In this powerful and thought-provoking episode of Inside Personal Growth, Greg welcomes Robert Richman — cultural strategist, keynote speaker, and author of The Culture Blueprint: A Guide to Building the High-Performance Workplace.
Robert takes listeners behind the scenes of what made Zappos one of the most admired company cultures in the world, including insights from working closely with the legendary Tony Hsieh. He explains how culture is not taught but co-created, why the best leaders don’t have all the answers, and what it really takes to build an environment where people thrive.
From emotional intelligence and personal responsibility to panic attacks, playfulness, analog habits, and the psychology behind real change, this conversation blends personal development, leadership, and practical cultural design in a way only Robert can deliver.
If you’re a leader, team member, entrepreneur, or anyone wanting to reshape your personal or workplace culture, this is an episode filled with clarity, humanity, and breakthrough insights.
🔥 What Listeners Will Learn
1. The Core Ingredients of a High-Performance Culture
How Zappos created an environment of happiness, ownership, and exceptional service — and why culture must start with recruiting and onboarding.
2. Why Emotional Work Begins With You
The hidden trap leaders fall into: trying to “fix culture” instead of fixing the internal feelings they avoid in their own lives.
3. The Power of Questions Over Answers
The questions Tony Hsieh and top leaders use to unlock creativity, innovation, and truth inside teams.
4. How to Handle Panic, Stress, and Overwhelm
Robert’s raw personal story of panic attacks, what he did to overcome them, and why facing feelings instead of resisting them creates freedom.
5. The Disruption Formula
How to predict the future by noticing frustrations with no solutions — and why removing what seems essential creates breakthrough innovation.
6. Analog vs. Digital Living
Why board games, movement, nature, and unplugging build deeper creativity, connection, and humanity in an AI-saturated world.
7. Micro-Decisions That Rebuild Confidence
Why clarity is an emotion, not information — and how simple choices (like choosing lunch) can retrain certainty and direction in your life.
Our Guest, Robert Richman:
➥ Book: The Culture Blueprint: A Guide to Building the High-Performance Workplace
➥ Buy Now: https://a.co/d/2jyMK24
➥https://robertrichman.com/
➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertrichman
Learn more about your Inside Personal Growth host, Greg Voisen:
➥ https://gregvoisen.com
➡️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insidepersonalgrowth/
➡️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsidePersonalGrowth/
➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvoisen/
➡️Twitter/ X: https://twitter.com/lvoisen/
All content for Inside Personal Growth with Greg Voisen is the property of Greg Voisen and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
In this powerful and thought-provoking episode of Inside Personal Growth, Greg welcomes Robert Richman — cultural strategist, keynote speaker, and author of The Culture Blueprint: A Guide to Building the High-Performance Workplace.
Robert takes listeners behind the scenes of what made Zappos one of the most admired company cultures in the world, including insights from working closely with the legendary Tony Hsieh. He explains how culture is not taught but co-created, why the best leaders don’t have all the answers, and what it really takes to build an environment where people thrive.
From emotional intelligence and personal responsibility to panic attacks, playfulness, analog habits, and the psychology behind real change, this conversation blends personal development, leadership, and practical cultural design in a way only Robert can deliver.
If you’re a leader, team member, entrepreneur, or anyone wanting to reshape your personal or workplace culture, this is an episode filled with clarity, humanity, and breakthrough insights.
🔥 What Listeners Will Learn
1. The Core Ingredients of a High-Performance Culture
How Zappos created an environment of happiness, ownership, and exceptional service — and why culture must start with recruiting and onboarding.
2. Why Emotional Work Begins With You
The hidden trap leaders fall into: trying to “fix culture” instead of fixing the internal feelings they avoid in their own lives.
3. The Power of Questions Over Answers
The questions Tony Hsieh and top leaders use to unlock creativity, innovation, and truth inside teams.
4. How to Handle Panic, Stress, and Overwhelm
Robert’s raw personal story of panic attacks, what he did to overcome them, and why facing feelings instead of resisting them creates freedom.
5. The Disruption Formula
How to predict the future by noticing frustrations with no solutions — and why removing what seems essential creates breakthrough innovation.
6. Analog vs. Digital Living
Why board games, movement, nature, and unplugging build deeper creativity, connection, and humanity in an AI-saturated world.
7. Micro-Decisions That Rebuild Confidence
Why clarity is an emotion, not information — and how simple choices (like choosing lunch) can retrain certainty and direction in your life.
Our Guest, Robert Richman:
➥ Book: The Culture Blueprint: A Guide to Building the High-Performance Workplace
➥ Buy Now: https://a.co/d/2jyMK24
➥https://robertrichman.com/
➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertrichman
Learn more about your Inside Personal Growth host, Greg Voisen:
➥ https://gregvoisen.com
➡️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insidepersonalgrowth/
➡️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsidePersonalGrowth/
➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvoisen/
➡️Twitter/ X: https://twitter.com/lvoisen/
Podcast 1264: Race to Innovation: Unleashing the Power of Entrepreneurship for Everyone - with John Bamforth & Roy Zwahlen
Inside Personal Growth with Greg Voisen
52 minutes 33 seconds
1 month ago
Podcast 1264: Race to Innovation: Unleashing the Power of Entrepreneurship for Everyone - with John Bamforth & Roy Zwahlen
In this episode of Inside Personal Growth, host Greg Voisen sits down with Dr. John Bamforth and Dr. Roy Zwahlen, co-authors of Race to Innovation: Unleashing the Power of Entrepreneurship for Everyone. Together, they explore how diversity, inclusion, and entrepreneurship intersect to drive meaningful innovation and create economic opportunity for all.
John and Roy share how their distinct backgrounds — from a coal mining town in England to growing up across the Middle East — shaped their perspectives on innovation and inspired this book. They discuss how untapped communities hold massive potential for creativity, problem-solving, and growth, and how we can unlock that value by rethinking access to capital, ownership, and education.
The conversation dives into the difference between iteration and true innovation, the economic cost of excluding marginalized groups, and why ownership is key to generational wealth creation. They also highlight inspiring examples from communities like Tulsa’s Black Wall Street and showcase new approaches such as venture studios that empower underrepresented founders.
Listeners will also hear powerful insights about how AI is reshaping innovation, making tools and opportunities more accessible than ever — and how the real key to progress lies in understanding problems deeply before creating solutions.
This episode is an eye-opening look into how innovation thrives when everyone gets the chance to contribute, reminding us that the race to innovation is not about competition — it’s about inclusion, collaboration, and shared progress.
🎧 What Listeners Will Learn
The difference between iteration and true innovation
Why diversity and inclusion are crucial for innovation and growth
The economic impact of excluding marginalized communities
The importance of ownership in building generational wealth
How AI and venture studios are empowering underrepresented innovators
Our Guests, John Bamforth & Roy Zwahlen:
➥ Book: Race to Innovation: Unleashing the Power of Entrepreneurship For Everyone
➥ Buy Now: https://a.co/d/ejn7UPk
➡️John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnb1963/
➡️Roy's LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/roy-zwahlen-abba7112/
Learn more about your Inside Personal Growth host, Greg Voisen:
➥ https://gregvoisen.com
➡️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insidepersonalgrowth/
➡️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsidePersonalGrowth/
➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvoisen/
➡️Twitter/ X: https://twitter.com/lvoisen/
Inside Personal Growth with Greg Voisen
In this powerful and thought-provoking episode of Inside Personal Growth, Greg welcomes Robert Richman — cultural strategist, keynote speaker, and author of The Culture Blueprint: A Guide to Building the High-Performance Workplace.
Robert takes listeners behind the scenes of what made Zappos one of the most admired company cultures in the world, including insights from working closely with the legendary Tony Hsieh. He explains how culture is not taught but co-created, why the best leaders don’t have all the answers, and what it really takes to build an environment where people thrive.
From emotional intelligence and personal responsibility to panic attacks, playfulness, analog habits, and the psychology behind real change, this conversation blends personal development, leadership, and practical cultural design in a way only Robert can deliver.
If you’re a leader, team member, entrepreneur, or anyone wanting to reshape your personal or workplace culture, this is an episode filled with clarity, humanity, and breakthrough insights.
🔥 What Listeners Will Learn
1. The Core Ingredients of a High-Performance Culture
How Zappos created an environment of happiness, ownership, and exceptional service — and why culture must start with recruiting and onboarding.
2. Why Emotional Work Begins With You
The hidden trap leaders fall into: trying to “fix culture” instead of fixing the internal feelings they avoid in their own lives.
3. The Power of Questions Over Answers
The questions Tony Hsieh and top leaders use to unlock creativity, innovation, and truth inside teams.
4. How to Handle Panic, Stress, and Overwhelm
Robert’s raw personal story of panic attacks, what he did to overcome them, and why facing feelings instead of resisting them creates freedom.
5. The Disruption Formula
How to predict the future by noticing frustrations with no solutions — and why removing what seems essential creates breakthrough innovation.
6. Analog vs. Digital Living
Why board games, movement, nature, and unplugging build deeper creativity, connection, and humanity in an AI-saturated world.
7. Micro-Decisions That Rebuild Confidence
Why clarity is an emotion, not information — and how simple choices (like choosing lunch) can retrain certainty and direction in your life.
Our Guest, Robert Richman:
➥ Book: The Culture Blueprint: A Guide to Building the High-Performance Workplace
➥ Buy Now: https://a.co/d/2jyMK24
➥https://robertrichman.com/
➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertrichman
Learn more about your Inside Personal Growth host, Greg Voisen:
➥ https://gregvoisen.com
➡️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insidepersonalgrowth/
➡️Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InsidePersonalGrowth/
➡️LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregvoisen/
➡️Twitter/ X: https://twitter.com/lvoisen/
