawar explains how teaching physics, chemistry and earth science at the 8th grade level in L.A. informs the design work she does today and breaks down how she deals with difficult behaviour should it pop up on a team.

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In business to move business: With Raj Singh Jun 10, 2025

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Raj Singh on leading agile teams in a slow-moving industry

Raj Singh is a hands-on technology executive, he doesn't hide behind his desk he leads by example. Raj has over 28 years of experience in information and technology and is the Global CIO at Visteon Corporation, a leading automotive technology business. This week Raj joins Tammy to discuss his three Ts of organizational change - trust, transparency, teamwork. He explains how these values are helping to make the industry more agile and shares what he’s most excited about in the future of the automotive industry.

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Visteon

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Building the trust stack: With Rori Duboff Jun 03, 2025

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Rori Duboff on how to create trust in the modern digital age

For over 20 years Rori Duboff has been at the forefront of digital strategy across marketing, design and media. Throughout her time in the industry one of the main values that Rori has focused on is trust - how do we understand what is real and what is not - especially in an age of growing online misinformation. This week Rori joins Tammy to discuss her recently developed Trust Stack, a tool she developed to sift through the noise and seek out what is real and true.

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Fakespot

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The power of being a black-sheep: With Valentina Contini May 27, 2025

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Futures engineer Valentina Contini on the importance of harnessing your differences

Valentina Contini is often the outsider in the room. As an Italian woman with purple hair and tattoos who worked in the male-dominated automotive industry she was often the black sheep - but that’s what made her valuable. This week Valentina joins Tammy to discuss the importance of authenticity and leading by example. As a technofuturist, Valentina also shares the future technologies that she’s most excited about…could a brain-machine interface or flying car be on the horizon?

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Amy Webb

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