About this podcast
Leadership isn't just what you know—it's how you show up. Learning Through Experience is a Yale School of Management podcast hosted by Dr. Heidi Brooks. Each episode explores how leaders learn through the moments that matter: meetings, relationships, decisions, and dilemmas. Drawing on guests' wisdom and questions from listeners, the show turns insight into practice and transforms life into a learning laboratory.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 41 episodes
- A Relational Journey: You and We with Jim Ferrell · 1 h 5 min · Season 5 Episode 5In this episode, Heidi Brooks talks with Jim Ferrell, who invites us to notice the invisible default of individualism that fragments our organizations and our lives. He describes…
- The Possibility of 'Both/And': Talking Paradox with Dr. Wendy K. Smith · 1 h 16 min · Season 5 Episode 4Organizational leaders are often under constant pressure to deliver simple solutions in the face of deeply complex challenges, with confidence and speed. You may experience this…
- Philosophy as a Practice of Self-Cultivation with Robin Dembroff · 1 h 4 min · Season 5 Episode 3In this episode, Heidi Brooks talks with Robin Dembroff who invites us to notice the confining, prescriptive categories we get boxed into and the opportunity to maybe name or…
- The Everyday Leadership of Coaching with Zoe Chance · 44 min · Season 5 Episode 2In this episode, Heidi Brooks and Zoe Chance invite you to step out of the transactional pursuit of influence and into the relational, visceral reality of self-influence through…
- The Beautiful Problem with Gianpiero Petriglieri · 44 min · Season 5 Episode 1In this episode, Heidi Brooks and Gianpiero Petriglieri invite you to step out of the mechanical pursuit of efficiency and into the "beautiful problem" of being human in a…
- Co-Creating the Conditions for Learning · 1 h 0 min · Season 4 Episode 8In this season finale, we do something a little different. Instead of featuring an outside guest, we bring you behind the scenes—with the voices and minds who help design and…
- Invisible No More: Art as a Tool for Agency · 38 min · Season 4 Episode 7What does it mean to create something that didn't exist before—and to do so with a sense of possibility, even in the face of constraint? In this episode, artist Mario Moore joins…
- Facing Uncertainty as a Practice: Freedom, Presence and the Patterns We Inherit · 50 min · Season 4 Episode 6In a time marked by anxiety, division and disconnection, the path forward lies not in fixing the past but in expanding our freedom to imagine what's next. In this episode of…
- America Unfiltered: Can Empathy Bridge Our Greatest Divides? · 47 min · Season 4 Episode 5How can storytelling deepen our understanding of emotional connection in turbulent times? Join Heidi Brooks for a powerful and special episode of Learning Through Experience…
- Joy is an Inside Job: Art, Gratitude and Cultivating Resilience · 42 min · Season 4 Episode 4What does it take to cultivate joy—not as a fleeting feeling, but as a steady presence—even in times of deep uncertainty? In this luminous conversation, Dr. Heidi Brooks is…
- What Might Be: Navigating Paradox in Creating Microspaces of Justice · 43 min · Season 4 Episode 3What if the institutions we rely on—our workplaces, schools, and legal systems—aren't built for full participation? And what if real change starts not from the top, but in small…
- The Growth Curriculum: How Everyday Struggles Shape Us · 45 min · Season 4 Episode 2What if the challenges you're facing aren't obstacles—but invitations to grow? In this episode, Heidi Brooks and leadership expert Jennifer Garvey Berger explore how we grow…
- Art as Experience: How Aesthetic Experience Fuels Creativity, Collaboration, and Wellbeing · 48 min · Season 4 Episode 1Creative expression is essential for everyone—to think differently, connect deeply and thrive through uncertainty. In the Season 4 premiere of Learning Through Experience, Heidi…
- Introducing Season 4 of Learning Through Experience · 3 min · Season 4 Episode 1Welcome to a new season of Learning Through Experience! This season will explore something that resonates deeply with everyone right now: facing uncertainty. My conversations are…
- Reflecting on Season 3 of Learning Through Experience · 11 min · Season 3 Episode 8Thank you for tuning in this season on the Learning Through Experience podcast! In this season 3 reflection episode, I take a step back to reflect on the key themes…
- Writing For Yourself and Writing to be Read · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 7Writing has the power to transport us to the depths of the human experience – to illuminate the joys, sorrows and complexities that make us who we are. In this captivating final…
- Cultivating Wonderment in Teaching and Learning · 52 min · Season 3 Episode 6Imagine a world where education isn't just about information but about inspiring awe—a spark that transforms learning into discovery. This episode of Learning Through Experience…
- What If Listening Could Change Everything? · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 5What if listening could change everything? This raw and captivating episode with guest Avi Kluger reveals how listening and the "space between" people can unlock new ways of…
- Movement, Not Stasis: The Art and Journey of Kim Weston · 28 min · Season 3 Episode 4Learning through experience is dynamic, not static. As you'll hear in this episode with artist Kim Weston, her photography is a way of deepening understanding of ourselves and…
- What If Art Could Transform How You Learn and Experience Life? · 40 min · Season 3 Episode 3Learning through experience requires us to shift from the purely intellectual to a more holistic engagement. I try to create that shift by opening each of my leadership classes…
