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Welcome, Thinkydoers!

Changemakers. Status quo challengers. Strategists (and strategic operators). Introverts (and introverted extroverts). Square pegs. People who are or feel “wired differently.”

You’ve found your people here!

Featured Thinkydoers Podcast Episodes

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Executing Under Pressure: High Stakes, High Performance, With Pro Racer and Firefighter, Jayson Uribe
Executing Under Pressure: High Stakes, High Performance, With Pro Racer and Firefighter, Jayson Uribe

What connects professional motorcycle racing, firefighting, and other very high stakes work for a multi-passionate thinkydoer? The ability to execute perfectly under pressure. Join pro racer and firefighter Jayson Uribe as he shares insights into achieving flow states, balancing technical precision with emotional awareness, and performing at your peak when stakes are highest. Learn practical strategies for managing high-pressure situations that apply far beyond the racetrack.

Speed, Strategy, and Staying Unblocked: Leadership Lessons from Pro Motorsports & Beyond
Speed, Strategy, and Staying Unblocked: Leadership Lessons from Pro Motorsports & Beyond

What happens when motorsports wisdom meets organizational leadership? In this fascinating conversation with Jurriaan Kamer, we explore how professional racing teams' approaches to clear goals, mistake recovery, and continuous learning can revolutionize business performance. Discover practical frameworks for decision-making, prioritization, and building psychological safety that work as well in the boardroom as they do in the motorsports paddock.

Getting Unstuck: Don’t Go It Alone With Dr. Sherlonda Adkins
Getting Unstuck: Don’t Go It Alone With Dr. Sherlonda Adkins

When you're feeling stuck, taking the first step toward getting help can feel overwhelming. In this episode, Dr. Sherlonda Adkins shares practical guidance for finding the right therapeutic support, including how to interview potential therapists, what to do if the fit isn't right, and why it's never too late to start. Learn why the journey to getting unstuck shouldn't be a solo endeavor, and how to build the support system you need.

WHY “THINKYDOERS?”

There is nothing “wrong” with you

by Sara Lobkovich

I spent a lot of my career, and especially my years in executive leadership, struggling to understand the unspoken rules, expectations, and heuristics most corporate business cultures run on.

For years, the words that ran through my head at work were:

What's wrong with me, that:

  • I don't understand what "success" means?

  • no matter how well my team performs, it never seems to be "good enough?"

  • when I create a project plan, half the team says it's too detailed and half the team says it's not detailed enough?

  • I just can't figure out how this all works?

A few years ago, during a phase of burnout, a little voice in my head spoke up and whispered: 

"What if there is nothing wrong with me?"

My brain replied: 

"Tell me more?"

I realized: I was trying to intuit the rules to a game in a stadium that wasn't built for me. 

Many systems in our work worlds want to talk about change: few have an appetite for the realities and frictions of transformation. Even fewer are comfortable with the truth that sometimes change requires giving away or letting go of power.

If you've found yourself working in a role where change is an imperative (and the immunity to change creates friction against your forward progress), there is nothing "wrong" with you. You might just be a Thinkydoer.

And while we're often content to work alone, when we find each other, we might just change the world.

What is Thinkydoers?