Welcome to the CLS experience.

I'm your host, Craig Siegel.

I'm a Wall Street Journal and USA Today best-selling author of The Reinvention Formula.

I'm a global, transformational speaker, facilitator, coach, mentor, advisor, investor, eight-time marathoner,

and a soul having a human experience.

But most importantly, if you're listening to this podcast, you should know that my mission

is to hit you with a nugget or a download that changes the way you think and charts you

on the course for a huge breakthrough in your life, both professionally and personally.

You'll hear from some of the most dynamic and accomplished guests on the planet

and some cute little solo mini episodes as well.

I will challenge the guests for your benefit.

Let's go deep.

When change hits, whether it's a merger of two companies or whether we hit ourselves with this big, epic, five-star quantum leap goal, when change hits, the first scan is for danger.

That is how we're wired as human beings from birth. When change hits, the first scan is for danger, which is good.

That instinct is there to protect you. It has your best interest at heart. But people get stuck

there because that voice or that instinct has one key purpose and it is to say, be careful. Be careful here. Once it's done that, it becomes problematic. Hear the message and then start thinking possibilities.

On today's episode of the CLS experience, me a very exclusive treat. He's one of the foremost experts on fast growth strategies and breakthrough

innovation with a PhD in psychology. He's recognized worldwide for his thought leadership on

merger integration, just to name a few. He's the author of the all-time bestseller on mergers,

the employee guide to mergers and acquisitions, and he's one of the best-selling

business authors in the world, with over 15 million books sold across 30 titles, Big Facts.

His distinctive minimum effective dose approach has guided Fortune 1,000 companies for over 40 years,

...