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    The Evolving Leader

    The Evolving Leader Podcast is a show set in the context of the world’s ‘great transition’ – technological, environmental and societal upheaval – that requires deeper, more committed leadership to confront the world’s biggest challenges. Hosts, Jean Gomes (a New York Times best selling author) and Scott Allender (an award winning leadership development specialist working in the creative industries) approach complex topics with an urgency that matches the speed of change. This show will give insights about how today’s leaders can grow their capacity for leading tomorrow’s rapidly evolving world. With accomplished guests from business, neuroscience, psychology, and more, the Evolving Leader Podcast is a call to action for deep personal reflection, and conscious evolution. The world is evolving, are you?

    A little more about the hosts:

    New York Times best selling author, Jean Gomes, has more than 30 years experience working with leaders and their teams to help them face their organisation’s most challenging issues. His clients span industries and include Google, BMW, Toyota, eBay, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Warner Music, Sony Electronics, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney, the UK Olympic system and many others.

    Award winning leadership development specialist, Scott Allender has over 20 years experience working with leaders across various businesses, including his current role heading up global leadership development at Warner Music. An expert practitioner in emotional intelligence and psychometric tools, Scott has worked to help teams around the world develop radical self-awareness and build high performing cultures.



    The Evolving Leader podcast is produced by Phil Kerby at Outside © 2024
    The Evolving Leader music is a Ron Robinson composition, © 2022

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    Episodes (142)

    Radical Curiosity with Seth Goldenberg

    Radical Curiosity with Seth Goldenberg

    Today co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender are in conversation with Seth Goldenberg. Seth is a designer, activist, author, curator, and entrepreneur who harnesses the power of questioning to catalyse innovation and cultural change.  He is the founder and CEO of Curiosity & Co., exploring, designing, and building flourishing futures through a design-venture studio, an experience laboratory, Ideas Salons as thought-leader retreats that tackle the essential questions of our time. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, Wired, The Chronicle for Higher Education, Providence Journal and the Boston Globe.

    Seth’s book ‘Radical Curiosity, Questioning Commonly Held Beliefs to Imagine Flourishing Futures’ was published in 2022.

    Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
    Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)

    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)


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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    ‘The Conscious Leader’ with Rebecca Hull

    ‘The Conscious Leader’ with Rebecca Hull

    In this episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, hosts Scott Allender and Jean Gomes talk to Rebecca Hull. Rebecca is a self-described conscious leader, always working on herself, being present and holding space for others to do their best work and she heads up the digital experience agency within TPXimpact a digital transformation company working with public, private and third sector organisations. In this conversation, Jean and Scott talk to Rebecca about how her leadership is formed around a commitment to help create sustainable outcomes for people, communities, and the planet. 

     
    Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
    Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)
    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)

     

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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    BONUS: Meet the Author in 15 minutes with Scott Jeffrey Miller

    BONUS: Meet the Author in 15 minutes with Scott Jeffrey Miller

    In this bonus ‘Meet the Author in 15 minutes’ episode of the Evolving Leader podcast, host Scott Allender talks to Scott Jeffrey Miller. Miller is currently FranklinCovey’s senior advisor on thought leadership, leading the strategy, development, and publication of the firm’s bestselling books. He has written seven books, the latest of which is ‘Career on Course’. Scott Miller also hosts On Leadership With Scott Miller, the world’s largest weekly leadership podcast, and C-Suite Conversations With Scott Miller, a podcast which features interviews with the world’s top executives.

    Referenced during this episode:
    Career on Course (Baker Books, 2024)


    Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
     Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)
    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)

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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    ‘The Four Factors of Trust’ with Ashley Reichheld

    ‘The Four Factors of Trust’ with Ashley Reichheld

    In this episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talk to Ashley Reichheld. Ashley is co-author of ‘The Four Factors of Trust’ and since 2015 has been principal at Deloitte Consulting. She is passionate about making the experiences people have with companies feel more human and believes that building trust is the single greatest opportunity to create a competitive advantage. Ashley’s work and ideas have been featured in many publications and conferences, such as HBR, Bloomberg TV, SMR, The Wall Street Journal, AdWeek, Dreamforce, CES, and Fortune's Most Powerful Women, amongst others.  

     
    Referenced during this episode:

    The Four Factors of Trust    (Wiley-WSJ #2 Bestseller)
    “4 Questions to Measure — and Boost — Customer Trust” (HBR)
    “Research: Why Women Trust Their Employers Less Than Men Do” (HBR)
    “How to Build a High-Trust Workplace” (SMR)
    “Trust, The Glue That Holds Digital Worlds Together, Quantified At Last” (Forbes)


    Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
     Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)
    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)

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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    ‘How Change Really Happens’ with Greg Satell

    ‘How Change Really Happens’ with Greg Satell

    In this episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, host Jean Gomes talks to Greg Satell. Greg is a Lecturer at Wharton, accomplished entrepreneur (Co-Founder of ChangeOS, a transformation & change advisory), global executive and one of the foremost experts on transformation and change today. Greg is the author of Cascades: How to Create a Movement that Drives Transformational Change (2019) and Mapping Innovation (2017) and his work has appeared in Harvard Business Review, Barron’s, Forbes, Inc., Fast Company amongst others.

     IDG have listed Greg as one of “10 Digital Transformation Influencers to Follow Today.” 

     

    Referenced during this episode:

    Cascades: How to Create a Movement That Drives Transformational Change

     

    Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
    Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)

    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)

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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    'What Drives You?' with Kevin Miller

    'What Drives You?' with Kevin Miller

    In this episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talk to former pro athlete Kevin Miller. After decades of pro cycling, pursuing high achievement personally and professionally, starting multiple businesses, and raising a big family, Kevin found himself burnt out and lacking what he wanted most; sustained peace and fulfilment. In an attempt to understanding what was actually driving him, he dedicated himself to studying personal growth, self-awareness, and what truly fulfils people. Today, his “What Drives You” podcast is in the top 1% of all podcasts and his latest book, “What Drives You” (McGraw Hill) published in May 2023.

    Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
     Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)

    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)

     
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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    The Mind and Body Are One Thing with Ellen Langer

    The Mind and Body Are One Thing with Ellen Langer

    In this episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talk to the mother of mindfulness, Dr Ellen Langer. Dr Langer is a Professor of Psychology at Harvard and for over 40 years has studied Mindlessness/Mindfulness, concluding that mindfulness (without meditation) results in improved health, well-being and improved relationships. She has written over 200 research articles and 13 books, the most recent of which is The Mindful Body (2023). Dr Langer is also a gallery exhibiting artist. 

    Referenced during this episode:
    The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Lasting Health (2023)
    Counterclockwise: A Proven Way to Think Yourself Younger and Healthier (2010)


    Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
    Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)
    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)

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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    Humans and AI with Anna Ivanova

    Humans and AI with Anna Ivanova

    How neuroscience, machine learnig and AI are shaping our future

     In this episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Emma Sinclair and Arjun Sahdev talk to Anna Ivanova. Anna is a postdoctoral researcher at MIT and is studying the relationship between language and other aspects of human cognition using tools from cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence (such as large language models). This is a fascinating conversation that ultimately addresses the big question, are today’s leaders under threat from AI (now or in the near future)? 

     Referenced during this episode:
    TEDx – To build smarter chatbots, look to the brain | Anna Ivanova (May 2023)

     Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
    Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)
    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)

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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    Managing Microstress with Rob Cross

    Managing Microstress with Rob Cross

    In this episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender welcome Rob Cross back to the podcast. We last saw Rob in June 2022 (S4, Ep17) and we’re extremely pleased that he’s come back to talk to us about his latest book, ‘The Microstress Effect’. Rob defines microstress as ‘the hidden epidemic of small moments of stress infiltrating both our work and personal lives with invisible and devastating effects’. Sit back and listen as Rob tells us how to break free from this quietly invasive force that is stealing your life.

     

    Referenced during this episode:

    The Microstress Effect: How Little Things Pile Up and Create Big Problems
    Rob Cross website

     
     Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
     Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)
    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)


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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    BONUS: Meet the Author in 15 minutes with Stuart McLachlan and Dean Sanders

    BONUS: Meet the Author in 15 minutes with Stuart McLachlan and Dean Sanders

    In the this bonus ‘Meet the Author in 15 minutes’ episode of the Evolving Leader podcast, host Jean Gomes talks to Stuart McLachlan and Dean Sanders. Stuart and Dean have written “The Adventure of Sustainable Performance: Beyond ESG Compliance to Leadership in the New Era” (Wiley, 2023) which the publisher describes as ‘a guidebook for leaders to create value from sustainability and organisational performance”.

     

    Referenced during this episode:

     
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    How Wellbeing Can Create Competitive Advantage with Dr Richard Safeer

    How Wellbeing Can Create Competitive Advantage with Dr Richard Safeer

    Something about work isn’t working for us.

    In this episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talk to Chief Medical Director of Employee Health at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Dr Richard Safeer. During this conversation, Richard tells us that one key is to avoid thinking about wellbeing in the workplace as a benefit in kind for employees and rather see it as a source of competitive advantage. Richard’s book ‘A Cure for the Common Company (Wiley, 2023)’ delivers a step-by-step roadmap to creating a culture of health on your team and in your company that keeps your people happier and more engaged.

     

    Referenced during this episode:
    A Cure for the Common Company (R. Safeer, 2023)
    Richard Safeer website
    Creating a Well-being Culture (training program)

     
    Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
    Leading In A Non-Linear World (J Gomes, 2023)

    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence (S Allender, 2023)

      

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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    Think Anew about Diversity and Inclusion with Jonathan Kaufman

    Think Anew about Diversity and Inclusion with Jonathan Kaufman

    In this episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Sara Deschamps talk to Jonathan Kaufman, who is leading the debate about how we can think differently about the converging issues of diversity, disability and the huge market opportunities they represent. Our conversation ranges from his time as a White House advisor to Barack Obama, to his current work as a research consultant and activist. His creative and optimistic mind is infectious, constantly reframing to find social and commercial innovation opportunities where others see stalled points and roadblocks. There's much to learn here so sit back and enjoy this fascinating conversation.

     

    Referenced during this episode:

    J Kaufman Consulting

     Forbes articles

     
    Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
    Leading in a Non-Linear World: Building Wellbeing, Strategic and Innovation Mindsets for the Future (Jean Gomes, 2022)

    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence: A Journey to Personal and Professional Success (Scott Allender, 2023)


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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    Ruthlessly Caring and Other Paradoxes with Amy Walters Cohen

    Ruthlessly Caring and Other Paradoxes with Amy Walters Cohen

    In this episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Emma Sinclair talk to applied psychology researcher and author Amy Walters Cohen. In her book ‘Ruthlessly Caring and Other Paradoxical Mindsets’, Amy explores how leaders cope with the true landscape of leadership judgement, comprising competing demands and seemingly impossible paradoxes that morph over time. Sit back and listen as Amy, Jean and Emma discuss the rise in the forces that create (what Amy refers to as) the washing machine effect, and the five paradoxical mindsets that she believes will be essential for future fit leadership. 

    References from this episode:
    Ruthlessly Caring and Other Paradoxical Mindsets (Amy Walters Cohen, 2023)


    Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
    Leading in a Non-Linear World: Building Wellbeing, Strategic and Innovation Mindsets for the Future (Jean Gomes, 2022)

    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence: A Journey to Personal and Professional Success (Scott Allender, 2023)


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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    Decoding the Entrepreneurial Mindset with Rachel Stockey

    Decoding the Entrepreneurial Mindset with Rachel Stockey

    Today on the Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Scott Allender and Jean Gomes talk to Rachel Stockey. Rachel is the head of The Department of Entrepreneurial Skills at King’s College London. Rachel’s mission is to unlock the limitless potential of people and their ideas and as part of that she works to demystify the world of entrepreneurship in order to spark the next generation of thought leaders, disrupters and innovators who are ready to take on the big challenges we face globally. Outside of King’s, Rachel coaches entrepreneurs ‘to help them stay sane’, make better decisions, build better companies and look after themselves in the process.

    References from this episode:
    Seven skills of an entrepreneurial mindset

    How entrepreneurial is your current thinking?


    Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
    Leading in a Non-Linear World: Building Wellbeing, Strategic and Innovation Mindsets for the Future (Jean Gomes, 2022)

    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence: A Journey to Personal and Professional Success (Scott Allender, 2023)


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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    Why Leaders Need to Confront Their Trauma with Mike Skrypnek

    Why Leaders Need to Confront Their Trauma with Mike Skrypnek

    In this latest episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Emma Sinclair talk to Mike Skrypnek. Mike is a strategist helping entrepreneurs and industry leaders find their happiness. He is the founder and chair of The UNLimited WORTH Wellness Society and Project, an organisation that he set up to realise a vision of a world free from the impacts of trauma. Mike hosts the Unlimited Worth podcast and in August 2023 his book UnLimited Worth was published.

    References from this episode:
    UNLimited WORTH: Lessons of Healing from Childhood Trauma; Finding Happiness, Love and Success for Male Leaders

    The UNLimited Worth podcast


    Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
    Leading in a Non-Linear World: Building Wellbeing, Strategic and Innovation Mindsets for the Future (Jean Gomes, 2022)

    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence: A Journey to Personal and Professional Success (Scott Allender, 2023)

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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    Leading In The Storm with Emma Sky

    Leading In The Storm with Emma Sky

    In this episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Emma Sinclair talk to Emma Sky. Emma is an expert on conflict, reconciliation and stability, and has worked mainly in the Middle East. She served in Iraq as the political advisor to US General Ray Odierno and General David Petraeus during the surge and is now Director of the International Leadership Center at Yale University, overseeing the Yale World Fellows program and other initiatives. Emma Sky is a Senior Fellow at Yale's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, where she lectures on Middle East politics and global affairs.

    SUGGESTED READING FROM THIS EPISODE:
    The Unravelling: High Hopes and Missed Opportunities in Iraq (Emma Sky, 2015)

    In a Time of Monsters: Travelling in a Middle East in Revolt (Emma Sky, 2019)

    The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence: A Journey to Personal and Professional Success (Scott Allender, 2023)


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    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    Leading In The Age of AI with Nick Charath

    Leading In The Age of AI with Nick Charath

    In this episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talk to leadership consultant, author and AI expert Nick Chatrath. In his work, Nick’s focus is helping others be all they can be, and currently that includes helping clients bridge the gap between what it means to be human in a new world of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and in creating environments where others can do their best thinking. In February 2023, Nick’s book ‘The Threshold, Leading In The Age of AI’ was published, within which Nick presents a framework for how leaders can adapt to the new age of AI by leaning in the qualities and skills that make us uniquely human. 

    The Threshold: Leading in the Age of AI (Diversion Books, 2023)

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    0’00 Introduction

    4'58 Tell us about yourself and your career and what led you to write your book?

    7’17 In your view what are the qualities that make us uniquely human and give us the advantage?

    9’26 Your book is about our relationship with AI and you talk about needing to manage both a psychological independence from AI while simultaneously maintaining a close relationship with it. Can you delve into that for us?

    12’30 How do you prime the people you work with to try and get into this more divergent form of thinking?

    16’11 Tell us more about the competitive advantage for an organisation that embraces the more human piece versus the companies that are prioritising the technology

    19’26 You point out that old models of leadership are obsolete. In your view, which models of leadership should be done away with and what should they be replaced with?

    21'56 What do you think in terms of how we need to evolve to co-exist with AI as a pervasive environment?

    26’25 How do we not fall into the trap of embracing almost magical properties onto AI and ensuring that it’s not the GPS system that takes us over the cliff?

    30’15 How do we start to raise leadership consciousness as things move forwards so rapidly?

    35’15 What’s next for you? Where are you taking this?

    36’27 What’s the hope for your daughters? What kind of world do you hope they will step into in terms of their relationship with technology?

     

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    The Weird, Irrational, and Wonderful Ways Humans Navigate the Workplace with Matthias Sutter

    The Weird, Irrational, and Wonderful Ways Humans Navigate the Workplace with Matthias Sutter

    Economics has often been accused of making inferences about human behaviour without any real understanding of how we actually make decisions, choose between options or act against our stated interests. Behavioural economics combining economics and psychology started to accelerate its development in the 1980s, but its roots can be traced back to the 18th century economist Adam Smith. In this episode of The Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talk to Matthias Sutter, one of the world’s leading behavioural economists about his (often) counter-intuitive findings, and how they can help leaders create fairer, more inclusive organisations.

    Behavioral Economics for Leaders (Matthias Sutter, 2023)
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    3.10 Give us a summary of your journey as an economist and the areas that you are most intrigued and excited about
    5.11 How do you approach this work and how is this field evolving?
    7.05 In your book your write about how economic outcomes are shaped by hidden biases. Can you unpack what's going on there?
    11.13 Can you share some of your findings around the value of these social skills and how they translate into financial benefits for organisations?
    14.24 What's the missing convincing component that we need to tap into?
    17.03 You have said that when you are trying to find a job, it's the weaker connections in your social network that are most important. Why is that?
    18.37 Something else you point out is that having more women in a start-up is a predictor of longevity. Tell us about this
    21.32 What happens when companies become more transparent with salaries?
    25.34 There are parts of the world that require transparency. What are some insights that will help leaders manage that double edged sword?
    27.36 You said that employees who don't support company mission statements are 50% less productive. Can you unpack that?
    31.18 Moving to the need for quotas to encourage more gender equality. Why do we need quotas?
    34.54 The underlying assumption is that being competitive is a core part of being a good leader, but you're saying that there is more to it than that
    37.01 Your research suggests that women leaders can earn more revenue per employee when they are on the board. Can you elaborate?
    39.57 What have you learnt about trust?
    44.43 Do you have any other insights or advice on how leaders might build or accelerate a sense of trust in their teams?
    47.14 Can we talk about decision making and money?
    50.55 Can we talk about your research into teenager's and children's decision making? What are you doing in that area?
    53.33 What's the most powerful that helps children and teenagers to build that muscle of differed gratification?
    55.09 What have you learnt on what encompases or inhibits ethical behaviour amongst individuals and teams?

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    BONUS: Meet the author in 15 minutes - Matt Mayberry “Culture Is the Way”

    BONUS: Meet the author in 15 minutes - Matt Mayberry “Culture Is the Way”

    In this bonus episode of the Evolving Leader podcast, host Jean Gomes talks to Matt Mayberry. Matt is a thought leader on business development and culture, author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller ‘Culture is the Way’ and former NFL Pro linebacker for the Chicago Bears. 

     

    0.00 Introduction

    1.01 Let’s start with a pitch for your book “Culture is the way”.

    2.26 What’s the case in terms of what culture is, why it’s important and what I can do about it?

    6.44 The middle manager might think of this topic as not being in their remit. What’s in it for them and why should they be doing this?

    8.44 Give us a high-level view of the framework that you outline in the book.

    10.45 What are the things that you are encountering in your work that stand in the way of this being adopted at scale?

    12.41 Why is this so important to you?

    14.52 What else should I be asking you about your work and the book?

    16.23 What’s the best way of finding your book and contacting you?

     

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    Books written by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:

    “Leading In A Non-Linear World” (Jean Gomes, 2023)

    “The Enneagram Of Emotional Intelligence” (Scott Allender, 2023)

     

    The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

    The Uncertainty Mindset with Vaughn Tan

    The Uncertainty Mindset with Vaughn Tan

    In this episode of the Evolving Leader, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Emma Sinclair talk to Vaughn Tan. Vaugh is a consultant, author and professor of strategy at University College London School of Management. He studies innovation and adaptability in the context of uncertainty with a focus on processes for hiring, goal setting and motivation at the team level. 

    References from the episode:


    0.00 Introduction

    3.29 At a party, how would you explain what you do?

    5.09 You’ve spent long periods of time observing some of the world’s most famous chefs. How is uncertainty used strategically in that environment?

    8.11 Organisations are built to de-risk, not to imagine or embrace uncertainty. What is your experience of how leaders in these organisations are starting to accept the need to embrace uncertainty and accept the need for imagination?

    12.45 You identify the two categories of people who understand that there are forms of ‘not knowing that are not risk’. Do you think it’s possible to have a natural aptitude for not having to know?

    14.59 Thinking about individuals who are at different ends of the scale for the need for closure and then putting them together as a team, what have you been learning about that environment mix?

    21.06 Have you got a practical takeaway that you can give us around starting that loading that you can do with a team?

    24.51 How do innovation teams motivate themselves to do uncomfortable, unfamiliar innovation work’. How do you take this idea of building a muscle of discomfort into innovation teams and what have you learnt from that?

    28.59 What have you observed from the way that either individuals or teams get closer to the feelings of actually doing this? How do you make sense of the emotions that are linked to this sense of uncertainty and disruption?

    35.20 You’ve said that anything that is fully knowable becomes routine and can be done by a machine. How does not knowing play into human value creation in a world of automation?

    39.47 Can you give us your thoughts on what that might lead to in terms of jobs, role, new competencies that don’t currently exist in the workplace?

    43.47 What are you working on at the moment? What’s next for you?

     

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