The PIVOT: Navigating Uncharted Territory with Dave Schoof

The PIVOT: Navigating Uncharted Territory with Dave Schoof

The PIVOT is a shift in our lives that allows us to be less bound to our past experiences, habits, and ways of figuring the world out. We still carry with us our wisdom, skills, and sense of ourselves, but we also make room for new ways of seeing, doing, navigating, and checking. This show will explore how to thrive while navigating with cutting-edge thinkers, practitioners, and pioneers.

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August 6, 2025 58 mins

There’s an anxiety humming beneath everything—like tinnitus that never stops. You feel it in leadership meetings where reactions explode out of proportion. In hair-trigger responses to small disruptions. In that 3am wakefulness that’s become a collective companion.

In this second conversation, Rob McNamara and I go deep into the question: How do we metabolize the poly-crisis, both personally and relationally—rather than being consu...

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🎙️ Part 1 — Depth, Coherence, and Leadership When the Maps Fail Subtitle: “What if the space between us is the map?”   Rob McNamara joins Dave to explore how relational depth, love, and presence may be the most strategic responses to the crises of our time. Guest Bio – Rob McNamara Rob McNamara is a transmitted Zen master, advisor, consultant, and executive coach. He is the author of four books, most recently "Foundations for Eleg...
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What if leadership isn't about control, but resonance? In this episode of The Pivot, Dave Schoof speaks with Sonja Blignaut about rewilding, untaming, and how to lead through complexity and change. They explore how to find your way in liminal times — when the old maps no longer work — and why resonance, embodiment, and imagination may be the skills most needed now. Sonja is a Wayfinding guide and complexity pra...
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In this compelling conversation, Dave speaks with Florian Irminger about his journey from high-visibility political leadership to behind-the-scenes human rights advocacy, and what he calls the "Global Realignment" we're all navigating. This episode explores how leaders can pivot from old ways of working to meet unprecedented challenges, why admitting "I don't know" is becoming essential leadership, and how human...

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Episode 1: Pivoting into Possibility with Amah

What if the pivot you’re seeking isn’t a sharp turn — but a deep surrender into something bigger?

Welcome to the very first episode of The Pivot! I’m your host, Dave Schoof, and today we’re not doing a classic interview. Instead, I’m sitting down with the brilliant Amah for an open exploration of what it means to navigate uncertainty, embrace emergence, and trust the wisdom unfolding t...

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January 6, 2025 55 secs

Paul Auston, CEO of Thirdwave, and I explored the emerging field of Psychedelicdelics and leadership as well as other aspects of my own journey to working with psychedelics. For the full episode, here is the links:  YouTube

 

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