Our Newest Podcast

Kallion’s newest podcast, hosted by John Esposito, highlights the voices of academics and researchers in the humanities with conversations about leadership. Leading Thinkers is a podcast about leadership in the humanities, humanities in leadership, and how studying the humanities affects leadership practices.

The Art of Leadership Podcast

The Art of Leadership podcast features conversations with diverse and prominent leaders about how the humanities informs their leadership. It features stories of becoming a leader, the language that leaders use to think about themselves, the moral values they try to embody, the ethical dilemmas they wrestle with, and the films, literature, philosophy, and works of art they rely on to shape and guide them. Each podcast features a summary of the conversation, questions that were discussed (listeners may skip ahead to the questions that most interest them), leadership insights, works of art referenced, and further reading. Each podcast concludes with an invitation to answer a question about leadership that leaders still struggle with.

Kallion Leadership Blog

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But how do we apply empathy in the post-COVID workplace? Remote work has disrupted the personal dynamics we once relied on, making it more challenging to understand the individual needs of employees. As empathetic leaders, it is essential to actively seek connections, master communication tools, and organize engaging virtual gatherings to support flexibility and recognize the added responsibilities and pressures experienced by team members.
When I think about my career journey thus far, I often find myself reflecting on the humanities and the important role this field of study has played within it – because the two are so closely interwoven.
Today, we segregate ourselves and our work force into “science people” and “artsy people,” as if there cannot be any useful overlap. In a world of increasing political and social polarization, we need overlap. Our medical system is in desperate need of ethics and humanist values. Our political system needs more objectivity and less emotional echo chambers. Science and the liberal arts are not opposing forces, but necessary complements to each other.