Dancing with Myself featuring Jevon Wooden

Has your employer's empty eyes seemed to pass you by? Jevon Wooden wants to help your employees stop dancing with themselves.

In 1981, Billy Idol left his previous band, Generation X, and went solo. His first single was Dancing with Myself, a remix of a UK flop single he’d recorded with Generation X. But by changing the mix to accentuate the vocals and percussion, the new version was perfect for the newly launched MTV. He became one of the first rockstars popularized on the new channel.

Dancing with Myself explored a lack of human connection. As Idol told Rolling Stone, “The song really is about people being in a disenfranchised world where they’re left bereft, dancing with their own reflections.” Employees everywhere feel like they’re disenfranchised and dancing with themselves when their leadership is impersonal and ineffective. Jevon Wooden is on a mission to change that.

We discuss:

Jevon’s transition out of Information Security
Lessons from Military Leadership
Connecting with Diverse Teams
The Importance of Human Connection
Building Trust
High Performance vs. Toxic Culture

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Music courtesy of Big Red Horse