In this episode, Sam Dever talks with Dr. Natalie Petouhoff. Dr. Natalie Petouhoff is one of the world’s leading experts in customer and employee experience, authoring the Wall Street Journal best-selling book Empathy in Action: How to Deliver Great Customer and Employee Experiences at Scale. As a consultant, she works side-by-side with executive leaders to help them deliver experiences to drive the businesses' financial results, reducing costs and increasing revenue, without degrading the customer/employee experience. This is a blind spot for most companies, as they often make changes that end up compromising the very experiences of those two key company assets. The experiences with Salesforce and Forrester bring a practical view on how to use customer/employee experience technology to build customer/employee-facing experiences that garner loyalty. Dr. Natalie provides practical steps to justify the economic importance of customer and employee experience to get the right allocation of budget and resources, the steps to deliver change to clearly impact the bottom line, and the leadership skills to execute and measure the changes. In Sam and Dr. Natalie's discussion, they discuss Dr. Natalie's book, Empathy in Action, how businesses can use empathy to better understand their employees and customers, Dr. Natalie producing a new documentary in India featuring the Dalai Lama and much more! Visit Dr. Natalie's website at: https://www.drnatalienews.com/

In Episode #85 of The Sam Dever Podcast, Sam Dever speaks with Michael J. Masucci. Michael J. Masucci is an award-winning artist, musician, producer, curator and arts advocate. As a founding member of EZTV, a 45-year old media arts group in Los Angeles, he has been on the forefront of the evolution between art & tech for his entire career. A passionate advocate for the arts, he has served as Chair of the Santa Monica Arts Commission, and is co-founder of DNA Festival, a new and s=excirting six-month long festival on digital art and culture. In addition to the arts, he has lectured internationally on a variety of subjects ranging from cyber security, to transhumanism and sees himself as a cultural ambassador bridging the gaps of communication between the creative communities of art and science. In Sam and Michael's conversation, a variety of topics were covered including Michael's background and being a founding member of EZTV, working with Timothy Leary, The current state of technology, A.I. and the impact it will have on art and our lives, the moon landing and much more! Learn more about EZTV at: https://eztvmuseum.com/ Learn more about the Digital Arts Festival at: https://www.dnafestivalsm.com/ #art #tech #technology #losangeles #la #ai #artist #podcast #podcasting

In this episode, Sam Dever speaks with actor, filmmaker and painter, Charlie Statires. In their conversation, Sam and Charlie discuss a variety of topics including Charlie's recent film he wrote and directed called "Lobster Trap", Charlie leaving Los Angeles and moving back to the East Coast, Living with OCD, Living as an artist and choosing one's path in life and much more! Visit Charlie's website: https://charliestatires.com/ Follow Charlie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charliestatires/ Follow Lobster Trap on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lobstertrapfilm/ #losangels #la #podcast #podcasting #film #filmmaker #hollywood #ocd #inspiration #movitivation #artist #art #artwork

In this episode, Sam Dever speaks with Omar Scott of Ambitious Moguls and AM Wellness. In their conversation, Sam and Omar discuss his career in Federal Government, growing up in Baltimore, how he created Ambitious Moguls, moving out to Los Angeles, the inspiration behind his juice company AM Wellness and much more! Visit The AM Wellness online store and use code "SAMDEVER" for 10% off! https://amwellness.shop/ Visit the Ambitious Moguls website: https://www.ambitiousmoguls.com/ Follow Omar on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/othemogul/

In this episode, Sam talks with Imran Ahmed aka "Captain Ron" who is the Founder of Great Pods. "Great Pods is a platform that aggregates Critic reviews and ratings to help you find your first or next podcast listen. The Rotten Tomatoes of podcasts." In this conversation, Sam and Imran discuss Imran's background, how he founded Great Pods, the challenges the company and himself have been through, the future of Great Pods and podcasting, making LA the podcast capital of the world, start-up life and much more! Check out the Great Pods website at: https://greatpods.co Follow Great Pods on social media: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@greatpods Instagram https://www.instagram.com/greatpods Twitter https://twitter.com/greatpods LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/great-pods Facebook https://www.facebook.com/greatpods

In this episode, Sam Dever speaks with actress and artist Brittnee Garza. In this conversation, Sam and Brittnee discuss a variety of topics including Brittnee's upbringing in Seattle and journey to Los Angeles, working at Disneyland and other theme parks, Brittnee's company Chaotic Motion, acting, Brittnee's experience working with a film drone and much more! Follow Brittnee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brittneegarza Visit Brittnee's website: https://www.brittneegarza.com

In this episode, Sam Dever speaks with actor, director and producer, Kenny Yates. This is Kenny's second appearance on the podcast. In this conversation, Sam and Kenny discuss a variety of topics including Kenny's recent starring acting role in the film "Before Never", His recent directing project "Final Wager", the current state of independent filmmaking in Hollywood, navigating life as an artist, Kenny's support of the podcast and much more! Visit Kenny's website: https://kennyyates.com Follow Kenny on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kennyyates_official

In this episode, I speak with author, poet and actor, Khalilah Yasmin. This is Khalilah's second appearance on the podcast. In our conversation, Khalilah and I discuss a variety of topics including her latest books "Redwoods" and "Letters Never Sent", the writing process, surviving as an artist, dating in the modern age and much more! Buy Khalilah's books "Redwoods" and "Letters Never Sent" and more on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Khalilah-Yasmin/author/B00WNBDLUU?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true Visit Khalilah's Website: https://khalilahyasmin.com Follow Khalilah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kyasminauthor Listen to Khalilah on Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/khalilahyasmin #books #podcast #author #writer #lasvegas #vegas

This is Nick's second appearance on the podcast. In our conversation, we discuss a wide range of topics from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Integrity, the current state of society, the meaning behind dreams, trying to find truth in a world of information overload, acting and much more! Follow Nick on Instagram :https://www.instagram.com/nickosborne___ Check out Nick's Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/the-no-f-cking-good-podcast-with-nick-osborne/id1266815170

In this episode, I speak with Josh Pickel. Josh is the Founder and Director of The Canton Learning Collaborative based in Canton, IL. Canton, IL is my hometown and where Josh and I grew up together. In our conversation, Josh and I discuss his background in education, the events leading him to found The Canton Learning Collaborative, frustrations of the public school system, the benefits of a self-directed learning center, how people can support and much more! Visit the Canton Learning Collaborative's website: https://www.cantonlearning.org/ Follow Josh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshclc You can email Josh at: [email protected]