STORIES
We write and record stuff.
The Era of Leaving Emotion Out of Work is Over
In this video, our co-founder and CEO Anna Love discusses how bringing our whole selves (Love and All) to work can really up each other's game. It changes our sense of responsibility to each other and makes our lives more seamless and less segmented.
Curiosity over Expertise
In this short video, Stoked Head of Innovation, Brent Taylor discusses how difficult it can be to come into innovation work and start prioritizing your sense of curiosity over the sense of expertise you’ve spent years honing and accumulating. The ego loves to know things much more than not know and be curious.
Designing for Connection
Every quarter we make time for our team to gather, review work we’re doing, find inspiration, re-connect, and hopefully just relax and have some fun! In September of 2020, after a (globally) tough start to the year, we brought our team to Nashville for team time.
Reimagining Your Life
In this month’s video, Brent talks about the importance of play as a critical element in learning new skills and behaviors.
The Opposite of Play is Not Work
In this month’s video, Brent talks about the importance of play as a critical element in learning new skills and behaviors.
How We Work: Taking Back Fridays
Parker discusses Stoked’s experiments to help keep the team sane and creative during these difficult times where burnout is rampant!
You Can’t Sell Yourself Until You Know Yourself
Parker tells the story of Stoked’s first attempts at marketing and how the results were not at all what they expected. Marketing may come across to some as shallow work, but for us, it was defining.
Why Learning is a Vulnerable Act.
Team member Kirsten Montanari shares lessons from her background in wilderness therapy and how they relate to the learning environment we strive for at Stoked.
Leadership Development - Stoked Style!
Barbara does an amazing job of bringing in her years of experience in leadership development and telling us exactly what it boils down to. Accepting who we are now, getting a clear picture of where we want to be in the future, and doing the HARD work to get there.
Design Thinking - A Better Way of Solving Problems
Parker Gates one of the co-founders of Stoked, walks us through design thinking for problem-solving. Learn how to use design thinking methods to tackle big projects and save time, money, and energy!