Episodes

  • Breakthrough Bots: Harnessing Gen AI for positive societal impact
    Mar 26 2024

    Join Kim Christfort and her guest, Angel Ayala, Chief Information Technology Officer for Deloitte's Government and Public Services practice, as they explore the possible futures that Gen AI transformation and augmentation can bring to the world. Learn how a breakthrough mindset can have a positive impact on shaping technology, and our world, for the better.

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    45 mins
  • Breakthrough Breakups: Navigating divorce using breakthrough thinking
    Feb 12 2024

    The Breakthrough Manifesto principles can transform how people tackle thorny challenges – in business and at home. Find out how co-author of The Breakthrough Manifesto, Suzanne Vickberg (Dr. Suz), applied the principles to create a dramatic departure from status quo approaches to divorce, designing a solution that best suited her family. Listen in as host Kim Christfort talks with Dr. Suz about her book, Divorce by Design, and how getting curious, asking questions, and challenging assumptions can break through barriers and lead to new possibilities.

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    38 mins
  • Breakthrough Beginnings: Creative problem solving with Coe Leta Stafford
    Feb 7 2024

    Coe Leta Stafford discusses the benefits to design thinking and how a human-centered approach in creative problem solving can lead to solving the true root of issues rather than only the symptom. Join Coe, as she explores solving business problems and reaching breakthrough.

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    35 mins
  • Breakthrough Bites
    Nov 21 2023

    Listen in, as Jason McKinney, Co-founder and CEO of Truffle Shuffle, shares the challenges that left him with no other choice than to Strip Away Everything, question his assumptions, and adopt a beginner's mindset.  In this podcast, we hear about how Jason and his team empower each other to be part of the solution and embrace being relentless in pursuit of maximum smiles.

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    34 mins
  • Breakthrough Book
    Nov 21 2023

    Change the world, one breakthrough at a time.
    Stuck in a rut? Tune in as Paul Silverglate, Deloitte’s Executive Accelerator leader, sits down with authors Kim Christfort and Dr. Suzanne Vickberg to talk about their latest book, The Breakthrough Manifesto, 10 Principles to Spark Transformative Innovation, and how the practical methods within can help you get to breakthrough.

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    39 mins
  • Breakthrough Bridges
    Nov 21 2023

    In this episode, we hear from Debra Schifrin, a Stanford Graduate School of Business Lecturer who teaches a course that leverages the methods and mindset of improv to encourage creativity, collaboration, active listening, asking good questions and genuine curiosity.

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    31 mins
  • What is Breakthrough?
    Nov 21 2023

    We believe that everyone has the potential to get to breakthrough, but it requires a different way of thinking to make positive change. In this first episode of Breakthrough by Design, Kim Christfort, Chief Innovation Leader for Executive Accelerators at Deloitte, shares insights from over a decade of work with individuals, teams and organizations on what it takes to get to breakthrough and drive transformative innovation in big and small ways.

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    15 mins