The Culture Matters Podcast
The Culture Matters Podcast with host, Jay Doran, is a platform to talk with business owners, executives, and cultural alike to get inside each individual's eco-system in which they practice culture in the workplace. We speak to some of the most interesting people about why culture is important.
Episodes
1097 episodes
Season 92, Episode 1097: Culture Is A Leading Indicator: A Monologue Series
Is culture something organizations measure after success... or is it the very thing that creates it?In this solo episode, Jay Doran challenges the common belief that culture is simply a byproduct of business performance. Instead, he argu...
Season 92, Episode 1096: When Leaders Stop Paying Attention: A Monologue Series
What happens when a leader stops paying attention?In this thought-provoking solo episode, Jay Doran explores one of the most overlooked realities of leadership: organizations rarely collapse overnight. They drift. Communication fades. Tr...
Season 92, Episode: 1095: The Spirit of an Organization Begins With Its Leaders: A Monologue Series
What gives an organization its spirit?According to Jay Doran, it isn't the logo, the mission statement, or the office. It's the people.In this solo episode, Jay explores one of the deepest leadership conversations of the series: i...
Season 92, Episode: 1094: Guest: Jason duPont: The Relentless Pursuit of Growth
What separates discipline from obsession?And is love actually higher than both?In this thought-provoking and deeply personal conversation, Jay Doran sits down with entrepreneur, speaker, innovator, and longtime mortgage industry l...
Season 92, Episode 1093: Why Organizations Lose Their Spirit: A Monologue Series
Why do organizations lose their spirit?It happens to startups. It happens to family businesses. It happens to Fortune 500 companies. It happens to institutions that once seemed unstoppable.In this solo episode, Jay Doran explores ...
Season 91, Episode: 1092: The Operating System Beneath the Business: A Monologue Series
Most people think a business is its product or service.They're not wrong.But they're not seeing the whole picture.In this thought-provoking solo episode, Jay Doran explores the idea that every organization operates through ...
Season 91, Episode 1091: From Intensity to Love: A Monologue Series
What if your word of the year isn't just a goal, but a reflection of who you're becoming?In this deeply personal solo episode, Jay Doran explores the connection between his word for 2025, Intensity, and his word for 2026, Love<...
Season 91, Episode 1090: The Beggar and the Guru: A Monologue Series
In the first installment of a new solo series, Jay Doran steps away from interviews and into something far more vulnerable: an unfiltered exploration of the thoughts occupying his mind when no one else is in the room. What begins as...
Season 91, Episode 1089: Guest: Andrew Berman: Priorities, Perspective, and the Courage to Be Seen
Some conversations aren't planned.They're lived.In this special episode, Jay sits down with one of the most familiar voices in Culture Matters Podcast history, Andrew Berman, for what may be their most personal conversation yet. A...
Season 91, Episode 1088: Guest: Chuck Hyde: Leadership, Compassion, and Seeing the Person
“What is to give light must endure burning.” — Viktor FranklIn this deeply meaningful episode, Jay sits down with Chuck Hyde, President and CEO of Hope Cancer Resources, for a conversation about leadership, systems, compassion, culture,...
Season 91, Episode 1087: Guest: Ryan Chiodo: Luxury, Trust, and the Long Game
“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” — Warren BuffettIn this episode, Jay sits down with Ryan Chiodo, one of the top luxury real estate advisors in Naples, for a conversation about entrepreneurship, trust, service, relationsh...
Season 91, Episode 1086: Guest: Booker Farrior: Be the CEO of Your Career
“You can’t manage other people unless you manage yourself first.” — Peter DruckerWhat if the biggest thing holding people back in their careers…is that they don’t even know the real game being played?In this episode, Jay sits ...
Season 91, Episode 1085: Guest: Rob Mccord: Turning Pain Into Purpose
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” — Viktor FranklSome conversations don’t just teach you something…they change how you see everything.In this episode, Jay sits down with...
Season 91, Episode 1084: Guest: Brian Vieaux: The Language of Lending
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” — Ludwig WittgensteinWhat if the biggest gap in the mortgage industry isn’t rates… but understanding?In this episode, Jay sits down with returning guest Brian Vieaux to unpa...
Season 91, Episode 1083: Guest: Drew Pearlman: From Pressure to People
“The way people behave is a reflection of what leaders tolerate.” — John C. MaxwellWhat if the biggest problem in sales isn’t the product… but the experience?In this episode, Jay sits down with Drew Pearlman, a lifelong operator i...
Season 91, Episode 1082: Guest: Aleck Arena: The Arena Securities Quarterly Update
"Out of every 100 men, 10 of them should not be there. 80 are nothing but targets. Nine of them are real fighters and we are lucky to have them for they make the battle. Ah, but one, one is a warrior and he will bring the others back."
Season 91, Episode 1081: Guest: Bill Mervin: Beyond Home Ownership
"When you are finished changing, you are finished." - Benjamin FranklinEverybody's favorite mortgage expert, leader of the Bill Mervin Mortgage Team, and frequent guest here on The Culture Matters Podcast ...
Season 90, Episode 1080: Guest: Fobby Naghmi: Calm 30
"Anyone who wants to learn the human psyche will learn next to nothing from experimental psychology He would be better advised to abandon exact science, put away his scholar's gown, bid farewell to his study, and wander with human heart thro...
Season 90, Episode 1079: Thirty Days of Thought with Paul Lucido: "Writer's Block"
"You can't think yourself out of writing block. You have to write yourself out of a thinking block."Our guest today the Chief Marketing Officer of Paramount Residential Mortgage Group and a frequent contribut...
Season 90, Episode 1078: Guest: Jeff Winick: Take the Necessary Steps
"If you want to make a lot of money, solve big problems." - Elon MuskOur guest today is an early supporter Culture Matters and Senior Loan Officer with NJ Lenders Corp., Jeff Winick, and we're very exc...
Season 90, Episode 1077: Guest: Demetri Stakias: Tales of Giving Part 3
"When Zarathustra was 30 years old, he left his home and lake of his home, and went into the mountains. Here, he had the enjoyment of his spirit and his solitude and he did not weary of it for 10 years. But at least, his heart turned and one...
Season 90, Episode 1076: Guest: Scott Schang: The AI Renaissance
What if everything you’ve been told about AI is wrong?In this thought-provoking episode, Jay sits down with Scott Schang to explore a perspective far deeper than tools, automation, or productivity. This is a conversation about a paradigm...
Season 90, Episode 1075: Guest: Nick Brignola: Why Incentives Drive Everything
What if everything in your business comes down to one thing: incentives?In this episode of the Culture Matters Podcast, Jay Doran sits down with Nick Brignola, Chief Financial Officer of Informative, for a powerful conversa...
Season 90, Episode 1074: Guest: Mark Perkins: Rooms, Results, and What It Really Takes to Win
What does it actually take to build something meaningful—and is it worth it?In this episode of the Culture Matters Podcast, Jay Doran sits down with returning guest Mark Perkins, founder of Pivot Realty and creator of the <...
Season 90, Episode 1073: Guest: Douglas Bertram: Human Performance Refined
In this episode of the Culture Matters Podcast, Jay Doran sits down with Doug Bertram, founder and CEO of Structural Elements, for a deeply thoughtful conversation on the body, stress, healing, performance, and what it real...
