What if the hardest part of change isn't starting...
but staying changed?
In this powerful episode of the IgnitedNeurons Podcast, Utkarsh Narang sits down with Lisa Broderick, author of Permanence, to explore one of the biggest challenges in personal growth: why so many of us become the person we want to be for a few days, weeks, or months... only to fall back into old patterns.
Through stories, research, and practical frameworks, Lisa reveals what she learned after following high-performing leaders for an entire year and why lasting transformation has less to do with motivation and more to do with systems, accountability, and intentional reflection.
In this conversation, we explore:
• why most personal growth efforts don't last
• the difference between change and permanence
• how daily questions can transform behavior
• why accountability changes how we act
• the hidden reason people quit their goals
• how to build systems that support growth
• the power of compounding in self-improvement
• why success should be measured by how true life feels, not how impressive it looks
• the relationship between happiness, meaning, and personal growth
• what your 80-year-old self would want you to know today
One of the most powerful moments in the episode:
👉 "I didn't want to be ashamed to report that I didn't even try."
If you've ever struggled to stay consistent, keep promises to yourself, or create lasting change, this conversation is for you.
About Lisa Broderick
Lisa Broderick is a cross-disciplinary enterprise advisor, executive coach, and leadership strategist who helps CEOs, boards, and senior executives lead lasting change in complex organizations.
With more than 30 years of experience as a CEO, CFO, and COO, Lisa has guided leaders through growth, transformation, organizational change, and high-stakes decision-making. Her work combines strategy, leadership, systems thinking, emotional intelligence, and operational execution to help organizations create change that actually lasts.
She is the founder of Conversus Group, former CEO of Marshall Goldsmith Advisors, and co-author, with Marshall Goldsmith, of Permanence (2026), a book exploring the science of lasting personal transformation. Lisa is also the founder of Police2Peace, a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening leadership accountability and institutional trust.
📌 Connect with Lisa
Website: https://lisabroderick.com/
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lisa-a-broderick
📖 Book: https://permanencebook.com/
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What if the reason your team isn't performing has nothing to do with talent...
and everything to do with how the team is designed?
In this episode of the IgnitedNeurons Podcast, Utkarsh Narang sits down with Daria Rudnik, Team Architect, Executive Leadership Coach, and author of CLICKING, to explore why most teams struggle, why leaders become bottlenecks, and what it actually takes to build a team that performs without depending on the leader for every decision.
One of the most surprising ideas from this conversation:
Most teams aren't actually teams.
Just because a group of people share a manager or sit inside the same organizational chart doesn't mean they're working as a team. Real teams share a purpose, collaborate deeply, and depend on each other to achieve outcomes they couldn't achieve alone.
Together, they explore:
• why most organizational teams don't function like real teams
• the hidden cost of control and micromanagement
• why leaders unintentionally become bottlenecks
• how trust is built inside high-performing teams
• the five pillars of the CLICK framework
• why team norms matter more than most leaders realize
• how collaborative decision-making increases ownership
• the importance of knowledge sharing and feedback
• why AI is changing the way teams work
• how leaders can empower teams instead of trying to save them
One of the most powerful reminders from Daria:
👉 We don't need more heroic leaders. We need more empowered teams.
About Daria Rudnik
Daria Rudnik is a Team Architect and Executive Leadership Coach, and the author of CLICKING, a practical framework for building high-performing teams that don't depend on the leader to function.
A former Chief People Officer and ex-Deloitte professional with 15 years of international experience in tech and telecom, she has helped leaders across six continents navigate financial crises, wars, and the pandemic.
Today, she works with executives and HR leaders who are building teams that can perform and stay connected in an AI-driven world.
📌 Connect with Daria
Website: https://dariarudnik.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dariarudnik/
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What do you do when life gives you a pain so deep that it feels impossible to recover from?
In this deeply moving episode of the IgnitedNeurons Podcast, Utkarsh Narang sits down with Jonathon Aslay for a powerful conversation about grief, self-love, resilience, emotional healing, and the choice to love even after unimaginable loss.
Years after rebuilding his life from financial collapse, divorce, and emotional despair, Jonathon experienced every parent's worst nightmare:
He lost his son.
What followed wasn't a story about avoiding pain.
It was a story about choosing love.
One of the most powerful moments from the episode comes when Jonathon shares that 13 years before losing his son, he spent years going to bed wishing he wouldn't wake up. Through therapy, personal development, spiritual work, and emotional healing, he built the emotional scaffolding that helped him navigate life's darkest chapter.
This conversation is a reminder that while we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose how we respond.
About Jonathon Aslay
Jonathon Aslay is a bestselling author, speaker, self-love advocate, and relationship coach. Through his work, podcast, and writing, he helps people cultivate self-worth, emotional intelligence, and deeper connections with themselves and others. He is the author of What The Heck Is Self-Love Anyway? and host of the What Would Love Do? podcast.
📌 Connect with Jonathon
Website: https://www.jonathonaslay.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaslay/
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