A Productive Conversation

Mike Vardy

Booking Overview

A Productive Conversation is a productivity and intentional-living show led by Mike Vardy that explores how to work smarter by rethinking time, attention, and mindset. For PR professionals, it’s a strong fit for thought leaders who can translate research-backed strategies into practical, human-centered guidance.

Metrics

Episodes: 671

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 6.2k subscribers

Instagram: 3.6k followers

30s Ad: 72 - 91, 60s Ad: 88 - 107

Contact Information

mike@mikevardy.com

Host

Mike Vardy - Productivity strategist and host of A Productive Conversation. Mike focuses on helping listeners build a life aligned with their intentions through ideas about time devotion, productivity, and refi...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Research-informed educators/professors, authors, strategic advisors/keynote speakers, and practitioners with defensible frameworks in productivity, time, communication, systems, or human performance.

Required Achievements:

Published academic or trade books on time, communication, or adaptation/productivity, Keynote speaking and thought leadership in strategy/human performance, Field research or applied organizational research translated into actionable guidance

Recent Guest Discussions

Dawna Ballard - Chronemics, Slowing Communication To Go Faster, Time “clocks Vs Temporality,” Organizational Productivity, Case Studies Across Organizations/medical And Advocacy Settings.

Patrick Rhone - Grace As A Daily Practice; Travel/family Dynamics; Self-judgment; Accountability Vs Cancel Culture; Small Acts Of Grace And Their Ripple Effects.

Max McKeown, PhD - Overwhelm As A Human Constant, Productivity Vs Productiveness, Loops, Systems Slack, Space For Adaptation, Nuance/humility/reason, Metaplasticity And Upgrading Change.

Recent Topics

Productivity, Time, Mindset, Intentional, Communication, Systems, Psychology, Adaptation, Wellness, Grace

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

A Productive Conversation

Why Speed Is a Byproduct, Not the Goal (with Dawna Ballard)

May 20, 2026

This episode is brought to you by Your Clockwise Week—a personalized weekly structure built around your actual life, not an ideal one. If your week feels full but not fitting, you can learn more at mikevardy.com/yourclockwiseweek.We've built entire systems around moving faster — faster responses, faster workflows, faster outputs. But speed isn't something you pursue. It's something that shows up when you've built something worth moving through quickly. That distinction came up early in this c...

Making Space for Grace (PM Talks S3E5)

May 13, 2026

This episode is brought to you by Your Clockwise Week—a personalized weekly structure built around your actual life, not an ideal one. If your week feels full but not fitting, you can learn more at mikevardy.com/yourclockwiseweek.Patrick Rhone is back, and so is PM Talks — the monthly series where Patrick and I take our time with one idea and actually see where it goes. This is Season 3, Episode 5, and Patrick has just returned from a trip to Greece with his family — a trip built around anniv...

Max McKeown Talks About SuperAdaptability, Metaplasticity, and Thriving in an Age of Overwhelm

May 06, 2026

This episode is brought to you by Your Clockwise Week—a personalized weekly structure built around your actual life, not an ideal one. If your week feels full but not fitting, you can learn more at mikevardy.com/yourclockwiseweek.Overwhelm isn’t new. It’s human. That idea sits at the heart of my conversation with Dr. Max McKeown—strategic advisor, keynote speaker, and author of SuperAdaptability: How to Transcend in an Age of Overwhelm. From the very start, Max challenges the notion that we’r...

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