The Not Perfect Networking Podcast
The Not Perfect Networking Podcast
Podcast Description
The show ALL about networking - both personally and professionally. We're giving networking a reframe!
Networking isn’t just a business function—it’s a way to build genuine relationships, unlock new opportunities, and create meaningful connections. In this podcast, we’re redefining networking and making it accessible, fun, and, most importantly, real.
Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-weisberg-coady-57aab37/
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast explores themes of personal and professional networking by redefining it as a vital life skill. Key topics include building authentic relationships, strategies for networking as an introvert, and leveraging improv in networking. Episodes feature discussions with guests like Lisa Smith and Melissa Ferraro, who share unique insights on the evolution of PR and the impact of key networking moments throughout their careers.
The show ALL about networking – both personally and professionally. We’re giving networking a reframe!
Networking isn’t just a business function—it’s a way to build genuine relationships, unlock new opportunities, and create meaningful connections. In this podcast, we’re redefining networking and making it accessible, fun, and, most importantly, real.
Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-weisberg-coady-57aab37/
Hustle isn’t the problem, how we define productivity is. Creativity strategist Dr. Natalie Nixon shares a human OS for work: Move, Think, Rest—and how a cultivation mindset transforms networking.
Dr. Natalie Nixon is “the creativity whisperer to the C-Suite,” Top 50 global keynote speaker, LinkedIn Learning instructor, and author of the award-winning The Creativity Leap. Through her firm Figure 8 Thinking, she helps leaders reframe the future with foresight, wonder, and rigor. Featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and Inc; named a top woman keynote speaker by BigSpeak.
In this episode we cover:
- Wonder + rigor: a practical definition of creativity that drives results
- Why Move, Think, Rest beats speed-only productivity
- Movement hygiene, micro daydreams, and better thinking
- Play’s “PR problem” at work—and how to fix it
- Networking as cultivation (plant seeds, not quotas)
- Redesigning meetings to reflect culture and focus
- Rest as strategy: from 90-second breaks to sabbaticals
Connect with Dr. Natalie Nixon:Website: https://www.figure8thinking.com/about/
Course: Build Your Creative Capacity as a Leader (LinkedIn Learning) https://www.linkedin.com/learning/build-your-creative-capacity-as-a-leader
Connect with Zoe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-weisberg-coady-57aab37/
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