Inspired by a book by Priya Parker, Pete and Jen noodle on the idea of how to begin the leading of a gathering, and how that beginning might affect the rest of the experience.

Inspired by a new aha moment, Jen and Pete noodle on how there might be five points of contact in many different social interactions, and how we might prepare for these exchanges.

Inspired by a song by Gloria Estefan, Jen and Pete noodle on the idea of getting up on your feet early in the creative process.

Inspired by an idea from James Clear, Pete and Jen noodle on the categorization of a problem as either a muddy puddle or a leaky ceiling.

This week, Jen and Pete think about procrastination and ask the question: Is this form of procrastination actually helping the work?

After both having done workshops on feedback, Jen and Pete thrash about the relationship between feedback and dramatic structure.

After a week of riding his own wave, Pete brings Jen the story of his experience and they thrash about it together.

This week, Jen and Pete share the tools that their clients and they themselves use in order to muster up some gumption.

This week, Pete and Jen's love of acronyms brings them to a discussion of Shane Parrish's acronym of H.A.L.T..

Jen and Pete thrash about the process of creating exercises, and think about when it might be useful to use an exercise when trying to help another person (or themselves) to reach a goal or outcome.

This week, Pete and Jen dive in to how exciting it can be to be a beginner...and also thrilling and frustrating and scary, and a whole smorgasbord of emotions.

This week, Jen and Pete noodle on giving and receiving feedback on a scale of one to ten, combined with the question of what it would take to achieve your desired number on that scale.

Having returned from his own solo off-site, Pete shares with Jen about his experience, and together, they noodle on tips and tricks for people looking to create their own version.

In a highly anticipated episode, Jen generously unveils her STAR|MAP process for Pete and you, the listeners.

This week, Pete shares with Jen the idea of subject matter expertise phenomenon (SMEP), and together they noodle on how they might use the knowledge of that phenomenon to help coach leaders.

In celebration of Quitters Day (January 12th), Jen and Pete noodle on all things surrounding quitting: why someone might quit, what can help us to not quit, and when it might actually be a good idea to quit.

In a thriller of an episode, Jen tells Pete the story of her missing stools, and they noodle on what she learned from the whole experience.

In another annual tradition, Jen and Pete share how they are reflecting on the previous year and how they are planning for the coming year (or five years, in Jen's case).

In their annual tradition, Pete and Jen go through their favorite things from the past year.

This week, Jen and Pete noodle on both looking up to someone on a pedestal and being the person put on the pedestal.

This week, Jen comes to Pete needing to be coached on how to approach a big scary thing that she's been working on.

This week, Jen poses a question to Pete: What would Broadway Jesus do?

Throwing it back to old video games, Pete and Jen ping-pong back and forth about what we might learn from games like Zelda when thinking about leadership and growth.

In this week's episode, Jen teaches Pete about the ways she uses people, places, position, and purpose to create target lists.