The Modern CEO Podcast

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Start With the Easy Thing (Yes, Really)

July 16, 2026

This isn't an episode about pushing harder, powering through, or finally finding your motivation. If you've been told you just need more discipline to get your big project done, this is the opposite of that. I'm walking you through the exact approach I use when something feels massive, and I have no idea where to begin — the easy-to-hard method. I'll show you how it actually looks in real life, using my own book launch as the proof: 47 things on a list, zero clue where to start, and the tiny,...

We Quit Email. Here's the Slack Setup That Actually Works.

June 25, 2026

This isn't an episode about which apps to download. It's about what it actually looks like to build a communication system that works - across time zones, across roles, across a business that's always moving.   Amber, Joanna, and Lilly have run their company without internal email for years. In this episode, they break down how they've set up Slack to function as a central hub for everything: team communication, sales notifications, customer service escalations, login codes, and more. They sh...

Words That Work: How We Actually Talk Through the Hard Stuff as a Team

June 11, 2026

This episode isn't about communication theory. It's not a framework you have to go home and figure out how to apply. This is us, mid-work, showing you the exact words we use when something goes sideways — when creative feedback is vague, when a deadline is at risk, when someone's overwhelmed and needs the team to jump in. It started with a message from someone in our community after the last episode. She said what we do is book-worthy — and asked us to get even more specific with the language...