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.
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.
How Do I Keep Innovation Alive in a "Crap Culture"?
Jonathon, Barbara, and Jacob all give a little advice on how to maintain your creative momentum when your workplace culture makes it feel like you’re swimming upstream.
Reframe | Quarantine Chronicle Ep3
Lucas joins Parker and Jacob as they discuss being months deep into quarantine and what their personal lives look like and feel like as well as what it’s like at Stoked.
Reframe | Quarantine Chronicle Ep 2
Megan joins Jacob and Parker for another lively discussion of life during quarantine!
Reframe Ep 21 - A Year of Conversations
In order to look forward to new stories and conversations in 2020, we first wanted to see what stood out from the shows we produced in 2019. Check out this highlight reel of the best moments of the last twelve months.
Reframe Ep 20 - Funding the Future of Healthcare With Eller Mallchok
Parker & Jacob sit down with Eller Mallchock, the Managing Director at Jumpstart Foundry, a seed stage healthcare innovation fund. Eller talks about breaking into VC work, finding meaning in work and of course, fly fishing.
Reframe Ep 19 - Out of Office: A Short Story
In this episode, Parker talks about the importance of taking time off and getting out of the office as a means of doing better work when we are in the office. Recorded in the Swiss Alps, this is short and sweet.
Reframe Ep 18 - Health, Longevity & Privilege with Marcus Whitney
Parker and Jacob take a deep dive with one of Nashville’s most iconic entrepreneurs of the last twenty years, discussing balance, long-term health and burnout, as well as unseen privilege.
Reframe Ep 17 - Authenticity as a Commodity
What do a cook, a wrestler and a filmmaker have in common? Let's find out as Parker & Jacob discuss the unlikely thread between Anthony Bourdain, The Rock and Casey Neistat.