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Podcast – Host & Guest
“Rick was an engaging guest who offered a clear and relevant message to our audience”
“I loved having Rick Williams on my podcast. He is knowledgeable, insightful, and a highly entertaining guest.”
The Create the Future™ with Rick Williams Podcast
The Create the Future with Rick Williams Podcast is a community forum for leaders to share their stories about making difficult choices in an engaging and entertaining way so others will learn from their experiences.
The Podcast is hosted by Rick Williams, keynote speaker and author of Create the Future – your essential leadership guidebook for making difficult decisions.
You will:
- Learn how successful leaders make difficult decisions.
- Learn what works and doesn’t work when making tough choices
- Learn how leaders found the courage to make big changes
- Hear inspiring stories from leaders who faced major challenges.
- Hear about courage, fear, determination, and hope.
Executives, entrepreneurs, aspiring leaders, board members, nonprofit leaders, public-sector leaders, and mission-driven professionals share their stories about leadership challenges and making tough choices that shaped the future of their organization and their own careers.
Rick is an engaging podcast host who encourages his guests to share their personal experiences as a leader and as an individual making difficult decisions. He brings these real life stories to a worldwide leadership community so his listeners will strengthen their leadership and decisions-making skills – and have a little fun!
Be a Create the Future Podcast Guest
If you have a compelling story to tell about making a tough call for your company, or any organization – what went right, what went wrong, and lessons learned – share your story with the Create the Future Podcast audience.
Click the link below for more information on the Podcast and the Guest Application.
Latest Episodes of the Create the Future Podcast
The three most recent conversations. Every published episode — with full descriptions and show notes — is on the episodes page.
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Endorsements
“Thank you for inviting me to share my thoughts and listening to my stories! Our conversation on your Create the Future Podcast was engaging, insightful, and energizing. I especially appreciated the seamless blend of thoughtful dialog through my business lens on making difficult leadership decisions and enjoyed the relaxed, candid moments where we connected on challenging personal and professional issues.”
—Larry Gulko, Brand Architect & Strategist
“I had a great conversation with Rick Williams on his Create the Future Podcast. I shared stories from my experience founding and running my company – what I got right and didn’t get right. Real world experiences like mine teach lessons far better than any theory in a textbook. Every Create the Future episode leaves you with tips and ideas to grow.”
—Paige Arnof-Fenn, Founder & CEO, Mavens & Moguls
“An excellent episode with Rick Williams, author of Create the Future! Rick was an engaging guest who offered a clear and relevant message to our audience, weaving in memorable stories that underscored the importance of slowing down to get it right when tackling important decisions.”
—Jeff Sigel, CEO, Twinning Edge
“Your episode, “Give Before Asking,” is live and I couldn’t be more excited to share it. Your clarity around leadership and influence really struck a chord. That reminder — that the best leaders contribute before they demand — is exactly the kind of perspective entrepreneurs and executives need to hear right now. As I wrote in the blog, "This isn’t just a quote. It’s a compass.”
—Govindh Jayaraman, Head Coach, Paper Napkin Wisdom
“I loved having Rick Williams on my podcast. He is knowledgeable, insightful, and a highly entertaining guest. My global audience of 500,000 listeners gave me some awesome feedback, and they enormously benefited from his positive message about successful leadership. I look forward to a return appearance.”
—Tim Hughes, host, #TimTalks podcast; Co-Founder and CEO, DLA Ignite
“Rick was an incredible guest on Doing Business with a Servant’s Heart. His stories motivated, inspired, and educated the audience. I know his skills in leadership resonated with my audience.”
—Steve Ramona, host of Doing Business with a Servant’s Heart podcast
“You were a great guest for our board of director podcast. Our listeners were impressed and found your comments interesting and informative. Thanks for making us look good!”
Joe Ayoub, Co-Host, On Boards Podcast & President, Varuna Strategies
Rick Williams – Podcast Guest
As a podcast guest, Rick Williams shares a valuable and unique perspective on how to be a successful leader and how leaders create the future for the organization they lead by the decisions they make today.
Rick draws on his book Create the Future, your essential leadership guidebook for making difficult decisions, and key takeaways from guests on his Create the Future Podcast.
He shares stories of lessons learned from his experience as a company founder, board of directors member, and management consultant with Arthur D. Little. Rick draws innovative points of view from the many articles he has published worldwide on how to be a more successful leader of your company or any organization.
Rick is also a championship sailboat racer including the challenging open ocean Newport to Bermuda Race. He draws lessons and tells stories from winning and losing sailing races that guide his thinking about successful leadership in business.
Rick’s Podcast Guest Appearances
Powerful decision-making process for your company and yourself with Rick Williams
#timtalk with Timothy Hughes
Leadership with a Servant’s Heart: Insights from Rick, Author of ‘Create the Future
Doing Business with a Servant’s Heart
Your Board of Directors – A Value Accelerator
Success at Scale Podcast
Rick Williams with Scott “Shalom” Klein on Get Down To Business
Get Down to Business Podcast
The Secret to Leadership Influence: Rick Williams on Why You Must “Give Before Asking”
Paper Napkin Wisdom Podcast
A Conversation with Rick Williams on Embracing Uncertainty: High-Stakes Leadership
Listening with Leaders Podcast
Rick Williams From Physics Labs to Boardrooms with a Bestseller Blueprint
Adapt or Die Podcast
The 5-Step Framework for Confident Business Decision Making with Rick Williams
Robert Plank Marketer of the Day
You Create the Future With the Decisions You Make Today
Twinning Strategy Podcast
Powerful Decision-Making Tools for Your Company and Yourself by Rick Williams
Inside Personal Growth
Create The Future with Rick Williams | Navigating The Fog of Change™
Sage Partners Podcast