Oh, what a joy! We sit down with the award winning theatre director, educator, and artist Mikael Burke. He takes us back to his beginnings as a vocalist at Butler University, the production that changed his major and then his life, and how he wound up full circle directing for the Ivy League school that turned down his application. We discover the intersection of arts and business leadership, and the benefit of the “precipice moments” we discover in our work.

Learn more about Mikael and his upcoming productions at https://mklburke.com/.

Julie and Merrell sit down with leadership partners and leaders Alicia and Omaira. To say we got along with these ladies is an understatement; we LOVED chatting with them about strategy and vision, starting a non-profit, how to build successful teams and partnerships, and the power of storytelling. We get into how to “grieve well” at work, and how to let go of systems or processes that don’t serve us, even if it’s the myth of productivity!

Learn more about Family Bridges, or their corporate program BridgesXL.

No, we will not give context for this episode’s title!! You’ll just have to listen to our joyful conversation with friend, client, and colleague Stephen Kertis. We talk about his beginnings at a PBS station in Western Kentucky, forming his creative agency, and spelunking with a living music legend. Stephen also generously shares the influence that grief, storytelling, and relationship-building have on his business.

Learn more about Kertis Creative here.

Theatre Kids, unite! We sat down for a funny, engaging, slightly over-caffeinated conversation with Dr. Lisa Mitchell from The Disney Theatrical Group. We discuss what we learned to bring to in-person gatherings from virtual ones during the pandemic, what business leaders can learn about approaching change from theatre artists, and when the stories we tell can help or hinder; especially when we tell them to ourselves. Plus, Lisa defines “Intrapreneurship”, and Merrell reveals why she has all of The Grinch memorized.

Learn more about Disney Musicals in Schools, the work of Carol Dweck, and listen to “It Starts with a Dream” by Alan Menken.

What happens when 3 marketers record a podcast? In this episode recorded in August, we sit down with Google leader Steph Reddish Hoffman to discuss our mutual attraction to breadth of experience vs depth, the challenge of delegation when you lead, and not adding “too much value”. And we ask the age-old question: Is all feedback a gift? Steph also generously shares her experience working alongside grief and loss, when to take it off the shelf, and why we cried during the Barbie movie.

• Crossing the Chasm
• Simon Sinek’s “What, Why How”
• Girls With Impact

Is your business navigating change? Contact The Wunderlin Company for expert guidance and strategic planning.

It’s every entrepreneur’s wildest dream, but how do you adapt when your product becomes massively successful, practically overnight? This week, Julie and Merrell sit down with Disney alum Brandon Reed to learn how his podcast 12 HOUR SOUND MACHINES surpassed 1 million weekly listeners, while the rest of us were sleeping.

Plus: Proven networking tactics to transform you from an intern to an executive, along with Brandon’s next-level productivity hacks to help your team work faster and get more things done.

Julie and Merrell return to The Changing Times, and times really have changed. In this mini-episode, we explain why Leadership and Creativity is the perfect theme for Season 3, we learn about Julie’s new leadership role as President of the Wunderlin company, and we reflect on the passing of Karen Wunderlin, grateful for everything we’ve shared, including her all-time favorite, Brene Brown.

Plus: Julie and Merrell return to their storytelling roots to get extra creative this season.

Is your business due for a change? Check out Changing Times the blog, or contact The Wunderlin Company for expert guidance and strategic planning.

The times they are a changing, a change is gonna come, etc etc etc. Welcome back to the Changing Times podcast! Host Julie Wunderlin previews what is to come in this upcoming season of Changing Times: conversations with leaders discussing change, growth, grief, and everything in between. We hope you will join us on the first Friday of the month for our new episodes!