The Chemistry Factor

07/25/2024

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05/08/2024

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If you feel the PRESSURE OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH TIME to accomplish your work and life, this article is for you.

11/08/2022

Things Get Easily Done When the Right People Surround You with Tatiana Wilk

Who we work with is way more important than who we work for. Being more creative, happy, and productive at the workplace depends more on the people we surround ourselves with than the title at our office's door or the name of the company we work for.

In today's episode, Tatiana Wilk visits us to share her experiences as Head of Finances at Mother, one of the world's more respected independent creative companies.

Tatiana has been in the finance world, working for public and private advertising agencies for over 15 years, and she is a firm believer in the power of relationship chemistry and connecting from shared values.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:
• How it is to work in a creative ecosystem (12:41)
• What is the best way to keep a positive attitude (16:09)
• What values were born from the flourishing of hybrid work environments (21:35)
• How to turn a blank canvas into an adventure (27:10)

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11/07/2022

Listen to the next Chemistry Factor Podcast on your favorite podcast station, Tuesday, 11/8
“Things Get Easily Done When the Right People Surround You” - with Tatiana Wilk

10/04/2022

The Chemistry Factor Podcast - Leading Through Kindness and Empowering Love with Jeff Casto

Clear, well-distributed, and easy-to-access information cleans up any organization's workflow. If team members don't need to chase information, they can focus exclusively on their job and spend more time in their zone of genius. Today's guest, Jeff Casto, does a great job explaining why information management is so important, among many other things.

Jeff Casto is an Artist, Business System Analyst, and content creation information management expert. Jeff's vast experience in advertising took him to work in places like Google Creative Lab, SS+K, Deltek, and Anomaly, to name a few. His leadership style, based on kindness, brings the best of himself to the workplace and awakens the best in those who work with him.

As the deep thinker he is, Jeff shares brilliant analogies that bring art, the agency world, and leadership together, creating an exciting and unique point of view of these different yet connected spaces.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:
• Everything is information management (3:18)
• About Jeff’s approach to leadership (7:04)
• Why Jeff decided to create little portraits (16:05)
• Help people out of their frustration through kindness (21:19)
• Creatives love independence (25:31)
• What happens when you empower love (32:28)

‎Show The Chemistry Factor, Ep Leading Through Kindness and Empowering Love with Jeff Casto - Oct 4, 2022

10/03/2022

08/23/2022

Seeing the Numbers Come Alive with Bill Afonso

In this episode, Bill talks about the importance of creating a culture at the service of people, how to empower ourselves to make the right choices when hiring and laying people off, and how remote work impacted companies, leaders, and employees.

Bill is the Chief Financial Officer for the independent creative agency, Johannes Leonardo, where he sits at the intersection of business and creativity, ushering the agency through the new creative economy.

In This Episode You Will Learn:
• What makes the advertising world so attractive (3:38)

• How the empowerment aspect of diversity changes one’s perspective on many things, not only work (9:28)

• The reason Bill prefers conversational interviews when meeting with a candidate for an open position (11:28)

• How remote work has impacted people’s relationships with their jobs (19:23)

• Dealing with the challenge of laying someone off (25:59)

‎Show The Chemistry Factor, Ep Seeing the Numbers Come Alive with Bill Afonso - Aug 23, 2022

08/22/2022

Listen to the next Chemistry Factor Podcast on your favorite podcast station, Tuesday, 8/23 “Seeing the Numbers Come Alive” - with Bill Afonso

07/12/2022

The Art of Using Numbers to Tell Stories with Justin Gee

In this episode, we go through Justin's journey in corporate America, the lessons he learned along the way, and what challenges made him stronger. We also discuss what's truly relevant during a hiring process, the changes the pandemic imposed on how we support and lead our teams, and the improvements it caused in terms of diversity and inclusion.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:
· Justin's view on how to be successful at work and at home (5:19)
· Being a good storyteller is necessary in the world of finances (9:44)
· What changes the pandemic forced upon us (11:22)
· How Justin describes his management style for success (15:39)
· What are the things we can do when we feel disconnected? (29:44)

‎Show The Chemistry Factor, Ep The Art of Using Numbers to Tell Stories with Justin Gee - Jul 12, 2022

07/11/2022

Listen to the next Chemistry Factor Podcast on your favorite podcast station, Tuesday, 7/12/22.
“The Art of Using Numbers to Tell Stories” - with Justin Gee

07/08/2022

Be Your Authentic Self by Empowering Your Values

06/21/2022

Helping Companies Hit A Home Run Through Managing Culture with Elba Lozano D'Elia M.A.

Small talk, fortuitous meetings at the water cooler, and human interaction face to face, in general, are an essential part of keeping a company's culture flowing and growing. On the other hand, companies forced by the circumstances to work remotely or in hybrid attendance models certainly struggle to find a way to recreate real-world interaction in virtuality and keep culture alive and relevant.

Today, Elba Lozano joins us to share her thoughts on how to build a thriving community and humanize the workplace from virtuality.

In This Episode, You'll Learn:
· About the importance of collaboration and how to adjust to its multiple definitions (6:17)
· The importance of promoting curiosity within an organization (8:28)
· How working with people and culture makes her feel (11:07)
· Elba’s biggest struggles as a leader (11:57)
· How to enhance human interaction in a virtual workplace (19:38)
· The best way to promote inclusion and promote productivity (24:03)

Listen to Helping Companies Hit A Home Run Through Managing Culture with Elba Lozano D’Elia from The Chemistry Factor. Small talk, fortuitous meetings at the water cooler, and human interaction face to face, in general, are an essential part of keeping a company's culture flowing and growing. On t...