Magic in the Room #121: Being Connected is an Inside Job
September 27, 2022
Being connected is everyone’s responsibility, and we all have to do the work of choosing to be connected. In this episode of Magic in the Room, Chris and Luke introduce a new way of thinking about connection with three components. We must be connected to self, a community, and to the present moment in time. Our need for connection can be fulfilled when these three components are in place.
This Magic in the Room episode was originally a webinar at a TribalHub event. Subscribe to their podcast at www.tribalhub.com/introducing-the-tribalhub-podcast-series. Special thanks to TribalHub for allowing us to use this recording.
TribalHub is a community of hundreds of leaders driving their organizations, collaborating with other tribal industry leaders, staying current with the technology trends, being savvy about security, and embracing the value of a peer support network at their fingertips. TribalHub is a membership based organization whose members receive many valuable, direct benefits as well as support the mission to bring additional services, events and resources to tribes across the nation
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Recorded at AUIDEO studio
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In this episode of "Magic in the Room," Luke, Hannah, and Chris unpack the difference between being busy and being truly impactful, exploring why organizations often get stuck in high-activity, low-impact cycles. They identify five common contributors: compliance-heavy environments, resistance to change, disconnected decision-makers, fear-driven “CYA” cultures, and firefighting systems that reward heroics over long-term strategy. From there, they highlight what creates real impact: clarity of purpose, agency, curiosity, intentionality, and the discipline to question assumptions and align action with a meaningful “why.” The conversation encourages leaders to build awareness of their strengths, design systems that support healthy impact, maintain congruence between their public and private influence, and cultivate the kind of presence that can genuinely move a room.
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