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Podcast | November 9, 2021

Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Dr. Bre Gentile about her unconventional career path transitioning from Academia to tech to Founder of her own lab. We discuss the amazing knowledge she has gained in trauma and toxic stress research and how she was able to leverage her lived experience to help app designers, UX researchers, and other creatives become more trauma-informed so they build more accessible products.

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Podcast | August 31, 2021

Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Jeff Marple, Director of Digital Transformation Strategy at Keesal Propulsion Labs, about the opportunity for innovation in the legal industry, how knowing “your client’s environment” allows you to offer the most effective solutions to individual businesses' needs, and his point of view on “advocating for your customer”.

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Podcast | July 6, 2021

Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Spawrks, Co-Host of Space Pencils & Software Engineer Leader, about the benefits of learning from an unorthodox perspective, the moments of stepping outside of the traditional learning loop, the crucial “linking” aspect in facilitation, and more.

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Podcast | May 25, 2021

Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson chats with Marcus Crow, Co-Founder of 10,000 Hours & Master Facilitator, about the re-discovery of focus in performance for organizations, the juxtaposition of control and freedom methodologies in facilitation, the greater performance impact in teams through the pandemic, and more.

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Podcast | May 4, 2021

Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Sarah B. Nelson, Senior Director of Design Thinking Adoption at PepsiCo & Organizational Strategist, about the impact of design thinking for team success in organizations, the collaboration efforts teams must exemplify, the “worthy workshop” intention and expectation, and more.

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Podcast | April 27, 2021

Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Matt Alex, Co-Founder of Beyond Academics and Higher Education Guru, about the future of work through the higher education lens, the juxtaposition of the earn-it model with the life-long model for students, the unbundling and reimagination of the college experience, and the breakdown of segments in structured and unstructured work.

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Podcast | March 16, 2021

Control the Room Podcast: Douglas Ferguson speaks with Regine Gilbert, Assistant Professor at NYU and author of Inclusive Design for a Digital World: Designing with Accessibility in Mind. They discuss Nintendo, VR, accessibility as a byproduct of observation, and how awareness fuels innovation for an audience that needs it.