In this episode, Deb Knupp sits down with Colleen Affeldt, Vice Chair at Corient Wealth Management and a lifelong student of why people do what they do.

In this episode, Deb Knupp sits down with Matt Kocanda, office managing partner for the Chicago office of Corient and, by Deb's own description, her collaborator in crime for more than ten years.

In this episode, Deb Knupp sits down with Heather Heaton, a writer, an unconventional pastor, and Deb’s friend and fellow resident of a town of fewer than eight thousand people.

In this episode, Deb Knupp welcomes back Jay Stark, partner and wealth advisor at Sutton Wealth Planning of CI Assante Wealth Management, for a second conversation.

In this episode, Deb Knupp sits down with Roy Sexton, Chief Marketing Officer at Vedder and one of legal marketing’s most visible advocates for showing up authentically, for a conversation that, as Deb puts it, feels like it started before they even hit record.

In this episode, Deb Knupp sits down with Eric Schoonveld, Partner and Co-Founder of The Peak Law Group and a nearly two-decade friend and client, for a conversation about what it actually costs to treat culture as a real priority instead of a talking point.

In this episode, Deb Knupp welcomes back Libby Baney Burstein, a partner at Faegre Drinker where she has practiced for nearly twenty years in public policy across the pharmacy and FDA space, working to keep unsafe products away from the people they would harm.

In this episode, Deb Knupp sits down with Beth Sherman, a seven time Emmy award winning comedy writer turned keynote speaker and the creator of Audience-First Communication. After thirty years writing for the Late Show with David Letterman, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Ellen, and the Academy Awards, Beth now teaches lawyers, executives, and professional speakers a single discipline she learned in comedy clubs: think about the person receiving the message as much as the message itself.

In this episode, Deb Knupp reconnects with returning HX Ally Ali Schroer, MSW, LCSW, C-PD, founder of Mental Scope Consulting and Schroer Counseling and Consulting, for a conversation that reframes one of the most familiar words in modern leadership: intentionality.

In this episode, Deb Knupp welcomes back Rick and Amy Wellock of The Wellock Group for a second, more personal conversation. While their first appearance focused on leadership development and human flourishing, this episode turns inward, to the story of a father and daughter building a business together, and what it takes to navigate succession with intention, honesty, and love.

In this episode, Deb Knupp welcomes back one of the HX Collective's most beloved returning guests, Bob Craig, a 40-year technologist and 25-year CIO who has spent the last three years on a deliberate journey of self-discovery.

In this episode, Deb Knupp sits down with longtime friend and legal marketing leader Laura Gutierrez, Director of Referral Partnerships at JD Supra, for an unflinching conversation about what it really means to flourish

In this episode, Deb Knupp sits down with Joanna Meyer, founder and executive director of Women, Work, and Calling at the Denver Institute for Faith and Work and author of the book Women, Work, and Calling.

In this episode, Deb Knupp sits down with friend and Faegre Drinker partner Sean Metherell for an unplanned, deeply personal conversation that began professionally and turned into a Mother's Day tribute. Recorded on the eve of the holiday and just past the one-year anniversary of his mother's passing, Sean and Deb discover they share more than a working relationship.

In this conversation, Deb and Suzanne Massel explore networking not as a transactional exercise, but as a deeply human practice rooted in connection, curiosity, and community. What emerges throughout the discussion is a quiet but important reframe: the relationships that shape our lives and careers are rarely built through performance or self-promotion, but through genuine interest, thoughtful conversation, and the willingness to stay open to possibility over time.

In this conversation, Deb and Andrew Cohn explore leadership not as a performance exercise, but as a deeply human practice rooted in reflection, intentionality, and presence.

In this episode, Deb sits down with Dr. Mikah Sellers, founder and CEO of Veteran Brands, to explore a question that quietly sits underneath nearly every conversation about the future of work: what happens to humanity when machines begin to outpace us?

In this episode, Deb Knupp sits down with longtime mentor and HX Ally Dean Carter, a four-time CHRO turned first-time CEO and co-author of Employee Experience Design: How to Co-create Work Where People and Organizations Thrive.

In this episode, Deb sits down with Cat Miller, founder of This Way Up, to talk about what it really takes to make mental health feel accessible, without watering it down or turning it into a buzzword.

In this episode, Deb sits down with Nehal Gandhi, founder of Parinamas, to talk about what the AI era is really asking of us, not as technologists, but as humans.