Conflict Managed

This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Steven Puri. Together we explore:

What flow states are and how and why to enter them
Work should be measured by effect, not location or time spent

Establishing your company culture

Leadership is seeing what someone has to offer and creating the conditions for it to emerge

How full do others perceive their glass to be (rather than how full it actually is)?

Building space for creativity

 

Conflict Managed is available wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube @ 3pconflictrestoration

 

Steven Puri is the Founder and CEO of The Sukha Company with the mission to help millions of people find their focus, achieve more and have a healthy work life.

Steven's career started as a newscaster/interviewer for the #1 youth news show in the DC/Baltimore market (on WTTG-TV) and then as a junior software engineer & Thomas J. Watson Scholar at IBM. After attending USC in Los Angeles, he began working in film production and produced computer-generated visual effects for 14 movies including Independence Day which won the Academy Award for Visual Effects.

Steven’s first tech company was Centropolis Effects that produced those CGI effects, and he eventually sold it to the German media conglomerate Das Werk when he was 28.

Steven then produced some indie films and eventually went studio-side to develop and produce live-action features as a VP of Development & Production at 20th Century Fox (running the Die Hard and Wolverine franchises) and an EVP at DreamWorks Pictures for Kurtzman-Orci Productions (Star Trek 11, Transformers 1&2, Eagle Eye, Transformers: Prime, et al.).

After Fox, Steven returned to building tech companies and had two failed start-ups before founding The Sukha Company - ‘sukha’ means ‘happiness from self-fulfillment’ in Sanskrit. The Sukha is a focus app that bundles all the tools necessary to enter into a Flow State and a have healthy, productive workday.

Steven now lives in Austin, TX.

Conflict Managed is produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services and hosted by Merry Brown.

This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Bud Caddell. Together we explore:

The power of friendship at work

Experimenting to find durable solutions

Behavior changes at work

Checking-in and repairing work relationships

Foreground and background conversations

Generations at work

Developing a “culture contract”

You get the workforce you think about/expect

Conflict Managed is available wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube @3pconflictrestoration

Described as “a craftsman of transformation,” Bud has dedicated his professional life to proving that change is always possible, even in the largest, most complex institutions on the planet.

Bud started his career as the Head of Technology at a venture-backed startup, and quickly found himself advising Fortune 500 executives on their technology and innovation efforts. But the barriers to change we saw across their organizations weren't technical. They were cultural and organizational. Inertia, politics, dysfunction, as well as plain fear, stopped good ideas from being explored or even heard. Meanwhile, traditional consultants saw change primarily as a communications exercise, and focused on grand plans, not the hard work of implementation.

In response, Bud became obsessed with the real mechanisms behind organizational change - the levers that actually provide new behaviors and shared conditions, and ultimately drive their adoption at scale. He founded NOBL in 2014 as an evidence-based and experimentation-forward approach to transformation, which has garnered truly remarkable results and attention for clients.

Conflict Managed is produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services and hosted by Merry Brown.

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Ben Fox. Together we explore:

Following fear or love?

How to find the time to be curious

Addressing financial concerns when leaving a job

Ways you can start to change what you’re feeling at work

Finding the next thing

Shifting from ‘get me away from this’ to ‘this is what I want to move towards’

Conflict Managed is available wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube @3pconflictrestoration

Ben Fox is a career coach who helps senior software engineers break free from toxic jobs and build careers that feel meaningful, energizing, and aligned. Clients describe him as calm, grounding, and easy to open up to, yet also direct, honest, and unwavering in holding them accountable to the life they say they want.

A third-generation New Yorker, Ben blends emotional intelligence with no-nonsense clarity. He creates deeply relational partnerships, sharing his own experiences so clients feel supported by a real human, not a distant expert. Many say they can “hear his voice” long after sessions, reminding them of their capability, brilliance, and worth.

Ben lives in Brooklyn, loves the beach, body surfing, traveling, and is proudly connected to his NYC roots (including his 103-year-old Bronx grandmother). His work is fueled by a simple belief: when people realign their inner world, their outer world transforms.

Contact Ben to find out about his “What’s My Runway?” template, a framework for making data-driven, emotion-calming decisions about your next career step and for a free, 45-minute “What's My Runway” Strategy Session, for those ready to map out their timeline, financial runway, and first confident step toward leaving a toxic role.

Conflict Managed is produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services and hosted by Merry Brown.

 

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This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Dr. Kevin Foreman on our 200th episode! Together we explore:

‘Why not me?’ mentality

Choosing to be unbothered

Conflict is a byproduct of growth

What’s your goal: Being right or getting results?

Blocking/cancel culture impedes our ability to resolve conflict

Conflict is an opportunity to construct

Approaching life and business as a student

Multigenerational environments: listen to our conversation for Dr. Foreman’s fantastic analogy about airports and luggage

Conflict Managed is available wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube @3pconflictrestoration

 

Dr. Kevin Foreman is a renaissance man who has devoted his life to changing lives. He is an influential pastor, successful church planter, bishop, success coach, in-demand speaker, author, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. Dr. Foreman is the founder and chancellor of Harvest Bible College.

Known as "The People's Bishop", Bishop Foreman loves to connect with people. Outside of “meet & greets” on campus & chats during live streams, social media is one of the best ways to connect with Bishop Foreman. You can find him at BishopForeman.com. Text “BISHOP” to 55498 to receive 10% off any of Bishop Foreman’s books and select items.

Conflict Managed is produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services and hosted by Merry Brown.

 

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🎙 This week on Conflict Managed we welcome Kae Kronthaler-Williams. Together we explore:

Women in tech

Maneuvering through the systems at work to advance your career

The relief that happens when you see your options (instead of staying stuck)

Finding a way to stay (when possible)

Separating intent from impact

Being comfortable holding uncomfortable conversations

Removing the invisible work of women through sharing tangible positive impacts on business

 

Conflict Managed is available wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube @3pconflictrestoration

 

Kae Kronthaler-Williams is a global software marketing executive and passionate advocate for women’s advancement in the workplace. She uses her platform to confront bias, challenge toxic work cultures, and spark change through writing, public speaking, coaching, and nonprofit work. Her mission: ensure every woman is seen, supported, and empowered to lead. Because when barriers are removed for women, everyone benefits.

With sharp insight and unflinching honesty, her new book, Not Made For You , empowers women to advocate for themselves and each other, transforming silence into solidarity—and resistance into real, lasting change. It’s time to rewrite the story of who gets to lead, thrive, and succeed in tech.

 

Conflict Managed is produced by Third Party Workplace Conflict Restoration Services and hosted by Merry Brown.

 

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