Today we welcome Gabriella Kellerman, the chief innovation officer at BetterUp and the head of BetterUp Labs. She is also a Harvard-trained physician with expertise in behavioral and organizational change, digital health, well-being, and AI. As a thought leader, Gabriella has been published in The Atlantic, Scientific American Mind, JAMA, and the Harvard Business Review. Her first book is Tomorrowmind, which she co-authored with Professor Martin Seligman.
In this episode, I talked to Gabriella Kellerman about prospection and future-proofing the workplace in the 21st century. According to Gabriella, the world is always changing. She argues that we can plan for uncertainty by cultivating creative leadership, building rapid rapport, and learning resilience. We also touch on the topics of imagination, kindness, and positive behavioral science.
Website: gabriellarosenkellerman.com
Twitter: @grkellerman
Topics
01:44 Collaborating with Martin Seligman
03:54 What is prospection?
08:00 Creativity: ways of being divergent
10:36 Creativity hygiene
14:05 Creative strength spotting
16:42 The safety to matter and to innovate
23:59 Positive behavioral science
27:21 Key drivers of resilience
30:48 Instill resilience in the workplace
34:38 Gabriella’s background and expertise
38:37 Building rapid rapport
43:05 Positivity resonance
46:24 Accepting and coping with change
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What is Creativity? || The Human Potential Lab
Life in Five Senses || Gretchen Rubin
The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom || Sharon Salzberg
The New Science of Consciousness || Anil Seth
How to Increase Your Sexual Pleasure || Kenneth Play and Madison Sloane Holland
Gender/Sex and the Body || Anne Fausto-Sterling
The Scientific Realities of Biological Sex || Debra Soh, Marco Del Giudice, & Buck Angel
The Science of Testosterone || Carole Hooven
Aaron Rabinowitz & Callie Wright || What We Get Wrong About Transgender People
Steven Kotler || Creativity, Skill-Mastery, and Aging
Eli Finkel || How the Best Marriages Work
Live From the Comedy Cellar: Comedy, Free Speech, and Why the Last 10 Years of American Life Have Been So Uniquely Stupid with Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff, and Rikki Schlott
What is Intelligence? || The Human Potential Lab
Connie Zweig || Embracing Your Shadow
Perry Zurn & Dani Bassett || How Curiosity Connects Us
David Epstein || Where Does Greatness Come From?
Roland Griffiths & David Yaden || The Scientific Psychedelics Revolution and Embracing Mortality: An Ode to Joy
Ali Smith, Andrés González, & Atman Smith || Let Your Light Shine
Neil Pasricha || How to Live an Awesome Life
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Poetry of Science
Behavioral Grooves Podcast
Hidden Brain
Something You Should Know
The Science of Happiness