
On The Balcony
Hosted by Michael Koehler and Michael · KONU
5.0from 31 ratings
- 23
- Episodes
- 5
- Transcribed
- 31
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About On The Balcony
On The Balcony is a podcast for change agents, executives and people who care about developing others. In this kick-off season Michael Koehler and his guests examine Ronald Heifetz’s landmark book: “Leadership Without Easy Answers,” the framework behind the most inspiring leadership class at Harvard University. The show offers powerful reflections and live coaching on today’s most pressing challenges. Learn more about Michael and his work at www.konu.org
- Publisher
- KONU
- Category
- business · business · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Apr 2022
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
5 of 23 episodes have a transcript.

13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Raj Panjabi: I Was the Guy You Screamed At

10 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
Dr. Hugh O'Doherty: Who Are We Without the Enemy?

25 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT
Bill Adams & Bob Anderson: The Next Stage of Leadership
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Dr. Raj Panjabi: I Was the Guy You Screamed At
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I connect that to a concept that the scholar Nassim Nicholas Talib wrote about called anti-fragility. And many will, they haven't heard of that term, will know the concept of resilience. If resilience is bouncing back, A leader says we made it through that difficult time. Anti-fragility is actually something more. It's much more like our adaptive immune system. It's a system, an organization, a group of people that get stronger precisely because of the stress. And it sounds more like not we made it through, but we're better because we went through it. What I love about that is when we are advising clients at KONU on change, transformation, leadership, we're often really stressing the need to listen to what people who might appear to be opposing factions, people who might appear to be kind of looking to undermine your work or threaten you or yell at you or drop F-bombs. […]
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- Dr Raj Panjabi
- Hugh O'Doherty
- Bill Adams
- Bob Anderson
- Matthias Birk
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 13 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 18 ratings
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Michael Koehler and Michael host the show. Published by KONU.
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