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Hosted by Erik Berglund · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 216 episodes
Established thought leaders with verified media credentials.
Most people know the headline of a leader’s story. Few know the path it took to get there. This podcast goes beyond titles, book launches and business wins, to explore the lived journey behind the thought leader. Through deep, unhurried conversations, we uncover the moments that shaped them—the doubts, pivots, convictions, and quiet breakthroughs that built their body of work. Each episode features authors, coaches, executives, and bold thinkers who have forged their own path. Instead of rehearsed talking points, they’re invited into a space where thoughtful questions unlock something more human. The result is a layered conversation that reveals not just what they preach, but how they became the kind of person who can teach it. Because we believe the best stories aren’t always told—they’re revealed. And when brilliant people are given the right questions and the room to answer them fully, what emerges is insight you can feel, frameworks you can appl
Erik Berglund hosts I Have Some Questions..., a business show with 216 episodes published.
Scott Lauray shares how ProVia Partners helps middle-market owners make confident financial decisions, from business valuation to M&A advisory and fractional CFO work. He connects enterprise value with real owner goals,
Erik talks with Joshua Altman about why communication gets “random acts” treatment, and how fractional chief communications officers bring strategy and consistency without full-time cost. Joshua shares two core framework
Justin Coats breaks down the idea of “super apps” for AI and what that really means for corporate adoption, change management, security, and tokenomics. Conversation Highlights Justin defines super apps as AI workspaces
Erik’s Take Erik treats this “short review” as a real question, not a tech demo. The core shift for him is moving from AI personalization as memory, to AI personalization as understanding: a predictive model of how a spe
Jaclyn Orent joins Erik to unpack her path from legacy sales success to a mission focused on culture change. She explains “selling from force vs. from listening,” the science language behind her work on surrender and con
Gavin Lorenzo explains why AI struggles to truly understand people, not just store facts. He shares how Tellbloom builds a “third-party”-like model of a user by learning from passive interactions, then uses that context
Erik and Justin tackle viewer-submitted AI questions in a practical Q&A focused on trust, compliance, meeting recording boundaries, and how to scale an AI pilot without losing control. Conversation Highlights Trust AI at
Erik’s Take Erik treats this short review as more than “culture talk.” The conversation with John Marshall keeps circling back to a hard truth: our systems can evolve, but humans bring the same familiar dynamics into eve
Erik’s Take Erik treated the episode like a field report from inside the parts of business most people never notice. After listening to John C. Kill, he came away less focused on “supply chain” as a function and more foc
John Marshall argues the hardest challenge of becoming an interplanetary species is not rockets, it’s psychology. He explains how “humescence” helps individuals and organizations redesign inner, interpersonal, and commun
John C. Kill explains why supply chain stays invisible until it breaks, using the “duck paddling under water” metaphor. He shares what friction really looks like: last-mile trucking pressures, supplier consolidation, wea
Erik and Justin dig into how fast-moving AI platforms are changing (sometimes without warning) and what business leaders can do to avoid broken workflows, plus a few concrete examples like GPT Live voice, ChatGPT Work, a
Erik and Alli unpack what it feels like when a leader realizes a person might be at their ceiling. They compare different coaching approaches, including changing assumptions about the role, using outside perspective, and
Selling a business is often the largest financial transaction of an entrepreneur’s life—but according to Gregory Kovsky, most business owners underestimate how complex the process really is. In this conversation, Erik si
What happens when an HR executive, hospitality operator, and culture strategist all show up in the same person? In this conversation, Erik sits down with Olivia Bryant to explore one of the most misunderstood topics in b
Erik argues that AI will displace some tasks and some people, but the bigger story is job redefinition and hiring growth driven by unlocked market value. He lays out five examples, contrasting “tasks” AI can replace with
Delegation doesn’t go wrong because you delegated. It goes wrong because something underneath was already broken, and now you can see it. The real work for a senior leader is to respond in a way that protects trust while
In this conversation, Erik sits down with Eric Wiklendt, Managing Director at Speycide Equity, to pull back the curtain on private equity, acquisitions, and the future of manufacturing. Eric explains how investors think
Vince Azzolina shares how his career pivoted from CFO to COO at Myers Wells Service, moving from behind-the-scenes finance to hands-on operational leadership. They discuss incentives, the shift from cost-per-barrel to ho
Erik and Justin unpack Paul Rotzer’s AI maturity “eight pillars” and use it to frame what leaders should do after the hype: step back, explore what AI can do, choose a priority problem, then build vision, strategy, gover
Dr. Scott Anderson
serial entrepreneur, executive coach, licensed mental health therapist, founder of Double Dare, author of You’re Not Toast · BMO Capital Markets
2 appearances on this show
Lisa Even
keynote speaker, corporate leadership expert, bestselling author
2 appearances on this show
Daniel Schmidt
Royal City Brewing Co.
2 appearances on this show
Jaclyn Orent
Cultural Catalyst Network
1 appearance on this show
Gavin Lorenzo
Tellbloom
1 appearance on this show
Jason Robinovitz
Score at the Top Learning Centers, Score Academy, and JRA Educational Consulting
1 appearance on this show
Rocky Batzel
Snapslide
1 appearance on this show
Zia Mohi
CTI Staffing
1 appearance on this show
JD Hilzendager
ViaOne
1 appearance on this show
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