Centaur Stage
Centaur Stage is a podcast by Cosmic Centaurs exploring bold ideas about the future of work and learning. In each episode, podcast host, CEO & Founder of Cosmic Centaurs Marilyn Zakhour is joined by incredible guests to share insights, opinions, and perspectives about the future of how we work and learn.
Episodes
87 episodes
Conference Closing Is the System the Strategy?
After seven weeks of exploring systems thinking through the lens of leadership, culture, and transformation, the 2025 Cosmic Conference comes full circle with a powerful closing conversation.Professor José Santos, Affiliate...
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Season 6
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Episode 16
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Building Systems to Bring Culture to Life with Tala Odeh & Marilyn Zakhour
Culture isn’t the soft stuff, it’s the system that makes everything else work.In this lively conversation, Marilyn Zakhour and Tala Ode from Cosmic Centaurs unpack how culture shows up not in slogans or posters, but ...
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Season 6
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Episode 15
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Building Systems to Reclaim Your Time with Dhiren Bhatia
Time is the one system every leader struggles to manage — and the one that reveals how well all the others work.In this energizing conversation, Diren Bhatia, entrepreneur, coach, and founder of Cloudscape Technologies, joi...
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Season 6
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Episode 14
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Building Systems to Transform at Scale with Ibraheem Sheerah
What does it take to lead transformation across one of the region’s most complex organizations, and make it human?In this powerful conversation, Ibraheem Sheerah, Chief Transformation Officer at Saudia Group, joins Maril...
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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Building Systems to Transform Large Companies with Breeze Dong
How do you nudge a 13,000-person organization to move from managing change to creating the conditions for change?In this conversation, Chun Feng “Breeze” Dong, Associate Director of Organizational Development at Roche<...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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Building Systems to Balance Parenthood & Work
Parenthood is one of the most complex systems we’ll ever navigate — and for working parents, it often runs in parallel with another: work.In this heartfelt conversation Faten Fathallah, Marie Nakhle, Marilyn Zakhour,...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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Weaving the Human into the System (& Vice Versa) with Dr. José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón
What does it mean to bring humanity back into our systems, and to see ourselves as part of them?In this conversation, Dr. José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón, Associate Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London, joins Marilyn Z...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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Building Systems to Innovate with Wissam Adib
Innovation rarely fails because of a lack of ideas. It fails because the systems around it are built for compliance, not experimentation.In this episode, Wissam Adib, Executive Coach and former Advisor at the UAE Prime Minister’s ...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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The Heart of Systems with Rawan Albina
In leadership, we often focus on strategies, frameworks, and structures. But what keeps systems alive are the people within them — their purpose, presence, and connection.In this soulful conversation, Rawan Albina, Leadership & Well...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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Building Systems to PERFORM with Stoyan Yankov
Most leaders want high performance. Few know how to sustain it. In this energizing session, Stoyan Yankov, productivity & performance consultant, bestselling author, and co-creator of the PERFORM methodology, jo...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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🎧 Building Systems to Deepen Impact with Daniel Delati & Mazuba Haanyama
Metrics can tell you if you’re moving, but not whether you’re moving in the right direction. In this conversation, Daniel Delati, Managing Partner at 360 Consulting, and Mazuba Haanyama, Independent Consultant, join <...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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Understanding the Systems Thinking Toolbox with Drs Derek & Laura Cabrera
What if you could train your brain to think more effectively, to see connections, anticipate ripple effects, and redesign the systems you operate in?In this episode of the 2025 Cosmic Conference: The System is the Strategy, Cosmic Centa...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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Building Systems to Scale Psychological Safety with Sander Hoeken & Marilyn Zakhour
We often think of psychological safety as something created within teams — but what about the systems, structures, and incentives that surround them? 🌍In this powerful Cosmic Conference 2025 session, Sander Hoeken, Co-Found...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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🎧 Breaking the System: Leading in the Age of AI with Imad Lahad
AI is not just another wave of technological change, it’s reshaping the very systems that govern how we work, lead, and create value. In this episode, Imad Lahad, Global Chair for AI & Intelligence at APCO, joins Marilyn Zakhour
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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Understanding Systems Change with Darren Yeh
In this session from the 2025 Cosmic Conference, Marilyn Zakhour is joined by Darren Yeh, Managing Director at Omplexity Consulting, a systems change agency that partners with global institutions to align resources for systemic impact.T...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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Leading Through Systems: The 2025 Cosmic Conference Opening Keynote
We’re kicking off the 2025 Cosmic Conference with an opening keynote you won’t want to miss.In this episode, Marilyn Zakhour, CEO & Founder of Cosmic Centaurs, introduces this year’s them...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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Psychological Safety: The Superpower of High-Performing Teams
What if the key to unlocking bold ideas, honest feedback, and high performance wasn’t talent or experience—but psychological safety?In this special episode marking Cosmic Centaurs’ 5th anniversary, our founder Marilyn ...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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59:42
The Surprising Power of Rituals - Learnings from our HBR Article
What if the key to more engaged employees isn’t a new incentive program, but something much more human?In this episode, Marilyn Zakhour and Dr. Constance Noonan Hadley take you behind the scenes of their three-yea...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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Mastering the Limitations of Polarities
In the closing session of The Cosmic Conference, Marilyn Zakhour is joined by Jose Santos, Affiliated Professor of Practice in Global Management at INSEAD, to explore the intricate art of managing polarities in leadership. Jose cha...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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Mastering Polarities in Organizations
In this episode of the Cosmic Conference series, Marilyn Zakhour unpacks how organizations can thrive by mastering the inherent polarities that define modern leadership. Drawing lessons from iconic case studies, such as Fujifilm and Kodak, Mari...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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Mastering Sustainable Performance
Join us for a keynote with #Burnout Research & Coach
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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Mastering the Mythic & the Mundane
Join us for a keynote and discussion with Executive Coach and Partner at Cultivating Leadership Gayle Karen Young Whyte as she explores the essential polarities organizations face in shaping their strategies and culture. Discover how to effecti...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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Mastering Change in Uncertainty
Our guests Ayoub Semaan and Janine Weber-el Meouchy offer a new approach to leading organizational change in today's complex and unpredictable world, moving beyond traditional change management tools to leverage relational skills, systemic thin...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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Mastering Dualities in Leadership
Join Marilyn Zakhour for the opening keynote of the 2024 #CosmicConference, as she explores how exceptional leaders navigate the complexities of today's landscape by embracing polarities at the individual, team, and organizational levels.
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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Mobile Giant to Nostalgic Memory: The Decline of Nokia’s Digital Dynasty
In this episode, we delve into Nokia's incredible rise and dramatic fall. Once a global leader with 40% of the market share, Nokia connected 1.5 billion people and led the mobile industry. But what caused this giant to crumble?Join Maril...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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