Hosted by David Fearon and Peter Vaill · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 100 episodes
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“Theory and practice” is a common phrase. We've seen a lot of writing on theory, but what about that other word? Peter calls it "the dark matter of the social sciences" - Practice. It applies to pencil-pushing, educating, heart surgery, sailing, golfing, and anything you can do with purpose. Peter and Dave take you into a world of thought that couples work and play, purpose and routine, life and legacy. In a world of white-water, On Practice is the raft.
David Fearon and Peter Vaill hosts Practice? Podcast, a business show with 100 episodes published.
Dr. John Miller is one of the most revered and provocative Management Educators in Dave's field. John retired from Bucknell University decades ago, but still has much to say and write about, giving every emerging practit
As the shock waves of chaotic national and global change shake the context for every managerial practice, Dave and Tom Casey have this conversation about what leaders and clients of his firm, Discussion Partner Collabora
Dave and Faith Addicott become reacquainted on the verge of hopeful changes in the emerging, interdisciplinary fields of organization development. From Anthropology to engineering, Faith's vision is that creative approac
This is Part 2 of episode 288 in which we showed how, as human language and group life evolved, special social emotions developed that sustain the relationships underlying enacted social actions. These are the emotions o
As Managing Partner of the Discussion Partner Collaborative , Tom Casey is not only watching the trends facing business leaders but also taking a stand. He speaks of the 'boomerang' of radical changes thrown at us last y
Dave meets Norman Wolfe https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfe/ whose different way of viewing and guiding any organization is to see it as alive and very much like a human striving for results that matter. He consolidates th
On the last day of 2025, Dave Jr. and his father, Dave Fearon Sr., take a moment to reflect on the key themes from their discussions throughout the year regarding socially enacted practices. They consider the socially an
Prometheans unlock the mysteries of the cosmos. Tom Bohinc is boldly going to where he and we colleagues can think of leadership in altogether different ways. Anchoring the Promethean Project : " dedicated to making lead
Three years ago, Dave recorded a conversation with the young high school student who was providing surprisingly accurate and thoughtful copy editing for his book with the late Peter B. Vaill, On Practice as a Way of Bein
Can a retired professor with a Phd in Political Inquiry, Comparative Politics, Political Psychology from Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs find retired happiness crocheting and selling
Dave & Dad continue their discussion series on enacted social action as it applies to emotions. We extend American Pragmatism philosopher George H. Mead's approach to self as I and Me, social acts and symbolic interactio
Dave shows us the reason he has joined a church choir, 70 years after his last time. It is Connecticut Music Educator and Burlington Congregational Church Music Director Emily Lombardo Castellon . Her enthusiasm for all
Toward the end of this episode, you will hear revered Organization Development practitioner Fred Miller speak enthusiastically about an unprecedented wave of change, presenting fundamentally new prospects for organizatio
Periodically, Dave checks in with leadership trend researcher and advisor Tom Casey to learn what practicing business leaders have on their minds. He and his Discussion Partners Collaborative colleagues ask the question,
My friend and co-author Peter B. Vaill told us in his 1989 book, Managing as a Performing Art, to be ready to practice in permanent white water . David Silk kayaks daily in white waters raging in rivers around the globe.
Richmond, Maine sisters Olivia and Elsie Winokurzew drew upon lessons from their leadership experiences at Starbucks to create their own coffee and donut business, which was needed in their hometown. They named it Mornin
Dave leads me through a process to understand understanding itself. What happens in real-time moments of cognition. is comprised of 6 E's, enacted, embodied, embedded, extended, emotional and exacting processes that are
"High Tech. Human Touch" is a logo of Walker Group led by co-CEO Jessica Rich . Dave knows human intelligence thrives there, even as they know and apply AI, because Walker Group is a registered Benefit Corporation and th
Dave, Jr ., and I had another conversation to discuss more dimensions of how information and practice in social behavior is not abstract but rooted in the real dynamics of physics, even at the quantum level. Explored thi
Dave meets a contemporary who thinks alike about the nature of leading as practice. John Varney founded the Centre for Management Creativity and High Trenhouse and the author of Leadership as Meaning . Enjoy his wisdom a
Norman Wolfe
founder of the Living Organization Framework, author of The Living Organization · Living Organization Model
1 appearance on this show
Jessica Rich
co-CEO of The Walker Group
1 appearance on this show
John Kelly
Retired Marine Corp General and former Chief of Staff · Massachusetts General Hospital
1 appearance on this show
Rev. Sean Harvey
interfaith minister · Warrior Compassion Institute
1 appearance on this show
Lisa Lloyd
Neurodivergent Parenting with ASD with a G & T
1 appearance on this show
Scott Beebe
Founder of Business On Purpose · My Business On Purpose
1 appearance on this show
Paul Crick
founder of the GRACE Framework, leadership consultant · GRACEWorks
1 appearance on this show
Hannah Cooper
Staunton Innovation Hub
1 appearance on this show
David Hutchens
Fortis Inc.
1 appearance on this show
Lisa Thomas
senior speech and language therapist · Epigenetics for Global Impact
1 appearance on this show
Bessi Graham
Entrepreneur and Author
1 appearance on this show
John Hibbs
tour guide at St. Mary's, Conwy, Wales · Coefficient
1 appearance on this show
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