OutsideVoices with Mark Bidwell
173 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsIn OutsideVoices Mark Bidwell talks to remarkable and compelling leaders from the worlds of business, exploration, arts, sports, and academia. In these conversations he explores topics of fundamental importance to many of us today, both in work and in life, topics ranging from leadership and performance to creativity and growth.
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Charles Foster: One Man’s Search for Meaning: a Journey to the Origins of Consciousness
May 16, 2023 08:35 - 1 hour - 86.3 MBCharles Foster is an English writer, a traveler, a veterinarian, a taxidermist, a barrister, and a philosopher. Like my previous guest Steven Kotler, he believes in getting deep into subjects in a very immersive and experiential way. In his earlier book called Being a Beast, Charles shares his experiences of trying to live as an otter, a badger, a stagg, a fox and other animals and birds, all in order to better understand what being a wild animal is really like. His latest book is called Bei...
Kevin Kelly: Raising the Bar - Excellent Advice, AI’s for Better Living
May 02, 2023 07:36 - 49 minutes - 68.1 MBKevin Kelly first appeared on this show back in 2016 to talk about his bestselling book, “The Inevitable”, which was a review of the key tech trends that were shaping our lives. Today, almost seven years later, I’ve been struck by how prescient a number of his predictions turned out to be back then, in particular around artificial intelligence, which we talk about in this episode. Kevin’s latest book is called Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier. This is a...
Kevin Kelly on AI
March 31, 2023 15:19 - 14 minutes - 19.6 MBIn this short episode, I’m sharing an excerpt from my recent interview with Kevin Kelly. He's got a new book coming out in May 2023, called Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier. We’re going to release the full interview when the book is out, but in the meantime, it’s worth sharing with you some of Kevin’s insights into the topic of AI, which is one of the areas in which he is genuinely a world leader. Unless you've been living in a cave or under a rock, you're li...
Steven Kotler: Getting Younger with Age: Mindsets for Boosting Learning and Flow
February 28, 2023 12:36 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBI’m very excited to welcome back Steven Kotler, who’s been a guest on this podcast a few times before, talking about some of his books such as Bold, The Rise of Superman, and The Art of Impossible. He has written 12 books in the last 12 years, and his work has been very helpful for me not only in the corporate world, but also more broadly in life. Steven’s latest book is called Gnar Country: Growing Old, Staying Rad. Gnar, which is short for gnarly, refers not only to a very hostile envi...
John Elkington: Green Swans, Exponentials and Super Wicked Problems
February 17, 2022 12:05 - 55 minutes - 76.2 MBJohn Elkington is an advisor on sustainable development and corporate responsibility, an area he’s been working in for almost 40 years. He is the author of 20 books on this topic, and he has given a remarkable contribution to shifting capitalism and business towards a more balanced and sustainable path. We talk about his new book called "Green Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism," we also talk about wicked and super wicked problems, exponentials, why he reads Chinese science fi...
Jack Weatherford: Genghis Khan's Lessons for the Modern World
February 01, 2022 11:10 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MBMy guest today, Jack Weatherford, is an anthropologist and author of several books, including one on money, a number on indigenous cultures in North America and beyond, and a revisionist and very thought provoking history of Genghis Khan, called “Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.” Tom Morgan, who is a successful fund manager, described this book on Jim O'Shaughnessy's podcast Infinite Loops as the best business and investing book that he'd ever read. That got me curious, so I ...
Jeff Booth: Deflation, Bitcoin and the Price of Tomorrow
December 15, 2021 11:15 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBJeff Booth has been at the forefront of technological change for over 20 years. He founded a company called BuildDirect based in Vancouver, an e-commerce platform that was on its way to being a unicorn before he dramatically and suddenly left because, as he says it, his integrity was not for sale. When I first heard this story, I could relate to the emotional toll this must have taken on him, having been through something very similar, albeit on a far smaller scale. But I was also struck by ...
Dorie Clark: Playing The Long Game
December 01, 2021 12:21 - 48 minutes - 66.3 MBMy guest this week is Dorie Clark, a consultant and keynote speaker, who teaches executive education at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School, and she is the author of “The Long Game,” “Entrepreneurial You,” and “Stand Out.” A frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, she consults and speaks for clients including Google, Microsoft, and the World Bank. Dorie’s latest book "The Long Game" caught my attention because it touches on themes such as co...
Dorie Clark: Playing The Long Game
December 01, 2021 12:21 - 48 minutes - 66.3 MBMy guest this week is Dorie Clark, a consultant and keynote speaker, who teaches executive education at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and Columbia Business School, and she is the author of “The Long Game,” “Entrepreneurial You,” and “Stand Out.” A frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review, she consults and speaks for clients including Google, Microsoft, and the World Bank. Dorie’s latest book "The Long Game" caught my attention because it touches on themes such as co...
Eric Jorgenson: Leverage, Permisionlessness and Naval’s Book of Wisdom
November 16, 2021 08:57 - 1 hour - 92.5 MBEric Jorgenson is an investor, business builder, startup growth strategist and the author of "The Almanack of Naval Ravikant". He also runs the online Leverage Course which I’m attending right now. In this conversation, we discuss both Naval Ravikant’s wisdom, why and how Eric curated it into a book that I highly recommend, as well as how the Leverage Course came about. They don't teach you this kind of material in business schools or in any executive development or leadership programs. An...
Jim Mellon: Moo’s Law and Investing in Cellular Agriculture
October 12, 2021 09:14 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBMy guest Jim Mellon is an accomplished investor, entrepreneur, author and philanthropist. His most recent book called "Moo's Law" focuses on the investment opportunities in the field of cellular agriculture, which is a production of proteins and materials directly from stem cells. Jim Mellon co-founded Agronomics to invest in a portfolio of leading companies in this sector, as he is its largest investor. In this conversation, we dig into this new area, we talk about the case for change, t...
Mohnish Pabrai: Cloning, Learning from Charlie Munger, 100 Baggers
September 14, 2021 09:19 - 1 hour - 90.4 MBMy guest in this episode is Mohnish Pabrai, who I first met at the Berkshire Hathaway AGM in 2014 in Omaha, Nebraska. Mohnish is the Founder and Managing Partner of Pabrai Investment Funds and the author of "The Dhandho Investor," which is just as useful if you're interested in learning about investing as it is for entrepreneurs. He was featured in William Green's recent book "Richer, Wiser, Happier," which William discussed in one of the previous episodes of this podcast. Mohnish plays br...
Mohnish Pabrai: Cloning, Learning from Charlie Munger, 100 Baggers
September 14, 2021 09:19 - 1 hour - 90.4 MBMy guest in this episode is Mohnish Pabrai, who I first met at the Berkshire Hathaway AGM in 2014 in Omaha, Nebraska. Mohnish is the Founder and Managing Partner of Pabrai Investment Funds and the author of "The Dhandho Investor," which is just as useful if you're interested in learning about investing as it is for entrepreneurs. He was featured in William Green's recent book "Richer, Wiser, Happier," which William discussed in one of the previous episodes of this podcast. Mohnish plays br...
Chris Yeh: Blitzscaling and Lifelong Learning
July 13, 2021 10:48 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MBChris Yeh is an entrepreneur, investor and author of several books, including two with the founder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman, the most recent of which is called "Blitzscaling." Today we cover the fascinating topic of blitzscaling - how to scale a business in record time, how to take advantage of significant market opportunities that are in front of you, how to focus on distribution, and leverage network effects. Whether you're a founder, a CEO, an investor in early stage companies, a devel...
Gillian Tett: Anthro-Vision - Shifting the Perspectives on Life and Business
June 29, 2021 10:06 - 48 minutes - 67 MBIt's a great pleasure to welcome back Gillian Tett, who chairs the Editorial Board in the US for the Financial Times. She has a regular column at FT, writing about finance, business and the political economy. Gillian’s work is all about looking at the world through different lenses, and moving from tunnel vision to lateral vision. It’s about leveraging diversity, embracing the unknown, and learning from others in non-related fields, cultures, and geographies. In this interview, we talk ab...
Joel Greenblatt: The Common Sense of Long-Term Investing
June 08, 2021 07:13 - 54 minutes - 74.6 MBJoel Greenblatt is arguably one of the best investors in the world. He is a Managing Partner at Gotham Asset Management, an investment firm he founded in 1985. He has spent more than two decades teaching at Columbia Business School, and he's the author of five books focused on investment strategy, including "You Can be a Stock Market Genius," "The Little Book that Beats the Market," as well as his most recent book, called "Common Sense: The Investor's guide to Equality, Opportunity and Growt...
Richer, Wiser, Happier: Practical Wisdom From Some of the World’s Greatest Investors
April 15, 2021 10:14 - 1 hour - 90.5 MBWilliam Green is a journalist and author, who has written for many leading publications in the US and Europe, including The New Yorker, Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Money, The Economist, and others. He has interviewed presidents and prime ministers, inventors, criminals, prize-winning authors, the CEOs of some of the world’s largest companies, and countless billionaires. William’s most recent book is "Richer, Wiser, Happier,” where he draws on interviews that he’s conducted over twenty-f...
The Art of Impossible: the Playbook for Impractical People in 2021
January 19, 2021 08:30 - 48 minutes - 66.8 MBSteven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, an award winning journalist and the executive director of the Flow Research Collective. He's one of the world's leading experts on human performance. He's the author of nine bestselling books, including The Future is Faster Than You Think, Stealing Fire, The Rise of Superman, and the most recent one, The Art of Impossible, which we are talking about in this episode. His work has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes, translated into over...
Gillian Zoe Segal - The Power of Proximity, and What We Can Learn From The World's Greatest Entrepreneurs
January 12, 2021 16:00 - 35 minutes - 49.6 MBGillian Zoe Segal is the author of Getting There: A Book of Mentors. In that book, Gillian interviews incredibly successful entrepreneurs, mentors and people like Warren Buffett, to discover their secrets to success and innovation. On today's show, she discusses some of the insights into the lives of these successful and driven people and talks on what truly makes them tick. What Is Covered 02:35 - Why did Gillian write Getting There? 03:10 - You don't need to know where you're heading ...
Turn Your Ship Around with David Marquet
January 05, 2021 13:00 - 39 minutes - 54.1 MBIn this episode, we are joined by David Marquet, who was the Captain of the USS Santa Fe from 1990 to 2001 and now works as a leadership expert with businesses worldwide. We cover his book, Turn The Ship Around! A True Story of Building Leaders by Breaking Rules, which has been recently re-released with a new companion workbook. What Is Covered Why it is essential to have a longer-term perspective in your people development processes. Because while achievement scorecard runs while you're ...
Wrap Up 3: What Is Your Most Significant Failure/”Low”, What Have You Learned From It and How Have You Applied That Learning?
December 30, 2020 13:10 - 19 minutes - 27.4 MB“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm”. So said Winston Churchill, a man who had his fair share of professional disasters to accompany his well known successes. A less painful and more practical strategy for many of us might be to learn from other people’s mistakes. There can be no doubt that you will encounter unexpected and unwanted outcomes as a result of looking at the world through multiple perspectives, or as a result of changing or adapting yo...
Wrap Up 2: How Do You Remain Creative And Expose Yourself To Fresh Perspectives?
December 30, 2020 13:05 - 24 minutes - 33.4 MBWe believe passionately in the power of multiple perspectives to build and sustain innovation ecosystems. And yet we are all creatures of habits, following schedules and routines that enable us to continue to perform at high levels, but which might leave us with little room for exploring the new. So unless we proactively seek out fresh perspectives, we run the risk of remaining in our own personal bubbles, surrounded by people who think only like us, so increasing the risk of biases like g...
Wrap Up 1: What Have You Changed Your Mind About Recently?
December 30, 2020 13:00 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBWe have been extremely fortunate to have been able to attract some remarkable guests on OutsideVoices Podcast from the worlds of business, academia, sports, science and the arts, and all of these guests are world-class in their chosen field. We ask our guests the same three questions, which get to the heart of what it takes as a leader to create an innovation ecosystem in your organization, irrespective of what business you are in, and where you are located. The guests are given these que...
Fearless Outperformance: Creating Conditions for the Very Best Teams to Excel with Amy Edmondson
December 22, 2020 14:00 - 52 minutes - 73 MBIn this episode, we are joined by Amy C. Edmondson to discuss her latest book, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth. Amy is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School and is the world expert on psychological safety, a topic recently made famous by the findings of Google’s Project Aristotle, the quest to build the perfect team. What Was Covered How leaders can create psychologi...
Human Innovation, Smart Machines with Ed Hess
December 17, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 72.7 MBIn this episode, we are joined by author and professor, Ed Hess. Ed has published several notable books on learning and innovation including Learn or Die and his most recent work, Humility is the New Smart: Rethinking Human Excellence in the Smart Machine Age. Ed is currently a professor, Batten Executive-in-Residence and Batten Faculty Fellow at the Darden Graduate Business School at the University of Virginia. What is Covered The company of the future in the smart machine age is one whe...
Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in Today's World with Wade Davis
December 15, 2020 09:00 - 56 minutes - 78.6 MBMy guest today is Wade Davis, an author and anthropologist, who was until recently Explorer in Residence for the National Geographic Society and is currently Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. Some of his books include "The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World,” "One River," about which Sting wrote in his review “Read this book”, and most recently "Magdalena" which was described by the President of Colombia as essential reading for every ad...
Thriving in Complexity with Jennifer Berger
December 09, 2020 05:00 - 41 minutes - 57.8 MBMy guest in this episode is Jennifer Berger, the CEO of Cultivating Leadership, an organization that helps leaders use complexity as the key that unlocks new possibilities for a better future. Jennifer has worked with senior leaders in companies like Google, KPMG, Lion, Microsoft and Wikimedia. She is the author of three books, the latest one being Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps: How to Thrive in Complexity which we talk about in this interview. She speaks at leadership and coaching con...
Anyone Can Do It: Sahar’s Remarkable Entrepreneurial Journey
December 01, 2020 11:24 - 56 minutes - 77.3 MBSahar Hashemi OBE is best known as the founder of Coffee Republic, as well as a confectionery brand Skinny Candy. She is active in the world of entrepreneurialism and charity, and is an accomplished author, having written "Anyone can do it" about her journey from corporate lawyer to founding a successful chain of coffee shops, and a more recent book titled "Start Up Forever” helping large companies innovate. In this conversation, we cover all topics related to being an entrepreneur, buildi...
Catalysing Innovation with Questions with Hal Gregersen
November 25, 2020 14:00 - 46 minutes - 64.2 MBIn this episode, we are joined by Hal Gregersen, author of The Innovator’s DNA, to discuss his recent book, Questions are the Answer. Hal is a Senior Lecturer in Leadership and Innovation and the Executive Director of the Leadership Center at MIT, and has previously taught at Dartmouth College, The World Economic Forum, and the London Business School. What was covered Why Hal believes most CEOs have trouble asking questions and how to pivot from answer-centric to question-led leadership. ...
Innovation Swiss Style: The Untold Story Behind Switzerland's Success with James Breiding
November 18, 2020 06:00 - 49 minutes - 68.8 MBJames Breiding is the author of Swiss Made, a book on why Switzerland - a tiny country with few natural advantages - has become so successful in the world of banking, pharmaceuticals, machinery, and more. James discusses innovation in Switzerland and makes the point that when an entrepreneur comes up with a new and innovative method or product, there will be resistance from those who have accepted the status quo. Entrepreneurs as well as intrapreneurs need to have thick skin if they wish t...
Hacking flow: How to Make Outperformance a Habit
November 10, 2020 09:00 - 44 minutes - 61 MBSteven Kotler is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist, and the Cofounder and Director of Research at The Flow Genome Project, a research organisation dedicated to understanding the peak human performance state of Flow. Today he joins us to discuss how to hack Flow and how it can improve business performance. What was covered Understanding flow as the peak state of consciousness in human performance and how it is the signature of commitment and performance in domains as varie...
Colliding with the Unexpected with Gillian Tett
November 03, 2020 14:00 - 43 minutes - 60.3 MBIn this episode, we are joined by author and journalist Gillian Tett, to discuss the role anthropology plays in today’s business world. Gillian is the author of the award-winning book, Fool’s Gold, which analyses the origin of the 2008 financial crisis, and most recently, The Silo Effect, and is currently a columnist and US Managing Editor of The Financial Times. What Was Covered Why more and more companies today are turning to anthropologists for insight into employee and consumer cultur...
The Return on Investment of Mental Models with Robert Hagstrom
October 27, 2020 15:00 - 37 minutes - 51.4 MBIn this episode, we are joined by Robert Hagstrom, who is an author, investment strategist, and portfolio manager. His books include The New York Times bestselling The Warren Buffett Way and The NASCAR Way: The Business That Drives the Sport and Investing: The Last Liberal Art, in which he investigates investment concepts that lie out with traditional economics. What Was Covered Robert's commitment to the “latticework” theory of investing, which is based on building connections between di...
Technonomics and Why My Profits Might Just Disappear with John Straw
October 23, 2020 05:00 - 35 minutes - 49.6 MBIn this episode, we are joined by digital and marketing entrepreneur, John Straw, who describes himself as a “technonomist” – someone exploring the cutting edge of technology and looking to understand where it fits from both an economic and commercial perspective. John is a Senior Advisor at McKinsey, as well as an author, speaker and investor with over 30 years of experience in IT and digital transformation. What Was Covered The journey John sees towards “programmatic enterprises” in whi...
Harnessing Corporate Activism To Transform A Pharmaceutical Giant with Celine Schillinger
October 13, 2020 12:00 - 55 minutes - 76.4 MBCéline Schillinger is a self-described corporate activist, who was called a troublemaker by her bosses. But thanks to her passion to grow and improve on rigid corporate systems, she was awarded Woman of the Year — La Tribune Women’s Awards in 2013. Céline was the Head of Quality Innovation & Engagement at Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of the multinational pharmaceutical company Sanofi. Now she is the Founder and CEO of We Need Social. What Is Covered 03:20 - What does Céline do? ...
Talking 100% Entrepreneurship and 0% Bureaucracy with Resourceful Human's Heiko Fischer
October 06, 2020 14:00 - 52 minutes - 72.6 MBHeiko Fischer is the CEO and Founder of Resourceful Humans. The company’s motto is 100% Entrepreneurship and 0% Bureaucracy. How does Heiko incorporate this motto into his company and the companies he consults with? Find out on this week’s episode.
Confessions of a Corporate Insurgent with Gib Bulloch
September 29, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 51.9 MBIn this episode, writer, speaker, and intrapreneur, Gib Bulloch, joins us to discuss his book, The Intrapreneur: Confessions of a Corporate Insurgent. He spent 20 years at Accenture where he started Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP), a buinsess unit set up to leverage that business’s expertise and experience in service of global development organizations.Gib now works as a consultant specializing in intrapreneurship, social enterprise, and cross-sectoral partnerships. He is also a not...
Benedic Allen - Exploring Cultures
September 22, 2020 07:48 - 48 minutes - 66.8 MBMy guest in this episode is Benedict Allen, an English explorer, environmentalist, film-maker and author of a number of books, including “Mad White Giant”, “Into The Crocodile Nest” and “Hunting the Gugu.” Benedict has become famous for his immersive style of exploration, by disconnecting from technology and diving into the lives and cultures of indigenous communities, from whom he learns survival skills in challenging and often hostile environments. He has recorded six TV series for the BBC...
Benedict Allen - Exploring Cultures
September 22, 2020 07:48 - 48 minutes - 66.8 MBMy guest in this episode is Benedict Allen, an English explorer, environmentalist, film-maker and author of a number of books, including “Mad White Giant”, “Into The Crocodile Nest” and “Hunting the Gugu.” Benedict has become famous for his immersive style of exploration, by disconnecting from technology and diving into the lives and cultures of indigenous communities, from whom he learns survival skills in challenging and often hostile environments. He has recorded six TV series for the BBC...
Rob Swan - Leadership Lessons from 40 Years of Polar Exploration
September 15, 2020 10:00 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBMy guest in this episode is Robert Swan, a world renowned polar explorer, environmental leader, public speaker and the first man in history to walk to both the North and South Poles. He is currently an advocate for the protection of Antarctica and renewable energy. Robert is also the founder of 2041, a company which is dedicated to the preservation of the Antarctic and the author with Gil Reavill of Antarctica 2041: My Quest to Save the Earth's Last Wilderness. Read the article HERE. Wh...
Chris Rainier and Olivia McKendrick - The Race to Save Cultural And Intellectual Diversity
September 08, 2020 11:00 - 47 minutes - 65.7 MBDiversity in all its forms is key to solving many of the most significant challenges we face today, and if we fail to address these challenges, future generations will inherit the consequences. Preserving cultural and intellectual diversity is the purpose of the Cultural Sanctuaries Foundation, and enables us to take advantage of useful wisdom hiding in plain sight. Learn more in this interview with the founders, photographer and National Geographic Society Fellow Chris Rainier and former Li...
Democratising Elite Performance Tools with Dr. Andy Walshe
September 01, 2020 12:00 - 45 minutes - 62.9 MBDr. Andy Walshe is a globally recognised leader and expert in the field of elite human performance. He has spent more than 20 years researching ways to “Hack Performance” in sport, culture, military and business to create a deeper understanding of the “Human Potential Construct”. Andy’s ultimate vision is a world where we have established a known recipe for elite performance and thus can equip some of our greatest minds with the tools they need to succeed and improve the world. Andy’s elite ...
The Space Between Hesitation and Commitment with Michael Gervais
August 25, 2020 13:00 - 48 minutes - 66.5 MBMichael Gervais is a high-performance psychologist who works in the trenches of high-stakes environments, he is a recognized speaker on optimal human performance, and he is the host of the Finding Mastery podcast. What can Michael teach us about success in the corporate world? Well, just a few of the important topics Mark and Michael discuss on this week’s episode are: Why is an understanding of the space between hesitation and commitment so fundamental to raising performance What is micr...
Scott Peltin - Multiplying Your Results From Your Mindset, Energy and Recovery Rituals
August 18, 2020 17:00 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MBScott Peltin is founder and chief performance officer of Tignum, a company that helps his executive clients achieve their full potential. He's worked with CEOs, C-level executives, professional athletes, and many top leaders to improve their performance and sustainability. Prior to founding Tignum in 2005, Scott worked on the front-line for over 25 years as a firefighter and as a captain, and later led his crews as a battalion and division chief in the Phoenix Fire Department. What is cove...
Little Nudges, Big Results with Steven Macregor
August 11, 2020 11:30 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBIn this episode, we are joined by Steven MacGregor, who is the founder and CEO of The Leadership Academy of Barcelona and author of Sustaining Executive Performance and his latest book is Chief Wellbeing Officer, in which he discusses the importance of maintaining positive mental health in the workplace. Steven is also an academic specializing in executive education and has taught at Stanford University, IMD at Lausanne, and CIBS in Shanghai. What Is Covered Why Steven believes that posit...
David Allen - Creating Space, Getting Altitude and Mitigating Against the Stress of Opportunity
August 04, 2020 16:00 - 44 minutes - 60.7 MBDavid Allen is widely recognized as the world's leading expert on personal and organizational productivity. He is the author of Getting Things Done and has shown millions of people how to transform their overwhelming lives into a relaxed and more productive one. Listen to David's popular methodology and how it has helped successful leaders all over the world. What We Cover: 03:15 - What is the 'Getting Things Done' approach David uses? 04:45 - How did you stumble upon this methodology? ...
Beautiful, Transformative Constraints, and Why They Are Core to Innovation with Adam Morgan
July 28, 2020 10:30 - 52 minutes - 72.9 MBAdam Morgan founded the company eatbigfish, which challenges the status quo and creates an environment of challenger thinking and behavior. In this episode, Adam discusses his book "A Beautiful Constraint," and talks on how intrapreneurs can leverage their limits to come up with creative solutions. What Is Covered 03:55 - Why did Adam write a book about constraints? 06:30 - Although constraints may have a bad rep, most of us understand on a basic level, that constraints are a good thin...
Hacking Reality to Have a Great Day with Caroline Webb
July 21, 2020 15:30 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MBCaroline Webb is an author, economist, executive coach and the CEO of How To Have a Good Day, a firm that shows people how to leverage behavioural science to improve their working life. Caroline is also the author of the book How To Have A Good Day, which has been published in 16 different languages, in more than 60 countries. What We Cover: ● The secret manifesto Caroline has hidden in the book. ● The 100-plus tools Caroline uses, all of which are scientifically proven, and operate ind...
Only Curious Leaders Escape The Advice Trap with Michael Bungay Stanier
July 14, 2020 10:43 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBWe are pleased to welcome Michael Bungay Stanier back on the show. He is one of the world’s most respected coaches, author of The Coaching Habit, and founder of Box of Crayons, which helps organisations harness the power of curiosity to drive culture. Since we last spoke, Michael published a new book called The Advice Trap, and stepped away from the leading position at the Box of Crayons to explore new routes in his business and life. What is Covered Why coaching and self-coaching are ke...
Only Curios Leaders Escape The Advice Trap with Michael Bungay Stanier
July 14, 2020 10:43 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBWe are pleased to welcome Michael Bungay Stanier back on the show. He is one of the world’s most respected coaches, author of The Coaching Habit, and founder of Box of Crayons, which helps organisations harness the power of curiosity to drive culture. Since we last spoke, Michael published a new book called The Advice Trap, and stepped away from the leading position at the Box of Crayons to explore new routes in his business and life. What is Covered Why coaching and self-coaching are ke...