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
1116 episodes
Season 93, Episode 1116: Guest: Pete Fournier: Goal First, Product Second, & Building an Insurance Business That Lasts
What separates a transactional salesperson from a trusted advisor?In this episode of the Culture Matters Podcast, Jay Doran sits down with returning guest Pete Fournier, founder of All Things Insurance Group (ATIG), to unpack the philoso...
Season 93, Episode 1115: Guest: Todd Bitter: Answer Your Damn Phone
Success rarely comes from doing extraordinary things.More often, it comes from doing the ordinary things extraordinarily well.In this episode, Jay Doran sits down with Todd Bitter, National Sales Director at NEXA Lending, t...
Season 93, Episode 1114: Guest: Nate Swink: Building Culture Through Accountability
What happens when a business grows faster than its culture?In this returning episode, Jay Doran welcomes entrepreneur and founder Nate Swink back to the Culture Matters Podcast to discuss the realities of leading a rapidly growing...
Season 93, Episode 1113: Guest: Aleck Arena: Patience, Philosophy, and the Practice of Value Investing
What if becoming a better investor has less to do with finding new ideas—and more to do with deepening your commitment to timeless ones?In this returning episode of the Value Investor Series, Jay Doran welcomes back Aleck Arena of...
Season 93, Episode 1112: Guest: Daniel Heller: Coaching Human Performance
What separates instruction from true coaching?In this thought-provoking conversation, Jay Doran sits down with educator, researcher, and performance coach Daniel Heller to explore what it really means to help people grow. Drawing from n...
Season 93, Episode 1111: When Values Become Words Instead of Actions: A Monologue Series
Every organization has values.The question is whether those values are being lived—or merely talked about.In this episode, Jay Doran examines one of the clearest signs that an organization has fallen under the influence of the ...
Season 93, Episode 1110: Breaking the Liar Lid: A Monologue Series
Every entrepreneur eventually reaches a moment where their greatest strength becomes their greatest obstacle.The vision that once fueled innovation can begin filtering reality instead of revealing it. In this episode, Jay Doran explores...
Season 93, Episode 1109: When Belief Becomes Distortion: A Monologue Series
Every entrepreneur must believe in something before anyone else does.But what happens when that belief stops serving the organization and starts protecting the entrepreneur instead?In this powerful solo episode, Jay Doran continue...
Season 93, Episode 1108: The Deficit That Creates Great Entrepreneurs: A Monologue Series
Every entrepreneurial journey begins with a deficit.Not simply a lack of money, but a gap between today's reality and tomorrow's possibility.In this continuation of The Liar Lid Journey series, Jay Doran explores how defi...
Season 93, Episode 1107: The Liar Lid Journey: A Monologue Series
Every entrepreneur begins with a vision that no one else can fully see.Before there is a company, a customer, or a balance sheet, there is an individual willing to assume extraordinary risk for an idea that exists only in their imaginati...
Season 93, Episode: 1106: Trust Is No Longer Assumed: A Monologue Series
What happens when organizations can no longer rely on trust that simply exists?In this thought-provoking solo episode, Jay Doran explores one of the defining challenges facing modern leadership: rebuilding trust in organizations where sh...
Season 93, Episode 1105: Attention is the New Currency: A Monologue Series
If attention has become the most valuable currency in business, how should organizations protect it without reducing people to metrics?In this solo episode, Jay Doran explores one of the defining leadership questions of the modern era: h...
Season 92, Episode 1104: Designing Attention in the Modern Organization: A Monologue Series
Attention is no longer something leaders can assume.It must be intentionally designed.In this thought-provoking solo episode, Jay Doran examines one of the defining challenges facing organizations today: how to keep employees focu...
Season 92, Episode: 1103: Incentives Shape Culture, but Sacrifice Sustains It: a Monologue Series
Every organization has incentives.The question is whether those incentives create commitment—or merely compliance.In this solo episode, Jay Doran explores the invisible relationship between incentives, sacrifice, accountability, a...
Season 92, Episode: 1102: The Leader Regulates The Culture: A Monologue Series
Culture doesn't maintain itself.Every organization naturally drifts toward disorder unless someone intentionally restores alignment. In this solo episode, Jay Doran explores one of leadership's greatest responsibilities: not creating cul...
Season 92, Episode 1101: The Leader Is The Signal: A Monologue Series
What does leadership communicate before a single word is spoken?In this deeply reflective solo episode, Jay Doran explores the subtle signals that shape organizational culture. Beginning with a simple observation about forgetting to wear...
Season 92, Episode 1100: Attention Is Your Organization's Most Valuable Asset: A Monologue Series
What if the most valuable asset in your organization isn't your capital, your technology, or even your people?What if it's their attention?In this milestone solo episode, Jay Doran explores one of the defining leadership challenge...
Season 92, Episode: 1099: Guest: Mike Husson: The Eight Phases of Mastery
Success isn't an event. It's a process.In this return appearance on the Culture Matters Podcast, Jay Doran welcomes back entrepreneur, business strategist, and longtime mentor Mike Husson for a powerful conversation on what it tru...
Season 92, Episode 1098: Guest: Keith Embree: The Financial Plan Is The Product
What if building wealth has less to do with picking the right investments... and everything to do with having the right plan?In this episode of the Culture Matters Podcast, Jay Doran sits down with Keith Embree, Certified Financia...
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 ...