Unlocking Collective Wisdom with Jon Berghoff
Questions are a powerful tool. Especially when you know how to ask the right ones.
Today on The Karen Kenney Show, I’m wicked excited because we’re talking with super-smarty pants Jon Berghoff as he shares his journey from an executive at Vitamix to founder and CEO of XCHANGE Approach - which helps change agents, thought leaders, community leaders, coaches, and consultants unlock collective wisdom.
Jon’s fascinating story is filled with methodologies that taught him how leadership is no longer a solo effort, but instead a collective one. Rather than having just one “expert” on stage telling other people what to do, we can create high impact learning environments by bringing groups and communities together by sharing our wisdom and insight with one another.
Jon is like a wizard when it comes to the art of question design, the science of engineering conversations and the recognition of the change that’s possible at speed and scale, when you know how to design and facilitate human interactions that create psychological safety, accelerate widespread learning and bring about whole new possibilities for people to feel seen, and for all voices to be heard and listened to.
Over 350 global thought leaders, community builders and industry leading coaches and consultants have leveraged the XCHANGE Approach to facilitate transformational group experiences with their clients. When companies like BMW, Facebook, NASA & Keller WIlliams wanted to bring large groups together to solve problems, accelerate learning and reimagine a new future, they’ve all relied upon Jon and the XCHANGE approach.
His refreshing approach is like a superpower that combines scientific research along with real life experience for one of the most relevant conversations today. I hope you guys love this conversation as much as did!
KK's Key Takeaways
• Unicorns And Jaguars (5:31)
• I Made A Career Transition (12:33)
• I’ve Got Strengths And Weaknesses (22:00)
• Micro Consequences (32:29)
• Sourcing Wisdom (41:06)
• What Makes A Question Accessible? (47:50)
• Making Questions Relevant (53:01)
Under Jon’s leadership, the XCHANGE team has designed and facilitated whole-system change efforts through large group collaborative summits and created high-impact learning environments for organizations that include BMW, Facebook, Habitat for Humanity, TEDx, Keller Williams, Fathom, Boeing Corporation, Vitamix Corporation, Fortec Medical, and Fairmount Santrol.
Jon previously served as the head of sales for Vitamix Corporation, where revenue grew by 400% in less than 4 years, as their team grew from 175 to over 600 members.
His work in Appreciative Leadership, Emotionally Intelligent Negotiations, and Influence has brought him to Australia, Japan, the UK, and South America. Jon is in high demand, known for his authenticity and highly engaging style of creating powerful learning experiences for participants.
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:
WEBSITE: https://xchangeapproach.com/
FREE XCHANGE PLAYBOOK FOR KK’s AUDIENCE: xchangeapproach.com/karen
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/xchange_conversations/
LINKED IN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonberghoff
KK BIO:
Karen Kenney is a certified Spiritual Mentor, author, speaker, and the host of The Karen Kenney Show Podcast. She’s also the founder of THE NEST - an online spiritual membership & community.
She’s been a student & guide of A Course in Miracles for close to three decades, a yoga teacher for 20+ years and is a longtime practitioner of Passage Meditation. She’s also a Gateless Writing Instructor & workshop facilitator and is currently working on a memoir.
KK grew up in Lawrence & Boston, MA, and graduated from BU with a degree in Communications. She’s known for her storytelling, her sense of humor, her love of the Divine and her “down-to-earth” practical approach to Spirituality. Her signature process: Your Story to Your Glory™ - helps people transform their old stories of victimization & suffering, so they can choose Love over fear, improve their most important relationships, deepen their connection to Self, Source & Spirit, and live from a place of forgiveness, flow, freedom & fun!
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