Episode 52: Reinvention to Thrive in Chaos with Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva in Shark's podcast by Kenneth Shark
“A Shark’s Perspective” is the podcast with the Who’s Who in marketing. Your host, Kenneth (Shark) Kinney, is a highly accomplished & creative marketer, growth executive, & nationally-renowned consultant & speaker on digital & TV.
How to Reinvent Before It’s Too Late
In this insightful and personal conversation, Dr. Nadya Zhexembayeva joins Shark to share why reinvention is no longer optional—and how she helps leaders and companies around the world thrive in chaos. From the Soviet collapse to TEDx stages, from academic rigor to real-world consulting, Dr. Nadya brings unmatched clarity to a turbulent world. They discuss factory presets, fake innovation, corporate mindset traps, and the emotional blocks that keep teams from evolving.
What You’ll Learn
You’ll learn the three disciplines every company must master to navigate today’s turbulent landscape—anticipating change, designing change, and implementing change—and why these must operate together, not in silos. Dr. Nadya also explains the neuroscience of resistance, how to reawaken your factory presets for adaptation, and how to begin real reinvention by starting from peak performance instead of failure.
Who This Is For
- C-suite leaders and executives facing accelerating change
- Innovation and product teams struggling to turn vision into reality
- HR, L&D, and transformation officers driving culture change
- Consultants and coaches supporting reinvention in client systems
- Anyone seeking to future-proof their career, company, or community
3 Key Takeawayfrom This Episode
1. Reinvention Requires Cross-Disciplinary Mastery
The most resilient companies combine forecasting, innovation, and implementation in one cohesive strategy. Silos between departments—strategy, product, and operations—must collapse in favor of tight, fast feedback loops.
2. Reinvention Starts with Peak Performance, Not Problems
Instead of diagnosing failure, begin by studying your best moments. Appreciative Inquiry shows that teams gain speed, confidence, and emotional momentum by analyzing what already works—and scaling from there.
3. Reinvention Isn’t Just Change—It’s a Survival Skill
According to Dr. Nadya, true reinvention means increasing the level of life in a system. You can move deck chairs on the Titanic all day and call it “innovation”—but if the ship is sinking, it’s not reinvention. Focus on results, not theater.
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