Joe welcomes a longtime friend Matthew Curtis (now leading digital experiences at Ford) for a candid, grounded conversation about burnout, bravery, and becoming. They unpack the shift from achievement-at-all-costs to authentic leadership, the difference between reinvention and rediscovery, and how humility turns empathy into action at work and at home. From therapy and coaching to Viktor Frankl, from office-kitchen anthropology (who really takes the last slice of cake?) to building products p...
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Joe welcomes a longtime friend Matthew Curtis (now leading digital experiences at Ford) for a candid, grounded conversation about burnout, bravery, and becoming. They unpack the shift from achievement-at-all-costs to authentic leadership, the difference between reinvention and rediscovery, and how humility turns empathy into action at work and at home. From therapy and coaching to Viktor Frankl, from office-kitchen anthropology (who really takes the last slice of cake?) to building products p...
03 - Legacy on the Side of the Road: From Fruit Stands to Leadership Wisdom
Sage Against the Machine
32 minutes
4 months ago
03 - Legacy on the Side of the Road: From Fruit Stands to Leadership Wisdom
In this grounded episode of Sage Against the Machine, Joe reconnects with longtime friend and AlphaKOR president Frank Abbruzzese. What begins as a chat about Frank’s new book, Building Legacies, turns into a reflective journey across decades of leadership, humility, and human connection. Frank shares how a childhood on a roadside fruit stand shaped his views on service, how over a decade of blogging pushed him out of his comfort zone, and why letting go is one of the greatest acts of trust a...
Sage Against the Machine
Joe welcomes a longtime friend Matthew Curtis (now leading digital experiences at Ford) for a candid, grounded conversation about burnout, bravery, and becoming. They unpack the shift from achievement-at-all-costs to authentic leadership, the difference between reinvention and rediscovery, and how humility turns empathy into action at work and at home. From therapy and coaching to Viktor Frankl, from office-kitchen anthropology (who really takes the last slice of cake?) to building products p...
