Insights
Insights from thought leaders on how leaders and their teams can be more effective at tackling today’s challenges and prepare for an ever-changing future.
We’re fortunate to learn with a global community of thought leaders advancing the future of leadership, team, and organizational effectiveness. Many are longtime collaborators and our own colleagues who have generously shared their insights and expertise.
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Gain insights from Corentus thought leaders and experts in organizational, team, and leadership effectiveness.
Interpersonal & Team Development
Nilesh Parikh & Jennifer Cohen: Embodied Teams: Exploring Somatics & Team Effectiveness
Kevin Clark & Kyle Shannon : Thriving in a World of Constant Change
Courtney Salati & Jerry Toomer: Team’s Journey, Collaboration & Cohesion
Alexander & Janice Caillet Building Resilience to Successfully Navigate Change
Organizational Development
Inner Development
Here you’ll find recordings from our First Friday with a Thought Leader series—perspectives that help leaders and teams meet today’s challenges with greater clarity, connection, and impact, while staying adaptive in the face of constant change. We share these as part of our ongoing commitment to curiosity, learning, and deepening impact—together.
If enhancing clarity, adaptability, and impact across your leaders, teams, or organization is a priority, we bring decades of experience supporting leaders in over 30 countries. Let’s talk.
INSIGHTS | FIRST FRIDAY with a THOUGHT LEADER SERIES*
INSIGHTS | Interpersonal and Team Development
Embodied Teams: Exploring Somatics and Team Effectiveness Nilesh Parikh & Jennifer Cohen
Dr. Renee Rookwood discusses the Six Critical Factors for Building Resilient Teams. This session dives into the core elements that create a thriving team culture, including the power of safe communication, high-quality relationships, social support, and more.
Unlocking Team Resilience Dr. Renee Rookwood
Nilesh Parikh and Jen Cohen from Seven Stones Leadership explore how the power of somatics—understanding and working through the body—can transform team dynamics.
Thriving in a World of Constant Change Kevin Clark & Kyle Shannon
Kevin Clark and Kyle Shannon, share their insights on the Seven Critical Components of Thriving in a World of Constant Change. In this session, they discuss the essential mindsets needed to navigate today’s rapidly evolving landscape and into the future.
Collaborative Intelligence Angie McArthur
Angie MacArthur defines collaborative intelligence as "the measure of our ability to think with those who think differently on behalf of what matters to us all."
Smarter Collaboration Heidi Gardner
Heidi Gardner shows how true collaboration between individuals and teams can boost margins, drive client loyalty, and improve talent retention.
Neuroscience-Informed Team Dynamics
Reut Schwartz-Hebron
Reut Schwartz-Hebron shares how team development practitioners can leverage neuroscience insights to effectively guide individuals and teams through difficult organizational changes, fostering understanding, resilience, and successful adaptation. .
Trauma-Informed Team Coaching Emily Gould
Emily explores the definition and impacts of trauma, emphasizing that it is a physiological response to events rather than the events themselves. She discusses how our interconnected nervous systems create a collective experience, influencing how trauma is processed and its symptoms manifested, underscoring the importance of connection and trauma integration in healing and creating safer, more conscious workplaces.
Empathy, Communication, and Productivity
Camilo Rojas & Paul Bosco Jr
Camilo Rojas and Paul Bosco Jr share insights into how cutting-edge AI and biosignal processing can be used to revolutionize leadership and communication skill development.
Team Development for Nonprofits
Jim Daniell
Jim shares insights surrounding the unique challenges and opportunities faced by nonprofit organizations in building strong, effective teams.
Vulnerability and Leadership Patrick Mork
Patrick Mork discusses the importance of vulnerability in leadership for fostering trust and psychological safety within teams. He explores practical strategies for encouraging openness, sharing personal stories, and aligning organizational values to create a culture where vulnerability and learning from mistakes are viewed as strengths
Team’s Journey, Collaboration & Cohesion
Courtney Salati & Jerry Toomer
Courtney Salati and Jerry Toomer share their leadership model that empowers individuals to enhance team performance. Their framework, featuring four cornerstones and 12 catalytic competencies, demonstrates how building credibility, cohesion, courage, and impact can drive real-world success, as seen in a landscaping company's improved collaboration and profitability.
Building Resilience to Successfully Navigate Change
Alexander & Janice Caillet
Alexander and Janice Caillet, the cofounders of Corentus, explore the three levels of change magnitude, the stages of transition, and the importance of psychological safety in fostering a team environment that supports growth, learning, and cohesion during times of change
What Really Matters About Being in a Team
Janice Caillet
Janice Caillet, Co-founder of Corentus, highlights teams as the driving force behind successful organizational change. She emphasizes aligning individual purposes, team goals, and organizational vision to foster connection, high performance, and a shared sense of purpose. Her "Powerful Core Bond" model illustrates how strong relationships within teams create a ripple effect across the organization.
INSIGHTS | Organizational Development
Relational Awareness and Trauma-Informed Culture Amy Elizabeth Fox & Alexander Caillet
Amy Elizabeth Fox and Alexander Caillet discuss what it truly means to be a trauma-informed organization—and why this is critical for overall organizational success.
Emergent:The Power of Systemic Intelligence Paul Zonneveld
Paul Zonneveld explores how systemic intelligence uncovers hidden organizational dynamics in mergers and acquisitions, giving leaders and consultants a powerful approach to creating successful M&A transactions.
Culture Change Alexander & Janice Caillet
Alexander and Janice Caillet, the cofounders of Corentus, open the conversation to collaboratively explore their findings on how involving teams in a culture change initiative speeds up the process, resulting in desired outcomes that are integrated and reinforced.
Organizational Legitimacy Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken
Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken explains how the grounds are shifting for organizational legitimacy across all organizations (nonprofit, private, and government) as legitimacy is socially constructed.
The AI Dilemma Art Kleiner
Art Kleiner explores the immense opportunities and significant risks of AI, emphasizing the need for a human-centered approach to its development.
Authentic Inclusion as a Business Imperative Frances West
Frances West highlights how real inclusion goes beyond feel-good efforts, showing it as key to innovation and business success
INSIGHTS | Inner Development
Inspiration, Insights, and Music Murray Hidary
Murray Hidary starts 2025 with insights, inspiration, and a transformative experience that blends music, art, and technology to inspire reflection and self-discovery through immersive journeys like MindTravel.
Understanding your Inner Critic Rosi Greenberg
Rosi explores the origins of the inner critic and sees its positive intent while saying NO to its negative impact. She offers us a new, more loving inner voice.
Courageous Presence Yotam Schachter
Yotam Schachter shares insights into how to access learning, growth, creativity, and connection through ‘virtual coregulation’.
Envisioning and Creating a More Desirable Future Alfonso Montuori
Alfonso Montuori emphasizes the transformative power of embodying our desired future selves in the present, inspiring action and agency. By cultivating hope, embracing uncertainty, and aligning with core values, we can navigate complexity, overcome apathy, and shape a future driven by possibility and purpose.
Stress or Resilience, Your Choice John Roberts
John Roberts discusses how stress manifests in the body and how our reactions shape our experience. Learn practical strategies for building resilience by recognizing stress triggers, cultivating mindfulness, and developing greater awareness of your stress responses.
Energy Mastery in Executive Team Facilitation
Mieke Jacobs
Unlocking Full Potential Ashish Kathari
Ashish Kathari emphasizes the importance of prioritizing well-being for team and organizational success. He shares practical tips like gratitude practices, managing emotions, and building habits that foster happiness and positivity. Ashish highlights how small, intentional actions can create lasting change and help teams thrive.