COMING IN 2027
BREAKIN' BEANS
Candid conversations about leadership, organizational growth, and what makes organizations work.
The conversations organizations need to have.
Growth changes organizations.
What worked when a business had five employees may no longer work at twenty-five. A nonprofit that once operated through personal relationships eventually needs clearer authority, better systems, and more deliberate coordination.
But the challenges of growth rarely arrive with instructions.
Breakin' Beans with Mike Lisle brings together practitioners, executives, and subject-matter experts to explore what happens when organizations grow, encounter complexity, and confront the limitations of how they've always operated.
We'll discuss the decisions that worked, the assumptions that failed, and the lessons learned along the way.
Expect substantive conversations, different perspectives, occasional disagreement, and a little humor.
No rehearsed success stories required.
If you're responsible for making an organization work, you're in the right place.
The intended audience includes founders and business owners navigating growth, nonprofit executives and board leaders, organizational development practitioners, and people preparing to assume greater leadership responsibility.
The common thread is responsibility for helping organizations function effectively.
Have something worth bringing to the conversation?
I'm looking for guests who bring firsthand experience, informed perspectives, and a willingness to engage in candid discussions about leadership and organizational effectiveness.
You might be an executive, entrepreneur, consultant, researcher, author, or practitioner.
You don't need a large social media following or a bestselling book.
You do need something substantive to contribute.
Interested in joining me for an episode?
Tell me a little about yourself and what you'd like to discuss. If there's a potential fit, I'll follow up with details about the recording process.
Meet Mike Lisle
I'm an organizational architect, writer, speaker, and founder of RBI Consulting Group.
My career has taken me through executive leadership roles in nonprofits, economic development, and local government. Along the way, I've learned that the most interesting lessons about organizational effectiveness often come from the things that didn't work as expected.
Breakin' Beans is an opportunity to explore those lessons with people who've experienced them firsthand.
LAUNCHING IN 2027
Good conversations challenge what we think we know.
Breakin' Beans is currently recruiting guests and preparing its first season.
A Mike Lisle Media production · Founding sponsor: RBI Consulting Group