#75 - Lauren Colbert: Helping Smart People Think Together

About this episode

Cynthia Kirkpatrick interviews Lauren Colbert about improving team dynamics and leadership through effective facilitation.

In this episode of the She Lift Project Podcast, Cynthia Kirkpatrick sits down with Lauren Colbert, Principal Strategic Facilitator at Filament, a one-of-a-kind analog thinking space located in the Cortex Innovation District in St. Louis. Lauren helps smart people think better together, working with organizations ranging from local nonprofits to Fortune 50 companies to unlock honest conversation, eliminate political noise, and produce real momentum inside rooms where teams have been stuck for years. This episode explores how Lauren built her career, what Filament actually does, and why the way most teams meet is quietly costing them everything. This episode is for leaders, team builders, and women who have ever felt like the culture around them was slowly suffocating who they really are. Listeners will learn why the best leaders stop trying to have all the answers, how to replace performance with genuine thinking, and what it looks like when a room full of skeptics becomes a room full of believers. After listening, you will walk away with a completely different way of thinking about meetings, leadership, failure, and what it means to show up fully as yourself.

People in this episode

Host: Cynthia Kirkpatrick

Guest: Lauren Colbert

Topics covered

• team building
• leadership
• organizational culture
• strategic facilitation
• effective meetings

Keywords

• team dynamics
• leadership
• facilitation
• meetings
• organizational culture
• communication
• collaboration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Filament, Cortex Innovation District

Places: St. Louis

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