the Learn-It-All™ podcast
The Learn-It-All™ podcast is built on the conviction that the leaders worth following aren't the ones with all the answers. They're the ones who never stop learning. If you've chosen growth over coasting, and curiosity over the comfort of being the smartest person in the room, you're a learn-it-all. And this podcast is for you. Host Damon Lembi is a 3x bestselling author, CEO of Learnit, and someone who has spent 30 years watching what separates leaders who keep growing from those who quietly become the ceiling that limits everyone around them. Each episode features real conversations with top executives, founders, NYT bestselling authors, and world-class athletes — people who've faced adversity, made costly mistakes, and done the hard, unglamorous work of growing. They share what they learned — and unlearned — to lead at the next level. Great leaders aren't born or made. They're always in the making. Let's not do that work alone. Stay curious. Keep learning. Subscribe to the Learn-It-All Podcast on your favorite platform to never miss an episode.
Episodes
What if the thing driving your success is also the thing quietly keeping you stuck?
In this episode of The Learn-It-All™ Podcast, Damon sits down with former professional BMX athlete, X Games competitor, brain tumor survivor, and high-performance coach Josh Perry for a raw conversation about fear-based leadership, imposter syndrome, survival mode, and the invisible costs that often come with high achievement.
Josh breaks down how man...
What does it actually take to build a championship culture when nobody believes you belong in the room?
For the 300th episode of The Learn-It-All™ Podcast, Damon sits down with a very special guest: legendary college baseball coach Andy Lopez. This episode is deeply personal because Andy was not only Damon’s coach at Pepperdine but also a major influence on his life, leadership style, and career. From telling Damon the hard tr...
What if the biggest startup opportunities aren’t in the hottest markets, but in the “old, clunky” industries everyone else ignores?
In this episode of The Learn-It-All™ Podcast, Damon sits down with Garrett Larsson, founder and CEO of Rhombus, to unpack how founders can build massive B2B companies by looking where the hype isn’t. Garrett shares why industries that don’t attract the most venture capital ...
Most leaders are moving too slowly for the world they’re trying to win in.
In this episode of the Learn-It-All™ podcast, Damon sits down with Keynote speaker and former Tesla executive Jay Abbasi to unpack why speed in business, leadership adaptability, and decisive action are becoming non-negotiable advantages in today’s AI-driven workplace. Jay shares how his time at Tesla taught him that in an environment full of chan...
What if your AI strategy is making your team faster, but not actually smarter?
In this episode of The Learn-It-All™ Podcast, Damon sits down with Christa Hill, Co-Founder of Tacit Edge and Learnit’s very own Chief AI Learning Officer, to unpack why so many leaders, teams, and organizations are still using artificial intelligence at what Christa calls “brochure-level.” Playing around with ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, o...
What happens when people stop feeling seen at work, right as AI makes it easier than ever to avoid real human connection?
In this episode of The Learn-It-All™ Podcast, Damon sits down with Colleen Stanley, President of SalesLeadership, author, and one of Salesforce’s Top 7 Sales Influencers of the 21st Century, to talk about the workforce crisis hiding in plain sight: leaders know mentorship matters, but the pace of change, re...
AI is not just changing the future of work. It is exposing which parts of your job were never the real work to begin with.
In this episode of The Learn-It-All™ Podcast, Damon sits down with Andrea Iorio, keynote speaker and best-selling author of Between You and AI, to break down how leaders can use artificial intelligence without losing the human skills that make them irreplaceable. Andrea reframes the fear around AI replacing jobs...
What if your team isn’t underperforming because of talent, strategy, or effort, but because they’re mentally falling apart under pressure?
In this episode of The Learn-It-All™ Podcast, Damon sits down with clinical psychologist and Oklahoma City Thunder’s team psychologist Wayne Chappelle to break down the emotional, social, and behavioral habits that separate good teams from elite teams. Drawing from his work with...
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Every top performer has one leadership skill that rarely shows up in job descriptions, training programs, or performance reviews: self-awareness.
Most leaders don’t need another framework.
They need the truth about what’s actually driving how they lead.
In this solo episode of The Learn-It-All™ Podcast, Damon Lembi breaks down why self-awareness is the foundation behind ever...
What if the strongest leaders aren’t the ones who fight alone, but the ones who know how to serve, protect, and build a tribe around them?
In this episode of The Learn-It-All™ Podcast, Damon sits down with internationally acclaimed speaker and bestselling author, DJ Vanas, to unpack an ancient leadership principle that still separates top leaders from average managers: real warriors are contributors, protectors, and servants w...
What if the leadership trait you’re most proud of is the exact thing quietly breaking trust with your team?
In this episode of the Learn-It-All™ podcast, Damon Lembi sits down with leadership coach and author of the book The Things We Hide, Tyler Dickerhoof, to unpack the one rule that separates great leaders from average managers: stop making leadership about proving yourself, and start making it about bringing out the best i...
AI is not waiting for your team to catch up. If leaders keep treating artificial intelligence like a side experiment instead of a business shift, they are going to fall behind.
In this episode of the Learn-It-All™ podcast, Damon Lembi sits down with Danielle Clark, VP of Global Talent at eBay, to unpack what AI leadership actually looks like inside a global company, and why the real challenge is not that the tech is not ready. It is...
Why do so many high achievers still feel empty after getting everything they thought they wanted?
In this episode of The Learn-It-All Podcast, Damon Lembi sits down with Jim Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Inner Excellence, to unpack why success without meaning still leaves people anxious, restless, and unfulfilled. Jim explains why chasing what he calls the “PALMS”: possessions, achievements, looks, mone...
What happens when you’re good enough to get in the room — and then don’t like what you see?
CJ Davidson spent years grinding his way up in traditional financial services. Cold-calling attorneys from a $5 street tie. Earning trust one client at a time. Building something real.
And then, when he finally got a seat in the leadership meetings, he realized the client wasn’t even in the conversation.
That moment didn...
What if the promotion you want is the very thing that could derail your career?
In this episode of The Learn-It-All™ Podcast, Damon Lembi sits down with Vincent Wanga, award-winning creative executive and author of The Art of Direction, to unpack the first question every high performer should ask before becoming a leader: why? Vincent explains why leadership is not just the next step for top individual contributors, why chasing mone...
What does it really take to walk into a company everyone says is finished and turn it into a comeback story?
In this episode of The Learn-It-All™ Podcast, Damon Lembi sits down with legendary operator and investor Ray Lane for a masterclass on leadership, company turnarounds, founder potential, and scaling a business without losing the plot. Ray shares the hard-earned lessons that took him from an unexpected first leadership role in...
What if the very thing parents try hardest to protect their kids from is exactly what helps them grow?
In this solo episode of The Learn-It-All™ Podcast, Damon Lembi shares why Little League baseball teaches kids to fail, and why that’s one of the greatest gifts youth sports can offer. From the excitement of opening day and breaking in a new glove with his dad, to striking out four times in one game at Arizona State, Damon ref...
What if the biggest thing holding leaders back is not failure, disruption, or AI, but fear?
In this episode of The Learn-It-All Podcast, Damon Lembi sits down with Jim Keyes, former CEO of 7-Eleven and Blockbuster, for a conversation on confidence, reinvention, lifelong learning, and the mindset it takes to lead when the stakes are high. Jim reflects on helping lead a major turnaround at 7-Eleven, stepping into Blockbuster during on...
Why do 89% of leaders freeze under pressure while a small few get clearer, calmer, and more decisive?
In this episode of The Learn-It-All Podcast, Damon Lembi sits down with executive coach, keynote speaker, and Capitalizing on Chaos author Rob Kalwarowsky to unpack what really happens to leaders during uncertainty, stress, burnout, and high-stakes decision-making.
They dig into what Rob calls inner chaos, that feeling of being at wa...
What actually separates the great from the greatest, and why do so many successful leaders still battle self-doubt?
In this episode of The Learn-It-All Podcast, Damon Lembi sits down with high-performance coach and former 7-time world champion drummer James Laughlin to break down what truly drives elite leadership performance.
James shares the principles behind his book Habits of High Performers, revealing how leaders can consistentl...
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