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Outside Perspectives
Short conversations uncovering practical tips for growing businesses.
May, 2026
Chip Neidigh
Founder, Kairos | Leadership Advisor & Executive Coach
Helping CEOs and leadership teams navigate disruptive transitions, build trust, and grow their leadership capacity. Chip specializes in guiding leaders through adaptive challenges—the complex, often disorienting situations that can't be solved with expertise alone.
"Adaptive challenges aren't problems to solve—they're invitations to grow."
WHY WE CREATED THIS SERIES:
At Outside Source, we build connected product experiences. Because of this, we see how fast things move — and how hard it can be to make decisions quickly and confidently.
Outside Perspectives exists to pull back the curtain and share what we’ve learned:
What’s working in modern product development
How great companies reduce risk
How leaders accelerate momentum
New perspectives create new clarity — and better outcomes.
Episodes
April, 2026
George Giltner
Education Equity Advocate | Executive Nonprofit Leader | VP of Development, TechForce Foundation
“I don’t frame it that I’m asking for dollars. I ask for partnership—bringing people together to solve a problem”
March, 2026
Tim Roberts
Empowering Sales Leaders, Business Owners & Teams to Drive Revenue Growth | Public Speaker on Sales Leadership & Mindset | Transforming Behaviors, Mindsets, and Strategies for Success
“In sales, one has to mitigate ‘me’ and make it about ‘other’”.
February, 2026
Cara Weber, AIA
Principal + Founder, Forethought Studio
“Leadership and design isn’t about having the loudest voice, but creating alignment and finding empathy.”
January, 2026
Doug Theis
IT Strategy Leader | Expedient | Director | Helping organizations make better infrastructure and leadership decisions | Founder, IT Leaders Peer Groups
“Most need to think about switching from being a builder to a gardener when they become a leader.”
December, 2025
Jason Beutler
CEO | RoboSource | Helping Teams Engage Meaningful, Impactful Work Through Automation of Error-Prone and Costly Processes | RPA | Business Process Automation | Sand Volleyball Player |
“Winning isn’t about reaching the end goal. It’s about the impact you have with people and relationships along the way.”
November, 2025
Nick Ostergaard
Director, Advanced Services & Digital Solutions at Toyota Material Handling
Discipline, trust, and the belief that great leaders build other leaders.
October, 2025
Adam Weber - Part 2
Executive Coach & Author of Lead Like a Human
How engagement, performance, and turnover tell the whole story
September, 2025
Adam Weber - Part 1
Executive Coach & Author of Lead Like a Human
Lead Like a Human - how grounded leaders build high-performing teams.
August, 2025
Nida Ansari
Founder & CEO of Karmic
Stop Mandating, Start Enabling: How empowered teams drive real innovation.
July, 2025
Jay Love
Active Angel Investor, Former CEO, and Author
Lead with Stewardship - How caring builds credibility, trust, and lasting impact.
June, 2025
Bob Burg
Keynote speaker and co-author of The Go-Giver
How to build relationships and communicate value that lead to business growth.
May, 2025
Blair Enns
Founder, Author of The Win Without Pitching Manifesto
How value-based selling really works.
April, 2025
Jeffrey S. Ton
Leading Historian of Lewis and Clark's Travels
What Lewis & Clark can teach you about leadership in modern business.
“Leadership is as much about reflection as it is about direction.”
Jeffrey S. ToN - Keynote Speaker, Author & Blogger, Leadership Explorer