Dropping Bombs: The Conversation Between Mike Smilo and Brad Lea That Was About More Than Just Cancer
By Bridget Mulroy On an episode of Dropping Bombs, hosted by Brad Lea, I expected a familiar arc: diagnosis, treatment, recovery, reflection. What unfolded instead felt more like a raw, unfiltered exchange between two people trying to make sense of something that refuses to be simplified. Smilo didn’t open with statistics. He opened with confusion. […]
Jason Slattum on Part-Time Leaders Who Deliver Full-Time Impact
By: Natalie Johnson Companies have long assumed that transformative leadership requires a full-time executive. Jason Slattum argues that the assumption no longer reflects how many growing businesses operate. As experienced executives seek greater flexibility and early-stage companies face increasing pressure to scale efficiently, fractional leadership has become a practical way to access senior expertise without […]
Dwight Price and Three Decades of Trust in Tennessee’s Foothills
In Maryville, Tennessee, and the towns that spread across the Foothills area, buying or selling a home is rarely a simple decision. It involves money, timing, and a lot of trust in the person guiding you through it. Dwight Price has spent three decades doing that work, and for many people in the area, his […]
Why Dr. Kirk Sanford Treats Healing as a Conversation
Regenerative medicine sits at an awkward crossroads. The science is moving fast, the public interest is intense, and the marketing has raced ahead of what the evidence can actually support. Patients researching stem cell therapy or longevity medicine often find themselves stuck between three unhelpful sources: breathless promotion, textbooks written for people who already hold […]
How Nick Burns Is Bringing Trust Back to Recruiting
Ask Nick Burns what makes a hire work, and he will not start with a resume. He starts with fit. Skills can be taught, he likes to say, but culture cannot, and when the culture is wrong, nothing else holds up for long. That conviction is the foundation of TrustedHire, the boutique recruiting firm Nick […]
Bridget Hom on Why Success Starts With Belief
Most business advice starts with a tactic. Bridget Hom starts somewhere less comfortable. She starts with what is happening between your ears before you ever open your laptop. Bridget is the founder and CEO of Bridge to Freedom Coaching, and her argument is that mindset is usually the first problem and the first part of […]