Drew Paroz

Drew Paroz

Drew Paroz leads at the intersection point of people, data, and strategy. For Drew, nothing is better than breaking down problems and systems into building blocks of thought except using those blocks to synthesize fresh models. Drew is on a lifelong Wonder Tour to help take those building blocks into life change in himself and others.

Appears in 105 Episodes

Don't Look Up Pt. 2: How to Share Unpopular Truth

Like Dr. Mindy and Kate, it sometimes feels like we are swimming upstream to deliver a message of critical importance. "We need to transform our business model!" "Yo...

Don't Look Up Pt. 1: How to Stay Intact in the Face of Existential Threat

It's so easy to compartmentalize ourselves into a work self vs a personal self. Psychology shows that if we aren't careful we can end up flipping a switch in our brai...

Dune Pt. 2: Character is Destiny

In today's world, it almost seems impossible to maintain integrity in all we do. To consistently take the long view, making decisions that prioritize the good of othe...

Dune Pt. 1: How to Achieve Team Goals By Acting With Integrity

This week's Tour brings a new guest, but a veteran of living out the Wonder Tour, Brian. As leaders it can be a struggle to get everyone rowing in the same direction....

Encanto Pt. 2: How to Lead with Integrity When the Magic Seems to be Fading

Integrity has the power to hold everything together in our lives but it also has a power to set us free. Mirabel's superpower of integrity fixes the cracks in her fam...

Encanto Pt. 1: How Integrity Allows Us to Win in the Long Run

As we begin a new series on integrity, it's nice to start with a working definition. On Wonder Tour, we define integrity as acting consistently for the good of others...

Treasure Planet: How Curiosity Changes the Character of Others

As a finale to our series on curiosity, we take off on a whimsical air ship with James Newton Howard playing in the background to learn how our curiosity impacts the c...

The Matrix Pt. 2: Breaking Out of the Cultural Matrix for the Good of Others

If you've seen The Matrix you might have found yourself wondering if your life might infact be some grand simulation. Derrick and Drew flip that question by asking ho...

The Matrix Pt. 1: What If We Aren't the Protagonists?

This time our Tour leads us to the Matrix as we continue our series on Becoming Curious Explorers. Often, when we are searching for our role in the stories playing ou...

Marvel What If...?: How to Avoid Succumbing to the Dark Side of Curiosity

This time on Marvel's What If...?, what can we learn from Doctor Strange's unyielding pursuit to raise Christine from the dead? In this exciting, yet haunting episode...

Marvel What If...?: Why Imagination is Key to Character Development

This time the guys visit the alternate timeline of Marvel's What If...?. In the midst of a series focused on Becoming Curious Explorers (like some of our favorite lea...

Shang-Chi: How Curiosity Leads to Character Development

Curiosity drives character development. Plain and simple. The directions we are curious towards will be the directions our character moves in the long term. Join Der...

Arrested Development: How to Continue Exploring When You Feel Like a Failure

This week's Tour is a character study of everyone's favorite magician GOB Bluth from Arrested Development. GOB seems to fail quite often, yet he always has the persis...

Elf Pt. 2: How to Be Inspiringly Curious

Buddy the Elf shows us all how to be curious in any environment. Each of us could ask ourselves the question: how might I be more curious given my life experiences an...

Elf Pt. 1: Why Be Curious When It's Safer Not To

In this week's Christmas themed episode the guys put themselves in the shoes of Buddy the Elf, examine why we would choose to be curious when it generally requires tha...

Loki: How to Take On the Mindset of an Explorer

(Loki S1 E1) To kickstart the series on Becoming Curious Explorers Derrick and Drew travel with Loki to visit the Time Variance Authority. Much like Loki, we are ofte...

Interstellar: How to Pass On Your Work at the End of a Chapter

As leaders, we all want our work to live beyond us so we must be effective at passing it on to the next generation. In the bridge episode between the Game Theory seri...

Ready Player One Pt. 2: When to Adjust Our Strategy and Tactics

The guys go deep into Halladay's character and approach to mentoring, seeking to understand how we do like the great founders we look up to, can "pass on" our greatest...

Ready Player One Pt. 1: How to Run at Your Own Pace When the Game Seems Too Fast

It can feel hard to keep up with the pace of change in today's climate. Thanks to the virtual world of the Oasis in the year 2045, the game moves at an even faster sp...

Anchorman: How to Prepare for (Inevitable) Confrontations

Off on another rabbit hole, the guys take a crack at the infamous Anchorman fight scene. As humans, we all run across conflicts from time to time. Some seem avoidabl...

Hunger Games Pt. 2: Creating Alternate Win Conditions

Continuing the Hunger Games Tour with Danny, the guys ponder how Katniss is able to use her empathy to create an alternative win condition for the game. While it ofte...

Hunger Games Pt. 1: Mixed Strategy Games

Another week another Wonder Tour first. Derrick and Drew are joined by our first ever special guest, our friend Danny. Danny brings his outstanding passion for peopl...

Return of the Jedi: When to Enter the Game

Introducing a new type of WonderTour, a rabbit hole. If we truly believe at not all who wonder are lost, then it follows that even by going down a side road in the jo...

The Office Pt. 2: Games within a Game and Buttlicker Challenges

The guys take a lot of joy in analyzing one of the funniest scenes in all of the Office, Jim's portrayal of the crusty customer, William M. Buttlicker (Season 5, Ep 7)...

The Office Pt. 1: Zero Sum Games and Prince Family Paper

The guys break down The Office season 5 episode "Prince Family Paper". The focus of the show is the Zero Sum game where there is a clear winner and loser. How do we ...

Fellowship of the Ring Pt. 2: How to Win with the Weaker Hand

The guys discuss games with incomplete or hidden information by looking at how Saruman and the Fellowship's strategies differ in the war for Middle-Earth. They then u...

Fellowship of the Ring Pt. 1: Game Theory

The first Wonder Tour of Lord of the Rings is a milestone. Derrick and Drew celebrate by looking up to one of the most cherished mentors in any media, Gandalf. What...

Doctor Strange Pt. 2: Strategically Breaking the Game

The guys begin by unpacking the wise last words of the Ancient One, "Arrogance and fear still keep you from learning the greatest lesson of all: it's not about you". ...

Doctor Strange Pt. 1: Developing a Growth Mindset

The guys enter another dimension as they analyze how Doctor Strange grows from being a selfish leader to a servant leader. When someone, like Stephen, is stuck in a f...

Inception Pt. 2: Moving on from Unfinished Endings

In the second part of the Tour of Inception the guys unpack the ending, debating if the top is still spinning and what it all means. Alikening our shared journeys to ...

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